Ape city.
Not long after Jinyang fired the first shot.
The little devils soon became restless. After cleaning up the main force of the independent 14th Brigade and the Lianjie Special Detachment, they all dispatched out of the city and hurried south to rescue Jinyang.
The latent reconnaissance post that had been monitoring the little devil's movements quickly reached the ears of Ding Wei, who hid the main force near Yuwang Cave, through the walkie-talkie.
Ding Wei took Kong Jie and the guard platoon and quietly rushed to Hangou. Seeing the young Japanese in the brigade trotting south as if they were really running for their lives, he admired Gao Jianwu's foresight in his heart.
When Gao Jian's military commander sent the main force south to attack Jinyang, everyone thought that everyone would go south. After all, the strength was only so small. The three troops combined only had more than 20,000 troops. It was a bit reluctant for the whole army to resist the enemies from all sides. It is very likely that some troops will have to fight a desperate attack with no return!
Who knew that at the critical moment of departure, Gao Jianwu persuaded the brigade commander to let Ding Wei and the others quietly divide their troops into the mountains and stay during the march, hiding in the mountains south of the Ape City.
After the battle of the 41st Division, the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment suffered heavy losses. The entire group was basically reduced by half. That is to say, the strength of the New Second Regiment was well preserved, with 1,780 remaining; The suppressed Xinyi Regiment and the 771st Regiment were reduced by more than half, with only a few thousand capable warriors left each; the 772nd Regiment that resisted the 239th Regiment still had only 1,340 left.
In general troops, they basically lose their combat effectiveness. However, the Eighth Route Army has a tradition of strong will, coupled with the dual motivational effect of the annihilation of the 41st Division. After the war, Ding Wei and others temporarily reduced the troops, but their morale did not decrease and they were still able to fight tough battles.
Just like this, 5,000 people came, but Gao Jianwu asked Ding Wei to stay and choose an opportunity to attack the Ape City!
At that time, many people thought that Gao Jianwu was a little too arrogant. Now there are two little Japs at the brigade level in Xiangcheng. It is really a bit bloated to have 5,000 people to attack a big city.
Besides, wouldn't it be nice if we all went south to fight Jinyang together? That was the center of Jin. Who wouldn't want to play a part in this battle that was destined to shock the whole country.
However, Gao Jianwu convinced Ding Wei with just a few words. Once Jinyang moved, the troops around the Little Japs would definitely not be able to sit still. The Ape City would soon usher in the weakest defense of the Little Japs in history.
If we start at this time and use the remaining mountain artillery battalion to break through the city gate, we will almost be able to capture the orangutan city, which has not many little devils to defend it. This will greatly reduce the sacrifices and damage to the Ape City in capturing the Ape City. Capturing the Ape City relatively intact will be very beneficial to the subsequent construction work.
Moreover, you can also use this place as a springboard to connect the cities of the same generation and move north to attack Shuocheng and Yunzhong faster.
At this time, Jinyang seemed to be in Gao Jian's military bag, and he didn't even notice the strong city of Jinyang.
Facing the confident Gao Jianwu, the brigade commander agreed after some consideration, but he also left a mountain artillery battalion for Ding Wei and others to attack the city.
In fact, Ding Wei was hesitant to stay at the beginning. After all, attacking Jinyang was already a risk, and he had to mobilize all the main forces of the Ape City. Unless Jinyang could be quickly broken through by Gao Jianwu, Yoshio Shinozuka could be transferred at all costs. Reinforcements from the surrounding area.
Kong Jie and Cheng Xiazi, who were also left behind, began to curse and become dissatisfied as soon as Gao Jianwu and Li Yunlong left.
After all, no one can participate in such a big scene as the attack on Jinyang, so it is normal to feel unhappy. The two of them are not as able to hide things as Ding Wei.
It's just that no one dared to contradict the Brigadier's words, let alone them. Li Yunlong, who was always thorny, didn't dare to contradict the Brigadier in person, so he could only defy the Brigadier secretly and secretly.
No one expected that not long after receiving the news of the attack on Jinyang, when everyone was scratching their heads and feeling sad, they received the news that the little Japs from Xiangcheng were setting off overnight!
Inside the front finger of the Ape City, the four commanders were guarding the walkie-talkies. They heard the sound of the sizzling electricity from the outpost reporting that the Japs were leaving the city. They all looked at each other for a moment.
Gao Jianwu is so amazing. He said he wanted to mobilize the little devils and then mobilized them out. There was no delay at all!
"Shan Ying, Shan Ying, this is Dongyao, continue to observe the shipment quantity." Ding Wei was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, and shouted loudly into the walkie-talkie, the little devil is out, but how many are out? Be sure to find out.
As the leader of the Ape City, he now shoulders the heavy responsibility of thousands of people's lives at present, and he cannot be careless in the slightest.
"No, Lao Kong, I have to go and see for myself whether all the little Japs have come out. In this dark night, our scouts may be mistaken. I want to go and see the situation myself."
Ding Wei pointed with his finger at a place name on the map, which was the place that must be passed from the south of Xiangcheng to Jinyang, Hangou Village. It just connected the flatland to the mountainous area, and was a good place for observation.
"I'll go too." Kong Jie looked at the map and came to his senses. Originally, he didn't have much hope of attacking the Ape City. After all, the Japs didn't move, so they had no chance at all. They were not Gao Jianwu, and they had fixed-point elimination targets. ability, but now it seems that the opportunity has come!
Cheng Xiazi and the leader of the 771 regiment were also ready to make a move, but Ding Wei immediately stopped them from going out in a swarm. The reason was simple. They had to organize their troops immediately. Once Ding Wei and Kong Jie implemented the situation, they had to lead their troops towards the city. During the Ape City Movement, the current hiding place is about 30 miles away from the Ape City, and it would take several hours for the large troops to reach the Ape City.
Time is precious now, and they have to rush to resolve the battle before dawn to avoid being disrupted by air strikes called for help by the little devils. Now everyone's capital is not strong, so they can't afford to fight in vain.
This is settled.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie led a platoon of guards through the night for more than an hour, and arrived at a hill near Hangou Highway ahead of the little devil.
The two of them lay quietly behind a big rock, and the guard platoon spread out and lay on the ground, quietly waiting for the arrival of the little Japs.
The two of them had only waited for more than an hour when they heard a sudden sound of a big left-wing tricycle.
"Coming, coming!" Kong Jie, who was half-asleep and half-awake without the dry smoke, was also awakened by the sound at this moment and couldn't help but scream in a low voice.
Ding Wei ignored him and observed carefully through the telescope.
Several large left-hand three-wheelers that were clearing the road had their lights on, illuminating the road brightly. From time to time, the little devil with a crooked machine gun in the truck fired at both sides of the mountain.
Seeing that there was no movement, the big left three-wheeler just drove by blankly. Although this kind of simple fire reconnaissance is relatively routine, it is still effective. If you encounter some guerrillas who are a little restless, say Maybe he was seduced.
But for Ding Wei and others, this little trick is naturally useless.
After waiting for them to pass by for more than ten minutes, more than a dozen cars carrying supplies and some Japs slowly drove in. Behind them were large groups of infantrymen marching rapidly. One group after another used cars to separate about a large group. A large number of little devils went south.
"My dear, these little devils are really well equipped. Look at this mountain cannon. I wonder if Gao Jianwu can kill these little devils with a few cannons and capture them." Kong Jie looked at the little devils artillery regiment left in the marching team. Drooling, but still lusting in his heart, after seeing Gao Jianwu's ability to direct the artillery to hit wherever he pointed, Kong Jie already felt a bit like a personality idol.
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"If Lao Gao is here, I think these little devils can't escape. As long as the artillery position is set up 3 or 4 kilometers away, the distance between this section of the road and the artillery position is measured in advance and a small grid is drawn. The observer only needs to follow the grid for comparison. There is no need for temporary range measurement, and the accuracy is very high. This method of Lao Gao has been compiled in a booklet for artillery training. Lao Kong, you should also read more about this aspect when you are free. I feel that it will soon be time for each of our regiments to have a mountain artillery battalion. If you don't know how to command the artillery, you will be at a disadvantage in future battles against the main force of the Japs in the field.
To be honest, if we had replaced Lao Gao to command the artillery in our blockade this time, we would have lost at least one-third less of our troops. "Ding Wei said to Kong Jie while calmly counting the number of people in the queue of little devils.
This time it was rare that Kong Jie did not refute Ding Wei about learning. In fact, like Li Yunlong, he did not like learning about culture, but current affairs are pressing, and Ding Wei was absolutely right. Nowadays, mountain artillery battalions are being established one after another. If Jin After Yang was defeated, more was captured. It would not be long before he, as the main force of the 386th Brigade, would deploy a mountain artillery battalion.
Kong Jie really doesn't understand what Ding Wei said, which shows that Ding Wei has always been concerned about the changes in the entire team's movements, while he, Kong Er, is still stuck in the old thinking.
Today, I took the opportunity of the two of them to be alone to remind him. It was also Ding Wei’s thoughts as an old comrade. On such an occasion, Kong Jie was also more receptive. Speaking of their three comrades, their development turned out to be similar. He reached the level of team leader, but Ding Wei was willing to use his brains and had a strong view of the overall situation, so he was ahead of the curve. He was already a candidate for promotion at the headquarters. It just happened that Li Yunlong disobeyed his orders and provoked the boss, so he took over Li Yunlong's new team halfway. .
This is not his original intention. If he wants to be the leader of a regiment, his original 28th regiment is not bad, it can be the main regiment!
It seems that the foundation of the new group is much worse than that of the 28th group. That is to say, Li Yunlong knows how to mess around, so he has brought the strength of the main group to the fore.
The two of them stared at the little devils and counted them. When the little devils disappeared one after another, they counted about 10 infantry brigades in total, which happened to be the main force of the 6 infantry brigades of the brigade plus the 4 infantry brigades of the Lianjie Special Detachment. Two artillery brigades and baggage brigades also showed up. Except for the absence of the engineering brigades, the main force of the Japs were indeed out in full force in Xiangcheng. This was exactly the same number reported by the forward scouts, indicating that from Xiangcheng to Hangou, the Japs were everywhere. Keep it this way.
"Let's go!" Ding Wei implemented the information and stood up without hesitation to leave. "Inform Lao Cheng and the others to dispatch! Xiao Li, take a communications team to monitor the enemy's situation and notify him in time if there are any changes."
Once the fighter plane arrives, Ding Wei will definitely not waste it.
On the way back, Ding Wei took a shortcut and started to move towards Xiangcheng, to join Cheng Xiazi and his main team.
