Just when the Japanese heavy bombers blew up the house of Liu Yimin's temporary headquarters and buried Liu Yimin in the rubble, Hongzhuang launched an attack on the Japanese ground troops and the Eighth Route Army ground troops.
After Zhao Yonggang, captain of the Second Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade, outsmarted Lingbi County, he failed to further seize Linhuaiguan. The reason was that the Japanese troops stationed in Linhuaiguan and stationed in Su County knew that the Shicun stronghold was lost and reported it to the police in time, which led to the loss of the Shicun stronghold in Bengbu.
The Japanese army was on high alert, and Linhuaiguan was no exception. The Eighth Route Army lost the opportunity for a sneak attack and had no choice but to retreat and do the next best thing, completely clearing out the Japanese and puppet forces in Lingbi County.
After receiving the order to return north with the 1st Jiao Brigade, Zhao Yonggang led the 2nd Squadron all the way north, and followed Liu Yimin's order to move in advance and cooperated with the 2nd Jiao Regiment to capture Hongzhuang Station and control the westward passage of Longhai Road. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yonggang had to
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Zhao Zhiyu's Third Squadron, which was operating with the headquarters, cooperated with the First Religion Group to capture Shihu Station, and Wang Laohu's First Squadron captured Niushan Town. The entire three east and west stations on Longhai Road fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, creating conditions for the army to return north.
On the plateau, when Hu Laohu commanded the 1st Brigade Armored Group and the 1st Cavalry Group to destroy the Japanese defense line in this area, Zhao Yonggang had already begun to command the 2nd Special Operations Squadron to lay electro-detonated explosives on the railway, preparing to deal with the troops dispatched from Xuzhou and Pi County.
Japanese armored vehicles.
This kind of work is extremely familiar to Zhao Yonggang and his comrades. Zhao Yonggang had already realized the danger from Liu Yimin's order at this time, and thought that the Japanese army was going all out to attack our army this time.
, not only has a strong military force, but he may also make use of the Longhai Railway and highway to make a fuss. Therefore, he arranged for the soldiers to be stationed 5 miles away from Hongzhuang.
Explosive measures were taken at long distances. Among them, explosives were buried on the railway in three sections and detonating devices were deployed to prepare to blow up the armored patrol car leading by the Japanese army, followed by the train and the armored patrol car with armed escort. Layers were deployed on the highway.
Anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines were obtained, and anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines were planted in the fields on both sides of the road.
The reason for this arrangement is that Zhao Yonggang has gained experience from previous battles, that is, once the Japanese army encounters a major war, it must quickly mobilize its troops through the railway. The marching sequence of the Japanese military vehicles is two armored patrol vehicles in front and behind, and in the middle is
Military columns. Generally, tanks, armored vehicles, cars and cavalry form a search force on the highway, with the main force following closely behind.
When Zhao Yong first thought about it, as long as he blew up the two Japanese armored patrol vehicles and military columns coming up from the railway, and destroyed the Japanese search troops on the road, the pace of the Japanese attack would be disrupted and the attack speed would naturally slow down.
. As for the next battle, it is not the mission of the Second Special Forces Squadron. They are special forces, not an interception and reinforcement force. The next battle is the mission of the Second Regiment.
What Zhao Yonggang didn't expect was that he thought he had made all preparations, but he still underestimated the determination and strength of the Japanese army. His No. 2 Special Operations Squadron and the No. 2 Teaching Regiment deployed behind them were about to undergo a severe test.
The Japanese troops from Xuzhou and Pi County had not arrived yet, but the Japanese planes arrived first. Seeing the Japanese planes wreaking havoc in the sky, Zhao Yonggang wanted to order the Second Special Forces Squadron to shoot in the air. But the Japanese planes could not come to his hiding place.
, there was nothing he could do if he was in a hurry. Besides, his mission was to be strictly concealed and to prepare for a head-on blow to the Japanese troops advancing eastward, and he could not be exposed casually. He was a backbone cadre and could distinguish the important from the important.
At this time, Zhao Yonggang hoped that the Japanese troops marching eastward would rush to the front line of Hongzhuang to die, so as to reduce the pressure of Japanese planes attacking the baggage convoy.
The Japanese armored vehicles drove over in Zhao Yonggang's eagerness. It was just that it was not the old model of two armored patrol vehicles and a military column as Zhao Yonggang imagined. Instead, there were six armored patrol vehicles in a row, followed closely behind.
As coal trains come one after another, it can be clearly seen from the telescope that those coal trains are heavily armed, with cannons and heavy machine guns mounted on each flatbed car, with the muzzles of the guns pointing forward.
Zhao Yong just understood at once that the Japs had indeed premeditated it. Just looking at their formation, one could tell that they had spent a lot of money. If the Eighth Route Army had not discovered the Japanese army's conspiracy and was crossing the Longhai Road with all their strength, they were attacked.
The consequences of interception by the Japanese army's motorcycle troops equipped in this way are unimaginable.
Zhao Yonggang did not dare to neglect and immediately reported the situation to Cheng Cuilin, who was in charge of commanding the Hongzhuang front-line blockade. Cheng Cuilin accurately ordered Zhao Yonggang on the phone to blow up one or two Japanese armored patrol vehicles and paralyze Longhai Road, resolutely
The Japanese locomotive troops cannot be allowed to use the railway to advance eastward.
Time was urgent, and the Japanese locomotives were moving very fast, roaring and roaring on the railway. The original plan could not be implemented. In that case, even if three armored patrol cars were blown up, they would not be able to stop the shelling of the Japanese coal flatbed trucks.
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After Zhao Yonggang thought for a while, he immediately ordered the engineering team of the second squadron to only blow up the third armored patrol car and the train behind it, and sent the two armored patrol cars in the front to move towards Hongzhuang, and the rocket launcher team was responsible for dealing with the last three.
An armored patrol car naturally lay down after the railway was bombed, and there was no danger.
Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu, the commander of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, was the former enemy commander of the Japanese army's eastward advance. This old devil had long been annoyed by the Eighth Route Army's instructors, and he wished he could find the main instructors to kill him.
The Tao heals the body. Now that it is better, the opportunity has come. Yamashita Fengwenhe, Chief of Staff of the North China Front
Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto actually found out the exact time and place when the Eighth Route Army instructors were about to cross the Longhai Road to the north, and formulated a battle plan to attack the Eighth Route Army from east to west. Yo West, Yo West, this is how the Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire should fight.
, turn passivity into initiative, how can we let the Eighth Route Army lead the way?
Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu now admired Yamashita Nobumi and Muto Akira. He felt that these two men were worthy of being the chief and deputy chiefs of staff of the North China Front. The battle plans planned were flawless and Liu Yimin was not afraid of being fooled.
After receiving the Eighth Route Army's start of action, the eastward troops quickly moved in, and after executing the order to flank the Eighth Route Army, Suematsu Shigeharu was so excited that he shouted "Long live His Majesty the Emperor," as if the Emperor had already seen that Suematsu Shigeharu should have a general epaulette on his shoulder.
Suematsu Shigeharu ordered the troops to advance quickly, pounce on them, seize the Eighth Route Army who were rushing to cross Longhai Road, tear them into pieces, destroy them, and avenge the warriors who were shattered at Xuzhou Guanyinshan Airport and Luotuoshan Airport. Suematsu Shigeharu even ordered all the troops to
Before the team sets off, they must sing military songs and rush to the mountains and seas, filling the ravines with corpses, just like what is sung in the military songs. Every soldier must solemnly swear to His Majesty the Emperor to resolutely destroy the Eighth Route Army and create the first
A miracle in the history of the Fourth Division’s regiment battle!
Of course, the reason why Suematsu Shigeharu is so confident is that he has strength to support it. His 114th Division has been greatly strengthened. Yamashita Fengfumi gathered all the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army in eastern Henan and handed them over to Suematsu Shigeharu.
He then assembled the strength of two brigades, strengthened a heavy artillery brigade and part of the cavalry, which was equivalent to letting Suematsu Shigeharu command two divisions. Suematsu Shigeharu followed the battle plan of Yamashita Nobumi and Muto Akira.
In the plan, a brigade was equipped with a tank group, an armored vehicle group, a cavalry regiment and the artillery regiment of the 114th Division to detour along the Qiangwei River to cut off the Eighth Route Army's southward retreat, and a brigade was used to attack the route along Maling Mountain.
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For defense, he commanded the 114th Division, the heavy artillery brigade, two tank brigades, two armored vehicle brigades, and the Puppet Manchuria National Defense Force he could mobilize on the Longhai Line. The troops were divided into groups and headed toward Hongzhuang along the Longhai Line and the highway.
A line rolled eastward.
Railway transportation is faster than road transportation, and the Japanese armored patrol vehicles and military trains entered the small fire circle of the Eighth Route Army's special warfare hero Zhao Yonggang first.
Watching the two armored patrol vehicles leading by the Japanese army passing by the electric explosive blasting point, the rocket launcher team was also ready, and Zhao Yonggang gave the order to fire. In an instant, two rockets dragged a long beam of light from Longhai Road.
Two Japanese armored vehicles flew towards the north. With two loud bangs, the first two armored vehicles of the little devil were knocked down.
At this time, the Japanese machine gunner on the third armored patrol car discovered two rocket launcher groups of the Eighth Route Army. The machine gun screamed and bullets were sprayed over like water, knocking the four shooters of the two rocket launchers of the Eighth Route Army to the ground.
, the blood bursting out from the soldiers' bodies seemed to hit Zhao Yonggang's telescope film.
Zhao Yonggang cursed "son of a bitch" and ordered the explosives to be detonated.
The engineer of the Second Special Operations Squadron pressed the detonator hard, and there was another roar. The Japanese armored patrol car that was shooting wildly flew up together with the track, and then fell heavily to the south side of the track. Immediately afterwards
, two consecutive loud bangs were heard, the first row of Japanese troops installed cannons
, the military train of heavy machine guns was blown into two pieces. Not only the carriage was blown up, but also the cannons, heavy machine guns, shell boxes, and bullet boxes on the vehicle were thrown into the air. The Japanese artillerymen and machine gunners on the vehicle were thrown into the air.
Needless to say, he was thrown up high and then fell down hard. He was stunned even if he didn't die.
When Zhao Yong saw a successful attack, he was so happy that he almost laughed out loud. However, he is the captain of the Second Special Forces Squadron, and his long-term special forces training has not only developed a murderous aura, but he is also stern and as serious as a sculpture.
.Of course he won’t laugh out loud.
Now trouble came. The Japanese aircraft group responsible for providing aerial fire support for the Japanese troops marching eastward rushed over. The aircraft's machine guns fired hard at both sides of Longhai Road. The bullets were so dense that they were like raindrops during a heavy rain. They even concealed them.
The special forces soldiers were beaten until they crawled on the ground motionless, unable to raise their heads at all, let alone fight back.
Seeing that the Japanese military aircraft group was so powerful that persisting would only cause greater casualties, Zhao Yonggang had no choice but to order the rocket launchers and the remains of the martyrs to be brought in, and the position should be quickly moved.
The Japanese army was indeed determined to win this time. After receiving the report that three armored patrol vehicles were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army and one train was destroyed, Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu did not panic. He had expected that such a situation would occur, because he faced
He was the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and he was able to steal every fighter plane at Xuzhou Luotuoshan and Guanyinshan Airports under his heavy guard.
As the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, no matter how rigorous Yamashita Fengwen and Muto Akira's battle plans are, Liu Yimin will not be in vain. He must have strict protective measures to cover the large troops crossing Longhai Road. Otherwise, he would not be Liu Yimin and be in charge.
The three independent infantry brigades of the 22nd independent mixed brigade that were engaged in frontal blocking would not be destroyed in such a short period of time.
Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu gave strict orders to the main force of the 114th Division heading east by road to advance quickly and quickly capture Hongzhuang. At the same time, he ordered the engineering team to rush to the site of the train accident to repair the railway as quickly as possible and restore it to traffic. At the same time, he gave strict orders
The three surviving armored patrol vehicles cooperated with the aircraft fleet to use firepower to eliminate the Eighth Route Army that might be lurking on both sides of Longhai Road, and covered the heavy artillery on the following military columns to fire at Hongzhuang, covering the main force to attack Hongzhuang.
Zhao Yonggang and the others evacuated Longhai Road amidst the rumble of Japanese heavy artillery. Not long after, a Japanese search force appeared on the road. Soon, behind the Japanese search force, a large Japanese force appeared. This time
Zhao Yong just couldn't help it anymore and cursed: "Fuck, the little devil is really willing to spend money to use so many tanks, armored vehicles, and cars to deal with me. Even if I die, it's worth it!"
Of course, Zhao Yonggang knew in his heart that he could not sacrifice casually at this time. He also had to cooperate with the Second Regiment to block the attack. The division commander's order made it clear that the little devil must be blocked to the west of Hongzhuang and wait for all the convoys to pass by.
Only then can you withdraw from the battle.
Zhao Yonggang reported to Cheng Cuilin that Japanese ground troops were discovered five miles west of Hongzhuang. The Japanese search troops were composed of tanks, armored vehicles, and cars. They quickly searched eastward along the highway. The Japanese and puppet troops followed closely and divided into multiple routes.
, use tanks to open the way, like
Like locusts, they are overflowing the highways, roads, and fields, rushing towards our army. Please report to the division commander immediately, order the baggage convoy to cross the road as soon as possible, and at the same time strengthen the strength of the blocking troops. Things will change later, and only the Second Regiment and one regiment cannot stop the Japanese and puppet troops.
, the defense line is too long and too thin.
After the report, Zhao Yonggang stared at the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles that were getting closer and closer, and ordered to prepare for battle.
At this time, Liu Yimin had just emerged from the ruins.
After emerging from the ruins, Liu Yimin was full of fighting spirit. He shook the dust off his body with a vigorous shake. He let out a long laugh and walked out of the ruins looking at his sniper rifle and August 1 automatic rifle. He looked up and saw the aviation team.
The fighter jets of the brigade were chasing Japanese bombers, and Japanese bombers kept flying into the distance with billowing smoke rising from their butts. Needless to say, the stubborn little devil was reporting back to Japan.
Liu Yimin first went to check the high-power radio station, and saw four soldiers throwing themselves on the radio station and the generator. Their mouths and noses were bleeding from the shock. He reached out and touched them, and there was still breath in their nostrils. He hurriedly put them on the ground one by one and performed first aid.
When the four soldiers woke up, Liu Yimin ordered them to quickly set up the radio station and contact various troops to inquire about the battle situation.
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