Following the order from the Japanese captain.
Within a few minutes, the Japanese and puppet soldiers crawled out of the smoke-filled barracks.
At this time, the shelling continued, and shells continued to fall into Niangziguan Station.
However, the firepower of 4 mountain guns and 8 mortars was still a bit lacking.
If it were the firepower of a mountain artillery regiment, the Japanese and puppet troops would not even have the strength to fight back, let alone get out of the barracks and try to attack the artillery position.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
A Japanese squadron leader, holding a samurai sword, roared in the direction of the artillery position.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers immediately screamed, rushed out of the station with rifles in hand, and rushed towards the artillery position of the new regiment.
There were mountain artillery and mortars in Niangzi Pass, but the number was very small, and it was still dark at this time. Not only could we not see the location of the Eighth Route Army artillery position, we couldn't even figure out the general direction.
Counterattacking with artillery not only fails to achieve the effect, but also wastes artillery shells.
Although the Japanese were richer than the National Army and the former Eighth Route Army, the artillery shells were not blown by strong winds.
North of Niangziguan is a mountainous terrain, but it is not too steep.
About a squadron of Japanese soldiers and a battalion of puppet troops rushed out of Niangzi Pass.
However, the Japanese and puppet troops only rushed a few hundred meters toward the mountain when intensive gunfire rang out from the front.
Da da da……
Intensive bullets and grenades poured towards the Japanese and puppet soldiers, and the Japanese and puppet soldiers were caught off guard and fell down.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers immediately crawled to avoid it, but because the puppet soldiers were the first to rush, almost all the puppet soldiers died in the first wave.
Although the combat effectiveness of the new regiment's recruits is not that strong, there is still no problem in fighting the puppet troops. After all, they are the regular main force of the Eighth Route Army and are commanded by veteran commanders and fighters with rich combat experience.
Although many soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time, after more than a month of training, they were barely able to deal with the situation in an orderly manner.
The Japanese and puppet troops hid behind bunkers and shot at the new regiment of recruits.
At this time, the Japanese artillery in Niangzi Pass opened fire on the battlefield of the new regiment. The explosion waves continued to rise, and the new soldiers began to suffer casualties.
At the same time, the artillerymen of the new regiment's teaching camp began to fire at the Japanese and puppet troops who rushed out of the station and fired at the soldiers of the training camp.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery firepower of the training camp is stronger than that of the Japanese. In addition, the training camp has much more troops than the Japanese and puppet troops, and the firepower is also suppressed.
The smoke and shock waves of the explosion continued to rise. The firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops was immediately suppressed, and the casualties continued to increase.
The Japanese squadron leader led his soldiers to hold on for a while. Seeing that they were no match for the Eighth Route Army, they decisively chose to retreat.
A dense rain of bullets swept over, and another wave of Japanese and puppet troops were swept to the ground during the retreat.
Repelling the enemy's first active attack immediately gave the soldiers a lot of confidence. The soldiers who participated in a big battle for the first time felt much less nervous.
"Don't attack!"
"Hygienists rescue the injured immediately!"
"The rest are building trenches where they are!"
"..."
Following the orders from the platoon leaders of each company, the recruits began to get busy in an orderly manner.
Battalion Commander Shi did not rush to attack Niangziguan Station, but first stabilized his position.
On the one hand, the main task of the teaching camp is to lure the enemy. Whether or not Niangzi Pass can be captured is not important. On the other hand, Niangzi Pass also has many fortifications, cannon towers and bunkers.
With the current firepower, if you want to take out the Japanese bunkers and bunkers, you can only pull the mountain cannon closer and aim directly.
However, the Japanese in Niangzi Pass also had mountain artillery, mortars and grenade launchers, so it was certainly unrealistic to aim the mountain artillery.
If you don't take out the Japs' artillery towers and bunkers and let the new soldiers charge and attack Niangziguan Station, you will be giving death to the Japs.
Therefore, Battalion Commander Shi did not order a charge. Instead, he ordered the soldiers to dig trenches, foxholes and other fortifications while ordering continued shelling into Niangzi Pass.
It's getting light.
In Niangziguan, inside a cannon building, Japanese Captain Yoshida looked through the telescope on Monday.
I saw thousands of people in the distance holding engineering shovels or hoes, working hard to build civil fortifications.
They were all dressed in earth-gray military uniforms, and some soldiers even carried large blades behind their backs, and used a variety of weapons.
Seeing this scene, Yoshida became furious on Monday:
"Fire immediately and kill those Chinese pigs for me!"
The positions built by the Eighth Route Army were beyond the shooting range of machine guns and rifles, and they were definitely out of reach with guns.
Everything...
The Japanese mountain artillery and infantry artillery opened fire, and the shells kept falling and exploding near the trenches.
The new regiment's recruits began to suffer casualties, but the Japanese's mountain artillery and infantry artillery combined were only five, which was not enough compared to the entire army of several thousand people.
As soon as the Japanese opened fire, the soldiers crawled and hid in the trenches.
Moreover, the artillerymen of the teaching battalion immediately searched for the location of the Japanese artillery positions and carried out artillery counter-suppression.
Soon, one of the Japanese infantry guns and another infantry gun were blown to pieces, and the Japanese artillerymen fell in a pool of blood.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese artillerymen on the other artillery positions quickly moved their artillery positions.
When the Japanese bombardment ended, the soldiers began to dig up fortifications again.
Seeing this scene, Yoshida's nose almost became angry on Monday.
"These Tuballu are simply looking for death."
"Call Yangquan Division Headquarters immediately!"
"Requesting tactical guidance!"
The Eighth Route Army has approximately one brigade, more than 4,000 men, sufficient weapons and ammunition, and an artillery brigade.
The Japanese and puppet troops at Niangziguan alone would definitely not be able to stop the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Maybe, the Eighth Route Army troops will come to attack Niangziguan later.
The current Eighth Route Army is not the former Eighth Route Army. Even the ordinary Eighth Route Army troops have sufficient ammunition and are equipped with cannons.
If you can't afford to offend someone, you can only shake them.
"Report to the captain, the phone line has been cut off!" the telephone soldier said, grabbing the phone receiver.
"Baga!" Yoshida yelled on Monday, "Send a telegram to the division headquarters immediately."
Upon hearing this, a staff officer quickly drafted a telegram and gave it to the telegraph soldier to send out.
…
Yangquan.
The headquarters of the Japanese 37th Division.
Division commander Anda Twenty-san had just gotten up and practiced a wave of swordsmanship in the yard of the division headquarters.
The current headquarters of the 37th Division is exactly the brigade headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Brigade.
During the so-called Hundred Regiments War launched by the Eighth Route Army, a new regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacked and occupied Shi Nao Mountain, shelling Mitake Tsuda, commander of the Fourth Brigade, into a pile of meat paste.
In that battle, the number of the fourth brigade was lost.
The Zhengtai Railway from Shouyang to Niangziguan, which could only be held by a disabled brigade at first, now requires a division to barely hold it.
The Eighth Route Army's strength is growing at an alarming rate.
When the Locust Army was strong, the Eighth Route Army could expand its strength tenfold within a few years.
Now that the locust army in North China cannot organize a decent sweep, and even the territory of the locust army in Shanxi is getting smaller and smaller, Anda 23 is becoming more and more anxious.
If this continues, the Eighth Route Army's major counterattack will probably begin.
Now I also hope that the North China Front Army Headquarters can mobilize heavy troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army.
Anda Twenty-Three had just finished washing his face worriedly when the communications captain of the 37th Division hurried in with a telegram in his hand. He paused and said: "Reporting to the division commander, Commander-in-Chief Seki Yoshida Yi Yiyi has sent an urgent telegram!"
"Give it to me!" Anda Twenty-Three wiped his hands, took the telegram from the communications captain and read it.
The communications captain stood aside, waiting for Anda Twenty-Three to issue an order.
This kind of telegram requesting tactical guidance will usually be responded to by the division commander.
After Anda Twenty-Three read the telegram, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
The content of the telegram is: Niangziguan was attacked by a brigade from Tubal Road, with about 5,000 troops and an artillery brigade. They planned to encircle us and asked for tactical guidance. His Majesty Tian Locust is on board, and the Japanese Locust Army is on board.
Regarding the strength of the Eighth Route Army, the Japs at Niangziguan falsely reported one thousand.
However, the Japanese didn't know exactly how many there were. Anyway, it was impossible for the division headquarters to really know how many there were in the Eighth Route Army.
If the puppet army were asked to report the offensive strength of the Eighth Route Army, they would probably directly say that tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops were attacking Niangziguan.
After learning that Niangziguan, the most important station on the Zhengtai Railway, had been attacked, and that Tubal Road had a lot of troops, Anda Twenty-Three immediately shouted:
"Immediately send the first mobile Yangquan detachment and the second mobile detachment Jingxing to kill all these annoying Tubal Roads!"
In the more than half a year since the Eighth Route Army attacked Taiyuan, the strength and territory of the First Army have been deteriorating.
The Eighth Route Army and guerrillas frequently launched attacks on the gun towers, strongholds and railways on Zhengtai Road.
Even the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army are equipped with infantry guns and mortars. It is not surprising that one main brigade of the Eighth Route Army is equipped with an artillery brigade.
Anda 23 judged in an instant that this was definitely not the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. If the new regiment was really coming.
Not to mention the 4,000 people, even the 2,000 people of the New Regiment can easily control the 2,000 Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army in Niangziguan.
If he were Li Yunlong, he wouldn't even need to dispatch troops at all. He would only need to deploy a mountain artillery unit and blast Niangziguan to pieces with more than a dozen rounds of shelling.
Moreover, the defense area of the Eighth Route New Regiment is more than 200 kilometers away from the Zhengtai Railway.
This group of enemies is likely to be the troops from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army in the north.
"Hi!"
The communications captain quickly turned and left.
Watching the communications captain leave, Anda 23 quickly came to the war room and stared at the map on the wall.
Although he sounded arrogant, he also knew that it was almost impossible to eliminate this evil force.
By the time the two mobile detachments arrive, the Eighth Route Army may have already fled. After the mobile detachments leave, the Tubal Army will return to attack Niangziguan.
The Eighth Route Army rarely launches guerrilla warfare on this scale.
Now there are signs that the main force of the Eighth Route Army will harass the Zhengtai Railway in the future, and I am afraid it will become the norm.
The Eighth Route Army guerrillas are easy to deal with, but the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not so easy to deal with.
The Locust Army is having a hard time!
Anda Twenty-Three had a worried look on his face and had a headache.
