Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 332: The End of the 2nd Mixed Brigade

On the special forces side, after Zhao Ziqing led the team to evacuate, he went directly to join the Eighth Route Army.

The 26th Division has been ambushed once, and it will be very difficult to ambush it again. It is better to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to eliminate the Japanese in Huangtuling first.

After contacting the regiment headquarters, Zhao Ziqing followed the map to find the southern position where Ji Guangshun was.

Ji Guangshun was very happy to see the members of the independent regiment, and said cheerfully: "Captain Zhao, you finally arrived."

He knew Zhao Ziqing and knew that Zhao Ziqing was the captain of the special brigade of the independent regiment. They had met before.

Xianyaling was almost defenseless against him, so he could see whatever he wanted, and Gu Changfeng's men would never stop him.

"Captain Ji, how many devils are there on the other side?" Zhao Ziqing asked with a serious expression.

He could only delay the Japanese for half an hour at most with one ambush, so he had no time to reminisce here.

Ji Guangshun pointed to the frontline and said, "There should be only about a thousand Japanese soldiers left. Our 115th and 120th Divisions have launched several attacks, but we just can't take them down."

When the Japs were at the critical moment of life and death, the power they unleashed really left the encirclement and annihilation regiments with no good way to deal with them.

People were sent up, but what were carried back were a large number of corpses, which made the several group leaders helpless.

Zhao Ziqing picked up the telescope and observed carefully.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army regiments were still fighting, but the gunfire was not as intense. It was obvious that both sides were exhausted.

The main reason is that the Eighth Route Army has been fighting for so long that its artillery reserves have been exhausted. Without weapons of mass destruction, it is normal that it has no way to deal with the Japanese inside.

"Captain Ji, this time we brought more than 200 large-caliber shells, which can fire 48 rounds at a time,"

"Wait a minute, inform your people that we will charge immediately after the bombardment."

"The Japanese 26th Division is approaching, you must hurry."

After reading it carefully, Zhao Ziqing turned to look at Ji Guangshun and said.

Ji Guangshun became excited upon hearing this and replied solemnly, "Don't worry, I'll go and inform them myself."

After saying that, he turned around and ran back to the command center. He knew very well that since the special forces had brought heavy artillery, it would be much easier to deal with the Japanese who were huddled together.

More than a thousand Japanese soldiers were trapped in the canyon within two kilometers. The casualties from this artillery bombardment can be imagined.

What the Japanese could not have imagined was that the original intention of shrinking their defense was to better deal with the Eighth Route Army and preserve their strength.

The Japanese were well aware of the firepower of the Eighth Route Army. What they didn't expect was that the special forces would directly kill them, otherwise they would have fought hard to break through.

Ji Guangshun's news spread quickly. When the regimental commanders in Huangtuling received the news, they immediately ordered their soldiers to prepare without hesitation.

At the same time, at the temporary command post of the 115th Division, Commander Yang also received news of the support from the independent regiment and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Staff Officer Li also said with a smile: "Division Commander, the hope of completely annihilating the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade is right in front of us. This time we have completed the mission brilliantly."

Needless to say, the Second Mixed Brigade had a full strength of 5000 people, including their brigade headquarters. The brigade commander had already died, so this encirclement and annihilation plan was a complete success.

Upon hearing this, Commander Yang nodded slightly and said, "At least there were no accidents. This is a relatively good result."

As he spoke, he turned and walked out of the command center, followed by Staff Officer Li.

Commander Yang glanced at the dark sky outside and sighed, "The plan to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade was successful, but what we have to face next is the highlight."

Given the character of the Japanese, if the Second Mixed Brigade was completely wiped out, they and the Independent Regiment would definitely face a frenzied counterattack from the surrounding Japanese. This is certain.

"When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Our hatred for the devils is not only for our families, but also for our country."

Staff Officer Li stared at the direction of the position, as if he wanted to penetrate the space and see how the Japanese inside died.

At this point in the battle, nearly half of the 115th Division had suffered casualties, and the 120th Division also suffered heavy casualties. Even if they won this time, it would only be a pyrrhic victory.

"Prepare the materials for the report. The special forces of the independent regiment have taken action and the devils in Huangtuling are gone."

Commander Yang was very confident in the independent regiment, especially its special forces team, which was equipped with heavy artillery. He had nothing to think about and was ready to report to his superiors.

"Haha, division commander, you..." Staff Officer Li said, shaking his head speechlessly, but he didn't say anything else.

He was also aware of the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment's special forces. Who could kill two city devils with a few hundred people?

In the canyon, Midorikawa Tadaharu had a serious expression on his face as he ordered his signalman, "Hurry up and contact the 26th Division. Where are they?"

He knew that the reinforcements of the 6th Division had been blocked, and the support from Lingqiu was not coming that fast. Now the only one he could count on was the 26th Division.

However, since the agreed arrival time, there was still no news, which made him start to panic.

In fact, it is not Kobayashi Ichisan's fault. All he could think about at the moment was the Independent Regiment. How could he remember to send a message to the Mixed Brigade?

Yokoyama Taketada was directing the soldiers to put out the fire, collect the bodies, and clear the roads, and no one was paying attention to the mixed brigade, which directly led to Midorikawa Tadaharu not receiving any telegrams.

Boom boom boom!

Ten minutes later, the adjusted special forces artillery took action.

The target this time is simpler. All the Japanese are in the canyon. There is no burden in bombing them, and there is no need to worry about inaccuracy. Anyway, we can easily send away some Japanese, so what is there to be afraid of?

48 shells landed in the canyon, and the resulting force was very strong. It was normal for one shell to take away five or six Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers were not prepared for the artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army, so the casualties were very heavy.

"Bagayalo, the Eighth Route Army still has heavy artillery?"

Inside the temporary command center, Tadaharu Midorikawa's tone was filled with disbelief. After fighting for so long, he was already very clear about the firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

But why did heavy artillery appear, and why was it used only at this time?

Midorikawa Tadaharu couldn't figure it out, but it didn't matter anymore. After the frontline soldiers heard the sound of artillery fire, the charge horn also sounded.

The soldiers jumped out of the trenches one by one and rushed towards the Japanese in the canyon.

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

The 120nd and 25rd Regiments entered from the canyon and fired a barrage of bullets at the Japanese. Then, above the canyon, the st Regiment, the th Division Special Forces Regiment, and the soldiers of the th Regiment attacked one after another.

The casualties this time are already heavy enough, and the real thing to do now is to take advantage of the Japanese's weakness and kill them.

On the special forces side, the snipers who had been prepared long ago began to fire at the Japanese below the canyon.

Bang bang bang!

The power of more than a dozen large guns was enormous, and bullets were fired one after another, and the targets were almost all Japanese machine gunners and grenadiers.

The canyon was ignited by the artillery fire in front. Now the canyon was brightly lit, and the snipers found it very comfortable to kill the Japanese.

"Haha, brothers, charge and kill these little devils,"

The Eighth Route Army soldiers in the front row of the Third Regiment burst into laughter when they saw the Japanese firepower points in front of them being eliminated one by one.

With this group of people around, they don't have to suffer heavy casualties.