vrcanaries Chapter 109: Railway paralysis, continuous siege and attack
Chapter 109: Railway paralysis, continuous siege and attack
There was chaos within the Japanese and puppet troops, and the breakout organized by the Japanese infantry battalion in the first place was repelled, resulting in hundreds of casualties.
The New 358rd Regiment and the th Regiment jointly surrounded and killed the enemy.
The artillery level of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is quite good. The only thing this group lacks is training and courage.
Both sides deployed firepower from 16 mountain cannons and 8 mortars. Under continuous attacks, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy losses and were eventually routed.
Chu Yunfei took the initiative to launch an offensive, adding fuel to the burning earth.
Under the winning momentum, they left a gap instead. Even if they wiped out all of them, only 2000 Japanese and puppet troops would be wiped out. Leaving a gap gave them a chance to break through.
Given a chance to survive, who would be willing to fight for their life?
The same goes for the Japanese. If there is a possibility of retreat, they will not choose to charge forward and die in desperation.
They fired wildly at the advancing Japanese invaders, further increasing casualties.
A rough estimate shows that at least 1300 people were killed or injured, and discarded weapons, equipment and combat supplies were scattered throughout the mountains and fields.
It's really exaggerated. Even though they had clearly broken through the encirclement, the Japanese captain suddenly seemed to feel humiliated. He adjusted his troops and launched a counterattack again.
He was greeted by light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, and under the fire suppression, another two or three hundred people were sent out.
Doing something knowing it is impossible is sometimes called courage and sometimes called stupidity.
The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army intended to pursue and capture Jingle County.
Zhang Dabiao decided to stop while he was ahead and cleaned up the battlefield, confiscated supplies, and counted the casualties.
In the direction of Jingle, the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army mobilized two infantry battalions of the Japanese to come to the rescue.
At the same time, the battle in Ningwu and Shenchi was still going on.
After a head-on battle with the Japanese infantry battalion, the New Fifth Regiment retreated in stages.
The New Fourth Regiment also withdrew from the battle.
The ground was left in ruins, with destroyed bunkers, broken railroad tracks, and broken strongholds.
The Japanese army went out of the city to provide assistance, and suffered over a hundred casualties.
The puppet army strongholds near the county town suffered even greater casualties, and the puppet army suffered heavy damage under the bombardment of infantry artillery.
They were even more frightened by the offensive of the Eighth Route Army.
They came quickly and left quickly.
The Japanese in Gang County supported the Yunzhong Mountain area, and the surrounding artillery towers were attacked. The New 3st Regiment and the guerrillas attacked and used firepower to destroy three artillery towers.
A slight move by the Fourth Military Division caused the Japanese invaders to lose over a thousand soldiers.
Five infantry battalions were mobilized to provide support to the mountainous areas.
There were many blocking positions and minefields at the entrance to the mountains, which caused certain casualties to the Japanese troops.
The demise of the railway will inevitably delay the passage of trains. This is a major event and must be dealt with as a priority.
The Japanese infantry battalion cleared the railway line and covered the railway engineers, restoring traffic in the shortest possible time.
Ding Wei's command center was pushed to the front line and deployed in Hubei Township in the mountainous area.
At the same time, he commanded the troops of the New Fourth and New Fifth Regiments to continuously harass the railway lines.
Force the Japanese to leave the city, or arrange for railway troops to come and patrol.
We need to use the main force of one or two battalions to tie up the Japanese defenders of two county towns, plus a railway patrol unit.
The newly appointed commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, felt the pressure from the Fourth Military Division and quietly killed thousands of his troops.
It was not a head-on battle on the frontal battlefield, but only guerrilla harassment combined with encirclement and suppression tactics, which caused great losses to the Japanese.
This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are well-armed and have ample ammunition, making them even more powerful when conducting guerrilla warfare.
In addition, the garrison areas where the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the New 2nd Regiment were located also frequently launched attacks, looting logistical supplies, destroying artillery towers, and stimulating the Japanese mopping-up forces.
As if to say, come and hit me.
"Damn it, who is sweeping who? How come there are fires everywhere? The stubborn enemies in northwest Shanxi must be wiped out."
The chief of staff frowned. At this moment, the troops stationed in Mongolia, the First Army, and the North China Expeditionary Army were surrounding the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region and conducting large-scale mopping-up operations.
There were simply no extra troops to support the mopping-up operation in northwestern Shanxi.
The five infantry battalions responsible for garrison are already the limit of the independent mixed brigade.
In any case, the railway line must be repaired as soon as possible to ensure smooth operation.
The biggest problem was fighting in mountainous areas, where the Japanese invaders found it difficult to control the situation.
The Eighth Route Army can fight if they want to, and can run away if they don’t want to.
All the artillery towers in the entire Yunzhong Mountain area were demolished, and the strongholds around the county town were also destroyed.
They launched surprise attacks every day, killing dozens of Japanese and puppet troops.
Most of the puppet troops were instigated to defect in the dangerous sections of the roads and railways.
I don’t know which ones can be used and which ones cannot be used.
Anyway, all the puppet troops are requesting fire support, guns, bullets, and more people.
The battle for public security may sound simple, but it may not be simple.
There is no other way to solve the problems in northwestern Shanxi except to increase the number of troops.
Sending more troops to northwest Shanxi would mean a weakening of the raids on other areas, which was something Ding Wei was happy to foresee.
Attracting more troops into the Yunzhong Mountain area and using sniping tactics can not only annihilate the enemy but also gain support with weapons and bullets.
Relying on the steep mountains, we built blocking positions.
One light machine gun is enough to intercept a large group of troops. In some places, one man can block the passage of ten thousand.
After tying up the troops here, the cavalry regiment began to try to attack the towns and villages of Shuo County.
Use the mobility of the cavalry to raid towns and villages.
The attack was successful, killing more than 170 puppet soldiers and seizing combat supplies in the stronghold.
Ding Wei is good at taking the overall situation into consideration and placing highly mobile reconnaissance battalions and cavalry regiments in the plains around Shuo County.
After capturing several strongholds in succession, the 26th Division Command was forced to arrange for reinforcements to arrive in Shuo County by train.
The 26th Division has three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction. Its predecessor was the Independent Mixed Brigade 11, which was expanded to become the 26th Division. Therefore, the three infantry regiments were also labeled as independent.
The subordinate independent infantry 11/12/13 regiments, the 12th regiment was assigned to fight with Ding Wei's troops.
During the encirclement and suppression of the Wutai Mountain area, I contributed a little, but not much.
After arriving in Shuo County, the brigade immediately deployed troops to increase firepower support for the attacked strongholds.
The experienced commander of the regiment, Colonel Sadao Chida, decided to clear the haze and take the initiative to attack the guerrilla Eighth Route Army.
"I've said it before, cavalry is obsolete, infantry is the mainstream of the future. Unfortunately, Kuroshima Morita doesn't agree with it, and still puts on the airs of a noble samurai, which I don't like."
"But I didn't expect that our last farewell would be the last. The Black Island Squadron was destroyed, and only 127 people survived."
"This Chinese army is good at guerrilla warfare and blocking tactics, and it cannot be countered by infantry."
On the third day after arriving in Shuo County, the main force of the regiment was arranged to attack westward.
Enter the mountainous area and search for the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
An infantry regiment often dispatches more than 3000 troops. The three battalions cooperate with each other, have complete light and heavy firepower, and have good combat effectiveness. They can rampage in any area.
Once encountered an ambush, we can attack or defend, and we can also use aircraft to cooperate.
It is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with.
But he rushed into the western mountains without any regard for the consequences, which showed that he did not take the Fourth Military Division seriously.