After lunch, the soldiers of the independent regiment, under the deployment of each battalion, drove out of the village where they were stationed and headed towards their combat goals.
Yang Yuanshan also led the spy battalion to leave and drive east.
The attack launch time is eight o'clock in the evening. Now, they need to rush to the battlefield in advance, dig trenches, and set up artillery.
After marching for 2 hours, Yang Yuanshan asked Chen Liangwa, commander of the second platoon of the artillery company, to lead his second platoon of artillery to carry three Type 41 75mm mountain guns, and follow He Yunfu's second company to attack the three gun towers and the north slope stronghold.
Watching nearly 400 of them go away, Zhou Xianpei couldn't help but asked worriedly:
"Battal Commander, isn't it a bit inappropriate to just let Commander He's Second Company complete the mission of the regiment commander?
If you make any mistake and fail to take down those gun towers, you will be violating military orders and will be shot on the battlefield! "
"I believe in Lao He.
When Lao He was still a militia captain, I found that he handled things reliably. Now that I entrust this task to him, I feel relieved. "
Why isn't Yang Yuanshan feeling uneasy?
But he didn't want to change his plans.
If you don’t fight a big battle, how can you explode equipment?
How to develop and grow the team without exploding equipment?
If we don't strengthen the team, when will we be able to drive away the little devils?
Seeing He Yunfu and others walking away, Yang Yuanshan immediately ordered the remaining soldiers of the special agent battalion:
"Comrades, go northwest, target Heyuan County Railway Station!"
…
When it was getting dark, most of the spy battalion finally reached a hilltop on the east side of the Heyuan County Railway Station.
After Yang Yuanshan arranged for the soldiers to dig trenches, he lay down on the hillside and carefully observed the Heyuan County Railway Station with a telescope.
A station platform, several station buildings, and some fortifications made of sandbags.
Compared with the train stations that Yang Yuanshan had seen before traveling through, this train station seemed extremely simple.
But in the station building and on the platform, there were many little devils in shit-yellow military uniforms standing guard.
He counted carefully and found that indeed, as Wei Dayong said, there was only one squadron of Japs stationed there.
However, this group of little devils built bunkers at both ends of the train station and set up a total of four heavy machine guns, forming a tight crossfire to deter anyone who wanted to take advantage of the station.
On the roof of the train station, there was also a bunker built with sandbags, revealing the muzzle of a heavy machine gun.
There is no doubt that this train station cannot be said to be impregnable, but the firepower of up to 5 heavy machine guns is enough to defeat any guerrillas who dare to attack this place and the main force of the Eighth Route Army that lacks heavy firepower.
Moreover, Yang Yuanshan also discovered that in this small train station, except for the little Japs, he did not see any Japanese Japs!
It seemed that the little devil didn't trust the second devil, so he didn't let the second devil participate in the defense of the train station.
Yang Yuanshan had to admit that the little devil was really good at judging people!
If they get a regiment of Japanese soldiers to garrison the train station, maybe they can attack the train station themselves later, which will be much smoother.
This group of guys who have little success but more than failure may cause trouble for the little devils at the critical moment.
But it doesn’t matter now. After Yang Yuanshan made some observations, he immediately ordered Han Yang:
"Han Yang, ask your people to set up the artillery. When 8 o'clock comes, you will use the two artillery pieces of our company to bombard the Japs' firepower point.
Then two infantry platoons were dispatched to outflank the train station, but the speed must be slow and don't rush to death. Our first step is to attract the reinforcements of the Japs from Heyuan County. "
"Yes! I understand!"
Han Yang nodded and left, and Yang Yuanshan called Wang Gensheng over again:
"Gensheng, arrange for your people to set up the artillery. The target of the infantry artillery is the train station, but the target of the cannon and rapid-fire artillery should be aimed at the center of the road between Heyuan County and the train station."
"Ah, in the middle of the road?"
Wang Gensheng was a little surprised and thought to himself: Isn't this going to hit the train station? Why aim at the middle of the road?
"Yes, to attack this train station, Han Yang's company is enough. The more important task of your artillery company is to eliminate the enemy's effective forces."
Yang Yuanshan explained.
His idea was to use the train station to attract enemies from Heyuan County to come out for support. Then, when he was in the middle of the county seat and the train station, he would be fired upon by his own cannons and mountain cannons, killing half of his men. At that time, he wanted to capture the county seat. It's much easier.
After all, he was not willing to just take over a small train station!
Seeing what Yang Yuanshan said, Wang Gensheng could only nod in agreement, and immediately led the gunners of the artillery company to choose a position to set up the artillery, and adjusted the bombardment to attack Zhu Yuan.
If we don't do this while it's dawn, it will be much more troublesome when it gets dark.
Soon, it got dark.
The Heyuan County Railway Station turned on dim lights, and the soldiers on duty took another turn. This time, their numbers were even more exposed to Yang Yuanshan.
There is no doubt that it is an infantry squadron!
Yang Yuanshan raised his wrist, looked at the time, and found that it was eight o'clock in three minutes.
He immediately ordered guard Zhang Xiaohe:
"Xiaohe, go tell Han Yang to be ready, and the bombardment will start in three minutes.
Inform Wang Gensheng that their artillery company is not allowed to fire without my order! "
"yes!"
Three minutes later, without waiting for Yang Yuanshan's order, Han Yang couldn't wait to order the Type 92 infantry gun in his camp to open fire. As for the 60mm mortar, it had no advantage in range, so he didn't expose it for now.
"Bang...boo...boom!"
The sound of shelling was so wonderful to the soldiers of the secret service battalion hiding in the darkness, but to the little devils in the train station, it was the joy of death.
Previously, the artillerymen of the secret service battalion had clearly seen the positions of the five heavy machine guns of the Little Devil, and after several discussions, they had planned to shoot Zhu Yuan. Now when the artillery fire was fired, the shells landed on the roof of the train station building. Next to the heavy machine gun.
Although the heavy machine gun could not be directly destroyed, the shrapnel flying in all directions still made the three heavy machine gunners of the Little Devils tremble with fear. One unlucky guy was unlucky and was shot by a piece of shrapnel in the stomach, which was very painful. Rolling on the ground, wailing desperately:
"Ah! It hurts! Help!"
With the sound of the cannon, the little devils in the entire train station were alarmed, and they began to scream shrilly.
"Bombardment!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Quick, quick, avoid the cannon!"
…
In addition to the alarm at the train station itself, a flare was also fired from the city wall of Heyuan County 2 kilometers away, lighting up the open space at the city gate.
In the train station, Captain Nagano Higashioka, the squadron leader, was soaking his feet and preparing to wash his hands and sleep. When he heard the sound of the cannon, he suddenly shivered and stepped on the footbath.
He stepped on the ground with bare feet and shouted outside:
"Where's the gunfire?"
An orderly ran in quickly and reported:
"Your Excellency Captain, on the hillside 2 kilometers to the east, Tuba Road is bombarding the train station with infantry artillery."
"Nani? Why are there cannons on Tubal Road?"
Captain Nagano was shocked.
In order to ensure the safety of the train station, he had already ordered people to clear the shooting range of about 800 meters near the train station, and also erected a barbed wire fence so that no enemy could get close.
What they were prepared for was that Tubal Road used the 38 big cover to sneak attack them.
But he never expected that the enemy would have infantry artillery!
Isn't it said that there are three gunshots and eight attacks?
How is this wrong?
Although he doubted his life, Captain Nagano did not panic.
It's just an infantry cannon, it can't make any big waves.
He rushed to the phone and asked:
"Except for shelling, how many infantrymen are there on Tubal Road?"
The orderly replied quickly:
"Two groups of Tuba Road rushed down the hillside! About one company!"
"Yoshi, stupid country mouse!"
Nagano Higashioka heard that there were only a hundred Eighth Route Army members, and he nodded with satisfaction.
He instantly judged that this Tubal group could solve the problem with his own squadron. He immediately let go of his nervousness and called his immediate superior, Major Sato He of the 1st Battalion of the 225th Infantry Regiment of the 37th Division in Heyuan County. Telephone.
Of course, Sato He was also alarmed by the sound of shelling here in Heyuan County. After receiving a call from Nagano Higashioka, he couldn't help but feel suspicious - what does Tubal Road want to do?
Do they think they can capture their well-defended train station with just one infantry cannon and a hundred infantry?
When did Tubalu become so crazy?
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