Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 417: Counterattack Begins Part

"Bakayaloo, enemy attack!"

Colonel Chengfu only had time to shout this sentence before the mortars that followed began their performance.

Boom boom boom!

The concentrated firepower of the three battalions had a very good effect. The Japanese soldiers who had just survived had no chance of survival. The area within a few kilometers in the front row almost became a no-man's land.

Seeing this, Wen Jiayi immediately chose to evacuate. Their mission was to guard the rear, so it didn't matter whether they killed the Japanese or not.

This time they walked dozens of kilometers towards Gaojia Town just to disgust the Japanese, and the effect was obviously good.

"Reporting to the division commander, we encountered a surprise attack from the Chinese up ahead. Twelve tanks were destroyed, and one hundred and thirty cavalrymen were killed."

"Bagaya road!"

Matsuura cursed angrily, but he had no other choice.

They originally thought they would be safe after evacuating Gaojia Town, but now it seems that the other party had deployed personnel at some point and ambushed them on the way back to Laiyuan.

This is trouble. This was the first thought of the old devil Matsuura.

"Xiyuan Jun, order the cavalry regiment to expand the search area. We must return to Laiyuan City as soon as possible."

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's getting dark soon. Buffalo Ridge is ten kilometers ahead. Can we send a regiment to occupy it first and then continue the march tomorrow?"

Matsuura reacted to Colonel Nishizono's words, looked up at the sky, nodded and said:

"Yoshi, Xiyuan-kun, you must strengthen the vigilance at night. Order the cavalry regiment to guard the surrounding area. Be alert and the patrol team must be at least three kilometers away!"

Xiyuan took the order and left. He first ordered the Kimura Regiment to occupy Buffalo Ridge before dark, and then instructed Major General Sumita to approach Buffalo Ridge quickly.

With the cooperation of more than 700 cavalry regiments and the Kimura regiment, the Japanese successfully occupied Buffalo Ridge.

Of course, Wu Mazi did this on purpose. He wanted to wait for the first and second battalions to catch up.

After all, the Japanese had more people and attacked recklessly. Wu Mazi's three battalions could not withstand it at all.

After occupying Buffalo Ridge, the Mujima Regiment immediately built field fortifications.

This is a good habit of the Japanese. Once they set up camp, the first thing they do is to dig circular fortifications.

Two hours later, it was completely dark and the Kimura Regiment successfully set up camp at Bison Ridge. Matsuura finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, as long as they left Bison Ridge, they would not be far from Laiyuan. With their advantage of mechanized marching, half a day would be enough to arrive there.

On the other side, Yokoyama Taketada, who was left behind to block the attack, was in trouble and the situation was very troublesome.

Of the five hundred men he led to stay behind, only two hundred were left, half of whom were wounded. They fought with the Eighth Route Army until dark, which was enough for them.

The Eighth Route Army, equipped with dozens of M60s, had extremely ferocious firepower. If the Japanese had not known they were going to die and had not burst out with unprecedented bravery, they would have been wiped out long ago.

At the Eighth Route Army's front-line headquarters, Ji Guangshun was observing the movements of the Japanese through a telescope. Chen Zhengrong walked in with a telegram and said to Ji Guangshun.

"Old Ji, the Independent Regiment's special forces sent a telegram saying they discovered the Japanese troops stationed in Huanglong Town, thirty kilometers away. They asked us to hurry over."

Kobayashi Ichizo led his men on the run for a day and a night with almost no rest. Although he wanted to leave early, he could not resist his men's pleading and had no choice but to let the troops stop and rest.

Naturally, this situation was quickly discovered by the pursuing special forces.

The Japanese stopped running away, which gave the special forces an opportunity.

When Ji Guangshun heard that it was the special forces urging him, his face turned red. They had nearly two thousand people fighting five hundred Japanese devils, and were equipped with thirty M60 heavy machine guns.

After fighting with the Japanese for three hours, he failed to completely wipe them out. This made him feel a little sorry for the independent regiment.

"Old Chen, just fire the artillery. Once you're done, take everyone up on them. Damn, these little devils are too stubborn."

Ji Guangshun said with some annoyance.

I originally wanted to save some ammunition, but now it seems I should get rid of these devils first.

Chen Zhengrong nodded and said, "Let's arrange it this way. We must rush over as soon as possible. Captain Zhao seems to be saying that we need to capture these devils today."

A few minutes later, as the order was conveyed, the Eighth Route Army artillerymen began to take action.

Mortars and grenade launchers were used together to cover the Japs with inhumane artillery fire, not giving them any chance at all.

Yokoyama Taketada was already short of ammunition, and it was already difficult for him to fight. He had originally planned to organize his soldiers to launch a desperate charge, but he didn't expect that the enemy would not give him any chance at all and started the artillery bombardment directly.

So, Yokoyama Taketada was gone, and the Japanese soldiers who were blocking the way died with regret after the Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were killed, and Ji Guangshun had no intention of picking up ammunition. The two of them led a large force directly to Huanglong Town.

At the independent regiment headquarters, Zhou Qianli reported the battle situation on the front line to Gu Changfeng.

"Changfeng, Captain Wu called and said the Japanese have already stationed at Bison Ridge. They will enter their ambush circle tomorrow."

"Also, the special forces sent a telegram saying that the remaining Japanese troops of the 26th Division are stationed in Huanglong Town. They are preparing to attack in the second half of the night and destroy them in one fell swoop."

After listening to this, Gu Changfeng nodded, then turned around and looked at the map, and said after a while.

"The 26th Division is no longer a concern. We should keep our eyes on the 106th Division. Send a telegram to Old Wu to keep an eye on Laiyuan. After all, there are still two battalions of Japanese troops there. Don't let them capsize in the ditch."

"Order the 106st and nd Battalions, the Artillery Battalion, to fight to the death. Don't give the th Division any chance. I'll replenish their ammunition if they run out!"

After Gu Changfeng finished speaking, he punched the map hard. Whether he could scare the Japanese depended on this time.

Zhou Qianli went to send a telegram, but Gu Changfeng was thinking about the Japanese.

Gaojia Town and Xianyaling garrison were completely destroyed by the Japanese. The Japanese wanted to leave, but it was impossible.

The 106th Division had no trouble all night, and the Japanese soldiers in Matsuura breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they crossed the Buffalo Ridge, their safety would be greatly improved.

Of course, he also mourned for a few seconds in his heart for Kobayashi Ichizo who died bravely.

Kobayashi's farewell telegram made all the old devils indifferent.

This attack on the independent regiment was a complete failure. Not only did the Japanese commander die, but even Major General Kobayashi was not spared. This situation was a huge blow to all the old Japanese soldiers, especially the division commander Jun Hougong.

It can be said that the Japanese 26th Division was completely finished, and Jun Hougong's fate would naturally not be much better.

At Buffalo Ridge, the Japanese soldiers finally welcomed a new dawn. Looking at the sunlight shining in the east, the Japanese soldiers who had been frozen all night finally felt a little better.

After breathing in the fresh morning air, the Japanese began to break camp and set off!

There was no food that morning, and the remaining food was not enough for more than 10,000 people, so they had to evacuate while starving.

The Kijima Regiment and Sumita's Cavalry Regiment went ahead as the vanguard, while Matsuura lagged behind with the remaining devils, which was also a manifestation of his caution.

By now he had figured it out clearly that the Independent Regiment had no intention of letting them go.

In order to save his life, Matsuura can only be as careful as possible.