Zhengtai Road, Niangziguan
From Niangziguan to Luanliu section, there are many artillery towers and forts, and armored vehicles pass through them from time to time.
According to the battle deployment of the headquarters for the second phase of the battle, the new 3rd regiment of the right column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is about to launch an attack on Niangziguan, which is heavily defended by the Japanese.
The Battle of Niangziguan, which took place from October to November 1937, lasted 22 days and ended with the first part of the Japanese 20th Division capturing Niangziguan, occupying Jingxing, and opening the gateway to Taiyuan;
The Chinese army successively invested 100,000 troops in 50 regiments to resist tenaciously, but it was still unable to restore the defeat, losing troops and ground, with a total of more than 27,000 casualties, and thousands of Japanese casualties.
More than two years later, the Eighth Route Army once again sent troops to Niangzi Pass. At this time, Niangzi Pass was no longer as important as it was in the past. It was just one of the many strongholds of the Japanese on Zhengtai Road and an important "locking pillar" on the thousands-mile blockade of the Japanese;
There is a reinforced Japanese squadron and a puppet army battalion, with a total strength of about 800 people.
If the Eighth Route Army wants to destroy the railway from Niangziguan to Luanliu, it must first capture the stronghold of Niangziguan.
Although there are not many Japanese soldiers in the Niangziguan stronghold, the terrain is very dangerous, and there are several gun towers and bunkers as barriers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Xiao Gang, commander of the New Third Regiment, is summoning several battalion commanders to make final battle arrangements:
"Comrades, before attacking Niangziguan, we must first capture Niangziguan Village at the foot of the mountain. This is an outpost set up by the Japs. There is a detachment of Japs and a company of puppet troops. The fellow villagers in the village will either be killed by them or else was moved away;
The Japs have created a large number of uninhabited villages along Zhengtai Road to separate our Eighth Route Army from the fellow villagers. If we do not break the Japs’ cage, they will continue to use raids to compress the activity space of the base area and create countless villages like Niangzi Pass. We will never allow such an uninhabited village. "
After several battalion commanders heard this, their eyes almost burst into flames. One battalion commander said to Commander Xiao:
"Captain, leave it to our first battalion to clean up these sons of bitches in Niangziguan Village. I'll chop up these sons of bitches!"
"Yin Tao, I can give this task to your battalion, but you must remember that our Eighth Route Army has a prisoner policy. You can't do anything that violates discipline again. Think about the last time you were punished to carry a big iron pot in the cooking class. Follow the training."
When Xiao Gang handed over the task to Yin Tao, he did not forget to warn this troublemaker.
Yin Tao is a veteran of the Red Army. He is an old man from the First Army. His roots are Miaohong. He has participated in five anti-encirclement and suppression battles in the Central Soviet Area;
A few months ago, the army was expanding, and the commander Yin Taosheng's order had been issued. Just because he chopped up two Japanese prisoners and received a punishment, the commander's affairs also came to nothing.
Xiao Gang and Yin Tao are old comrades-in-arms in Pingyang County, southern Jiangxi. They joined the Red Army together and were in the same squad. Xiao Gang has been the regiment commander for two years, and Yin Tao is still the battalion commander;
Xiao Gang has been worrying about his old comrades, but Yin Tao doesn't care too much. In his opinion, being a regiment commander or battalion commander is all about fighting the Japanese, and he can say anything as long as he can fight the Japanese!
"Captain, let's start with the ugly story. There are not many Japs in Niangziguan Village. One battalion given to us is only an appetizer. The main attack camp in Niangziguan must be our first battalion."
As soon as Yin Tao finished speaking, Second Battalion Commander Huang Wenjun quit and protested loudly:
"Old Yin, you are taking more and more. The first battalion has taken the mission of Niangziguan Village, so the main attack on Niangziguan should be handed over to our second battalion!"
Among the four infantry battalion commanders of the New Third Regiment, only Huang Wenjun dared to compete with Yin Tao for the position of the main attack battalion. Yin Tao was senior, and Huang Wenjun was not a young boy. He also participated in the fifth siege, but compared to Yin Tao. Just a little bit off.
"Old Huang, when our Eighth Route Army has a squad leader, when do we let the soldiers be the first?"
"Old Yin, a war is a war, why are you talking about these almanacs? Our Eighth Route Army does not have a squad leader who has the rule of eating more and occupying more."
Yin Tao wanted to say more, but was stopped by Xiao Gang:
"Yin Tao, Huang Wenjun, you two should stop talking about your bad things here. You were all sent to the cooking squad to take the blame. Who is the squad leader and who is the soldier is very shameless, right?
Yin Tao, you can only choose one of the two missions, attack the camp in Niangziguan Village, and you can only use the secondary attack after that! "
Yin Tao chose Niangziguan Village without even thinking about it. This was a mission for him to eat alone as a battalion. After that, he would attack Niangziguan and attack several battalions together. He could also be the main attacker as a secondary attacker;
The leader didn't stipulate that the secondary attack should not be used to the death!
A few hours later, Niangziguan Village was heavily guarded.
The Japanese built Niangziguan Village into an outpost fortress. A platoon of puppet troops was stationed at the entrance of the village, while the Japanese detachment stayed at the main position in the village.
At the entrance of the village, the puppet sentries were walking around boredly with their guns in hand. In the fortification built with sandbags next to them, the black muzzle of a Mark core heavy machine gun was facing the intersection. The main and deputy shooters were waiting, sitting there. There were battles going on everywhere, so the puppet troops also cheered up;
In the past, when the Eighth Route Army attacked such a position, at least ten or eight lives would be lost. Now...
Three hundred meters away, the first battalion artillery platoon position
"Niu Mancun, you've got your sights set on me. This explosive is packed with gold. Commander Nie got it from the boss. It's authentically made in Liuzhen!"
This is not a lump of black powder made in our base area. One shot is missing and one cannot be wasted. One shot will take away the machine gun position at the entrance of the puppet army's village! "
Niu Mantun couldn't bear to hear anyone doubt his gunnery skills, not even the battalion commander. A man would never give in in this regard. He didn't talk to the battalion commander. He still followed the old rule and let the guns speak for themselves!
His position in the first battalion was not achieved by words, but by artillery.
The artillery platoon of the first battalion has two small steel cannons and three Wei Yixiao cannons. As the battalion commander said, they are authentically made in Liuzhen!
The whole regiment was divided into 3 gates, which were all reinforced by Xiao Gang and assigned to the 1st Battalion.
Niu Mantun, the artillery platoon leader, is not as generous as the independent brigade of the 81st Division. It is impossible to fire a three-gun salvo!
"Batalion Commander, take aim!"
After Niu Mantun finished speaking, he looked at Yin Tao expectantly. He didn't have many opportunities to make Wei Yixiao, so he was still a little excited.
"fire!"
When Niu Mancun heard this, he immediately lit the fuse excitedly
"Boom!"
Ten seconds later, an explosive package flew straight to the village entrance and exploded 3 meters in front of the puppet machine gun position, swallowing up the entire village entrance guard box in an instant.
The huge explosion immediately wiped out the puppet troops at the entrance of the village, along with the heavy machine gun!
"Niu Mancun, you are really a loser. What a good heavy machine gun, but you blew it up!"
Yin Tao cursed distressedly and said to himself:
“Niu Mancun is still too real!
"First Battalion, charge forward and kill those sons of bitches in the village!"
Yin Tao struck while the iron was hot and issued an attack order...
