People are shining their swords, secretly helping the Iron Triangle in Northwest Shanxi

Chapter 225 Supplies Snatching Battle

The Japanese air force was threatened by various anti-aircraft firepower, and they could not lower their altitude to launch precise airdrops.

Most of the materials fell directly outside the control of the Japanese and puppet troops, and they were completely unable to obtain these materials when they were attacked by the artillery of the Jinsui Army.

Major General Mitake Tsuda, head of the brigade, looked gloomy. He raised his binoculars to observe and frowned tightly.

After all, they only got a small part of the supplies now, which was a drop in the bucket for them.

As night fell, the surroundings began to become dark.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Mitake Tsuda issued another attack order.

Groups of Japanese and puppet troops took advantage of the cover of night and quickly moved towards the location where the supplies fell.

They wanted to take advantage of the darkness to transport the supplies back without anyone noticing.

But at this time, not only the Japanese and puppet troops, but also the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army were the ones who made the idea of ​​this batch of supplies.

Especially on Li Yunlong's side, seeing boxes of supplies right in front of his eyes.

Li Yunlong's saliva almost flowed out, he would not miss the opportunity to seize this batch of supplies.

At [-]:[-], one flare after another began to hit the air.

The Japanese and puppet troops who left their positions were successively attacked by the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army.

The Jinsui Army dispatched a lot of submachine gunners, and one by one Jin-made submachine guns started shooting one after another.

The dense bullets hit like a rainstorm, and many Japanese and puppet troops were directly beaten into sieves.

On the eighth road side, they mainly shoot at close range and hand-to-hand combat, and the sound of metal collisions keeps ringing.

Zhang Dabiao personally commanded, and the sharp sword kept waving in his hand.

The heads of many Japanese and puppet soldiers were directly cut off by him.

"Baga Yalu, launch the bombardment for me, and bombard me fiercely."

Tsuda Meiwu roared angrily when he saw that the Japanese and puppet troops he had dispatched were hit hard again.

It's just that a Japanese artillery lieutenant who commanded artillery operations at this time came to Tsuda Mitake with a solemn face to report.

The artillery units currently stationed in Douluo Town include the artillery units of the Fourth Brigade, an independent mixed group, and the artillery units brought in by reinforcements from the Mongolian Army.

They have a total of 23 artillery pieces, and these artillery pieces are engaged in continuous operations, which consume a lot of ammunition.

In addition, the materials left in Yuanping City by the reinforcements of the Mongolian Army will be escorted by the independent third brigade and other troops.

However, most of the supplies escorted by this supply unit are in hilly areas.

Subsequently, Kenzo Harada commanded the troops to leave the hilly area, and they were annihilated in Xinkou Town.

Therefore, most of the supplies now fall into the hands of the Jinsui Army, and Mitake Tsuda commanded the troops to continue fighting, and there are not many remaining shells at present.

The air force dropped supplies during the day, although some of them landed in the area controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town.

But most of these materials are food, and the ammunition is pitifully small.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, if we launch shelling at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to obtain greater results."

"They seized materials and troops were very sparse, and our shelling was a waste of shells."

"If the number of shells is reduced because of this, once they launch an attack, it will be difficult for our artillery to launch effective artillery support."

The lieutenant captain looked at Mitake Tsuda in front of him, and said with a sad face.

Mitake Tsuda was so angry that he had no choice but to give up the shelling.

But seeing a large amount of supplies that should belong to him being taken away, Mitake Tsuda was still not reconciled.

He decisively issued a combat order, a squad of armored vehicles, attached to [-] Japanese troops, and [-] puppet troops to attack quickly.

This group of Japanese and puppet troops will immediately start fighting against the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army that robbed supplies.

Four [-]-type armored vehicles, with the cooperation of the [-]-day puppet army, quickly left Douluo Town.

After this group of troops attacked, it posed a threat to the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army.

The 13MM heavy machine gun of the armored vehicle has strong lethality and can suppress the firepower to death.

The troops of the Japanese and puppet troops who followed the attack were obviously not deadbeats. They attacked one after another under the cover of armored vehicles.

Light and heavy machine guns, and grenadier mortars kept calling, and all kinds of bullets and shells launched precise attacks on the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army.

With the firing of large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets, some material boxes containing ammunition were instantly exploded.

There was a deafening explosion, and the flames shot up into the sky for a moment, and the smoke filled the air.

At about [-]:[-], after the Japanese and puppet troops attacked, the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army suffered hundreds of casualties.

Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion of the Eighth Route New Regiment, and Chu Yu, commander of the seventh battalion of the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army, were forced to give up their supplies and began to hide.

As for Chen Ziyun, who was in the area west of Douluo Town, he contacted Li Yang, the commander of the Artillery Battalion, immediately after discovering that the little devil's armored vehicle had been dispatched.

The six Bofors mountain guns were quickly disassembled, and each platoon of transport teams began to use pack horses and mules to transport artillery parts for transfer.

A company of ammunition platoons, carrying ammunition boxes with armor-piercing shells, quickly followed them.

"Hahaha, do you see that, neither the Jinsui Army nor the Eighth Route Army can deal with our armored forces?"

"They are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of our armored vehicles!"

"Damn guys, you are still out to continue to rob supplies, I will use a machine gun to smash your body."

"It would be even better if there is a chance to be able to transfer to the chariot troops. We can use the chariot tracks to crush their bodies."

"I've seen images of chariot tracks crushing directly over their bodies, and that's really exciting."

Four Japanese Type [-] armored vehicles continued to advance, and the Type [-] light machine guns installed in the turrets fired bursts one after another.

The four captains spoke excitedly while aiming and shooting.

In their eyes, the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army in front of them were already dead.

Some of the drivers in the car even clamored that they would use the tracks of the chariot to directly crush the bodies of the soldiers.

The [-]-day puppet troops following behind were even more proud.

They feel that with armored vehicles as cover, they are simply invincible.

"Damn it, the little devil's armored vehicle is too crazy, prepare explosives for me."

"When the armored vehicles come over, I will use explosives to finish them off!"

Zhang Dabiao, battalion commander of the new regiment, looked at the approaching armored vehicles viciously, and said seriously.

Because many troops did not have weapons to deal with Japanese armored vehicles, they could only use explosive packs and cluster grenades to blow them up.

However, Japanese armored vehicles would be followed by infantry, which often resulted in major sacrifices in order to blow up their armored vehicles at close range.

But the current situation is completely different, because the six Bofors mountain guns of the Jinsui Army have arrived at the designated position.

The artillery was quickly assembled, and Li Yang, the commander of the artillery battalion and the commander of the first company, personally commanded it.

The six Bofors mountain guns began to adjust their shooting angles, and soon, the armor-piercing shells began to be loaded.

At 11:30, Li Yang gave the order to shoot.

A round of armor-piercing shells immediately escaped from the barrel.

The armor-piercing projectile, like a big fireball, quickly passed through the air, heading straight for the little devil's armored vehicle.

An armored vehicle that was still moving was hit instantly.

The armor-piercing projectile penetrates the armor thickness of the armored vehicle with only 12MM, and the shrapnel quickly impacts into the vehicle.

Not long after, the machine gun of this armored vehicle stopped firing and just stayed in place.

The little devil in the car was affected, either seriously injured or died on the spot.

Six Bofors fired in the first round, and six armor-piercing rounds directly destroyed two armored vehicles.

Seeing this scene, the remaining two armored vehicles turned around in fright and wanted to quickly retreat to Douluo Town.

The driver kept stepping on the accelerator, trying to escape from the battlefield with all his strength.

However, the second round of firing from the Bofors Mountain Cannon started, and a round of armor-piercing shells hit again.

The two armored vehicles that wanted to escape back to Douluo Town were hit one after another and were directly destroyed.

Four armored vehicles were destroyed, and the Japanese and puppet troops froze in place for a while.

The major who commanded the battle reacted quickly, and he gave the order to retreat in a panic.

But Chu Yu's troops and Zhang Dabiao's troops, who had been suppressed before, would miss this opportunity.

They set up their weapons one after another, and immediately launched a fire attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Boom boom boom."

The independent 48th Brigade Field Artillery Battalion, Artillery Battalion, and three artillery companies launched blocking shelling at the same time.

Six 77MM field cannons, six 77MM field cannons, six 75MM Japanese-style mountain cannons, and twelve 75MM Jin orogenic cannons.

A total of [-] artillery pieces shelled the Japanese and puppet troops one after another, blocking their way back.

The six Bofors mountain guns took the opportunity to move immediately to avoid being hit by Japanese artillery.

Chen Ziyun also hurriedly contacted the supplementary regiment, asking them to dispatch troops to quickly attack from the flanks to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

The 358 regiment deployed two cannon companies, began to advance covertly, and set up positions forward.

The five-hundred-day puppet army that followed four armored vehicles for a while was shelled one after another, and they paid a certain amount of casualties.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Japanese commander who commanded the operation hurriedly ordered the troops to disperse and hide in place.

But Chu Yu and Zhang Dabiao commanded troops to press up from behind and quickly attacked them.

After the supplementary regiment received the order, Qian Bojun and Zhang Fugui also had to direct the troops to attack from the flank.

As for the Eighth Route Army, when Li Yunlong saw the battle, he immediately led the troops to kill them.

Sun Desheng's cavalry company was the first to attack, and they fired with Czech-style and Liao-made rifles.

However, several cavalry companies have expanded to 200 people, and this force has not yet condensed its combat effectiveness.

Most of their bullets missed the Japanese puppet army, but these bullets suppressed the Japanese puppet army.

At midnight, the Supplementary Regiment flanked the Japanese and puppet troops on the west side and the Xinyi Regiment on the east side.

Chu Yu and Zhang Dabiao's troops began to carry supplies and leave.

Li Yunlong even dispatched a cavalry company as a transportation force to assist Zhang Dabiao in transporting supplies.

As for the [-]-day puppet army, only about [-] people have been beaten so far, and they are hiding in different positions and defending tenaciously.

However, facing the attack of the two regiments, these Japanese and puppet troops were very passive.

If there is not enough support, they will be completely wiped out sooner or later.

At 12:30, the artillery unit of Douluo town started shelling.

Three [-]-style mountain guns fired shells continuously to provide artillery support for the Japanese and puppet troops here.

But not long after, the area where the three mountain cannons were located began to be suppressed and shelled by Liang Guoping and Zhou Wenbo's field artillery battalions.

Time passed, and at around five o'clock in the morning on September [-], the area of ​​Douluo Town returned to silence.

At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered a lot of casualties because they robbed the airdropped supplies.

From yesterday's airdrop of supplies to night, the Japanese and puppet troops dispatched troops one after another to snatch supplies outside their control area.

But they paid a loss of 700 people, and four armored vehicles were directly destroyed.

At this time, there were only more than 3000 Japanese and puppet troops in Douluo Town.

Tsuda Mitake's face was gloomy. He had not rested all night, and now his eyes were red.

"Bagaya Road!"

Facing the nearby Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, Tsuda Mitake gritted his teeth with hatred, but he couldn't do anything about it.

All he could do at this moment was to continue to stand still, unable to take any action.

After all, these 3000 troops are his last cards. If there are casualties again, they will not be able to stand still.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the little devil's aviation unit came to the battlefield again.

Of course, they didn't come to airdrop supplies this time, but started bombing the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army near Douluo Town.

Six bombers came to the area west of Douluo Town, and they launched a bombing.

Aerial bombs fell on the ground one after another, and there was a deafening explosion.

At this moment, the ground shook, the smoke filled the air, and the sky was full of dust.

After the bombing was over nine o'clock, six bombers left and began to head to the southeast area of ​​Douluo Town. They lowered their altitude and strafed the Eighth Route Army.

It wasn't until 10:30, after the little devil's aviation unit fired all the ammunition, that they flaunted their might and left.

Even though the Independent 48th Brigade, Xinyi Regiment and other troops took precautions, this air strike still caused them hundreds of casualties.

However, Chen Ziyun was already at the brigade headquarters at this time, and they began to draw up an attack plan.

The Japanese and puppet troops were prepared to stand still, so they could not achieve a long-term siege.

If a large number of Japanese and puppet troops rushed to help, it would be a waste of money.

So next, the Independent 48th Brigade will carry out offensive operations to force them to break out.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the brigade headquarters of the Independent 48th Brigade began to issue combat orders.

The field artillery battalion, artillery battalion, and three artillery companies of the whole brigade are all under the command of Chen Ziyun.

In addition, the guard company and the reconnaissance platoon also belonged to Chen Ziyun's transfer.

Chu Yunfei personally commanded the 358th regiment to fight, and each regiment was ready for a night attack.

They planned to launch an attack at eight o'clock in the evening, thereby forcing the Japanese and puppet troops to break through and completely annihilate them in mobile warfare.

It is worth mentioning that the four destroyed armored vehicles cannot be repaired, but the machine guns on the vehicles can be disassembled.

At present, the Independent 48th Brigade has begun to dispatch personnel to find a way to dismantle the light and heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles.

As for Chen Ziyun and others, they began to prepare for the night attack.

This battle is very important!
Of course, on Li Yunlong's side, Chu Yunfei had already sent messengers to make contact.

(End of this chapter)