Chapter 129: The Yamazaki Battalion Collided with the Transport Team
In the mountains north of Shangdang, Yamazaki Jihei, who wanted to break out of the Shangdang area from the direction of Shiquan County, was walking on a trail with hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
From time to time, scouts came back from the front to report the situation to Yamazaki Jihei.
A Japanese lieutenant officer in the middle of the Japanese army looked at the sun in the sky, then looked at the surrounding terrain, as if he had noticed something.
The Japanese lieutenant hurriedly left the team and took out a map and compass from the briefcase he was carrying.
"Oh no, the troops are going in the wrong direction!"
The Japanese lieutenant looked at the map and compared the marching direction, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
The troops' marching direction deviated and they were not heading towards Shiquan County at all, but instead towards Taiyue Mountain.
That's the Eighth Route Army's hinterland. If they rush in blindly, then these 800 people will go from being confused to being clueless.
The Japanese lieutenant officer did not dare to delay and rushed forward with the map, calling out to Yamazaki Jihei.
"Sir, sir!"
Yamazaki Jihei, who was marching in the middle of the team, heard his adjutant's call, frowned, left the army and stopped.
"Um?
Xiaolin, what's wrong?
The captain, whom Yamazaki Jihei called Kobayashi-kun, stopped and spoke to Yamazaki Jihei anxiously.
"Sir, the troops have deviated from the direction. Our direction has deviated sixty degrees to the northwest!"
Yamazaki Jihei was stunned for a moment after hearing what Kobayashi Ryoichi said, and then he became furious.
The troops have been advancing for most of the day, and now you say that they have deviated from their direction, and have deviated by as much as sixty degrees!
Originally, Yamazaki Jihei chose to break out from Shiquan County because he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route Army had not yet discovered their traces and break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army while the Eighth Route Army was unable to react in a short period of time.
In order to successfully break through the encirclement, Yamazaki Jihei even risked turning on the radio to request the headquarters to send a support force to help the Yamazaki Battalion break out of the Eighth Route Army's encirclement.
Now Kobayashi Ryoichi told him that the troops had deviated from their direction...
This time, not only did the time spent away from the Shangdang area increase, but it was also impossible to join up with the reinforcements.
You have to know that the Yamazaki Battalion had agreed on a time with the support troops. If the Yamazaki Battalion failed to arrive at the support location at that time, the support troops would launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army.
If things go wrong, the support troops may be swallowed up by the Eighth Route Army.
Moreover, such a large unit as the Yamazaki Battalion stayed in the Shangdang area for such a long time, and even under the order of Yamazaki Jihei, the unit had never been exposed to civilians.
However, the Eighth Route Army was still able to figure out their troops through the food stolen from various villages and some traces.
If they delay for too long, what they might get is not their reinforcement troops, but a heavy encirclement and suppression by the Eighth Route Army.
And most importantly, if we want to readjust the direction now, we must send a message to the supporting troops...
To send a message, one has to turn on the radio. The last time the radio was turned on, the Eighth Route Army discovered the location and almost exposed the real number of troops.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Thinking of this, Yamazaki Jihei raised his right hand and slapped Kobayashi Ryoichi hard.
"idiot!"
"Snapped!"
If he hadn't been worried that the gunshots would attract the Eighth Route Army, Yamazaki Jihei would have wanted to kill Kobayashi Ryoichi.
Yamazaki Jihei slapped Kobayashi Ryoichi to the ground and then quickly gave orders to the troops.
"Stop!"
Under Yamazaki Jihei's order, all the Japanese soldiers stopped advancing and stood still.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and find a new route and see if we can make it to the scheduled pick-up location in time!"
At Yamazaki Jihei's shout, Kobayashi Ryoichi quickly got up and began to replan the route.
"Senior, what happened? Why did you order the troops to stop advancing?"
Takagi Xixiong, who was in charge of leading the vanguard troops, ran back from the front wearing the captain's uniform given to him by Yamazaki Jihei and asked Yamazaki Jihei.
Yamazaki Jihei looked at the junior who was still standing straight as he ran over, and nodded with satisfaction to the junior whom he respected very much.
"Takagi-kun, my adjutant misread the map, and the troops' marching direction is off by sixty degrees!"
"Nani?!"
"Sir, I found a new route!"
Kobayashi Ryosei was afraid that he would be beaten again, so he quickly took the map to Yamazaki Jihei and Takagi Hiroshi.
"As long as we pass through Tongshi Town, we can still arrive at the pick-up location on schedule."
When Gao Muxiong heard Kobayashi Ryoichi mention Tongshi Town, he immediately thought of the artillery shells that were like meteors that night and the six devil-like tanks over there.
“Senior, we cannot pass through Tongshi Town. The Eighth Route Army there is very powerful.
Our entire Goryeo Corps, together with the Locust Alliance Army of nearly 10,000 people, was defeated by the Eighth Route Army stationed in Tongshi Town!"
After listening to what Takagi Xixiong said, Yamazaki Jihei stared at Kobayashi Ryoichi again and raised his right hand again.
“Are you an idiot?!
The Goryeo Army of nearly 10,000 people failed to break through the defense line of Tongshi Town. We have less than 1,000 people and are extremely short of ammunition and equipment. Do you want us to die? ! "
"idiot!"
Just when Yamazaki Jihei was about to strike with his right hand, two Japanese soldiers ran over from the front and back.
"Report to the commander, an Eighth Route Army transport team has been spotted!"
"Report to the commander, the vanguard troops reported that they had found a strange target!"
After listening to the reports from the two Japanese soldiers, Yamazaki Jihei and Takagi Xixiong looked at each other and hurriedly ran in the direction pointed by the Japanese soldier who said he had discovered the transport team.
Yamazaki Jihei and Takagi Xixiong climbed up the hillside, took out their binoculars and looked in the direction the Japanese soldiers were pointing.
I saw about fifty Eighth Route Army soldiers escorting eight large carts along the road.
……
A transport team from the Eighth Route Army Logistics Department was transporting the last batch of equipment handed over from Shiquan County to the location of the Eighth Route Army Logistics Department and the ancient town.
Because the two main regiments with the most seized equipment were the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army's subsequent offensive plan was mainly to attack to the north and east.
So Zhang Wanhe directly set up the logistics department in Hegu Town, close to Shiquan County and Linyuan County.
In the future, if the troops in Shangdang area need to be transferred outward, they will have to pass through Hegu Town to facilitate the troops to receive supplies.
In addition, there are three regiments of troops surrounding the ancient town, so security is also guaranteed.
After the vanguard regiment took over the headquarters, the logistics department was surrounded by the protection of four regiments.
Among them, there are three New Regiments, Independent Regiment and Pioneer Regiment, which are known as the ace troops of the 129th Division, to protect them, so there is no need to worry about safety.
A young soldier in the transport team touched the mortar shells and ammunition loaded on the truck and spoke enviously.
"As expected of the Minister, he easily obtained so many damaged equipment from Captain Li. Captain Li opened a breakthrough. Otherwise, it would be difficult for us to ask other captains for those damaged equipment."
"If our logistics department can repair all the damaged equipment this time, we can at least equip three main regiments."
"Of course not. Minister Zhang and Commander Li are from the same hometown. Minister Zhang is a senior member. He has climbed snow-capped mountains, walked through grasslands, and studied in Yan'an. He has seniority and prestige."
Many soldiers in the transport team were chatting and did not notice that a group of Japanese soldiers in shit-yellow uniforms had appeared on the nearby hillside.
(End of this chapter)
