Chapter 311: Reversal before the battle

When the headquarters' correspondents sent the order, the reconnaissance brigade captain Yu Deshui arrived at the north bank of the Hulan River with four soldiers. He was preparing to cross the river and return to the headquarters to report the matter. Unexpectedly, the Japanese blocked Yu Deshui in the shallow water area and blocked Yu Deshui on the north bank.

There was also a platoon of scouts accompanying him, with only more than twenty people.

It happened to catch up with this battle, with a sniper and a reconnaissance platoon of the fire support team, and several sharpshooters were added to the two.

As soon as the attack was launched, more than 20 soldiers were divided into several attack teams to cover the firepower of the snipers who were hiding in the dark, attracting all the Japanese firepower. The sniper's position was also 300 meters behind the Japanese position.

This distance is just right for snipers.

If it is too close, the scope will not be used, and the bullet's accurate head will be deviated when it is far away.

From the beginning of the battle, two sniper rifles left the officers and sergeants in the Japanese army carrying Bushido. After a few shots, they went up to the Japanese squadron leader and the Japanese machine gun commander squadron leader, and they all fell into a pool of blood. When the Japanese troops on the positions were frightened by the sudden sneak attack, the guard brigade launched an attack.

Without the commander's commander's charge, the Japanese combat troops were suddenly in chaos.

The organization's counterattack was out of order, and the defense line repeatedly showed loopholes. When a company soldier from the 1st Battalion rushed to the mudflat on the north shore, the battle had already come to an end. Min Zhongyuan was lucky. He waited for the elites of the reconnaissance infantry directly under the Yeshi Department to arrive at the battlefield. Fortunately, there was another battle waiting for him, which was Colonel Abe's troops who rushed out of Qing'an County and wanted to give him a sudden blow behind him.

Fortunately, the troops commanded by Abe Dooho are not a corps, and there is not even a large group of troops.

Faced with the two squadrons of the Japanese, Min Zhongyuan had enough confidence to defeat him and seize the initiative in the entire Qing'an area of ​​battle.

In front of me was the best sharpshooter in the entire reconnaissance force. If Min Zhongyuan didn't come to give him a magnificent, he would be really sorry for his sister and Yu Deshui's kindness. Besides, Min Zhongyuan touched Yu Deshui clearly. After saying a few good words, he might nodded and agreed.

If you don’t follow me, you can only sacrifice your sister as a magic weapon.

"Brother-in-law, look at you, aren't you all seeing each other?"

Min Zhongyuan smiled and handed out a cigarette. There was no cigarette factory in the base area, so he had to seize such cigarettes. If this was normal, Yu Deshui would not have any trouble, and he would have a small ambush and destroy the Japanese patrol team. Wouldn't he have anything?

After more than a month of mission, the reconnaissance brigade did not dare to launch a rash attack in the enemy-occupied area, for fear that the Japanese would be alert, so it would be difficult to deal with it. So, cigarettes, such as military supplies that are not military supplies, were cut off.

Yu Deshui's lips curled up slightly, and he looked at the shell of the old sword cigarette with a picky look. The old Japanese on the cover stood behind the rising sun with a proud look. It was as conspicuous as the focal length in the sniper scope. He looked at it sincerely: "You are so sincere? I tell you that Mr. Zeng must have cigarettes there. The friendship between me and the boss is not something you can guess at. If you go, maybe I will prepare it for your brother-in-law a long time ago?"

"No? My brother-in-law is the eyes and nose of the headquarters. The battle depends on you touching the situation and grasping the information. It is the battle advancement. Mr. Zeng designated to think of you as an old subordinate. However, we subordinates cannot think about asking for things from the leader, right? When the guard brigade took down Zhiluo Town, he seized a small supply station for the Japanese army. There were just a few brigades." Min Zhongyuan handed out a cigarette from the cigarette box and sent the whole pack of cigarettes into Yu Deshui's shirt bag.

Yu Deshui narrowed his eyes into a line with a smile, and thought to himself: This guy in the Central Soviet Area was stupid and became a leader, and suddenly he felt like he had become a different person.

My heart is open and people can speak.

It's not the "disgusting" that always likes to stare at his sister, afraid of being hooked up by a wild man with ulterior motives.

"You can take people away, but you have to ensure their safety. Forget it, I will second the firepower team to you. The temporary firepower support team will definitely not have a tacit understanding. But we have to say that after the war is over, you have to send people to me, don't worry about it."

Yu Deshui smiled and took away the "filial piety" sent by Min Zhongyuan, rode his horse out of the battlefield, and headed towards the command center.

On this side, after Min Zhongyuan gathered the troops, he immediately asked the second regiment commander to cross the river with a battalion's troops and allocated a cavalry company to increase the reconnaissance capabilities of the troops.

The main force attacked the reinforcements and tried to annihilate the Japanese in the wild in one fell swoop.

Besides, Colonel Abe led two squadrons and direct troops, nearly 500 Japanese, who thought he had come out of Qing'an City without knowing it. The sixth sense of the soldier told him that the threat was approaching him step by step. From the bottom of his heart, he also understood that it was useless to insist on Qing'an City.

In the past few days, the weather has changed rapidly and the clouds have gathered more and more.

Under a heavy rain, let alone air support, there is no place to escape. The terrible part of the meadow is not that it is endless, and the marching route is easily discovered. However, after it rains, the grassland water supply will cover up the dangers in the swamp. Once the troops go deep into these areas, even if there are no pursuers, it will be difficult for the troops to escape.

Less than twenty minutes after leaving Qing'an City, the Japanese army who left the city encountered the blocking troops of the guard brigade, and a company of troops stood in front of them.

The battle seemed to be very smooth at the beginning. After the Japanese army's small group of attacks, they suppressed a machine gun position with grenade launchers. Seeing that the breakthrough was about to break, the two reinforcements of the guard brigade suddenly arrived on the battlefield, which made Colonel Abe very shocked. This was a premeditated ambush.

He understood the fact that the troops around Suihua were definitely not as the intelligence department estimated, with only one brigade's troops.

Because there were more than one battalion of the Chinese troops blocking Qing'an and reinforcements of the Japanese army, wouldn't there be troops around Qing'an waiting for an opportunity to find fighter jets?

With the attacking troops in Hulan River, Colonel Abe doesn't know where the Zhong*** team is hidden?

The situation is getting more and more difficult, and the survival of the 30th Regiment is hanging on the line. Whether or not he can escape from Qing'an, the main battlefield planned by his opponent, and escape from the heavens depends on luck. After his strength is already at an absolute disadvantage, Abe dared not expect that this battle can be won by a surprise attack.

So, he had the intention of retreating again, and the nearest city was Qing'an County less than 3 kilometers behind them.

"Generate electricity to General Tanaka--"

A Japanese communications soldier was preparing in front of the radio station, waiting intently for the order issued by the corps captain.

"Our unit's Hulan River defense line was attacked. After the main force of the defending city reinforced, it was found that the number of enemy troops did not match the intelligence. On the north bank of the Hulan River alone, the number of *** troops reached more than one brigade. The number of *** troops in various places in Qing'an may exceed three brigades, not the force of 1 guard brigade mentioned in the intelligence. Please be cautious."

Colonel Abe's telegram was sent out soon, and he also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to leave the city. The troops headed north, and as long as they marched to Suileng and met with the main force of the detachment, they could safely return to Suihua along the railway line. With the unmatched force, they could only take a stubborn attitude and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

"Your Excellency Colonel, are you saying we are surrounded?"

The communication liaison officer was shocked when he heard this. Although the 30th Regiment was an elite force in the Kwantung Army, after the expansion of the Kwantung Army, the troops were filled with a large number of new recruits and their combat effectiveness also decreased a little.

The troops of the three brigades are definitely not something that the 30th Regiment can fight at this stage.

It is very likely that it is the force of an opponent's main column. Does such an opponent have a chance at the 30th Regiment?

Abe Dooyu sighed and reluctantly cheered up and said, "Kashima, where are you from?"

"Hokkaido, your lord."

"Then you must have seen fishing!"

Second Lieutenant Kashima nodded affirmatively. Hokkaido has more people in the south, but the north is desolate. Most of the concentrated south are fishing villages, so Second Lieutenant Kashima has the honor to have seen fishing scenes.

"The fish is in the water, the net goes down, and when the net is closed, the water is gone, and the fish is still in the net. This is the case with us, but I am a small fish, but the general is a big fish." Abe Duoyu was somewhat disappointed.

"Isn't there still the 5th Brigade?"

"Hmph, **The 5th Brigade?" The tremolo from Abe's nose clearly looked down on the existing troops like the 5th Brigade. This troops were temporarily added to the Kwantung Army in order to consolidate the North Manchuria defense, and the artillery was not fully equipped.

More than 70% of the new soldiers in the army were recruited. Such a unit could be defeated by encountering the 30th Regiment. Like Abe Dooho, Nobuo Tanaka did not trust the 5th Brigade, so the troops were dismantled and scattered in various transportation roads and villages to serve as garrison troops.

Its function is similar to that of a policeman.

Abe Dooho also made preparations for bringing the radio station out of Qing'an City. If he successfully defeated the Chinese troops attacking the river defense, it would mean a problem. The main force of the Chinese team outside Qing'an City had been defeated. With the 300 Imperial Army and a strengthening squadron in Qing'an City, he was enough to defend the county and wait for the arrival of the reinforcements from Nanman. He could take these 500 Japanese troops as surprises of the entire battle, cross the Hulan River, and suddenly appeared behind Nobuo Tanaka, and join the battlefield when necessary to complete the killing attack.

But if you cannot break through, it means that Nobuo Tanaka is in a bad situation. Even if the hundreds of Japanese troops in Abe are put into the battlefield, it will be useless.

Because he knew that the direction of the 12th Division was not Qing'an.

From Heihe, the train passes through Yichun and other places, north of Suihua. The best marching route is to follow the railway line and pass directly from Suiling, and then use Suiling and Wangkui as the rear base of the battle and advance southward. Qing'an is a small city east of Suihua, and the railway was also destroyed less than 20 kilometers east of Qing'an.

In the short term, it is impossible for railway troops to repair this section of railways, and the engineer corps of the 12th Division lacks railway tracks to repair this section of highway.

Therefore, it was destined that during the marching of the 12th Division, they would avoid the Nihe River and go south, splitting the two main forces of Zeng Yiyang and Chen Guang, and the 8th Division reinforced by the South Manchuria would become a surprise force. In cooperation with the 14th Division, they would annihilate Chen Guang's regiment in Qiqihar.

Abe Doho had to guess and think about it, and he could only know so much.

As an intermediate Japanese officer, he was about to enter the general's threshold. Abe's military experience was inevitably experienced by the staff department. He had also worked at the military level, so he naturally had routines to find.

In fact, the Japanese army's combat tactics were not promoted along railways and highways every time, and the same was true for counterattacks.

The importance of railways is particularly important than roads.

This is related to the equipment of the Japanese army. Another important factor is that the number of Japanese cars is insufficient. A Japanese A-level division is equipped with up to 200 trucks, half of which are concentrated in logistics troops with a small number of people, that is, the light and heavy army gangs in the Japanese army. Most infantry, except for the lieutenants who are small officials, are lucky enough to find a mule or something for themselves to travel. Infantry marching on the road still has to run on two feet, which is not mechanized at all.

Therefore, once the Japanese army launches a campaign attack, the first choice is to advance along the railway line.

In this way, infantry can be shortened with artillery troops with faster marching and a small number of armored soldiers, thereby achieving the purpose of coordinated combat.

"Order the troops to prepare for attack, break through the defense of the *** army head-on, and the troops quickly cross the Hulan River."

Although Abe Duoyu had already dispelled the plan to reinforce Nobuo Tanaka, he expected that even if the guard brigade took the Hulan River defense position, it was only a few minutes ago. The opponent would definitely not expect that he would give up the opportunity to retreat to Qing'an County and break north.

The first stop he chose was not Shangji near Suileng, but in Shanhe Town in Suihua.

There should be a squadron of Japanese troops stationed there. After collecting this force, Abe's troops will be replenished, enough to launch a small-scale sneak attack.

It can be done from south to north. As long as you enter Suileng and Suihua cities, the *** army will not break through the city defense and attack the city in a short period of time. This is not a gambling, but the best opportunity to choose after weighing the trade-offs. It is also the best way to restrain the attack of the Chinese *** team and wait for the main force of the 12th Division.

Once the 12th Division completes assembly and the advance troops enter Suileng, the entire battle situation will change.

The Japanese army also changed from defense to attack in the Suihua area, and it was imperative to recover lost terrain.

However, Abe's plan was soon disrupted by a regiment led by Min Zhongyuan. Abe's Dooho has done a good job of being able to vaguely suppress the forces of a battalion of the Guard Brigade, but after Min Zhongyuan led a regiment to join the battlefield, Abe's hope of breaking through was immediately extinguished.

The defense line is repeatedly compressed, and what is even more terrifying is that the Japanese officers will be killed or injured by the snipers hidden in the offensive force of the opponent as soon as possible.

The attack of the Guard Brigade had just begun, and two of the three squadron leaders under Abe Duoyu died. One of the non-dead was also concentrated in the lungs by rifles and bullets, making it difficult to speak, let alone command the troops to fight. For a moment, the Japanese army was in panic.

The Japanese army was not afraid of death, but if they were not clear about death, it would be a different matter.

The sniper is an assassin on the battlefield. Its harmful power can almost wipe out the soldiers' mental defenses.

More and more Japanese troops fell, and as the casualties grew, Abe Dooho also knew that the big thing was gone.

But he was still ready to hold on. He was afraid that he would not have the courage to commit suicide after being captured. You know, he still had family members in ***, and his son was not young anymore. He might be able to enter the army in two years. Daughter?

When he talked about his daughter, he was worried.

The ***, ruled by soldiers, has gone completely crazy. As the only army in the world with the army, a large part of them are voluntary women. These women are bewitched by only listening to the propaganda of soldiers on the streets.

But in the army?

Abe Daoyu would never see it. That day his daughter would be seen by himself in the military club...

Of course, all Japanese officers who died in battle will be promoted to the next level. He is now a colonel, and after being promoted, he will be a major general, and his family will receive the preferential treatment he deserves.

On the Qing'an city wall, which is only more than three meters high, under the current weapons, it is simply a mud-stacked ridge that cannot resist the explosion of shells and **. On the top of the city, an Imperial Army officer wearing a yellow tweed uniform was rising and lying on the top of the city. His glasses were not moved in his hand for a moment, staring at the battlefield surrounded by Abe Dooho was ambushed.

At this moment, his heart was cold, his palms were sweaty, and he felt so smooth and uncomfortable. His back was chilly, and he was sweating all over his body.

"Ji Laoliu!"
To be continued...