Not to mention, these measures taken by Zhao Gang really confused the Japanese garrison 32nd Division and 110th Division, and bought Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others valuable time to participate in the Battle of Niangziguan.
Starting from New Year's Eve, the Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone, General Fu and Xu Dalong all stayed in the war room on duty, waiting for news from the direction of Niangziguan at any time.
At 8:30 p.m., news came from the direction of Niangziguan, saying that the gate of Niangziguan was opened, and the Japanese army group left Niangziguan and headed towards Hancheng.
Although there are various signs that the Japanese army will launch a surprise attack on the Jinsui Army, if the Japanese army does not come out for a day, Xu Dalong's heart will not be at ease. When he learned that his judgment was completely accurate, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.
The Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone, General Fu, saw that Xu Dalong's judgment was so accurate, and he became more confident in the battle plan he formulated.
The chief of staff issued a notice to all participating troops and asked them to start taking action according to the original plan.
This time the Japanese army dispatched the main force of more than 14,000 people from the Fifth Division, followed closely by the 112th Division, which also dispatched more than 11,000 people.
Just as Xu Dalong judged, in order to speed up the march and achieve the effect of a surprise attack, they only carried a small amount of baggage and left Niangziguan.
After they left, the later baggage troops began to slowly leave Niangzi Pass. All this is under the surveillance of the special operations squadron, and the coalition command headquarters can obtain accurate information at any time.
The King of Shanxi has been paying attention to the progress of this battle. When he heard the report from the chief of staff that all Xu Dalong's judgments were very accurate, he sincerely praised: "Xu Dalong, this young junior, is really a talent. It's a pity, it's a pity. He is not from our Jinsui Army."
After the Japanese Fifth Division left Niangzi Pass, the first thing it encountered was the defense area of the 68th Army of the Jinsui Army.
In order to avoid exposing the real intention against the Japanese army, in accordance with the requirements of the chief of staff of the World War II zone, the commander of the 68th Army also spent a lot of money. He did not notify a regiment guarding the forward position. As a result, the regiment was beaten to pieces by the Japanese army and scattered. escape.
This is what the 68th Army Commander wants. He could not let the Japanese army see that the Jinsui Army was retreating on its own initiative, as that would arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army.
They pretended to be real. When the front position was breached by the Japanese army, he also commanded the troops of each division of the 68th Army to fight the Japanese army. They retreated while fighting, and opened a passage, allowing the Japanese troops to enter the Huluyu area.
When the main forces of the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division entered the Huluyu area, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, Wei Heshang and others led the troops towards Niangziguan.
The Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division defeated the troops of the 68th Army. Seeing the enemy troops fleeing in all directions, they believed that their carefully planned Spring Festival sneak attack plan had been successful.
While they reported the news to Yoshio Shinozuka of Taiyuan City, they led the main force to continue attacking in the direction of Hancheng.
Li Kun was acting with the 68th Army this time. He saw with his own eyes that troops from the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division passed through the defense zone of the 68th Army and entered Huluyu. He immediately reported this information to the coalition forces. Department reported.
Seeing that the progress of the battle was basically in accordance with the battle plan formulated by Xu Dalong, the Chief of Staff and General Fu of the World War II Zone were very happy.
Now the main forces of the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division have entered the encirclement of the coalition forces. The atmosphere in the entire coalition command post is very warm. The staff officers, like the officers, are looking forward to a big victory this time. .
The Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone, General Fu and Xu Dalong respectively issued orders to the Jinsui Army, the troops in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the troops in the Mawushan Military Division to besiege the Japanese army.
After receiving the order, all coalition forces arrived at the designated area and formed an encirclement on the main force of the Japanese army.
After receiving the report, Yoshio Shinozuka felt very excited. He immediately ordered the Japanese troops dispatched from the direction of Taiyuan to attack Phoenix Mountain to coordinate the actions of the 5th Division and the 112th Division.
He also expected that this attack would completely defeat the Jinsui Army and Zhongyang Army in the Hancheng area. As long as he could annihilate the main forces of these two armies, he could organize his troops to directly attack the area where the World War II District Chief's Headquarters was located. Fendong County, completely defeated the Jin-Sui Army, and then sent troops directly towards Zhongtiao Mountain.
If he defeated the Guojun troops in Zhongtiao Mountain again, he would be free to deal with that annoying Xu Dalong.
The Japanese 5th Division was unstoppable along the way, and the Jinsui Army it encountered was simply vulnerable and collapsed at the first touch.
The division commander believed that their assault tactics worked. In order not to leave the enemy any breathing space, he ordered the troops to speed up their march and march straight to Hancheng.
The leading troops of the Japanese army were marching in a hurry, and suddenly they encountered a blockade from the 62nd Army of the Jinsui Army.
The vanguard of the Japanese army did not take the Jinsui Army seriously. As soon as the battle began, they launched a fierce attack on the Jinsui Army, thinking that they could quickly defeat the enemy in front.
The Jinsui Army's resistance was very tenacious, completely beyond their expectations. The Japanese army organized several attacks, but they were all repelled by the Jinsui Army. Only then did they feel that something was wrong. It seemed that these Jinsui Army troops had already made preparations in advance. Now that we are ready, we are waiting for the Japanese army to arrive.
The commander of the 5th Division had rich combat experience. According to the report from the vanguard, he felt that something was wrong and immediately ordered all ministries to send out scouts to conduct reconnaissance in all directions.
Soon after, bad news came. Large groups of enemy troops appeared in all directions in Huluyu, and they were surrounding the Japanese marching brigade.
The commander of the 5th Division immediately contacted the commander of the 112th Division. After discussion, the two concluded that the enemy was already prepared and the assault operation had failed. They decided to withdraw their troops immediately and return to Niangziguan to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy.
After making up their mind, they immediately ordered the troops of the 112th Division serving as rearguard to become the front team and attack in the direction of Niangziguan.
Just after the Japanese army passed the 68th Army Defense Area, Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade, which had already been ambushing on one side, immediately cut off the Japanese army's retreat. They took the time to build defenses and prepare to repel the Japanese attack.
The troops of the 68th Army waited until the Japanese army passed by, and immediately gathered their troops and joined forces with Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade, cutting off the Japanese army's retreat.
Seeing that the way back was cut off, the Japanese army knew that the situation was critical, and immediately invested a large number of troops and launched a fierce attack on the 68th Army and the 358th Brigade. They encountered a tenacious blockade by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Seeing that they could not break through the enemy's position, the commander of the 5th Division ordered the troops to change their marching direction and prepare to bypass the enemy's position and return to Niangziguan.
The leading Japanese troops had not gone far when they ran into the troops of the 61st Army of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
This time the 61st Army fought very tenaciously, and the Japanese army was unable to break through their blockade.
Just when the Japanese army launched an attack on the Jinsui Army's position, the troops of the 60th Army of the Jinsui Army, the 63rd Army of Zhongtiao Mountain, and the 30th Army had already launched an attack on the Japanese army from the side and rear.
Seeing that they could not break through the enemy's blockade for a while, the Japanese army immediately fled into a hilly area and organized defense on the spot.
The coalition troops quickly encircled and soon surrounded the main force of the two Japanese divisions in an area of less than ten square kilometers.
According to the battle plan formulated by Xu Dalong, after the participating ministries surrounded the Japanese army, in order to avoid a night melee, they did not launch an attack on the Japanese army. Instead, they built fortifications in place to prevent the Japanese army from breaking out. Wait until dawn, and then launch an attack on the Japanese army under the cover of tank troops and air force.
After completely encircling the Japanese army, the King of Shanxi was very excited. He came to the coalition headquarters again and personally issued orders to all participating units, requiring each unit to defend its defensive positions. If the Japanese army broke out of the encirclement from any unit's position, he would Which unit commander is held accountable.
The commanders of the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division are both generals with rich combat experience. They found that there were many enemy troops and knew that staying here was not an option. After dawn, their situation would be even more passive.
So they organized their troops to make a desperate move and attack in one direction. Unfortunately, the baggage they carried was very small. After a series of battles, the ammunition was obviously insufficient. Without fierce fire cover, they could not break through the enemy's position. They had to return to the original defensive position, organizing defense and Ask for help urgently from Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka was originally looking forward to this battle, but unfortunately reality poured cold water on him.
He realized the seriousness of the problem and hurriedly ordered the Japanese troops in the direction of Taiyuan to launch a fierce attack on Phoenix Mountain, hoping to break through the enemy's defensive positions, join the troops of the 5th Division and the 112th Division, and rescue them.
It is a pity that the defenders of Phoenix Mountain have been strengthening their defenses these days. Relying on the solid defenses, they tenaciously blocked the Japanese army. The Japanese army was unable to break through the defenders' positions.
Just as the coalition forces were besieging the Japanese 112th Division and the 5th Division, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, Wei Heshang and others had already launched an attack on Niangziguan.
They first defeated the Japanese baggage troops on the road and captured a large amount of baggage, and then launched an attack on Niangziguan.
At this time, the Japanese troops remaining at Niangzi Pass were less than one infantry brigade. They relied on the favorable terrain to continuously repulse the attacks of the new brigade.
While Li Yunlong organized his troops to continue attacking the Japanese army to attract the attention of the Japanese army, he sent Wei Monk to lead a special operations squadron to launch a sneak attack from the flank to Niangziguan.
In order to make a sneak attack, Monk Wei had already sent a detachment disguised as Japanese troops, used the night to reach the top of the mountain on the side of Niangziguan, and quietly eliminated the Japanese troops guarding the top of the mountain.
Finally, Monk Wei also led the main force of the special operations squadron and the soldiers of Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron to the top of the mountain. When he saw that Li Yunlong had led the main force to attract the attention of the Japanese army, they still disguised themselves as Japanese soldiers and walked towards the city gate from the mountain. The direction touched over.
At this time, the Japanese army's attention was focused on the front, and they were not wary of Wei Monk and others launching a sneak attack from the rear.
When the Japanese army discovered Monk Wei and others, they mistook them for reinforcements from their own side at first. When Monk Wei and others arrived in front of them and launched a sudden attack, it was already too late to react even if they wanted to.
Monk Wei and others organized troops to attack the enemy, and at the same time sent people to seize the closed gate. They opened the gate and let in the troops of the New First Brigade. Soon after, Li Yunlong and others took Niangzi Pass and strengthened the defense at Niangzi Pass.
About an hour later, the remaining troops of the Japanese 5th Division and the 112th Division, including about an infantry regiment, wanted to rescue the main forces of the 5th Division and the 112th Division through Niangzi Pass. As a result, they encountered Li Yunlong at Niangzi Pass. , Zhang Dabiao and others stubbornly blocked the attack.
Although the number of the Japanese army is about one infantry regiment, they are a temporary logistics supply unit put together by two divisions, and their combat effectiveness is really unflattering.
Li Yunlong was experienced and quickly noticed this. This time the troops he brought were more than double the strength of the Japanese army. While he ordered the troops to continue to block the Japanese army, he also ordered the troops to outflank the Japanese army from both wings. Soon after, the Japanese reinforcements were surrounded in the valley.
The troops of the New First Brigade are very powerful in combat, and night battles are also their specialty. After completing the encirclement of the Japanese army, Li Yunlong directly issued an order to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army.
After a fierce battle, the Japanese reinforcements were completely wiped out before dawn.
The news that Li Yunlong led his troops to rob Niangzi Pass and annihilate the Japanese reinforcements reached the coalition headquarters, and the atmosphere in the headquarters became more relaxed.
General Fu sincerely praised: "The anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party are really capable of fighting. Now it is impossible for the Japanese army to escape through Niangzi Pass.
The conditions for encircling and annihilating the Japanese army are ripe. This time we must kill these two large groups of the Japanese army and win a beautiful victory. "
Since the Japanese army entered Shanxi, the Jinsui Army has been suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army. The king of Shanxi also wanted to fight a good battle. Now that he had such a good opportunity, he didn't want to miss it. He knew his generals very well and was very worried that the Jinsui Army would not be able to stop the Japanese breakout this time.
If the Japanese army is allowed to escape under such favorable conditions, the Jinsui Army will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire anti-Japanese armed forces.
The King of Shanxi once again issued a death order to all the generals of the Jinsui Army who participated in the war. He told the generals that they must not let the Japanese army escape at all costs. No matter which unit suffered any losses, he would replenish them. If any unit let go of the Japanese army, he would send the general of that unit to a military court.
Seeing the King of Shanxi's determination, General Fu also felt pressure.
He also issued a death order to the troops belonging to Zhongtiao Mountain. The content of the order was the same as that of the King of Shanxi, requiring them to prevent the Japanese troops from breaking out of their positions at all costs.
The concerns of King Shanxi and General Fu were really unnecessary this time.
All the troops besieging the Japanese army discovered that the Japanese army's firepower was not strong. It seemed that Xu Dalong's judgment was accurate. The Japanese army carried limited ammunition and was close to running out of ammunition and food.
