Chapter 485 Mengguan lures the enemy
Mengguan is located in the New Pingyang Valley on the west side of Kumenling. The terrain is very low-lying and is a must-pass place for building Leduo highways.
If the Hukang River Valley is subdivided, it can be divided into two basins, one is the New Ocean Basin and the other is the Menggong Basin. The Hukang River Valley area is originally low, and the terrain of these two basins is the lowest in this area.
Because the terrain is low and it is the confluence of big rivers, the water volume is particularly abundant, swamps are everywhere, and the trees are particularly tall and dense.
In such a place, it is extremely difficult for the team to move.
All strongholds from New Ocean to Varuban are located in the New Ocean Basin.
Since the Sino-US coalition forces were attacking the New Ping Ocean, the Japanese 18th Division had to move forward to Mengguan. The division commander of the division was still in Myitkyina, and he arranged troops to defend against the attack of unknown troops. He was waiting for the reinforcements of the 56th Division. He would only go to Mengguan after the troops arrived. What's ridiculous is that the unknown troops were still unknown until now, the Zhang Junhot melee team. The new troops in Tanaka did not know that it was actually normal, because the Zhang Junhot melee team was directly under the command of the Chinese command headquarters in India. When he was in Lamba training, he did not have contact with the outside world and the training time was short. After only ten days of Lieto, he landed in the Hukang Valley. In Tanaka Shinichi's eyes, the unknown troops were too strong and he had to deal with them with all his strength in person.
The division headquarters temporarily handed over to Chief of Staff Major General Seo to preside over the work. General Tanaka Shinichi was very satisfied with Major General Seo's work. He thought that Newo could not hold on for ten days in the strong attack of the Sino-US coalition forces, but so far, Newo was still in the hands of the Japanese army. This shows that he was relieved to hand over the front command to Major General Seo.
Major General Seo selected a unit of the 56th Regiment from the Mengguan Division to reinforce the 55th Regiment to strengthen the defense in the New Ocean direction. The person who led the reinforcement of the 56th Regiment of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army was Colonel Hirata Ichiro. He was resourceful and had rich practical experience. He was outstanding among the Japanese intermediate commanders. Now he was the deputy captain and his rank was promoted to the colonel. He was obviously the candidate for the reserve regiment commander. Wherever there were vacancy, he would go to the corps. At present, the reinforcement unit was located in the Dakashi family.
The 56th Regiment had just been wiped out by Zhang Junhot Melee Team, and the corps was seriously short of troops. When Zhang Junhot Melee Team rescued the British army, it lured the Japanese army to attack and fought two Japanese brigades annihilation battles, which was very heavy on the Japanese 18th Division. Not only could the British army be easily rescued, but it also caused the Japanese 18th Division to have insufficient troops to defend in the long defense line of the Hukang Valley.
Such a proud guy, Lieutenant General Tanaka Shin-yi, was forced to request reinforcements from the Japanese 56th Division. Lieutenant General Mutaguchi, commander of the 15th Army, was the predecessor of Lieutenant General Tanaka Shin-yi, and both were radicals and advocated attacking India.
Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Reya received a telegram from the commander of the 18th Division and immediately ordered Lieutenant General Watanabe Masao, the commander of the 56th Division, to find a way to dispatch a corps to Myitkyina to strengthen the defense in that area.
The Japanese 56th Regiment had a very strong combat effectiveness. Not to mention anything else, I only talked about the capture of Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi leading an infantry regiment headed by the 146th Regiment into Yunnan.
With only a few thousand troops, they entered Yunnan and were even unmanned. The results were full of battles and the harvest was extraordinary.
In Wanding, 1,570 barrels of gasoline, 1,000 barrels of sticky oil, and 500 bags of rice were seized.
After placing the gasoline, 310 barrels and 1100 barrels of sticky oil were seized.
In Mangshi, 900 car tires, 900 boxes of howitzers and 600 boxes of anti-tank shells were seized.
In Longling, 1,550 barrels of gasoline, 700 bags of rice, and 10,000 bags of cement were seized.
In addition, there are many precious mineral materials.
The 56th Division, with the 146th Regiment as the main body, built a defense line on the west side of the Nujiang River, temporarily blocking the attack of hundreds of thousands of Chinese Expeditionary Forces.
Lieutenant General Watanabe Masao, the commander of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army, immediately sent a highly mobile search team to reinforce Myitkyina.
Whether it is Lieutenant General Mutaguchi, commander of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army, or Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi and Chief of Staff Major General Seo, their focus is on the direction of the New Ocean and Myitkyina. No one would have thought that an unknown team would suddenly hit Mengguan, where the 18th Division headquarters was located.
This is Zhang Junhao's cleverness in using troops. In most cases, he can be unexpected and cannot defend against the enemy.
Zhang Junhao's method of using troops has a strong special combat color. He takes a path that conventional troops cannot take and adopts tactics that conventional troops cannot adopt.
After Zhang Junhao led the commando and the second infantry team to the primitive jungle northeast of Mengguan, he did not have enough time to reconnaise the enemy situation. Because Zhang Junhao did not want the team to stay in the primitive dense forest for too long, camped all night and could not make fire, and the officers and soldiers could not bear it. Not to mention the beasts in the jungle, but to just talk about mosquitoes and ants, it would make the officers and soldiers live a life worse than death.
It is not the enemy situation, but the natural conditions that determine that the special melee team must immediately enter the battle once it arrives at Mengguan.
The second infantry detachment cannot be too far from Mengguan. If the distance is a little far, the Japanese army dare not pursue it. If it gets too close, it will be easily discovered by the Japanese army. Ambushing is very skillful and difficult.
First of all, you must not build neatly in advance, and secondly, you must be as close as possible to Mengguan.
The risk factor is extremely high because it is the location of the Japanese division headquarters. Although there are not too many field infantry, the direct teams of the division headquarters such as engineers, baggage soldiers, communication soldiers, division guards, medical soldiers, etc. are all concentrated here. Dabai family is separated by Dayuan River, and the Japanese army in that area can only come from the bridge, the route is relatively certain and easy to defend, but the Japanese army in the Varuban can come directly to reinforce by land.
The battle cannot last too long, it is best to be able to fight quickly. After the ambush, you must immediately form an offensive against Mengguan and force the surrounding Japanese troops to come for reinforcements. When the Japanese troops came for reinforcements, they could not have dumplings made by the Japanese troops.
Zhang Junhao and Luo Zhong, Huang Yongjun, Xie Xinming, Wang Jinxian, Wu Qiong and Li Li discussed together, weighing the pros and cons of various plans, and finally decided that Huang Yongjun led a team to ambush in an area only eight miles away from Mengguan. Xie Xinming led a team of commandos to lure the enemy. Wang Jinxian led a team of commandos to ambush the second commandos on the side of the Dayuan River. When the Japanese pursuers were ambushing the ground through the second commandos, they did not move. After the infantry and the Japanese pursuers got angry, Wang Jinxian must immediately lead the team to cut off the Japanese retreat route. Xie Xinming led the team through the infantry detachment ambushing the ground, bypassed the battlefield, and reinforced Wang Jinxian's second team.
Luo Zhong commanded the battle in the infantry detachment, and Zhang Junhao fought with the second team of Assault Team 2. Wu Qiong and Li Li stayed at the radio station and kept in touch with the team headquarters, Stilwell and Wingate. If there was any news, they would report using a walkie-phone.
After the plan was determined, the entire special melee team immediately started according to the plan.
Zhang Junhao followed the second commando team into the jungle and walked towards the Dayuan River.
Xie Xinming led the commando team to split into two routes and advanced towards Mengguan.
Luo Zhong and Huang Yongrang led the second infantry detachment to ambush the ambush as determined by the plan.
At 12 noon, the second assault team led by Xie Xinming launched a fierce attack on the Japanese transport convoy heading towards Dabaijia on the northwest side of Mengguan. 30 of the 50 people were holding Thomson submachine guns and 20 people were holding M1 Garland semi-automatic rifles.
The Thomson submachine gun is a melee weapon. The magazine can hold 30 rounds of bullets, can be shot continuously or single, with an effective range of 200 meters. The m1 Garland semi-automatic rifle magazine can hold 8 rounds and has an effective range of 750 meters. Although it is a single round, because it is semi-automatic, it can shoot in a fast and continuous manner, and the firing rate is much faster than the 38th large cover.
The commandos are mainly equipped with these two weapons, which are of length and length. During combat, the submachine gun eliminates the near enemy, the semi-automatic rifle eliminates the far-reaching enemy, and the semi-automatic infantry also has the task of sniping the Japanese army from afar. Each commando also carries 5 grenades. When attacking the Japanese transport team, they use the submachine gun and the semi-automatic rifle to destroy the living people and use the grenade to blow up the vehicles.
Mengguan is located in the core area of the Japanese defense against the attacks of the Sino-US coalition forces in the direction of the New Pingyang. Logistics support materials must be transported from here to the front line, and reinforcements must be transferred from here to the front line, and they are the location of the division headquarters.
Xie Xinming led the second assault team to destroy five full-material trucks of the Japanese transport team, destroying all the Japanese troops on board.
Major General Seo, the staff officer of the Japanese 18th Division, was shocked. He could clearly hear the dense gunfire and grenade explosions in the northwest direction in the division headquarters in Mengguan Town.
A staff officer came to report quickly, explaining the attacks of the northwest transport convoy.
Major General Seo asked loudly: "How many enemy troops are there?"
The staff officer replied: "The total force will not exceed one hundred people, all of which use submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles."
Major General Seo's heart was put in his stomach, and immediately called Colonel Sato Yasaburo, the captain of the 56th regiment, and ordered Colonel Sato Yasaburo to lead two squadrons to clear out.
After giving orders to Colonel Sato Yasaburo, he successively called the Communications Corps Engineers and the Badminton Health Team and the Field Hospital in Mengguan, ordering them to improve their alertness and all those who can participate in the war are ready to participate at any time.
Chapter completed!