Chapter 195 Attacking Taiyuan (9)

Xiapanshi Station was built in 1902. It is so small that the whole station can hear a fart. The captain of the 28th Cavalry Regiment’s style of teaching sentries has long fallen into the eyes of the Japanese station commander and the garrison team leader. The two panicked.

Zhang ran over. After standing at attention and reporting, the leader of the Japanese team said, "Please take care of me when we meet for the first time."

The Captain was very arrogant. He took out a piece of paper with an order written on it and took another look at it. Without even letting the station commander and squad leader take a look, he said that he was ordered to come here to perform a special mission and that all the station staff and the garrison were required.

Assemble and prepare to cooperate.

Both the Japanese station commander and the squad leader were surprised. Since they had not received any orders in advance, they wanted to ask what the mission was. As soon as they opened their mouths, they were slapped several times by the captain. After the slaps, the Japanese station commander

He and the squad leader had no choice but to gather the people together obediently.

Not to mention, the Japanese are indeed of good quality and execute orders very well. Even the soldiers in the machine gun bunkers were called out.

The cavalry captain pulled out the two Chinese people among the station staff and pushed them aside. Then without saying anything, a Chinese character burst out of his mouth: "Kill!"

Before the Japanese station commander and squad leader could react, the group of cavalry who had already dismounted and lined up on one side had already come over to kill them. The strange thing was that these cavalrymen rarely used sabers, and all they had in their hands were new rifles that they had never seen before.

The three-edged bayonet on the rifle shone coldly.

Seeing the bayonets of the cavalry stabbed into the bodies of their own soldiers, no matter how stupid the Japanese station commander and squad leader were, they knew that this was a sneak attack by Chinese soldiers disguised as the imperial army. The Japanese squad leader became ferocious, shouting orders with his hands,

He was about to draw his sword and fight, when he saw a flash of white light before his eyes, and a dart stuck in his throat. Before the Japanese captain fell down, he caught a glimpse of the smiling eyes of the cavalry captain.

At this time, the Japs were very skilled in stabbing and stabbing. Under normal circumstances, if three people formed a small triangle formation, they could be invincible against the National Army soldiers. Unfortunately, that was against ordinary National Army soldiers.

, In a situation like today, the Japanese soldiers were all lined up neatly and could not spread out to form a battle formation. In addition, they encountered a special forces team, so they would inevitably be killed.

After dealing with the Japanese garrison team, Zhao Yonggang, disguised as a Japanese cavalry captain, called the two Chinese over and asked about the train time and the security situation.

These two Chinese were both station employees. Seeing this group of cavalry massacre the Japanese garrison team, they naturally knew that the National Army had come back. They quickly told the train time and the security situation of the Japanese army column.

As soon as Zhao Yong heard this, a military column from Peiping to Taiyuan would pass through here an hour later. The trouble was that there was an armored vehicle in front of and behind the military column, so it took some effort.

Zhao Yonggang ordered the radio operator assigned to the squadron to report to Zhang Hongtao, requesting that troops be sent to bring heavy weapons to assist in the battle and assist in carrying the loot. He led the special forces to bury electrically detonated explosives under the rails about 600 meters outside the station, and handed over to the assigned troops.

Engineers, these explosives are designed to explode the armored vehicles guarding the rear of the military column. After thinking about it, for the sake of safety, I placed all the two rocket launchers attached to the second squadron here so that they can fire at the armored vehicles at any time. Then I led the team members 3 miles away from the station.

They chose a steep slope and began to remove the rails. Some team members suggested that explosives should be buried here to blow up the armored vehicles in front. Zhao Yonggang shook his head and said that there was no need to waste explosives, just remove the rails, make a good disguise, and cause the car to roll over.

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When Zhang Hongtao led the 6th Teaching Brigade arrived, Zhao Yonggang led the 2nd Squadron and had pulled out a section of the railway rail. Zhang Hongtao gave the order, and nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the 6th Teaching Brigade started to work together. They were busy for another 20 minutes.

A 500-meter-long rail fell. Seeing that the Japanese army was about to arrive, Zhang Hongtao ordered his troops to ambush beside the railway, gathered the rocket launchers, and prepared for battle.

At 4:55, the military column finally arrived. In front was an armored vehicle clearing the way, in the middle was the military column, and behind was an armored vehicle escort. Everything was normal at Panshi Station. The sentries on the platform were on guard with guns, and the military column did not stop.

Stop, pull the whistle, and drive forward.

The expected rollover accident happened as planned. First, the armored vehicle leading the way rushed down the roadbed and was hit by several rockets, causing the ammunition on the vehicle to explode. Then the long military column roared down the roadbed and rushed down the slope.

Go. Soon, the front of the car rolled away, causing the car behind it to overturn to the ground.

The armored vehicle escorting behind was hit by two more rockets after being blown up by explosives. It was almost fatal to see it.

As soon as the train overturned, the soldiers of the 8th Brigade immediately rushed towards the train.

In addition to weapons, ammunition and other supplies such as cotton-padded clothes, this military train also transported 1,400 soldiers from Japan to supplement the Taiyuan garrison. It was very lively now. Not to mention the Japanese who died in the car, sober,

Feeling dizzy, all soldiers from the 6th Brigade were taught how to use their bayonets again. It was not until it was confirmed that there was no one alive on the armored vehicle and there was no one alive on the train, Zhang Hongtao ordered the troops to quickly move supplies, weapons and ammunition, especially those used for air defense on the train.

Anti-aircraft machine guns are quickly dismantled by engineers.

When the troops were transferring supplies, Zhang Hongtao asked Zhao Yonggang to bring the two railway employees and ask them if they knew about the Japanese defense situation at Niangzi Pass.

At that time, the vast majority of Chinese farmers were illiterate. For these two people to work as railway clerks, they had a certain cultural foundation and naturally knew a lot about many things. According to them, after the fall of Niangzi Pass, the main force of the Japanese army went to Taiyuan.

When participating in the battle, Niangziguan became the rear area of ​​the Japanese army. In addition, it was not far from Shijiazhuang, Yangquan, and Taiyuan, and there were railways, so it was very convenient for Japanese reinforcements. Therefore, there were only about one brigade of Japanese troops in Niangziguan.

After discussion with political commissar Fu Zhuting and chief of staff He Mingliang, Zhang Hongtao decided to revise the battle plan and quickly capture Niangziguan. This was equivalent to closing the door to Shanxi, creating a situation of shutting the door and beating the dog. The Japanese in Yangquan and Taiyuan would definitely use all their strength to attack.

Fight for it to achieve the purpose of completely mobilizing the enemy. If the capture of Niangzi Pass goes smoothly, you can rely on the favorable terrain of Niangzi Pass to attract the Japanese to attack, and choose the opportunity to use ambush tactics to severely damage part of the Japanese army.

Several of them were veterans of the Red Army and senior commanders, and they all had strong ability to make decisions when facing the enemy. Seeing that Niangzi Pass was empty, how could they miss the opportunity to retake Xiongguan? So, the reconnaissance company was sent out, leaving supplementary personnel behind.

The regiment and the baggage camp cleaned the battlefield, and the main force began to move in the direction of Niangziguan.

At this time, the Japanese reconnaissance plane discovered an abnormal situation near Xiapanshi Station, and soon discovered the overturned military column and the Heyang Battalion of the supplementary regiment of the 6th Jiao Brigade responsible for cleaning the battlefield.

Zhang Hongtao knew that the Japanese reconnaissance planes would soon attract a group of Japanese planes, so he urgently ordered to replenish the regiment, speed up the battlefield cleaning, and quickly evacuate and hide.

Zhang Hongtao's judgment was correct. Not long after, six Japanese planes flew over the Xiapanshi Station. The 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Replenishment Regiment, which retreated a little slowly, was chased, bombed, and strafed by enemy planes. Although the Replenishment Regiment was heavily loaded with supplies,

The battalion immediately organized air-to-air shooting and shot down an enemy plane, but the ninth company was still completely disabled. There were more than 150 people in a company, and less than 40 survived. Most of the soldiers were sacrificed by the enemy planes.

Seeing this made Zhang Hongtao tremble with pain in his heart.

As soon as the remaining five planes flew away, and the soldiers of the supplementary regiment were about to collect the remains of the martyrs, another group of black spots appeared on the horizon. Zhang Hongtao strictly ordered the troops to disperse and hide, and not to be exposed to enemy aerial firepower.

Sure enough, this time the enemy came with 18 aircraft and searched repeatedly from Niangziguan to Yangquan, looking for our troops.

Only then did Zhang Hongtao understand that the Japanese aircraft not only had high combat skills, but also had a high density. If the troops attacked the enemy's positions during the day, these aircraft alone could make the troops lose their skin and not die.

Fu Zhuting murmured to himself: "I finally understand why the nearly 300,000 Chinese army cannot withstand the attack of 70,000 Japanese troops, and I finally understand why the division commander always chooses to ambush at night."

Zhang Hongtao had no choice but to order his troops to hide and wait until dark before moving towards Niangziguan.

Just as the Eastern Shanxi Corps was making a big fuss at Panshi Station, the Western Shanxi Corps led by Chen Dayong also attacked Gujiao in the northwest of Taiyuan.

Cooperating with Chen Dayong to teach the seven-team operation were the Third Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade led by Zhao Zhiyu and the First Squadron of the Sniper Brigade led by Li Shuniu.

At this time, Gujiao was still just a town, under the jurisdiction of Jiaocheng County. It was not famous for its coal like it was in later generations. The Japanese army had no garrison here, so Chen Dayong and others passed through Gujiao and Hekou and marched toward Taiyuan with great fanfare.

.The purpose is to attract the attention of the Japanese army and let them send troops to pursue it.

At this time, sitting in Taiyuan was Major General Yukio Kasahara, commander of the Japanese Chahar Dispatch Corps.

After Itagaki Seishiro led the 20th Division and the 109th Division southward, Major General Yukio Kasahara, in accordance with the deployment of His Excellency Commander Seishiro Itagaki, placed the independent mixed second brigade in the northern section of Tongpu Road, and the independent mixed group formed the 15th brigade.

The regiment was placed on the Zhengtai line, and he led the independent mixed First Brigade, Di Detachment, Daquan Detachment and the Engineer Regiment and Baggage Regiment of the Fifth Division to garrison in Taiyuan.

Itagaki-kun left Taiyuan on the morning of the 18th, and something happened on the afternoon of the 19th. First, the aircraft investigated the attack and derailment of a military train at the Xiapanshi Station on the Zhengtai Line, and then discovered the ancient intersection in the northwest of Taiyuan, and the Chinese troops were discovered in the direction of the river mouth.

A journey.

The attack on the military column staggered Yukio Kasahara. He knew that in addition to the baggage and supplies, this military column also included 1,400 soldiers who had just been replenished from China. These people were originally planned to make up for the losses of the Chahar dispatched corps.

Yeah, it's better now, I've died for His Majesty the Emperor before I even went to the battlefield. Despicable China people, damn China people!

On the one hand, Kasahara Yukio strictly ordered Major General Shinohara Seiichiro of the 15th independent mixed brigade to quickly dispatch to eliminate the Chinese sneak attack troops around Shotai Road and ensure that Shotai Road was unobstructed; on the other hand, he ordered the independent mixed 2nd Brigade to closely monitor the appearance in Gujiao.

Chinese troops at the mouth of the river.

After issuing the order, Major General Kasahara Yukio immediately reported the above situation and his own handling measures to Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro.

After receiving the report, Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro held emergency consultations with Chief of Staff Nishimura Toshion, Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo, commander of the 20th Division, and Lieutenant General Shigetoshi Yamaoka, commander of the 109th Division. The results were unanimous.

: First, the purpose of the three-line activities of the China Army is to avoid our heavy group attack. Second, in order to prevent the China Army operating on the Zhengtai line from sneaking into Niangziguan and cutting off the Zhengtai line, the independent mixed 15th brigade should place its main force in Yangquan and Pingping.

, to support the Niangziguan operation at any time, the aviation force should make multiple sorties every day during the day, and continuously conduct patrols and reconnaissance on Niangziguan and various key points on the Tongpu line. The defenders of Niangziguan must strictly guard against enemy sneak attacks. Third, the independent first brigade will deploy a brigade to cooperate with the dike

The detachment and the Daquan detachment met the Chinese Army attacking Gujiao and the Hekou direction. The main force of the independent second brigade went south along the railway from Xinzhou to Yangqu and moved westward, outflanking the Chinese Army in Gujiao and the Hekou direction. The Fourth and Twentieth Divisions

, the 109th Division's operation to suppress the China Cavalry Group in Huozhou has been temporarily suspended. In order to ensure the safety of the Taiyuan area, it will return to Taiyuan tomorrow morning via the same route. Then it will concentrate its efforts on clearing the surrounding areas of Taiyuan and improving security in the occupied areas.

After several invader leaders reached a consensus, they sent a report to Major General Yukio Kasahara for execution and copied it to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the situation changed so much that Major General Yukio Kasahara was stunned. As soon as he sent out the Tsutsumi detachment, Oizumi detachment and the independent first brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Tsutsumi Takaki reported to the Taiyuan Jinci Temple

The enemy's attack was temporarily repelled after a hard fight, so it was necessary to increase the number of troops. Major General Yukio Kasahara had no choice but to send the engineer brigade that was independently mixed into the 1st Brigade to Lieutenant Colonel Tsubuzuka Taka. At the same time, he gave strict orders to those who had arrived at Yangqu.

The main force of the Second Mixed Brigade attacked overnight and must defeat the China Army.

With this arrangement, at 1 o'clock in the night, Lieutenant Colonel Tsubuta Takaki finally reported that the Chinese army had begun to flee westward and that the troops were pursuing it.

Major General Yukio Kasahara had just taken a breath, and the 15th independent mixed brigade reported that Niangzi Pass was in an emergency. The main force of the China Army took advantage of the cover of night to attack Niangzi Pass in a large scale. Now the two sides were fighting for the new pass, and a brigade of defenders had suffered three casualties.

At one point, Major General Seiichiro Shinohara was leading the main force of the brigade to quickly reinforce Niangzi Pass. Commander Yukio Kasahara was asked to contact Shijiazhuang and send troops to quickly reinforce Niangzi Pass.

Kasahara Yukio turned out to be the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army and graduated from Army University. Of course, it was not all a matter of luck that he got into this position. At this time, he calmed down and studied the map carefully.

Judging from the picture, to the south, the main force led by Mr. Itagaki has now pursued Huozhou. They are facing not only a cavalry group of the China Army, but also a heavy Chinese army group participating in the Xinkou battle. Gujiao, towards the mouth of the river.

The strength of the Chinese Army was only equivalent to a brigade, but they dared to advance towards Taiyuan. When did the defeated Chinese Army become so unscrupulous? To the east, the Chinese Army suddenly appeared and attacked Niangzi Pass. What did they want to do? Could it be that
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