Anti-Japanese War Korean Crazy

There is another point that makes Li Yunlong particularly depressed. Cheng Xiazi, the commander of the 772 regiment, joined the army later than him. When Cheng Xiazi was still a recruit, he even learned how to shoot a gun from Lao Li.

Fortunately, he Cheng Xiazi actually climbed ahead of Li Yunlong and became the main force of the 772 regiment. Even this time when he attacked the Yamazaki brigade, he actually managed to cover it all by himself.

Just when Li Yunlong was scolding Cheng Xiazi in his heart, Cheng, the head of the 772 regiment, had already led a team of more than 2000 people to meet Liu Battalion Commander's guard battalion.

Leader Cheng was taken aback when we met. He had already learned the situation from Zhang Wanhe, the head of the logistics department. This time the guard battalion had only more than 300 people and no equipment, but they were going to deal with a well-equipped Yamazaki brigade.

When Captain Cheng thought about it, by the time he rushed over, the soldiers in the guard battalion had all died heroically, and even the arsenal and field hospital might not be able to survive.

But the reality seemed to be very different from what he thought. The arsenal and the field hospital were unscathed from afar.

Although half of the soldiers in the guard battalion died, the other half were still fighting tenaciously. Looking at the Yamazaki Brigade from a distance, they didn't step into the slope for several hours. Naturally, it was impossible to injure the arsenal and the field hospital.

A guard battalion with insufficient equipment and just over 300 people, actually held its own position for an entire hour when dealing with a well-equipped Japanese army brigade, repelling several Japanese attacks.

Even if the Yamazaki brigade has only 500 people, such a task is considered arduous. Commander Cheng knows how effective the guard battalion guarding the arsenal is. He can't imagine how the guard battalion can do it.

Could it be that this Yamazaki brigade is vulnerable at all?

Head Cheng, who had this question in his heart, saw Battalion Commander Liu and immediately said: "Liu Battalion Commander, you have made a great contribution this time. A guard battalion actually blocked the attack of the Japanese army and defended the arsenal and the field hospital. It was a beautiful fight."

Commander Liu smiled wryly and said, "Don't praise me. If the comrades from the commando team and the lunatics were not there this time, my guard battalion would have been wiped out by now."

"Commando?"

Han Feng came out in good time, and he was rather curious about this plain-looking head of the 772 regiment, Cheng.

Judging from his appearance, this leader Cheng is loyal and persevering. He should also be a warrior who strictly obeys the orders of his superiors and is not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice. This is somewhat similar to Kong Jie.

"Chief Cheng, Han Feng, the commando of the Independent Regiment, is reporting to you!"

Leader Cheng was stunned, "Independent regiment, Li Yunlong's subordinate?"

"Yes."

"Good boy, your mission is complete, Battalion Commander Liu, take your guard battalion and commando comrades down to rest!"

Commander Liu said: "Commander Cheng, my guard battalion doesn't need to rest, we can continue to participate in the battle."

"Nonsense, the main force of our 772 regiment has all assembled, you can go rest at ease! The rest of the battle will be handed over to us."

"set off!"

Commander Cheng led the 772 regiment to launch a counter-charge directly at the Yamazaki Brigade that came up. Liu Battalion Commander was going to remind Commander Cheng of the strength of the Yamazaki Brigade.

Battalion Commander Liu couldn't laugh or cry: "Comrade Madman, the 772 regiment is here, and we can breathe a sigh of relief."

Han Feng smiled and said, "Then there's no need to rush away, let's watch the battle of the 772 regiment here!"

"it is good!"

Under the admiration of Han Feng and Commander Liu, the more than 772 people from the 2000nd Regiment, Commander Cheng, pressed forward, and Yamazaki Zhihei panicked immediately, and hurriedly retreated with the remaining 300 people.

Yamazaki Zhihei knew that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had really appeared this time. Just listening to the sound of firepower, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was far stronger than the guard battalion just now. Coupled with the strength of the troops all over the mountains and plains, the 772nd Regiment was the strongest main force of the 386th Brigade. The regiment, as proud as Yamazaki Zhihei, also chose to avoid the edge at the first time.

The squadron leader under him suggested retreating to Ping'an County, but Yamazaki Zhihei shook his head and said, "The real decisive battle will only begin now."

Amidst the doubts of his subordinates, Yamazaki Zhihei, who has a military vision, chose to retreat to Lijiapo, a slope!

In the hands of the guard battalion and Han Feng, Yamazaki Zhihei understood the painful feeling of having a slope that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This time he actually learned it.

The terrain of this Lijiapo is quite peculiar, with a bulge in the middle and low-lying areas on all sides. If you want to go uphill, there is only one road in the southeast.

When Yamazaki Zhihei saw the terrain of Lijiapo, he couldn't walk on his legs. He secretly said "God help me", and led the troops to retreat to Lijiapo.

The place he chose is also quite interesting. Instead of building fortifications on the surrounding earth slope bunkers, he erected the fortifications in the very center of Lijiapo.

In the middle of the slope, a trench was dug by the soldiers of the Yamazaki Brigade. In a short period of time, the Yamazaki Brigade relied on this trench to build all the machine gun positions, grenadier positions, and rifle fire points.

Yamazaki Zhihei, who went deep alone, was not afraid. On the contrary, he felt that he had reached the peak of his life at this moment, and his eyes were full of excitement.

Ordinary people might think that he is crazy, but Yamazaki Zhihei told his subordinates: This time the opportunity to make meritorious service has come, and I want to come to a place to bloom

Open-talk tactics in the middle: use one's own side as a bait, stick to a certain strategic area, induce enemy troops to encircle and attack one's own side, and cooperate with friendly and neighboring troops to implement anti-encirclement against the enemy.

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Yamazaki Zhihei's tactics are actually not wrong. The Japanese army is good at blooming in the middle, and then let reinforcements from all sides support them to form an anti-encirclement refueling tactic. This is reflected in many classic Japanese battles.

It's just that Yamazaki Zhihei did it particularly boldly this time. With only 500 troops, the Yamazaki Brigade went deep alone, looking for the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and then used himself as a bait to induce the Eighth Route Army to besiege him, and then called for support. Formed an anti-encirclement against the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and finally completely annihilated The main force of the Eighth Route Army.

It can be said that Yamazaki Zhihei's wishful thinking was very good. Although there was an unsatisfactory episode like the commando and the guard battalion, in Yamazaki Zhihei's view, the final result will not change.

After the Yamazaki brigade built up all the defensive positions in the middle of Lijiapo, Yamazaki Zhihei held his samurai sword and sat facing the wind on an exposed bluestone.

Looking at the large open area in front of him and the only avenue that can walk up to Lijiapo, Yamazaki Zhihei drew a cold arc at the corner of his mouth.

Yamazaki Zhihei is full of confidence.Although there are only more than 300 people left in his Yamazaki brigade, as long as there are such ready-made fortifications and sufficient artillery and ammunition, no matter how many people from the eighth-way main force with backward equipment rush up at one time, only he, Yamazaki Zhihei, will be greeted in the end. Butcher knife.

Not only that, after Yamazaki Zhihei built the fortifications, he directly telegraphed Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, explaining the tactics he had blossomed among himself and the fact that the main force of the surrounding Eighth Route Army had sent troops under his command The siege situation, at the same time to the Japanese headquarters for help.

However, after Shinozuka Yoshio learned of the situation, instead of blaming the Yamazaki Brigade for going deep alone, he strongly praised Yamazaki Zhihei for his bravery and affirmed Yamazaki Zhihei's mid-bloom tactics this time.

Yoshio Shinozuka immediately ordered that the 36th Division stationed in Lu'an, the 16th Brigade stationed in Fenyang, the 9th Brigade stationed in Taiyuan, and the 4th Brigade stationed in Yangquan all march day and night to Lijiapo to support the Yamazaki Brigade Anti-encirclement and annihilation of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, the Lijiapo battle had not yet started, and the entire Northwest Shanxi was already dark and turbulent. When the Lijiapo battle officially started, a violent storm came completely.

This small hillside, which has never been well-known, is now marked with a red dot, magnified multiple times, and presented on the military combat maps of all parties. The Lijiapo battle is destined to be written into the annals of history. Not necessarily impossible.

At the beginning of the battle, after looking at the terrain of Lijiapo's position, Captain Cheng made up his mind to attack.

Head Cheng knew that the Yamazaki Battalion had lost many people in the hands of the guard battalion, and the Japanese army retreated hastily just now. Head Cheng just glanced at the corpses of the Japanese invaders lying all over the ground, there were hundreds of them.

According to information, Captain Cheng knows that the Yamazaki Brigade was a temporary brigade assembled from the front lines of the Japanese army, so the establishment was short, and it was not full, with only about 300 troops. There are more than [-] troops, which is only the number of Japanese reinforced squadrons.

Head Cheng didn't take this Yamazaki brigade seriously. In his opinion, the fighting power of the impromptu Japanese army team was definitely not much stronger.

Otherwise, if a 500-man Yamazaki brigade fought against two 300-man guard battalions, they would not leave more than 100 corpses and flee in a hurry.

The battle at Lijiapo was a climax from the very beginning. Regardless of the high morale of the Eighth Route Army, the boss even threatened to "get rid of the Yamazaki Brigade." But the fact is that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army was under tremendous pressure. He was approaching Lijiapo's position day and night.

At this moment, the Yamazaki Brigade was a bait thrown by the Japanese army, a bait that angered the big fish of the Eighth Route Army.

But if a big fish wants to eat this bait, there is a risk of being caught at any time.

If the 386th Brigade does not attack the Yamazaki Brigade for a long time, then once the Japanese reinforcements support the Yamazaki Brigade to form an anti-encirclement circle, the entire 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is in danger of being wiped out.

This is exactly what Yamazaki Zhihei thought. Even if the Eighth Route Army did not take his bait in the end and led the troops to retreat, then after this battle, the overall prestige of the Eighth Route Army would be dealt a huge blow.