books44 Chapter 189: 5 Imperial Army just disappeared like that?
Chapter 189: 5 Imperial Army just disappeared like that?
Song Wenwan did not rush to reply to Li Yunlong, but continued to read the telegram.
The following was a telegram from a team saying that they had completed the encirclement of the 7th Division of the Imperial Army.
Because we received a notification from the Second Detachment and knew that they had already taken action.
The Second Detachment was afraid of alarming the Seventh Division of the Imperial Army and letting them run back to Hebei, so it launched an attack in advance.
Unexpectedly, the situation of the 7th Division of the Imperial Army was similar to that of the 3rd Division of the Imperial Army.
Their troops have a serious problem of not having enough soldiers to pay their soldiers, and there are less than 10,000 of them.
They have poor fighting ability and weak fighting will, especially in night battles.
When the second team rushed into their temporary base, there was a scene of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
The Japanese squad responsible for monitoring them was quite capable in fighting and managed to hold out for at least five more minutes.
As the emperors of the Imperial Army, they had good camping conditions and the houses were very sturdy.
The reason why the Second Detachment was delayed for five minutes was because it took time to transfer a Type 92 infantry gun.
It only took one shot to blow down the thick courtyard wall.
The Japanese soldier who refused to admit defeat just fired two grenades with a grenade launcher.
Then I saw people from the Second Detachment of the Gansu Army firing about ten grenade launchers into the yard.
Then the soldiers who had approached threw a dozen grenades into the yard.
And then...and then nothing happened!
When the soldiers responsible for the courtyard assault rushed in with bulletproof steel shields in their hands
There were no more Japanese soldiers in the yard who could fire a gun.
It was freezing cold, and it was night. Many of the Imperial Army soldiers ran out without even wearing cotton jackets.
In the end, the people from the Second Detachment showed kindness and let them go back to the house to find cotton clothes.
If we had waited until this morning, who knows how many people would have frozen to death.
Song Wenwan was obviously still asleep, and was dazed as she looked at the contents of the telegram.
Fang Ximen murmured, "Yesterday during the day, we had already dealt with the 15th Mixed Brigade.
Late in the evening, the main force of the 16th Mixed Brigade was lost.
After the huge explosion at the ammunition depot, it is estimated that there are less than two thousand people in the 16th Mixed Brigade who can hold guns.
I just woke up from a nap, and now you tell me that the 37th Division of the Imperial Army has been completely wiped out?
More than 50,000 Imperial Army troops came with the Japs to sweep the area, and just vanished like that?"
In fact, the Imperial Army was said to have nearly 50,000 troops this time, but in fact it was less than 40,000.
This also includes civilians who cannot fight and baggage troops who don't even have guns.
This time, the First and Second Detachments of the Gansu Army really valued the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Army troops.
If we had known that they were so weak, sending out a detachment would have been enough.
Even the Eighth Route Army's Independent Regiment and the First Death Column came to help Li Yunlong collect prisoners.
Everyone began to look at the simple sand table again, watching the color symbols representing enemy and friend changed by the combat staff.
Looking at the small blue flags representing the Japanese army, they are becoming fewer and fewer on the abacus.
The small red flags represent the Eighth Route Army and the Gansu Army Guerrilla Detachment.
A semi-moon-shaped encirclement has been formed around the Japanese 39th Division.
Li Yunlong said with shining eyes: "Commander Song, the Gansu Army has 20,000 troops, right? The Eighth Route Army reinforcements behind us will arrive at noon today, and there will be more than 6,000 people.
Adding our New 1st Regiment and Brother Fang’s men, we now have about 8,000 people.
We have 6,000 more people than the 39th Division, so I have the advantage this time.
Commander Song, as long as you can give me the command of those two guerrilla detachments, I will definitely..."
At this moment, a majestic voice suddenly came into the command center.
"Li Yunlong, what are you dreaming of? The Gannan guerrilla detachment has more than 30,000 people coming this time.
Including the Eighth Route Army we assembled, our combat troops this time have exceeded 45,000 people.
As a regiment commander, you dare to ask for help and command an army to fight?
If our friendly forces knew about this, they would laugh their heads off. "
Li Yunlong looked up and rushed over to him, saying, "Oh my god, it's so cold and snowy here, why did the head of the brigade come to me overnight?"
It turned out that the head of their brigade was worried that Li Yunlong was under too much pressure.
After making all the arrangements, he rushed over with the people from the brigade headquarters overnight.
The original plan was to place the brigade forward headquarters here at the New 1st Regiment to facilitate on-the-spot command.
Unexpectedly, he heard Li Yunlong asking Song Wenwan to borrow troops to attack the Inoue Division, so he quickly stopped him.
You have to know that the number of people in the first and second detachments of the Gansu Army has exceeded 20,000.
Even though the person who is dead now is a brigade commander, it is because they are afraid of irritating the sensitive nerves of the temporary capital.
In fact, he is already equivalent to a cadre at the army commander level.
As a regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, you still want to command two army commanders of friendly forces?
Given Song Wenwan's character, he really dared to approve this matter.
The Gansu Army has been cooperating with the Eighth Route Army for a long time in Shanxi for more than a year.
In order to make it easier to fight the Japanese, they often exchanged military uniforms.
So the relationship between their two families is naturally quite good.
But if Li Yunlong really did this, it would show that our Eighth Route Army was not polite enough.
Not to mention that he couldn't agree with him doing this, if the boss at the headquarters knew about it, dismissing him would be a good option for Li Yunlong.
The brigade chief was reluctant to pay attention to Li Yunlong, but turned to look at Song Wenwan.
"Commander Song, today's great situation against the mopping-up operation is all thanks to your strong support.
Now we will follow your instructions on how to fight."
In front of the brigade chief, not only Li Yunlong began to tremble.
Even Song Wenwan felt the blood pressure that came from another world.
Now let the brigade commander obey your command?
Song Wenwan waved her hand, and everything she said seemed so... discouraging.
"This is not good. If the capital finds out, I'll have to argue with them.
How about this, we should form a front-line command center.
In name, you, the brigade commander, are in direct command, but in reality, you are in charge personally."
The brigade commander opened his eyes wide: Did I not understand? Is there any difference between your nominal and actual statement?
Song Wenwan continued: "Now please provide me with a radio.
I will let the Gansu Army execute all the orders you give regarding military operations."
Seeing Song Wenwan's firm attitude, the brigade commander was no longer humble. After all, the battle was fierce and the opportunity was rare.
The brigade commander said: "I order the first and second detachments of the Gansu Army to change into the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.
As the 1st and 2nd Training Brigades of the Eighth Route Army, we began attacking the two wings of the 39th Division at 6 o'clock this morning.
Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment will launch a direct attack on the 39th Division, and strive to kill as many of the Japanese as possible."
The Inoue Division now has more than 26,000 people.
Although they had run out of fuel and their cannons became useless due to a lack of shells.
But the combat effectiveness of the 39th Division is there, so it is better to be more stable.
The reason why the Gansu Army was able to completely annihilate a Japanese division in the past was not achieved overnight.
That means we have to get rid of the Japanese artillery unit first, and then "ambushed" part of the Japanese army, so that we can concentrate our superior forces and annihilate the enemy.