The one who raided Shuangliao County was the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division. It should be noted that the 36th Infantry Regiment was originally affiliated with the 9th Division, that is to say, the 36th Infantry Regiment The regiment is one of the main infantry regiments of the seventeen permanent divisions, and its combat effectiveness is still very strong. x23us. com is the fastest updated
Especially after being tempered by the Battle of Chita, the combat effectiveness of the 36th Infantry Regiment became even stronger.
Of course, one thing that needs to be pointed out is that at this time, the 36th Infantry Regiment had just withdrawn from the Chita battlefield and had not had time to replenish it, so the entire regiment only had more than a thousand troops. , which is equivalent to the strength of an infantry brigade under normal circumstances.
In fact, the several infantry regiments sent by Junzaburo Koizumi to capture the hostages were similar. The infantry regiment with the largest strength had less than 2,000 men and guns, and the infantry regiment with the smallest strength even had less than 1,000 men. Because of this, when the puppet Manchu rebels and ordinary people in more than a dozen counties around Fengtian rebelled one after another, the military strength would be stretched thin.
Someone may ask again, in the entire Chita Battle, the total casualties of the Japanese Seventh Army were only one-third. Why were the casualties of these infantry regiments so much more serious? This is determined by the nature of the infantry regiment. The infantry regiment must directly face the enemy during combat, and the casualties are often very high. However, auxiliary arms such as the engineer regiment, baggage regiment, and artillery regiment do not need to directly face the enemy. When facing the enemy, casualties will be much smaller. Because of this, the casualty rate of the entire Seventh Army is only one-third. However, the casualty rate of each infantry regiment of each infantry division under the Seventh Army is often more than half. .
And this is the basis for Xu Rui's bold statement that as long as the Seventh Army consumes nearly 40,000 more troops, it will reach a turning point!
Because as long as 40,000 more infantry are eliminated, the infantry wing of the Seventh Army will basically be lost. By then, the old devil Ishihara Kanji can only organize artillery, engineers, heavy equipment and even medical corps to fight. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Army will suffer an extremely serious decline, and it will be time to counterattack!
Closer to home, although the 36th Infantry Regiment only has a few thousand people left, its combat effectiveness is still very strong.
The captain of the 36th Infantry Regiment is an old man named Ishikawa Mao. He is in his early fifties and has never attended Army University. He is a member of the so-called Muten Group and is always despised by his colleagues in the military. , However, it is undeniable that the old devil Ishikawa Mao is still very powerful, otherwise it would be impossible to be promoted to the rank of colonel.
As soon as the 36th Infantry Regiment set up camp, sporadic gunshots rang out in Shuangliao County.
Anyone else would have jumped up nervously and sent troops to search, but Ishikawa Mao was completely indifferent. He just asked the signal corps to issue orders and alert the sentries to step up their vigilance. The main force did not need to pay attention, because this old devil had determined what was inside the city. The gunfire was just an attack.
Facts have proved that Ishikawa Mao’s judgment was correct.
Sporadic gunfire rang out in Shuangliao County all night long, but apart from killing a Japs guard sentry, there were no substantial casualties to the 36th Infantry Regiment.
As soon as the sky dawned, Ishikawa Mao ordered the troops to assemble.
After the assembly was completed, Ishikawa Mao led the 36th Infantry Regiment from the county seat. While searching for the whereabouts of the rebels, he prepared for mopping up operations. The old Japanese knew that concentrating the troops could more effectively attack the rebels, and if the troops were dispersed, On the contrary, it was easy to be defeated one by one, so Shuangliao County was abandoned without even leaving a single defender.
However, what Ishikawa Mao did also brought another very serious consequence.
Because the 36th Infantry Regiment acted in a unified manner, the target was very conspicuous and the marching speed was relatively slow. Therefore, most of the time, when the rebels saw their formation coming from a distance, they would have already scattered and fled. Even if they were discovered It was also difficult to catch up with the rebels, so after one day of tracking, the results were low.
There was no decent result, but instead the officers and soldiers of the entire regiment were exhausted.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Ishikawa Mao had no choice but to order a withdrawal to Shuangliao County.
Compared with camping in the wild, Shuangliao County not only has better conditions, but is also safer.
Ishikawa Mao did not expect that on the way back to Shuangliao County, in the lush corn fields on both sides of the road, the newly established Shuangliao County Guerrilla Corps had already opened a large net, waiting for them!
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Shuangliao County, outside the city is an endless field of corn.
In the corn field, independent brigades from all over the country were constantly coming to join.
"Chief of Staff, more than 300 brothers from the Wangben Town Independent Brigade have arrived."
"Chief of Staff, Captain Liu has arrived with the Liutiao Township Independent Brigade."
"Chief of Staff, the Muxiang Independent Brigade is also here. Good guy, more than 500 people are here!"
"Chief of Staff, the Crouching Tiger Village Independent Brigade has also arrived. There are not many people, but there are hundreds of guns!"
As time goes by, civilian armed forces from ten miles and eight towns continue to join together. Since entering the ambush position at noon, more than a hundred independent brigades have come to join together. Although the number of people in each independent brigade is not large, the cumulative number Get up, but there are already more than 20,000 people!
Of course, these 20,000 people are militia at best, but they are rabble at worst. They can build up their reputation in the back, but if they are expected to fight a tough battle with the Japanese, it's better to take a break as soon as possible! Therefore, Lin Wei decisively arranged these more than 100 independent brigades outside the ambush circle to avoid being a hindrance at the critical moment.
This time the ambush of the Japanese mainly relied on Lin Wei's first company!
Even Yu Qi's troops and Pan Yong's 10th Battalion could only assist.
Of course, there is no first company now. Lin Wei's infantry company has been reorganized into the independent first brigade of the Shuangliao County Guerrilla Corps! Yu Qi's unit is the Second Independent Brigade.
Pan Yong's 10th Battalion was reorganized into the Independent Third Battalion.
Therefore, the strength of the troops in this battle is still very tight. Lin Wei is sure that he can win, but he is not very sure about annihilating all the Japanese. If there is help from the Langya Brigade, it will be possible. As long as Langya can By killing the Japanese commander first, Lin Wei would be sure to completely defeat the Japanese infantry unit coming to Shuangliao.
And if the Japanese can be completely defeated and become a group of defeated soldiers, then the more than 20,000 militiamen ambushing on the periphery of the battlefield will immediately become a vast ocean that will drown the Japanese defeated soldiers! Don't expect any of the Japanese who came this time to leave Shuangliao alive.
Just as he was thinking about it, a sentry ran over panting and reported: "Company Commander, Captain Han and the others are here!"
As soon as the sentry finished speaking, Han Feng's figure emerged from the dense corn bushes, followed by dozens of camouflaged Wolf Fang members behind him.
Lin Weidun was overjoyed. He stepped forward and shook hands with Han Feng tightly while saying, "Captain Han, I've been waiting for you to come."
"Company Commander Lin, something happened on the way, and we kept the brothers waiting for a long time." Han Feng shook hands with Lin Wei, and then greeted Yu Qi and Pan Yong behind Lin Wei. Fortunately, Pan Yong had already seen the wolf before. But Yu Qi seemed a little excited because he had already heard of Langya's reputation, of course, only to the Japanese.
For the Chinese, the Wolf Fang Brigade is the real protector!
"It doesn't matter, we came just in time!" Lin Wei waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Captain Han, do you want to take a break?"
"No need, marching at this distance is nothing to us, Langya." Han Feng shook his head and said, "Besides, there is no time. We have already seen the little Japs on the way here. They are only a few meters away from here." It’s only seven or eight miles away, and in about ten minutes at most, the Japs’ outpost troops will enter the ambush circle.”
"Have the Japanese come back?" Lin Wei's expression suddenly became serious after hearing this, and he turned around and said to the ordering soldier, "Give me the order to have the first, second, and third independent brigades enter the position immediately and prepare to fight!"
"Yes!" the messenger agreed, then turned around to deliver the order.
Han Feng asked Lin Wei: "Company Commander Lin, oh no, he should be called Chief of Staff Lin now."
After a pause, Han Feng said again: "Chief of Staff Lin, what should our Langya Brigade do?"
Lin Wei was not polite at all, nodded and said: "Captain Han, the key to whether this ambush can completely wipe out the Japs lies in whether your Langya Brigade can find and destroy the Japs' command system!"
"Beheading?" Han Feng smiled and said, "We are the best at growing wolf fangs, don't worry!"
After finishing speaking, Han Feng turned around and continued to use tactical sign language to the Langya players behind him. The next moment, the Langya players who were sitting on the ground to rest stood up one after another, bent down and dived into the deep corn field, and then Han Feng did the same. After entering, within a moment, more than 20 Wolf Fang members disappeared, as if they had never been here before.
Watching the Langya team members disappear, Yu Qi couldn't help but ask Lin Wei: "Chief of Staff Lin, can I ask you a question?"
"Captain, if you have any questions, just ask." Lin Wei smiled slightly and continued, "Also, don't be so arrogant. Don't call me Chief of Staff. Just call me Xiao Lin."
Yu Qi smiled and said, "Okay, instead of calling me Chief of Staff, I'll call you Xiao Lin."
After a pause, Yu Qi asked again: "Xiao Lin, is this Wolf Fang Brigade really as powerful as the legend says?"
"I'm afraid it's even more powerful than the legend says." Lin Wei said, "These guys are not human!"
After a pause, Lin Wei pointed to the lush corn fields around him and continued: "Let's put it this way, in complex jungle terrain or street fighting, these guys are more terrifying than wild beasts. The little devils look very ferocious, right? ? But in front of Wolf Ya, he is like a sheep!"
"When the Japanese see them, they act like little sheep?" Yu Qi said solemnly.
Lin Wei said: "Captain, you will soon know whether what I said is true."
Yu Qi nodded vigorously, with an uncontrollable look of expectation in his eyes.