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I heard that the 94th Brigade of the Central Army really won Datong, and everyone admired it.
Li Yunlong said: "I didn't expect Liang Gang to have some skills, but this hit the vital point of the Mongolian army."
"Lao Li is right." Ding Wei nodded and said, "Liang Gang directly killed half of the Mongolian army. If Shichida Ichiro does not withdraw the attacking group, he will be exhausted within three days." In the predicament of running out of food, in that case, the Sui Army will definitely not miss such a god-given opportunity, just one counterattack, and the offensive group of the Mongolian Army is over."
Kong Jie also said: "Old Devil Qitian will definitely withdraw the offensive group of the Mongolian Army, and I suspect that Neiji Okamura will definitely send troops from Beiping to reinforce the Mongolian Army."
"Old Kong, you don't have to doubt it." Li Yunlong said, "Ningji Okamura will definitely send reinforcements."
"It's a pity." Wang Ye said with some regret, "Under the attacking cluster of the Mongolian Army and the reinforcement cluster of the North China Front Army, the Central Army's 94th Brigade alone could not last long in Datong. There is no impact at all, but it is difficult to have a decisive impact."
Kong Jie asked: "You mean, the time Liang Gang can buy is still not enough?"
"Not enough." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "Unless Liang Gang is willing to fight for the 94th Brigade, he can stick to it for three days at most, but this time is simply not enough for the Sui Army to re-defense."
Chapter 530 Three Attacks on Taiyuan
Li Yunlong said: "Three days are not enough?"
Ding Wei also said: "Yes, if the offensive group of the Mongolian Army wants to flank Datong with the reinforcement group of the North China Front Army, it must disengage from the Sui Army. Once the two sides are out of contact, the Sui Army will only need one day to complete the defensive deployment. , three days is even enough to build a complete chain of trench fortifications."
Li Yunlong said: "If it were replaced by our three teams, three days would be enough to build a fortress."
Ding Wei snorted and said: "It seems that you are the only three teams. Our first team and Lao Kong's second team are not vegetarians."
"Yes yes yes." Li Yunlong grinned and said, "We can do any of the three detachments."
"Commander Ding, and Commander, you are talking about infantry fortifications." Wang Ye shook his head, and said, "The fortifications that took three days to build are enough to resist the infantry of the devils, but they are used to resist the devils." Armored units, especially established armored divisions, are far from enough.”
The Mongolian Army now has an armored division!
And according to the information provided by the underground party, this armored division has more than 300 tanks.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei have never seen the powerful penetration ability of an organized tank division, so they lack a clear concept of tank fortifications. They think that the fortifications that can block infantry assaults can also block tank assaults, but in fact such ideas are very It is dangerous, and it will be fatal at critical moments.
"Armored Division? You mean tanks?" Li Yunlong said, "The Devil's tanks are nothing special. A few Molotov cocktails can be easily dealt with?"
"Regimental Commander, that is a small-scale armored unit, and it has to be in a suitable terrain."
Wang Ye said dumbfoundedly: "The assault of a large-scale armored force is a completely different matter. You might as well imagine that more than [-] or even [-] tanks are lined up in several horizontal lines and pushed all the way. How to resist it?" ? Before our infantry rushed up, they were beaten into blood sieves by the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns."
Large-scale tank clusters can form effective protection for each other.
And behind the tank group, there must be devil infantry following up.
At this time, imagining that weapons such as Molotov cocktails and explosives can disrupt the assault of the armored troops is probably not naive, but extremely stupid.
Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, is a large-scale armored assault really so terrifying?"
"Really." Wang Ye nodded, and said very seriously, "A large-scale armored force launches an assault. It is really a torrent of steel, and flesh and blood are absolutely unstoppable."
Seeing Wang Ye being so cautious, Ding Wei and Li Yunlong couldn't help believing it.
The brigade commander also believed it, because Wang Ye has rarely talked about it so far.
Immediately the brigade commander said: "Then what should we do? It can't be completely helpless, right?"
"Of course there are ways." Wang Ye said, "The simplest and most direct way is to organize an armored group of the same size or even a larger size, and launch a tit-for-tat assault."
"But this method is definitely out of the question for us in China."
"So we can only use another method, which is to dig wide trenches and build anti-tank cones with cement."
After a pause, Wang Ye continued: "Tanks can easily cross infantry trenches, but trenches with a width of more than three meters cannot be crossed. Also, anti-tank cones cast in cement can make the tracks of tanks hang in the air, thus losing their mobility. However, the engineering volume of digging wide trenches far exceeds that of ordinary infantry trenches, and casting anti-tank cones requires cement, which requires a lot of cement. Wuyuan certainly does not have that much cement reserves, and it must be urgently transported from Guanzhong or Ganningqing, but It will take time, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least ten days, or even longer!"
Ding Wei said: "To put it this way, three days is really not enough."
Li Yunlong said: "Then what should we do? How about reminding Liang Gang?"
Kong Jie said: "How to remind? Tell him to stick to Datong for at least ten days at all costs? If we really say that, Liang Gang won't turn against us?"
What Kong Jie said was unintentional, but Wang Ye's heart was moved when he heard it.
At that moment Wang Ye said, "Maybe we don't need to remind Liang Gang."
"What do you mean?" Ding Wei said, "You mean someone will remind him?"
While several people were talking, a messenger came in with a telegram and handed it to Wang Ye.
After reading it, Wang Ye said: "Look, let me continue. Chang Kaishen gave Liang Gang a death order, asking the 94th Brigade of the Central Army to stick to Datong for ten days at all costs. The flanks cooperate."
Kong Jie said: "Really ask the 94th Brigade to defend Datong for ten days? Isn't this intentionally sending them to their deaths?"
"This kind of thing is nothing to Chang Kaishen." The brigade commander said flatly, "He has always done it like this."
"But we can't just watch the Japanese army eat up the 94th Brigade of the Central Army." Ding Wei said in a deep voice, "Because the Japanese army ate up the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, and then it's our turn to the Shanxi Northwest Column. "
"Yes, the teeth will be cold when the lips are dead. We can't just ignore death." The brigade commander said, "We must help with this job."
"The question is how to help?" Wang Ye said, "By holding on to the fortifications, we can inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army, but if we abandon the preset fortifications and go to the Japanese-occupied area to fight a field battle with the devil's heavy army, it will be like hitting a stone with an egg. Our Shanxi Northwest Column cannot do such stupid things."
Li Yunlong suddenly said: "Why don't we fight Taiyuan again?"
"That's a good idea." Ding Wei said with bright eyes when he heard the words, "Right now there is only one regiment of defenders in Taiyuan, and we have a precedent of capturing Taiyuan. Even if we just put on a show, we can arouse the devil's 12 vigilance At that time, the Japanese army will definitely mobilize heavy troops to reinforce Taiyuan, so there will be fewer reinforcements sent to Datong."
The brigade commander made a final decision: "Just do it, hit Taiyuan three times!"
……
After about three hours.
"What, the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is going south in a big way?" Okamura Neiji looked at Arisue Seizo with a shocked face, which was really beyond his expectation.
It's only been half a month, and the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has recovered?
Just accumulated combat materials to launch another wave of large-scale offensive?
Could it be that the [-]th Brigade has really built an arsenal and put it into production?
But Neiji Okamura still didn't believe it, and asked, "Has the situation been verified?"
"Hayi." Arimesei Sanyi paused and said, "The 9th Flying Squadron belonging to the First Army has sent a reconnaissance plane to verify that at least [-] Route Army troops are lining up in a zigzag formation and heading south along the Tongpu Highway. , There are still a large number of mules and horses in the queue, and the materials carried on the horses are not only ammunition boxes, but also parts of mountain artillery and infantry artillery."
"Damn it, so the 94th Brigade really wants to attack Taiyuan!" Okamura Neiji said bitterly, "They must be in order to support the [-]th Brigade of the Central Army in Datong and buy time for the Sui Army to deploy defenses."
Youmo Jingsan said in a deep voice: "Even so, I'm afraid we can't take it lightly."
"Of course we can't take it lightly." Neiji Okamura said solemnly, "We must not take the [-]th Brigade lightly."
After a pause, Okamura Ningji said with a dark face again: "How about this, the personnel and equipment of the 28th Division don't need to get off the train, just send the four military trains to Taiyuan and get off the train!"
"Hay."
……
At this time, Liang Gang had already led the main force of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army to the outside of Datong City. Duan Rongqing and Liang Jun hurriedly brought the guards to the south gate to meet Liang Gang.
"Travel seat." Duan Rongqing and Liang Jun saluted.
It can be seen that Duan Rongqing and Liang Jun are a little proud.
This is also human nature. After all, it has captured a big city at a very small price, and even wiped out a battalion of the devil's infantry. Anyway, this is a big victory.
Liang Gang returned the military salute and asked, "How about the casualties of the troops?"
"There were not many casualties in the troops." Duan Rongqing said, "As soon as the battle started, the Jiaolong Squadron took down the devil's headquarters. When there were hundreds of devils, some casualties were paid, but the problem was not serious."
Liang Gang asked again: "How much was seized?"
Duan Rongqing said: "There are a lot of weapons, but not much ammunition."
Liang Gang sighed lightly when he heard the words, it seems that the troops stationed in Mongolia are not well off.
Duan Rongqing said again: "Traveler, I guess the reinforcements from the Mongolian army and Beiping devils are coming soon, why don't you withdraw?"
"Withdraw?" Liang Gang said coldly, "Who told you to withdraw? Give me an order. The second regiment controls the east city and the south city, the third regiment controls the west city and the north city, and the artillery regiment relies on several main streets to build artillery fortifications."
"Yes!" Several messengers agreed, and immediately ran away in a few directions.
"Ah?" Duan Rongqing and Liang Jun were stunned, what's going on?Is this to stick to Datong?
Liang Gang's eyes fell on Duan Rongqing, and he said again: "The first regiment is a reserve team, stationed in the central city with the brigade headquarters, ready to support any direction in case of danger at any time."
"Yes." Duan Rongqing agreed, and then said, "Travel seat, don't you guard the city wall and the outer positions?"
"Don't defend." Liang Gang sighed softly, and said again, "There is no way to defend, because our firepower is too weak. To stick to the outer positions and city walls is just to die. We can only rely on the houses and buildings in the city to fight the devils in the streets. It is possible to persist for more than ten days."
"Ah? Ten days?!"
Duan Rongqing was completely dumbfounded.
Liang Gang ignored Duan Rongqing, and said to Zhu Jiahua, "Chief of Staff, organize the transfer of the people immediately. After this war, most of Datong City will be reduced to ruins. I don't want the people to be buried with the city."
"Yes." Zhu Jiahua agreed, and immediately went to organize the transfer of Datong people.
Liang Gang climbed up to the south gate of Datong alone, staring at the direction of Chongqing for a long time without saying a word.
……
Chongqing, the study room of Yunxiu Building, the official residence of Huangshan Mountain.
Chen Bulei reported respectfully: "Committee, the four provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai have collected all the cement in stock, and there are about [-] tons in total!"
Chang Kaishen frowned and said, "Only two hundred tons?"
"Yes, only [-] tons were collected." Chen Bulei whispered, "Actually, even if more cement can be collected, there is no way to transfer it to Wuyuan in time, because there are simply not enough large trucks collected."
Chang Kaishen said solemnly: "If you can't collect trucks, you will collect cars and tricycles."
After a pause, he said again: "In short, send the cement to Wuyuan at all costs!"
"Yes!" Chen Bulei responded respectfully, and when he turned to leave, he was stopped by Chang Kaishen again.
"Yanji." Chang Kaishen turned his head and looked in the direction of Datong, and said quietly, "At this time, the attacking group of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia and the reinforcements of the North China Front Army should be arriving in Datong soon, right?"
Chen Bulei nodded and said, "Looking at the time, it should be almost here."
……
It was getting dark.
Most of the people in Datong City have been transferred.
The rest refused to leave, and Liang Gang didn't want to force them.
Unless the devils are crazy enough to shoot mustard gas bombs into the city, as long as the people hide in the cellar, their lives will not be in danger. After all, Datong has been occupied by the devils for several years. After the devils break the city, they should not commit mass murder. After all, this is contrary to the three no's policy formulated by Neiji Okamura.
Accompanied by Zhu Jiahua, Duan Rongqing and others, Liang Gang boarded the North Gate of Datong.
Zhu Jiahua said in a low voice: "Traveler, the 1st Division that came from Beiping for reinforcements was blocked by the Eighth Route Army of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, and the Japanese troops stationed at the junction of Datong in Yingxian County were also entangled by the [-]th Brigade. Although the [-]th Division of the Eighth Route Army also tried its best to block the attack group of the Mongolian army returning to the division, it still couldn't hold on for too long due to the plain terrain along the way. If there is no accident, it should be the attack group of the Mongolian army. Kill back to Datong."
Liang Gang nodded, and asked again: "How many troops are there in the attack group of the Mongolian Army?"
Zhu Jiahua said in a deep voice: "According to the information provided by the Sui Army, the Mongolian Army's offensive group consists of a chariot division, an infantry division, and two cavalry divisions of the Puppet Mongolian Army, with about 5 people."
After a pause, he continued: "There are more than [-] vehicles of various types, about [-] tanks and armored vehicles, more than [-] artillery pieces of various types, and countless light and heavy machine guns."
Hearing this, the hearts of Duan Rongqing and others sank.
Even if the 1st Division did not come from Beiping for reinforcements, the attack cluster of the Mongolian Army alone was enough to crush their 94th Brigade alone. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great.
Duan Rongqing turned his gaze to Liang Gang, because it was too dark to see Liang Gang's expression clearly.
At this time, Liang Gang suddenly said, "They are here."
Duan Rongqing asked subconsciously: "Who is here?"
Liang Gang said: "The Mongolian Army."
Duan Rongqing asked again: "How many are here?"
While talking, Duan Rongqing looked around the wilderness ahead.
But Liang Gang said quietly: "They are all here, the entire attack group of the Mongolian army is here."
Accompanied by Liang Gang's words, a faint light appeared under the dark night sky ahead, and then this light spot turned into a light band, and then the light band continued to thicken and then extended to both sides.
In the end, the entire strip of light turned into countless light spots.
Seeing this, Duan Rongqing, Zhu Jiahua and others could not help but gasp.
Because every point of light in the night sky ahead means a car or a tank.
In a blink of an eye, dense light spots have covered the black earth like a curtain, sweeping towards Datong like mercury leaking from the ground.
Liang Gang looked back leisurely, his gaze fell on Liang Jun.
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