12dz Chapter 711 Control of the Yellow River Bridge
Chapter 711 Control of the Yellow River Bridge
The Japanese lieutenant walked up to Chu Yunfei tremblingly. He was no longer as rebellious as before. Instead, he lowered his head and behaved like a well-behaved child.
"Major, I have received an order from the headquarters. The bridgehead will be handed over to you immediately and I will follow your command!"
Chu Yunfei breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was finally at ease. He walked forward and patted the Japanese lieutenant on the shoulder, with an expression of a great man who did not bear grudges.
"Yoshi!"
After saying this, his "mouth replacement" appeared again and told all the Japanese soldiers to return to their tents about a hundred meters away from the left bridgehead to rest, and not to go out without orders.
The Japanese lieutenant also breathed a sigh of relief. He thought they would be sent under the bridge pier to feed mosquitoes, but he didn't expect that they would be allowed to go back to sleep.
"Hayi! Assemble the troops!"
People are in high spirits when they are happy. In less than ten minutes, half a squadron of Japanese soldiers were gathered together, and then they marched in a neat line towards the tent on the left.
Chu Yunfei put his hands behind his back, then pointed at the Japanese tent, and his men immediately understood what he meant.
He brought a dozen soldiers to surround the tent and "protect" them.
After the Japanese soldiers walked away, Chu Yunfei immediately ordered the soldiers to clear the bridgehead and the two heavy machine gun positions in front to prevent any remaining Japanese soldiers from playing tricks.
More than ten minutes later, the vanguard led by Chu Yunfei completely took control of the bridgehead on the north bank.
"Signal, let the second and third echelons quickly get on the bridge!"
"Yes!"
Chu Yunfei looked at his watch. It was already two o'clock in the morning. There were only five hours left before launching the general attack.
"If the Liangshan Special Forces hadn't cut off the Japanese's phone call in time and disguised themselves as their headquarters, I'm afraid hundreds of us would have become dead at the hands of the Japanese!"
"Yes! The soldiers of Liangshan Special Forces are indeed very capable. It seems that we still have a long way to go."
Chu Yunfei looked at the countless shadows moving around in the darkness and said:
"Each unit has its own position, just like not all units can be as elite as the Liangshan Special Forces. Our Mountain Division follows the route of elite infantry. We are not like the Liangshan Special Forces that can fight one hundred at a time, nor are we like the Armored Division that is good at large-scale combat. Let's go our own way!"
Chu Yunfei made some arrangements and waited until the soldiers of the second echelon of the First Infantry Regiment of the Mountain Division got on the bridge. He then handed over the northern bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge to the commander of the first regiment. He then prepared to follow suit and capture the southern bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge.
The southern bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge is now garrisoned by the Japanese Kwantung Army's 1st Division, which is only about half a squadron.
Fortunately, the 1st Division and the 27th Division did not have much contact, so with the assistance of the Liangshan Special Forces, they successfully captured all of the Japanese bridge-guarding troops.
"Send a message to the Army Group Headquarters. Our troops have taken control of the Yellow River Bridge and have not aroused the enemy's suspicion. Please give us your next instructions!"
Inside the Third Army headquarters, Dai Anlan paced back and forth. After all, this was his first time to engage in special operations. Although he was just coordinating this time, he still felt anxious.
"Commander, the Mountain Division Commander Chu Yunfei is calling!"
"Read quickly!"
"We have taken control of the Yellow River Bridge. Please give us your instructions!"
Dai Anlan was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands loudly.
"Hahaha, Chu Yunfei is awesome! You are worthy of being the most promising commander of the main force in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army! Order the mountain division to immediately build a defensive position to ensure that the Yellow River Bridge is firmly in our hands!"
After the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Mountain Division took control of the Yellow River Bridge, the large-caliber searchlights naturally fell into their hands.
Without the threat of the Japanese on the bridge, the fourth echelon of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Mountain Division openly transported a large number of individual weapons and ammunition to the bottom of the bridge piers by kayaks, and then moved them to the bridge in boxes.
At five o'clock in the morning, the three infantry battalions of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Mountain Division, totaling more than 2,000 people, all boarded the iron bridge.
"The first infantry battalion is stationed at the northern bridgehead, the second battalion is responsible for the southern bridgehead, and the third battalion is the reserve force responsible for the bridge deck to prevent the Japanese from attacking by boat from the Yellow River!
In addition, if the captive little devils are almost asleep, just deal with them directly!"
After receiving the order, each infantry regiment began to prepare separately.
The Japanese soldier who was sleeping was sent to death by the soldiers of the Mountain Division with bayonets.
The soldiers used local materials and filled the sacks left by the Japanese devils by the Yellow River Iron Bridge with soil, and built another line of defense twenty meters in front of the bridgehead, echoing the bridgehead from a distance.
"How many individual bazookas have you prepared?"
"Commander, the whole regiment has prepared more than 600 bodies, which is enough to give the Japanese a hard time!"
"Okay, we don't have heavy artillery support, and we only have these anti-tank guns from the Japanese. It would be difficult to deal with them without individual rocket launchers! There are more than a hundred Japanese thin-skinned tanks on the south bank of the Yellow River!"
"Hey, it's okay. Our bazooka will make them unable to return. We'll just blow them up!"
Chu Yunfei nodded and asked the soldiers to rest for an hour to regain their energy and prepare for the next battle.
"Send a message to the army headquarters. Our troops are fully prepared. We will cooperate with the outside forces to wipe out the enemies on both sides of the Yellow River Bridge!"
At six o'clock in the morning, the end of the Yellow River was illuminated by the red sun and turned into a fiery red.
From Li Yunlong and Wang Meng to ordinary soldiers in the independent column, everyone is ready to fight.
This was the first time that the entire column took unified action, and it can be said to be an all-regional battle that went down in history.
Li Yunlong and Wang Meng saw the clock pointed to half past six, and said to the staff officer who had been waiting by the side:
"Order:
The 1st Air Division of the Independent Column Air Force served as the reserve force, with the entire division on standby to support the battlefield at any time. The 2nd Air Division bombed important targets in Manchuria and Zhangjiakou, and the 3rd Air Division bombed Shijiazhuang.
The fighters and bombers of the 4th, 5th and 6th Air Divisions were all dispatched to launch air strikes on Xingyang, Xinmi and Xuedian.
It is 6:32 in the morning, the bombing must be completed before :!"
After seeing Li Yunlong give the order, Wang Meng interrupted:
"I would like to add that, with the exception of Xingyang, Xinmi and Xuedian, the bombing of other cities will only target enemy military targets and avoid civilians!"
"Yes!"
The first staff officer hurried away with the order, and the second staff officer stood in front of Li Yunlong and Wang Meng again.
"Order the First to Fourth Armies to prepare themselves. After the bombing is over, conduct artillery preparation for about 20 minutes, and then launch their own attacks. The specific time of the attack is determined by each army group!"