Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Li Jiayu calmly commanded the 47th Army to begin firing at the Japanese from a high position, and at the same time ordered the artillery to directly blow up the artillery positions that the Japanese were setting up. Suddenly, the entire Nakamura Regiment began to suffer heavy casualties.

At this time, the regiment commander Yoshiyozo Nakamura did not immediately ask the division for tactical guidance. Based on the firepower of the attack, he quickly determined that the ambush army had mixed gunfire and insufficient light and heavy firepower. So he calmly ordered his troops to start counterattacking based on the terrain. The two sides fought hard in the narrow three-kilometer strip of land.

However, after fighting for more than an hour, Nakamura Kiyozo discovered that although the Chinese army on the opposite side was poorly equipped, their fighting will was extremely firm. In addition, the terrain where he was located exposed him to the Chinese army on the opposite side, and he had been unable to counterattack and capture the Chinese army positions on the top of the mountain in a timely and effective manner. So he immediately ordered a retreat.

When Nakamura led his troops to retreat to Danhedian, they were immediately blocked by a regiment of the Chinese army. At the same time, the ambushing troops in the rear began to press forward. He immediately felt that the situation was serious, so he immediately contacted the division to request tactical guidance.

However, at this time, the sky had already darkened slightly and the time had reached 18:30.

When Nakamura Kiyozo began to contact the division headquarters, he suddenly found that no matter how he contacted, the division headquarters never responded. At this time, Nakamura Kiyozo began to realize the seriousness of the problem.

Nakamura Kiyozo immediately contacted the First Army Headquarters, informed them of his unit's situation, and requested tactical guidance. Upon receiving Nakamura Kiyozo's telegram, the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters immediately realized something was amiss. Unable to contact the 108th Division, they immediately ordered Nakamura's regiment to break out and simultaneously called the North China Front Army, requesting that Handan immediately dispatch troops to Shexian County for support.

However, it was too late at this time. When the commander of the 14th Division stationed in Handan, Kenji Doihara, sent the 27th Infantry Brigade, led by Commander Guan Yu, from Handan, the ambush on the entire Handan-Changzhi Highway was basically over.

Nakamura Kiyozo looked at the current situation and learned from the First Army Headquarters that the main force of the 108th Division was likely to be ambushed by the 389th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. He was afraid that it was already in great danger. He immediately realized that the situation of his regiment was also becoming dangerous.

Thinking of this, Nakamura Kiyozo immediately organized his troops and began to attack the Sichuan Army Corps that blocked his way out. However, as time went on, the 47th Army Corps was blocking the Nakamura Regiment, preventing it from moving forward and slowly being surrounded by the 47th Army.

Finally, Nakamura Yoshirozo sent a desperate farewell telegram to the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters, started a desperate attack, and was eventually killed by the 47th Army on the way to the charge.

With the 52nd Nakamura Regiment of the Japanese Army being annihilated by the 47th Army, Zeng Jiwen's entire campaign ended with the complete annihilation of the 108th Division. Subsequently, the news began to spread from Shanxi to other places.

With the destruction of the Nakamura Regiment, the commander of the 47th Army, Li Jiayu, stood on the battlefield, holding the command knife of the commander of the 52nd Regiment of the 108th Division, his face full of excitement.

In this encirclement and annihilation operation, except for a small number of Japanese troops who fled to the nearby mountains, most of the remaining Japanese troops were annihilated by the 47th Army. This battle can be regarded as the first battle of the Sichuan Army in entering Shanxi, which greatly boosted the morale of the entire army.

He immediately sent a telegram to Zeng Jiwen, telling him that the southern battlefield had ended and the 47th Army had completely wiped out most of the Japanese troops in the 52nd Regiment, with only a small number of Japanese troops fleeing nearby.

At 19:00, in the outpost command post in the Yetao area, Zeng Jiwenzheng and the political commissar and others were discussing the overall situation of the operation.

As the gunfire on the battlefield gradually subsided, most of the Japanese 108th Division's troops were completely wiped out under the siege of seven surrounding regiments.