Xu Dalong said with great satisfaction: "Very good. You can realize this, which means you have made progress again."
Both Sun Desheng and Wei Monk felt very ashamed. They had suffered a big loss from the Japanese not long ago, but they still had not learned the lesson and made decisions based on past experience. If it hadn't been for Xu Dalong's reminder, I'm afraid he would have suffered a big loss this time.
However, the two of them did not feel embarrassed, because they knew Xu Dalong, and Xu Dalong's affirmation of them was sincere.
Sun Desheng said: "Captain, I remember this. Whatever happens in the future, we must take all possible scenarios into consideration."
Xu Dalong nodded and said, "I believe you will become more mature in the future."
Monk Wei said: "Master Long, these little devils only have these tricks. We also have ways to deal with them."
What Xu Dalong hopes most is that his subordinates can take the initiative to find ways to solve problems on their own.
He encouraged: "Okay, what are your ideas? Tell us and we will study it together."
Monk Wei said: "The Japs' transport team has not been dispatched for a while. This time they came out as a trap. Those trucks transporting supplies should also be filled with Japs soldiers. Since the Japs want to set a trap for us, my opinion is Use the trick to catch them by surprise. Let him know that if he wants to fight with us, just rely on his little devil's brains and just dream.
My opinion is, let’s do this..."
After listening to this, Xu Dalong and Sun Desheng both thought that what Monk Wei said made sense. They added their own opinions to improve the plan. Then they started taking action according to the formulated combat plan.
Yunshan County is called Yunshan because there is a mountain range in the county. The road passing through the Yunshan Valley is the only way from Taiyuan to Licheng County. The terrain here is complex and is very suitable for ambushes. It is one of the key areas for the Japanese army to guard against. The Japanese army specially dispatched an intelligence team to go to Yunshan in advance for surveillance.
This night, the moonlight poured down on the earth like water, and the visibility was high. Even on the top of the mountain, you could see the situation on the road.
The Japanese observation team consisted of six people. They took turns to stand guard and monitor the situation at the foot of the mountain.
In the early hours of the morning, the members of the surveillance team were suddenly called by a sentry, saying that there was a situation at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone got up and looked towards the road down the mountain. Sure enough, they saw many cavalry on the road. The cavalry came to the road. Most of them jumped off their horses and dug on the road with tools such as shovels and pickaxes. It seemed that they had buried something inside.
Based on experience, the observation team members can judge that items such as mines or explosives should be planted.
The cavalry at the foot of the mountain took about an hour to set up on the road. Some of the cavalry dispersed on horseback to both sides of the road. Most of them climbed up the hillsides on both sides of the road, and then ambush there.
The members of the observation team were members of the Japanese First Army's Special High School Operations Team. They informed the Japanese Army's transportation team and the Japanese Army's rapid mobile force in Yunshan County about the situation, and reported the situation to the First Army. headquarters. The duty officer at the headquarters reported the situation to the Chief of Staff of the First Army.
The Chief of Staff takes this matter very seriously. Currently, for the Japanese army, the most important task is to transport supplies to the front line. In order to safely transport supplies to the front line, the most important thing is to deal with the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, this time, the chief of staff was personally responsible for directing the battle, and he quickly issued a series of orders. Various departments of the Japanese army also began to act in accordance with the order.
The person pretending to be a transport team was an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. The brigade leader received an order from his superiors, saying that the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army had set up an ambush in the mountainous area. He had marked the ambush location on the map.
It turned out that he divided his troops into two parts, preparing that when the transport team was attacked, the troops behind him would come to reinforce him. Now that the enemy's location was known, there was no need to separate, so the two troops reunited and headed for the location where the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush.
The Japanese rapid mobile troops in nearby counties also received orders from their superiors to cooperate with the Japanese troops responsible for escorting the transport team to encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army ambushing in the mountains.
The Japanese transport team contacted the Japanese rapid mobile troops while walking. The two sides agreed to launch a siege against the Eighth Route Army that had set up an ambush at 12 noon.
This time the Japanese army dispatched a total of three infantry brigades. Although they knew that the Eighth Route Army had a lot of troops, when fighting in the mountains, the Japanese believed that the reason why the Eighth Route Army's cavalry was so powerful was their ability to maneuver quickly. This advantage cannot be used in the mountains at all. They are fully capable of destroying the Eighth Route Army's cavalry units.
At 11 o'clock at noon, the transport team coming from Taiyuan was approaching the mountainous area and was less than 10 kilometers away from the location where the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush.
The captain of the Japanese army ordered to stop advancing. He raised his telescope and observed carefully in the direction of the mountainous area.
After seeing the terrain ahead clearly, the Japanese captain led the convoy to continue marching. Before entering the mountain, he planned to have all the troops get off the vehicle 3 kilometers away from the Eighth Route Army's ambush site and attack the Eighth Route Army from the ground.
Just when the Japanese transport team was still 5 kilometers away from the entrance of the valley, a large number of black gun muzzles suddenly protruded from the crop fields, as well as 82mm recoilless rifles and rocket launchers.
Sun Desheng, who had been waiting impatiently, shouted: "Fire."
The Eighth Route Army's machine guns, artillery, and rifles spit out tongues of fire fiercely at the Japanese troops.
Since the Japanese army knew in advance that the Eighth Route Army was setting up an ambush in the valley, they never dreamed that the enemy would suddenly appear here. They were caught off guard and fell into chaos.
This time, the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers learned the lesson from the last time and fired 82mm recoilless rifle shells and rockets directly at the Japanese trucks.
The Japanese transport trucks that were equipped with steel plates last time were also among them. Faced with artillery shells and rockets, the thin layer of steel plates was simply vulnerable. It was immediately beaten into a ball of fire and turned into scrap metal.
The Japanese troops on the trucks without steel plates were even more unlucky. The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers carried a large number of machine guns and fired fiercely at the carriages.
Most of the Japanese soldiers were wiped out before they could even jump out of the truck.
The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers ambushing here are the main force of the cavalry brigade. Together with a squadron of the special operations brigade, there are more than 1,400 people in total, and their firepower completely crushed the Japanese army.
Under their sudden attack, the Japanese army had no time to resist. The battle lasted only ten minutes, and all the Japanese troops in an infantry brigade were wiped out.
】
This is what Monk Wei came up with. He believed that the Japanese army had set up a surveillance post in a secret place on the mountain, and the actions of the Eighth Route Army would definitely be under their surveillance. Therefore, he thought that he should use the trick and let the troops pretend to set up an ambush on the road before dawn. They dug some soil pits on the road, but in fact there was nothing buried in them, and then ambush the troops on both sides of the road.
The Japanese surveillance post only saw a large number of Eighth Route Army troops at night, and could not clearly see their number, let alone what they were doing on the highway. They only knew that the Eighth Route Army had set up an ambush here to attack the Japanese transport team, so they This situation was reported to superiors.
Monk Wei expected that the Japanese army would definitely mobilize their troops to besiege the ambushing Eighth Route Army. They would only be more vigilant when entering the mountainous area. Therefore, he set the ambush location in an open area before entering the mountains. The cornfield here was already as tall as a person. The Eighth Route Army troops were ambushing inside, making it difficult for the Japanese army to find them. As a result, the Japanese army was caught off guard.
The special forces who set up an ambush in the mountains received the news from Sun Desheng. Monk Wei immediately led the special forces who set up an ambush and quickly left the ambush position to join the main force.
Xu Dalong looked at his watch and decided to continue fighting and execute the second step of the battle plan. The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army left the road and headed for Yunshan County with the help of the cover of Qingsha Zhang.
The Japanese rapid mobile force that came out of Yunshan County received a report from the surveillance post on the mountain that the Eighth Route Army that had set up an ambush suddenly withdrew from the battlefield and headed for Taikoo.
The Japanese captain hurriedly contacted the Japanese transport team, but found that the contact was no longer possible. He thought that there might be something wrong with the transport team, and the original battle plan would definitely not be implemented.
He immediately reported to the First Army Headquarters and requested tactical guidance.
The chief of staff learned of this situation and felt very depressed. He believed that the Eighth Route Army must have seen through his plan and ambushed the transport team, leading to the destruction of the infantry brigade.
He gave the Japanese rapid mobile troops a retreat order and asked them to return to the county seat.
The Japanese captain responsible for commanding the fast mobile troops was now afraid of the elusive Eighth Route Army cavalry. He was anxiously awaiting instructions from the chief of staff, hoping to return to the county town.
As expected, the chief of staff's order finally arrived. He ordered the troops to turn around and return to Yunshan County.
The Japanese convoy was running at full speed.
The Japanese captain saw that the outline of the county town was clearly visible in front of him, and his heart finally relaxed.
When the Japanese army was less than two kilometers away from the county seat, the accident happened. Fierce flames suddenly erupted from the crop fields on both sides of the road, and a large number of artillery shells, rockets, grenades, and grenades exploded, causing the Japanese troops to become confused.
The car in which the Japanese captain was riding was immediately blown to pieces by a rocket bomb.
In just ten minutes, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army was wiped out again.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the county saw the fighting taking place outside the city, and initially wanted to come out for rescue.
When they saw a large number of Eighth Route Army cavalry troops, they were so frightened that they quickly closed the city gate and prayed that the Eighth Route Army would not attack the city.
At this time, the only Japanese and puppet troops in the city were the Gendarmerie and Huang Xiejun, as well as a small number of puppet police. If the Eighth Route Army attacked the city, they would not be able to defend it at all.
Thank God, the Eighth Route Army that ambushed the Japanese army had no intention of attacking the city. After cleaning the battlefield, they left directly.
After the Japanese gendarmerie captain saw the Eighth Route Army cavalry walking away, he sent a commander, Cao, with several gendarmerie out of the city to wait and see.
When they saw the corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, they were all frightened and hurried back to the county town to report to the gendarmerie captain.
The gendarmerie captain hurriedly reported what happened here to his superiors.
This time, the combat operation to besiege the Eighth Route Army cavalry was personally directed by the Chief of Staff, but he did not expect to suffer such a disastrous defeat. The fast mobile troops of two entire infantry brigades were wiped out. How could he feel embarrassed to be slapped so wildly by the Eighth Route Army?
He was very angry and wanted to find the pump. He first thought of the intelligence team responsible for monitoring the situation of the Eighth Route Army in Yushan, and believed that it was they who provided false information that led to the heavy losses of the Huang Army.
He then ordered the chief of the Special High School Section to arrest all the action members of the Special High School Section who commanded that group, as well as the group he led, and send them to a military court.
Not only that, he was also very angry with Chunobu Oshima, who made the suggestion.
Although the advice provided by Oshima Chunobu this time was effective, the chief of staff was slapped in the face because of it, and the anger was inevitably directed at him.
He first got angry at the adjutant, asked the adjutant to call him, and then scolded Oshima Nakanobu before the anger in his heart subsided a little.
Although the chief of staff was very angry, he had to make a self-examination in front of Yoshio Shinozuka.
He came to Yoshio Shinozuka's office and said with a face full of shame: "Your Excellency, Commander, Xu Dalong's troops are really too cunning. This time, the combat operation I personally deployed to besiege the enemy cavalry failed, resulting in The fast mobile force composed of two infantry brigades suffered heavy losses. I bear direct responsibility and ask your Excellency, Commander, to punish me."
Yoshio Shinozuka was not that angry, because when the Japanese army fought against Xu Dalong's troops, failure was very common. It would be surprising if it succeeded.
He waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about these things anymore. A telegram has just been sent from the front line. They have very little ammunition left and the troops have run out of food. Let's discuss how to solve these things quickly."
In order to reduce his responsibilities, the chief of staff hurriedly thought of a way and suggested: "Your Excellency, Commander, the transportation team is always attacked by enemy cavalry. It is very difficult to send out a separate transportation team to transport supplies like before. .
I suggest that we simply use heavy troops to escort the supplies, and the troops responsible for escorting are no less than an infantry regiment. I do not believe that the enemy has the ability to stop our army's transportation. "
It's not like Yoshio Shinozuka has never thought of this idea before. He also believes that heavy troops must be sent to escort the transportation team to ensure the safety of the transportation team.
However, if an infantry regiment is sent to transport supplies, there are not so many motor vehicles. If you walk from the No. 1 Military Station to Licheng County, you will have to walk for several days. Not only is the speed too slow, but there are thousands of people in an entire infantry regiment. People eat what horses chew. The consumption along the way is one The huge number, I am afraid that at least one-third of the supplies have been consumed before they are sent to the front line. This kind of transportation efficiency is really too low.
Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka still hesitating, the chief of staff was worried that his suggestions would be questioned by him.
He then said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I also know that the efficiency of transporting supplies in this way is too low. However, if the supplies cannot be sent to the front line as soon as possible, the soldiers on the front line will be at the point where they are running out of ammunition and food, and the morale of the Yellow Army will definitely be affected. If the impact is serious, we should quickly send troops to escort the supplies to the front line."
