The Third Regiment, as the vanguard of the Fourth Brigade, advanced very, very quickly.
So fast that even the 1st Division of the Royal Association Army behind them could not keep up with the pace of the Japanese soldiers of the third regiment.
After all, the Japanese soldiers have better physical fitness and stronger endurance than the Imperial Army.
If the 129th Division wants to run, whether they are really running or pretending to run, they have to hurry up and pounce on them.
"Captain, according to intelligence, the field hospital and division headquarters of the 129th Division are desperately moving. Their main force has set up a sniper defense line at Cangyun Ridge, preparing to forcibly resist us." Pu You, the adjutant of the 3rd Regiment Take the newly arrived information and report it to Nobutsu Sakata.
This friend Pu is not the one who followed Wu Ze to the Taiyuan Arsenal, but the adjutant of the third regiment, with the same name but a different person.
"Yo Xi!" Sakata Nobutetsu smiled when he heard this: "It seems that we are marching fast enough, and the main force of the 129th Division cannot deal with us in mobile warfare, and can only be forced to switch to positional warfare. Positional warfare is our specialty."
"Yes, the troops of the 129th Division are good at mobile warfare. Positional warfare is their shortcoming. We use our strengths to attack their weaknesses and can deal with them without any effort." Pu You also said.
"Don't be careless and underestimate the enemy. Anyway, the 129th Division has a new regiment. It is said that this new regiment's positional warfare is pretty good. I don't know if this new regiment is on Cangyun Ridge." Sakata Xinzhe is looking forward to it.
The enemy that humiliated the imperial army was mainly this new group.
Sakata Nobutsu hoped that the new regiment would be on Cangyun Ridge, so he personally led the regiment to crush the new regiment. This would be enough to comfort the more than 3,000 imperial heroes who died under Wanger Mountain.
"No matter whether the new regiment is on Cangyun Ridge or not, after all the 129th Division has been wiped out, the new regiment will disappear by then." Pu You said.
"Yo Xi, order the troops to hurry up and get closer to Cangyun Ridge." Sakata Nobuzhe said.
"Captain, do you want to wait for the Imperial Alliance Army behind?" Pu You said, "We marched too fast and threw them away for more than ten miles."
"No need, just a few regiments of the 129th Division can't stop our regiment!" Sakata Nobutsu said confidently, "However, we still need to speed up the Imperial Alliance Army."
"Ha Yi!" Pu You nodded.
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new group
"Quick, quick, hurry up and set up a position for me."
"Get the machine gun position here quickly."
"Those who are setting up minefields, hurry up and make them more dense."
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Li Yunlong arrived at Cangyun Ridge and personally directed the troops to seize the time to build defensive positions.
"Captain, where are our Italian cannons?" Artilleryman Wang Chengzhu asked.
"Zhuzi, the Italian cannon is our trump card. It can only be used at critical moments. Hide it for me first." Li Yunlong said to Wang Chengzhu, "There is no Italian cannon, so you kid can play with mortars for the time being."
"Captain, when is the critical moment?" Wang Chengzhu asked.
Since using Italian artillery, Wang Chengzhu has not been very interested in mortars.
"I don't know either." Li Yunlong glared at Wang Chengzhu, "Whenever I find out, I will inform you again. You must remember it for me. You are not allowed to pull out the Italian cannon without my order. Do you understand!"
"Yes." Wang Chengzhu responded.
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"Brigadier, Li Yunlong has more than a thousand people, and I always feel a bit uncertain. Why don't you send my independent regiment there too." Behind Li Yunlong, the brigade commander, Cheng Xiazi, Kong Jie and others were all here. Kong Jie passed After looking through the telescope at Li Yunlong's arrangement at Cangyun Ridge, he couldn't help but suggest something to the brigade commander.
"If Li Yunlong can't win, can he win if I send you up?" The brigade commander gave Kong Jie a sideways glance.
When Kong Jie heard this, he realized that this was the truth.
Li Yunlong couldn't win, and he certainly couldn't win if he pressed forward independently.
only……
Kong Jie said: "I just can't win, but it would be good to at least help Li Yunlong share some of the pressure."
"Share the pressure?" The brigade commander glanced at Kong Jie again, "Is it to increase the number of casualties?"
"..." Kong Jie had no choice but to shut up and stop talking.
Although Blind Cheng didn't like Li Yunlong in his heart, he was worried about Li Yunlong at this time.
On the main peak position of Cangyun Ridge, although Li Yunlong's layout looks very expert, the Bantian Alliance of the 4th Brigade is also expert in fighting tough battles.
Moreover, if his kid doesn't get into trouble, he still has plane support.
But Kong Jie told the brigade commander to shut up, and Cheng Xiazi was wise enough not to speak.
The brigade commander looked through the telescope and noticed the 358th Regiment.
When the fight comes, if the 358th Regiment is willing to help, there will definitely be no problem in completely annihilating the Sakata United Force.
The 358th Regiment is a regiment on the surface, but its actual strength has reached 5,000, and it belongs to a brigade.
Once the 358th Group joins in, this...
But the brigade commander quickly put an end to the idea.
Don't count on these so-called friendly forces at any time. If they are willing to help, they will at least have sent someone to notify you.
But now, the Sakata Alliance is about to attack, and there is no movement from the 358th Regiment.
358 regiment
Fang Ligong, the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, came over and said to the regiment leader Chu Yunfei: "Regiment leader, according to the intelligence, the Bantian Regiment will soon reach Cangyun Ridge."
"So fast?" Chu Yunfei was a little surprised when he heard this, "Their marching speed is probably too fast."
According to intelligence, the Sakata Alliance still needs at least half a day.
"The Bantian Regiment is known as the elite of the Japanese. Their combat effectiveness is not weak, and their marching ability is even faster." Fang Ligong said, "What's more, the 4th Brigade was withdrawn from the frontal battlefield and asked them to fight the 129th Division. This is very important to them. They feel that they are being overqualified and want to rush to eliminate the 129th Division and the 18th Army before returning to the frontal battlefield."
"That's right." Chu Yunfei nodded, "The equipment of the 129th Division is too poor and the combat effectiveness is not good. Even if a new regiment has just emerged recently, I guess I can't fight head-on with the Sakata Alliance. 129 The division's headquarters and field hospital have not yet been transferred, so the main force of the 129th Division must defeat the Sakata Regiment. This battle will not be easy."
"It's not just difficult to fight!" Fang Ligong said bluntly, "No matter how powerful his new regiment is now, it can't be our 358th regiment's opponent. But our 358th regiment doesn't dare to fight against the Sakata Alliance, let me tell you something To put it bluntly, they are not even qualified to defeat the Bantian Alliance. The 129th Division’s cover team will be wiped out by the Bantian Alliance in Cangyun Ridge."
Previously, the 358th Regiment fought against the Sakata Regiment in Luye. In just one hour, the 358th Regiment suffered nearly 300 casualties.
If Chu Yunfei hadn't made a decisive decision and retreated quickly at that time, the 358th Regiment would probably no longer exist.
Therefore, Fang Ligong had no hope for the Eighth Route Army.
"Brother Ligong, let's talk about virtue." Chu Yunfei said, "No matter what, they are our friendly forces and help us contain the Japanese army."
"This is only a theoretical friendly force. It is a serious concern of the director. Sooner or later, it will be eliminated." Fang Ligong said rudely again.
"That's all, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's see how the battle at Cangyun Ridge will turn out." Chu Yunfei sighed and said nothing more.
"Regiment seat, the Ping'an County town is jointly surrounded by us and the 28th Regiment. It seems that the supplies are about to be exhausted. Should we attack in advance or continue to wait?" Fang Ligong had already predicted the outcome of the battle at Cangyunling. There is no suspense, this group of thugs are dead.
But the matter in Ping'an County still needs to be dealt with.
Ping'an County was jointly surrounded by the 358th Regiment and Ding Wei's 28th Regiment. Now Ping'an County is about to be unable to hold it, and the Japanese will not send supplies to Ping'an County. It is very likely that Ping'an County will surrender by then.
It is possible to surrender to the 28th Regiment, or it is possible to surrender to the 358th Regiment. This is not certain.
But if the 358th Regiment attacks in advance, then the 28th Regiment will not have the opportunity to get involved in Ping'an County.
"Keep waiting." Chu Yunfei said, "Communicate with the 28th Regiment. If Ping'an County is taken over, the family will share half of it."
Ping'an County is about to be unable to hold on, but if it is attacked by force, the 358th Regiment will also consume ammunition and materials and pay the price of casualties.
Chu Yunfei was unwilling to waste troops and materials on such a foregone conclusion.
"It would be too much to give half of the supplies to the 28th Regiment..." Fang Ligong was unwilling. Although the 358th Regiment was wealthy now, it was a time of war, and who would object to having too much supplies.
"Anyway, the 28th Regiment supported Qian Bojun's battle last time and destroyed the Japanese heavy artillery and ammunition. In theory, friendly forces should live in harmony before they break up with us." Chu Yunfei said, "It's not easy for them to persevere. Many times we just don't save them. But if they are really desperate, let's just say that right now, if the fourth brigade wipes out the 18th Army, then they will attack us 358 The group is here, think about it.”
"Guanzu, how about I send someone to Ping'an County to persuade him to surrender?" Fang Ligong refused to give up.
"If you can persuade me to surrender, then you can try it." Chu Yunfei said.
"yes."
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Somewhere outside the prisoner of war camp
"This is the latest news. If nothing else happens, there will be a fight at Cangyun Ridge this afternoon." An intelligence officer came to Wang Damao with the latest information.
"The fight started this afternoon, so fast?" Wang Damao was stunned.
"As the vanguard of the Fourth Brigade, the Sakata Regiment marched so fast that even the Imperial Army was left behind," the intelligence officer said.
"Since there is going to be a fight over at Cangyunling, it's time for us to take action here." Wang Damao said decisively, "Immediately let people pass the news into the prisoner of war camp. At two o'clock in the afternoon, we will take action on time and take care of the important things." Weapons are ready."
These so-called heavy weapons were naturally drawn from the hidden batch of Manchu brigade weapons.
If you want to storm a prisoner-of-war camp without heavy weapons, that's just a joke!
"yes."
Wang Damao arranged for someone to pass the news into the prisoner of war camp.
When the prisoners of war in the prison camp learned that the rescue operation was about to begin, many of them still had doubts:
"This is the territory of the Fourth Brigade. Once we attack by force, we will be surrounded by Japanese traitors from all directions. I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."
"If you want to storm a prisoner-of-war camp, you must at least have heavy weapons. If Tubal Road wants to save us, can they have heavy weapons?"
"That's right, the three divisions on Tubal Road combined don't have any heavy weapons, but they have heavy weapons to save us?"
"Anyway, since they are willing to save us, let's wait and see."
"That's right, if they are willing to save us, let's see. Anyway, I don't want to stay in this poor place anymore."
"Me too. I always feel that the Japanese have no good intentions and suddenly show their kindness to feed us. I feel like I'm eating like shit every time."
"Yeah, I also feel like I'm eating without my head every time. This is so unlucky. We have to go out."
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On Wei Dayong's side, he heard the soldiers' report to him, saying that Tubal Road would attack the prisoner of war camp at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Wei Dayong's attitude was the same as that of most prisoners of war. He didn't believe it at all: "If you want to save us, you have to storm the prisoner of war camp. They don't even have a decent cannon on the Eighth Route Army. How can they storm the prisoner of war camp and save us?"
"Squad leader, the Eighth Route Army wiped out 20,000 Japanese and traitors in the Battle of Wangershan, so they can surely capture some cannons," the soldier said.
"Even if the Eighth Route Army was able to capture some cannons at the Battle of Wangershan, would they be able to transport them over? This is the defense area of the Fourth Brigade. This is an area heavily guarded by Japanese troops. Not even a fly can fly over." Dayong questioned.
"Maybe they Tubal Road have a way." The soldier said, "Wouldn't it be known soon whether they can really save us?"
"Then just watch. I want to see what kind of magical power Tubalu has to storm the prisoner of war camp." Wei Dayong said.
As time passed, several pieces of artillery were pushed over and aimed at the camp's defensive points.
Wang Damao looked down at his watch. When the second hand completed the last circle, he ordered without hesitation: "Fire!"
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Several artillery pieces roared immediately, and the fire points on the tall towers surrounding the prisoner-of-war camp were quickly knocked out.
The artillery was quickly reloaded and fired again.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Other firepower points were knocked out again, and even a section of the wall was blown down.
"Rush, rush!"
Wang Damao saw that all the fire points on the wall had been knocked out and the wall had been blown down, so he immediately ordered the team to go in.
At this moment, rapid firefights were heard inside the prisoner-of-war camp.
It was the comrades inside who were responding with weapons and quickly destroying the enemies inside.
The action of cooperating inside and outside went very smoothly.
In less than half an hour, the entire prison camp was taken down.
When the national army prisoners of war were released one by one, they all looked confused:
"Is this, this, is this freedom?"
"How many artillery pieces did Tubal Road really get?"
"Oh my God, are we being rescued now?"
"It's awesome. This Tubal Road is really awesome."
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"Brothers of the national army, time is urgent, let me make a long story short!" Wang Damao shouted to these prisoners of war, "The main force of the 4th Brigade is currently fighting with the troops of the 129th Division over Cangyun Ridge. If you want To wash away the shame of the Xinkou Battle, now is your best opportunity to avenge your shame!"
As soon as Wang Damao finished speaking, the Chinese prisoners of war started shouting:
"The main force of the fourth brigade has gone to Cangyun Ridge. If we want to fight them, we need to have guys on hand."
"Yes, the Fourth Brigade is not easy to mess with. We used to have guys that we couldn't defeat. Now how can we fight with bare hands?"
"Damn it, brothers, even if we don't have a guy in our hands, we still have teeth and we still have a lot of blood. Anyway, I've had enough of this cowardice. I'm going to Cangyun Ridge to join the Fourth Brigade."
"That's right, the stupid Bantian Alliance, the battle of Xinkou caused us a huge loss of face. I can't swallow this breath. Even if I am bare-handed, I will go to Cangyun Ridge."
"Yes, as long as it's a man, just fuck him, even if you bite him with your teeth, you have to fuck him!"
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The prisoners of war soon became filled with indignation, and just as Wu Ze expected, they were not allowed to do any ideological work for them.
Just mentioning the Fourth Brigade made them furious.
Wang Damao saw that the prisoner of war camp was about to go to Cangyunling in a hurry. He quickly calmed down the situation: "Brothers in the national army, please be patient. Bantian Regiment and the Fourth Brigade are both in trouble. We must fight with them." Fighting with bare hands is too much of a disadvantage. I have prepared a full brigade of weapons. You follow me. We have armed ourselves, then adjusted the formation a little, and clenched our fists tightly. Only then can we directly punch Sakata United. Team, get down."
When the Chinese prisoners of war heard that Wang Damao had prepared a full brigade of weapons, they all questioned:
"Brother, are you kidding us? A brigade full of weapons!"
"You Eighth Route Army are so poor, how can you get a full brigade of weapons?"
"There really is a brigade full of weapons. You must have transported them back, and you will use them to arm us? Aren't you afraid that we will leave with the weapons?"
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Facing the questioning voices of the Chinese prisoners of war, Wang Damao pointed to a few artillery pieces and said: "Have you seen these artillery pieces? They were taken out of that batch of weapons. You all know that we are poor and cannot afford them at all." If there weren't a batch of weapons like this for artillery, how could I use it to storm the prisoner-of-war camp and rescue you? As for where this batch of weapons came from, they were left behind by the X-Man division when they retreated in the past. Now we have found them. , so arm everyone, and the guys in your hands are better. When fighting the Bantian Alliance, you can save a lot of deaths and shed a lot of blood. You are all heroes, you are all warriors, the national army and the nation need Live as long as you can!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry and take us to get weapons."
"That's right, hurry up and get your weapons. If you have weapons, who would use your teeth to fight the Sakata Alliance?"
"That's right, lead the way quickly, I'm going to kill that bastard Sakata!"
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The Eighth Route comrades who had lurked in in advance immediately began to cooperate with Wang Damao and began to shout.
This single spark can start a prairie fire. With the comrades from the Eighth Route Army taking the lead and cooperating, the emotions of the Chinese prisoners of war were quickly aroused:
"Since there are weapons, let's get them first."
"Although I don't believe what you 8th Army say, you 8th Army worked hard to rescue us, so you can't possibly play such a big joke on us. The weapons of a full brigade are enough to arm us all to the teeth."
"Brother Eighth Route Army, thank you. Please lead the way."
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In this way, the national army prisoners of war quickly unified their opinions, and no one left without permission. Under the leadership of Wang Damao, they quickly left here.
Although the storming of the prisoner-of-war camp also alerted the nearby Japanese traitors, the Fourth Brigade was mobilized to encircle and suppress the 129th Division. Even the Imperial Association Army mobilized two divisions. The Japanese traitors in this stronghold in the defense zone bombarded Wang Damao with several artillery pieces. Okay, it's just useless.
Wang Damao took them and successfully arrived at the location where the weapons were hidden.
The national army prisoners of war looked at the mountains of weapons, and they all looked excited:
"Oh my God, there really is a brigade full of weapons."
"Damn it, you stupid Sakata Alliance, you are dead!"
"Thank you Eighth Route Brothers for giving us the opportunity to avenge our shame."
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"If you are good at using a machine gun, use a machine gun. If you are good at using a cannon, if you are good at shooting, get more bullets!" Wang Damao did not let the prisoners of war swarm to grab weapons, but arranged manpower to quickly verify the statistics.
As far as possible, every prisoner of war should be provided with weapons and ammunition suitable for him.
As soon as he got the guy, Wang Damao simply organized the thousands of prisoners of war, and finally took advantage of the cover of night to quietly move towards Cangyun Ridge.
