Page 657
Page 657
Liang Jun immediately took a step forward, looking at Liang Gang with burning eyes.
Liang Gang smiled, and said, "Liang Jun, the Japanese army is a visitor from afar, don't forget to give the meeting gift prepared by your Jiaolong Squadron to the little devil."
……
On the armored command vehicle.
Kenshiro Shibayama, head of the 26th Division, and Issaku Nishihara, head of the 3rd Tank Division, sat opposite each other.
Kenshiro Shibayama glanced outside the car window and said loudly, "Nishihara-kun, Datong is not far ahead. Shall we rest for the night first, or launch an attack right away?"
The noise of tanks and armored vehicles is so loud that it is impossible to communicate without talking loudly.
Issei Nishihara said loudly: "The loss of Datong is a disgrace to our Mongolian Army. Your Excellency the Commander must be very angry at this time. Therefore, in order to wash away the shame imposed on us by the Central Army of China, I think it is better to do it as soon as possible." It’s good to regain Datong, Mr. Chai Shan, what do you think?”
Shibayama Kenshiro said: "Just listen to you, attack overnight."
"Yosai." Issaku Nishihara nodded happily, and then said loudly to Katsuji Satake, the chief of staff of the 3rd Tank Division, "Order, the 3rd Mobile Artillery Regiment, the Rapid Fire Artillery Regiment, and the 26th Mountain Artillery Regiment immediately The 5th Tank Brigade, the 6th Tank Brigade and the 3rd Motorized Infantry Wing are ready to attack."
"Hayi!" Katsushi Satake paused, and said again, "Master, do you need to use gas bombs?"
Nishihara Yice hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Datong is a security zone, so it's best not to use gas bombs for now."
"Hai!" Satake Katsuji paused again, then opened the car window, beckoned a side three-wheeled motorcycle to come up, and then conveyed Nishihara Issaku's order to the messenger on the motorcycle.
Nishihara Issaku's order was quickly conveyed to each wing.
In less than half an hour, two artillery regiments plus a rapid-fire artillery team had already built artillery positions, with rows of gun barrels pointing obliquely in the direction of Datong.
Two tank brigades and more than 200 Type [-] or Type [-] tanks also set up various offensive formations in the wilderness. Behind the Japanese tank group, there were black ghost infantry.
Under the light of the car lights, the torrent of steel from the Japanese army can be clearly seen.
Looking at the torrent of steel spreading across the wilderness, Issaku Nishihara could only feel his blood boil.
Katsuji Satake handed the flare gun to Issaku Nishihara, and said, "Division commander, please give me an order."
Issei Nishihara took over the flare gun, and when the gun was facing the sky and was about to pull the trigger, he heard a bang in his ear, and felt his whole body fly up into the sky at once.
What's happening here?Issei Nishihara was a little confused.
Looking down from the sky, he found that the place where he was standing just now was already glowing with a dazzling red light.
Baga, am I being shelled by the Chinese army?Or is it a mine?Before Issaku Nishihara could finish his thoughts, his consciousness fell into eternal darkness.
Chapter 531
The night was dark, and nearly 3 main forces of the Shanxi Northwest Column were marching southward along the Tongpu Highway.
During the day, because they were worried about the bombing and diving strafing of the Devil bombers, the marching queue had to walk in a zigzag pattern, but at night, there was no longer any scruples, and they all marched in a straight line.
"Commander!" Amidst the sound of horseshoes, a signal soldier rode up to catch up with the brigade commander and his party.
When the brigade commander and Wang Ye heard the shouts, they stopped and waited for the signal soldiers to catch up.
After a while, the communications team caught up with the brigade commander and reported pantingly: "Commander, I just received a notification from the headquarters that four devil army columns have passed Zhengding and are heading to Taiyuan for reinforcements along Zhengtai Road. .”
"Damn it." The brigade commander's face collapsed, and he said in a hateful voice, "The devil's reaction is pretty quick."
Wang Ye said: "A military column must have at least one regiment, and four trips is a division, and it has already passed Zhengding, and it will reach Taiyuan in one night at most, earlier than us."
After a pause, he said again: "Brigade Commander, it doesn't make much sense for us to go to Taiyuan again."
The brigade commander sighed, and said helplessly: "Then go back, we can only help Liang Gang so far, any more will be beyond our capabilities."
Wang Ye still couldn't bear it.
In any case, Liang Gang is an admirable soldier.
At that moment Wang Ye said: "Brigade Commander, why don't you let me take the Wolf Warriors to Datong."
"What do you want to do?" The brigade commander became alert in an instant, and said, "Xiao Wang, I warn you, don't mess around. The Wolf Warrior Brigade is the trump card of our Shanxi Northwest Column. It is a strategic-level armed force. Can you Such a strategic-level armed force cannot be used to try to save people."
"Brigadier, don't worry, I won't mess around."
Wang Ye said seriously: "I will not directly participate in the battle."
The brigade commander frowned and said, "Then tell me, how do you plan to save people?"
Wang Ye thought for a while and said, "I remember that Datong is surrounded by mountains. We will find a relatively hidden ravine to hide in, and then keep in touch with the 94th Brigade through the radio. In the end, when Liang Gang decides to lead his troops to break through, I will point out a direction for him to break out, and then meet them in the mountains."
Hearing this, the brigade commander breathed a sigh of relief: "You didn't lie to me?"
"No." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "I dare not lie to you, brigade commander, if I lie to anyone."
"That's fine, I approve." The brigade commander nodded, and then said again, "However, there are too few people in your wolf warrior brigade. I will let Sun Desheng lead the cavalry regiment to go to Datong with you to save people."
"Brigade Commander, no." Wang Ye hurriedly said, "The cavalry regiment's goal is too big."
The brigade commander thought about it, and said: "Then take another cavalry company, this is the head office?"
"A cavalry company should be fine." Wang Ye nodded happily, "Let Gouzi's cavalry company go with us."
After receiving the order, Fan Guangou quickly rushed over with the cavalry company. Hearing that he was going to carry out the rescue mission with Wang Ye and the Warrior Wolf Brigade, Fan Guangou was overjoyed.
……
Datong North Gate Tower.
Seeing the dazzling red lights blooming in the wilderness outside the city, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Liang Gang's mouth. The devil must like this meeting ceremony very much.
Liang Jun said with a smile: "We have arranged more than 50 bombing points on both sides of the road in the north of the city, and the distances are mostly between five kilometers and seven kilometers, because according to the general rule, the devil's artillery will definitely move along the road and reach the big city." After the same city, we will definitely build artillery positions along the road.”
"Then combined with the range of the artillery, a distance of five to seven kilometers was selected to arrange the bombing point."
Having said that, he paused, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect us to bet right, hahaha."
Liang Gang smiled slightly, and said to Liang Jun, "Liang Jun, you did a good job. The devil's artillery losses are estimated to be not small. At least you killed more than ten cannons, and it will probably stop tonight."
Liang Jun chuckled.
……
This wave of devils stationed in Mongolia has suffered a lot.
Because of his eagerness to attack, Nishihara Issei ordered several artillery regiments to deploy on the spot relying on the road, so there was not even a safe distance between the artillery positions and the artillery positions.
More than sixty cannons are almost side by side.
Just like in film and television dramas, they are arranged in neat vertical rows.
Originally, according to the regulations, the distance between the artillery positions must be opened.
But this time the artillery regiments of the Mongolian Army did not implement it seriously.
Anyway, the national army does not have the support of the air force, and the artillery firepower of the national army is negligible, and it is in the city and at night, so the devil artillery has no scruples at all.
As a result, instead of being hit by the air, they were hit by the ground!
No one expected that the Chinese would have arranged dozens of bombing points underground on both sides of the highway!
The hateful Chinese planted at least a hundred catties of explosives at each bombing point, tens of thousands of catties of explosives at dozens of bombing points, and tens of thousands of catties of yellow explosives were used in just one ambush, which is really ruthless!
But the killing effect is also great, and the devils garrisoned in Mongolia were terribly bombed.
More than a dozen field cannons, mountain cannons, or rapid-fire cannons were blown up, and even the commander of the 3rd Tank Division, Issaku Nishihara, was blown into dozens of pieces.
After the explosion, when Shibayama Kenshiro and Satake Katsuji rushed forward, they saw a part of Nishihara Issaku's body falling from the air, and then Nishihara Issaku's head fell down again, landing on top of the remnant body with a bang. , Kenshiro Shibayama and Katsuji Satake looked intently, only to see Issaku Nishihara's eyes still open.
Die with peace in mind, the old devil really does not die with peace in his eyes.
"Baga Yalu!" Kenshiro Shibayama was startled and angry, and immediately said to Katsuji Satake, "Mr. Satake, order all regiments and cavalry divisions of the Mongolian army to retreat five kilometers to camp immediately, and then send engineers to attack Datong. Carry out a blanket investigation in the area three to seven kilometers outside the north gate to see if the Chinese army has not planted more landmines!"
"Hai!" Satake Katsuji nodded.
……
In Beiping, the war room of the North China Front Army Command.
Arisue Seizo pointed to the map and said to Neiji Okamura: "Your Excellency, the Mongolian Army's attack group has broken through the blockade of the [-]th Division of the Eighth Route Army and advanced to the northern suburbs of Datong. Nishihara-kun is a quick-tempered person. Now he must have ordered the troops to attack the Chinese army in Datong..."
While speaking, a communications staff officer hurried in.
However, after reading the telegram handed over by the communications staff officer, Yusue Seizo was dumbfounded.
Neiji Okamura frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, is there any problem with the Mongolian Army?"
"Hayi." Arimesei paused and said, "Your Majesty, when the Mongolian Army's attack group launched its artillery to attack Datong City, it was attacked by landmines first laid by the Chinese Central Army. Eleven artillery positions It was destroyed, more than two hundred artillerymen were killed, and eleven other artillery pieces of various types were blown up, besides..."
Speaking of this, Youmo Jingsan paused, as if he didn't dare to continue.
Okamura Ningji asked in a deep voice: "What else? Say!"
"Hayi." Youmo Jing paused again and again, "Mr. Xiyuan also died for his country unfortunately."
"What? Nishihara-kun died for the country too?" Neji Okamura was taken aback when he heard that. How did the battle start before the commander died?
The entire combat hall also fell into deathly silence.
This is really a bad start, does it mean that you will lose the battle?
After a while, Okamura Ningji breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a dark face: "Order, Mr. Shibayama will take over the command of the attack group of the Mongolian Army, and let the 1st Division continue to speed up."
"Hayi!" You Mojing nodded three times.
……
In Chongqing, Huangshan official residence.
In the war hall on the first floor, almost all the senior generals of the party and state were gathered, and almost all the senior staff in the attendant room were present.
The radio stations of the Sui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army are also kept uninterrupted 24 hours a day.
The latest news from the Sui Army or the 94th Brigade of the Central Army continued to be sent back to the Huangshan Mansion, and then Tang Zong would lead the two combat staff officers of the third group to work on the sand table and feed back the changes to the sand table.
……
On the first night, Tang Zong and two staff officers pushed the Mongolian army's attack cluster to the north of Datong City, but they pushed it back five kilometers after a while.
Faced with the puzzlement of Chang Kaishen and other senior generals, Tang Zong explained: "Using the 94 catties of yellow explosives captured and stored in advance, the [-]th Brigade on both sides of the Datong City North Road may be used by the Japanese as artillery positions. Fifty explosion points were arranged in the area."
"The Japanese search focused on roads,"
"The search of the wild land on both sides of the road was not careful."
"As a result, the bombing was successful, and the Japanese army was hit hard in one fell swoop."
"The Japanese army may be worried about being ambushed again, so they took the initiative to retreat five kilometers."
After a pause, Tang Zong said again: "It is estimated that the Japanese army will not attack again tonight."
Hearing this, Chang Kaishen and the other senior generals breathed a sigh of relief.
……
On the second day, Tang Zong took two combat staff officers and pushed the war games of the Mongolian Army outside Datong City again. All the chariot war games, artillery war games, and infantry war games were all deployed.
Moreover, it unfolded simultaneously in the two directions of the west gate and the north gate.
This means that the Mongolian army has launched an attack from the north gate and west gate at the same time.
Seeing this, the hearts of Chang Kaishen and the other senior generals immediately hung up. The Mongolian Army's offensive group finally launched an attack on Datong City. Can the 94th Brigade stand the test?
The communication between the Huangshan official residence and the 94th Independent Brigade has always been smooth.
Therefore, the latest battle reports are constantly coming back from the 94th Independent Brigade.
Chang Kaishen and the senior generals were able to see the latest battle situation in Datong from the sand table.
On the sand table, Tang Zong and two staff officers pushed in the war chess of the Japanese army, took it back, pushed it in again, took it back again, pushed it in again, and took it back again, repeating and repeating.
There was no gunpowder on the sand table, but Chang Kaishen and a group of senior generals seemed to be able to see that the officers and soldiers of the 94th Brigade were fighting the Japanese invaders in the streets and alleys of Datong City. Even under the cover of the plane, they launched attacks again and again, but were pushed back again and again by the officers and soldiers of the 94th Brigade.
During this period, I don't know how many hand-to-hand combats broke out, let alone how many officers and soldiers carried explosive bags to launch suicide bombings on Japanese tanks.
In the evening, Tang Zong and two staff officers pushed the Japanese army's war game back to the north gate and west gate for the ninth time, which meant that the ninth attack of the Mongolian army had been disintegrated.
In other words, Datong has not yet fallen.
……
Before dawn on the third day, Chang Kaishen had already gotten up.
And after getting up, he didn't even bother to wash up, so he went straight to the battle hall.
Before that, Chang Kaishen would go for a walk on the footpath along the Jialing River every day, taking the opportunity to organize his thoughts in order to lead the overall situation of the national war of resistance, but now it is all cancelled.
ushernet