Glorious Mission 1937

Tianzhen County, Jinsui Army No.60 First Army 399 Regiment Headquarters.

"Regiment, I have already found out. The explosion just now came from the northwest direction, which is the artillery position of the little devil." Li Yanjie, the deputy head of the 399th regiment, hurried in and said.

Zhang Jingjun, the head of the 399th Regiment, looked back from the map on the table, and asked hastily, "What happened? Why did the little devil's artillery position explode so violently?"

"Student, according to the report from our vanguard, someone should have sneaked into the artillery position of the little devil and detonated the ammunition that the little devil piled up next to the position. Didn't the regiment realize that the artillery of the little devil had been silent for almost an hour. "Li Yanjie said excitedly.

"Who did it, how about the casualties of the little devil?"

"I don't know. The little devil's artillery positions are usually protected by infantry, and at least there is an infantry squadron. They can sneak attack on the little devil's artillery positions. There will definitely not be too few people coming. Now the little devil's artillery has misfired, which shows that the little devil's casualties It's definitely not small. With such a huge explosion, at least all the ammunition carried by the dog will be reimbursed, and the artillery of the little devil will be useless within three or two days." Li Yanjie said excitedly.

"Good job, I have long wanted to kill Gou Ri's artillery, but unfortunately we were trapped in an isolated city, the front and rear gates were blocked, and we couldn't get out. If the little devil's artillery is really paralyzed, then our The pressure is reduced by half, and it should be no problem to stick to the seven-day task."

"Yes, regiment, most of the casualties in the troops these days are caused by the artillery of the little devils. We have fortifications to protect us. We can't do anything about the infantry of the little devils. They don't pose a great threat to us, but their artillery It was too powerful, the artillery shells fell overwhelmingly, and our troops suffered heavy casualties." Li Yanjie said.

"Well, Deputy Li Tuan, you go and find out, which army did it, I want to ask for credit for him."

Before Zhang Jingjun finished speaking, the Chief of Staff of the 399th Regiment hurried in and said, "Regimental Squad, has the little devil made another move?"

"What's going on, what kind of shit is the bastard planning to do?" Zhang Jingjun asked hastily.

"I don't know, just now I went to the city wall to observe, and found a devil from the infantry regiment heading north, more than 30 large trucks from Nainai, more than a dozen armored vehicles, and a puppet army from the cavalry division. It's so powerful, I don't know what to do!" said Li Jing, chief of staff of the 399 regiment.

"You said the little devil is heading north?" Zhang Jingjun frowned and asked.

"Yes, there are quite a lot of people. They are lined up in four columns, so they are easy to count." Li Jing said.

"It seems that our friend is in the north. Chief of Staff, can you check whether there is still our army in the north?" Zhang Jingjun asked.

Li Jing thought for a while and said: "North, there should be no more. The Japanese Kwantung Army Chahar Dispatched Corps attacked us. This Japanese army was assembled in Kulun. The little devils went all the way south, Guyuan, Zhangbei and Zhangjiakou They are all lost, Liu Ruming's No.60 Eighth Army was defeated and went south, and there is no more of our army north of Tianzhen."

"What about Commander Fu's No.30 Fifth Army?"

"Commander Fu's No.30 Fifth Army is not far from us, but it is stationed in Datong and Jining, not in our north." Li Jing replied.

"Chief of Staff, think again, is there really no more?" Zhang Jingjun frowned and asked.

Li Jing thought for a long time and finally said: "It's not like there is no such thing, it's just that it's not a regular army, it's a security regiment."

"Security team?"

"Yes, the Xinghe County Security Corps is affiliated with the Suiyuan Provincial Security Department."

Zhang Jingjun looked at the map, then pointed to a point on the map and said: "Yes, it is here, it is located in the north of us, the little devil has focused all his attention on our side during this time, if this security guard If the regiment really has the courage, it is really possible to create miracles."

"Tuan Zuo, is this possible? You have to know how the security regiment's combat effectiveness can compare with that of the little devil. Not to mention the artillery of the little devil itself, the field troops protecting the artillery are not something that a small security regiment can shake Yes." Li Yanjie said in surprise.

"I also know that this speculation is absurd and unbelievable, but now I really can't think of anything other than this explanation. Besides, the infantry regiment of the little devil is probably going north to deal with them. Apart from Xinghe, there is no other target, who else can you tell me besides the security team?" Zhang Jingjun said.

"Tuan Zuo, what should we do then?" Li Jing asked.

"Send a report to the military seat, tell the military seat the situation here, and say that our 399th regiment is confident that we will stick to Tianzhen for more than ten days, let him arrange it with confidence, and ask the military seat to verify whether the Xinghe County Security Corps has engaged in a small Devil, if they really stabbed the little devil's ass, our 399 regiment must remember this love, and we must pay it back!" Zhang Jingjun said loudly.

"Yes!"

The telegram from the 399th Regiment was sent to Li Fuying's headquarters very quickly. In the past few days, Li Fuying, Commander Li, was also struggling. After receiving the order from the old commander, Li Fuying ordered the soldiers of the 61st Army to enter the position and build fortifications. The defense fortifications along the line from Tianzhen to Datong had been built for more than a year. As early as April 1936, Yan Xishan used the excuse of building the defense fortifications to apply for a huge sum of money from the Fortress Group of the Nanjing Zhengfu General Staff Headquarters.

Then, during the more than a year of construction in the Tianzhen area led by Li, the construction materials received from Taiyuan were very limited.The total supply of steel bars and cement was less than one percent of the planned amount, construction tools were even more pitiful, and migrant workers' wages and military allowances were deducted in every possible way.

As for where this huge sum of money went, Li Fuying knew very well in his heart that most of it was taken by the old chief to various commercial ports across the country to make a fortune for himself.In order to deceive the Nanjing government, the old chief boasted that his "defense fortifications" were indestructible.However, in fact, the construction here did not start until the Japanese army invaded Tianzhen.

However, the Japanese army did not give Li Fuying and the No. 60 First Army time to build the fortifications. The day after the No. 60 First Army soldiers entered the position, the Japanese Army launched an offensive.

When the 61st Army entered Tianzhen and deployed its defenses, Yan Xishan sent a telegram to Li Fuying to "stick to it for 3 days and resist the enemy's westward advance."

But the 61st Army held on for more than three days. Before the 9st Army launched an attack on the Panshan position on September 6, it had already launched an attack on the defenders on the front line of Lijiashan. The Japanese army first used infantry to rush to the front of the position to shoot violently, test the firepower, and tempt the defenders to expose all the defensive firepower, then bombed with aircraft at low altitude in turn, and then bombarded the mountain violently with artillery.The bombing took turns in this way 4 or 5 times a day for 4 days and 4 nights.At most, there were 32 enemy planes sweeping indiscriminately over the position one day.Before the soldiers of both sides met face to face, more than 1300 of the more than 70 officers and soldiers of the 9th Regiment had been killed in battle. Of the 3 company commanders in the regiment, 5 were killed and [-] were injured.

The defenders on the front line of Lijiashan and Luojiashan have held on for a full five days, and the troops in Tianzhen County and Panshan have also held on for two days.At this time, the landmines, deer villages and other obstacles set up by the 5st Army's forward positions have all been bombed by the Japanese army.

Li Fuying asked his immediate superior, Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the Seventh Army, and Yan Xishan, the old chief, for help several times. Because of the heavy loss of the troops, the reinforcements were delayed.In the past few days, Li Fuying has continuously obtained the battle situation:

"The Japanese invaders hit the commanding heights of the Panshan position with intensive artillery fire, and most of the officers and soldiers of the 1th Regiment, a battalion and a mountain artillery company were crushed to death in the cave..."

"The enemy infantry rushed to the Panshan position and started hand-to-hand combat. Gao Baoyong, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1th Regiment, was killed, and Xi Baoshan, the commander of the 500st Battalion, was injured. The whole regiment suffered more than [-] casualties..."

"The regiments of the 1000st Division suffered more than [-] casualties..."

"Report, Tianzhen 399 regiment is calling!"

"Tell Zhang Jingjun, I don't have any reinforcements, I have one for the lieutenant general, and ask him if he wants it. Seven days can't be less than one day, one day less I will dismiss him, and two days less I want his head." Li Fuying loudly drank.

"Army...Army seat...Tuan Zhang didn't come to ask for help...It's..." The radio operator didn't know what to say.

"It's not asking for help, well, what is he here for, tell me quickly?" Hearing that he wasn't asking for help, Li Fuying was greatly relieved.

"It's like this. Commander Zhang called and said that this morning, an unknown force attacked the artillery position of the Japanese Army five kilometers north of Tianzhen, causing heavy losses to the artillery of the Japanese Army. The Japanese army outside Tianzhen suddenly withdrew by a third, and a Japanese infantry regiment and a cavalry division of the puppet army were withdrawn from the battle sequence of the siege, and rushed northward for unknown reasons. Based on the above situation, The 399th Regiment has the confidence to stick to it for more than 10 days, so that the military seat can feel at ease. In addition, the head of the regiment Zhang suspected that it was the Xinghe County Security Regiment that attacked the artillery positions of the Japanese army. I hope the military seat can confirm..."

"Okay, well done...hahaha..." After listening to the operator's report, Li Fuying laughed loudly.

"Xinghe County Security Corps, enough species, send a report to Commander Fu, thank him for me, and ask him to thank this security troupe for me." Li Fuying thought that this security troupe was specially arranged by Fu Zuoyi, otherwise he alone How could the security team have the guts to touch the tiger's butt.

After receiving Li Fuying's telegram, Fu Zuoyi and the entire Seventh Group were confused. Li Fuying thought it was Fu Zuoyi's arrangement, so he didn't make it clear in the telegram, but asked Fu Zuoyi to thank Xing on his behalf. He County Security Regiment, so the entire Seventh Army Headquarters looked at each other, not knowing what happened.