Zhao Gang is the chief steward of the Mawushan base area. When he heard that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale attack on the base area, he was really at a loss because he refused to give up anywhere in such a large base area. But there are not that many troops in hand. Even if there are so many troops, spreading the guard is not an option.
Zhao Gang is a talented person with both military and political skills, and he is usually very confident, but when he really encountered a situation involving the scale of the entire battle, he realized that he still had a big advantage compared to Li Yunlong and Xu Dalong in terms of the overall situation. disparity.
Seeing Li Yunlong's decisive decision to defend key targets, Zhao Gang couldn't help but admire him. Zheng Xirong also admired Li Yunlong's decision to kill. But he still has his own ideas.
After the meeting, he found Zhao Daman, who is now the captain of the Yinping County Brigade, and asked him not to leave for the time being. He had some ideas to exchange opinions with Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
After the meeting, Zhao Gang saw the tired look on Li Yunlong's face and knew that his pain was still tormenting him. In order to facilitate Li Yunlong's command of the entire base area, Zhao Gang decided to temporarily move the headquarters to the field hospital.
Li Yunlong agreed with him, and Zhao Gang asked someone to take Li Yunlong to the field hospital.
At this moment, Zheng Xirong walked in and said, "Old regiment leader, Commissioner Zhao Zheng, I have some ideas about the deployment of operations in the base area and would like to exchange opinions with you."
After Zhao Gang's introduction, Li Yunlong already knew that Zheng Xirong was now responsible for the intelligence work of the entire base area, and his grasp of the situation was more specific and detailed.
Li Yunlong said: "You are familiar with the situation. If you have any ideas, just tell me."
Zheng Xirong said: "Old regiment leader, Commissioner Zheng, the one who attacked Yinping County was Yan Guiwu's Huang Xiejun 4th Division. They have secretly reached a tacit agreement with us. Now that the base area is thin, it is too stressful to defend two counties at the same time. It is better to just Giving up Yinping County and letting Huang Xiejun's 4th Division occupy it would not only increase Yan Guiwu's trust among the Japanese, but also save a large number of troops to go all out to defend Guancheng County and attract all the main forces of the Japanese army. Here, wait for the captain and the others to come back and annihilate the enemy."
Li Yunlong was very interested in Zheng Xirong's proposal. He said: "Zheng Xirong, I really didn't expect that you could use the puppet army to deal with the Japanese. If so, that would be great. I am worried about the lack of troops and cannot defend the enemy." Where is Guancheng County? If this is the case, I agree with you."
Zhao Gang also felt that what Zheng Xirong said made sense. It was not that he had never thought of such a method, but as the chief steward of the guerrillas, he was reluctant to give up every plant and tree in the base area and give it up to Yinping County. Of course, in his mind Not happy anymore.
But at this moment, Zheng Xirong's suggestion is probably the best way.
He said: "I also agree with this opinion. Zheng Xirong, I will leave this matter to you to get in touch with Yan Guiwu and tell them that we can help them capture Yinping County and ask for rewards from the little devils. But there is one thing, They will never be allowed to harm the people, otherwise they will be severely punished."
Zheng Xirong said: "Understood, the old regiment leader, Commissioner Zheng, and the captain of the Yinping County Brigade are outside now. I will get in touch with Yan Guiwu, and you can explain the new combat deployment to Zhao Daman."
Li Yunlong looked at Zheng Xirong with admiration and said: "You are really good. You were very clever before. You have followed the Dalong brothers, and now you are more and more promising. Okay, go and call Zhao Daman in, and I will arrange it with him." "
Zhao Daman was called in, and everyone discussed the specific combat deployment. Zheng Xirong reported the results of the discussion to Yan Guiwu.
Yan Guiwu was forced by Qianye Xunyi to deploy four regiments of troops to attack Dongxiang County and Yinping County respectively. He was deeply offended.
He didn't know that the 358 Brigade had now left this area. He believed that attacking Dongxiang County would be a fierce battle, because it was impossible for the 358 Brigade to save him face, so he pinned his hopes on attacking Yinping County in advance. Reaching a tacit understanding with the Mawushan guerrillas, the two sides just put on a show.
Of course, he did not expect to capture Yinping County, because after all, this was one of the most important strategic positions in his Mawushan base, and it was impossible to give it up to others.
Yan Guiwu was thinking about how this battle should be fought, so as not to lose his own men and horses, but also to be able to give an explanation to the Japanese.
At this moment, Zheng Xirong's telegram arrived. He proposed that Yan Guiwu's 4th Division could attack Yinping County, preferably at night. The defenders in the city would show off and then abandon the county and give Yinping County to Yan Guiwu, so that he could have a fight with the Japanese. An explanation. As for Dongxiang County, it is best not to go to avoid them being hit hard by the 358th Brigade.
Yan Guiwu was very excited when he heard the good news. Chiba Xunyi asked him to capture two county towns. As long as he can really capture one, he will definitely be able to do well with the Japanese. It is probably the best outcome for him not to go head-to-head with the Mawushan guerrillas or the 358th Brigade to avoid losing his own men.
Yan Guiwu said to the chief of staff and Wang Shuhuai: "Xu Dalong is a good friend. We will not suffer any loss when dealing with him. We will do what Xu Dalong wants, restrain the troops and not disturb the people. After everyone takes the county seat, stay safe and stay safe at any time. Prepare to evacuate.”
The chief of staff was also very happy and said: "This is the best."
Wang Shuhuai followed Yan Guiwu's request and sent a telegram to Zheng Xirong. The telegram agreed on the specific area and time of the battle between the two sides to avoid misunderstandings.
Goat Slope.
The troops of the 16th Brigade of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army were driving on the road under the goat slope.
Seeing the Japanese army entering the ambush circle, Xu Dalong ordered: "Let's start."
The signal soldier beside Xu Dalong raised his signal gun and fired three red signal bombs into the sky.
The guerrilla demolition squadron, with the help of the engineering troops, planted a large number of explosives on the road. All 3,000 kilograms of high explosives sent by Logistics Minister Zhang Wanhe were used here, and 20,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives prepared by the arsenal were also used, and they were buried for two kilometers.
Li Yinzhu, the leader of the demolition squadron who had been looking up in the direction of the headquarters, finally saw the red flare flashing in the sky. He shouted excitedly: "Detonate."
As the push rods of the detonators were pressed, the electric current detonated the electric detonator instantly. The explosion of the electric detonator detonated the explosive, and huge energy burst out instantly.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom." The explosion sounded suddenly, and more than 20,000 kilograms of explosives exploded almost simultaneously. The violent explosion shook the mountains, and the entire mountains shook.
Fire flashed across the highway, which was immediately enveloped in thick smoke.
"Fight, fight, fight!"
Almost at the same time, Wang Chengzhu, Zhang Dabiao, Kong Jie, and Chu Yunfei, who saw the red flare, roared together.
"Da da da da da" The infantry of the Mawushan guerrillas, the New 1st Brigade, the New 2nd Brigade, and the 358th Brigade, ambushing on the hillsides on both sides, with a total of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, fired machine guns and rifles at the Japanese marching brigade on the road. Fire fiercely.
"Boom, boom, boom," then the artillery of the coalition forces began to launch a fierce bombardment on the road down the mountain.
The arrogant officers and soldiers of the 16th Brigade of the Japanese Army never expected that they would suddenly encounter such a violent blow. They were immediately beaten to their knees and suffered heavy casualties.
The casualties of the Japanese army were very serious. Almost all the Japanese troops were annihilated in the two-kilometer-long section where explosives were planted. In this area alone, the Japanese losses reached more than 3,000 people.
The fierce firepower attacks by various coalition forces caused losses of more than 2,000 people in an instant.
By the time the Japanese army reacted, the losses of the 16th Brigade had exceeded nearly half.
Commander Katayama Brigade did not expect that the enemy would dare to attack his powerful 16th Brigade. Not only did he not expect that the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Mawu Mountain area would travel so far to Hebei for an ambush, he also did not expect that the enemy's firepower would be so fierce.
It is not that Katayama Brigade Commander has never encountered enemy ambushes in previous battles. However, the enemy troops that ambush them usually have backward equipment, especially lack of ammunition. After the battle starts, they often fire a few rounds of bullets and then rush down the mountain to fight with them. Japanese troops engage in hand-to-hand combat.
This was one of the reasons why Captain Katayama was so careless. The fierce firepower of the enemy in front of him was completely beyond his expectation, and he was stunned for a moment.
However, the commander of the Katayama Brigade was after all a battle-hardened general. He quickly observed the situation on the battlefield and saw that the enemy's troops were strong and their firepower was fierce. He made a prompt decision and immediately ordered some troops to attack the hillsides on both sides. , covering the retreat of the main force along its original route.
According to the battle plan formulated in advance, Xu Dalong first issued the charge order to Wang Chengzhu and Zhang Dabiao.
The infantry of the Mawushan guerrillas led by Wang Chengzhu and the officers and soldiers of the New 1st Brigade led by Zhang Dabiao were ambushed on both sides of the explosive blasting area. Their mission was to quickly rush onto this section of the road where there was no longer any Japanese troops. The Japanese 16th Brigade was cut into two sections, front and rear, so that the head and tail could not see each other.
"Blow the charge horn." Wang Chengzhu and Zhang Dabiao gave the order at the same time.
Following the order, more than a dozen trumpeters who were ready sounded the charge horn together.
"Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick," the officers and soldiers of the Mawushan guerrillas and the New 1st Brigade jumped out of the trenches with sharp bayonets in hand and rushed towards the road, shouting.
These two troops were the only ones to launch the charge. Kong Jie's New Second Brigade and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade still used fierce firepower to attack the enemy troops on the road.
The officers and soldiers of the coalition forces are behind the cover and are condescending, so they can give full play to their firepower advantage.
The Japanese officers and soldiers were exposed on the road and on the hillsides on both sides, with nowhere to hide, and their casualties continued to increase.
The commander of the Katayama Brigade was leading his troops to retreat. When he saw the anti-Japanese armed forces rushing down the mountain, he immediately understood their intentions. He could not watch his troops being separated by the enemy, so he led his troops to turn around and rush back, trying to join forces with the Japanese troops in front of the road, and then retreat together.
The guerrilla soldiers and the officers and soldiers of the New Second Brigade rushed down from the mountain like tigers descending. As the saying goes, it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down the mountain. People can easily fall and get injured when going down the mountain, not to mention running and rushing down the mountain. During the process of going down the mountain, many officers and soldiers fell to the ground, and some even rolled down the mountain, causing injuries. A lot of damage. However, the officers and soldiers still rushed down the mountain regardless of everything, and soon rushed to the road.
After arriving on the road, according to the prior combat deployment, the infantry of the Mawushan guerrillas commanded by Wang Chengzhu were responsible for attacking the Japanese troops behind. Zhang Dabiao commanded the officers and soldiers of the New Second Brigade to attack the Japanese troops in front of the road, completely cutting them into two. part.
Xu Dalong observed the situation on the entire battlefield from the top of the mountain. Seeing that Wang Chengzhu and Zhang Dabiao had completed the task of cutting off the Japanese army, he issued the order to charge again.
Chu Yunfei commanded the officers and soldiers of the 358th Brigade and launched a charge towards the Japanese army at the front of the highway.
Zhang Dabiao also commanded the New 1st Brigade to launch a charge against the Japanese troops in the front section. Their mission is to first eat the Japanese troops in front, and then join the guerrilla infantry and Kong Jie's New Second Brigade to annihilate the main Japanese army behind.
The commander of the Katayama Brigade was very aware of the enemy's intentions. He commanded the troops to counterattack the officers and soldiers of the New Second Brigade ambushing on both sides of the road. He covered the brigade and launched a fierce attack on the guerrillas led by Wang Chengzhu.
There are still about 1,500 Japanese troops surrounded in front of the highway. The total strength of Zhang Dabiao's New 1st Brigade and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade is more than 14,000, which is almost ten times the number of Japanese troops. The officers and soldiers stood firm. With sharp bayonets, they shouted and rushed towards the Japanese army, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were extremely brave. They faced ten times the enemy without flinching. They were well-trained and good at stabbing. In groups of three, they started a fierce battle with the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese armed forces.
The battle was extremely fierce, and the red-eyed officers and soldiers of both sides fought desperately. Although the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces also underwent assassination training, most of them were new recruits, and the level of training was obviously insufficient compared with the Japanese army. The assassination techniques are also much different. Many officers and soldiers were stabbed and fell down by the Japanese soldiers during the fight with the Japanese army. The casualties obviously exceeded the Japanese soldiers.
However, the coalition troops were outnumbered after all. The Japanese soldiers were unable to defeat four-handed soldiers with two fists. On average, one soldier had to deal with ten coalition soldiers, and they simply could not withstand them.
The battle continued one-sided. Later, as the casualties of the Japanese army continued to increase, every Japanese soldier had to face the sharp bayonets of dozens of coalition soldiers. The final outcome was self-evident.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, the remaining Japanese troops were completely annihilated by the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese armed forces. The officers and soldiers of the New 1st Brigade and the 358th Brigade burst into cheers of victory.
