Bright Sword: Hosting the independent regiment, all become special forces

Chapter 266 Jinsui Army: The advantage is mine

Hearing what he said, Commander Liu also doubted whether his judgment was correct.

"In any case, we must ensure that Luliang County is not lost, otherwise, we will be in big trouble!"

Having said that, when the Eighth Route Army saw the devils attacking Luliang City with great fanfare, the attitudes of all parties were inconsistent.

Fortunately, most of the Southeast Shanxi troops are not going to support.

After all, the Jinsui army has been disgusting for a day or two. If you help him, you may be sold out when you turn around.

Special Column, Regiment Headquarters.

Zhang Wei listened to Zhang Dabiao's report with a smile, and nodded: "You mean, the resistance of the Jinsui army was very fierce, and the devils also suffered heavy casualties?"

"That's right, the Jinsui Army and them fought a real fire. The artillery from the two sides even fired at each other for a few rounds, and the devil's artillery position also suffered a lot of losses."

After Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, he added: "There is information that the devil's garrison brigade has also begun to mobilize troops. Commander, this is our good opportunity!"

Zhang Wei nodded. This is of course a good opportunity for them, not only a good opportunity to annihilate the Ninth Mixed Brigade, but also a good opportunity for them to make a fortune.

Turning around, bowing his head and pacing back and forth, Zhang Wei was weighing.

He now has two options, one is to abandon Luliang County, seize the opportunity, and wait until the artillery regiment is in place, directly annihilate the Ninth Mixed Brigade and occupy the saline-alkali industrial zone.

Another option is to send troops to seize a wave from the salt industrial zone first, let the devils lower their vigilance, and then wait until Luliang City is broken, and turn Luliang County into the base of the Eighth Route Army.

But this choice has advantages as well as disadvantages.

The advantage is that there is no need to think too much about it. Luliang County is in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the expansion of the base area.

It has also become a nail embedded in the territory of the Jinsui Army. If you go east, you can threaten the Jinsui Army, and if you go west, you can threaten Taiyuan.

Going to the south can threaten the Jinzhong area, and going north, of course, needless to say, it is the base area.

Disadvantages, obviously, one is the safety of the people. Although the probability of this is very low, after all, the Jinsui army is also a hostile force to the Japanese army at this stage.

As for the stabbing in the back, Zhang Wei didn't think about it at all, since you Jinsui Army did such a heartless thing.

Although you are also killing the devils, Zhang Wei said that you can leave them with a whole body.

"Old Xing, confirm the evacuation and resettlement of the people in Luliang and on our offensive route. We must ensure the safety of the people and fellow villagers."

"Yes! Captain, don't worry, basically everyone has been sent out, and the cavalry regiment is in charge of this matter!"

Zhang Wei nodded: "Da Biao, continue to investigate the situation, and report to me immediately once the devils attack!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao led the order to go out, Zhang Wei frowned and continued to observe the map, and at the same time turned his head and asked, "Where is the artillery regiment?"

Seeing that no one responded to him, there was only one monk left in the regiment headquarters, and the two of them stared wide-eyed for a long time.

Only then did Zhang Wei realize, damn it, he still lacks a few combat staff officers. If he can't finish this battle, he will take Zhang Dabiao down and let him be his chief of staff.

Zhang Dabiao, who is missing an arm, is not suitable to be a "assault captain" who throws his hat and charges.

After Zhang Wei stared at the monk for a few seconds, the monk realized: "I'll go to the confidential room to ask!"

Only then did he nod his head in satisfaction, and said, "This monk!"

Early the next morning, the Japanese attack began again.

After a night of rest and supplies, the devil's offensive momentum is more violent than before.

Cannonballs roared and smashed towards the Jinsui Army's position.

The continuous shelling and bombing instantly deprived the lives of many soldiers of the Jinsui Army.

At the same time, the artillery units of the Jinsui Army were also fighting back and resisting with difficulty.

After the Taiyuan Arsenal was taken over by the devils, the Jinsui Army produced almost no shells, and more light machine guns and ammunition were produced.

These shells were supposed to hit one less, but at this time they.

He didn't cherish the shells, and kept throwing them at the charging devils.

Some officers of the Jinsui Army hid in the trenches, and when the shelling was over, they yelled frantically: "Brothers, we can't be degraded by these little devils, kill them!"

"Da da da! da da!"

"boom!"

"Chirp! Boom!"

The soldiers on both sides roared crazily, and the battlefield instantly turned into a meat grinder. One second before, the heavy machine guns were frantically suppressing the Japanese attack, and the next second, they were immediately knocked out by the devil's support fire.

Then the sub-machine gunner resolutely replenished, spewing fire snakes continuously, reaping the lives of the attacking devils.

"Brothers, kill these Japanese bastards!"

"kill!"

The Japanese army is also yelling crazily: "Your Majesty the locust is on board!"

At the frontline headquarters, the captain of the Japanese infantry regiment looked unfriendly: "Order the artillery brigade to continue firing and suppress their artillery!"

"Hay!"

It was another round of artillery fire coverage. There were three to five hundred soldiers of the Jinsui Army on the original position, after the superior round of artillery fire coverage.

The devils immediately organized a group charge, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The soldiers of the Jinsui Army who suffered heavy casualties gave up their positions that had been holding on for a day and a half.

The remaining Jinsui Army troops began a comprehensive retreat.

After the Japanese army learned about it, the two armies pressed forward together, and under the cover of aerial bombers, they quickly advanced towards Luliang County.

Commander Liu didn't panic when he heard the news that the battle line had been breached.

The retreating troops will retreat to the second-line defensive position, which is also the last line of defense outside Luliang City.

The people in the city left long ago, and some even went to the base of the Eighth Route Army to escape the war.

Most of the rest had already entered the mountain, Commander Liu frowned and asked the adjutant, "How did Commander Yan reply?"

"The communication soldiers we sent out have not returned for the time being, and we cannot contact friendly troops now."

"It's strange to say that I always thought that the telephone line was bombed by the plane and was affected. I sent out three telephone teams, but none of them came back!"

Commander Liu frowned, he noticed a trace of troops.

The first thing he suspected was the Eighth Route Army, whether the Eighth Route Army was playing tricks on him, that's why this problem happened.

But he ruled out his own inference for the first time.

That is the Japanese, but it is basically impossible for the Japanese troops to have such an opportunity. Could it be a small army of devils?

There is a guard regiment in Luliang County, more than 1000 people. What kind of small army of devils dare to provoke them?
But the disconnection is real, and the reinforcements don't know when they will arrive, and the pressure is on the 16th Army.

If you evacuate, it is very likely that you will be attacked by a small Japanese army, and the risk is still very high.

But if you don't retreat, you will be unable to defend Luliang City, and your teammates don't know when to support them.

Commander Liu is caught in a dilemma at this moment.

The devils of the two infantry regiments approached the second defensive position as quickly as possible, and launched an attack directly under the cover of the plane.

At the same time, the Japanese army directly transferred two infantry brigades from the occupied area, and then Neiji Okamura directly transferred three infantry brigades from the Sixth Division.

From the Yangquan area to Taiyuan, two infantry brigades were drawn from the Taiyuan garrison infantry regiment to the Jinzhong area.

The deployment of the Japanese army will basically be like this, and nothing will change.

Zhang Wei did not expect that Ningji Okamura would transfer troops from the Taiyuan area, and there would be a three-day vacuum period.

The battle continued for another full day, and the Jinsui Army suffered heavy casualties, but most of the positions were still in the hands of the Jinsui Army.

Fagui Dacheng is still very satisfied with the attack. You must know that Luliang County is a place called Little Taiyuan by Yan Laoxi.

Although it is a small town, the business is pretty good, so I am very satisfied with the offensive melee.

"General, the Jinsui Army has sent personnel again, and it seems that they want to negotiate peace with us!"

A staff officer directly interrupted: "Your Excellency, the detachment leader, as long as we have one more day, we can attack below Luliang County, and then our troops can directly occupy the Luliang area and capture Liu XX alive."

"At that time, all the supplies in Luliang City will belong to our Great Japanese Empire, and it will be easy to get what we want!"

"Yo Xi!" Fagui Dacheng said with a smile: "Although Liu XX wants peace talks, but now they have no more than 3000 troops at most. Although our casualties are not small, as long as we win Luliang County, this A little loss is nothing at all!"

"General, should we be careful of the 358th Brigade of the Jinsui Army? According to the latest information, they have already arrived on our flank, only [-] kilometers away from us."

Fagui Dacheng smiled: "Don't worry, Mr. Qian led the newly formed mixed brigade of the Imperial Association Army to be stationed on our flank."

"Yo Xi, Qian Bojun was Chu Yunfei's old department before, and he suffered a big loss last time, and we helped him avenge him. Presumably this person must hate Chu Yunfei to the bone."

Early the next morning, Zhang Dabiao hurried to the regiment headquarters, his face full of joy.

But he didn't see Zhang Wei, so Zhang Dabiao had no choice but to ask: "Political commissar, where did the leader go?"

"I just fell asleep inside, what good news is there? I think you can't stop laughing!"

Zhang Dabiao said happily: "Our artillery battalion and anti-aircraft artillery battalion are already in place, and we have already passed the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold. It is estimated that we will arrive at the station in two hours."

"Also, most of the Japanese army's regional defense brigade has been mobilized, and there is only one squadron left in the salt field."

At this moment, a cadre quickly walked out from the confidential room: "Political commissar, the urgent telegram is from the commander!"

"Read!"

"Yes! It has been found out today that the Japanese army in the Yangquan area was moved and assembled yesterday. The strength of the Japanese army is about two infantry brigades, and the marching direction is in the direction of Taiyuan."

Zhang Wei lifted the curtain at this time and walked out from the side room.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"March to Taiyuan?"

The confidential cadre handed over the telegram to Zhang Wei, turned around and returned to the confidential room.

"The Artillery Battalion has arrived. Pass down the order. The whole army is ready for battle. Duan Peng is ordered to approach the Fifth Infantry Battalion of the Japanese Army for reconnaissance."

"Yes!"

Xing Zhiguo persuaded: "Leader, don't sleep for a while, the battle hasn't started yet, and I haven't had much rest for two days."

Zhang Wei smiled: "It's okay, the Sixth Division has transferred troops here, which means that part of the Taiyuan garrison must have been transferred, otherwise, one infantry regiment and two garrison brigades are enough."

"What's more, they still have three or four thousand puppet troops."

When Xing Zhiguo heard this, he immediately felt something was wrong, and quickly persuaded him: "Regimental Commander, don't you have an idea about Taiyuan? Although we have supplemented the Artillery Regiment and the Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, our strength is only more than 5000 people at most. , to fight Taiyuan, but it’s a bit too reluctant.”

Zhang Wei nodded, picked up the cup on the table and took a sip: "Give me the strength of a division before I consider Taiyuan. I'll go to the bathroom and get a good night's sleep when I come back."

"it is good!"

But in this wave, the shells of the artillery regiment had long been fired, and the artillery could only be blown up during the retreat, even because the reserved explosive equivalent was insufficient.

He also let the devils seize two 75MM mountain cannons.

Under the cover of aircraft artillery, the devils launched a fierce attack on the second line of defense outside Luliang County.

Even in a short period of time, the main peak position repeatedly changed hands. Fortunately, the Jinsui Army's will to resist was very fierce.

The Japanese army has not been able to occupy the position steadily, otherwise the Jinsui army can only start to run away.

At the same time, the 358th Brigade and 341st Brigade of the Jinsui Army received Yan Laoxi's rush to help.

The 341st Brigade supported Luliang, and the 358th Brigade was about to be pulled to flank the Ninth Mixed Brigade just after training.

This is also his old opponent, Chu Yunfei is naturally gearing up.

In the headquarters, Chu Yunfei said proudly: "Colleagues, this time, we will cooperate with Commander Liu and the 341st Brigade to wipe out the Ninth Mixed Brigade!"

Fang Ligong smiled: "Our military strength is 3:1, and our equipment is not inferior to the Japanese army. This time we have the advantage. As long as all colleagues work together, we will naturally achieve excellent results."

In the First World War that year, more than half of the veterans of his 358 brigade died in battle, although the recruits who came up had undergone his rigorous training.

However, Chu Yunfei still knew the specific combat power.

Fortunately, Yan Xishan added a mortar battalion to him, equipped with a total of 40 82MM mortars.

Their curved firepower has been greatly enhanced, and this is no longer the artillery unit of the devils.

Fagui Dacheng is naturally aware of the frequent mobilization of the Jinsui army, but he is not worried at all.

That is to say, the 358th brigade could catch his eyes. When the 341st brigade fought in Xinkou before, it was even defeated by an infantry brigade and fled for more than 30 kilometers.

For such an opponent, Fagui Dacheng really couldn't arouse any interest.

The frontline attack went smoothly. Although the Jinsui army relied on the terrain to fight steadily, Fagui said confidently: "It only takes a little time, and we can capture Luliang County!"

"Everyone, we will have a drink in the city then!"

"Hay!"

(End of this chapter)