Chapter 147 When People Are Unlucky, Even Drinking Cold Water Will Cause Problems in Their Teeth

Lujiazhuang was originally just an ordinary small village with only fifty households.

There is a small river flowing east-west to the south of the village, providing villagers with daily and irrigation water.

Due to the abundant water source and fertile land, the villagers lived a relatively prosperous life relying on the agricultural economy.

In 1907, the Zhengtai Line was officially opened to traffic, and a railway station was added to the east of the village. Lujiazhuang, located along the railway, reaped another wave of dividends, and the village was even able to provide two high school students.

And these two did not disappoint everyone's hopes. They finally successfully passed the entrance examination to the Shanxi Military Academy founded by the Egg Dancer. And one month before the outbreak of the Battle of Xinkou, he officially became the commander of the artillery battalion.

The two people in the army were much more informed than the common people, and they knew the gap between the enemy and us. Before the war began, the two asked their comrades to bring a letter to their hometown, and tried their best to persuade their families to move the village.

At that time, most people in the Republic of China were influenced by traditional culture, and few people were willing to leave their hometown easily.

After all, in people's hearts, where home is, their roots are there. The existence of the homeland has always been very important. Without a home, there is no root.

So many people know that the enemy is cruel and tyrannical, and they are going to attack. But they still have a fluke and are unwilling to flee from their hometown.

But the situation in Lujiazhuang is a little different, because everyone knows that the children who leave the village will not lie to themselves, so they are not persecuted.

Even in the Battle of Taiyuan, some passionate young people in the village joined the Youth Anti-Enemy Death Squad.

After learning the specific arrangements for this raid, these comrades took the initiative to apply to their superiors, hoping to provide some help and cooperate with the troops attacking Lujiazhuang.

The division headquarters considered that fighting with soldiers familiar with the terrain would reduce many unexpected situations for the raid, so they simply approved their application.

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Among the four stations of Lujiazhuang, Mashou Village, Heshangzu and Shanghu, Lujiazhuang Station is the largest one and the largest stronghold of the devils on this section of the route.

Since coming here in 1937, in order to consolidate the defense of the Zhengtai Line, Xiao Rizi has forcibly recruited many nearby people. Gasoline depots, arsenals and military stations were built here.

The surrounding devils used Lujiazhuang as a supply station and command post, and planned that once a large-scale battle occurred, the troops of several stations would be dispatched in a unified manner.

The Japanese troops stationed here were the Yoshioka Squadron of the 14th Infantry Battalion of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade.

Since the brigade commander personally gave a death order to this squadron, Yoshioka commanded the soldiers to build four bunkers around Lujiazhuang Station, and there were trenches and electrified barbed wire outside the bunkers.

If we only look at the strength on paper, this place seems to have become a stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The commander of the left wing column of the 129th Division was the thin chief of staff of the 386th Brigade. During this raid, he also served as the political commissar, chief of staff and director of the political department.

Although he has not yet had the experience of being on his own in a major battle, his superiors still trust his ability.

In order to ensure the foolproofness of the action plan, after careful consideration by the thin chief of staff and the brigade commander, it was decided that the 772nd Regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness would attack Lujiazhuang Station.

There is another reason for this arrangement, that is, the 772nd Regiment has sufficient troops.

This main regiment has a total of 3,000 people. They can completely split a small unit to take into account the feint attack mission in the direction of Yuci while attacking to contain the enemy.

Another major target of the raid, Mashou Village Station, was handed over to the 25th Regiment, which was slightly weaker on paper.

The thin chief of staff sent a large regiment of 2,600 people to attack a 100-man stronghold for his own considerations.

This stronghold is only 20 miles away from Shouyang, and the battalion headquarters of the 14th Battalion of the Japanese Army is stationed in that county town. With the speed of trucks and three-wheeled vehicles, the speed of the devil's support will definitely be very fast.

Therefore, the attack on Mashou Station must be fast. A large regiment can divide most of its forces to block the devils from Shouyang on the premise of quickly ending the battle.

The remaining targets of the left wing column were given to the 38th Regiment. Although the combat effectiveness of this regiment was the lowest among the three regiments, they only needed to focus on the attack.

Shanghu Station, plus the two enemy strongholds of Xiahu and Heshangzu, had less than 350 people at most, which was a piece of fat meat for the main regiment that had been fully equipped.

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After Cheng Xiazi brought the local comrades in Lujiazhuang back from the division headquarters, he immediately summoned several officers and soldiers from the regiment headquarters and held a pre-war meeting.

Based on the intelligence provided by the reconnaissance company directly under the regiment headquarters and comrades, he decided to attack and seize Lujiazhuang with the strength of five companies.

The siege capability of the 772nd Regiment had long been greatly improved. In the past, facing the devil's bunkers, they could only rely on the soldiers to rush with explosive packs.

Now Cheng Xiazi also has a Type 92 infantry gun. To deal with the enemy hiding in the tortoise shell, he can directly smash it from a long distance.

In addition, he deployed two companies and a part of the engineers to move towards Yuci.

These soldiers were mainly responsible for monitoring and containing the enemies coming out of Yuci County, and were responsible for blowing up the railway bridge between Lujiazhuang and Yuci.

Blind Cheng was not being reckless in doing this. Although there was a large group of enemies in the county town, the devils would definitely leave some soldiers to guard the city when they attacked.

After passing through the layers of enemy troops along the way, it was still unknown how many people would be left when the enemy faced the blocking troops of the two companies of the 772nd Regiment.

The last remaining company moved north to guard to prevent any enemy that leaked from the 38th Regiment from interfering with the main force of the regiment.

The candidates for the reserve team were naturally the troops directly under the regiment.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of August 20, the battle officially started.

At the order of Blind Cheng, the soldiers of the five companies sneaked towards the enemy's position under the cover of darkness.

They were going to attack the north and south directions of Lujiazhuang Station at the same time, forming a pincer attack on the station.

This tactic invented in the Napoleonic era is very suitable for dealing with enemies with insufficient manpower. Because of the two-front war, the devils would be forced to stretch the front line, making the already stretched troops exhausted.

Because they had not been attacked by the Republic of China troops for too long, the Japanese in Lujiazhuang were not very vigilant, and there were no problems with the arrangements of the 772nd Regiment in both directions.

The lower-level troops of the 129th Division had different methods of dealing with the power grid from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region. After all, not everyone played basketball often.

When they moved to the front of the power grid, the soldiers would take out a particularly long wire.

They nailed one end of the wire into the ground, tied a stone to the other end and threw it to the power grid. This was done to connect the power grid to the earth, which was equivalent to connecting a ground wire to the power grid.

Although it was a local method, it was indeed the most effective choice at the moment. With such security guarantees, it was much more stable for the soldiers to chop the power grid with an engineer shovel or a guillotine.

However, this position was already the limit for five companies to sneak. The Japanese were just not vigilant, but they were not blind.

At this time, the artillery of the 772nd Regiment launched an attack on the enemy's fortresses and trenches. Under the cover of the Type 92 infantry gun and the 82mm mortar, the soldiers quickly rushed into the trenches.

Under the attack of artillery fire, the few Japanese soldiers who were not many in the first place gave up the trenches in an instant.

The four forts were named one by one by the Type 92 infantry guns.

The small days responsible for defending Lujiazhuang, except for the grenade launcher, there was no support weapon at all. This situation itself was expected by Cheng Xiazi, who had already deployed the artillery in a place where the enemy could not reach.

The current attack was very smooth, and the three companies in the south had even broken through the defense line of the Japanese fortress. After the bunker was captured, they were ready to attack Lujiazhuang and attack Lujiazhuang Station from west to east.

Although there was no real-time communication, the soldiers on both sides of the north and south cooperated very well. After the two hundred Japanese soldiers lost their solid fortifications, they were beaten back by the 772nd Regiment and could only fight street battles with the help of villages.

As things have developed to this point, it can be said that the situation is very favorable, and it is only a matter of time to end the battle.

But at this moment, a train whistle suddenly came from a distance. Just a few minutes later, a Japanese military train drove towards Lujiazhuang Station.

Next to the military train, there were two Japanese armored vehicles, which were obviously the railway patrol.

Seeing that the Japanese had reinforcements, Cheng Xiazi, who was originally confident of victory, immediately changed his face. He cursed in the direction of Yuci:

"Damn it, what's going on! How could the enemy slip through!"

"The reserve team is ready for battle! Listen to my orders! Be ready for reinforcements at any time!"

The little people who were hiding in Lujiazhuang showed excitement when they saw the sudden friendly forces.

Under the leadership of the squadron leader Yoshioka Yaichi, they actually organized a small counterattack. Try to use the favorable terrain in the village to delay the main force of the 772nd Regiment and buy time for the reinforcements to deploy their formation.

The doors of the carriages were opened before the military train was stable. This military train with a red cross on it actually carried 1,500 Japanese.

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