Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 270 IX: Mutual Calculations

On the 7th, the 309th regiment outside Yanmen Pass finally failed to take down the famous pass outside the Great Wall. After the night battle, the casualties were counted. The 309th regiment lost 778 people in the one-day battle, accounting for 15.00% of the whole regiment.This loss made Jia Jinyuan extremely angry.

Fighting to the death is a common thing, and Jia Jinyuan knows this better than anyone else, but the problem is that the enemies they encountered today are different.The reconnaissance team had figured out the situation of the defenders at Yanmen Pass before, and it was the Eighth Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army.After hearing the news, Jia Jinyuan was overjoyed, grandma, isn't this a credit to the 309 regiment?All the units that fought against the Fourth Division, which was said to be composed of vegetable vendors in Osaka, Japan, did not make a lot of money.The emperor took turns, and when he came to my house this year, he finally met Jia Jinyuan like this once.

But Jia Jinyuan, who was full of joy, did not expect that the good grandson in the eyes of others turned into a grandfather in front of him. Isn't this a slap in the face?Could it be that your grandpa Jia is a soft persimmon, even the fourth division of the soft persimmon can be bullied, Jia Jinyuan can't figure it out.

Just as Jia Jinyuan was scolding the officers of the 309 regiment at the headquarters, the phone rang suddenly.

The guard picked up the phone and said a few words before putting down the phone and reporting loudly: "Tuan Zuo, it's the teacher's phone, he wants you to answer the phone!"

Jia Jinyuan hurried over to pick up the phone and said, "Reporter, Jia Jinyuan from the 309th regiment is reporting to you."

"Jia Huzi, are you fucking scolding your mother again?" Li Yifeng's hearty laughter came from the phone.

"No. No, absolutely not! Who the hell is suing Laozi in front of the teacher, tell me, teacher, and I will go to him to argue!" Jia Jinyuan said righteously.

"That's enough, that's enough, no one will accuse you of being tricky, you idiot don't know that, if the attack doesn't go well, your subordinates will definitely be called to scold you." Li Yifeng said with a smile.

"No, Master..."

"What's wrong, do you dare to say that your regimental deputy, chief of staff and three battalion commanders are not by your side now?" Li Yifeng said.

"This... division seat. It's not that today's battle is really useless. I was repelled 11 times by Gou Ri's Eighth Regiment. What a fucking useless person. The face of the 309th regiment was covered by these bastards Lost it all." Jia Jinyuan said.

"Okay, when you get to Lao Tzu, you don't want to be so fucking. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it. You fucking think Yanmen Pass is a small artillery building. It's easy to be conquered by you. It's only one day. It's normal for you to be unable to fight, so don't scold your mother." Li Yifeng said.

"Master seat. Then what should we do next?" Jia Jinyuan asked.

"Your regiment will continue to attack Yanmen Pass. Tomorrow I will reinforce a new regiment for you, and I will also send you a heavy artillery battalion there. The headquarters will also order the Air Force to dispatch fighter planes to assist you in attacking the city. Your main battle tomorrow is not to capture Yanmen Pass. , but to teach the group of recruits how to fight. Of course, if you can really take down Yanmenguan, I won’t blame you." Li Yifeng said loudly.

"Yes, I promise to die to complete the task!" Jia Jinyuan said.

"Get out, I don't need you to die, you have to live for me, and fight devils with me." Li Yifeng said loudly.

"Yes, guaranteed to live!"

When the 222nd Division was fighting fiercely with the Japanese at Yanmen Pass, Li Wensheng led 2 infantry divisions, 1 artillery division and 3 recruit brigades, with the assistance of air defense, armor, and transportation units, heading towards the Ningwu area controlled by the Japanese army.

This Ningwu Pass is an important passage connecting the north and northwest of Shanxi. In addition, Ningwu Pass is also an important pass on the Great Wall. Together with Yanmen Pass and Pian Pass, it is called the "Three Outer Passes", and the terrain is very dangerous.

Since Koga Chiyoko's intelligence team has deciphered the telegrams of the World War II zone, and has also known the deployment of troops in the second and eighth theaters and the detailed combat plan, they know that the attack on Ningwu is the absolute main force of the eighth theater. The Chinese army has more than [-] troops.

In order to block the squadron and buy time for the main force of the First Army to wipe out Sun Weiru's troops, the commander of the Japanese First Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, specially sent the guard wing around him to Ningwu. The regiment and two infantry brigades of the Imperial Association Army were also dispatched to Ningwu. Together with a garrison brigade of Ningwu before, more than 20 people rushed into the small Ningwu Pass, and their strength was extremely strong.

With these troops stationed at Ningwuguan, General Umezu Yoshijiro felt relieved.Although the number of the squadron is several times that of the Ningwu defenders, the terrain of Ningwuguan is dangerous and the places available for attack are very limited.The squadron has a small army of 4000, but there are only two regiments that can really participate in the siege battle, so Meizu Meijiro is very relieved that there are [-] people stationed at Ningwu Pass.

As expected by Umezu Yoshijiro, the squadron had a huge force, but it was blocked by a mere ten thousand imperial troops in front of Ningwu Pass, and the casualties of the defenders were only a few hundred in the fierce battle all day, while the Chinese army alone There were no less than [-] corpses in front of the pass, and at least a thousand people were killed or injured.

General Umezu Yoshijiro was even more pleased that the mobilization of troops in the World War II zone in China was indeed as Chiyoko Koga said, all the way assembled in Luliang, all the way in Fenyang, and all the way in Qixian County.It was Sun Weiru's department of the Fourth Chinese Army that was assembled in the Luliang area.

According to the battle plan, Xiong Mi's troops in the Xia Yuan Dynasty should occupy the Xiaolou Peak and Yingpangou area before Sun Weiru's troops arrived in Gujiao, and set up a pocket formation there, waiting for the arrival of Sun Weiru's troops.Of course, before that, the First Army had to resist the attacks of several other squadrons.

News from the frontline was continuously sent to Datong. After reading all the battle reports from the frontline, Chen Feng couldn't help but frown. This time the little devil's actions were so weird.According to the information detected by the previous intelligence department, the Japanese army at Ningwu Pass only had more than 1000 people. According to previous estimates, it took at most one day to capture Ningwu Pass, but it was unexpected that the Japanese army would increase their troops to Ningwu Pass in such a short time. And it's in place at once.

Given the terrain of Ningwu Pass, the army would probably have to pay a very high price if they wanted to successfully capture this pass. What surprised Chen Feng the most was that the Japanese army seemed to have known their marching route in advance, and even Chen Feng had a premonition in his subconscious mind. That is, the Japanese army even knew about his troop deployment.

After much deliberation, Chen Feng still decided to ask Yang Yi to advance the plan, otherwise he would feel uneasy.

The Fuping Independent Brigade became the headquarters of the Second Route Army at this time.

Before coming here, Yang Yi had already telegraphed with the five independent brigades operating in the Hebei area, and learned about the five brigades in detail.To Yang Yi's delight, the overall strength of the five brigades was not bad. Although the weapons and equipment were a bit poor, they could still be competent for the tasks assigned by the commander-in-chief if they were commanded properly.

So before coming here, Yang Yi deliberately brought a batch of weapons and equipment from the headquarters to the five brigades in Hebei.When passing through Laiyuan, I left some for the Laiyuan Independent Brigade, and then asked Li Fuhai to send some to the Yixian Independent Brigade.But most of the equipment Yang Yi brought to Fuping County, except for a small part left to the Fuping Independent Brigade, the rest he had to hand over to the Nangong Independent Brigade and the Handan Independent Brigade.

The combat telegram has been sent out. At this time, the Laiyuan Independent Brigade has joined forces with the Yishui Independent Brigade. The entire army consists of 4 regular field regiments and 3 supplementary regiments, with a total of 500 people. A brigade is going straight to Baoding according to Yang Yi's intention.

The Nangong Independent Brigade and the Handan Independent Brigade have also quietly arrived at Cangyan Mountain in the southeast of Shimen. As long as the weapons and equipment arrive, they can change their equipment and move forward.But it is too dangerous to cross the Zhengtai line with so many weapons and equipment, so Yang Yi plans to let the special forces capture Jingxing Pass first, and then send the weapons and equipment directly to Jingxing Pass. The Nangong Independent Brigade and the Handan Independent Brigade are there Jingxing Pass receives equipment.

But by coincidence, when Yang Yi ordered the special operations team to act, news came from the intelligence department that a batch of military supplies by the Japanese army was being urgently transported to Shanxi. There were 4 trains and 55 wagons in total.According to the information gathered by the intelligence agencies, these train skins are filled with weapons and ammunition.In addition, the 20th Brigade of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army stationed at Shimen has led the whole army to set off from Shimen this morning. The army is marching towards Yangquan, and it seems that it is preparing to withdraw to the Shanxi battlefield.

The No.40 Brigade of the Japanese Army withdrew to Shanxi, and the Japanese defenders in Shimen had only one infantry brigade left, and the reinforcements of the Japanese Army were still on the way at this time, and it would take five days at the earliest to arrive.

After receiving the news, Yang Yi was full of surprises. He was so surprised that the frontline battle was in full swing at this time. If this batch of weapons and equipment arrived in Shanxi, it would definitely cause huge losses to the army to regain Taiyuan.And the commander-in-chief's plan to cut off the Japanese army's transportation channel also went bankrupt.The good news is that such a military transfer by the Japanese army is giving the Chinese squadron a chance.

Yang Yi sent a report to Xu Bao, ordering him to send a small special team to intercept and blow up these armies.However, due to the tight defense of the Japanese army, they were unable to succeed, and the military train had been stopped since entering Shimen Railway Station, and did not move forward.

After thinking deeply, Yang Yi simply ordered the special forces to capture Jingxing Pass immediately, and the weapons and equipment would be sent to Jingxing Pass later.At the same time, the Nangong and Handan brigades were ordered to go north immediately, and then the army lay in ambush along both sides of the Zhengtai Railway at Jingxing Pass, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army column.And he himself led the Fuping Independent Brigade to take Shimen directly, forcing the 20th Division of the Japanese Army to return to Shimen, and the army would give him a one-pot end at that time. (To be continued..)