3 hours later.

Wang Chengzhu finished cleaning the battlefield and led his troops about 10 kilometers away from Dashawan. A special operations team member rode a three-wheeler and rushed over. It happened that the main force led by Wang Chengzhu ran into him and reported the results of the battle to him.

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"Report to the battalion commander that the battle to capture Xingxian County has ended. The reconnaissance company, third company, fourth company, fifth company and other units, according to your instructions, first ambushed and annihilated the Japanese reinforcements headed by Tanaka Jiro on the road.

We killed more than 400 enemies, and then took advantage of the situation to capture the county seat of Xingxian County. We are currently counting the loot."

Zhao Hong and others were shocked when they heard that another force under Wang Chengzhu's command had captured the county seat of Xingxian County without a trace and killed more than 400 enemies.

Although Wang Chengzhu used a strategy to lure out and eliminate the Japanese in the city, strategy is part of combat effectiveness. Not everyone can use a strategy, and not everyone's strategy can be effective.

If the Japanese army was really so easy to deal with, the Chinese army would not be retreating steadily and lose thousands of miles of ground.

To be honest, Zhao Hong and others came from the regular army, just like Monk Wei at the time. At first, they looked down on grass-roots teams like the Eighth Route Army.

The reason why Zhao Hong accepted Wang Chengzhu's reorganization when he was in the mine was, on the one hand, because he received the favor from the other party. After all, it is difficult to repay the kindness of saving lives, and on the other hand, because they were all held captive for a long time, and some

Even more than two or three years.

They only listened to the newly captured soldiers intermittently describing some of the things that happened outside, and they did not know the specific situation at the moment. It was difficult to return to the original unit for a while.

For example, Zhao Hong is the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 25th Independent Brigade. If he goes back now, the troops may be gone. Even if the troops are still there, can he still be the commander?

Therefore, they actually had no choice but to temporarily defect to the Eighth Route Army, planning to stay here for a while before making any plans.

But when they saw clearly the equipment of Wang Chengzhu's unit, especially the fact that the Spike Special Forces and the guard platoon were all equipped with submachine guns, Zhao Hong and others were surprised.

Isn’t the Eighth Route Army a bunch of bad troops that are inferior to the Sichuan Army? How come this army is so well-equipped, not to mention the Langya Special Forces and the Guard Platoon, even the ordinary soldiers hold Japanese Type 38 rifles.

Or medium and formal rifles. Among them, there are also many light machine gun grenade launchers. Such a luxurious configuration is not much worse than that of the Central Army, right?

Zhao Hong did not know that the Independent Battalion also had an artillery company of more than 300 people and a cavalry company of more than 100 people. Also, in this raid, heavy machine guns and other firepower weapons were not carried.

Otherwise, they will be even more stunned!

Now, Zhao Hong heard that the Independent Battalion actually split into two groups and captured the county seat of Xingxian County overnight. This shocked him even more. He also saw how extraordinary this Eighth Route Army unit was, and he was impressed by this newly joined unit.

A certain sense of belonging was created.

Soldiers always worship only the strong, and they always yearn for only troops that can win battles...

It is worth mentioning that Dashawan Mine and Xingxian County have many trucks for pulling coal, military trucks for transporting troops, and three-wheelers, so transporting loot is not a problem.

On the way back, Wang Chengzhu was not worried about exposing his target. Even if he was exposed, the Japanese would not have time to mobilize troops to chase them.

So when we go back, we always take the main road. The Langya Special Forces led by Wang Chengzhu disguise themselves as Japanese troops and clear the way in front. If they encounter Japanese checkpoints along the way, they directly attack them.

Finally, after breaking through four or five checkpoints set up by the Japanese army, Wang Chengzhu finally led his troops back to the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army.

After a few more hours of traveling, we returned to the Wangjiacun base area.

During this trip, the Independent Battalion recruited so many new people, so it naturally needed to be reorganized. However, considering that it was already 6 o'clock in the evening when they returned to Wangjiacun, Wang Chengzhu postponed the plan to reorganize the troops until the next day...

Nothing happened all night.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Wang Chengzhu gathered his troops and newly recruited soldiers at the training ground in the back mountain of Wangjiacun.

After Wang Chengzhu made a brief introduction and summary, he first screened the recruits. Among them, more than 500 people were not suitable to continue to join the army because of incurable diseases caused by the Dashawan Mine.

Wang Chengzhu arranged these people near Wangjia Village, and assigned them newly built wooden houses and land for them to cultivate and plant.

This can be regarded as giving them a home in the Wangjiacun base area.

Of the remaining 1,500 people, except for those with artillery experience who directly joined the artillery company, the rest of the soldiers were directly organized into each company.

In addition, Wang Chengzhu also established a new reserve company and a baggage company, and expanded the original communications squad into a communications platoon.

The reserve company specializes in training new recruits. Once the troops suffer casualties while participating in a battle, they can directly recruit troops from the reserve company. Zhao Hong serves as the commander of the reserve company and is responsible for the training of new recruits. He also serves as the instructor of the independent battalion officer training class.

, training independent battalion cadres in military command and other abilities at night.

As for the company commander of the baggage company, Shi Yichuan, the former commander of the baggage battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Independent 25th Brigade, is Zhao Hong's old subordinate and a two-star talent in baggage management.

The communications platoon leader is Yao Zhiyuan, a former communications soldier from the 20th Corps of the Central Army. He is also a two-star talent.

Regarding talents, Wang Chengzhu certainly wants to make the best use of their talents and make the best use of everything!

This trip to Xingxian County can be said to be the biggest victory the Independent Battalion has achieved since the artillery platoon was established. Not only did it capture a county town and annihilate hundreds of enemies, it also recruited more than 1,500 soldiers and more than 500 households.

At this point, the total number of independent battalions has exceeded 2,700, which is more than twice that of the New Regiment during the Cangyunling period.

Although Wang Chengzhu is only a battalion commander in name, his life is more comfortable than that of many regiment leaders...

Taiyuan.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio was playing Go with his chief of staff Miyano Shun when Iijima Mori, who was in charge of intelligence work, suddenly rushed in from outside.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!"

After Iijima Mori gave a respectful greeting to Shinozuka Yoshio and Miyano Shun, he reported: "The previous information about Shilipo being attacked by the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and that Staff Officer Kato Takaki was also killed by the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army are as follows

Wrong, to be precise, this matter was not done by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, but by the artillery directly under the New Regiment."

"In addition, it was this unit that attacked Donghui Township, ambushed the Yamamoto Special Forces in Maple Ridge, and attacked Wanjia Town and Shiting stronghold."

"After a month of development, the artillery battalion directly under the New Regiment has grown to more than 1,000 people and has been expanded into an independent battalion."

"The battalion commander's name was Wang Chengzhu. During the battle at Cangyunling, he was just an artilleryman. It was he who destroyed the headquarters of the Sakata Regiment with one cannon."

The Japanese army had its own espionage personnel in the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, and the Shanxi-Sui Army. Therefore, when Wang Chengzhu submitted the combat report, these incidents were no longer a secret.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army, Central Army, and Shanxi-Sui Army also had their own espionage personnel within the Japanese army...
Chapter completed!