After receiving the order, the First Squadron of Songshan Brigade quietly approached the Japanese barracks. The Japanese army's barracks were temporary, with two rows of tents pitched under Chang Cheng.
When the special operations team members were only forty or fifty meters away from them, they were discovered by a sentry. He asked: "Who are they? Password?"
The special forces members of the 1st Squadron first threw a row of grenades at the Japanese tent, and then fired violently with machine guns and rifles.
The Japanese troops were caught off guard and most of them were shot dead in their sleep. Those who were lucky to be alive ran out of the tent in a panic, but were also shot to death with shell guns by the special forces members who rushed up.
The battle took place so suddenly that in less than five minutes, the entire Japanese infantry squadron was annihilated.
At the same time, the other two infantry squadrons and the group headquarters of the Japanese army were attacked by guerrillas.
The battle went very smoothly. The battle lasted less than 15 minutes, and a Japanese infantry brigade was completely annihilated.
Xu Dalong led the main force of the Songshan guerrillas to file out of Changcheng's gap, and then built defensive positions along Changcheng, preparing to meet the counterattack of the Japanese and puppet troops.
The special operations brigade and the cavalry brigade continued westward along the road below Changcheng. An ambush was set up in a hilly area.
The 87th Regiment of the Japanese 22nd Division is stationed 3 kilometers away from the Great Wall. They received a call for help from the infantry brigade guarding Changcheng. While reporting to their superiors, they gathered the remaining two infantry brigade to come for reinforcements.
6:20. The Japanese army arrived at Chang Cheng's feet and launched an attack on the Songshan guerrillas' defensive position.
The guerrilla officers and soldiers responded calmly and repelled an enemy attack.
When the Japanese army began to retreat, Xu Dalong commanded the guerrillas to jump out of their positions and pursue the Japanese army.
The Japanese army did not expect that the guerrillas would launch a counterattack directly. For a while, they hurriedly switched to defense. Since they had not built a defensive position and the troops were retreating, they were in a hurry.
At this moment, Guan Zhenshan, who received Xu Dalong's order, led two brigades of the third detachment and suddenly came out from behind the Japanese army.
The Japanese army was caught off guard and collapsed. The officers and soldiers of the Songshan Guerrilla Column broke into the Japanese positions and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with them.
Although the Japanese army resisted desperately, the Songshan guerrillas were outnumbered. After an hour of fierce fighting, they completely annihilated the Japanese infantry regiment.
After receiving a telegram from the 87th Regiment requesting assistance, the 22nd Division dispatched the cavalry regiment assigned to them to rush for emergency assistance. As a result, they were ambushed by a special operations brigade on the road. Under their ferocious firepower, the Japanese cavalry regiment suffered heavy casualties. When they retreated in panic, they were blocked by Sun Desheng's cavalry group and were eventually destroyed.
After wiping out the main force of the Japanese army in this area, Xu Dalong led his troops to launch continuous attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops. He quickly captured Zuoyun County and then built fortifications along the county in preparation to repel the Japanese and puppet troops' attack.
After replenishing weapons and ammunition, the cavalry brigade, special operations brigade and the third detachment of Guanzhenshan each found a mountain forest to hide in, preparing to cooperate with the main force to attack the reinforcing Japanese and puppet troops.
After the Japanese 22nd Division was attacked, they sent a telegram to the 2nd Division, asking them to send troops to besiege the Songshan guerrillas with the 22nd Division.
The Second Division concentrated its main force and headed for the Andong Public Security District. Andong Public Security District and Yuanping Public Security District use Songshan as the dividing line, and Songshan is connected to Changcheng. If the Japanese Second Division wanted to enter the Andong Security Area, it had to bypass Songshan, a journey of more than 200 kilometers.
Xu Dalong has been paying close attention to the actions of the Japanese and puppet troops. When the main force of the Japanese Second Division crossed Songshan with great difficulty, joined the 22nd Regiment, and prepared to attack the Songshan guerrillas, Xu Dalong decisively ordered to withdraw from Zuoyun County, and then sent Many small troops were formed, taking turns fighting the Japanese and puppet troops who came to attack. He led the main force to slowly withdraw towards Changcheng.
In order to eliminate the Songshan guerrillas, the two Japanese army groups kept attacking in the Changcheng direction.
This is what Xu Dalong wants. Before that, he had asked Sun Desheng and Wei Monk to lead the cavalry brigade and special operations brigade to the Yuanping Public Security District east of Songshan through Changcheng, and waited until the Japanese Second Division and the 22nd Division were attracted to the Andong Security District. After entering the area, they suddenly launched an attack on the defenders on Changcheng, then crossed Changcheng and entered the Yuanping Public Security Area.
At this time, there was no main force of the Japanese army in the Yuanping Public Security District, and the small group of Japanese and puppet troops were no match for the special operations brigade and the cavalry brigade. The special operations brigade and the cavalry brigade relied on the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry, coupled with their powerful combat effectiveness, to sweep the entire Yuanping Public Security District in just two days, eliminating a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, causing the Japanese and puppet troops to relocate the people plan was ruined.
When the special operations brigade was attacking Binhe County, the tank regiment of the Japanese First Tank Division was resting in this county. When they saw the guerrilla cavalry, they brought out their tanks and armored vehicles.
The special operations brigade had long wanted to deal with them, so they fought and retreated, luring the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles away from the county town, and then attacked them again.
The special operations team members carried a lot of rocket launchers and 82mm recoilless rifles, which made it easy to deal with the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese and puppet troops. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the remaining 40 tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese tank regiment were all destroyed by the special operations brigade.
The Japanese army heard the bad news and wanted to send troops to reinforce. Unfortunately, across Songshan Mountain, it was too late to go back to the original route for reinforcements. The two major regiments of the Japanese army simply ignored the situation in the Yuanping Public Security District and concentrated their forces to attack the main force of the Songshan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong received the telegram from Sun Desheng and Wei Monk and knew that they had succeeded there, so he continued to send small groups of troops to contend with the main force of the Japanese army. He led the main force to retreat into the pass through the Changcheng gap.
The Japanese army lost the target of attack and could only stop advancing.
In this battle, the Songshan guerrillas annihilated more than 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops, disrupting the Japanese and puppet troops' deployment of relocating civilians.
Seeing that the Yuanping Public Security District was attacked by guerrillas again, the Japanese Second Division had to travel a long distance again and returned to the Yuanping Public Security District.
After Zheng Xirong came to the guerrillas, he served as the reconnaissance director of the Songshan guerrilla column. He is a veteran in intelligence. With his presence, Xu Dalong can obtain information related to the Japanese and puppet troops at any time.
When he received the news that the Japanese and puppet troops continued to relocate the people, Xu Dalong once again led the main force of the Songshan guerrillas out of the border to fight.
This time Xu Dalong's strategy was no longer to attack the east and attack the west, but to attack the east and attack the east.
After Xu Dalong led his troops out of the customs, they launched an attack on the Japanese 22nd Division stationed in the Andong Public Security District.
The Japanese army thought that Xu Dalong was trying to attack the east and attack the west, so the Japanese 2nd Division continued to set up defenses in the Yuanping Public Security District, ready to repel the Songshan guerrillas' attack at any time.
In order to strengthen the Japanese army's misjudgment, Sun Desheng led the cavalry brigade to continue its activities in the Yuanping Public Security District to attract the attention of the Japanese 2nd Division. Xu Dalong concentrated all the main forces of the Songshan Guerrilla Column and launched an offensive in the Andong Public Security District. .
Under Xu Dalong's deployment, the first detachment of the Songshan Guerrilla Column once again surrounded Zuoyun County. Xu Dalong led the second detachment of the Songshan guerrilla column and the third detachment of Guanzhenshan, as well as Wei Dayong's special operations brigade to attack the Japanese reinforcements.
Surrounded in Zuoyun County was an infantry brigade of the 44th Brigade of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, as well as some puppet troops. When they were attacked, they urgently asked for help from their superiors, and the Japanese 44th Brigade rushed to Zuoyun County for reinforcements.
The original strength of the 44th Brigade was 10,400, of which the 87th Regiment had been annihilated. In the recent battle, some officers and soldiers were injured and killed, and excluding an infantry brigade surrounded by Zuoyun County, the reinforcements came The troops totaled more than 4,200 people, plus a regiment of more than 1,700 puppet troops, attacking in the direction of Zuoyun County.
Most of their advance route is in plain areas, making it difficult for the guerrillas to set up an ambush. There is only a hilly area of only two kilometers that is convenient for an ambush. Xu Dalong led the main force to set up an ambush in this area.
In order to paralyze the enemy, Xu Dalong ordered Guan Zhenshan to dispatch a guerrilla brigade, using the tactics of alternating cover to delay the Japanese army's movements, making the Japanese army mistakenly believe that the guerrillas could only use so many troops in this area.
The Japanese army was eager to rescue the Japanese and puppet troops who were surrounded in Zuoyun County, but they were very annoyed by the guerrillas' alternating cover and blockade. They bit the guerrillas who were sniping at them and rushed forward. Suddenly he was led into the guerrilla ambush position.
Xu Dalong saw that most of the Japanese and puppet troops had entered the ambush circle, and gave the order to attack. The Songshan guerrilla column participating in the ambush battle had more than 7,000 troops and occupied favorable terrain. As soon as the battle started, it dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese brigade commander saw that he had been ambushed and quickly ordered his troops to retreat.
In order to quickly defeat the Japanese and puppet troops and prevent them from organizing effective resistance, Xu Dalong quickly issued the order to charge. More than 7,000 guerrillas used machine guns to clear the way, holding sharp bayonets and shouting loudly as they rushed down the hillside.
This regiment of puppet troops was defeated first, and they fled along the way they came. The Japanese army originally wanted to leave some people behind to cover the retreat of the main force, but they were overwhelmed by the puppet army and had to retreat desperately.
When the Japanese and puppet troops marched, their baggage troops followed behind. Now that the retreat has begun, the baggage troops have become the front team.
They carried a large amount of supplies and moved slowly. As a result, they blocked the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops, making the situation even more chaotic.
At this moment, Monk Wei commanded the special operations brigade to block the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops. Their firepower was very powerful, and the Japanese and puppet troops were beaten to the point of collapse, suffering heavy casualties.
For this battle, Xu Dalong made arrangements in advance. In order to defeat the Japanese army as soon as possible and prevent other troops from the Japanese 22nd Division from coming for reinforcements, they changed their previous fighting style and launched a charge soon after the battle started.
The same was true for the special operations brigade led by Wei Monk. After using firepower to cause heavy damage to the Japanese and puppet troops, they also directly launched a charge.
The Japanese and puppet troops had no advantage to begin with, and after a fierce attack, they suffered heavy casualties.
When Monk Wei commanded the special operations brigade to launch the attack, the puppet army's strength was already less than half.
They were in a chaotic mess at the moment, unable to organize effective resistance at all. Under the cover of fierce firepower, the special operations brigade rushed into the enemy group and divided the remaining Japanese and puppet troops into two halves.
The Japanese and puppet troops were torn apart and becoming more and more chaotic. More than 8,000 guerrillas fought and charged fiercely, shouting the slogan "No killing without surrender" to attack the remaining Japanese and puppet troops.
When the puppet troops saw this formation, most of them knelt down and surrendered. The few puppet troops who tried to resist were shot and stabbed by the guerrillas, and were quickly wiped out.
The Japanese brigade commander led more than 300 remaining Japanese soldiers to occupy a hillside and defended, causing dozens of casualties to the guerrillas. Seeing this situation, Xu Dalong ordered the troops to suspend the attack, set up dozens of Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, and fired hard at the Japanese army.
The hillside occupied by the Japanese army was so small that in just a few minutes, the hillside was plowed by artillery shells. Most of the Japanese troops were killed, and those who survived basically lost their ability to resist. The nearby guerrillas took the opportunity to launch a charge, and the battle was quickly and completely resolved.
The Japanese brigade commander was wounded in the leg. He originally wanted to commit suicide by caesarean section, but he was knocked unconscious by the shell and ended up being a prisoner.
After annihilating the Japanese 44th Brigade, Xu Dalong led the Songshan Guerrilla Column to continue to expand the results and launched an attack on the remaining troops of the Japanese 22nd Division.
The Japanese 22nd Division learned that the 44th Brigade had been completely destroyed, and the morale of the troops was shaken. The division commander was unwilling to fight.
In order to prevent the troops from being defeated one by one, he urgently ordered all the troops to shrink and retreated to the two counties in the northern part of the Andong Public Security District to organize defenses urgently.
Xu Dalong ordered the special operations brigade to monitor the remnants of the Japanese 22nd Division. He led the remaining troops to launch an offensive in the Andong Public Security District, capturing five county towns, sweeping vast rural areas, destroying group tribes, and rescuing hundreds of people. Thousands of people.
The commander of the Japanese 22nd Division watched helplessly as the guerrillas showed off their power outside the city, but he dared not go out to fight.
In order to completely drive away the Japanese and puppet troops in the Andong area, Xu Dalong deliberately led the main force to set up a formation in the south of the county and sent artillery to bombard the Japanese and puppet troops on the city walls and city tops.
When the officers and soldiers of the Japanese 22nd Division saw so many guerrillas outside the city, they became increasingly afraid to go out to fight. At night, he actually opened the city gate and fled from the north in a panic. The Japanese and puppet troops in another county also received a notification from the 22nd Division. (End of chapter)
