I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 477

On May [-], the devils entangled more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops. With the cooperation of the air force, they touched hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles.

During this sweep, the Japanese troops adopted multi-channel intensive "net-pull" and "comb-style" tactics in an attempt to compress the leading organs and main forces of the Eighth Route Army from all directions in Shen County, Wuqiang, Raoyang, and Anping. Deep in the hinterland of the base.

In order to be able to win the encirclement and suppression campaign in central Jizhong, the Devil's First Army has been mobilized a lot of troops, and coupled with the preparations for the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle at the front, the remaining troops of the First Army are not too many.

The devil's encirclement and suppression of the Jizhong area attracted the attention of the Eighth Route Army headquarters at the very beginning. After ordering the 129th Division to guard the base area to prevent the devils from attacking the 129th Division, the bosses of the headquarters personally commanded the battle in the Jizhong area. During the period, the 129th Division All units of the division were frequently mobilized. Even though the Devils First Army in Shanxi did not attack the 129th Division, it still made the bosses a little wary.

Liu Gen, who was recuperating in the division hospital, couldn't help but find the division commander when he learned that the devils were encircling and suppressing Jizhong.The devils have mobilized so many troops, it is enough to see that the devils have a big plan for this encirclement and suppression. Coupled with the personal command of Okamura Ningji, the commander of the North China Front Army, there may be a lot of trouble in the Jizhong area this time.

After learning that the Jizhong area was raided by the devil's large-scale army, the monk who stayed in the division hospital with Liu Gen could not continue to recuperate in peace. The 129th Division will also usher in a lot of battles.

The Jizhong area is surrounded by so many devils, casualties are inevitable, and we can only hope that the casualties will be minimized.In the past, there were 120 divisions in the central Ji area, and the combat effectiveness of the 120 divisions was not weak. The devils just discovered that the 120th division had left the central Ji area, so they decisively launched a raid on the central Ji area.

Liu Gen didn't ask to keep the monk. He knew that the monk's injury had not recovered, but at such a tense moment, the monk would definitely be very reluctant to keep the monk in the division hospital.Liu Gen can understand the state of the monk, even he himself cannot continue to recover safely in the division hospital, let alone a monk.

After hearing the news that Liu Gen was leaving the division hospital, the division commander did not choose to stop him. If it was normal, he would definitely order Liu Gen to continue recuperating in the division hospital.But now, the division commander has no idea of ​​letting Liu Gen continue to recuperate. The battle is coming soon, so it would be too wasteful for Liu Gen to stay in the division hospital to recuperate.

Considering that Liu Gen's injuries had not fully recovered, the division commander asked Liu Gen to stay in the division headquarters and wait for the next order.On weekdays, Liu Gen can also enter and leave the division headquarters at will, allowing him to get in touch with the latest news of the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign in central Jizhong.

Due to the sudden siege organized by the devils this time, the Eighth Route Army troops in the central Ji area were not prepared in advance, and the main force may suffer a lot of losses.At the same time, county and district cadres in the central Hebei region were forced to disperse their cars and resign, and county brigades and district teams were forced to break up into pieces and go underground.In response to the devil's raid and encirclement and suppression, the various units of the Eighth Route Army also used various combat methods to entangle the devil.

In the Jizhong area, most of them are plains and there is no danger to defend. For this reason, tunnel warfare, landmine warfare, sparrow warfare, etc. have become the main combat methods of the Eighth Route Army troops.

Under the command of Ningji Okamura, the commander of the North China Front Army, the devil's encirclement and suppression forces continued to build strongholds and dig blockade ditches. In this way, they divided the Jizhong area and continuously compressed the living space of the Eighth Route Army troops.Coupled with the well-developed communication lines of the Devils in the central Jizhong area, the Devils' troops have given full play to their mobility advantages.

In just a few days, the devils managed to occupy more than half of all counties and larger towns in the Jizhong base area. This time, the devil's encirclement and suppression operation was so fast that the Eighth Route Army troops in the entire Jizhong base area were unable to react.Among them, relying on the temporary advantage they obtained, the devils searched and arrested anti-Japanese armed forces and anti-Japanese cadres everywhere, searched for anti-Japanese materials, and massacred anti-Japanese masses frantically.

The Devil's Troops implemented Neiji Okamura's "Three Alls" policy, burning, killing, and looting in the Jizhong base area. Wherever the Devil's Troops passed, they were all scorched earth!

The constant bad news from the Jizhong base made the bosses of the headquarters feel very heavy. Under the command of Neiji Okamura, the devil's troops gave full play to their own advantages.If the 129th Division were to fight the devils, then they would definitely not be the opponents of the devils.

In mid-May, the Devil's First Army stationed in Shanxi had another movement. After seeing that the mopping up in central Jizhong was progressing smoothly, Yoshio Iwamatsu urgently needed to make some achievements.

For this reason, Yoshio Iwamatsu assembled 18 infantry brigades previously drawn from various units of the First Army, and they were preparing to launch a sweep of the Eighth Route Army base in the north of the Taihang Mountains.As far as Yoshio Iwamatsu knows, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is likely to be in this area.

During this period, the advance team compiled by the devils twitched elite soldiers to set off at night for two days, namely the Okawa advance team and the Mashiko advance team!

The Okawa Advance Team was formed by the 36th Regiment of the 224th Division of the Japanese Army. Their goal was to attack the division headquarters of the 129th Division that encircled and suppressed the northern and southern areas of the Taihang Mountains. All of this benefited from the intelligence provided by the spies and traitors in the base area of ​​the Japanese army. .Under the judgment of the devils, they found out the approximate area where the headquarters of the 129th Division was located.

The Mashiko Advance Squad was formed by the Ninth Squadron of the 36rd Regiment of the 223th Division of the Devils. Its combat effectiveness was not weak. It included 4 commanders and 102 soldiers, including the squadron leader Mashiko Shigekuma, and 18 traitor spy interpreters.

On May 5, the 23 infantry brigades of the Devil's First Army, together with the puppet army, launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against the Eighth Route Army base in the north of the Taihang Mountains, pointing directly at the area where the 18th Division was located.

The first time the devils were dispatched, the entire 129th Division moved quickly. After the headquarters secret service group took the lead in protecting the headquarters bosses and retreated deeper into the base area, the 129th Division headquarters also began to move.In order to attract the attention of the devils and prevent the headquarters from being noticed by the devils, the division headquarters of the 129th Division did not choose to evacuate with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Liu Gen also stayed at the headquarters of the 129th Division. In the next battle with the devil troops encircling and suppressing the base area, the Division of the 129th Division will be at a position a little closer to the front line. Staying at the headquarters will also allow Liu Gen to have more room to play.No one knows what will happen in this battle, with Liu Gen's ability, he can control the victory of a small battle by himself.

Liu Gen stayed in the division headquarters, and the division commander gave him command of an artillery battalion. Liu Gen had a great reputation in the 129th Division. When he took over the artillery battalion, no one stood up to object.All the soldiers in the Artillery Battalion knew Liu Gen, and they welcomed Liu Gen to take over the Artillery Battalion.

In just a few days, Liu Gen couldn't control the artillery battalion perfectly, but he didn't care.The soldiers of the Artillery Battalion of the Division Headquarters have been trained very hard, and they have done basic training. In Liu Gen's view, the only thing he needs to do to take over the Artillery Battalion is to provide enough accurate coordinates of the Artillery Battalion to increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Artillery Battalion. hit rate.

For artillery, the hit rate is always the most important. Only when it really hits the enemy can the power of the artillery be fully exerted.

There are constant news from the front line that all units of the 129th Division have devil mopping up troops. In order to prevent the tragedy in the central Ji area from repeating itself in the base area of ​​the northern Taihang Mountains, the units of the 129th Division have launched a strong counterattack.There are not so many troops to encircle and suppress the devils in the northern area of ​​Taihang Mountains, and the pressure that the 129th Division needs to bear is not too great.

The only troublesome thing is that, in order to ensure the safety of the division headquarters, the division headquarters of the 129th Division are being transferred every day.

Due to the progress of the devils in radio communication monitoring technology, the headquarters and the 129th division headquarters will choose to be silent most of the time during the transfer process, so as to avoid being monitored by the devils to the radio station.

Liu Gen, who stayed in the artillery battalion of the division headquarters, was a little worried. The frontline devil troops were very aggressive. Even if the troops of the 129th Division continued to block, they still couldn't stop the advance of the devil mopping up troops. The only thing they could do was to delay the progress of the devil mopping up troops. That's all for speed.

If the battle continued like this, the artillery battalion of the division headquarters should not have a chance to fight. Liu Gen knew very well that in order to avoid more attention from the devils, it was impossible for the 129th Division to organize a large-scale battle.Without the ability to organize large-scale battles, the artillery battalion would naturally not be used.

After all, the artillery battalion's combat effectiveness is strong, but the target is too big. If the artillery battalion is really used, it will be fine if the devil's army can be severely damaged. Loss.

Just as the cavalry company is the treasure of the independent regiment, the artillery battalion is also the treasure of the 129th division. Unless there is really no other way, the artillery battalion cannot suffer any losses.No way, who made the Eighth Route Army poor?Even the 129th Division with strong combat effectiveness cannot bear too much loss to the artillery battalion.

In the transfer, the artillery battalion is undoubtedly the most difficult one. The heavy artillery in the artillery battalion is too troublesome to transfer.And with the current situation, the heavy artillery can't be easily thrown away. In case of fighting the devils, then the heavy artillery must be indispensable!

In order to ensure the safety of the artillery battalion during the transfer and keep up with the division headquarters, Liu Gen could only find a way to find enough animal power to ensure that the artillery battalion could always follow behind the division headquarters.Even so, the soldiers of the artillery battalion work very hard every day. You must know that they also need to move forward with the separated artillery parts and shells.

Even though the soldiers of the artillery battalion were already familiar with this kind of work, their bodies still couldn't bear carrying these things around all the time.

In the early morning of the 24th, in the temporary station of the Artillery Battalion, Liu Gen rubbed his shoulders vigorously. Even though he was in good physical condition, he still couldn't stand carrying supplies weighing hundreds of catties every day.Liu Gen could see that the skin on his shoulders had been worn away, and after simply sprinkling some medicinal powder, Liu Gen covered his wound.

Liu Gen knew that many soldiers in the artillery battalion must be like him, or even worse than him.If this happens with Liu Gen's physical fitness, then other fighters will definitely be more serious, but unfortunately, even if Liu Gen knows this, there is nothing he can do.

I am afraid that the only thing Liu Gen can do is to find enough trauma medicine powder and distribute it to the soldiers of the artillery battalion. The artillery and supplies were transferred.

Probably everyone else thought artillery would be very comfortable, but actually?Artillery is still very hard.

"boom"

Not far away, there was a sudden gunshot, and Liu Gen quickly got up and looked in that direction. He could see that the soldiers in that area immediately started to move.Soon, dense gunshots sounded, and Liu Gen's face became serious. Could it be that a small army of devils has touched here?

Liu Gen no longer hesitated, and decisively called out all the soldiers of the artillery battalion. In fact, many soldiers of the artillery battalion had already got up, and they were sleeping in their clothes, and they kept enough vigilance when resting.

Under Liu Gen's command, the soldiers quickly found a bunker and assembled some mortars at the same time. As for the heavy artillery, they should not be needed.

The artillery battalion is very important. Before knowing the specific situation, what Liu Gen can do is to ensure the safety of the artillery battalion itself and prevent small devils from touching the artillery battalion's station.Liu Gen kept looking towards the fighting area, and he found that the firepower of the devil's small unit was not strong, and the soldiers of the division headquarters had successfully suppressed the firepower of the devil.

Noticing this, Liu Gen's expression became more solemn. If a small army of devils can reach the depths of the base area, then there must be a small army of devils going deep into the base area.The small army of devils that was killed in April made Liu Gen have such an idea a long time ago, and he was not surprised that a small army of devils penetrated into the depths of the base again.

Liu Gen can only hope that the troops of the Eighth Route Army can maintain enough vigilance against the devil's small army, so as to avoid being found by the devil's small army and causing too much damage.

The gunshots in the battle area became sparse, but Liu Gen remained vigilant. The sparseness of the gunfire meant that the small army of the devils was repelled instead of being wiped out.When the small army of devils realized that they were no match for the Eighth Route Army, they would inevitably choose to flee.

Now Liu Gen could only hope that the small army of devils who escaped did not flee to the direction of the artillery battalion. With the strength of the artillery battalion, if they really encountered a small army of devils, it would be somewhat troublesome to deal with them.

"Be vigilant! The enemy is likely to attack us!" Liu Gen ordered loudly.

Some of the relaxed fighters became vigilant again.They gripped their rifles tightly, ready to fight the enemy.There are soldiers staying next to the assembled mortars, and it is best to be ready to fire at any time. In any case, there will be no problems with the artillery battalion.

In the night, dozens of people rushed towards the direction of the artillery battalion, their faces were flustered but their actions were orderly.

"Who is it?" Liu Gen sensed that someone was approaching, and he gripped the two pistols tighter.

(End of this chapter)