In the conference room of the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie was holding a troop expansion meeting. Dozens of cadres from the company and above gathered in the conference room. Everyone was smiling and in a very good mood, especially the cadres of the security company and the new barracks.
"Comrades..."
As soon as Kong Jie opened his mouth, the lively conference room became quiet, and everyone focused their attention on him.
"After reporting to the headquarters for approval, the superiors decided to add two more main battalions to the independent regiment, namely the fourth main battalion and the guard battalion!"
"The regiment headquarters decided to reorganize the new battalion into the fourth battalion and expand the guard company into the guard battalion!"
"The new barracks are always fully staffed and equipped with complete equipment. There is almost no need for any additions. Just change the name!"
"The newly established guard battalion still lacks the strength and equipment of two companies!"
"The three main battalions each transferred two platoons of recruits to supplement the guard companies. The lack of recruits in the recruit companies of each battalion were selected from among the prisoners who were willing to join our independent regiment..."
"The assault platoon directly under the regiment was expanded into an assault company directly under the regiment, with three assault platoons and one armored platoon, with a full strength of 180 people. Comrade Huang Yu continued to serve as the assault company commander and regiment headquarters combat staff officer, and was promoted to deputy battalion.
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"The missing soldiers in the assault company will be selected from the entire regiment!"
"Starting from today, all cadres and soldiers below the deputy platoon level in the independent regiment will be released unconditionally by the company commanders of each battalion as long as they are favored by Huang Yu."
"Re-establish the new battalion directly under the regiment... first recruit the remaining prisoners from the company commanders of each battalion, and then recruit new soldiers from the local troops and guerrillas in the defense area..."
"Except that there is no fire platoon, the new barracks are similar to the main force, with a full strength of 600 people!"
"The artillery company directly under the regiment has added two mortars, and has three mortar platoons and one infantry artillery platoon."
"Each battalion's direct firepower platoon has three heavy machine gun squads and two grenade squads... equipped with three heavy machine guns and six grenade launchers!"
"Each company's direct firepower squad will be equipped with one light machine gun. Companies with conditions will be equipped with five light machine guns, and those without conditions will be temporarily equipped with four..."
"When we capture the light machine guns later, we will try to equip each infantry platoon with two..."
"Each unit will be put into training as soon as the expansion and reorganization are completed!"
"We made the Japanese suffer a heavy loss in the battle at Yangquan. With their vengeful character, they will definitely find a way to get back!"
"Our independent regiment will definitely be their primary attack target. We must seize the time to train our troops and be ready to participate in battle at any time!"
At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan, the Japanese finally found the culprit of the Yangquan battle.
Looking at the investigation report sent by the chief of staff, Yoshio Shinozuka became more and more angry. Sometimes he gritted his teeth, sometimes clenched his fists... His eyes became increasingly red, as if he could breathe fire.
"The Independent Regiment... I seem to have heard of this unit somewhere!" Yoshio Shinozuka asked, suppressing the anger that was rising in his heart.
"Last time we raided the base area of the 386th Brigade, Captain Bantian Wing was killed in action, and Bantian Wing suffered heavy losses. It was also related to this unit!" The Chief of Staff had checked all the information about the independent regiment before he came, and was thinking of an answer.
"The Yamamoto special agent team was blocked by the Eighth Route Army in its first operation. More than half of the casualties were caused by the independent group."
"Dozens of additional members of Yamamoto's special agent team were completely destroyed during front-line training. It was also the independent group that did it..."
"In the past six months, more than 2,000 Imperial soldiers have died at the hands of the Independent Regiment. They can definitely be regarded as a serious problem for our First Army."
"Colonel Yamamoto was defeated twice by the Independent Regiment. He hates the Independent Regiment deeply. He has been collecting information about the Independent Regiment during this period and plans to avenge his shame!"
Yoshio Shinozuka opened his mouth and didn't say a word for a long time... Apparently he was frightened by the amazing achievements of the independent group.
After receiving the investigation report from the Chief of Staff, I started browsing...
The more he looked at it, the uglier his face became. Five minutes later, he slapped all the reports on the table with a "pop...", stared at the chief of staff and ordered: "This independent group is too arrogant. We must kill them to avenge our previous shame!"
"Inform Yamamoto-kun and continue to collect all information about the independent group!"
"There is no need to choose the next target of the Yamamoto Special Agent Team, it will be the independent group!"
"Send another telegram to Major General Miyazawa of the Fourth Mixed Brigade!"
"Let him cooperate with Yamamoto-kun at all costs, give troops to soldiers, equipment to equipment, materials to materials... and strive to kill the independent regiment within two months!"
"The new recruits for the front army's fourth mixed brigade will be in place within a month, and the relevant materials, weapons and ammunition will be in place within half a month! Let him seize the time to train. He must not be defeated again this time..."
"No, it should be that he has no chance to fail again..."
"Otherwise, the commander of the fourth mixed brigade will definitely be replaced!"
Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, was also studying the Lijiapo battle that had just ended.
Although it was not a particularly big battle to annihilate a Japanese infantry brigade in one battle, it still caused quite a stir in Shanxi.
Chu Yunfei is a very conceited officer. When he encounters a classic battle, he will study it and change the protagonist to himself to see if he can think of a better way to break the situation.
As soon as the Lijiapo battle ended, Chu Yunfei arranged for Chief of Staff Fang Ligong to collect relevant intelligence and prepare to re-enact the entire battle process at the regiment headquarters.
"Team leader, I have figured out the entire process of the Lijiapo battle!" Fang Ligong hurriedly walked in to report.
"The Eighth Route Army first sent two regiments to attack the Yamazaki Battalion. As a result, the Japanese dispatched a large number of aircraft to reinforce the Yamazaki Battalion and even air-dropped ammunition to the Yamazaki Battalion..."
"After attacking for most of a day, both regiments were completely defeated..."
"The third one to go up was Li Yunlong's new second regiment... He used civil engineering methods to shorten the attack distance..."
"First blow it up with grenades, then rush into the hinterland of the Yamazaki Battalion in one attack, fight with the Yamazaki Battalion with bayonets... The battle ends successfully, and more than 800 Japanese soldiers of the Yamazaki Battalion are wiped out!"
"Well done!" Chu Yunfei was so excited that he couldn't help but clap his hands when he heard the crucial moment.
After receiving the information, he read it carefully and sighed: "I remember that the New Second Regiment was established just a few months ago, with a total strength of just over a thousand...it was able to take down the Yamazaki Brigade in one battle. Their commander Li Yunlong is really not that powerful.
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"I will definitely meet him if I have a chance!"
Fang Ligong answered: "Li Yunlong is indeed very powerful!"
"The original Cangyunling killed Bantian with one shot, led the new regiment to defeat Bantian's unit from the front, and successfully broke through."
"Because of his disobedience on the battlefield, he was transferred from the New Regiment by the Eighth Route Army headquarters and went to work as the director of a quilt factory for several months."
"I was appointed as the new leader of the second regiment three or four months ago!"
"But I don't think Li Yunlong was the most outstanding Eighth Route Army commander in the Lijiapo battle!"
"While collecting intelligence, we found out something else!"
"The Eighth Route Army actually took advantage of the heavy Japanese and puppet troops to reinforce Lijiapo, sent troops to surprise Yangquan, and captured it!"
"Although it only occupied one night, it still caused quite a stir among the Japanese!"
"It wasn't until the battle at Lijiapo ended and the Japanese's fourth mixed brigade returned to their base that the Japanese regained control of Yangquan."
"Because the Eighth Route Army occupied Yangquan for such a short period of time, the results were not announced."
"The Japanese were afraid that losing Yangquan would affect the morale of the troops, so they suppressed it by force. We didn't know about this battle!"
"But our investigation shows that the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on Yangquan did not result in nothing."
"They emptied Yangquan in one night and seized more than two million rounds of various bullets..."
Chu Yunfei was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a brave man in the Eighth Route Army.
Leading troops dozens of kilometers deep into enemy-occupied areas, they made a surprise attack on Yangquan County, which was heavily defended by the Japanese army...
If it fails, the surprise attack force will be trapped in enemy-occupied territory and the entire army will be destroyed...
The more I thought about it, the more curious I became, and I quickly asked: "Who did it!"
"Kong Jie, commander of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Kong Jie!" Chu Yunfei frowned and thought about this person, then slammed the table and said, "I know this person."
"The independent regiment under his command also participated in the counter-mopping up in Cangyunling!"
"Li Yunlong killed Captain Bantian and broke out of the encirclement from the front..."
"When the remnants of the Bantian Regiment pursued Li Yunlong with fury, Kong Jie led the independent regiment to make a surprise attack on Cangyun Ridge, killing the Bantian Regiment's artillery positions, heavy machine gun positions, field hospitals, supply troops, and remaining troops..."
"I killed more than a thousand little Japs one after another and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment!"
"I didn't expect that Kong Jie would launch a surprise attack again and take down the entire Yangquan County. I was so impressed!"
Fang Ligong continued: "The Independent Regiment is considered an alternative among all the units of the Eighth Route Army."
"Li Yunlong's new second regiment has just over a thousand people..."
"The new Second Regiment of the old army has less than 2,000 people, very poor equipment, very little ammunition, and almost no heavy weapons."
"Kong Jie's independent regiment has more than 3,000 people. It is not only well-equipped, but also has a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns... it also has sufficient ammunition. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as strong troops and strong horses."
"He only used half of his regiment in this surprise attack on Yangquan!"
"The remaining half of the regiment relied on the terrain to block the three infantry brigades of the Fourth Mixed Brigade. Not only did they successfully complete the blocking mission, they also killed hundreds of little Japs in the blocking battle!"
"The surprise attack on Yangquan by half a regiment was even more remarkable. I heard that they not only captured and evacuated Yangquan, but also killed a large group of Japs... But the intelligence department has not received any definite evidence yet!"
"We don't need to investigate, this matter is 80% true!" Chu Yunfei replied seriously.
"I've known the Eighth Route Army for so long, and I've never seen them make false reports of battle results out of thin air... Since there is news, it must be true!"
"Half the regiment captured Yangquan and killed an infantry brigade... The whole battle only took a few hours... I, Chu Yunfei, think that my commanding ability is pretty good, and the combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment is also
It makes sense, but if I were to fight this battle, even if the entire 358th Regiment is dispatched, we may not be able to win!"
