Hearing what his father said, Chu Yunfei felt very sad. He wanted to lead the troops to rescue Xu Dalong at all costs, but he knew that what his father said was right. He must first maintain his position in the Jinsui Army before he could Maybe secretly helping Xu Dalong. If he really offends the King of Shanxi, he will not be able to do his job as a brigade commander. Even if he wants to help Xu Dalong, he will have no capital.
Chu Yunfei was very helpless and said with difficulty: "Okay, father, I will rush back to the army right away." Chu Yun'er cried sadly when she saw that even her father and brother could not help Xu Dalong.
She cried and said, "If you don't save Brother Dalong, I will save him myself." She was about to walk out.
Chu Yunfei hurriedly stopped Chu Yun'er and said, "What can you do alone? You still have to listen to your father and stay in the liaison group. Only in this way can you have a chance to help Xu Dalong."
Chu Yun'er was still rational and knew that she couldn't do anything now, so she cried loudly.
Chu Yunfei felt very sad. He sent a telegram to Xu Dalong about the situation he learned when he came to the World War II District Chief's Department, telling him not to expect the Jinsui Army to come to the rescue. Everything must be done by himself. It is best to be able to Immediately organize troops to break out to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese invaders.
Taiyuan City.
Yoshio Shinozuka has received intelligence that the main force of the Mawushan Military Division led by Xu Dalong and Li Yunlong is now at Niangziguan, and is in the midst of an attack by the Japanese Fifth Division and the 112th Division.
Yoshio Shinozuka was very excited and thought this was an excellent opportunity to annihilate Xu Dalong's troops. He immediately sent a telegram to the Fifth Division and the 112th Division, asking them not to let go of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces in Niangziguan, but to surround and annihilate them.
The Japanese Fifth Division and the 112th Division both suffered losses from the Mawushan Military Division, especially the Fifth Division. The 21st Brigade was annihilated last time, and they had long wanted to take revenge.
After receiving the order from Yoshio Shinozuka, they were all very excited and immediately organized troops to besiege Niangziguan.
Xu Dalong received the telegram from Representative Wang and Chu Yunfei. Knowing that the situation was urgent, he immediately sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him to prepare for a breakout.
Xu Dalong attached great importance to intelligence work during the war. He left a large number of cavalry reconnaissance groups near Niangzi Pass and basically grasped the movements of the Japanese army.
Based on the positions of the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division, Xu Dalong chose the direction to break out of the encirclement.
He planned that tonight, Li Yunlong would lead the New First Brigade stationed at Niangzi Pass to break through in the direction of Qixinggang to the west of Niangzi Pass. He sent a telegram to Wang Chengzhu and Cui Zhenyue, asking them to rush to Huaishu Village east of Qixinggang before 8 o'clock tonight to assist Li Yunlong and other troops in breaking out.
Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and Wei Monk led the cavalry and special operations squadron of the Mawushan guerrillas to attack the Japanese army from the west of Qixing Gang to coordinate the breakout operation of Li Yunlong's troops.
In order to prevent the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces from breaking through in Niangzi Pass, the Japanese Fifth Division built an encirclement on the east, west and south sides of Niangzi Pass. The 112th Division set up a defense line from the north and formed a comprehensive attack on Niangzi Pass before 7 o'clock that night. surrounded.
The Japanese army seized the time to rest and prepare to launch an attack on Niangziguan until dawn tomorrow.
Xu Dalong decided to carry out a breakout at midnight. In order to confuse the enemy, he sent a telegram to Chu Yunfei, hoping that Chu Yunfei could cooperate with Li Yunlong's breakout operation.
After Chu Yunfei received Xu Dalong's telegram, he called Sun Ming, the commander of the guard battalion, and asked him to lead the guard battalion to cooperate with the actions of Xu Dalong and others.
Sun Ming, Xu Dalong and others have fought side by side many times and have already formed a deep friendship. After accepting the mission, he immediately led the guard battalion to the mass graves northeast of Niangzi Pass.
Xu Dalong sent a telegram to General Fu, asking him to send troops from the 63rd Army to cooperate with Li Yunlong's breakout operation.
General Fu gave a death order to the commander of the 63rd Army, asking him to send troops to launch an attack on the flanks and rear of the Japanese 11th 2nd Division at 11 o'clock tonight.
In order to prevent the commander of the 63rd Army from disobeying the situation, General Fu sent his adjutant to personally come to the 63rd Army to supervise the battle.
Under the pressure of General Fu, the commander of the 63rd Army sent another reinforcement regiment to follow General Fu's adjutant and join the reinforcement regiment sent earlier to cooperate with Li Yunlong's breakout operation tonight.
At 11:30 that night, Sun Ming led the guard battalion of the 358th Brigade and launched an attack on the Japanese 112th Division from the direction of the mass graves.
General Fu's adjutant also commanded two reinforced regiments of the 63rd Army and launched an attack on the Japanese 11th and 2nd Division troops.
In order to confuse the enemy and cover the main force's breakout operation, the guard battalion of the new brigade launched a charge in the direction of the mass graves.
The Japanese army discovered that Li Yunlong's troops broke out to the east and received the cooperation of reinforcements. They believed that the direction chosen by Li Yunlong's troops to break out was to the east. So they mobilized troops to the east to intercept.
Li Yunlong had been observing the movements of the enemy troops. After discovering that the Japanese troops were mobilizing to the east, he led the main force to abandon Niangzi Pass and made an all-out breakout toward Qixinggang in the west.
Although the Japanese army had already deployed defensive positions, they did not expect that Li Yunlong's main force suddenly rushed to the west. For a while, they were unable to organize a large force to intercept. The first line of defense they built was quickly broken through by Li Yunlong's troops.
The commander of the Japanese 5th Division figured out the true direction of Li Yunlong's breakout and immediately ordered the reserve team to intercept it.
The Japanese army responsible for the interception in the west was the 18th Regiment of the Ninth Brigade of the Fifth Division. After the first line of defense was breached by Li Yunlong, they immediately strengthened the second line of defense to block Li Yunlong's troops.
The Japanese troops of the 18th Regiment occupied two hills, blocking Li Yunlong's breakout route.
Li Yunlong had to organize his troops and launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the two hills. The two sides fought fiercely.
After Wang Chengzhu and Cui Zhenyue reunited, according to Xu Dalong's order, they suddenly launched an attack from the side and rear of the Japanese 18th Regiment. The Japanese troops of the 18th Regiment had to divide their forces to stop Wang Chengzhu and others.
Li Yunlong took the opportunity to lead his troops to launch a fierce attack, and finally broke through the second line of defense of the Japanese 18th Regiment, occupied the hilltop on one side, and covered the main force's evacuation from the valley toward Qixinggang.
After receiving a report from the 18th Regiment, the commander of the Fifth Division ordered the engineer regiment as a reserve to intercept Li Yunlong's troops. On the way, they were attacked by troops led by Xu Dalong and Sun Desheng. Li Yunlong led the troops to quickly break through. , finally jumped out of the Japanese encirclement and joined forces led by Wang Chengzhu and Cui Zhenyue.
The Japanese 18th Regiment pursued Li Yunlong's troops. They bit the rear guard of Li Yunlong's troops, and the two sides started a fierce battle again.
Li Yunlong was not someone to be bullied. He led his troops to break out of the encirclement, and was reinforced by troops led by Wang Chengzhu and Cui Zhenyue. Seeing that the Japanese 18th Regiment was pursuing them, he turned around and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, defeating the Japanese army. The 18th Regiment was defeated and fled in confusion.
Li Yunlong then led his troops to calmly retreat to Qixinggang, and soon joined Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and others.
After breaking through the siege, Xu Dalong sent a telegram to Chu Yunfei and General Fu, asking them to mobilize the supporting troops and break away from contact with the Japanese army to avoid heavy losses.
After receiving the telegram, Sun Ming and General Fu's adjutants immediately led their troops to withdraw from the battlefield.
This was a difficult breakout operation. Although Xu Dalong's arrangement was well planned and the Japanese army was caught off guard, the troops still suffered heavy losses. In the process of breaking through, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers were lost. Many wounded and officers and soldiers fell behind, and eventually all died. The worst thing was the guard battalion of the new brigade. They fell into a tight siege by the Japanese army. After fierce fighting, they all died heroically.
The guard battalion of the 358th Brigade led by Sun Ming and the troops of the 63rd Army led by General Fu's adjutant also suffered more than half of their casualties.
This Hancheng battle was the heaviest loss since the establishment of the Mawushan Military Division. From the night attack on Niangziguan to the breakout of the encirclement, the troops of the Mawushan Military Division lost more than 7,000 people, which felt like a strain on their muscles and bones. Everyone felt very heavy.
Li Yunlong said angrily: "This damn Yan Laoxi, he really brewed something. From now on, if Laozi is in charge of the affairs of the Jinsui Army, the character "Li" will be written backwards."
Zhang Dabiao, Cui Zhenyue, Sun Desheng and others were also very angry, calling the Jinsui Army ungrateful and a bunch of villains, and said they would never cooperate with the Jinsui Army in fighting again.
Xu Dalong was also very angry and cursed a few words along with everyone else.
After scolding for a while, everyone still felt upset and prepared to evacuate the battlefield and return to the Mawu Mountain base to rest and recuperate.
Xu Dalong was about to give the order to retreat when he suddenly remembered something, so he asked his staff to bring the map and started thinking about it there.
Li Yunlong said unhappily: "Brother Dalong, what are you doing? Do you still want to stay here and fight?"
Xu Dalong said: "Captain, I'm afraid we can't leave yet."
Li Yunlong also squatted down, looked at the map, and seemed to understand what Xu Dalong meant, and said: "Brother Dalong, I say don't worry about it. Jin Suijun loves life and death and has nothing to do with us. No. Since these guys are not honest, let them deal with the little devils on their own."
Zhang Dabiao, Wang Chengzhu, Sun Desheng and others all have rich combat experience. After hearing the conversation between Xu Dalong and Li Yunlong, they thought about it for a while and finally understood. Everyone's opinions were the same as Li Yunlong's, and they all demanded that he lead his troops back to the base area quickly and no longer participate in the fighting here.
Xu Dalong smiled bitterly and said: "We can ignore the affairs of the Jinsui Army, but we can also ignore the affairs of General Fu and the others? Besides, if it is as we expected, what will the superiors do? If we really evacuate If you have to come back after receiving the order, wouldn't that be more passive?"
Although Li Yunlong has a bad temper, after so many years, he knows his superiors too well. He knows that in order to take the overall situation into consideration, his superiors will definitely order the troops of the Mawushan Military Division to continue participating in the next battle.
He said depressedly: "He brewed it! Is it so cheap for Yan Laoxi and the others?"
Xu Dalong said: "It's not that cheap. This time, not only will they be in trouble, but they will also beg us like they beg their grandpa or grandma. Let's also sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and appreciate their embarrassment."
Hearing Xu Dalong say this, everyone felt a little better.
Li Yunlong said: "That's it. Zhang Dabiao, you arrange a warning and notify the troops to rest here and wait for orders from superiors."
Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others judged that the Hancheng area was a wedge inserted between the Zhongtiao Shanguo Army and the Jinsui Army, and the Japanese army would not give up easily. Now that the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division have joined forces, they will definitely launch a counterattack against the Jinsui Army that occupied the Hancheng area.
Xu Dalong and others were very familiar with the Jinsui Army and knew that they were no match for the Japanese army. When they suffered heavy losses, they would definitely seek help from their underground party superiors.
In order to take the overall situation into consideration and maintain the united front, the superiors will definitely order Xu Dalong's troops to rescue the Jinsui Army.
As expected by Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others, Yoshio Shinozuka felt very depressed when he learned that Xu Dalong's troops had broken through the encirclement.
He could not sit back and watch the Jinsui Army occupy the Hancheng area, so he ordered the 5th Division and the 112th Division to join forces and launch an attack on the Jinsui Army from Niangziguan. They would attack the Japanese reinforcements from Taiyuan on both sides and prepare to annihilate the troops entering Hancheng. The Jinsui Army in the city area and the Guo Army in Zhongtiao Mountain.
The Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division drove to Hancheng overnight and launched an attack on the Jinsui Army at 5 a.m. that day. They quickly defeated the 68th Army of the Jinsui Army and then the 69th Army. The 61st and 62nd Army of the Jinsui Army were surrounded in Hancheng.
At the same time, the Fifth Division also sent an infantry regiment to the direction of Fenghuang Mountain to attack the rear of the Zhongtiao Mountain troops led by General Fu.
The situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, leaving both the Jinsui Army and General Fu very passive. What was originally a great situation to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 11th and 2nd Divisions has now turned into a siege by the Japanese due to the selfishness of the Jinsui Army. Not only the Jinsui Army, but also the troops led by General Fu are in danger of being completely destroyed. .
The king of Shanxi was shocked when he heard the news, and had to shamelessly send a telegram to the headquarters of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, requesting the underground party to send troops for reinforcements.
General Fu also sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, requesting reinforcements.
Headquarters.
After receiving a telegram asking for help from Shanxi Wang and General Fu, the boss was in trouble.
From an emotional point of view, this time the Jinsui Army betrayed the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces, and the boss was not willing to rescue them at all. However, considering the overall situation of the national war of resistance, the united front still needs to be maintained, especially that of General Zhongtiaoshan Fu. The cooperation between the army and the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party is relatively good, and we cannot just watch them be wiped out by the Japanese army.
Even the troops of the King of Shanxi, although they often cause friction and make mistakes, they still have hundreds of thousands of troops and can contain a considerable part of the Japanese army. Rescue them is still beneficial to the overall situation of the war of resistance.
