NIP #196 - A surprise for the devils
#196 - A surprise for the devils
Jiuyuan.
At the frontline command post, the telegraph machine never stopped beeping, and staff officers hurried back and forth.
In front of a large map, the leaders of the Saibei Military Region and the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army were nervously looking at the map, discussing the latest battle situation.
In comparison, the 82nd Infantry Regiment and the 83rd Infantry Regiment were newly formed a few years ago, established in 1938, and their strength was far inferior to the 62nd Infantry Regiment.
As for the 27th Division, it was reorganized from the garrison infantry brigade with a history of bloody debts. Although it was also a garrison division, it had been in North China for a long time. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of the garrison infantry had been gradually increasing their forces in North China since 1935. They had fought many battles with the Nationalist troops and had hardly lost, so they were even more arrogant.
In addition, the North China Command specifically assigned a tank regiment as a spearhead for the charge, which immediately put great pressure on the high-level officials of the Saibei Military Region and the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army.
It should be known that this time the Japanese reinforcements came aggressively, concentrating the forces of 3 divisions and a mixed brigade on the prairie, clearly intending to wipe out our army in Jiuyuan in one fell swoop.
It should be known that this is on the prairie. Unless we retreat to the northern mountainous area now, or retreat back to the south of the Yellow River, there is not much room for maneuver at all. The two sides can only fight head-on on the prairie.
The Japanese obviously took into account the many cavalry in the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army and specifically mobilized a tank regiment to target them. With cavalry against tanks, even the thin-skinned Type 97 "Te-Ke" tanks were not something the cavalry could resist.
"Comrades, we are facing a tough battle this time, but we have no choice. According to the instructions of the Border Region, Jiuyuan and the Ikezhao League are related to the future development of the Border Region. We cannot afford to lose them. Even if the Saibei Military Region and the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army are wiped out, we must bury the Japanese reinforcements on the prairie!" The leader of the Saibei Military Region said loudly.
As a high-level officer in the Border Region troops, the leader of the Saibei Military Region knew some information and understood the weight of occupying Jiuyuan in the overall strategic situation of the Border Region.
The others did not have such information. They were used to the guerrilla warfare model and were not psychologically prepared to fight a positional war with the Japanese.
Even though the weapons and equipment were now much better than before, they still felt psychologically weaker than their opponents.
"Resolutely obey orders and vow to complete the mission!" The others immediately responded loudly after hearing what the leader said.
Whether it was the Border Region garrison or the Eighth Route Army, they emphasized strict obedience to orders, with no room for bargaining. Therefore, even if they felt that their strength was somewhat disparate, everyone still unified their thinking to resolutely defend the overall situation of Jiuyuan.
"Comrades, don't be afraid. The leaders of the Border Region know that the enemies we are encountering are very fierce, and they have replenished a large number of weapons and ammunition from the Border Region. Among them, we have added 12 more 107 rockets, provided 3 base numbers of rockets, and also replenished some 75mm mountain guns, RPG rocket launchers, and 82mm mortars to ensure that our newly reorganized troops can be equipped according to the main regiment equipment."
The leader of the Saibei Military Region nodded with satisfaction when he saw the morale of the crowd rising, and gave everyone some good news.
"Speaking of which, this is the second rich battle we have fought. In the first battle to attack Jiuyuan, everyone has already experienced the powerful firepower advantage of the 107 rockets, giving us the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Japanese in one fell swoop!"
"Now, facing more Japanese, we also have the confidence to severely damage them again and bury them on the prairie!"
"Below, we will study some tactics sent by the staff department. Comrades, put your heads together, check for omissions and fill in the gaps to improve the tactics of the staff department as much as possible. Although we will not give up an inch of land in Jiuyuan this time, it does not mean that we will fight a rigid battle. We must give full play to the fine tradition of our army's mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare, and consume and annihilate the enemy in mobile operations!"
Shagou Ravine, Jiuyuan.
Just as it was getting dark, the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army, which had been ambushing in the mountains and forests of Jiufeng Mountain, quietly entered Shagou Ravine from the mountain.
Arriving at the pre-selected temporary artillery position, the 1st Battalion of the cavalry unloaded the 16 107 rocket components from the horses, and the 16 artillery groups that followed began to reassemble the 107 rocket parts one by one.
The 2nd Cavalry Battalion, following closely behind the cavalry transporting the artillery, carefully unloaded a full 576 rockets onto the artillery position.
This was one of the positions pre-set for the Japanese.
Before the battle, the Saibei Military Region and the Suiyuan-Mongolian Autonomous Army had divided the TMTZQ to TMTYQ railway line, about 100 kilometers long, into small grids of 500 meters * 500 meters, and then numbered them 1-2000.
Although precise surveying and mapping was not possible in this era, after prior reconnaissance, the Saibei Military Region reconnaissance personnel and artillery reconnaissance personnel selected about 20 hidden locations suitable for artillery deployment as pre-set positions, and accurately surveyed the distances of these positions from key locations such as railway stations.
According to the Japanese army's advancing habits, they would most likely move along the railway line. If so, the railway station would be the preferred gathering place for the Japanese.
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Therefore, the 9 stations in the area and the villages near the stations were all key surveyed areas, and the distances between them and the pre-set positions were accurately surveyed and marked on the map.
Now it seems that these efforts have not been in vain, and the Japanese are indeed coming along the railway line.
But this is not surprising. If they bypassed the railway line and detoured from Guyang in the north, not only would the road be difficult to travel, but the Japanese would also have to endure a long trek of more than 200 kilometers. How could it be more comfortable to take a train to Jiuyuan?
Therefore, the Japanese army's offensive route is not difficult to guess.
The pre-set position of the 1st Cavalry Regiment happened to cover the area of more than 10 kilometers between the Meidaizhao Station and the left and right stations nearby, from Lao Zang to Sanbashu.
It happened to be a good location for a core ambush.
Therefore, almost every kilometer of the railway line in these ten kilometers was secretly ambushed by a reconnaissance member.
According to the situation reported by the frontline reconnaissance before dusk, the Japanese vanguard had disembarked at Meidaizhao and began to set up camp near the station.
However, the Japanese were not stupid. They were still relatively sensitive to ambushes. Before the large army arrived, they had sent out a large number of cavalry to conduct a search-style patrol and reconnaissance within a few kilometers.
Naturally, they did not find anything unusual. When it gradually darkened and it was about to be dark, the Japanese cavalry finally began to shrink back and began to patrol back and forth specifically for the railway line.
They were somewhat powerless to deal with places further away.
After receiving the intelligence from the lurking reconnaissance members, taking advantage of the time when it was about to get dark, the 1st Cavalry Regiment hidden in the mountains began to quietly descend from the lurking place and entered Shagou Ravine, a very hidden village on the edge of the mountainous area, and successively built a temporary artillery position for the 107 rockets.
The assembled 107 rockets had already begun to constantly adjust the firing angle of the 107 rockets according to the Japanese camp location information reported by the reconnaissance members lurking in front, so as to accurately smash the first wave of rockets on the Japanese camp to form coverage. The first wave would take away most of the Japanese, otherwise, when the Japanese reacted and scurried around like startled silly birds, the power of the artillery fire coverage would be greatly reduced, and it would be difficult to eliminate the Japanese with rocket artillery.
The third update! The amount of the three updates is not less at all.