Predator Reborn

Chapter 122 The Battle of Xiangtangpu (1)

The Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway was interrupted, and the Japanese army lacked ammunition on the front line. When the news came, the Japanese Army's North China Headquarters was shocked, and the Japanese Army's base camp was also shocked.

The Japanese commander in North China had to slow down the Japanese attack due to the shortage of ammunition on the front line, which showed that the Chinese soldiers finally got a short rest. However, within a few days, a condemnation telegram was sent from the Japanese base camp.

On the table of the North China General Headquarters.

It turned out that the slowdown of the Japanese army's offensive in North China had affected the situation of the entire Chinese battlefield. Therefore, the base camp sent a strong telegram of condemnation.

Faced with the questioning from the base camp, the North China commander had no choice but to order the soldiers on the front line who were short of guns and ammunition to launch a new round of attacks. As for the lack of ammunition and supplies, before the Zhengtai Railway was repaired, the baggage troops could only be transported by road and by car.

Mules and horses were used to transport supplies. This brought a lot of fighters to Liu Hua who stayed along the Handan-Changzhi highway.

To transport supplies to the front line, the Japanese had to pass along the highway from Handan to Changzhi, and most of this highway ran deep into the Taihang Mountains. In other words, the entire highway was full of ambush positions. The famous Shentouling victory in history was remembered.

Battles such as the Tangpu battle were fought on this road.

Thinking of several famous battles in history, Liu Hua was excited. Now that he is here, of course these battles must be fought, and they must be fought well. So after two days of day and night marches, the four regiments reached their destination quietly.

The ground, immediately lurked down, and sent the newly formed special brigade to draw a detailed topographic map along the highway. And asked the special brigade to find out as much as possible the troop deployment of the Japanese strongholds along the way, while Liu Hua quietly recalled

Battles in history.

Now that I have arrived, I have changed a lot of history. First of all, the damage to the Zhengtai Railway is deeper than before, and the Japanese have slowed down the attack progress unprecedentedly in previous lives. But now that the Japanese have no railways, they only rely on road transportation. In the past, there were few people.

The highway immediately became busy. On the first day of Liu Hua's surveillance, dozens of cars passed by. This was a highway hiding a huge fighter plane. Liu Hua couldn't help but think about it.

After nearly two days of hard work by the special brigade, the terrain map of more than 100 kilometers along the route was completed. The enemy's troop deployment, road sections suitable for ambush, etc. were clearly marked by professional staff...

Liu Hua did not let the special brigade that had just completed their mission rest. Another important task was assigned to them. The entire special brigade, except for the sniper squadron, was all lurking along the highway that was more than 200 miles away.

It searches for fighter planes for the main force and also undertakes the task of detecting the enemy's situation.

After receiving the mission, Captain Liu Xiaogang of the Special Forces Brigade immediately set off with the radio. Looking at the Special Forces Brigade, which was becoming more and more like the special forces of later generations, Liu Hua smiled. You must know that the Special Forces Brigade is the focus of Liu Hua's great efforts.

, among all the weapons and equipment in the entire army, the special forces brigade has the best weapons and equipment. Each soldier has a shell gun, a rifle, a light machine gun for each action group, and a radio station for each team. All personnel are in the field.

The army was personally selected by Liu Hua and Liu Xiaogang...

In this way, Liu Hua's eyes could see a distance of 200 kilometers along the route. The lurking soldiers constantly reported the situation on the highway to the headquarters. However, faced with the ubiquitous fighter planes, Liu Hua was not tempted, because the two

The day passed, and dozens of convoys passed in front of Liu Hua, but Liu Hua did not touch it. In Liu Hua's words, this was to avoid alerting the enemy. Indeed, soon, there was a big fighter plane.

Appeared in front of Liu Hua. Of course, this fighter plane is a bit too big. If it fails, it will cause the independent brigade to shed a layer of skin...

As the Japanese frontline ammunition was getting less and less, especially bullets and mountain artillery shells. In order to relieve the pressure on the front line and fully replenish the ammunition, the North China Headquarters decided to dispatch 150 vehicles to join the two vehicle squadrons at the transfer station to attack 200 vehicles.

To transport supplies to the front line, for the safety of this batch of supplies, the headquarters specially mobilized a brigade of elite imperial troops from the front line, as well as a squadron of heavy supplies from the rear, plus reinforced artillery, heavy machine guns, etc., totaling 2,200

A human escort team escorted the ammunition to the front line.

Of course, the Japanese army's massive operation did not hide the CCP's underground party hidden in the city. Soon, this information was forwarded to Liu Hua's temporary headquarters.

"Commander, information from headquarters!" the communications staff officer came to Liu Hua with a telegram.

"According to the investigation, in order to alleviate the shortage of ammunition on the front line, the Japanese army decided to allocate 150 vehicles from the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China to join two vehicle squadrons belonging to the Yamada Baggage Troop of the Japanese 14th Division, with a total of 200 vehicles. In one of the Japanese 14th Division

Under the protection of more than 2,000 people from the brigade and a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns, they passed through Licheng from Shexian County and headed towards Dongyang Pass. They transported ammunition and supplies to the Japanese troops on the front line. The specific departure time was March 14th...

After reading the telegram, Liu Hua felt extremely excited. The big fish he had been waiting for finally arrived.

"Commander, does the enemy have too many escort troops?" After reading the telegram and seeing Commander Liu Hua's excited expression, Chief of Staff Li Qing quickly reminded him.

"Correspondent, map!" Hearing the reminder from the chief of staff, Liu Hua immediately calmed down. Soon, a map of eastern Shanxi with the enemy's troop deployment fell in front of Liu Hua.

Soon, through the telegraph message, an enemy's march route appeared on the map. Liu Hua held a pencil and slowly walked along the curve with the pen tip. Suddenly, a familiar place name appeared on Liu Hua's

In his eyes ~ "Xiangtangpu." Liu Hua's pen tip stopped at this place. According to the above marking, this place is very suitable for an ambush, and the entire road stretches for several kilometers and runs through the mountains.

"Commander Wang, please introduce the terrain of Xiangtangpu and the deployment of surrounding enemy troops." Liu Hua stared at Xiangtangpu and ordered immediately.

"Yes, Commander." He said, picking up the terrain map and the Japanese troop deployment that had been surveyed by the special operations team in the early stage.

"Xiangtangpu is located at the foot of Dongyang Pass in Licheng County on the Handan-Changchang Line. Dongyang Pass is also known as Hukou Old (old) Pass, Hukou Pass, Yukou. It was established in the Spring and Autumn Period, and an inspection department was established in the Ming Dynasty. Although it is not as good as

The Pingxing Pass, Niangzi Pass, and Yanmen Pass in the north are dangerous, but in terms of their terrain, they are also the passage from Shanxi to Hebei and Henan, and the main vein of the Taihang Mountains. Here, there are two winding cliffs, and the Wuhou Ridge slightly to the east.

The Guandong Slope is full of rocks and caves, and almost no step is easy to walk. This stretch of road stretches for a total of 5 kilometers, making it a good battlefield for ambush." ​​He said and looked at it to see if it was possible.

The excited commander continued:

"Since Commander Sun led two regiments to completely interrupt the enemy's Zhengtai Railway a few days ago, now the enemy can only rely on this road to transport supplies and ammunition to the front line, so the strength of the strongholds along the way has been greatly strengthened. According to the special

According to the investigation of the war brigade, there are more than 1,000 Japanese troops stationed in Licheng, more than 800 in Shexian, and more than 1,500 in Wu'an. They have also set up an additional stronghold at Dongyang Pass with more than 200 troops stationed to specifically protect this transportation artery." After that, he asked Liu Hua.

He gave Li Qing a military salute.

Liu Hua had been listening quietly. He marked the important situations one by one on the map. Soon, the deployment of Japanese troops around Xiangtangpu was clearly displayed in front of everyone.

"Chief of Staff, please estimate, if we ambush the enemy's convoy at Xiangtangpu, how many troops will be dispatched from various Japanese strongholds for reinforcements?" Liu Hua still took a breath while looking at the deployment of troops around the enemy.

After listening to the commander's questions, everyone was stunned. They all looked at the commander in front of them with wide eyes and disbelief. You must know that ambushing the Japanese convoy when surrounded by heavy local troops would be the same.

If things go wrong, the Independent Brigade will be surrounded by the Japanese army. Although he was surprised, the chief of staff still seriously called the combat staff to make statistics. Soon, the maximum strength of the enemy's reinforcements was calculated.

"Commander, after calculating the troops required for the enemy's defense, if we ambush the Japanese convoy in Xiangtangpu, the Japanese army in Licheng can send up to two squadrons of 500 Japanese soldiers, and the reinforcement time will be one and a half hours. The Japanese army in Shexian County can send two

The squadron has 400 people and the reinforcement time is 2 hours. Wuxiang can mobilize a brigade of troops, but the reinforcement time will be very long. It is estimated to be 4 hours. All Dongyang Pass strongholds should be dispatched, with a total strength of more than 2,000 troops." The chief of staff continued.

Said, "The enemy's reinforcement time I calculated just now is the time it takes for the enemy to use cars, but I think that in order to transport this batch of supplies, the enemy should allocate all the cars in the strongholds along the way, so the reinforcement time will be doubled."

After listening to the words of the Chief of Staff, Liu Hua thought seriously about whether he should fight this battle with a total of four thousand Japs. However, when he thought of the supplies and ammunition for nearly 200 cars, he was reluctant to give up such a lot of supplies and ammunition.

, enough to last the current strength of the independent brigade for the first half of a year.

"Fight, we must fight this battle." Liu Hua suddenly thought that he must reserve enough ammunition and materials for the counter-"Nine Route Encirclement and Suppression" that would be carried out in the near future. Thinking of this, Liu Hua made a decision.

"Chief of Staff, your staff office will make a detailed combat plan immediately. Immediately, right now, I will do it with you." Liu Hua turned to the stunned Chief of Staff and ordered.

"Yes, Commander." After saying that, he called all the combat staff together and began to assign their respective tasks. As the participating commander, Liu Hua also kept coming up with ideas and suggestions...

An hour passed. With the joint efforts of all the staff, a detailed combat plan was placed in front of Liu Hua, waiting for his instructions.