Since it was wartime, the Japs were still very strict with the headquarters. The guard post was placed several kilometers away. Unfortunately, the Japs' guard force was too weak. There was only one squadron, which was not enough.
The Cheetah Special Warfare Group has three 60-man special operations squadrons, the backbone of which are all trained by Chu Xiong himself. Their combat concepts and methods are exactly the same as those of the Tigers Special Warfare Group and are ahead of this era.
They are also equipped with single-barreled 107mm rocket launchers (the 130mm is too heavy and difficult to maneuver), so there is no need to penetrate into the core area of the enemy;
They just used the darkness to eliminate the enemy's outer guard posts, and then rushed to a place a few hundred meters away from the enemy's headquarters.
They first occupied an inconspicuous building (bungalow), and then carried four single-barreled rocket launchers to the roof of the building, along with 12 rockets;
They used armor-piercing explosive bombs produced by Taiyuan Arsenal, which are very effective at blasting ordinary masonry houses. As long as they are not reinforced concrete buildings, they can explode accurately.
The three Cheetah squadrons have a clear division of labor. The first squadron is responsible for clearing the Japanese security posts, the second squadron is responsible for guarding the perimeter, and the third squadron is responsible for attacking the Japanese headquarters.
The third squadron quickly assembled four single-barreled rocket launchers to form a quadruple Weishen cannon. After the main gunner adjusted the shooting angle, the secondary gunner completed loading the four armor-piercing explosive shells.
A distance of less than 600 meters is the best attack distance of the Wei Shen Cannon. An experienced gunner can hit the target without having to aim very hard.
The main gunner was still very cautious, because he couldn't afford to lose that person if he was shot away. He was a student of "Zhou Dapao".
"Old Wang, is there no problem? We only have a few minutes to attack. Once the Japs' headquarters is attacked, the Japs from the outside will surround us. We cannot give them the chance to surround us."
"Squadron Captain, don't worry. I, Wang Erpao, have served my master Zhou Dapao in the field of artillery fire."
(Liu Erpao: Are you competing with me for a seat?)
The captain of the third squadron nodded, signaling that it was time to fire!
Main gunner Wang Qiang fired decisively, and the four shells drew four beautiful parabolas in the night sky, and then accurately landed on the Japanese headquarters building;
In order to hide their target, the Japanese headquarters just chose a three-story building that looked ordinary on the outside. For air defense, they also dug tunnels in the building.
Several huge explosions sounded, and the Japs headquarters building was blown down. The Japs inside suffered heavy casualties.
"Bagaya Road, enemy attack!"
Lieutenant General Lin Fang, who was in a meeting, shouted and prepared to retreat into the tunnel. Before he could run a few steps, several more shells fell. This time, they hit the meeting room exactly, knocking out a large number of shells in the headquarters. Wo Lao Wangba was served in one pot.
The entire command building was almost razed to the ground. To be on the safe side, another round of fighting was carried out, completely turning the command building into a ruin.
After the mission was accomplished, the captain of the third squadron decisively issued a retreat order. Their current attacks were to avoid close contact with the enemy as much as possible;
Find the target, blow it up from a distance and then leave without giving the Japanese any chance to get entangled. This special warfare concept naturally came from Chu Xiong;
With the single-barreled Wei Shen Cannon, the special operations team's combat methods have become richer. Non-contact fixed-point clearing operations are the most common type, making it difficult to guard against.
The movement at the headquarters still alerted the nearby Japanese soldiers, but their reaction speed was not fast. By the time they arrived in a hurry, the Cheetah Special Forces Brigade had already evacuated, leaving only the corpses at the headquarters.
"Bagaya Road! Rescue people quickly and be sure to find the division commander."
Major Kitamura, the captain who led the reinforcements, cursed angrily, and then led a hundred or so Japanese soldiers to search for their division commander and survivors in the ruins.
These hundred or so Japs were already the largest force that he, the captain, could muster. All the Japs had already been engaged in street fighting. Only the brigade level had radio stations, and the regiments had also been disbanded.
Now that the headquarters has been bombed, the wing cannot command the brigade, and there is no radio station at the squadron level, so the command system is completely paralyzed.
As a captain, Major Kitamura naturally understood this truth, so he couldn't wait to dig through the rubble of the headquarters to find the division commander or regiment commander. It was best if the radio station was not broken.
After searching with a flashlight for half an hour, they finally found Lieutenant General Lin Fang and others, but they were all turned into corpses. All commanders above the commander level were not spared, and the radio station was also blown up. Now they can only fight on their own. .
Since the Japs' command system was paralyzed, the Japs' resistance has become even more chaotic. They are fighting passively and have no cooperation at all.
After learning that the sneak attack on the Japanese headquarters was successful, Li Tiejun stepped up his offensive and spent another morning penetrating the Japanese defense line;
The pace of the battle in Shimen City accelerated, more and more Japanese were eliminated, and the battle began to lose suspense.
Three days after the Japs headquarters was taken away, there were no longer any organized Japs in the city, and the battle entered the stage of clearing and annihilating the enemy.
The three brigades of the 107th Column repeatedly pulled out nets to clear up Shimen City. It took another two days to eliminate all the Japanese stragglers in the city. The Shimen offensive ended successfully, and the 110th Division was completely wiped out.
"Victory! We are victorious!"
"Shimen is restored!"
"Long live the Eighth Route Army!"
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After the war, fellow villagers poured into the streets to celebrate this hard-won victory with the Eighth Route Army!
In the battle of Shimen, the Eighth Route Army suffered casualties of more than 3,000 people, and the civilians in the city suffered more than 2,000 casualties. More than 30% of the houses in the city were destroyed by the war, and the economic losses were inestimable.
The victory of the Shimen Battle was a huge blow to the Japanese. At the same time, it also expressed to the Japanese the determination of the Chinese people to drive away the invaders!
It is better to be in pieces than in ruins. The Chinese people are determined to break everything. As long as the Japanese dare to resist stubbornly, the Chinese people will completely eliminate them.
Yancheng, when General Okamura got the news that Shimen was captured by the Chinese, he fell silent...
Next, the Eighth Route Army in Jizhou launched a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese. The Japanese abandoned the city one after another and retreated to Yancheng and Jinmen. It only took three days to recover all the land except Yancheng and Jinmen;
At the joint command headquarters, everyone had smiles on their faces. The first phase of the combat mission was successfully completed. The main force of the Japanese North China Front had all retreated to the four cities of Yancheng, Jinmen, Quancheng, and Jiaoao, and all other places were recovered!
Chu Xiong said excitedly:
"Commander-in-Chief, the first phase of the combat mission has been successfully completed, with more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers and more than 50,000 puppet troops annihilated;
Although not many enemies were wiped out, most of the areas in Jizhou and Qilu were recovered. This was a great victory!
This means that tens of millions of people in Hebei and Shandong will no longer have to be bullied by the Japanese. This is more important than anything else. "
The commander-in-chief laughed and said:
"Chu Xiong, facts have proven that your strategy is right. Save the majority of the people from the devil's clutches first, and China will shed a lot less blood!
Now that the old Japs Okamura still clings to the dream of holding on to Yanjin with his back to Manchuria, it is time to start the second phase of the operation and release the steel beasts of our Eighth Route Army. We must destroy Okamura's last illusion! "
