NCCnovel Chapter 357 The End
Chapter 357 The End
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The entire armored infantry regiment of the 3rd Armored Division boarded the half-track armored vehicles. The roaring sound of the engines made Wang Ming and Wei Heshang cover their ears.
"Next time we'll also airdrop a few armored vehicles!"
"Yes! But even without armored vehicles, our firepower and momentum are stronger than the armored infantry regiment!"
Li Yunlong and his guard company boarded an armored vehicle, and then waved to Wang Ming and Wei Heshang.
"Come up quickly!"
Monk Wei boarded the armored vehicle with a grin and an expression of “this smells so good”, completely forgetting the bold words he had just spoken!
A soldier who followed widened his eyes at the half-empty armored vehicle.
"Captain, why are there so many empty seats? I remember they were always full before!"
Li Yunlong and the soldiers of the guard company's expression changed and they stared at the soldier viciously.
Monk Wei randomly kicked him on the butt.
"Shut up if you can't speak!"
The soldier then realized that the seats they were sitting in were vacated by the sacrificed soldiers. He immediately clenched the Type 95 rifle in his hand and swore in his heart that since he was sitting in their position, he would avenge them and kill all these bastards!
At Li Yunlong's command, these tigers that had come down the mountain rushed towards the Japanese soldiers who were preparing to block their attack at the foot of the mountain under the cover of artillery fire.
Hosokawa Yasutada originally wanted to prepare for a final attack, but when he received the news that the 59th Division was completely wiped out, he felt a chill down his spine.
The 59th Division was annihilated, so how far could his 62nd Division be?
Yasutada Hosokawa immediately reported to General Okamura Yasuji and prepared to gather the troops and retreat back to Shijiazhuang.
The 62rd Brigade of the 53nd Division has lost more than half of its troops, the 54th Brigade has lost part of its troops, and together with the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade, a total of more than Japanese soldiers are retreating quickly from Langwo Mountain under the "cover" of the puppet army.
Those puppet soldiers, who were like "abandoned pawns", were forced to lie trembling in the trenches under the "advice" of the Japanese machine guns, and fell into despair as they watched the roaring half-track armored vehicles approaching.
Li Yunlong in the distance seemed to have discovered something, because the scattered gunshots showed that they were a group of guerrillas with no fighting spirit.
"It's probably Er Gouzi. Charge forward and leave a battalion behind to take the prisoners!"
The armored vehicle did not waste any bullets, but pointed its guns directly at the puppet troops behind the trenches and fired at them.
The Japanese supervisory team was turned into corpses under the shooting of the machine guns on the armored vehicles.
Without the Japanese supervision team, an armored infantry battalion easily controlled the situation.
The puppet troops surrendered in an organized manner, and they carefully put away their bullet bags and rifles into different categories. They were extremely skilled, so skilled that it made people feel distressed.
The commander of the Shijiazhuang Security Brigade took off his hat and walked over respectfully.
"Sir, are you satisfied with us?"
"Satisfied? Satisfied with what?"
"Are you satisfied with the speed of our Imperial Army's surrender and the classification of their weapons?"
The soldiers of the independent column were shocked. They never thought that they would be satisfied or dissatisfied with such a thing. Did they regard surrender as a performance or competition?
More than 3,000 puppet troops were escorted to Niangzi Pass by an armored infantry regiment, and they were ready to notify Political Commissar Zhao in Pingshun to take over.
Li Yunlong led the remaining 3,000 soldiers and chased and attacked the Japanese devils from behind.
In order to speed up the march, Hosokawa Yasutada was forced to tie up the civilians and throw them in the middle of the road to block the marching route of the independent column. Only then did he gradually get rid of the pursuit and fled back to Shijiazhuang in panic.
Li Yunlong chased for dozens of miles before slowly stopping, gathering his troops and preparing to retreat to Niangzi Pass.
When it was dark, they ran into the support troops led by Wang Meng and joined forces.
The 26th Brigade in Datong saw that Taiyuan and Yangquan had been captured and the 62nd Brigade had been completely wiped out, so it withdrew to Datong.
Xing Zhiguo's Sixth Armored Division and Kong Jie's Fifth Armored Division, which were preparing to attack Xinzhou, took Xinzhou in sixteen hours.
At this point, the so-called Shanxi Battle came to an end.
The independent column suffered more than 5,000 casualties, killed more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers and more than 6,000 puppet soldiers, and captured more than 6,000 puppet soldiers.
They recovered large tracts of land in Taiyuan, Yangquan and Xinzhou, and controlled Niangzi Pass, the throat of Jin.
In the camp inside Niangzi Pass, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions are resting.
In the so-called Battle of Taiyuan, Shen Quan's 3rd Armored Division and Ding Wei's 4th Armored Division suffered the greatest losses and made the greatest contributions.
Therefore, Wang Meng and Li Yunlong discussed and prepared to further adjust the defense zones of each armored division in response to the expanded territory.
The defense of Yangquan and Niangziguan was handed over to Wang Huaibao's First Armored Division until Zhao Gang organized the armed forces to take over.
Zhang Dabiao's Second Armored Division continued to move northward and advanced to Yuanping.
Shen Quan's 3rd Armored Division withdrew to Pingshun for rest and reorganization.
Taiyuan should be considered safe because Xinzhou was blocking the north, so Ding Wei's 4th Armored Division rested in Taiyuan.
Kong Jie's Fifth Armored Division was stationed in Xinzhou, while Xing Zhiguo's Sixth Armored Division moved northwest to threaten Datong.
In short, the basic situation is now clear, and the independent column's offensive focus has been shifted to the north of Shanxi.
Three days later, at the temporary command post of the 201th Armored Division outside the city of Taiyuan, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Wang Meng, as well as the military chiefs of seven armored divisions, an artillery division, an aviation division, and the st Airborne Regiment were all in place.
Everyone was in high spirits, as if it was Chinese New Year.
It's no wonder. We won a great victory and captured Taiyuan. It's hard to know who should receive the credit for this great achievement.
"Comrades, you have all worked hard these past few days. We won't talk about the results of the battle, they are obvious to all! Ding Wei, Shen Quan, you have made great contributions!"
Li Yunlong waved his hand and two flags were put out.
"Award: The Glorious Heroic Division of Niangziguan!"
"Award: The Glorious Taiyuan Model Division!"
Ding Wei and Shen Quan took the heavy flags handed over by Zhao Gang and Wang Meng with red eyes.
It's not just because of this hard-earned honor, but also because of the blood and lives of thousands of soldiers.
"Fulfill the mission!"
"Fulfill the mission!"
Li Yunlong looked at his two old brothers and felt deeply moved. After so many years of fighting, this was the first time they had reached Taiyuan.
"Of course, other armored divisions also made outstanding contributions. For example, our Dai Anlan's Seventh Armored Division tied down a large number of enemy troops. One armored division shattered the Japanese's fantasy of attacking Pingshun from Xinxiang and Zhengxian. And our Political Commissar Zhao and the Aviation Division won by surprise, shooting down hundreds of Japanese planes with inferior numbers of fighters!"