In Fuhu Town, Lieutenant General Wu Den of the 35th Division transferred a brigade from the baggage regiment and the supplementary regiment to the 222nd Regiment, restoring the combat effectiveness of the 222nd Regiment;
After arriving at the outskirts of Fuhu Town, Lieutenant General Wu Den was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but made a strict deployment based on the terrain of Fuhu Town.
Fuhu Town is located in the central area of Hedong. Although it is also a mountainous area, the terrain is much gentler. It is only a few dozen kilometers away from Taiyuan, separated by rolling mountains, and the road can lead all the way to Taiyuan.
The road leading to Taiyuan is blocked by Fuhu Town. The left side of Fuhu Town is built against the mountains. A small number of troops can pass through, but a large army of several thousand people must pass through Fuhu Town;
If the 36th Division wants to launch an attack on Fuhu Town, it can only launch it from the front and the right.
After the Japanese arrived near Fuhu Town, the division headquarters camped along the road one kilometer away and established a temporary headquarters;
The 222nd Wing was responsible for launching the attack from the front, and the 223rd Wing from the right wing.
What worries Lieutenant General Wu Den is that they cannot completely surround Fuhu Town yet. They still have the option of retreating into the mountains from the road behind the town.
"Jun Yoshida, before launching a general attack on Fuhu Town, we must cut off the retreat route of Chu Xiong's troops. We can only go back through the right wing;
To detour from the right wing to the back of Fuhu Town, we must pass through Liujiapo, where there will definitely be an Eighth Route Army unit blocking it.
Chu Xiong's troops were limited. After the 222nd Regiment launched the attack from the front, the 223rd Regiment left a brigade to launch a diversionary attack on the right wing. The other two brigade took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Liu Jiapo, defeating Liu Jiapo's Eighth Route Army and cutting off Chu Xiong's retreat in one fell swoop;
Do you understand? "
"Hey! Yoshida must fulfill his mission."
After Yoshida finished speaking, he glanced at Kuzumu provocatively. Kuzumu pretended not to see it. It was not certain who would catch Chu Xiong first.
An hour later, the Japanese 222nd and 223rd Wings were deployed, and they began to attack Fuhu Town.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom..."
More than a dozen 75mm field guns from the Japanese field artillery brigade took the lead in firing at Fuhu Town. How could a small town withstand the ravages of a field artillery brigade? Chuxiong's troops only lasted five minutes before they began to collapse. This attack The Japanese were caught off guard and did not follow the routine at all.
The artillery preparations of the 222nd Regiment on the front were not over yet, and there was no time to pursue them. The 223rd Regiment could only pursue them hastily from the right wing.
As expected, the First Pioneer Brigade was blocked by the Eighth Route Army in Liujiapo. The force was about one company, which just blocked the Japanese detour.
"Kill the chicken, don't let Chu Xiong run away!"
After the Japs from the First Battalion of the 223rd Wing arrived at Liujiapo, they began to attack without even stopping.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Boom boom boom..."
A group of the Japanese who rushed in front fell, and the rest began to look for bunkers nearby, and then exchanged fire with the Eighth Route Army, causing casualties on both sides.
The main force of the 222nd Regiment on the front attacked directly from the town along the road. The division headquarters, baggage regiment and field artillery brigade stayed put.
Chu Xiong's company left in Liujiapo took advantage of the terrain and could only barely block the Japanese coming from the right wing, and it wouldn't last long.
The main force of the 222nd Regiment attacked from the front at almost full speed. The 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the 3rd Preliminary Regiment, which was behind, only held back for less than ten minutes before they began to collapse and ran back.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Even though the Japanese were afraid that Chu Xiong would run into the mountains, they would rush after him, especially the two vanguard groups on the front and right, chasing him along the road one after the other.
After chasing for about five kilometers, they reached an unknown depression and were once again blocked by the Eighth Route Army. This time there were seven or eight hundred people, the second battalion of the Pre-3rd Regiment led by Chu Xiong.
"Boom boom boom..."
The 12 Wei Yixiao artillery pieces of the Second Battalion artillery company fired a round of artillery fire at the pursuing Japanese soldiers. 12 explosive packets flew into the Japanese ranks, killing and injuring hundreds of Japanese soldiers;
The remaining Japanese soldiers retreated a few hundred meters away, waiting for the arrival of the main force.
Ten minutes later, two Japs vanguard brigades arrived one after another. Since they were pursuing a high-speed pursuit, they did not carry heavy weapons. They came in a hurry and could not defeat the Second Battalion occupying the slope position.
The two sides once again entered into a stalemate. The battlefield chosen by Chu Xiong looked like a huge bathtub from a high altitude, but it was very shallow;
It was a wasteland several hundred meters wide and two to three kilometers long. The road passed through the middle. Although it was a slope, the slope was very small, just like the big slope of an ordinary road. The Second Battalion lay on the slope to block the attack, and even the trenches were blocked. No.
After the two Japanese vanguard brigades stabilized their positions, the first brigade of the 223rd Wing launched the attack;
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers lined up in three echelons, pulling a standard skirmisher line, and attacked the Eighth Route Army's position from a front of several hundred meters.
When the Japanese skirmisher line was entering a depression about 300 meters away, the second battalion commander Hu Shuangquan issued the order for artillery fire;
The 12 Wei Yixiao artillery guns of the artillery battery once again fired a round of artillery bombardment at the Japanese skirmishers, and 12 explosive packets roared and hit the Japanese group at high speed...
"Boom boom boom boom..."
In an open area without shelter, the killing effect of Wei Yixiao's artillery cluster strike can only be described with the word "terrible";
Twelve explosive packets exploded and threw thousands of fragments in all directions, just like a goddess scattering flowers. Those who were close to each other were killed and those who were stuck were injured. The Japanese corpses were all over the place.
One round of shelling killed at least one-third of the Japs. The other Japs who were not killed or injured lay down on the ground to avoid the shelling as before.
The commander of the artillery company had a playful smile on his face. Wei Yixiao's favorite thing about the artillery company was the Japanese lying on the ground;
"fire!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Another round of 12 explosive packets flew into the group of Japs. The huge shock wave shattered the organs of the Japs lying on the ground. This time, the casualties were even more severe.
The Japanese finally couldn't bear it anymore and retreated like a tide, leaving corpses on the ground.
Major Inoue, captain of the 1st Battalion of the 223rd Regiment, looked at the two or three hundred warriors who had managed to escape, and he even considered committing suicide;
There were more than 700 people at the time of departure, but more than half of them were killed or injured after three rounds of shelling. The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was so brutal that many warriors were blown to pieces. It was simply heartless.
"Okay, good job with the artillery battery! Kill those bastards."
The second battalion commander Hu Shuangquan couldn't help but praise the artillery battery, and he responded to those words, your honey is his arsenic, the enemy's pain is the happiness of the Eighth Route Army!
