Bright sword, I have a red police base car

Chapter 438 376.2 Highland
After receiving Nobuaki Sekine's order, all artillery units of the Japanese Second Army immediately took action.

After all, what they are about to face is the famous Ping'an County Security Group, and after their previous experience with the Ping'an County Security Group, no matter how eager they are at this time, it is not unnecessary.

If Niangziguan cannot be taken before the Ping'an County security team arrives, then it won't be the Eighth Route Army who will be nervous!

"All artillery units! According to the scheduled allocation, launch an artillery bombardment on the minefield on Tubal Road!"

"Haha!"

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At the same time, under the order of Yoshio Shinozuka, an independent mixed brigade affiliated with the First Army immediately assembled all available troops and rushed to the route of the red police force in advance.

In fact, the little devil knew very well that there was no way that a mere brigade of troops could stop the Ping'an County Security Group through head-on confrontation.

The annihilation of the Eleventh Army is the best portrayal!

Therefore, the first thing that the Little Japanese's independent mixed brigade thought of was to ambush this unit of the Ping'an County Security Group.

But the facts told the little devil that ideals are beautiful, but reality is skinny.

Although the Japanese troops at this time were closer to the ambush node than the Red Police troops, the Japanese troops were still mainly on foot here and there were not many motorized troops.

The Red Police Force is a semi-motorcycle and semi-mechanized force!

In this case, the little devil did not arrive long before the red police force.

And because the scouts of the Red Police Force have more advanced reconnaissance equipment and better tactical literacy, the so-called "ambush" of the little devil has been fully grasped before the arrival of the Red Police Force.

"Director, according to the report of the reconnaissance team, a large number of Japs appeared on the 3 heights 372.6 kilometers ahead. The estimated number is 2000!"

After learning the news, the director of the Political Department of the Red Police Force who was in charge of leading the team immediately asked: "Is there any position within this range that can be bypassed?"

"Director, if we take a detour, the nearest road will take us another 5 hours!"

"Five hours..."

Liu Huaqiang rubbed his temples after hearing this. According to the report from the Investigation Department, the Japanese army at this time had received orders from the North China Front Army. The First Army in Shanxi and the Eighth Army in the Hebei direction had moved at full speed towards the Second Army. reinforce.

The Second Army has also begun to attack Niangziguan at all costs.

The situation in Niangziguan was already serious at this time. Under the strong attack of nearly 20 Japanese troops, even Niangziguan, which had been transformed into a fortress, could not defend it at all!

At this time, in Niangzi Pass, Li Tianyou was ordering the troops to frantically perfect their defenses.

Now in Niangzi Pass, the Eighth Route Army deployed only 4 A-type regiments and 8 B-type regiments, as well as some directly affiliated auxiliary forces.

Compared with the Japanese Second Army, the Eighth Route Army's troops were seriously insufficient.

In order to strengthen the defense of Niangzi Pass, Li Tianyou immediately decided to deploy troops from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei troops and agencies that had passed through Niangzi Pass and retreated to strengthen the defense of Niangzi Pass.

However, when Li Tianyou began to mobilize these troops, he once again discovered a problem that he had to face.

Most of the troops that have been withdrawn from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei are non-combat units such as government agencies, hospitals, and factories. Even if combat units appear, they have already killed all the remaining wounded on the front lines.

It is really difficult to draw a sufficient number of troops from these troops!
However, Li Tianyou could no longer care about this at this time. Under his order, the security forces from various agencies, hospitals, factories and other units all sent three-quarters of their troops to supplement the Niangziguan garrison, and left all the artillery and half of the troops behind. Air defense equipment assists in combat operations.

Although this method is a drop in the bucket for Niangzi Pass, the defensive strength of Niangzi Pass has been supplemented and strengthened to a certain extent through the gradual increase of troops.

At the same time, the four Class A regiments that had just been withdrawn from the front-line defensive position in Changgang Village also stopped resting and were replenished by Li Tianyou to the defense line.

After the brutal blocking battle in Changgang Village, these four A-type regiments only had a few hundred people left in each regiment. Although Li Tianyou replenished their troops, they would not be able to return to the strength of the A-type regiments for a while. Peak period.

Originally, Li Tianyou didn't want these heroic soldiers to go into battle, but the menacing Japanese army forced him to make this choice.

If you can keep the Niangzi Pass, everything will be easy to say.

But if they can't hold Niangzi Pass, then they, along with the entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area and the 115th Division, will be doomed!

Faced with this situation, the troops who retreated from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei direction also actively requested a fight.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army all know very well that guarding this place is the only way for them and the hundreds of thousands of comrades in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei direction to survive!
"Boom boom boom boom..."

"Bagaya Road! Tell the artillery to hurry up and fire all at once. Try to clear all the mines on Tubal Road!"

"Hai!"

Seeing the Eighth Route Army's minefield in front of him being covered by artillery fire, the commander of the Japanese Second Army's tank division was satisfied but also very anxious.

The Ping'an County security team has arrived in the Quanyang area and is not far away from Niangziguan!

Can they take Niangziguan before the Ping'an County security team arrives?

"I hope the people of the First Army can block the troops of the Ping'an County Security Group as much as possible!"

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"The 1st Heavy Artillery Battalion! Build a position! Quick!"

At this time, 372.6 kilometers southwest of Highland 5, the Second Heavy Artillery Battalion of the Red Police Force accompanying the First Battalion was hurriedly building a position.

Director of the Political Department Liu Huaqiang has decided not to make a detour and directly attack the little devils on the 372.6 Highlands!
At this time, there were not many Japs who arrived on the high ground, but the two fast mobile brigades of the Japanese independent mixed brigade arrived here first.

The remaining troops of the Little Japanese were also rushing in this direction at this time.

After all, no matter what, the troops sent by the Ping'an County Security Corps this time cannot be captured by just two Japanese brigades.

If the little devil was really so naive, he would have been driven out of the Pacific Ocean by the Chinese army!
At this stage, although the Japanese army has a geographical advantage on the highlands, they do not know that their whereabouts have been discovered by the Ping'an County Security Group. They are still waiting here for the arrival of follow-up troops while remaining vigilant.

And their waiting was not without effect. In less than 20 minutes, the main force of the Japanese independent mixed brigade in the rear had reached the high ground.

It was at this time that the Second Heavy Artillery Battalion of the Red Police Force also completed preparations for launch.

"First company, tentatively move forward and lead the little Japs to the ambush position!"

"Understood!" Hu Zheng, commander of the 101st Henghe Battalion, immediately dispatched the st Company to advance after the artillery battalion completed preparations.

In order to prevent the Japs from hiding in the position, the right way is to send out the vanguard to attract a wave, so that the artillery in the rear can destroy the Japanese positions as much as possible and kill as many of the Japs' active forces as possible.

The reason why the 101st company was sent forward instead of ordering the tank company was mainly because the tank company's 62 light tank firing angle was really not enough to deal with the little Japs on the high ground.

Not to mention the 62 light tank of the Red Police Force, no tank of this era has such an elevation angle of fire.

In order to be able to counterattack and suppress firepower when facing the Japanese army, First Battalion Commander Hu Zheng could only dispatch the 101st Company equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns and armored vehicles.

Wheeled armored vehicles at least have certain armor protection capabilities and can also perform high-angle fire suppression.

It's simply not very useful for hitting high targets.

"Bagayalu, why haven't these Chinese people arrived yet? Did the Imperial Alliance Army in front of us give us wrong information?"

Hearing what this Japanese said, the surrounding Japanese soldiers also began to become suspicious.

After all, they know very well what kind of virtue the two devils have! The information I got from them was not entirely false, but it was pretty close.

It can be said to be the true legacy of Captain Jia’s detective team!

In fact, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, there were many capable people in the team of the Japanese Army, but it was this group of "capable people" who really had two skills. Later, these people were on the "Red Police Strict Selection", and in the Red Police Force In launching several cold-blooded campaigns and kidnapping campaigns, we arrested those who deserved to be arrested and killed those who deserved to be killed.

This situation not only caused a large loss of "talents" within the Second Japanese Army, but also made new "talented people" afraid to join the Young Japanese Army.

Ever since, the current puppet army is a group of crotchless troops!
What's more, puppet troops like the 844th Regiment of the former Central Army that just joined them?
But just as they finished speaking, the little Japanese in charge of forward security suddenly sent a signal to the main force of the Japanese independent mixed brigade, which was preparing for an ambush on Highland 372.6.

This means that the Ping An County security team has arrived!
So all the Japanese troops who were preparing for the ambush suddenly became nervous.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

That's the infamous Ping'an County Security Team!
So all the troops on the high ground were ordered to enter the position, preparing to catch the Ping'an County Security Group off guard.

This is the little devil's only remaining advantage...

But the little devils didn't know that just after they entered the position, the red police scouts lurking not far from their position immediately began to call the heavy artillery positions in the rear.

"Qiqihar, this is Xunke. All targets have reached the strike area. Bearing: 552, height: 708, high-explosive bomb. One test shot, release!"

"Bang~whoosh~..."

Under the instructions of the scout, a 152mm high-explosive grenade crossed the horizon and landed directly in the middle of the Japanese ambush position.

"boom!"

Seeing that the artillery shell hit accurately, the scout immediately called: "The parameters remain unchanged! The entire battalion fired 5 rounds quickly!"

After determining the location, the 152mm howitzer of the Second Heavy Artillery Battalion began a frantic shooting operation.

The mortar company and firepower company affiliated to the 100st Henghe Battalion were not idle either. They used 122mm mortars, 107mm vehicle-mounted howitzers and 12mm -barreled rocket launchers respectively to supplement the firepower in the blind spots of the nd Heavy Artillery Battalion.

"How can it be repaired! How did the Ping'an County security team discover us?!"

"Quickly send a message to the military headquarters! There is a rebellion within us..."

"boom!……"

Under the heavy artillery attack of the Red Police force, the independent mixed brigade responsible for blocking the attack suffered heavy losses in an instant.

After more than a year, the Little Japanese's First Army once again felt the intensity of firepower from the Ping'an County Security Group, although they did not want to feel it again.

At this time, the Red Police troops located near Highland 372.6 and the Japanese Second Army near Niangzi Pass were both advancing crazily.

In the battle with Niangziguan as the center point, all forces were trying to delay the enemy as much as possible while speeding up their own advancement.

After all, time is now a fighting opportunity. Whoever takes Niangzi Pass first will achieve strategic victory!

While the fighting around Niangziguan was in full swing, Zhang Shijie was looking at the intelligence sent by Zhang Ning in the command car with a sad face.

At this time, Zhang Shijie was not at the headquarters in Dagushan, but on his way to Nanyang with the guard battalion.

Looking at the little devil's movements, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but sigh, the Red Police Force's stall is really too big now!

In addition to the protection and operation of the Dagushan Base, Fengyang Mountain Base, Shandong Transit Base and Naval Base, the Red Police Force at this time was also engaged in confrontations and exchanges of fire with the Japanese troops from Fengyang, Kaifeng to Xinyang. The Japanese troops led by Zhang Shijie and Liu Huaqiang The troops are also about to conduct combat missions in southern Henan and Niangziguan areas.

Forget it, the Red Police Force will still be conducting disaster relief missions throughout Henan at this time!

At this time, the strength of the Red Police Force is very valuable. Although the Red Police Force has a large establishment, it still feels insufficient in this situation.

Under this situation, Zhang Shijie didn't even know whether he should use Dagushan's mobile troops to provide support in the direction of Niangziguan.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops sent by the Japs to Niangzi Pass. Can only one synthetic battalion and one heavy artillery battalion hold Niangzi Pass until all the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei area is evacuated?
Just when Zhang Shijie was worried in the command car and was thinking about sending a message to Liu Huaqiang, the telegram from Liu Huaqiang had already been sent first.

"The chief of the report informed me that our combined 1st Battalion and 2nd Heavy Artillery Battalion are determined and capable to defend Niangzi Pass under the current conditions!"

Seeing the letter of determination sent by Liu Huaqiang, Zhang Shijie also suppressed his worries.

Since Liu Huaqiang chose to lead the troops to defend Niangzi Pass, Zhang Shijie was willing to give his brother enough trust, and at the same time he also trusted the Red Alert Base.

"Order the troops to speed up and arrive in Nanyang this morning! After finishing the things at hand, we will immediately support other directions!"

"Yes, Chief!"

At this time, after a 20-minute shelling, the 372.6st Company of the 101st Synthetic Battalion, which was completing the deployment of troops at the foot of the 372.6 Highlands, immediately began to attack the Highlands where the Japanese troops were originally stationed.

Under a combination of punches from the Red Police Force, the main force of the independent mixed brigade of the Little Japanese was almost completely killed and injured in the shelling of the Red Police Force.

In order to kill and injure the troops of the Ping'an County Security Regiment as much as possible, the Japanese army deployed all troops on the front line, which also provided favorable conditions for the artillery of the Red Police Force to eliminate them.

Next, the infantry clears the field!
(End of this chapter)