Datong.
The battle is over.
In the middle of the night last night, Sun Ming led a security company to pretend to be a food transport team and occupied the southern city wall of Datong.
Then, Chu Yunfei led the main force of the 358th Regiment to attack Datong City in just over an hour.
After street fighting in the middle of the night, the main force of the 358th Regiment occupied most of Datong.
However, the Japanese's fighting power is also very strong. They occupy the city wall and hold on to it. If they continue to fight, the 358th Regiment will definitely be able to occupy the entire city.
However, Chu Yunfei's goal has been achieved. Recovering Datong is not his goal. He is just interested in the food, weapons and ammunition and other combat materials and properties in Datong City.
If there is accurate information that the 3rd Brigade was killed by the Eighth Route Army, then Chu Yunfei will definitely take the opportunity to regain Datong.
Now the arsenal, grain depot and Japanese Gendarmerie headquarters in Datong have been occupied by the 358th Regiment, and the strategic goal has been achieved.
Standing on the south city wall, Chu Yunfei held up a telescope to observe the situation at the north city wall.
Fang Ligong held a telegram in his hand and hurriedly climbed the stone stairs to the city wall. He walked quickly to Chu Yunfei and said, "Report to the group that the situation has changed!"
Chu Yunfei looked like he was sure of victory. He glanced at Fang Ligong and put down his telescope: "Brother Ligong, why are you panicking? The sky won't fall."
Fang Ligong said: "Regiment leader, this is the telegram just sent by the superior department. The division commander of the Japanese 36th Division, Jing Guanren, has been killed by the new regiment, and the main force of the 36th Division has also been killed. If the new regiment is killed, the Japanese 3rd Brigade will probably give up reinforcements and return to Datong. The commander ordered us to evacuate immediately."
"What? Jingguan Ren is dead? The main force of the 36th Division was wiped out. How is this possible?" Chu Yunfei was shocked.
He took the telegram from Fang Ligong's hand. After reading the contents of the telegram, he shrank slightly and his expression changed.
Is the 36th Division so inexperienced?
Is the new group's combat effectiveness so strong?
After all, the 36th Division is the second-line division of the Japanese army. Although it is not at full strength, the battle will not end so soon, right?
Chu Yunfei was puzzled as to whether the new regiment's combat effectiveness was too strong, or whether the Japanese 36th Division's combat effectiveness was too weak.
Chu Yunfei estimated that the battle between the Eighth Route Army and the 36th Division would take at least four days.
But less than two days after the war started, the lieutenant general commander of the 36th Division and the main force of the division were wiped out. This is outrageous.
Fang Ligong said in a deep voice: "Regiment leader, the Japanese 3rd Brigade is probably already on its way back to Datong. We must evacuate as soon as possible."
Chu Yunfei nodded: "Order the brothers to speed up. I will confiscate all the properties of banks, hospitals and traitors and take them away immediately."
If there was enough time, Chu Yunfei would have to order the vendors to search for their food and property, but he didn't have that time now.
In the eyes of the national army officers, these traders were obedient citizens of the Japanese army, and their business was to help the Japanese economy. Naturally, they could not be easily forgiven. Searching for food and property was just a basic act, and Chu Yunfei was no exception.
The Eighth Route Army is different from the National Army. After the Eighth Route Army captures a county town, the traitors will definitely clean it up, but the people's belongings will not be touched.
"Yes!" Fang Ligong turned and left.
At this time, the transportation team of the 358th Regiment and the soldiers of the Third Battalion were transporting food, weapons and ammunition.
The mule carts of the 358th Regiment's transportation team transported food, weapons and ammunition one after another.
Mule carts all use rubber tires and rolling bearings. A mule cart can carry 2,000 kilograms of goods. However, because it is a long-distance transport, each mule cart can only pull more than 1,000 kilograms.
The 358th Regiment's transportation team is relatively complete. Every one or two months, it will transport food, ammunition and other materials from Luliang Mountain through Kongjie's defense area to the 358th Regiment's station.
As Fang Ligong's order was issued, the transportation team and the first battalion of the 358th Regiment accelerated the speed of transporting food.
At noon, the 358th Regiment came south along the Tongpu Railway with harvested grain, ammunition and property.
When leaving, Chu Yunfei also ordered the use of mortars to blow up two injured Japanese planes parked at Datong Airport.
Less than half an hour after leaving Datong, a scout cavalry responsible for breaking up the rear caught up, saluted Chu Yunfei and reported: "Report to the commander, the enemy is catching up!"
"How many enemy Japs are there?" Chu Yunfei asked. The Japs and puppet troops in Datong City were defeated by less than 400 people. How dare they catch up?
The scout cavalry said: "There are nearly 600 Japs, including a squadron of Japs cavalry, and there are almost a thousand puppet troops."
Chu Yunfei's face darkened slightly: "Where are there so many Japs? Have Japs and puppet troops from several counties around Datong arrived as reinforcements?"
Fang Ligong said: "Regiment, the Japanese reinforcements should have arrived. There have been Japanese cavalry activities at the junction of Inner Mongolia and Shanxi. The Japanese cavalry in this squadron should be the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia."
"Our transport team and the brothers from the first battalion cannot move very fast carrying the captured food, ammunition and other materials. It will only be a matter of time before the Japanese and puppet troops catch up."
"Most of the 3rd Brigade is also rushing to Datong. If things go wrong, our 358th Brigade will be made dumplings by the Japanese."
"Guanzu, why don't we give up the capture and go back to the station along the path?"
Each mule cart weighed more than 1,000 kilograms, and there were more than 200 large carts and nearly 400,000 kilograms of grain. In addition, there were more than 1,000 guns and more than 400,000 rounds of ammunition stolen from the Japanese.
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Mule carts can only travel by road or horse track. The key is that the main road going south is only Tongpu Highway and there is no horse track.
However, how could Chu Yunfei give up the materials he finally seized so easily.
Outsmarting Datong this time can be regarded as one of the few triumphs in Chu Yunfei's military career. If he brought nothing back, it would be a failure.
"Why panic?" Chu Yunfei said calmly, "The 3rd Brigade may continue to reinforce Heyuan County and may not necessarily return to Taiyuan."
Fang Ligong wanted to persuade him again, but Chu Yunfei ordered: "Give me the order, the transport team and the first battalion speed up, and the second and third battalions alternately cover the retreat. I don't believe it. There are less than 1,000 enemies here." How can you win my 358th regiment?"
At that moment, Chu Yunfei turned his horse around and personally led the second and third battalions to block the Japanese and puppet troops who were pursuing them.
At the same time, Qian Bojun led a battalion to escort the transport team and sped up.
Although the transport team has sped up, after all, it is carrying hundreds of thousands of kilograms of supplies, and it can't go any faster. At normal walking speed, it only takes 10 minutes to cover one kilometer.
Therefore, Chu Yunfei led the second and third battalions to block the attack while covering the retreat of the transport team.
The combat effectiveness of the puppet army was poor, and the Japanese troops were not large, and the only highly mobile cavalry squadron did not dare to charge forward.
Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops mainly focused on harassment, and the 358th Regiment did not dare to attack. It deliberately set up an ambush, and the Japanese and puppet troops did not fall for it.
At around three o'clock in the evening, the 358th Regiment left Datong for about 20 kilometers.
It was at this time that the 3rd Brigade met the 1st Battalion and the transportation team of the 358th Regiment on the Tongpu Highway.
First, the scouts of the two armies encountered each other, and then there was a firefight. The Japanese army seemed to smell the blood and rushed towards the first battalion and the transport team of the 358th Regiment.
The first battalion commander of the 358th Regiment was Qian Bojun. When he saw the Japanese troops rushing up, he gave up the supplies and ran away within five minutes of arriving.
I can't do it without running.
At least two brigades of Japanese infantry rushed over the mountains and plains, creating a sense of oppression. Although Qian Bojun's battalion had more than 1,000 men, their combat effectiveness was incomparable to that of the Japanese.
Qian Bojun crawled up to Chu Yunfei and said in a panicked tone: "Regiment leader, it's not good, the 3rd brigade has returned, with enough strength to form a regiment!"
The faces of Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong darkened at the same time.
They knew that the Japanese 3rd Brigade not only had a regiment, but also a mountain artillery brigade, equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns.
"Tour members, withdraw!" Fang Ligong suggested.
At this time, the second battalion commander hurriedly came to report that all the Japanese and puppet troops who were biting behind the butt were pressing forward.
As soon as the second battalion commander finished speaking, there was loud gunfire from both the front and the rear. The 358th Regiment fell into a situation surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops.
"It's too late to retreat by now."
Chu Yunfei took out his Browning pistol, glanced at the battalion commanders, and said solemnly: "At this point, there is only one way out. The Japanese want to eat my 358th regiment, and they still lack a pair of good teeth. We are so far away from here." Datong is only 20 kilometers away. Let’s use the strength of the whole group to defeat the more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops behind us in one fell swoop. Let’s go to Datong City and wait for reinforcements.”
Chu Yunfei still had something, and he found a way to revitalize the 358th Regiment in a matter of seconds.
There is an artillery brigade and an infantry regiment of the 3rd Brigade in front, and the 358th Regiment will definitely not be able to rush through.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the rear are weak. It is not difficult for the 358th Regiment to gather the strength of the entire regiment to defeat these Japanese and puppet troops.
As long as the 358th Regiment reoccupies Datong and stands there waiting for help, Li Yunlong will definitely lead his troops to rescue after learning about this situation.
"Come here!" Qian Bojun said anxiously, "Going back to Datong is a dead end, there will be no reinforcements coming!"
In his heart, Qian Bojun was already a little dissatisfied with Chu Yunfei. If Chu Yunfei hadn't been too greedy and reluctant to part with those supplies, how could the 358th Regiment have fallen into a situation surrounded by Japanese soldiers?
Chu Yunfei snorted coldly: "I said yes, yes, prepare to fight!"
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at the same time.
4 kilometers away from the battle area between the Japanese army and the 358th Regiment.
A new regiment of reconnaissance cavalry rode from the side of the road and arrived in front of Li Yunlong's jeep. The cavalry pulled the reins hard, the horse neighed and raised its front hooves high, and the jeep also stopped on the side of the road.
"Report to the head of the regiment!" The scout cavalry soldier gave Li Yunlong a military salute, "4 kilometers away from the front, we found a firefight between the Japanese and the Jinsui Army."
Li Yunlong got out of the car and listened carefully, and sure enough, he vaguely heard the sound of intensive gunfire.
"Haha, it's better to come early than to come by chance." Li Yunlong suddenly became happy, "Give me the order, the cavalry will open the way, the infantry will follow, let's poke the 3rd Brigade in the ass!"
