Chapter 231 Xiaonangou Annihilation Battle (Part 1)

While we are cheering loudly for the Northeast Anti-Japanese Forces, we are recovering lost territory for the country.

On the battlefield of North China, the Eighth Route Army also started a large-scale traffic line raid battle, with the targets being Hebei and Shanxi provinces along railways and highways controlled by the Japanese army. As soon as the War of Resistance Against Japan, the largest enemy-behind attack battle had begun.

In the northeast, Zeng Yiyang's heart was gradually relieved.

In the early battles, he was under tremendous pressure. Since the start of the Kwantung Army's attack, Zeng Yiyang has always been worried that his mistakes have caused changes in the anti-Japanese situation in Northeast China, and the liberated areas that were finally developed were ruined in his hands.

Chen Guang's arrival allowed him to relieve this crisis.

Judging from the movement of the Kwantung Army's troops, Chen Guang's tens of thousands of troops attracted at least the forces of the three Japanese divisions.

However, the Kwantung Army did not launch regional encirclement and suppression, but instead deployed defenses in Liaoning and Jilin areas based on terrain to prevent Chen Guang from entering the hinterland of Liaoning and Jilin.

More and more Kanto Army troops were restrained, which put the commander of the Kanto Army Mijiro Umezu in a dilemma. In the early stage, the reinforcements of the two divisions agreed by the North China Front Army also broke their promises due to the sudden changes in the Shanxi battlefield.

In ***, every division has some left-behind troops. Over the past few years, the elite left-behind troops of that year have long disappeared, but those who are left are some new recruits. Soldiers who have just been recruited from the people have been trained for two or three months, but they do not have the qualifications to be a military police force.

Not to mention, it was sent to the front line for combat.

Hideki Tojo was very enthusiastic. He gave speeches everywhere in the country and constantly exaggerated the difficulties faced by the new recruits. The morale of the new recruits was also mobilized by his frequent oath of death. It seemed feasible to form three divisions to enter Manchuria, but there were crises everywhere.

But Mijiro Umezu was very disgusted with this. He knew how difficult the opponents facing the Kanto Army were.

The 70th Regiment formed by veterans and recruits who have been trained for more than a year, faces a positional battle between a small army. In the end, the corps leader committed suicide and apologized. Can the recruits face this? Can they use queues to kill the opponent?

This is undoubtedly causing chaos to the Kwantung Army.

However, Mijiro Umezu did not accuse Hideki Tojo's fanaticism, and he knew that this guy always looked serious and had to bring Showa out in a few words. He was like his brain, such as God, the emperor, and he would be just a madman in front of the third child. Any normal person had no common language with Tojo, unless the madman was to the madman, the fool was to the fool.

After giving up control of the Sanjiang area, the Kwantung Army only reserved one division of troops in the area.

This is already lingering enough, but Chen Guang's appearance forced the Kwantung Army to be cautious. This opponent is no better than Zeng Yiyang to deal with. Judging from the intelligence of the North China Front Army and the 2nd Army, the more difficult the battle is, the more beautiful Chen Guang will be.

It seems that pressure can always make this general who has stepped onto the battlefield from farmland to burst out with different combat power.

For the Kwantung Army at this time, there was also good news, but it was not that obvious. At least, the Kwantung Army's military operations in South Manchuria could come to an end. Since Yang Jingyu's troops headed north, the anti-Japanese armed forces in South Manchuria were almost wiped out by the Kwantung Army during the encirclement and suppression last year.

For the Kwantung Army, the resources and industrial capabilities that the north possess are simply incomparable to those of South Manchuria.

Changchun, Jilin, Fengtian, Dalian and other places are all major industrial cities under the control of the Kwantung Army, with coal mines and iron ore reserves very rich. They have a large population and are full of factories, accounting for more than 80% of the industrial output value of Manchuria.

There are not many factories in the area north of the Songhua River, and the main reason is resource plunder.

Strategically speaking, it is impossible to compare with South Manchuria. If South Manchuria is saved, the Kanto Army will also save the foundation. From this point of view, Umezu Mijiro's main strategic goal should be set on the battle on the front line of the Jiaohe River, rather than on the defense of the Songhua River on the northern line.

After all, it is much easier to defend against a narrow railway line than to defend against a big river.

With the troops drawn from North Korea, Mejiro Umezu was not worried. Chen Guang would plunge into Jilin and use a military gambling to decide the final victory or defeat.

"Commander, funny news. The Japanese army went south." Xie Weijun looked refreshed and relaxed. In the past few days, he received good news every day, like a bird of good news, conveying good news to Zeng Yiyang on time.

It happened to be early in the morning, Zeng Yiyang was holding a broken bowl, holding a toothbrush with only a few thighs of pig bristles in his right hand, and was brushing his teeth. The white foam in his mouth stretched out his neck and shook it back and forth. He spit out the mouthwash in his mouth, Zeng Yiyang took the towel from the guard, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Have you passed the message to Chen Guang?"

"I just received it and sent it to him. But I'm not worried. As long as the Kwantung Army cannot draw enough troops, we will have a greater chance of encircling and annihilation of the 11th Japanese Division in Jiaohe. Once this battle is over, the Kwantung Army will become a soft persimmon, and you can pinch it whatever you want." Xie Weijun's relaxed tone did not treat the Kwantung Army's combat troops in other areas as a member.

Zeng Yiyang took a bowl of porridge, took a sip, and suddenly remembered something and asked, "Come on a bowl?"

"No, I've eaten it."

"Wild vegetable porridge, yesterday the guard team dug a few baskets of Gastrodia elata in the forest, it's a big replenishment!" Zeng Yiyang said with a smile. The wild vegetable porridge is still very fragrant, and with corn, it's very chewy.

Xie Weijun looked at Zeng Yiyang angrily and said, "Just blow it! Everything is very good, but the people in the liberated areas have all made great contributions? Just as your level of Chinese medicine with two knives, I have read one or two folk remedies booklets. I can tell you that you can't eat Gastrodia elata indiscriminately."

"Are there any particular things?" Zeng Yiyang leaned forward, his face pressed against Xie Weijun, looking like a curious baby. In his opinion, things that are purely natural and without pesticides and wild, as long as they can eat, they are similar to tonics. Living in a good era, there are not even many headaches or fevers.

"I don't know anything else. You only eat the things in your bowl when you are fleeing famine in my hometown." Xie Weijun said without any surprise. Nowadays, no good things are as good as rice and white flour to support people. Zeng Yiyang's temperament is like to buy things that others look down on.

"I will only eat the fact of escaping?" Zeng Yiyang was slightly stunned and said to himself: Those who escaped from your hometown are really happy.

He also knew that on these issues, he could not even talk about Xie Weijun. If he wanted to talk about food in the mountains, Xie Weijun was well aware of it, but what about Zeng Yiyang himself? If he dig himself and find him, he would definitely poison himself to death in less than three days.

"By the way, where did you say just now?" Zeng Yiyang grinned, and a leaf of vegetable was stuck to his front teeth, looking much more friendly.

Xie Weijun shook his head and said to himself: If you didn’t change the topic, could you talk about what you eat? But he also knew that Zeng Yiyang had been under a lot of pressure these days, so he would have said that. Otherwise, just like the previous few days, Zeng Yiyang would definitely look serious and lacked affinity.

"By the way, you can't let the 25th Division jump around in the Sanjiang area. It's time to close the net. Order Zhang Jihai to attract the main force of the 25th Division to the Qingheishan area as much as possible. The 3rd Column sent troops to stand out." Zeng Yiyang finished drinking the porridge at the bottom of the bowl, and instructed Xie Weijun. At this time, it was meaningless to hold the 3rd Column. It was time to kill the 25th Division of the Japanese Army. Add another fire to the Kwantung Army and further disperse its forces.

"It's OK, but what if the 25th Division didn't respond?"

"Then Heli will eat one of his 14th registrars. Lao Liu from the province will do ideological work in the 3rd Column. In this way, Shiro Kurahara will not be able to do without rescue. At that time, he will make a breakthrough in the middle, attack both sides, and completely restore production in the Sanjiang area in early July. It will lay the foundation for this year's bumper grain harvest." Zeng Yiyang certainly would not take the 25th Division, which only had two corpses, and sneered in his heart. Jiamusi and Heli are not so easy to occupy, and they will not pay any price, so it's OK.

He wanted Mejiro Umezu to know that he would come uninvited and not even give gifts to his master. It is not easy to mess with by being a master, but he just did it himself.

"I ordered Wang Lifa to rush to Jiaohe as soon as possible to prepare a new recruit regiment for the 3rd Brigade to supplement the damaged troops."

When Zeng Yiyang thought of the 3rd Brigade, he felt a little sad. Originally, after the battle, he was planning to expand the 3rd Brigade and organize it into a division to defend the lower reaches of the Songhua River. However, during the battle, the brigade's troops suffered a lot. In the short term, it was no longer realistic to expand, so he could only maintain the current deployment of troops.

The 10th Column divided part of the troops to block the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army at Tianmenling, although it was difficult to fight.

However, in mountainous operations, the attacking troops of the Japanese 2nd Division were also very unfavorable. Both armies were fighting for each other for high ground. This battle was just a patience, and it had already taken the strategic initiative to surround the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

It seems that more than half of Zeng Yiyang's troops were dragged in the Jiaohe area, but for him, the situation has never been so good.

The Japanese army fighting on the outside, because of their concern, could no longer march and attack without any scruples like they did more than a month ago.

It surrounded a ferocious wolf, but it was a tiger that shocked it.

Except for the 1st Column, it was a little later than the expected arrival at the Jiaohe Front, because after Dunhua fell, Niudaoman ordered all troops along the line to defend and wait for assistance, establish a solid position, and resist the 1st Column's pace of heading north.

As a result, from Dunhua to Jiaohe, the towns along the route became fortresses of the left-behind troops of the 11th Division.

It took a lot of experience to conquer each town. In addition, the continuous combat of the troops caused the soldiers to lose their physical strength.

In desperation, Wang Lifa arrived in Jiaohe two days later than originally planned, but the two big villages and towns in front of him were still crossing the middle between the 3rd Brigade and the 1st Column. As for the 3rd Brigade, the forces of the two regiments had resisted the attack of at least two Japanese regiments for two days and were unable to send reinforcements to support the main force of the 1st Column.

All difficulties can only be solved by 1 verse.

Jiapigou, Taipingling area, the 3rd Brigade position.

Zheng Xingguo once again received a call from the position of the 2nd Regiment. After obtaining air supplies, the Japanese army launched an attack on the 2nd Regiment again. The offensive was very fierce. Zheng Xingguo held the phone and said, "I will send you another company's troops. The position must be in the hands of the 2nd Regiment. We must persist until tomorrow afternoon, when the main force of the column arrives."

"Yes." On the other end of the phone, the regiment commander Xu Huzi replied loudly. In just a moment, the Japanese artillery fire attacked again. The dense sound of artillery clearly preached Zheng Xingguo's ears on the phone, which made him very strange.

"The Japanese cannons have been fired for three days in a row. Is there no time to stop the kung fu?" Zheng Xingguo said to himself, thinking that this should not be the result. Logically speaking, the Japanese should shrink their troops at this time. Although taking down Taipingling and Jiapigou will be of great benefit to the 11th Division.

In this area, the troops cannot be exerted. As long as the Japanese occupy this area, they can draw troops from the southern line to support the northern line.

This is a lot of benefits for the 11th Division, but after three days of attack, the main force of the column arrived soon. At this time, it would be a bit unreasonable for the Japanese to attack again.

Besides, the Japanese's logistics were cut off, and all supplies could only be relied on the air. Zheng Xingguo was not a fool at the Kwantung Army's daily parachutes floated from the sky. The approximate number was known. Moreover, the soldiers of the 3rd Brigade seized a parachute that was blown to the 3rd Brigade's defense zone by the wind, and there were even canned food and white flour inside.

It shows that the 11th Japanese Division has even run out of food and needs to be replenished by air.

Zhang Wuqiang thought about it, then suddenly looked up and said, "Does the Japanese want to break through?"

"Breakthrough, where are you going?" Zheng Xingguo suddenly became alert, but even laughed at what he said. If he wanted to break through, he would have to go north and south. Isn't this a trap? But if we break through north, it is necessary to launch such a large-scale shelling as if we were taking medicine?

Do you don’t need artillery to break through?

"Where is the 1st regiment?"

From the north bank of Jiaohe River, it was finally difficult to cross the river successfully. Wang Yue led the main force of the 1st Regiment, who was crossing mountains and ridges, and had not yet arrived at the battlefield. This made him anxious and lost his soul.

"I just arrived in Xiaonangou and sent a telegram five minutes ago." Qu Xiangdong pointed to the position of the 1st regiment on the map, which immediately made Zheng Xingguo's eyes lit up.

The 11th Division's offensive against the southern front was not in two stages.

Before Dunhua was lost, the main infantry was placed on the southern line, hoping to open up the battle to reinforce Dunhua.

But after Dunhua fell, he immediately drew troops and arranged them to the north line. There was only one unit of troops on the south line, but the artillery did not withdraw, which was strange.

Zheng Xingguo touched his nose and stood in front of the map thoughtfully. Over the past year, the maps seized were all *** maps. I don’t know how much better than the map of the Republic of China during the Northeast Army period, and gradually I became a little used to reading them.

"That's right. Order the 1st Regiment to hide in the Xiaonangou area. Don't worry about the railway. Just look for the highway for me. Let the reconnaissance forces find the ambush location in this area. Tonight, the whole regiment ambush me on the side of the highway and fight an ambush. After confirmation, report to the brigade department." Zheng Xingguo nodded vigorously, almost being deceived by the Japanese. If it weren't for Zhang Wuqiang's reminder, he would vomit blood until tomorrow.

I pressed the Japanese for 3 days, and finally got a blow.

The Japanese left as soon as they say they want, how can this work?

Zheng Xingguo sighed and thought that if the 1st Regiment had almost the strength and ambushed, he would probably be able to tear off a piece of meat from the 11th Division. But if there were more troops, there would be a turning point in this battle!

"Guess, how many troops does the 1st Regiment have now?" Zheng Xingguo looked around and asked suddenly.

Chief of Staff Qu is the most conservative, of course, according to the most conservative estimate, he thought about it and said: "In the Battle of Shigou, the 1st Regiment suffered the greatest losses. When retreating, he would definitely lose a lot of heavy weapons. Although some days ago, when fighting in the mountains and attacking the Japanese, he should have been caught off guard."

"After talking for a long time, you haven't said how many people there will be in the first regiment? Will it be difficult to get it?" Zheng Xingguo interrupted: "I guess it should be similar to before the war, with about 1,200 people. It should be no problem to add 500 people in Laoyeling. In addition, the quality of the troops here is good, and it can be used to fight a small ambush for a few days. If the regiment is full, the Japanese will be in trouble."

"There is no need to be taught to shoot guns. Such a source of troops is really nothing. So, the 3rd Brigade will take root in Jiaohe in the future. Maybe a year later, when the 3rd Brigade leaves Tianmenling, it will be the strength of a column."

"Forget it, there are only a few people in Jiaohe. I can see that the villagers in the mountains are all hunters, and other places may not be able to use guns. However, the customs here are indeed strong. After only half a month of military rations, they are lying in the position, which is no different from veterans."

Zheng Xingguo thought gloatingly, but he expected that the Japanese would not know that a regiment would emerge from behind the mountain.

Even the three brigades were not expected.

The 1st Regiment was beyond Zheng Xingguo's expectations. At this time, the front line was full of money, but the Japanese army still had a very tight defense against the 1st Regiment. If the 1st Regiment had not crossed the river from the edge of the mountain, the Japanese would have discovered it long ago.

Not to mention blocking the Japanese's retreat.

During the 1st Regiment's march, Wang Yue was stopped by the Chief of Staff and said unhappily: "What are you doing? The troops are marching."

"The regiment commander, the brigade department called us, let us follow the highway in Xiaonangou and find the ambush site."

"What? The Japanese retreated?" Wang Yue asked with disbelief and widened his eyes in disbelief. At this moment, he had already sent the reconnaissance company commander of the regiment headquarters to find the Japanese artillery position, thinking that before returning to the team, he would take down the Japanese artillery, so that the small steel cannons would harm him at that time.

Suddenly, the sound of a rumbling plane came from the sky.

"hidden--"

More than a thousand good people in the group rushed into the forest beside them. After a while, the road became empty.

The plane was hovering over the 1st Regiment not far away, which surprised Wang Yue. What was going on with this Japanese devil?

Fortunately, white parachutes helped Wang Yue solve his doubts. It turned out to be the Japanese transport plane.
Chapter completed!