Taiyuan.
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly stood up from his office chair and looked at communications staff officer Toshimatsu Kasai:
"The 62nd Regiment of the 21st Division was ambushed on the way to Taiyuan. Asked for help from the First Army?"
The eyes and tone of this master of swordsmanship and commander of the First Army were a little unbelievable and a little panicked.
During this period, the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi became much more peaceful. Not only did they not launch major offensives, there were even fewer ambushes, raids, and artillery attacks than before.
This was what he expected. The Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses, consumed a lot of ammunition, and were in urgent need of rest and replenishment.
As for supplements.
Even if the Eighth Route Army has external assistance, it is at most a regiment-level assistance, which is a drop in the bucket.
Now Yoshio Shinozuka only wants to retire with honor, so he plans to stay with the Eighth Route Army and not provoke the Eighth Route Army. However, things are often just afraid of what will happen.
He did not provoke the Eight Route Army, but the Eight Route Army came to provoke him.
It will take at least more than a month before the attack on Zhongtiao Mountain.
During this period, troops and supplies need to be mobilized, so the railway needs to be guarded by troops.
As the troops of the 2nd Guards Division and the 37th Division have not yet been replenished, the troops defending the Shotai Railway are greatly insufficient.
It was Yoshio Shinozuka who applied for the 62nd Regiment to defend Yangquan and its nearby Shota Railway. They never expected to be attacked by the Eighth Route Army halfway.
"Hi!"
Kasai Toshimatsu lowered his head, handed the telegram in his hand to Shinozuka Yoshio, and continued: "This telegram was sent by Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi, the commander of the 21st Division. It did not specify the location or the strength of the Eighth Route Army. It’s just that the situation is very critical, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with powerful artillery, and most of the 62nd Regiment has suffered casualties.”
Yoshio Shinozuka took a look at the telegram, and his expression suddenly changed. There was powerful artillery, and most of the 62nd Regiment suffered casualties?
This is no ordinary Eighth Route Army!
When things got serious, Yoshio Shinozuka's expression became even more ugly.
"How can we save him without even telling him his location?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
Kasai Toshiatsu said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have contacted the communications department of the 21st Regiment and learned that the military train of the 62nd Regiment departed from Jingxing Railway Station an hour ago. If the military train was attacked, it should be Near Niangziguan."
"Niangziguan?"
Yoshio Shinozuka walked quickly to the map, found Niangziguan on the map, glanced at it quickly, and then his eyes narrowed.
"Dragon King Tu!"
"Immediately order the aviation force of the First Army to rush to assist the 62nd Regiment, and the defenders of Niangziguan and Jingxing County will immediately send troops to assist!"
Yoshio Shinozuka pushed up his glasses, stared at the Dragon King, and then ordered.
Kasai Toshimatsu said: "Your Excellency, Commander, after the pilots of the 9th Flying Team were destroyed, the Front Army Headquarters has not dispatched new pilots."
Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka remember that his precious pilots had been killed by Li Yunlong's special forces.
The aviation unit that assisted in sweeping away the Eighth Route Army base areas was the 8th Flying Team directly under the North China Front Army.
At this time, the 8th Flying Squadron had been recalled by Shun Tada, and only a few reconnaissance aircraft remained.
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly slapped his hand on the table:
"idiot!"
"Order the defenders at Niangziguan and Jingxing County to immediately send troops for reinforcements!"
The teacups, folders and other things on the table were slapped so hard that they jumped up, and Kasai Toshimatsu's heart was also frightened.
"Hi!"
Kasai Toshimatsu quickly lowered his head and quickly ran out to deliver the order.
…
Dragon King Tu's battle went smoother than expected.
The new regiment occupies the advantage of terrain and firepower. Coupled with the suddenness of the attack, a large number of explosives were planted in advance to blast off. The intensive bullet firepower and 87 artillery pieces washed away the ground. The Japanese on the military column simply could not organize a decent attack. Resistance, coupled with the fact that all escape routes were blocked, made it impossible for the Japanese to escape even if they wanted to.
Seeing that most of the carriages had been blown up, Li Yunlong picked up a high-power walkie-talkie and shouted: "Stop the bombardment, all units stop the bombardment!"
Soon, the whistling sound of artillery shells in the sky gradually became sparse until it disappeared completely.
"Infantry, press on me!"
Li Yunlong took the low-power walkie-talkie again and spoke into the walkie-talkie.
After a moment, the sound of charging horns was heard all below, and the soldiers jumped up from behind the slope.
"Kill!" Immediately afterwards, there was an overwhelming cry of killing!
More than two thousand soldiers from the first and second battalions descended from the mountain like ferocious tigers, killing towards the enemy.
Although both the 1st and 2nd Battalions suffered casualties in the last battle, the ammunition consumed, as well as combat attrition and non-combat attrition, have long been replenished.
The soldiers rushed forward and when they saw the corpse of the Japanese, they fired first, regardless of whether they were dead or alive.
When ammunition was low and the battlefield was being cleaned, the Japanese were stabbed with bayonets.
In this situation, it is easy to be dragged to death by the Japanese. Some Japanese pretend to be injured or dead, and wait for you to come over, then sound the grenade and die with you.
Now the soldiers are several meters away and shoot at the Japanese on the ground to prevent such a situation from happening.
Under this intensity of firepower, although there were some Japanese who were lucky enough to survive, they were quickly eliminated.
When cleaning the train carriage, the soldiers were also very cautious. They placed several bundles of explosives directly under the carriage and then pulled the match rope.
With the loud explosion, the entire carriage was blown up, not to mention the Japanese who were lucky enough to survive.
Before long, all the carriages that had not been blown up by the bombardment were blown up with explosives.
However, although the battle and cleaning of the battlefield went smoothly, no weapons and ammunition could be captured using this method.
A Japanese regiment has approximately 3,000 guns, but after this battle, it would be considered good to capture 200 guns.
Fortunately, Li Yunlong is extremely rich now, and he didn't come here to capture, but to kill the Japanese.
Moreover, it doesn't matter even if not a single gun or bullet is seized, the profit from the business is the bulk of it.
Zhao Gang raised his watch and took a look. It was less than half an hour from the beginning of the battle to the completion of cleaning the battlefield.
It was at least half an hour faster than he expected, and even the Japanese had no time to support him.
This is an infantry regiment, an established infantry regiment.
In less than half an hour, an entire Japanese infantry regiment was wiped out. Counting from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, there seems to be no such battle in China.
Putting down the telescope, Zhao Gang said: "In less than half an hour, the Japanese reinforcements have probably just set off. If our blocking troops retreat at this time, and there is no exchange of fire with the Japanese, and if the Japanese do not send planes, maybe we can really Create history and annihilate a Japanese regiment with zero casualties."
"Humph!" Li Yunlong looked satisfied, "otherwise you would think I was joking with you."
At this time, a report came from the walkie-talkie that each battalion's battlefield had been cleaned.
Li Yunlong picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "Give me the order to retreat according to the original route!"
Later, Li Yunlong picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and ordered the county brigade and the fourth battalion responsible for blocking the attack to retreat.
Immediately, the soldiers of the first and second battalions retreated in an orderly manner with the little trophies they captured.
More than an hour after the new regiment left, the Japanese reinforcements from Niangziguan arrived belatedly. They looked at the bombed train carriage, as well as corpses, broken limbs and broken meat on the ground.
The Japanese captain was so angry that he slashed with his sword.
"idiot!"
At the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka was shocked and speechless at first when he received the news, then angrily threw away the documents, pulled out his command knife and chopped the table into pieces.
Bullying goes too far. The Eighth Route Army bullies people too much.
Although the 62nd Regiment did not belong to the First Army, the incident occurred on the territory of the First Army.
Yoshio Shinozuka has to carry it.
However, Yoshio Shinozuka quickly calmed down. He didn't have to worry about having too many debts, and he didn't have to worry about having too many lice.
The First Army has already suffered too many humiliations, so it doesn't matter if it adds another humiliation. He will be honorably retired soon anyway.
Ruined.
At this moment, Yamamoto Kazuki walked in with a saber on his shoulder and red eyes.
Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head and said: "General, I heard Mr. Kasai say that the 62nd Regiment was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at Niangziguan and was all broken into pieces?"
During this period, Yamamoto Kazuki and his special agent team were arranged by Yoshio Shinozuka to go nowhere to the inner city protection headquarters.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked up at Kazuki Yamamoto with a somewhat surprised expression: "That's right!"
"What about Yamamoto Isamu, captain of the 62nd Regiment?" Kazuki Yamamoto asked.
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Kai-kun, didn't I tell you? Yamamoto Yudai was shot in the left chest and was cut in two. He has been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
Yamamoto Kazuki's paralyzed cheek suddenly twitched twice, indicating that he was in pain at this time, but he suppressed it.
This is very similar to what the Eighth Route Army death sniper armed with a large-caliber sniper rifle did, but we can only be sure after seeing the corpse.
After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka asked: "Yamamoto-kun, do you know Yamamoto Yudaizuo?"
"Yamamoto Isamu is my cousin." Yamamoto Kazuki said solemnly, "He is my uncle's only son."
"My condolences!" Yoshio Shinozuka walked up to Yamamoto Kazuki and patted him on the shoulder, "Yamamoto Isamu is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and is a warrior of the empire. The empire will remember him."
Yoshio Shinozuka thought to himself that although this incident happened because the Eighth Route Army kept a low profile during this period and neglected to take precautions, the main reason was that the intelligence on the 62nd Regiment's defense deployment was leaked.
Even the Eighth Route Army knew the train time clearly. After receiving the news in advance, the Eighth Route Army ambushed the military column of the 62nd Regiment halfway.
It can be seen that Yamamoto Kazuki is definitely not a mole in the First Army Headquarters, and he will definitely not betray his cousin.
It's a pity that he is about to retire honorably and can no longer reuse Kazuki Yamamoto.
Yamamoto Kazuki paused: "Thank you, General!"
Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Yamamoto-kun, you and your brother are both outstanding soldiers of the empire. Before I leave the First Army, I will give you a piece of military exploits to gain a foothold in the army."
"General, are you leaving the First Army?"
Yamamoto Kazuki looked surprised and asked hurriedly.
"Yes, I'm retiring."
Yoshio Shinozuka said mockingly: "After so many defeats and the loss of so many imperial warriors, His Majesty the Emperor and the headquarters asked me to retire. Yamamoto-kun, you are still young. The battlefield belongs to you young people. After I leave, I hope that Yamamoto-kun, you continue to expand the territory for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan."
"Hi!"
Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head: "I will obey the general's instructions!"
After finishing speaking, Yamamoto walked out and reached the door. Yamamoto Kazuki stopped, turned around and nodded to Shinozuka Yoshio: "General, I am lucky to be able to serve as a soldier under you. I am lucky to have your kindness in knowing me." I will never forget it in this life."
After finishing speaking, Yamamoto Kazuki gave a military salute, turned around and walked out.
