Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 457: Stirring Up the Storm Part

"Enemy attack! Kill the chicken!"

Hearing the gunshots, Major Mita, who was sleeping soundly, immediately got up and ran out of the tent and began to command the Japanese soldiers to attack!

However, he was greeted by the artillery company of the second battalion.

Boom boom boom!

Ten single-barrel 107 rocket launchers and seven or eight mortars were used together to inhumanely bombard the Japanese barracks!

When it comes to 107 rocket launchers, Gu Changfeng treats everyone equally. Each regiment has thirty rocket launchers, and the shells are sent to each regiment as soon as they are produced, so each regiment has sufficient shells. In addition to the mortars and shells captured in peacetime, the independent brigade regiments are very well-off, which is something that the general central army cannot compare to.

As the artillery company of the second battalion opened fire, the Japanese soldiers who had not yet escaped from the barracks were instantly thrown into chaos. The Japanese soldiers who escaped from the barracks did not suffer a good fate either, as they were greeted by dense bullets.

Da da da!

Boom boom boom!

The Second Battalion was engaged in a one-sided massacre, with one devil after another falling under the machine gun fire and the artillery fire of the artillery company.

"Mosi, Mosi, this is the Xingtang Garrison Battalion. Xingtang has been attacked by the enemy and our warriors have suffered heavy losses. Requesting tactical guidance, requesting tactical guidance!"

Mita's words were urgent, and it was obvious that he was afraid of the firepower of the Second Battalion.

When a call was made to the Japanese 13th Regiment, the new commander, Ichiro Kuwahara, was completely dumbfounded. The enemy suddenly attacked the city. How could he provide support?

However, given the Japanese's unwavering will-help nature, Ichiro Kuwahara had no choice but to lead his team and send a telegram to the brigade.

The 13th Regiment's headquarters is in Xinle, less than kilometers away from Xingtang. With the Japanese's advantage in mechanized marching, they can arrive there in about minutes.

The problem was that the original goal of the 13th Regiment was to attack Xingtang first in order to encircle the city and attack its reinforcements, so it was naturally impossible for the th Regiment to reach Xingtang smoothly.

At 1:30 in the morning, just when Ichiro Kuwahara had led his team halfway, his disaster began.

The ambush force formed by the 5th Regiment Artillery Battalion and the 13th Battalion caught Sangyuan off guard.

In order to quickly support the Mita Battalion in Xingtang, Kuwabara did not pay too much attention to the search. Basically, the front-line search team fired a few rounds of bullets and continued marching when there was no movement.

So Sangyuan led two battalions and more than 2,000 puppet troops and rushed directly into the ambush circle of the Fifth Regiment.

Boom boom boom!

The minefields buried in advance were detonated, and the Japanese military vehicles were overturned one after another. The wailing sounds resounded through the night sky!

Afterwards, the regiment gathered more than 30 mortars and 20 rocket launchers and bombarded the Japanese soldiers who entered the ambush circle, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops in an instant.

The Japanese puppet troops finally reacted, got out of the military vehicles and began to launch a surprise attack on the positions on both sides!

However, the 60th Regiment's M92, the Japanese Type , and the Type light rifle were not for show. The Japanese puppet troops were attacked by dense bullets before they rushed far. For a moment, the Japanese puppet troops rushing in the front fell down like wheat being cut...

Finally, the Japanese puppet troops were awakened and lay on the ground, attacking the ambush sites on both sides of the Fifth Regiment.

Sudden under such a fierce attack, Kuwabara panicked. He didn't know how many people on his side had died. He only knew that he should ask for help from the brigade headquarters.

Ichiro Kuwahara was very decisive and sent a telegram directly to the brigade headquarters.

Well, it’s only been a short time since we set out, and we’ve already been ambushed?

Major General Saito, the commander of the Japanese brigade, turned green in the face. He had also just been in office for less than a year, and this was the first time he had seen such a strange situation.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked his staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kono, "Mr. Kono, have you figured out what these Chinese are trying to do?"

Saito had just gotten out of bed and was not in a very good mood, so his tone was naturally not very good either.

Lieutenant Colonel Kono hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Excellency, the commander's battle plan is about to begin. Do you think the plan has been leaked? This is why the Chinese are attacking us prematurely!"

Several divisions are still one or two days away from Baoding and Shijiazhuang, so it is normal for large-scale troop movements to be discovered.

Major General Saito thought it made sense, but now was not the time to pursue this issue, so he decided to provide support first.

He had sufficient military strength. The division headquarters deployed 30,000 puppet troops in several cities around Dingxian County in order to better contain the Eighth Route Army and the Independent Brigade.

After thinking for a moment, Major General Saito ordered, "Kono-kun, order the Kasahara Regiment to attack in coordination with the 23rd Regiment of the Imperial Army. Tell them to hurry!"

"Also, connect me to the division headquarters. I want to report to the division commander in person."

He couldn't be careless when facing the Independent Brigade. This was the unit that had caused several imperial divisions to be defeated. At this time, he had to be extremely careful to avoid being tricked.

As Saito's order was conveyed, the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were sleeping soundly in their quilts were awakened one by one and soon gathered in the playgrounds of their respective barracks.

At 2:20 in the morning, led by Captain Kasahara, two Japanese infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and a reinforced regiment of the Imperial Army began to set out from Dingxian.

At the same time, after Kanda Masakazu received the call, the Japanese cavalry regiment in Baoding set off first, and then the 45th Regiment also left the city gate with a large number of Imperial Army troops.

A small Xingtang directly mobilized most of the Japanese 6th Division's forces. It must be said that this was exactly what the two commanders wanted. Not only did they want to capture some Japanese soldiers, but they also wanted to cooperate with the deputy brigade commander to do something big...

In Xingtang, as Deng Wu's order was conveyed to the second battalion, Yuan Gang's general attack began.

In fact, if they hadn't had to force the Japanese soldiers out of their lair, they would have captured them long ago and there would have been no need to drag it out until this time.

Boom boom boom!

Da da da!

The Japanese soldiers inside were already barely holding on, and now after a barrage of artillery fire and the charge of two companies of soldiers, the Japanese soldiers could no longer hold on and began to flee to the rear. They wanted to stay alive, but unfortunately the soldiers did not give them a chance.

"Bagaya road!"

Mita was furious and started to fight back with the Nambu pistol in his hand. However, the Nambu pistol was the king of jams and broke down after just two bullets.

Boom boom......

More than a dozen melon grenades were thrown towards Mita's hiding place, and the subsequent explosion completely tore Mita into pieces.

The soldiers had no idea about the Japanese officers. They just threw grenades and bullets at them, leaving them no chance of survival.

The battle lasted for half an hour, and the Japanese in Xingtang County were basically wiped out. As for Yuan Gang who took advantage of the chaos to escape, he could no longer be taken care of. He only had a battalion of soldiers, and it was not easy for him to capture Xingtang. It would be too difficult to ask for a complete annihilation.

Later, Yuan Gang led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. Xingtang was captured, and the second company commander Qi An led the puppet troops led by Niu Dadan to start transporting supplies.

Not long after, with the assistance of the puppet troops, the large amount of food, weapons, ammunition and money stored by the Japanese in Xingtang were taken away.

The puppet soldiers were not stupid. They could easily wipe out a battalion of the Japanese. It was impossible for these little guys to resist, not to mention that they could see clearly who was coming.

Their commander said they would die if they wanted to, so the puppet soldiers who didn't want to die naturally cooperated.