Most marches back to the troops are carried out with multiple arrows towards the target. Moreover, which troop will move back to where, and what posture will be adopted in which place, are all planned in advance. This includes the troops returning. Whether there is a water source on the marching route and whether the assembly location can meet the needs of the troops to hide and wait for the troops to return, etc., all have reliable basis for reconnaissance.
From southwestern Shandong to southern Hebei, Liu Yimin led the headquarters and guard regiment to go at the end. The 1st Teaching Brigade, the 1st New Brigade, the 4th New Brigade, the 8th New Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Air Defense Brigade, and the Baggage Brigade returned to the troops. They were advancing along their respective marching routes, crossing back and forth between the Guihuizi strongholds, and had already arrived at the designated location. Otherwise, even if Zhao County is only 40 kilometers away from Shimen, if the infantry is allowed to run, it will have to be Seven or eight hours.
This is the land of the Central Government, and southern Hebei is the base area of our army, and it is also the base area pioneered by the Hui instructor, including which rivers have deep and shallow water, which village wells can supply drinking water for how many people, and the teaching staff of the instructor The military maps drawn by Huiwei are all clearly marked. The reason why military maps are precious and confidential lies in their detail and reliability. Whenever Huihui arrives in an area, the first thing he needs to do is to conduct reconnaissance and reconnaissance of the enemy. Geography, map drawing, their military maps are much more detailed and reliable than those of the national army.
This is the Great Plains. Originally, in order to deal with the return of the Guihuizi mechanized troops, the military and civilians in southern Hebei vigorously transformed transportation and turned the main roads into road trenches, which could not only delay the return of the Guihuizi mechanized troops, but also cover them. However, for the first-class main teaching brigade of our army in Shandong, the speed of movement was also restricted. Coincidentally, in order to facilitate their movement, the Japanese army moved 300,000 troops on Pinghan Road The Hui people who returned to work were all driven to southern Hebei, where they filled traffic trenches and smoothed roads, helping the First Teaching Brigade. As a result, the transportation speed of the First Teaching Brigade was still much slower than in the hinterland of Shandong.
Since Liu Yimin ordered the movement back to Shimen, the southern Hebei plain suddenly became vivid under the cover of night. Those who were heading towards Zhao County, Luancheng County, Gaocheng County, and Jin County were heading towards Shimen. Along the way, pairs of Eighth Route Army troops were marching in a hurry. In front of the Eighth Route Army's returning troops were the local armed forces from Zhaoxian, Ningjin, Luancheng, and Gaocheng who were leading the troops. Following the Eighth Route Army were Ji The previous teams mobilized in the Southern District drove mules, horses, carts, ox carts, and push carts, and followed the teams towards various targets. Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army was not allowed to use torches, flashlights, tanks, and armored vehicles from the 1st Brigade. Cars are not allowed to turn on their lights and can only move slowly one after another on the road. Otherwise, between Zhaoxian, Luancheng and Gaocheng, there will be a magnificent landscape of bright torches and the flowing Milky Way.
It would have been impossible for such a big movement not to alarm the little Hui Gui Huizi. However, the southern Hebei area had just been swept away by heavy Japanese troops and had become the rear area of the Japanese army. The Japanese and puppet troops were not particularly vigilant. Moreover, The tunnel network in southern Hebei has long been formed. Except for the artillery, cavalry, and mechanized troops who cannot move through the tunnels, the infantry can completely hide in the tunnels and move in the tunnels. The local armed forces in southern Hebei have also All the county brigade, district squad, independent battalion, armed workers team, and militia team were mobilized. All day long, they launched small-scale raids on the Japanese and puppet strongholds on both sides of the main force's return route. The puppet troops were so beaten that they hid in their strongholds without daring to move, thus eliminating hidden dangers in the direction of the main force's advance.
This is how a miracle happened. Most of the people who had been unable to move back in concealment actually moved back to the designated location in concealment.
After Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong rushed to the outskirts of Shimen City, established a headquarters, and set up a radio station, all the troops returned to their positions and reported one after another, requesting an attack.
After receiving the telegram from Wang Laohu, Liu Yimin was overjoyed and said to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong: "One of the goals of the Battle of Shimen has been achieved. In return, he sent a report to Feng Dafei and Chang Qiankun, ordering them to prepare for takeoff and transport bombs and reload at Daguozhuang Airport. Gasoline. The message returned. Ordered Wang Laohu to activate the night navigation facilities at the airport, and used radio to guide the First Aviation Brigade and the Second Aviation Brigade to Daguozhuang Airport for night landing. Ordered the artillery to fire, and all units returned to prepare for a full-line assault!"
The battle to attack Shimen has begun!
Li Huichang is addicted to commanding artillery groups in big battles!
When Liu Yimin ordered the artillery fire, his artillery positions had just been set up, and commanders at all levels were using city defense maps to calculate distances and determine the bombardment points!
There is a power plant in Shimen, there are street lights in the city, and the gun towers on the Xiaohui Guihuizi defense line also have searchlights, which can indicate the target for artillery bombardment. In addition, the coordinate data provided by the investigators and observers , the Eighth Route Army's artillery was also equipped with eyes at night.
Liu Yimin gave the order, and Li Huichang immediately ordered the bombardment to start.
The artillery group attacking Yunpanshan on the northern front, the artillery group attacking the Guihuizi defense line on Pinghan Road on the southern front, and the artillery group commanded by Li Huichang directly attacking the Japanese defense line at Shimen roared at the same time. The artillery shells flew into the night sky and headed toward Xiaohui. The ghost fell on his head.
The rumble of cannons woke up Shimen and also the commander of the Shijiazhuang garrison, Major General Ogurihara.
Early this morning, Major General Ogurihara received a telegram from the North China Front Army Headquarters, ordering him to prepare a telegram to welcome the 11th Division and the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade to Pinghan Road for their defense work. The telegram also informed It was said that the front army headquarters judged that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had fled from southwestern Shandong to the southern Hebei area, and ordered the 22nd Division stationed on Pinghan Road, the Pinghan Road garrison, the Shijiazhuang garrison, and the North China Security Army to be vigilant to prevent Liu Yimin from breaking through Pinghan The road jumps to Shanxi.
Major General Ogurihara is a professional soldier. In addition to burning, killing and looting, he also has high military attainments. After receiving the order, he immediately ordered all units to return to strengthen combat readiness and sent out a search team to conduct search and reconnaissance. As a result, until dark, the surrounding areas of Shijiazhuang were guarded. Each brigade of the Shijiazhuang garrison at the stronghold reported that there was no situation, and each search team also reported that no trace of the Eighth Route Army was found within a radius of forty miles. However, the left-behind troops of the heavy-duty regiments in Zhaoxian, Luancheng, and Gaocheng reported Tubal Route activities one after another. Frequent and wild attacks were launched against the imperial strongholds, but all were repulsed.
The Imperial Army was engaged in mopping up, the Tubal Road was engaged in counter-mopping, and gunfire and artillery fire were going on every day on the plains. This was a completely normal thing.
Major General Ogurihara analyzed that Tubal Road's harassment of strongholds in Zhaoxian, Luancheng, and Gaocheng was because Tubal Road thought that the heavy troops had returned to the group and left Jinan, and came out of the tunnels to retaliate. However, based on the soil of southern Hebei It is a wishful thinking for the Eighth Route Army to capture the towns held by the Imperial Army. If a small group of Imperial Army soldiers holds their ground, it is normal for them to repel the attack of a battalion of the Eighth Route Army. You must know that the Kwantung Army is the one who stays behind in the counties in southern Hebei. The left-behind troops of the elite division returned to the army. Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was first-rate. The soldiers' shooting skills were very high and they could fire back their guns. Just go to Tubal Road without fear of death.
Major General Ogurihara personally called back and reported the situation to the front army headquarters, and also informed the headquarters of the 22nd Division in Handan and the puppet Hebei Provincial Government in Baoding. In this regard, Major General Ogurihara also Not worried, he strictly ordered all troops to return to their positions and stand ready to prevent a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army.
At 1 o'clock in the night, Major General Ogurihara, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the sound of artillery. As soon as he got out of bed, the chief of staff came in panic and reported that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had begun to attack Shimen.
Seeing the panicked look of the chief of staff, Ogurihara felt contempt in his heart. He cursed Baga, reached out and slapped him, and said: "Why are you panicking? It's not your soldier's fault. A burst of artillery fire on Tubal Road can kill you." So scared?"
The chief of staff covered his face with anger and reported in horror: "Your Excellency, Commander, go and take a look, there are a lot of heavy artillery on Tubal Road!"
Since the Shijiazhuang garrison was organized and marched into Shimen, it has not encountered an attack from the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Both Ogurihara and his chief of staff are still accustomed to calling the Eighth Route Army Tubalu.
Major General Okurihara's office and bedroom are on the second floor. Through the window, you can see a little bit of the Eighth Route Army's shelling.
At this time, the headquarters of the Japanese Shijiazhuang garrison was already buzzing with phone calls. Ogurihara knew without asking that they were from various brigade units reporting that they were under attack and requesting tactical guidance.
Ogurihara took his time, put on his military uniform, put on his pistol and command knife, took off the telescope hanging on the wall, led the chief of staff to the roof, and observed carefully. At this sight, Major General Ogurihara took a breath of air. : I saw that the sky above the cloud plate in the north was illuminated red by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. The sky in the south was also red. The east side of Shimen was even more amazing. There seemed to be two to three hundred cannons of various types roaring, groups and clusters. , a string of artillery shells flew across the night sky, as bright as a meteor shower, and hit the defenders' positions.
Ogurihara and the chief of staff no longer had the intention to observe, so they crawled back downstairs, went to the office, grabbed the phone and called "Moxi", and "Moxi" was shouted out.
At the same time that the large-scale artillery bombardment began, the Eighth Route Army's assault group began to attack. At this time, there was no longer any concealment problem. The tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and motorcycles of the first brigade all turned on their headlights. From the starting position five or six miles away, we galloped towards the stone gate.
The earth is shaking, and the Milky Way composed of car lights is flowing happily!
Zhao Dahe, commander of the Eighth Route Army Armored Regiment, was wearing a steel helmet, half of his body was exposed outside the turret, looking straight ahead, and kept giving orders through the vehicle-mounted radio, and the headquarters returned to the team for an assault.
The medium tank Huike battalion and the two light tank Huike battalions formed a fan-shaped attack formation and pushed toward the Japanese defense line. Behind the tank Huike were the armored vehicles of the Armored Regiment, the First Teaching Regiment, and the Second Teaching Regiment. Behind them were cars equipped with protective steel plates, forming a torrent of steel that spread toward the Japanese outer positions.
How could the Shijiazhuang garrison on guard duty stop such an attack wave?
Major General Ogurihara's heart was like a lead weight, sinking, sinking!
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