Chapter 275: The Second Regiment Gets Out of Trouble
Liao Fan glanced at the squadron leader of the special combat team standing behind him, and asked him to send a detachment of soldiers to keep an eye on this group of puppet soldiers. From Liao Fan's eyes, the squadron leader of the special combat team also saw Liao Fan's true meaning, as long as this group of puppet soldiers dared to make trouble on their way to retreat, they would be killed directly.
After nearly an hour of busy work, Liao Fan led the troops to evacuate from Xiyang County, but when he left, the little devil's arsenal, power supply station, communication station and railway station were all blown into ruins, after all, the little devil's arsenal had explosives that they couldn't move, so they simply made the best use of it and gave the little devil a big demolition, it is estimated that after this demolition, the little devil may not have ten days and half a month to restore the normal work in Xiyang County.
On the highway north of Xiyang County, at this time Hu Guoshan was leading his troops to fight with the little devils who came to support from the north, and after the little devils learned by telegram that the railway was bombed, they knew that there must be something wrong with the county seat of Xiyang, and before the Japanese troops in Pingding County had assembled their troops, they really came to ask for help. The reinforcements of the little devil Yangquan were directly transported by train to Pingding County, and then they got on a car from Pingding County, and under the cover of an armored brigade, they all marched towards Xiyang County.
In just forty-five minutes, the little devil's troops exchanged fire with the three regiments led by Hu Guoshan. Although the preparations were made in a hurry, before the little devil arrived, Hu Guoshan had already led the soldiers to destroy the road one mile north of the place where they were ambushed, and the little devil's car and armored car had no way to pass through, so they had to get out of the car and walk.
Although the little devils knew that there would definitely be an ambush after this destroyed road, they had to speed up their march because the county seat of Xiyang was in danger. As long as there is a squadron of soldiers who can rush to the periphery of Xiyang County, the squadron will definitely give up the attack if it is attacked on its back.
But they underestimated the strength of the squadron that ambushed them, and after forcibly charging three times, not a single soldier of the little devil passed through the ambush circle in front, but lost four or five hundred people. The main thing is that it was too dark, the little devil reinforcements came in a hurry, there were not many heavy weapons, and the armored vehicles were abandoned halfway.
Hu Guoshan took advantage of the night, constantly counter-charged the little devil, for a time the battle was anxious, the little devil's weapon advantage could not be waved in the dark night, under the leadership of Hu Guoshan, a battalion held both sides of the road, and then Hu Guoshan took another battalion to continue to fight in a roundabout, the commander of the little devil misjudged, thinking that they were at least besieged by more than 5,000 people, and the little devil was defeated and retreated by a regiment led by Hu Guoshan.
When the special combat team sent by Liao Fan contacted Hu Guoshan, Hu Guoshan was holding a submachine gun at this time and firing at the charging little devil, and when he heard Liao Fan asking them to retreat, Hu Guoshan ordered a company of soldiers to take care of the wounded, retreat in advance, and take the rest of the people to counter-charge the charging little devil again, and the little devil was beaten back a few hundred meters again by this kind of fatal fighting. Hu Guoshan also took this opportunity to disengage with the little devil and fled to the mountains.
"Regiment Commander, tonight's battle is too enjoyable, and our suspicious tactics make the little devil not know how many of us there are." The commander of the second battalion followed Hu Guoshan's side, today he can be regarded as seeing the power of Hu Guoshan's troops, the continuous detour of the second battalion has created the illusion that they are going to be surrounded by the little devils, and when the little devils are about to retreat, they suddenly change their tactics and attack directly, and the little devils who beat them in an instant have lost their temper.
Hu Guoshan was not complacent about the success of tonight's operation, although they had gained a lot, but their own troops also suffered losses, not to mention that their three regiments were all new recruits, and they lacked combat experience, and they were able to draw with the little devils who had advantages, and they could only be said to be lucky tonight, not properly commanded.
"Let the troops take care of the wounded, speed up the march, and hurry into the mountains, otherwise the little devils will react that we are bluffing, as long as we send a squadron of soldiers to follow us, we will suffer a big loss." The inferiority of weapons and equipment and the inferiority of the quality of the soldiers, this is something that the 33rd Independent Division cannot make up, the night is the best protection for them, and the mountains are also their hiding place, as long as they make good use of these two points, the little devils will not dare to attack easily.
Although the morale of the soldiers of the three regiments was high when Hu Guoshan took the lead in the charge, they were fighting against a strong enemy after all, although the little devils lost several hundred people, but the three regiments suffered more than half of the casualties again, and if they were not replenished in time, it would be difficult for the three regiments to stand alone, which was what Hu Guoshan was most worried about.
Hu Guoshan is also worried about Zhao Caizhu's side, Zhao Caizhu became the deputy commander of the third regiment, and of course there is no big problem in leading a battalion of soldiers to fight, but Zhao Caizhu has very few opportunities to lead troops alone after all, so he took a new battalion to attack the fortified Heshun County, and I don't know how many soldiers can survive.
I am afraid that the biggest loss in this battle is not Li Weimin's second regiment, but his third regiment of Hu Guoshan.
However, things were unexpected by Hu Guoshan, and after getting the help of Xiyang County, Heshun County promised to send troops to support immediately, but Heshun County was also transferred more than half of the troops, and the troops in Heshun County were not much more than Xiyang County, but they could not help but rescue, and finally after discussing with the commander in Shun County, it was decided to send a small team of Japanese soldiers plus a battalion of puppet troops to support Xiyang County.
As soon as a squad of Japanese soldiers and a battalion of puppet troops appeared in the city, they were blocked in the middle of the road by Zhao Caizhu, who rushed over. The combat effectiveness of the puppet army was already low, and at night, as soon as the guns rang out, the puppet army began to run around like frightened rabbits. The puppet army was nothing when it arrived, but a small group of Japanese troops was scattered by the puppet army that ran back, and they couldn't organize an effective counterattack at all, Zhao Caizhu decisively led the troops to charge, and the devils of a squad were eliminated in ten minutes, and they also took the opportunity to capture a company of puppet soldiers.
The puppet army that fled back to the city even exaggerated the enemy's number and combat effectiveness tenfold and reported it to the commander of the little devils in Heshun County. The final result was that when Zhao Caizhu attacked the city gate, the little devil closed the door and didn't come out. As a result, one of the two was on the city wall, and the other was under the city wall, looking at each other for an hour, and in the end, no one hit anyone, until the signal soldier came to give the order, and Zhao Caizhu retreated with the troops.
After the commander of the Japanese brigade surrounding the second regiment received a telegram asking for help, he did not expect that the squadron ** would suddenly raid his lair, and the uneasiness of many days was finally confirmed, which made the commander of the Japanese brigade realize what a big mistake he had made, that is, he was too light on the enemy, and he was too confident that his troops would be able to hold out until he led his troops back to help.
The commander of the Japanese brigade hurriedly gathered his troops and evacuated overnight. But how could Huang Changsheng, who stayed behind in Taihang Mountain, let the little devil retreat comfortably, not to mention that he still had two special operations squadrons in his hands, and more than 300 of the most elite soldiers in Taihang Mountain.
The little devil hurriedly retreated back to the county seat of Xiyang, and only arranged a brigade of troops to protect the baggage troops. However, the brigade commander of the little devil forgot that this was in Taihang Mountain, and even more forgot that it was night, and even more despised the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the two squadrons of the special combat team, and Huang Changsheng also specially arranged for the soldiers to contact Li Weimin and Liu Chundao to let them keep up with the actions of the special combat team.
In the middle of the night in early spring, the crisp sound of gunfire came far, far away, and I hardly knew that this battle was fought by a very small number of squadrons chasing a behemoth. And this very small number of squadrons still take advantage of this behemoth from time to time when they are not paying attention, and bite off a piece of meat from this behemoth.
Li Weimin also chased after him with a battalion of soldiers, this battalion was formed temporarily, at least half of them were veterans, and most of the recruits were left on the position by Li Weimin, because he had already received the latest information from the communication soldiers who contacted them, and thought that in this pursuit battle, the soldiers were more valuable than many.
The retreating little devil was beaten by the soldiers of the special combat team, and the most troublesome thing for the little devil was that although there were not many people catching up, their marksmanship was extremely accurate, whether it was a soldier with a rifle or a soldier with a submachine gun, there was almost no bullet.
The "Da Da Da" submachine gun is very regular in the point fire, every time the little devil who escapes for his life is a person falls, the sniper hidden in the dark is even more elusive, the baggage troops of the little devil are powerless, and a brigade of the Japanese army responsible for protection is in a hurry in the retreat, protecting the left, not the right side of each other, and the front side can not protect the rear.
When Li Weimin caught up with hundreds of soldiers, the captain of the little devil had to consider the lives of his soldiers, and decisively ordered the baggage troops to give up all their baggage, pick up their guns and kill them together.
After a night of fighting, the little devil was driven out of Taihang Mountain. At dawn, the soldiers sat together, and they were exhausted after more than four hours of pursuit, although they did not eliminate all the little devils who came to attack, but the soldiers knew that they had won this battle, and the little devils had abandoned too much baggage in Taihang Mountain.
Seeing the excited expressions on the faces of the fighters covering their exhaustion, Li Weimin also smiled happily, he was surrounded for six days, from the moment he counterattacked, he was inexplicably excited in his heart, they won this battle, and the soldiers under his own hands proved them.
"It seems that we will waste some time to collect the war materials left on the road by the little devils." Huang Changsheng was holding a rifle in his hand and a pistol hanging from his waist, and the bullets of the pistol had already been consumed by him.
In last night's battle, they didn't have time to collect the war materials left behind by the little devils, and the little devils threw the supplies everywhere in order to escape for their lives, and I am afraid that it will take some manpower and time to collect these materials.