At midnight that day, Baoding Railway Station.
With the help of the Swordsmen, a guerrilla group of more than 500 people quietly bypassed the sentries and patrols of the Japanese and puppet troops and arrived at the outskirts of Baoding Railway Station.
Baoding is the rear area of the Japanese army in North China and is a public security area. There are almost no battles here in normal times, so the Japanese army's defense is not very tight.
There is only one squadron of Japanese gendarmerie in the city, and only one squadron of Japanese military police at Baoding Railway Station.
From the outside, it looks like there are not many Japanese inside Baoding Railway Station, but the members of the Sharp Sword Squadron know that the Japanese defense is loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
With these 500 guerrillas and no heavy firepower, it was naturally difficult to attack Baoding Railway Station in a short period of time.
However, the Sword Squadron brought 2 rocket launchers, but there were a little less rockets, only 9.
But for the members of the Sharp Sword, whose swords are almost always accurate, a small train station is enough.
At 2 o'clock in the morning, the Swordsmen and the guerrillas launched an attack on Baoding Railway Station on time.
As soon as the battle began, the guerrillas blew up the tracks leading in and out of the train station to prevent the Japanese troops from escaping.
The Sharp Sword team members, led by Li Changshun and Duan Peng, first used bazooka rocket launchers to remove the bunkers and gun towers in the train station.
Immediately, the guerrillas broke into the train station and started fighting with the Japanese. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the guerrillas successfully blew up two Japanese military trains parked in Baoding Station at the cost of more than 200 people and then retreated. 2,000 tons of ammunition and supplies were left behind. There was a huge explosion and the flames turned into ashes in the lonely cloud.
If a company from the new regiment came to do this work, the battle could be over in 10 minutes at most.
Without the help of the swordsmen, it would be difficult for this guerrilla group to complete the task of seizing the train station and blowing up the military columns in more than half an hour.
Of course, unless the entire Sharp Sword Squadron comes, it will be difficult for just a few Sharp Sword players to complete this task.
Although more than 200 people were sacrificed, the sacrifice of more than 200 people was worth it.
…
Something happened at Baoding Railway Station.
Who was the first to know?
Of course it was Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army.
Baoding Railway Station is at the rear of North China. The Japanese thought it was very safe, so they parked two military trains loaded with ammunition and supplies in Baoding.
The first military column was robbed by the Eighth Route Army. Although Yoshio Shinozuka was very angry, after all, it had happened, and it was useless to regret it.
There was an opportunity for the 9th Flying Squadron to blow up supplies, but the opportunity was missed due to the defeat of the 13th Cavalry Regiment.
He shifted all the responsibility for the robbery of the military column to the 13th Cavalry Regiment.
Because the 13th Cavalry Regiment was too useless, the military column was successfully robbed by the Eighth Route Army.
"What did you say?"
At this time, in the Japanese military headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was woken up in the middle of the night, said with a shocked voice and a face full of disbelief: "The ammunition and supplies of the second military column in Baoding were blown up?"
The first batch of 3,000 tons of ammunition and supplies given to the First Army by the base camp, the First Army did not receive not only a single bullet, but also a single artillery shell.
Instead, most of the cavalry regiment and many elite soldiers were lost.
Fortunately, Baoding was the defense zone of the Second Army, and the responsibility for the bombing of these two military columns of ammunition and supplies did not fall on Yoshio Shinozuka.
"Yes!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi's face was as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. "At two o'clock this morning, Baoding Station was suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the supplies of two military columns were blown up. , the entire train station was also blown up.”
2,000 tons of ammunition and materials exploded at the same time. The noise was not ordinary, and there was no grass growing within a few hundred meters.
The expression on Yoshio Shinozuka's face was as uncomfortable as constipation.
Although he does not have to bear the responsibility for the ammunition and supplies of the second army column being blown up, this is the ammunition and supplies belonging to the First Army.
3,000 tons of ammunition and supplies were just gone, and Yoshio Shinozuka felt his heart bleed.
Suddenly, Shinozuka Yoshio saw a telegram in Kusuyama Hideyoshi's hand, and asked: "Kusuyama-kun, who sent the telegram in your hand?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi drew back his hand. This was a clear telegram sent by Li Yunlong of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. He was still thinking about whether he should show it to Yoshio Shinozuka.
"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said hesitantly, "This is a clear telegram sent to you by Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army."
"Really?" Shinozuka Yoshio's expression changed and he asked, "Li Yunlong sent me the telegram. What did he say?"
"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "I suggest you don't look at it."
When Hideyoshi Kusuyama said this, Yoshio Shinozuka became even more curious. Although Li Yunlong was only a little-known and minor role in the past, the losses Li Yunlong caused to the Japanese army over the past year and more have made Li Yunlong different from what he used to be. The First Army Headquarters has raised Li Yunlong's danger level to the level of Eighth Route Army division commander.
Li Yunlong actually sent him a telegram explicitly. Yoshio Shinozuka was very curious, what could Li Yunlong spit out of his mouth?
"Kusuyama-kun, give me the telegram!" Shinozuka Yoshio said in a deep voice, and at the same time stretched his right hand forward.
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi did not dare to refuse, and handed the telegram respectfully with both hands.
Although the clear code telegram was sent in Chinese, the Japanese decoders had already translated it into Japanese.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the telegram and saw that the telegram read: Thanks to Comrade Yoshio Shinozuka, captain of the Eighth Route Army Transportation Brigade, for sending ammunition, supplies, horses and equipment to the Eighth Route Army. Thanks to Comrade Yoshio Shinozuka for providing the 2nd column of the Baoding Railway Station. Such was the information listed, the telegram ended with a special thank you to Comrade Yoshio Shinozuka and was signed by Li Yunlong.
This telegram not only referred to Yoshio Shinozuka as the captain of the transportation brigade of the Eighth Route Army, but also pointed out that the information about the two military columns at Baoding Railway Station was provided by Yoshio Shinozuka to the Eighth Route Army.
"Damn it!" After reading the telegram, Yoshio Shinozuka angrily tore the telegram newspaper into pieces.
After reading this telegram, the embarrassment was minor. The main thing was that Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt like there was yellow mud on his crotch, and it felt like shit or shit.
Looking at Shinozuka Yoshio, Kusuyama Hideyoshi also had a moment of confusion in his expression. Could it be that the commander is really the traitor?
It seems that this is the only explanation that makes sense...
But Kusuyama Hideyoshi soon threw this idea out of his mind. How could the commander of the First Army be a traitor.
"Call Li Yunlong back with a clear code and ask him to wash his neck. Sooner or later I will cut off his head."
Although it was very shameful for the dignified commander of the Japanese First Army to reply to the commander of the Eighth Route Army, if he did not reply to such a telegram, others might mistakenly think that he, Yoshio Shinozuka, was really the transportation captain of the Eighth Route Army.
"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi hurriedly walked out.
After a while, Kusuyama Hideyoshi hurried back, paused and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Commander Tada Shun of the North China Front would like to speak to you."
The Eighth Route Army sent a clear telegram, and the North China Front Army Headquarters should also have received this telegram.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked ugly. How should he explain to Commander Tada now?
At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk to the communications room.
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Kenanpo, World War II District Chief's Department.
Yan Xishan got up early.
After all, Yan Laoxi is a man who can dance on three eggs.
His fighting ability is not very good, but his ability to make mistakes is not weak, and he is also very stingy.
At this time he was sitting behind his desk drinking tea.
Yang Zhenji, the head of the intelligence department, walked in with a telegram in his hand, gave a military salute, and said to Yan Xishan: "General, Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army sent a clear code to the commander of the Japanese First Army Yoshio Shinozuka in the middle of the night yesterday. telegraph."
"What do you mean, Li Yunlong sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka?"
Yan Xishan's face suddenly became interested. Is Li Yunlong going to join the Japanese army?
Li Yunlong led his troops to wipe out the Japanese 9th Brigade. The name Li Yunlong impressed Yan Xishan deeply. He dreamed of having such a powerful general.
"What did Li Yunlong say in the telegram?" Yan Xishan asked.
"Chief, I can't explain this in a few sentences, so you should read it yourself." Yang Zhenji held back a smile and handed the telegram to Yan Xishan.
Yan Xishan's curiosity became even more intense now. He took the telegram and read it, his eyes widening as he read it.
What Yang Zhenji saw was that Li Yunlong was trying to alienate the Japanese, while what Yan Xishan saw was that the Eighth Route Army had seized 1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies, and 800 sets of horse equipment.
"How is it possible?" Yan Xishan said with a frustrated look, "How is it possible? How could the Eighth Route Army rob the Japanese army?"
"This is 1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies, and more than 800 Japanese horses."
"How is it possible that 1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies and 800 Japanese horses were snatched away by the Eighth Route Army?"
"Didn't the Japanese army increase the strength of two infantry brigades and one division in Shanxi? Why did they let the Eighth Route Army steal 1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies?"
"Are the Japanese soldiers just a bunch of stupid pigs?"
Yan Xishan was jealous when he saw this telegram.
What if these 1,000 tons of supplies and more than 800 military horses were snatched by the Jinsui Army...
It seems that the Jinsui Army has 8 army numbers, with an army of hundreds of thousands, but Yan Xishan knows very well that the Jinsui Army does not have as many as hundreds of thousands at all.
The actual strength of the Jinsui Army was only half, not even half.
The practice of empty pay is common in the Jinsui Army. Some units are called a division, but in fact they only have more than 3,000 people.
The only exception is the 358th Regiment. Chu Yunfei is a talented person who can lead troops to fight. Although the 358th Regiment is just a regiment designation, Yan Xishan assigned Chu Yunfei the personnel and equipment of a brigade.
At this point in time, there was still one year before the outbreak of the Pacific War, and the Nationalist Government had only a small amount of external assistance, let alone his Shanxi-Sui Army.
At this time, the Jinsui Army's ammunition supplies could only survive by relying on the arsenal withdrawn from Taiyuan.
It's just that only a small part of the equipment and raw materials were withdrawn, and most of them were left to the Japanese. Now the arsenal of the Jinsui Army can only be regarded as a small workshop, and life is very difficult.
Yan Laoxi was really jealous when he saw that the Eighth Route Army had seized 1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies from the Japanese.
"1,000 tons of ammunition and supplies, more than 800 Japanese military horses..."
Yan Xishan was silent for a long time, and then imitated Principal Chang and cursed bitterly: "Mother Xipi!"
