readsfreenovel Chapter 272
Chapter 272
The remaining troops were led by the first battalion commander, Mura Kenji, and would move towards Lingqiu after he arrived there.
So, after giving instructions to Kenkichi Mura, Kanji Tsuneoka led more than 800 people and began to march towards Lingqiu.
However, at the same time, the 12th Independent Regiment of the 26th Division was advancing towards Lingqiu, and the 719th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division had already been active in the Lingqiu area under the order of Division Commander He.
After Division Commander Xu and others commanded the main force of the military region to encircle and annihilate the two battalions of the Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade, the 719th Regiment also began to engage in a firefight with the Jin-Cha-Ji troops and the 12th Infantry Regiment nearby at noon.
Considering that the Japanese army would definitely send reinforcements when encircling and annihilating these two Japanese battalions, other local troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region were also on guard against Japanese reinforcements from other directions.
The mission assigned to the 719th Regiment was to operate on the highway from Weixian to Lingqiu.
I was afraid that the Japanese troops from Guangling would come to support Weixian.
But after waiting for a whole night, there was no sign of the Japanese army starting to send reinforcements to Wei County.
Therefore, Commander He of the 719th Regiment began to send scouts to conduct reconnaissance in the Guangling Wei County area.
17 pm.
The scouts sent out came back to report that about half a battalion of Japanese soldiers arrived in Weixian in the afternoon. After staying in Weixian for a while, they began to move towards Guangling.
There are about 800 soldiers.
After receiving the news from the scouts, Captain He, who had been wandering around nearby, immediately realized that this group of Japanese troops had ill intentions.
The battle map will open.
When I saw the surrounding situation, suddenly, a guess emerged in my mind.
Late last night, the 12th Independent Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division in Hunyuan, as if they had eaten something, started a forced march from Hunyuan in the middle of the night and arrived at Lingqiu around noon.
He had also received news before that the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was on the Laiwei Highway, preparing to attack a battalion of the Japanese Independent Mixed 2nd Brigade, as well as the Japanese battalion in Laiyuan.
Judging from the marching speed of the 12th Independent Regiment last night, it was obvious that the two Japanese battalions located in Weixian and Laiyuan had been surrounded by the main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
In the morning, his troops had a firefight with the forward search team of the 12th Regiment.
Now, another half battalion of Japanese troops is coming from Weixian to Guangling.
Captain He had a hunch that this group of Japanese troops was definitely not heading towards Guangling.
There was nothing in Guangling worth the Japanese army's expedition, and the main force withdrew into the mountains early.
Captain He looked at Lingqiu County and suddenly had an intuition in his heart. Although he didn't know the purpose of this Japanese army, it was likely that this Japanese army was heading towards Lingqiu.
The purpose of this Japanese army is still unclear, but the situation is urgent. Even if this Japanese army goes to celebrate the birthday, we cannot let it succeed.
So, after discussing with the political commissar, he immediately sent someone to notify the local troops in Jin-Cha-Ji, and at the same time he led the 719th Regiment to set up an ambush in Guangling and Lingqiu areas to ambush these Japanese devils.
If the Japanese army had a battalion, Captain He might have considered it.
However, this group of Japanese troops consisted of only more than 800 people, and there were plenty of places on the mountain roads between Lingqiu and Guangling where they could deal with this group of devils.
And currently the entire group has more than 3,000 people.
Although their equipment was not as rich as that of the troops in southeastern Shanxi rumored to come from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, they still had a gun for every man, and the ammunition reserves were more than 30 rounds per person.
In addition to two Jin-made 81mm mortars, the number of light and heavy machine guns in the entire regiment is much better than last year.