Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

"Captain Liu? I am Zhang Dabiao. I order your troops and a battalion of the 6th Regiment to take infantry tanks, bring enough supplies, and rush to the southwest of Yangcheng, Meiping and Huanglonggou areas to attack the Japanese 33rd Division. rear.

Try to attract the 33rd Japanese Division to the northwest of Yangcheng.

You arrange people immediately and set off immediately! Must arrive before 12 noon tomorrow.

Note that large troops cannot move fast, so you need to use ammunition sparingly!

Tell me first who you are going to let go. "

"The special operations team understands! Our regiment is going to send the 1st Battalion to carry out this task. The commander of the 1st Battalion is Yue Ren." Liu Weiguo puffed up his chest and replied loudly.

Next, Zhang Dabiao called the 6th Synthetic Regiment and told Wang Qingrui, the leader of the 6th Regiment, to arrange for a synthetic battalion to be loaded with a battalion of the special operations group and rush to the northwest of Yangcheng together.

Yue Ren served as the commander-in-chief of these two battalions.

The 6th Regiment arranged for the 1st Battalion to perform this task. The commander of the 1st Battalion is Gao Daquan.

The mission of the infantry battalion is to escort the special operations battalion to the designated location.

Because the special operations group does not have many infantry fighting vehicles, it needs to be escorted by a combined group.

Gao Daquan is an all-round commander.

Whether it is infantry, special forces, cavalry, artillery or machine gunners, Gao Daquan can command them.

When asked later for his opinion, he chose infantry.

Because of the same organization, infantry has the largest number.

In his own words: "The more generals, the better!"

This mission mainly focuses on the special operations group, so it is commanded by Yue Ren.

But if anything happens to Yue Ren, Gao Daquan can step in immediately.

On the morning of March 3, after the two battalions assembled, the main combatants totaled 8 people.

Riding on 100 infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled howitzer vehicles, they took the lead in rushing out to the southwest.

After lunch, most of the independent brigade brought compressed biscuits, self-heating individual soldier rations, artillery shells, missiles, rockets and other supplies.

Load the infantry fighting vehicle and self-propelled howitzer into the vehicle.

The engineering troops were dispatched to the front to build roads and bridges.

A billowing stream of iron surged toward the southwest, rolling up streaks of dust and smoke that covered the sky and the sun.

The 1st Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment originally planned to turn west-south after arriving in Xiangyuan, from near Anze County to the south until Qinshui County.

Then continue to march south-west from Qinshui County to the Meiping and Huanglonggou areas to attack the flank of the 33rd Division.

When I arrived in Xiangyuan and rested in the west of the city, I found a local guide and after asking, I learned:

The path I chose before was not so easy.

The original plan was mainly to avoid the towns occupied by the Japanese. Because there were only two battalions with a small number of people, we were afraid that they would fight with the Japanese and delay the business.

The topography of Anze County can be summarized as: low earth-rock mountain topography.

Anze County is located in the east of Linfen City, Shanxi Province, at the southeastern foothills of Taiyue Mountain, at the junction of Linfen, Jincheng, and Changzhi cities, and adjacent to Tunliu County and Changzi County to the east.

The terrain of Anze County is relatively complex, with the entire terrain high in the north and low in the south.

The eastern peaks include Antai Mountain, Quanmiaoao Mountain, Panxiu Mountain, etc., all with an altitude of over 1400 meters.

The highest mountain is Mount Antai, with an altitude of 1592 meters.

In the west there are Dadonggouliang, Niutoushan, etc., with an altitude of more than [-] meters.

In the southern Qin River Valley, the terrain is low, with small flat rivers and an altitude of about 800 meters.

Anze is a low-earth rocky mountainous area. Later, affected by crustal movements, it formed a landform with high bulges on the east and west wings and a relatively declining valley in the middle.

The territory has undulating mountains, each of which forms its own system and intersects with each other in crisscrossing ravines, forming a scene of overlapping mountains, crisscrossing ravines, developed hills and deep valleys.

Even the middle valley area is not easy to walk.

Can this type of terrain infantry fighting vehicle and self-propelled mortar move?

It is possible to walk, as long as it is not a cliff that goes straight up and down, but if the slope is steeper, it can still be passed.

The current infantry combat vehicle has a maximum climbing angle of 58 degrees and a roll limit of 46 degrees!

But this speed is very touching, almost like a person taking a slow walk. If the angle is large, the speed will be comparable to that of a person crawling forward.

If the speed is any faster, the car may overturn.

In addition to this road, the other road you can choose is to take Luzhou. The road built in this direction is wider.

And because the Japanese were afraid of being too slow to escape, they did not dare to dig out the road in order to stop our army.

From Luzhou to Gaoping, then west to Qinshui, and then from Qinshui to the west outside Yangcheng.

Take the route taken by the 33rd Division and catch up with the 33rd Division from behind.

The problem with this road is that it has to pass through several relatively large towns such as Luzhou, Gaoping, Qinshui County, and Yangcheng County.

The middle is not far from Jincheng.

If these Japs leave the city and stop these two battalions.

Then we definitely won’t be able to get to Meiping as scheduled.

Even if the Japanese didn't leave the city, as long as they found traces of these two battalions, they would report them all the way and finally reach the 33rd Division.

The 33rd Division will also be on guard.

"Lao Gao, we have to change our plan. According to the original plan, even if there are no Japs to intercept us, we will have to arrive tomorrow night at the earliest.

Unless you lead the 6st Battalion of the 1th Regiment to walk slowly behind after arriving in Anze, our 1st Battalion of Special Warfare will rush to Meiping on foot first. "

"Lao Yue, do you mean to go to Luzhou?"

Yue Ren nodded and said:

"If we move quickly enough, before passing through Luzhou, let the artillery regiment bombard Luzhou City with long-range artillery fire to attract the attention of the Japanese.

It is possible for us not to alert the Luzhou City defenders.

When we arrived at Gaoping, we turned west. Even if the Japanese found out, it would be difficult to guess our intentions.

By the time we arrived in Yangcheng, even if the Japanese knew about it, it would be too late. "

Gao Daquan thought for a while and said:

"I have no opinion.

The key point is not to let the Japanese guarding the city along the way figure out our strength.

If our whereabouts are discovered. We can either show strength to the enemy and attract the 33rd Division;

Or show weakness to the enemy, which can make the 33rd Division relax its vigilance and catch it off guard! "

"Okay, then I will issue an order to report to the brigade headquarters."

During the march, Zhang Dabiao received a telegram from the First Special Operations Battalion:

"Our troops have arrived in the Xidongzhuang area of ​​Xiangyuan City at 12 o'clock.

After asking the guide, we learned that the area around Gaoze was difficult and dangerous, making it impossible to arrive as scheduled.

Our department suggested to go to Luzhou instead. When our department was approaching Luzhou, we requested long-range artillery fire to bombard the city wall of Luzhou, and our department quickly passed through.

Then it went west from Gaoping to Qinshui, from Qinshui to Yangcheng, and then to Dongfeng. "

After discussing with Li Yunlong, Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao decided to agree to Yue Ren's request and take the risk to Luzhou.

Zhang Dabiao planned a reply:

"Call received. I fully agree with your department's plan. Before your department approaches Luzhou, you can apply for long-range artillery support. In the event of an emergency, Yue and Gao will make the decision without asking for instructions."

After the 1st Special Operations Battalion had a quick lunch, they set off again immediately.

Before arriving in Luzhou, another telegram was sent.

After sending the telegram, the two battalions stopped and prepared to go.

Soon, the bottom volley of shells fired from the vehicle-mounted 155mm howitzer landed on the Luzhou city wall and near the city gate.

There were not many Japanese on the city walls, and the city gates were mainly garrisoned by puppet troops.

During the first batch of attacks, all these puppet troops fled.

Recently, the puppet troops guarding the city gate have been tense all the time every day.

Even if the donkey going in and out of the city gate brays, the puppet soldiers will drop their guns and run away like a reflex.

The Japanese in the city immediately reported the attack to the captain.

The first thing the captain did was not to prepare for defense immediately, but to ask each squadron, squad, and unit one by one whether they had gone to provoke the liberated areas.

After asking around, it turned out that all the Japanese and puppet troops guarding Luzhou had not left the city.

Only then did he remember to gather his troops and disperse them in the streets and alleys to prepare for street fighting.

Against troops like the Independent Brigade, there is no other way to defend the city but to fight in the streets.

As a result, just like being bombarded in the past, after waiting for two hours, no siege troops were seen.

The captain believed that this time it was still the same as before: the Eighth Route Army was only shelling and had no intention of attacking the city.

Then the alert was lifted.

I didn’t even report it because I was used to it. Reporting it every time seemed too incompetent.

This point of the Japs is worthy of recognition. They don't like asking their superiors for instructions, considering it a sign of incompetence.

The Omanriks also do not like to ask for instructions, as they believe that this would restrict their freedom.

But Chinese people like to ask for instructions. It seems that after asking for instructions, any responsibilities are no longer yours, and you can at least shirk most of them.

Another half day passed, and in the evening, the large forces of the Independent Brigade arrived outside Luzhou City.

This frightened the defenders of Luzhou once again. They once again gathered their troops and entered the streets and alleys to prepare for street fighting.

Also request tactical guidance.

This brigade belongs to the 36th Division.

After the commander of the regiment received the telegram asking for help, he forwarded it to the division commander Shui Kaizhang.

At this time, the 36th Division had arrived in the Wenxi area, which was about [-] meters away from Luzhou City. Can only animals be sent to rescue?

Therefore, this brigade was instructed to actively prepare for defense. Within 48 hours, two divisions would rush to rescue.

Let the defenders hold on for 48 hours.

As a result, the Japanese soldiers in Luzhou held the position for 24 hours, and the independent brigade passed through Luzhou City one after another without siege or attack.

The brigade captain reported the situation to the wing captain.

The captain reported it to Shui Kaizhang again, and Shui Kaizhang scolded the captain. The wing captain scolded the group captain again and told him not to ask for tactical guidance without any trouble.

At the same time as the Independent Traveling Army, around noon on the 8th, the 33rd Division had already engaged the 98th Army in the Meiping area.

The soldiers of the 33rd Division are themselves composed of Sendai people with tough folk customs and their fighting style is tough.

The 33rd Division in North China is the main force of the Japanese First Army.

The Japanese 33rd Division was established on February 1939, 2. It was established in Sendai and was codenamed "Bow".

It is the second batch of divisions established by Japan in 1939 and is a formal Japanese second-class division.

However, sometimes personnel are transferred, or combat personnel units often retain a regiment and do not go to the front-line battlefield to participate in the battle, so they are often mistaken for the C-level division of the Japanese army.

The Thirty-Third Division was an army that had just been transferred from Jiangxi. The division leader was called Huashui County Fourth. He was an arrogant, yet sinister and cunning old devil.

Before being transferred to Jin Province, Huashui County No. [-] decided to launch another attack on the Chinese army in Gan Province to gain a wave of military exploits before leaving.

The idea of ​​the Fourth Division of Huashui County coincided with the idea of ​​Xiao Zhusheng, the commander of the 34th Division stationed in Nanchang. The Japanese from both sides discussed it, roped in the 20th Brigade, and started the Shanggao Campaign without reporting.

This 20th Brigade was separated from the 5th Division.

This 5th Division is notorious, and its division commander was once Katagaki Seigoo.

At that time, it was Jiang Wufa's 19th Group Army that was on top in Gan Province.

It has a large number of famous generals in its troops.

Commander-in-Chief Luo used the magnet tactic to make the peripheral troops resist for a while before retreating to both sides.

After the Japanese attacked Shanggao, they were blocked by the [-]th Army who stood firm on Shanggao. Then the troops withdrew to both sides and fought back, forming a siege and annihilating the Japanese.

The initial progress of the three animal armies was quite smooth. They opened the passage from Nanchang to Shanggao, and the Chinese armies gave way one after another.

Of course, this was all intentional by the Chinese defenders.

Just when the Japanese seemed to be "victory", Huashui County Four thought that they were sure of victory and there was no need for the [-]rd Division to continue fighting. They were about to leave for Shanxi Province, so they didn't say hello to the other two beasts. Withdrew from the battlefield with the [-]rd Division.

After the 33rd Division left, Commander-in-Chief Luo was so confident that he ordered the entire line to be outflanked, and the [-]th Division was given a beating.

Xiao Zhusheng hurriedly asked for help from the 20th Brigade.

But the 20th Brigade tried its best to fail.

They had no choice but to ask for help from the 33rd Division.

At this time, the 33rd Division had already traveled more than a hundred miles.

Huashui County Si said "turn back and run" and ran back again. It was too late, and only a few hundred Japanese soldiers of the [-]th Division were rescued.

Of course, the 34th Division did not have only a few hundred Japs left in the entire division, and not all members participated in the Shanggao Battle.

But such a failure was also difficult for the Japanese to accept. The main responsibility lies with Huashui County Si.

If it hadn't been so arrogant, the losses wouldn't have been so great.

Therefore, when the fourth person from Huashui County arrives in Shanxi Province, he must be punished and make meritorious service. Determined to win some beautiful battles.

In Meiping, Huanglonggou, and Xiaojianshan, the 98th Army has prepared its troops and set up a net to wait.

There are no villages in this area, it's all barren mountains. The terrain is rugged.

The 98th Army deployed two regiments at Meiping; the 33rd Division could not attack the entire division, and only one brigade came up.

Some of the other Japs of the 33rd Division were defending along the route, and some were in the vast areas of Huanglonggou, Xiaojianshan, Yangling, Wafang and other places.

This time the Japanese attacked, they also used airborne troops.

Carry out sabotage behind our Chinese army.

Although the Japanese airborne troops are not very good, they are all elites selected from the elite army.

As long as it lands safely, it is a force that cannot be ignored.

For this reason, Commander Wu had to divide his troops to guard various traffic arteries to prevent Japanese paratroopers and puppet troops from causing sabotage.

The puppet troops here are different from those near the Taiyue Liberated Area. Many of them are very loyal to the Japanese.

The equipment of the 98th Army is far inferior to that of the Japanese, especially heavy firepower, which is seriously lacking.

The 33rd Division, stimulated by the independent brigade, added a lot of heavy weapons, including large-caliber howitzers, recoilless rifles, etc.

As for Jiang Wufa, although some talents have been replaced because of our military's anti-aircraft missile system.

Jiang Wufa saved some money and bought some Omanric ordnance with the money he saved.

But the 98th Army is a miscellaneous army to Jiang Wufa, and if there are good things, it will not be the 98th Army.

So the weapons of the 98th Army are still the same.

As a result, the pressure on the 98th Army was greater than in history.

But at noon the next day, there was good news: the first unit of the Independent Brigade had arrived in the Yanli and Pingshang areas in Yangcheng West.

The troops were divided here, and the 1st Special Operations Battalion rushed to Meiping on foot;

The 6st Battalion of the 1th Regiment established blocking positions in Yanli, Pingshang and Zhoubi.

For a time, the Japanese 33rd Division was unable to take care of both the head and tail.