PFC Chapter 122
Chapter 122
Suzuki Kenji immediately ordered the troops to stay in place, while guarding against the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army, and reported the situation to Ushijima Mitsuki.
When Ushijima Mitsugu received the telegrams from the other two routes one after another, he began to wonder in his heart. This was really abnormal. It was obvious that with the locust army's airport destroyed, the 389th Brigade on the opposite side was about to take action, but he didn't know which route was his target.
He did not dare to make a decision on his own at the moment, so he reported the situation to the headquarters in Taiyuan, and then ordered all his subordinates to stay and defend on the spot and wait for the opinion of the Taiyuan headquarters.
And on the south line, near Xiangheng.
The 2nd Regiment of the 27th Brigade of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army had already left the city and was sweeping along the way towards Xialiang Town. After leaving the county town, the Japanese army began to destroy the dozen or so villages along the way one by one.
Liu Gancheng, the commander of the 84th Regiment, who was observing the movements of the Japanese army on the top of Caojingtou Mountain, gritted his teeth. Fortunately, he had evacuated the villagers to the mountains in the east at that time, otherwise he would not know how these beasts would treat the villagers.
Therefore, it was immediately decided to let the 1st Battalion of the 86th Regiment sneak along the tunnel in the mountains to the village below and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army.
Afterwards, the first and second battalions were ordered to ambush on the mountains on both sides of Hao Village at the foot of the mountain, ready to attack the regiment at any time and lure it into the mountainous area around Xialiang.
In Licheng, the 59th Regiment of the 14th Division headed north to Hongjing after leaving the city. As soon as they entered Hongjing, they were attacked by the 1st Battalion of the 89th Regiment. When the commander of the 59th Regiment, Itanishi Ichiro, saw the target troops of this sweep, he immediately excitedly began to lead his troops to attack the blocking 1st Battalion.
Immediately, the two sides launched a fierce battle along Hengling, Shiqiaobei, and Liujia Village.
When Yu Erwa, the commander of the first battalion of the 89th Regiment, led a company to block the Japanese army in sections, they were constantly hit by Japanese artillery fire, forcing Yu Erwa to immediately lead his troops to retreat.
However, they never expected that this group of Japanese soldiers would just keep on biting the First Battalion and not let go, following it closely and moving forward, causing Yu Erwa to curse non-stop.
"Damn Japs, they are just trying to get a seat at the table, like a dog-skin plaster." He then ordered the troops to evacuate immediately and continue to lure the Japanese troops northward.
At the same time, it felt that this group of Japanese troops was obviously much stronger than the 108th Division that ambushed them before. Although they were the ones who ambushed them, they still lost some people on their side.
At the same time, a telegram was immediately sent to the regiment commander Sun Yuqing to explain the situation. After receiving the telegram, Sun Yuqing immediately ordered the first battalion to lead this group of Japanese troops into Xijing, and the rest was handed over to the second battalion of the 86th regiment to continue luring this group of Japanese troops.
By the time the First Battalion and others lured the 59th Regiment to Xijing, the entire battalion felt exhausted. The Japanese army kept chasing them all the way, and they were almost bitten and entangled by the Japanese army several times.
If Yu Erwa had not immediately organized a machine gun company to repel the Japanese vanguard, they might have been wiped out by this regiment.
After arriving at Xijing, Yu Erwa began to talk to the Second Battalion Commander of the 86th Regiment who had rushed over about the combat effectiveness of this unit, and told him to be careful and not to get entangled by the Japanese army, otherwise it would be difficult to escape.
After hearing what Yu Erwa said, the second battalion commander of the 86th Regiment suddenly became serious. He knew that the current task was not easy, so he began to use the mountain pass between Xijing and Huangyadong Town and rely on the terrain to block the Japanese army.
At this time, the commander of the 59th Regiment of the Japanese Army, who was pursuing them, was sitting in a car at the rear and began to move forward slowly.
The staff officer Masao Ishida asked Itanishi Kazuyoshi with a puzzled look on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, you don't seem afraid of an attack from the Eighth Route Army?"
"It's obvious that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side wants to lure us to a certain place for a decisive battle." Ishida Masami said worriedly.