After Lieutenant General Tanaka saw that the leading troops of the Three Kingdoms Colonel defeated the defenders, he led the remaining troops across the sealed gate and entered the Wolf Fang Valley, marching at a constant speed while maintaining a distance of several kilometers from the main 62nd Regiment.
To be on the safe side, he still left a pseudo-legion at the sealed entrance. This was considered a routine operation, just in case.
Naturally, the Japs' actions could not escape the eyes of the 78th Army's reconnaissance unit. The march of tens of thousands of people could not hide it even if they wanted to.
At the headquarters of the 78th Army, Chu Xiong, who had been promoted to the position of brigade commander, was waiting in front of the huge sand table for the Japanese to enter the pocket formation.
Chief of Staff Zhong Guoliang walked in excitedly and reported to Chu Xiong:
"Brigadier Commander, the fish has been taken. The main force of the Japs, about a regiment of infantry and a large number of heavy artillery, has entered Langya Valley. The forward brigade is only three kilometers away from the ambush area;
The Japanese division headquarters, baggage regiment, cavalry brigade and a large number of puppet troops were dragged back a few kilometers. They left a puppet regiment at the sealed entrance of the exit. They were very bold.
Captain Chu asked for instructions whether to attack the Japanese infantry regiment as planned? "
When Chu Xiong heard this, he immediately became energetic and finally waited for them!
"Lao Zhong, inform Dapeng and the others to let all the Japanese field troops pass. We still have two infantry regiments and an artillery regiment at Langyakou. The Japanese in one regiment can't make any waves;
We will leave the prepared feast to the Japanese division headquarters and baggage troops. These Japanese are easy to fight. As long as the Japanese baggage is destroyed, the thousands of Japanese field troops will be like tigers with their teeth pulled out. They can be dealt with as they please. When the time comes, use them to fish and gather around the spots for reinforcements!
After the battle starts, we can take action on the other side of the closed door. Yan Haoyu's main force of more than a thousand people can deal with a pseudo-legion. It's not a big problem. Let's close the door and beat the dogs! "
When Zhong Guoliang heard this, he thought that it would be better to attack the baggage first. The original plan was to deal with the entire East Route Army of the Japanese. Now the Japanese only came with a part of the force, thousands of Japanese, and the 78th Army had more than 20,000 people per army. Naturally, I came up with the idea of wiping out these thousands of Japs.
Soldiers have no permanent momentum, water has no permanent shape, and if the enemy's situation changes, the method of fighting will naturally change accordingly;
If the entire Eastern Route Army came, with more than 20,000 Japanese, the 78th Army would not be able to take them. It would only be ideal if they could only capture the vanguard and then defeat the main force of the Japanese.
Chu Xiong never fights in a mechanical way. When the enemy changes, I will change too. With only a few thousand Japanese, he won't be polite!
After Zhong Guoliang left, Chu Xiong began to play chess with Zhao Sihu. If he was idle, he would be idle. It would be better to torture Lao Zhao.
Zhao Sihu changed his face on the spot and begged for mercy:
"Brigadier, please let me go. You can even give me a car. Is it interesting to get off? Why don't you abuse the political commissar? He is as powerful as you."
When Wang Junjie heard this, he immediately stood up and said:
"I'll go to the directly-affiliated troops first to see how their morale is. It's better for you, Old Zhao, to play with Old Chu."
Lao Wang next door can run faster than a rabbit. He has no hobby of being tortured. Lao Chu is good at everything. This perverted hobby of torturing people is not good.
When Chu Xiong saw that Lao Wang next door had run away, Lao Zhao couldn't let it go anymore. The determination of the battle had been deployed. The specific method of fighting was a matter for commanders at all levels. He, the former enemy commander-in-chief, would not interfere;
The time waiting for the results is the most boring. Playing a few games of chess has become a good choice for Chu Xiong. Now he feels a little bit how bored the boss is at the headquarters...
"Old Zhao, come on, come on, I'll give you an extra cannon and a horse this time!"
Chu Xiong lost his temper in order to torture the old Zhao. When Zhao Sihu heard this, his face turned the color of pig liver - it was too bullying, and he let the carriages and horses go. Do you really think that I, Zhao Sihu, am just a decoration?
"Damn it, the Four Tigers are also tigers!"
After Zhao Sihu thought of this, he slapped the table with his big hand and said to Chu Xiong:
"Brigadier, if you lose, you can't play chess and regret it. We have to win something. If you lose for three months, you can't ask me to play chess with you. Do you want to do it?"
Chu Xiong said carelessly:
"Do it, why don't you do it! When will I, Chu Xiong, regret my chess?"
"Chief Zhao, you know me, have I ever cheated?"
"Brigadier, you guys play chess, I'll go out and take a breather!"
Communications Section Chief Zhao Pan'er couldn't stand it anymore, so she left without saying anything. She really didn't want to see Chu Xiong acting like a rogue when he regretted his chess. It would be too embarrassing for the lieutenant general.
"Comrades, what's Zhao Pan'er's attitude? My Lao Chu's chess skills are still not impressive?"
"Brigadier, you guys play chess..."
A group of staff officers were too embarrassed to leave or not leave. They were not as willful as Section Chief Zhao.
Chu Xiong waved his hand and said very generously:
"Okay, go ahead and do what you have to do!"
"Come on, Lao Zhao, let's play chess and be the first to win!"
"Damn, another shot in the head!"
Zhao Sihu was speechless on the spot.
Chu Xiong likes to use cannons when playing chess, and the same goes for his troops;
In the ambush position of the 78th Army, the detachment leader Chu Dapeng was also preparing to use cannons against the Japanese. This time he gathered two Weishen artillery regiments and 32 12-barreled 107mm rocket launchers.
One salvo is 384 rounds of heavy artillery shells, which will kill the Japanese;
This gun is good at everything, but it's a bit useless!
"Report to Captain Chu, the vanguard of the Japanese division, a cavalry squadron has entered the pocket!"
A communications staff officer came over and reported.
"Let them pass. The 806th Regiment will take care of them. If anyone comes in, don't even think about running away. They all have to be kept by me!"
The 78th Army's ambush position is divided into three parts. The main ambush position is the two artillery regiments, the fourth preparatory regiment and the detachment headquarters.
On the left is the 805th Regiment, which is more than a kilometer away from the main ambush position and is responsible for closing the door;
On the right wing is the 806th Regiment, which is responsible for cutting off the connection between the Japanese Division Headquarters and the vanguard. Before annihilating the Japanese Division Headquarters, it must block the 62nd Regiment from the battlefield.
It is not that simple to ambush tens of thousands of troops. The length of the ambush position is as high as several kilometers.
The widest part of Langya Valley is two or three kilometers, and the narrowest part is several hundred meters. The official road passes through the valley.
There are about 4,000 Japanese troops at the 21st Division headquarters and baggage troops, and nearly 3,000 puppet troops under Zhang Lanfeng. Their marching formation is as follows:
A cavalry squadron's search team dragged back about 500 meters, followed by a tank squadron, another cavalry squadron guarding the two wings, about 1,000 troops directly under the division and regiment headquarters, and finally the baggage regiment and the puppet army Zhang Lanfeng's department. Zhang Lanfeng's department is responsible for cutting off the rear and protecting the baggage.
When they marched, they lined up in four columns, with the mules and horses walking in the middle, and the Japanese infantry walking on both sides, two on each side. This was the basic marching formation of the Japanese.
The Japanese marched for several kilometers. As a commander, Lieutenant General Tanaka was somewhat high-spirited. Unfortunately, the eloquent chief of staff led the main force in the forward troops and there was no one to accompany him to show off;
Although Zhang Lanfeng's military rank is Lieutenant General of the Manchuria Army, in the eyes of real old devils, he is nothing more than a higher-level dog. When he is arty, he can be used to show off, but when he is fighting, he is a consumable. Who has the luxury to talk to a consumable? Military affairs.
However, Zhang Lanfeng did not have this consciousness. He really believed that the Manchurians were friendly to the Japanese. He licked his face and came over and said:
"Sir Tanaka, I always feel something is wrong. This place is too quiet. I'm worried about an ambush. Do you want to send a search squadron to the mountains on both sides to search carefully?"
Tanaka glanced at Zhang Lanfeng with disgust, like a dog wagging its tail asking for reward. He was not in the mood to let him go now, so of course he still had to give him a little bit of noodles:
"Zhang Jun, you are very loyal. A group of ragtag troops from the 78th Army have not dared to ambush thousands of imperial troops. This is not a squadron of warriors. I really look forward to them coming over to touch the imperial army's tiger butt!"
Chu Dapeng, who was a few kilometers away, expressed his dissatisfaction, and I was going to touch the Japanese’s tiger butt!
"fire!"
Chu Dapeng decisively gave the order to fire
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet..."
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet..."
"Zhang Jun, what are you doing? Are you stupid?"
Zhang Lanfeng stammered and said
"fireworks--"
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom..."
A series of explosions cured Zhang Lanfeng's stammer, and the Chu family's "big shot" came!
