Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 147: When a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will fill his teeth

Lujiazhuang was originally just an ordinary small village with only fifty families living in it.

There is a small river flowing from east to west to the south of the village, which provides daily and irrigation water to the villagers.

Due to the abundant water resources and fertile land, the villagers have lived a relatively prosperous life relying on the agricultural economy.

  In 1907, the Zhengtai Line was officially opened to traffic, and a train station was added to the east of the village. Lujiazhuang, which is located along the railway line, has received another wave of dividends. The village even has the ability to provide two high school students.

 And these two people did not disappoint the expectations of the big guys. They finally succeeded in getting admitted to the Shanxi Military Academy founded by Egg Dancer. And one month before the Battle of Xinkou broke out, he officially became the artillery battalion commander.

 The two men in the army were much better informed than the common people. They knew the gap between the enemy and ourselves. Before the war began, the two asked their comrades to bring a letter to their hometown, urging their families to move the village.

At that time, most people in the Republic of China were influenced by traditional culture, and few people were willing to leave their hometown easily.

 After all, in people’s hearts, their roots are wherever their home is. The existence of homeland has always been very important. Without home, there would be no roots.

 So many people knew that the enemy was cruel and violent and was about to attack. But he is still lucky and unwilling to escape from his hometown.

 But the situation in Lujiazhuang is a little different, because everyone knows that the children who leave the village will not lie to themselves, so they are not persecuted.

Even during the Battle of Taiyuan, some enthusiastic young people in the village participated in the Youth Anti-Enemy Death Team.

After learning about the specific arrangements for the attack, these comrades took the initiative to apply to their superiors, hoping to provide some help and coordinate with the troops attacking Lujiazhuang.

The division headquarters considered that having soldiers familiar with the terrain fighting together would reduce the occurrence of many unexpected situations during the raid, so they simply approved their application.

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Among the four stations: Lujiazhuang, Mashou Village, Monkszu and Shanghu, Lujiazhuang Station is the largest one, and it is also the largest stronghold of the Japanese in this section of the route.

Since arriving here in 37 years, in order to consolidate the defense of the Zhengtai Line, many nearby people have been forcibly recruited. And a gasoline depot, an arsenal and a military depot were built here.

The surrounding Japanese soldiers used Lujiazhuang as a supply depot and command post, and had planned to coordinate the deployment of troops from several stations in the event of a large-scale battle.

The Japanese troops stationed here are the Yoshioka Squadron of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 14th Infantry Group.

Since the brigade commander personally gave the squadron a death order, Yoshioka directed the soldiers to build four bunkers around Lujiazhuang Station, and there were trenches and electrified barbed wire outside the bunkers.

If you look at the strength on paper alone, this seems to have become a stronghold that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The commander of the left column of the 129th Division was the thin chief of staff of the 386th Brigade. During this raid, he also served as political commissar, chief of staff and director of the political department.

　　Although this person has no independent experience in a major battle, his superiors still trust his abilities.

In order to ensure that the action plan is foolproof, after careful consideration by the Chief of Staff and the brigade commander, it was decided that the 772nd Regiment, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, would attack Lujiazhuang Station.

There is another reason for this arrangement, and that is that the 772nd Regiment has sufficient troops.

This main force group has a total of three thousand people. They can completely separate a small force to take care of the feint attack mission in the direction of Yuci to contain the enemy while attacking.

 Another big target of the attack operation, Ma Shoucun Station, was handed over to the 25th Regiment, which was slightly weaker on paper.

 Chief of Staff Shouzi had his own considerations when sending a large regiment of 2,600 men to attack a stronghold of 100 men.

This stronghold is only about twenty miles away from Shouyang. The headquarters of the Japanese 14th Battalion is stationed in that county. With the speed of the truck and the three-bouncer, the Japs' support will be extremely fast.

 Therefore, you must be quick to attack the horse head station. A large regiment can dedicate most of its troops to block the Japanese from Shouyang while ending the battle quickly.

  The remaining targets of the left column were given to the 38th Regiment. Although this regiment had the lowest combat effectiveness among the three regiments, they only needed to concentrate on the attack.

Shanghu Station, together with the two enemy strongholds of Xiahu and Monkzu, totaled less than 350 people in total. For the main force that had completely changed its equipment, it was completely fattened.

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 After Cheng Xiazi returned from the division headquarters with his local comrades in Lujiazhuang, he immediately summoned several commanders and fighters from the regiment headquarters and held a pre-war meeting.

Based on the intelligence provided by the reconnaissance company directly under the regiment headquarters and comrades, he decided to attack and capture Lujiazhuang with five companies.

The 772nd Regiment's ability to attack fortresses has been greatly improved. In the past, when facing enemy bunkers, they could only rely on soldiers to carry explosive packs. Now Cheng Xiazi also owns a Type 92 infantry cannon. To deal with enemies huddled in turtle shells, he can just smash them from a long distance.

 In addition, he deployed two companies and some engineers to move in the direction of Yuci.

These soldiers are mainly to monitor and contain the enemies coming out of Yuci County, and are responsible for blowing up the railway bridge between Lujiazhuang and Yuci.

 Cheng Xiazi did not do this to make a big deal. Although there was a large group of enemies in the county, the Japanese would definitely leave some soldiers to guard the city when they attacked.

After passing through layers of blocking by enemy troops along the road, when the enemy faces the blocking troops of the two companies of the 772nd Regiment, it is still unknown how many people will be left.

The last remaining company moved northward to guard, preventing any enemies leaking from the hands of the 38th Regiment from interfering with the main attack of the regiment.

 The candidates for the reserve team are naturally the troops directly under the regiment headquarters.

 At 8 pm on August 20, the battle officially started.

At Cheng Xiazi's order, five companies of soldiers took advantage of the cover of darkness and quietly sneaked towards the enemy's position.

They are preparing to attack from the north and south of Lujiazhuang Station at the same time, forming a pincer offensive against the station.

This tactic invented in the Napoleonic era is very suitable for dealing with enemies who lack manpower. Due to fighting on two fronts, the Japanese will be forced to extend the front line, which will make the already stretched troops exhausted.

Since they had not been attacked by the Republic of China troops for too long, the Japs in Lujiazhuang were very vigilant. There were no problems with the arrangements of the 772nd Regiment in both directions.

 The lower-level troops of the 129th Division have a different approach to facing the power grid than the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. After all, not everyone plays basketball regularly.

 When moving to the power grid, the soldiers will take out a particularly long wire.

They nailed one end of the wire into the ground, tied a stone to the other end and threw it over the power grid. This is done to connect the power grid and the earth together, which is equivalent to connecting a ground wire to the power grid.

 Although it is a crude method, it is indeed the most effective option at the moment. With this kind of safety guarantee, it would be much safer for soldiers to use engineer shovels or guillotines to chop down the power grid.

However, this position is already the limit for five companies to sneak in. The Japs are just not vigilant, but they are not blind.

At this time, the artillery of the 772nd Regiment launched an attack on the enemy's fortress and trenches. Under the cover of the Type 92 infantry gun and 82mm mortar, the soldiers quickly rushed to the trenches.

 Under the attack of artillery fire, the few Japanese soldiers gave way to the trenches in an instant.

 The four fortresses were named one by one by the Type 92 infantry cannon.

 In the small days when I was responsible for the defense of Lujiazhuang, there were no support weapons except grenades. This situation itself was unexpected by Cheng Xiazi. He had already deployed the artillery in a place where the enemy could not reach it.

 The current attack is going very smoothly, and the three companies in the south have even broken through the Japanese fortress defense line. After the bunker is captured, prepare to attack Lujiazhuang, thereby attacking Lujiazhuang Station from west to east.

Although there was no real-time communication, the soldiers from the north and the south cooperated very well. After losing their strong fortifications, the 200 Japs were beaten back steadily by the 772nd Regiment, and they could only rely on the villages to fight in the streets.

With the development of things now, it can be said that the situation is in an excellent situation, and it is only a matter of time before the battle ends.

 But at this moment, a train whistle suddenly sounded in the distance. Just a few minutes later, a Japanese military column drove towards Lujiazhuang Station.

Besides the military column, there are two Japanese armored vehicles, which are obviously railway patrol teams.

Seeing that the Japs had actually received reinforcements, Cheng Xiazi, who was already confident of victory, immediately changed his face. He cursed in the direction of Yuci and said:

 “Damn it, what’s going on! How could an enemy have missed it?”

 “The reserves are ready for battle! Listen to my orders! Be ready for reinforcements at any time!”

And when I was hiding in Lujiazhuang during my childhood, I was all excited when I saw the unexpected friendly troops.

Led by squadron leader Yoshioka Yaichi, they actually organized a small counterattack. Trying to use the favorable terrain in the village to hold back the main force of the 772nd Regiment and buy the reinforcements time to deploy their formation.

Before the military train could stabilize itself, the doors of the carriages were opened. This vehicle had a military column with a red cross on it, and it actually carried a thousand and five Japanese.

I beg for everything, I beg for everything, I am so poor that I am going to lose my pants.

 (End of this chapter)