There is a courtyard to the right of the gate of the Japanese arsenal, in which is stationed a Japanese garrison of a squadron specially strengthened for the logistics warehouse. They did resist, but because they were caught off guard, they were unable to organize effective resistance. Not long after, they were all annihilated by the special forces team members.
The Japanese infantry brigade stationed south of the logistics warehouse heard gunshots coming from the direction of the warehouse, and quickly organized troops to come for reinforcements.
As soon as they left the barracks, they were attacked by the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment that had been ambushing outside the barracks. They suffered dozens of casualties on the spot and were forced to retreat.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment surrounded the Japanese barracks. They did not launch an attack for the time being. They just blocked the Japanese troops in the barracks and prevented them from going to the ammunition depot for reinforcements.
At the same time, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie both sent two companies of troops to the ammunition depot. They were not going to support Xu Dalong and others, because they believed that Xu Dalong and his special forces were fully capable of taking down the Japanese warehouse. Their target was the weapons and equipment in the Japanese army's warehouse. Neither of the two regiment leaders wanted to lag behind in this matter of making a fortune.
After Xu Dalong and others captured the Japanese warehouse, some guerrillas went to attack the Japanese checkpoint at the intersection in front of the gate.
The Japanese army relied on the bunker to fight back. The special operations team members opened the Japanese army's warehouse, pushed out the Type 92 infantry cannon inside, and directly aimed at the Japanese army's bunker with a blast, quickly annihilating the Japanese army at the checkpoint.
Xu Dalong and others stayed in the warehouse and directed the guerrillas to seize the time to transport weapons and ammunition from the warehouse.
Soon after, people from the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment came over. There were a lot of weapons and ammunition in the Japanese warehouse, so they first grabbed the Type 92 infantry guns, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns.
Xu Dalong did not stop him and allowed them to carry it.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie directed their troops to surround the Japanese troops in the barracks while looking in the direction of the ammunition depot from time to time. They hoped that their men would quickly get weapons and equipment, and they were thinking about how much oil and water they could get.
Soon after, the troops sent to carry weapons and ammunition came back. When the cadres leading the team saw their respective regimental leaders, their first words were: "Captain, we have made a fortune."
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie burst into laughter when they saw the weapons and ammunition brought by their men.
Li Yunlong saw that his officers and soldiers had brought over a dozen Type 92 infantry cannons, dozens of mortars, a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and countless ammunition, and he suddenly felt a lot stronger.
He shouted loudly: "Brothers, set up the cannons for me and blast them hard for me."
Kong Jie was also very happy and ordered his men to set up artillery and blast the Japanese barracks.
The Japanese infantry brigade that was blocked in the barracks was originally very confident. Not only were they not afraid of the underground anti-Japanese armed forces surrounding them outside, they also organized troops to charge outward, hoping to break through the enemy's siege and rescue the arsenal.
When groups of artillery shells flew over, their goals immediately changed. They just hoped to defend the barracks and prevent the enemy from rushing in and destroying them.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment had never fought such a rich battle. They did not need to save ammunition, so they set up artillery and fired continuously at the Japanese barracks.
The fierce bombardment lasted for more than 20 minutes. The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment fired at least more than 400 artillery shells at the Japanese army, basically leveling the Japanese barracks.
When the two regiment leaders saw that it was almost done, they ordered the bugler to blow the charge horn.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment rushed into the Japanese barracks with a large number of machine guns. At this time, most of the Japanese troops had been killed and injured, and they were unable to organize effective resistance. It didn't take long before they were all wiped out.
Li Yunlong grinned happily, and Kong Jie waved his fist excitedly and shouted loudly: "He brewed it. This battle was really enjoyable."
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment burst into cheers.
The Japanese army in Lingao City received an enemy report from the Japanese infantry brigade. Knowing that the arsenal had been attacked, they immediately organized troops to leave the city for reinforcements.
Soon after they left the city, they were attacked by the cavalry troops led by Sun Desheng and the infantry led by Wang Chengzhu, and had to retreat.
Chiba Xunyi, the division commander and chief of staff of the 32nd Japanese garrison division in Lingao City, have already gone to Taiyuan to attend the combat meeting. The top commander left behind in the city is the division's deputy chief of staff.
Seeing that he could not rush out through the east gate, he ordered his troops to leave the city through other gates. As soon as they left the city, they were also attacked by the guerrilla cavalry and were forced to retreat.
The deputy chief of staff sent a telegram to Chiba Xunyi to report the situation here in Lingao City, and ordered the 82nd and 83rd Regiments stationed in two counties near Lingao City to come for reinforcements.
After Li Yunlong and Kong Jie annihilated the Japanese infantry brigade, they came to the arsenal to meet Xu Dalong.
After the three people discussed it, according to the original battle plan, Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment, Kong Jie's New Second Regiment and Wang Chengzhu's Mawushan Infantry were divided into large groups to surround Lingao City.
Sun Desheng led the cavalry troops to the direction of Yucheng, preparing to block the reinforcements of the Japanese 108th Division.
Wei Monk's special operations squadron was divided into two to monitor the Japanese 82nd Regiment and the 83rd Regiment respectively.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade and the 358th Brigade were on their way, and the transport convoy sent by Xu Dalong drove over.
Since the number of vehicles was still insufficient, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong led the two regiments of the 358th Brigade to Lingao City by car first. The remaining officers and soldiers and the remaining troops of the 358th Brigade continued on foot towards Lingao City.
The headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan City.
Commander Yoshio Shinozuka is holding a combat meeting to study how to eliminate the Mawu Mountain guerrillas.
Chiba Xunyi was speaking, and he said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Mawushan Anti-Japanese Armed Forces under Xu Dalong's command have already grown very large, and the fifth brigade of Huang Xiejun rebelled and joined Xu Dalong's troops. In the Xinhe County area, There is also the 358th Brigade of the Jinsui Army.
My 32nd garrison division has no advantage in terms of weapons, equipment and strength. It is difficult to annihilate the Mawushan guerrillas alone. I also ask the commander to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Mawushan guerrillas to prevent the Mawushan guerrillas from further expanding their power. "
The commander of the 108th Division, Fujiwara Konichi, also suffered losses under Xu Dalong many times. He agreed with Chiba Xunyi and said: "Although the Mawushan Guerrilla Army sounds like a guerrilla force, its actual strength has exceeded that of the regular anti-Japanese army. A brigade. The chariot troops, cavalry troops, and artillery troops they possess are not superior to our army in terms of firepower and mobility, and it is indeed difficult to deal with them."
The 110th Division had recently lost an infantry regiment, and the railway garrison under the jurisdiction of the division had also been annihilated. He no longer looked down upon the Mawushan guerrillas, and he also agreed with Fujiwara Konichi and Chiba Xunichi. Opinions, hoping that the First Army can organize a large-scale encirclement and suppression operation to annihilate Xu Dalong's guerrillas and the troops of the 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army in the Mawu Mountain area.
Yoshio Shinozuka also said with some emotion: "This Xu Dalong is indeed a tough bandit. Taiyuan Airport was destroyed three times, all because of this Xu Dalong. The tank regiment and cavalry regiment directly under the First Army were also The loss at the hands of Xu Dalong should indeed attract our army's great attention.
You all have the same understanding now, which is good. You must not underestimate such an enemy. The purpose of calling you all here this time is to study the combat deployment against the Mawushan guerrillas. "
Later, at the request of Yoshio Shinozuka, Chiba Xunichi was the first to express his opinion.
He said: "Qianye Jun, you have been dealing with Xu Dalong's department for the longest time, so let's talk about your opinions first."
Qianye Xunyi suffered many losses under Xu Dalong. It was too difficult for him to make up his mind.
He hesitated for a while and said: "Your Excellency, Commander,..."
At this moment, a communications staff officer from the First Army came in and handed a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka.
The telegram was sent from Lingao City by the 32nd Guard Division, and it was for Qianye Xunyi. Of course, it was the communications department of the Japanese First Army that received the telegram. After receiving the telegram, it was natural that it had to be handed over to Yoshio Shinozuka first.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked very ugly after reading the telegram. He first read the contents of the telegram.
All the generals attending the meeting were surprised, especially Chiba Xunyi.
He was shocked and said anxiously: "What should we do?"
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "This Xu Dalong is indeed difficult to deal with. We are studying how to annihilate the Mawushan guerrillas here, and he has already launched an offensive in Lingao City. Now the combat meeting has changed the topic and is studying how to rescue the garrison in Lingao City. 32nd Division.”
After emergency consultation and decision, the three division commanders immediately rushed back to their original troops. Chiba Xunyi immediately returned to Lingao City and organized the 32nd Division to defend Lingao City. The 108th Division dispatched reinforcements from Yucheng to reinforce Lingao City. Since the 110th Division was far away from Lingao City, the division commander led the troops to attack Xinhe County and the Mawushan base area, and used the method of encirclement and rescue, forcing the Mawushan guerrillas and the 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army to retreat from Lingao City. Original residence.
In order to conduct unified command, the First Army sent its chief of staff to the 108th Division to coordinate the actions of each division.
After receiving the mission, the three division commanders immediately left Taiyuan City and returned to their respective defense areas.
Lingao City.
The Japanese troops stationed in Lingao City are the division headquarters, directly affiliated teams, 81st Regiment, Engineer Regiment, Baggage Regiment, and Artillery Regiment of the 32nd Division, with a strength of about 12,000 people, and The total strength of Huang Xiejun's fourth division headquarters, directly affiliated teams and two regiments is about 7,000.
The deputy chief of staff ordered the Japanese troops to defend the city wall and asked the Japanese 82nd and 83rd regiments to go to Lingao City for emergency rescue. At the same time, he sent someone to call Yan Guiwu, commander of Huang Xiejun's fourth division.
The main force of the 32nd Japanese garrison division was concentrated in the Lingao City area. There were only a small number of Japanese troops in the remaining counties. They were mainly stationed by the troops of the 4th Division of the Huang Xie Army. In the four counties captured by the coalition forces, the Huang Xie Army was annihilated. Troops of the Fourth Division. Four county towns were occupied, and he also received the report. At that time, he found Qianye Xunyi and asked him to send troops to rescue, but Qianye Xunyi did not dare to go.
Not only did Yan Guiwu not feel frustrated, but he breathed a sigh of relief because he no longer had to go out and fight the Mawushan guerrillas directly.
Yan Guiwu was one of the witnesses to the growth and development of the Mawushan Guerrillas. He saw with his own eyes that the Mawushan Guerrillas grew from a small guerrilla to a powerful armed force. They were often besieged by the Japanese and puppet troops from the original , turned into taking the initiative to attack the Japanese and puppet troops, and now the division commander who was fighting so well did not dare to lead his troops to attack, which made him very emotional.
Today's Huang Xiejun Fourth Division is no longer a match for the Mawushan guerrillas. His troops were scattered in various counties at the request of the Japanese. If he had not maintained secret contact with Xu Dalong through Wang Shuhuai, his troops would have been wiped out one by one by the Mawushan guerrillas.
Yan Guiwu knew that Xu Dalong could not be offended and that cooperating with Xu Dalong would bring benefits to him, so he kept in touch with Xu Dalong. He has already hinted that once his troops are attacked by the Mawushan guerrillas, they will run away if they can. If they can't, they will raise their guns an inch. Raise your hands and surrender when the time comes. Xu Dalong will not make it difficult for his men.
Yan Guiwu came to the headquarters of the 32nd garrison division. The deputy chief of staff of the Japanese army asked Yan Guiwu to lead the Huang Xiejun in the city to strengthen the city defense with the Japanese army, and designated a defense area for him.
In order to appease Yan Guiwu, the deputy chief of staff told him that the division commander Chiba Xunyi had returned to Lingao City from Taiyuan City urgently, and the Japanese 108th Division was coming from Yucheng for reinforcements. The 110th Division will attack the guerrilla base areas and the defense area of the 358th Brigade. They say that as long as they can hold on to Lingao City for 24 hours, they will be able to repel the enemy's siege. When reinforcements arrive, they will attack from the city and annihilate the outside world in one fell swoop. of enemy troops.
Yan Guiwu basically distrusted the words of the deputy chief of staff. He believed that the Japanese army simply did not have the ability to rescue Lingao City. Since the Mawushan guerrillas dared to attack Lingao City, they must have been prepared in advance and would attack the Japanese reinforcements on the way, so reinforcements could not be counted on at all.
However, Yan Guiwu was an old man, and he was unwilling to offend the Japanese deputy chief of staff. He immediately vowed to go all out to cooperate with the Japanese army to defend Lingao City.
The chief of staff was quite satisfied with Yan Guiwu's attitude. After encouraging him for a few words, he asked him to go back and organize troops to defend the northern city wall.
The Japanese army originally did not trust Huang Xiejun, and the uprising of Huang Xiejun's fifth brigade aggravated the Japanese army's suspicion.
In order to prevent Yan Guiwu's troops from mutiny, the Japanese deputy chief of staff sent a Japanese combat staff officer to lead a squadron of Japanese troops, followed Yan Guiwu back to the headquarters of Huang Xiejun's fourth division, and directly supervised the actions of Huang Xiejun's fourth division.
Yan Guiwu was very angry that the Japanese army wanted to use Huang Xiejun's fourth division as cannon fodder and distrust Huang Xiejun. However, he did not dare to say anything in front of the Japanese deputy chief of staff. He vowed to do his best to help the Japanese army defend the city, but in his heart he greeted the eight generations of the Japanese deputy chief of staff's ancestors many times.
After Yan Guiwu returned to the headquarters of Huang Xiejun's Fourth Division, he found the chief of staff and informed him of the Japanese army's request for Huang Xiejun's Fourth Division to defend the northern city wall and the dispatch of a supervising team.
The chief of staff was very worried about this and said: "Master, Xu Dalong has always been very cunning in fighting. If he knew that the northern city wall was defended by our fourth division, he would probably concentrate his troops to attack us first. Xu Dalong's guerrillas We have tanks and artillery, and now we have captured weapons and ammunition from the Japanese arsenal. I am afraid we cannot stop their attack. Not only have we become cannon fodder for the Japanese, but once the city wall is lost, the Japanese will We can't be spared, we are really desperate.
Master, this is the moment that determines the life or death of our fourth division. You must make an accurate decision and find a way to protect our fourth division. "
Yan Guiwu thought the chief of staff was right. The combat effectiveness of Huang Xiejun's fourth division is definitely not as good as that of the Japanese. If the enemy forces outside the city want to attack the city, they must of course choose Huang Xiejun, who has weaker combat effectiveness, as the main target of attack. If this happens, the Fourth Division of Huang Xiejun will basically be doomed, and the lives and fortunes of Yan Guiwu and others will not be saved.
Yan Guiwu felt a headache. He has always been resourceful, but when faced with this situation, he couldn't think of a way to have both sides at the same time.
The chief of staff said: "Master, I have an idea. Do you think this will work?..."
After hearing what the Chief of Staff said, Yan Guiwu felt his eyes light up. He nodded and said, "I'm afraid that's all."
After Yan Guiwu made up his mind, he sent someone to call Wang Shuhuai, director of the Logistics Department, and explained to him.
Wang Shuhuai said: "Master, please don't worry, I will take care of it right away."
The arsenal in the east of the city.
The coalition headquarters for this battle was located in the arsenal.
In the conference room, there are several radio stations set up, each radio station is responsible for communicating with a unit of the coalition forces.
In Lin Xueying's hands, she held more than a dozen codebooks, from the World War II District Chief's Department, Zhongtiao Mountain Command, various intelligence stations in Taiyuan City, and various troops participating in the war.
The radio operators continued to hand over the copied telegrams to Lin Xueying. Lin Xueying chose different codebooks for translation according to the beginning marks on the telegrams, and then sent them to Xu Dalong.
A combat map was temporarily hung on the wall of the conference room. Xu Dalong placed a chair in front of the map. He was riding on the chair, with his hands on the back of the chair and observing the map.
Next to the map stood a combat staff officer. His name was Yang Gengsheng. He was of medium height, with small eyes, but he looked very energetic. He is 25 years old this year, but he already has eight years of military service. He turned out to be the combat staff officer of the brigade headquarters. Xu Dalong specially asked the brigade commander to come here.
Yang Gengsheng constantly marked the dynamics of the enemy and ourselves on the map, showed the latest progress of the coalition forces, and accepted Xu Dalong's questions.
Lin Xueying came over and said: "Captain, telegram."
Xu Dalong said without looking back: "Nian."
Lin Xueying did not read the content of the telegram, but leaned close to Xu Dalong's ear and whispered: "Captain, the telegram came on the 6th."
No. 6 is the code name of Wang Shuhuai, the logistics director of Huang Xiejun's Fourth Division. Only a few people such as Xu Dalong, Zheng Xirong and Wang Xiaohu know about Wang Shuhuai's secret dealings with the Mawushan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong stood up, took the telegram from Lin Xueying, and walked into the room next to the conference room.
In the telegram, Wang Shuhuai introduced the deployment of Japanese troops in the city and the situation of Japanese reinforcements. He said that Huang Xiejun's fourth division was responsible for defending the northern city wall and hoped that the guerrillas would not attack from the north. If the northern city wall was breached first, Yan Guiwu would not be able to survive in the future. Find a way to explain it to the Japanese. Huang Xiejun will cooperate well with the guerrillas, and specific matters can be negotiated through telegrams.
Today's Mawushan guerrillas are fully capable of eating up the Huang Xie Army's fourth division, but Xu Dalong doesn't want to do that yet. This is because the Japanese army vigorously supported the puppet army in order to maintain their rule. If the fourth division of Huang Xiejun was defeated, they would mobilize new puppet troops.
Instead of doing this, it is better to keep the Fourth Division of Huang Xiejun. After all, the two sides have established a certain connection and can cooperate with each other at critical times. This is beneficial to the attack on the Japanese army in the Mawu Mountain area. If there is no Huang Xiejun Fourth Division, the Mawushan guerrillas are not familiar with the newly arrived puppet troops, and they will definitely add a lot of uncertain troubles to the Mawushan base area.
After careful consideration, Xu Dalong decided to agree to Yan Guiwu's request. The main battle target this time was not to target the Fourth Division of Huang Xiejun, but to cooperate with Yan Guiwu to achieve the goal of annihilating the Japanese army.
Xu Dalong drafted a telegram and asked Lin Xueying to send it back to Wang Shuhuai.
Wang Shuhuai received the telegram from Xu Dalong and reported it to Yan Guiwu.
After reading it, Yan Guiwu said happily: "This Xu Dalong really has his own skills, and he is also a righteous man. Now I feel confident."
After reading the telegram, the chief of staff said: "Master, I will go down and arrange it."
Yan Guiwu warned: "Tell our brothers that when the time comes, they must behave appropriately and don't let the Japanese notice it."
The chief of staff said: "Master, don't worry when I read the book. All the brothers are familiar with this."
After the chief of staff left, Yan Guiwu told Wang Shuhuai to keep in touch with Xu Dalong via the radio at any time.
After seizing the arsenal and annihilating the Japanese infantry brigade guarding the arsenal, Li Yunlong's independent regiment, Kong Jie's New Second Regiment, Wang Chengzhu's Mawushan guerrilla infantry brigade, and Sun Desheng's cavalry brigade attacked from the southeast, northwest and northwest respectively. Lingao City was surrounded.
Since Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade and the Independent Brigade had not arrived yet, they followed Xu Dalong's request and temporarily refrained from attacking the Japanese troops defending the city. Instead, they dug trenches and built fortifications to prepare for a Japanese breakthrough.
Chiba Xunyi drove as fast as he could in a car. In order to keep in touch with the 32nd garrison division at any time, he asked the radio station on the truck to be turned on and asked the deputy chief of staff to report to him every half hour. The situation in Gaocheng.
The chief of staff was very attentive, and from the telegrams sent by the deputy chief of staff, he found that some situations were very suspicious.
He said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the anti-Japanese armed forces have surrounded Lingao City. From the large number of cavalry owned by the enemy, we can know that there must be Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas here, but they did not see their tank troops. Don't you know? Do you think there is a problem here?"
