klisemfg Chapter 301: 386th Brigade Ambush 120th Regiment
Chapter 301: 386th Brigade Ambush 120th Regiment
South of Yangquan, the Japanese army advanced rapidly in the dust, with tanks and armored vehicles leading the way, followed by infantry.
In Yu County in the north, the 67th Division was also marching at full speed.
This division was famous for its sophisticated equipment and strong combat capability. It had gone through hundreds of battles on the Chinese battlefield and was one of the earliest Japanese troops to enter China to fight.
"Division commander, our vanguard has approached the border of Yu County." A staff officer reported to Fujiwara Jiro.
Sitting in the command vehicle, Fujiwara Jiro nodded and said in a deep voice: "Very good, tell the soldiers that our target is Yangquan, and do not let go of any enemy that hinders our progress."
"Yes, division commander!" The staff officer saluted and quickly conveyed the order.
The 67th Division was large in size, with four infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, one engineering regiment and a logistics regiment, as well as an additional tank battalion, with a total of 4 people, nearly 2 more than the average Type B division.
The command ability of the division commander Fujiwara Jiro was well-known among the Japanese. He had commanded the 67th Division to fight against the Chinese army in North China many times and won almost every time.
at the same time,
At the ambush position on Dawang Mountain in Yun County, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade hid quietly in the trenches. The air around them was filled with a tense atmosphere, and only the occasional bird calls and the sound of wind blowing through the treetops broke the silence of the forest.
In the front-line command post,
The brigade commander and the chief of staff stood in front of a table covered with maps, and the brigade commander's fingers tapped on the location of Dawang Mountain on the map.
"Chief of Staff, the vanguard of the 67th Division has arrived near Dawang Mountain, but their main force is moving slowly.
The vanguard was seriously out of touch with the main force of the Japanese. I thought this was an opportunity, so I decided to kill the vanguard of the Japanese at Dawang Mountain. "
The chief of staff pondered for a moment, scanned the map, and said, "Brigade Commander, the Japanese vanguard regiments are all light infantry.
If we can lure them into our ambush circle, I believe we can quickly eliminate them."
The brigade commander nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, let's take action. I want to make the 386th Brigade stronger."
The current 386th Brigade is no longer the same 386th Brigade as before. After receiving the weapon support of Gundam, the entire 386th Brigade has completed a major transformation, and the number of people in the brigade has exceeded 1.
The brigade commander also formed an artillery battalion with 20 mountain cannons and ten 107 rocket launchers. The artillery power was very strong. At the same time, each battalion had an artillery platoon with 10 81mm mortars. Such firepower configuration was definitely the main force among the entire Eighth Route Army.
The brigade commander quickly gave orders, and the 386th Brigade surrounded and annihilated the enemy's vanguard regiment.
More than 4000 soldiers from the two regiments were responsible for blocking the large Japanese forces in the rear on the periphery, and the rest of the troops all participated in the encirclement and annihilation battle to eliminate the Japanese regiment as quickly as possible.
The soldiers acted quickly, their figures moving through the mountains and forests like ghosts.
At the ambush position on Dawang Mountain, the soldiers checked their weapons, loaded bullets and flashed bayonets.
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On the road near Dawang Mountain, dust was flying and the 67th Regiment of the 120th Division was marching quickly.
The regiment commander Nakagawa rode a horse and walked in the middle of the team.
"Captain, we have been marching for several hours. Do we need to let the soldiers take a break?" An adjutant rode his horse close to Nakagawa and asked respectfully.
Nakagawa shook his head: "No, we must keep up the pace. Our mission is to clear the obstacles for the main force. We cannot slack off in the slightest."
They encountered many attacks from guerrillas and the Eighth Route Army along the way, but the 120th Regiment, with its excellent equipment and well-trained soldiers, quickly resolved these small-scale conflicts without slowing down the march.
In order to more quickly eliminate the enemy blocking the front, Nakagawa ordered the troops to speed up their advance, which also widened the distance between the 120th Regiment and the 67th Division to 10 kilometers.
Just as they arrived at an intersection, they were suddenly ambushed by soldiers from a battalion of the 386th Brigade.
The gunshots rang out like firecrackers, breaking the original silence.
The Japanese immediately counterattacked. After a fierce battle, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade fought and retreated, looking very embarrassed, which gave the Japanese the impression that they were about to flee.
Nakagawa showed a smug smile on his face and quickly ordered: "Yoshi, attack with all your strength and destroy this enemy force. I want to teach them a profound lesson."
"Ha Yi." The Japanese adjutant immediately conveyed the order.
After hearing the order, the Japanese soldiers' morale increased greatly. They quickened their pace and chased after the soldiers of the 386th Brigade.
They thought that the soldiers of the 386th Brigade had been defeated, but they didn't know that this was exactly what the 386th Brigade did on purpose to lure them into a larger ambush.
On a hillside not far away, the brigade commander and chief of staff of the 386th Brigade were observing the situation on the battlefield through binoculars.
The brigade commander showed a hint of sneer on his face, and said to the chief of staff: "It seems that Nakagawa has taken the bait. Act according to the plan."
The Chief of Staff nodded and said, "It's time to let the 120th Wing have a taste of our power."
Following the order from the commander of the 386th Brigade, more troops began to move towards the designated ambush position.
More than 120 Japanese soldiers from the 2600th Regiment, like a black tide, pursued the retreating troops of the 386th Brigade in front.
Unaware of the impending danger, they had unknowingly stepped into the ambush circle carefully arranged by the 386th Brigade.
At the ambush position on Dawang Mountain, the soldiers of the 386th Brigade hid in trenches and bunkers, holding their guns tightly in their hands and lightly touching the trigger with their index fingers.
When they saw the Japanese soldiers walking into the encirclement in dense groups, everyone's breathing became rapid and their heartbeats accelerated.
As a violent whistling sound cut through the sky, the Japanese soldiers who were chasing looked up at the sky in horror.
They saw hundreds of rockets with long smoke tails flying towards them like messengers of death.
"idiot!"
"Disperse quickly and avoid the bombardment!"
Nakagawa immediately realized that this was a trap, but it was too late.
Hundreds of rockets hit the Japanese troops like raindrops, and a large number of artillery shells also fell into the Japanese troops.
A violent explosion suddenly sounded in the valley, and flames shot up into the sky, deafening.
Countless Japanese soldiers were killed in the explosion, with their limbs flying everywhere in the air. The scene was extremely spectacular.
Almost in an instant, all the Japanese soldiers in front of the 120th Regiment were wiped out by the coverage and attack of rockets.
After the smoke cleared, the ground was littered with charred corpses and screaming Japanese devils, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and burnt flesh.
The Japanese soldiers in the rear were stunned by this scene. They had never seen such a horrific explosion. They had no time to react or hide and could only take the bomb.
Many people even became deaf in the explosion, with only a buzzing sound in their ears.