Chapter 427: Difficulty Crossing the Bridge
The attack line of the Japanese chasing attack line, the two wings had no more eight-way blocking attacks, and the attack speed increased, gradually advanced forward, slowly forming a semi-encirclement situation.
The vanguard of the Eighth Route Army was approaching the bridge with the Japanese waiting for them.
Either attack the stone bridge before it gets dark, or walk south or north after it gets dark, and bypass the stone bridge to find a place to cross the river directly under the cover of the night.
During normal summer flood season, it originates from the Taihang Mountains and flows through the plains with a large amount of water. As part of the Southern Canal, it is impossible to directly wade across the river.
Fortunately, since it almost never rained throughout the summer, after the water flowed out of the mountains entered the plain, a large number of refugees gathered near the foot of the mountain. The struggling people directly intercepted the flow and diverted water, causing the river water to drop sharply!
The river water reaches the vicinity of Huaxian, which is in the middle of the Wei River. The water level is even shallower. The silt and silt at the bottom of the river are exposed by the river bed. It is very difficult to directly cross the river because it is injured.
The stone bridge downstream is located in Junxian, about twenty or thirty miles. It was not easy to build a bridge on the plain. In some places, there were wooden stake bridges and ferries, which were also bombed or abandoned due to war.
The military sub-district has been fighting guerrillas on the plains for a long time. The first large-scale assembly was faced with such situations as there were interceptions in front and pursuers in the future.
Although each department knows the plain terrain well, it has not rained since the beginning of spring and the hydrology has become very large. It is also the Japanese spring and summer sweeps, and each department is busy running around, so the information on the plains they have mastered is not detailed.
Even if the work team grasps the situation reported, most of them are simple text reports, but they cannot describe the specific hydrological terrain on site.
This time, the military sub-district led almost capable troops near Qixian County, carrying a bird gun, a big knife, tightened its belt, and prepared to add a batch of old sleeves to friendly forces, and invited nearby independent regiments.
He was actually slapped in the face by the legendary Independent Group, who was so poor that he couldn't afford to wear pants.
This legendary Independent Group of Poor Relatives shows off as soon as it arrives, without any ambiguity. The poor relatives of the Fourth Company came first, and the Gongzao 792 rifles and box cannons were all equipped with platoons!
Carrying a heavy machine gun, carrying a crooked handle, holding a Czech style, carrying a grenade launcher?
Especially the Second Company, there were eight platoons, all of which were strengthened! Carrying the grenade launcher and the machine gun reached the platoon, two of which were actually 38 large covers!
The commanders and commanders of various guerrilla divisions on the plains were blinded.
Although the task of fighting the county town was destroyed, it was set up by the Japanese who were short of troops. The division spy leader is now confused on the stretcher.
After being chased by the Japanese for most of the day, the only cavalry regiment in the military sub-district that could be taken advantage of was also the Ninth Company, which was finally arrived at, dug out an armored vehicle from somewhere, and completely stole the limelight.
Because of responding to the request of the War I zone, destroying the railway and attacking Qixian County, the division specially added a batch of border areas to make bullets and grenades.
In addition to the first company and the third company, the Independent Regiment had added some parts, the second company and the ninth company were not favored by them at all, and they also had ten cavalry lances far away for the cavalry regiment.
The soldiers who had originally replenished ammunition and felt wealthy and poor in the district were shocked by the actual combat of the actual firepower of the Ninth Company's two mortars and seven or eight small cannons.
They are even suspicious, this is the shameful three shots of the eighth order hiding in the mountains?
I'm afraid this is because the divisional agents have put on makeup?
It is all rumored that a battle destroyed a company of the puppet army, killed seventy or eighty Japanese devils, and captured them, making people jealous. The iron turtle in front, the little turtle who was pushing away?
No one is jealous of the Ninth Company because they are poor relatives. Now, this poor relative is even better than the legendary headquarters spy regiment. Isn’t it that the division spy platoon is mixed with the Ninth Company. What should this? What should be explained?
The military sub-district, which was full of wounded soldiers, successfully deceived the Japanese aviation army under the command and operation of the Independent Regiment and paid the price to remove the Japanese battlefield radio station.
There are two sets of military uniforms in Renren, almost no patches!
That ninth company commander is a talent!
The divisions and departments finally saw the charm of the independent group.
For a moment, the various district teams rushed to establish relationships with the independent regiments and departments, making them familiar with each other...
The commander muttered a few words to the staff and political commissar, and secretly decided that when the war was over, the district would have to build an independent...independent battalion! I also built four companies, even the 1,2,39 companies, as for the 4,5,6,7,8 companies?
Let’s first see how the independent group will do it. If the horse is not fat without night grass, the person is not rich without external wealth. The independent group will definitely make a fortune.
After replenishing dry food, drinking a few sips of water, and continuing to sweat, a company of the vanguard cavalry regiment finally arrived at the Weihe Stone Bridge first.
Usually, they fight guerrilla warfare. The first time they fight a large position war, the combined area blocking troops lost more than half of them!
The team broke out of the Japanese encirclement, and was still honored even if they were defeated.
The previous experience is that when the enemy advances and we retreat, we disturb us... When facing the Japanese defense line again, the cavalry are no longer nervous, and even the Japanese heavy defense line can be broken. At present, there are more than 100 enemies on the opposite side who have established positions at the bridgehead.
You can see clearly in the telescope: just a group of Japanese, puppet troops, reconnaissance teams, and even policemen were on the scattered troops. They didn't take the enemy seriously at all!
In the past, most of the battles were sneak attacks and ambushings, and the premise was to reconnaise: the number of enemies, firepower, possible reinforcements of nearby Japanese devils, and retreat routes!
Even if there are too many factors to consider whether the battle will cause harm to the people, there has never been any annihilation war at all, and it will always be small-scale harassment and guerrilla warfare.
In recent years, I have been chased by the Japanese and swept the enemy. Every time I blocked them, I had to transfer the people. Almost every time I was a life-threatening life. It is a great happiness to be able to escape and live smoothly.
This time, there is no need to think about anything. With the independent armoured vehicles in the army, we will be more confident in fighting. We no longer have to rely on people and horses to charge with our bodies. This makes us feel an inexplicable excitement arise from our hearts.
I just want to have a long face in front of this "poor relative" and the spy!
Hu Yi was riding a bicycle and following the car. There were wounded people who were not even suitable to carry them away. The commander of the army and the regiment commander and the political commissar were riding horses and following behind.
Along the way, he was covered in dust by the dust fog rising from the armored vehicles. No one could recognize who was whom, if we look at the appearance.
The dust on the ground was mostly filled with new patches stacked on the old patches, and the gray military uniforms that were not colored were seen, and they moved forward tiredly.
Hu Yi pulled the kettle with one hand, opened his mouth and bit the lid and poured it into his mouth. He almost pushed the kettle to the sky, and finally it was empty.
The last attack before dark was about to begin, and the troops behind the scenes kept spreading the news to the front.
Two miles away from the stone bridge, the Eighth Route Army finally rested on the spot. The district chief held a meeting not far away, perhaps discussing how to attack the stone bridge. Seeing them, they looked worried.
Now, the last pass is stuck in front of you. If you charge directly, it will be no big problem to take down the stone bridge. The only thing you are worried about is whether the Japanese will bury explosives on the bridge. If the Japanese blow up the factory bridge, then all the employees will have to cross the river through the mud. In that case, there will be great variables.
In order to confuse the enemy, Commander Zeng led other cavalry units to move to both sides of the stone bridge, making the Japanese think that the Eighth Route Army was not the only option to cross the river from the stone bridge.
To achieve the goal of preventing the Japanese from exploding the bridge, after all, it is not easy to build a large stone bridge on the Wei River. All the stones were transported from the canal one or two hundred miles away by boat, and the Japanese had to rely on this bridge for transportation.
There was only a cavalry company on the front of the Eighth Route, and the armored vehicles did not come forward. Li Xiang of the Ninth Company had the rest of the people who would cause grenades. Although there were not many grenades and no mortar shells were gone, they were still drawn in front and cooperated with the small artillery troops of the military sub-district to prepare for fire suppression.
As long as there is a company that forces the river to cross from a distance, it can surround the Japanese troops guarding the bridge at any time.
Head attack, flanking encirclement, the easiest way to play, anyone can do it!
"It is the west of the west, the Eighth Route Army is gathering, and the two wings are detouring. It seems that the Eighth Route Army is looking for a place to cross the river and encircle it!" The Japanese observer reported to the left-behind lieutenant.
"Why haven't the security team come out yet?" the second lieutenant asked casually.
"I have urged me just now. They are gathering. It may take time to get from the four city gates to the west gate!" Looking at the bridge, the puppet army company commander with tingling scalp sweated heavily, and quickly reported.
"All the explosives under the bridge are buried?"
"All arrangements are ready and can be detonated at any time!" A sergeant next to him immediately sang birds.
The second lieutenant of the Japanese no longer asked questions and immediately ordered his subordinates to check the status of the gun.
A rifle filled with bullets was placed on the sandbags arranged early.
Chapter completed!