Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

In the mountains east of Gaojia Town, at the campsite of the Third Battalion, Wu Mazi had separated from the other two battalions after leaving the main road, preparing to look for opportunities on their own.

"Report to the battalion commander, the regiment sent a telegram asking us to check the movements of the Japanese. If the Japanese are heading towards the Xianyaling garrison, the regiment wants us to directly surround Laiyuan City and search for the Japanese transport team."

This news made Wu Mazi's heart throb. He didn't expect Gu Changfeng to be so bold.

The three battalions stationed at Xianyaling, plus the Eighth Route Army and logistics, have less than 10,000 people in total. How can they face three Japanese divisions alone?

Although Wu Mazi disagreed with this, he had to obey the regimental headquarters' orders. After thinking for a moment, he ordered, "Contact the fifth and sixth battalions and have their commanders come over to discuss the specific battle plan."

So many things were said in the telegram as unrealistic, and he needed to leave people here to keep an eye on the Japanese transport team. He couldn't make the decision on his own.

Two hours later, Deng Wu and Zhang Guofu arrived with a team of people, and the three battalion commanders gathered together again shortly after they separated.

"Old Deng, Old Zhang, the regiment wants us to besiege Laiyuan County and cause trouble for the Japanese transport team. What do you think?"

After the two of them sat down, Wu Mazi was the first to ask.

"Brother Wu, attacking Laiyuan is not a problem. The key is the artillery. The artillery battalion is currently stationed at Xianyaling. It will be difficult to defeat them with only our mortars and infantry guns."

"Although we have six rocket launchers, we are running low on ammunition, so I want to apply for more."

Zhang Guofu put forward his own idea and Deng Wu nodded in agreement. It was obvious that they both shared the same opinion.

Wu Mazi thought for a moment and said, "There's no problem with the heavy artillery. Let's send a joint message back and talk about the other things."

"The enemy's transportation is only to the outside of Gaojia Town and two points to the east of us. We need to discuss how many people to leave behind."

He was not worried about whether he could get out at this moment. With the strength of the Japanese, it would be a dream to block them.

Moreover, he had just received news that the Japanese 6th Division was already on its way to Xianyaling, and it was obvious that they wanted to encircle and suppress the enemy directly, just as the regiment headquarters had guessed.

"Old Deng and I have about 1,000 men in our two battalions, and Brother Wu, your third battalion has 1,200 men."

Zhang Guofu thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just leave 500 people here? We'll just ambush and harass the devils. As long as we surround Laiyuan City, the supplies coming out of there won't be important."

"Well, that's true. Five hundred people are enough. Let's arrange it this way." Wu Mazi made the decision directly.

Afterwards, the three began to study the application of tactics. After an hour of discussion, they finally formed a complete plan to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements.

After the plan was finalized, the Third Battalion was responsible for besieging Laiyuan, and the requested heavy artillery was also under the control of the Third Battalion, while the Fifth and Sixth Battalions were responsible for fighting back against the Japanese reinforcements.

As for the application for heavy artillery, several people are very confident about this. Isn't it just a few heavy artillery pieces?

Wouldn’t it only take a few minutes to transfer the regiment headquarters?

Naturally, Gu Changfeng, who received the news, did not disappoint them. He personally left Xianya Ridge.

With his skills, the cliff on the east side of Xianyaling was not a problem at all and he climbed over it in two hours.

In the following time, Gu Changfeng first exchanged ten rocket launchers and then five German heavy artillery. The remaining points were exchanged by him for 400 artillery shells.

Since three battalions were going to besiege Laiyuan, they naturally had to be well prepared. In fact, even if Wu Mazi and the others didn't say it, he was also prepared to use some points.

It’s not that he didn’t want to use the remaining half of the points, but that the battalions could not bear it. Otherwise, he could exchange them for thirty rocket launchers for Wu Mazi and others.

On the Xianyaling battlefield, the Japanese attack continued. Perhaps in order to wait for the 6th Division's mountain artillery, the Japanese attack was not very fierce.

Each attack consisted of only two squadrons, and they would retreat after suffering forty or fifty casualties. Huang Zhengkui was so exhausted that he couldn't get excited at all.

The situation of Kobayashi Ichizo in the rear was similar. Due to the terrain of the mountains and forests, their attack was not very effective. One battalion attacked, retreated every half hour, and then rested for an hour before continuing again. It felt like they were deliberately delaying time.

At the headquarters of the 106th Division, the old Japanese soldier Matsuura was sitting at the top with a very unhappy look on his face.

The three divisions besieged the independent regiment for almost a week, and they suffered heavy casualties.

Compared with casualties, the damage to the independent regiment was almost negligible. How could he bear this result?

"Your Excellency, the 6th Division will arrive tonight. We will then concentrate our mountain and field artillery to directly cover Xianyaling with artillery fire."

Staff Colonel Nishizono said fiercely, obviously resonating with Matsuura's anger.

Matsuura glanced at Xiyuan and said expressionlessly, "Xiyuan-kun, the Imperial flight formation can also come out and request tactical guidance from the headquarters."

"By the way, report the battle report here to the headquarters. I believe that His Excellency the Commander will support us."

They had lost their temper and could only resort to the last resort, covering the entire Xianyaling with artillery fire. It could be said that the time had come for them to fight to the death.

The infantry was completely helpless against the independent regiment, and even the 26th Division was helpless against the Eighth Route Army defending the rear. What should he do in this situation?

In fact, up to this day, Kobayashi Ichisan had thought of ways to deal with the enemy. He had launched an attack with the regiment, even pressed all the troops forward, and added mountain and field artillery to attack, but he still couldn't break through the enemy's defense.

Of course it's not that the Japanese are incompetent, but Ji Guangshun and his men have a very good terrain, and they also have a powerful weapon like 107. Once the Japanese gather together, we will be dispatched.

As soon as the Japanese mountain and field artillery group was dispatched, the independent regiment's artillery battalion came again, so after suffering a loss, Kobayashi Ichisan gave up and waited.

"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, the Independent Regiment has anti-aircraft guns!"

Nishizono's words made Matsuura, who had originally made up his mind, waver again. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let the Commander or the headquarters worry about this. We only need to take care of the ground."

After fighting for so many days, he has lost his temper and is just passing the buck. Anyway, he and the other two division commanders and the commander-in-chief are all in this together. When bad luck comes, no one can escape.

As soon as the matter was reported, Commander Umezu Michijiro was so angry that he almost fainted again. He did not expect the independent regiment to be so tenacious. Even the siege of three divisions could not do anything to the independent regiment, but instead suffered heavy losses themselves.

The problem is what can he do when the battle report comes in. By now he has realized that the final moment has come.

At a command from Umezu Michijiro, Japanese officers of all ranks gathered at the headquarters one after another.

What followed was a heated discussion, with all kinds of strategies emerging one after another, each as cruel as possible.

Finally, under the decision of Meizu Michijiro, the flying formations of Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang came out together, covering Xianyaling with artillery fire.

At the same time, he asked Hou Gong Chun in Laiyuan to capture ordinary people, and the two plans were carried out together.

In the following time, the Japanese officers in the Japanese headquarters gradually improved the plan, and only sent it to the three divisions in the evening.

When the devils went crazy and started to do whatever they wanted, the people in Laiyuan seemed to be in trouble...