"Boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The enemy's artillery fire came in retaliation. After the infantry charged, it was the artillery's turn. Most of the casualties of the Kuomintang army came from the enemy's artillery fragmentation. This is why the Eighth Route Army rarely fought positional battles with the enemy.
Another important reason why the Kuomintang army suffered heavy casualties in positional warfare was that they did not pay much attention to civil engineering work. The trenches they dug were simple linear trenches with very poor anti-artillery effects.
The First Regiment suffered almost no casualties in the first round of the Japanese attack, but in the preparation of the two rounds of artillery fire by the Japanese, nearly a battalion was injured or killed. The defense was too mechanical;
There were too many people piled on the position, and no special anti-artillery holes were dug. Facing the ravages of Japanese artillery fire, we had no choice but to endure it.
Fortunately, the Jinsui Army was quite tenacious in its defense, and the Japanese were all newly formed divisions with little combat experience. Each had their own strengths and weaknesses, so they were novices competing against each other;
You come and I go, each other suffers casualties!
Ever since the five divisions in the direction of Zezhou were surrounded by the Japanese, Commander Yan became anxious and became an ant on the hot pot. He called his brother Yujie every day to urge him to send troops.
"Sir Yan, the Japanese have not two divisions this time, but three. The other one is used to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sending troops to help;
The Japanese have an entire division, and our army must use at least one division. This requires a large amount of food, grass, and ammunition. Preparing these things does not take a day or two. "
"Brother Yujie, the war zone commander is responsible for food, grass and ammunition. You only need to assemble no less than ten regiments of troops. How long will it take at the fastest? You have to help this time!"
"Mr. Yan, if you are responsible for the supply, it will be three days at the earliest, so I ask General Yang from the direction of Zezhou to hold on for three days."
Yan Baichuan felt a little calmer after hearing that it would only take three days. With five divisions relying on Jiancheng, he was confident that he would be able to defend for five days, not to mention three days!
Thinking of this, he felt a little better and thought to himself:
"At the critical moment, Brother Yujie is still reliable. The one in Shu can't be counted on at all. He may be sharpening his sword now, waiting for the Jinsui Army to defeat him, so that he can add insult to injury to me, old man."
"Oh, he is not a good person..."
Commander Yan really guessed it. The five main divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army were surrounded by Japanese soldiers. The Qingyi She Zezhou Station had already reported it to someone.
The smile on someone's face flashed away and returned to normal in an instant. Then he turned to ask his chief think tank, Mr. Yang Changqing:
"Sir, Brother Baichuan underestimated the enemy and advanced in Zezhou. Now five divisions are surrounded by two Japanese divisions. Is there any clever way to escape?"
Yang Changqing had been cooperating with someone for more than ten years, and he understood everything with just one look. He pretended to think about it for a moment, and all he needed was a feather fan:
"There are three types of tailoring to choose from: upper, middle and lower."
Someone started to show off, and this show was done to show little Zhuge. They were all a group of military leaders. Even if he wanted to exhaust his sworn brothers' troops, he couldn't let Xiao Zhuge see it.
Someone asked:
"Mr. Yang, what is the best policy?"
"Breakout! The Japanese only have two C divisions with 30,000 people, and General Yang of Zezhou has no less than 30,000 troops;
Concentrate superior forces to break out from the northwest, and Chief Yan will send another division to respond. There will be no problem in finally breaking out! "
Someone nodded and continued to ask:
"What is the middle strategy?"
Yang Changqing replied:
"Southeastern Shanxi is the area under the jurisdiction of Commander Chen of the 81st Division of the Eighth Route Army. In the name of the government, he ordered the 81st Division to concentrate its forces to attack the Japanese..."
Little Zhuge couldn't stand it anymore. He wanted to consume the Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army, so he just said, "There is no one else here, who should I show it to?"
If one day the main force of the Guangxi clique is in crisis, someone will probably do more to add insult to injury than to Yan Baichuan.
Little Zhuge only thought in his heart that he would not set himself on fire for Yan Baichuan, let alone think about the Eighth Route Army. He just watched their performance indifferently without saying a word.
This is the reason why he is just a little Zhuge, not the real Zhuge. He lacks the big picture of the Zhizhu character, and cannot even see the truth of the death of lips and teeth.
In the end, someone chose the middle strategy and gave an order to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, ordering the 81st Division and the 129th Division to send troops to Zezhou to rescue the Shanxi-Sui Army.
This allows the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japs, consuming the government's profit, and at the same time forcing the Japs to attack the Jinsui Army in the encirclement;
Consuming the strength of the Jinsui Army was a multi-purpose move for the government.
Qin Province, Qiulin Town, World War II District Chief's Department
In order to prevent Japanese sneak attacks, the World War II District Chief's Department withdrew directly across the Mother River and used the 36-hole cave dwelling in Qiulin Town as the headquarters' office;
There is a Jinsui military division guarding the chief's headquarters around Qiulin town. There is also a guard battalion in Qiulin town, almost everyone has a Jin-made Thompson submachine gun. Chief Yan is still very concerned about his own safety.
Maple Leaf Ferry is the most suitable place to cross the Mother River within a radius of dozens of miles. The Jinsui Army placed an entire company at the ferry, and all ferries within a radius of more than ten miles were forcibly requisitioned. It is to prevent the Japanese from crossing the mother river from here.
On the other side of Maple Leaf Ferry, there was a platoon of the Jinsui Army. Their mission was also to guard the other side of the ferry. Unfortunately, all the brothers in this platoon fell in a pool of blood, and they all used cold weapons.
Ten minutes later, the other side of Maple Leaf Ferry was on alert again, as if nothing had happened.
"Yamamoto-kun, opposite is Maple Leaf Crossing. There is a company of Jinsui Army, and the defense is very tight;
We found a local boatman to find out more about it. It was only here that the water flow was the slowest for more than ten miles up and down the river, which was suitable for armed swimming. "
After listening to the report from Captain Iguchi of the reconnaissance team, Yamamoto nodded repeatedly:
"Yo Xi, prepare for swimming before dark and cross the river on time at one o'clock in the morning. You lead the investigation team to clear the way, and I will lead the others to follow."
Kazuki Yamamoto received detailed information that should be sent from the World War II District Governor's Department. The salt officer was in Qiulin Town;
There was only one guard camp around him, so it was a good opportunity to take action. The poisonous snake that had been hiding in the dark finally took action.
For special operations, the division on the periphery of the Jinsui Army is almost useless. They can easily infiltrate. As long as they reach Qiulin Town, Yamamoto Kazuki can change the history of special operations and thus affect Zezhou. The fate of tens of thousands of troops in the city.
This is exactly the way Yamamoto Kazuki dreams of fighting. He wants to prove himself so much!
He wants to use this action to prove to the world that he, Yamamoto Kazuki, is the pioneer of Eastern special warfare.
It's one o'clock in the morning, the night is quiet, I can only hear the sound of the water of the mother river rushing eastward
Under the pale moonlight, a group of ghostly figures sneaked into the river quietly. A common local sheepskin bag was tied to their backs. This kind of sheepskin bag has good buoyancy and is often used by local boatmen to make sheepskin. Fazi crossed the river.
Jingkou led people to kill several boatmen, and they collected enough sheepskin bags, and the poisonous snake came out of the hole...
