Chapter 217 Brigade Commander: Kong Jie really dares to do it
"Brigadier, Commander Kong of the Independent Regiment has an urgent message..." The operator suddenly ran over to report.
"Kong Jie..."
Brigadier Chen quickly took the telegram, read it over and said: "In order to conceal the march, the Independent Regiment has been in radio silence for several days... According to the original plan, they should have arrived in Jinzhong the night before yesterday..."
"A telegram was sent to us suddenly today. Did they capture Jinzhong last night?"
At this point, Brigadier Chen's eyes suddenly widened when he looked at the telegram, and an incredible expression of shock appeared on his face. While reading, he sighed: "How is this possible?"
"The Japanese are not stupid, how could they kill so many Japanese and puppet troops in one night, and even take down the Taiyuan Airport!"
"Chief of Staff, pinch me quickly... I must have seen it wrong!"
Chief of Staff Zhou knew by looking at the brigade commander's expression that something big was going on in the Independent Regiment, and hurried to his side to read the telegram together.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, you will be shocked when you look at it.
The reaction on his face was exactly the same as that of the brigade commander, all showing an expression of disbelief and shock.
But he reacted very quickly. As soon as he calmed down, he analyzed with excitement: "The news about destroying Taiyuan Airport must be true!"
"We were just discussing why the Japanese didn't send planes to search for us and bomb us today!"
"Now I know the reason..."
"The planes searching for us all came from Taiyuan Airport in the past few days... Now that our home base has been bombed, all the planes have been destroyed. If the Japanese want to send planes to find us, there are no planes to send, and there is not even an airport to take off from."
"The county seat of Jinzhong must have been captured by the independent group!"
"No matter how courageous Kong Jie is, he would never dare to joke with us about this kind of thing!"
The brigade commander then reacted and looked at the chief of staff for a serious analysis: "Comrade Kong Jie will never exaggerate the results of the war or lie about the war achievements... I believe the results in the telegram... It's just a bit too scary!"
“The independent group only has more than 3,000 people at full cost!”
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops they destroyed last night was more than 5,000. On average, two soldiers killed three little Japs... If I hadn't known that this battle report was sent by Kong Jie, I wouldn't have believed it even if they were killed!"
The chief of staff analyzed: "Brigadier Commander, although the total strength of the independent regiment is not as large as that of the Japanese and puppet troops, their heavy weapons are stronger than the Japanese, and they also have armored vehicles and cavalry to help them. It is possible to strike first and with a good layout, it is indeed possible to fight continuously and wipe out five soldiers in one night.
Six thousand people.”
"The telegram said that in order to protect Taiyuan Airport, the Japanese army specially deployed two brigades from surrounding garrisons to surround the airport."
"In the end, Kong Jie waited around the airport and ambushed them twice. Not only did he fail to save the airport, he also defeated two infantry brigades!"
"In this way, there will be no troops in Taiyuan that can threaten the security of the independent regiment..."
"As long as Kong Jie is willing, it's no problem to attack Taiyuan!"
Brigadier Chen frowned and analyzed: "As long as the independent regiment's casualties are not large, it is indeed capable of attacking Taiyuan... Even if it cannot take the inner city, it will definitely be no problem to take the outer city of Taiyuan!"
When the word casualties was mentioned, the excited expression on Chief of Staff Zhou's face was suddenly replaced by seriousness, and he sighed deeply.
"Kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses..."
"No matter how many weapons the independent regiment is equipped with, the Japanese will not stand there waiting for them to kill. If they kill more than 5,000 puppet troops in one night, the casualties of the troops will definitely not be much small..."
"Nothing goes wrong. We can only think about it in our hearts when the independent regiment attacks Taiyuan. It will definitely not be possible!"
"But the results achieved by the independent regiment are enough to deter the little devils and reduce the pressure on the base area to counter-mopping up!"
"Taiyuan Airport was destroyed and Jinzhong was captured by the Independent Regiment. As long as the Independent Regiment assumes a posture of continuing to attack Taiyuan, the Japanese will immediately send troops from the front line back to support Taiyuan!"
"In the Battle of Xingling, the returning reinforcements of three Japanese brigades were almost completely wiped out by the independent regiment!"
"If the Japanese want to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, kill the independent regiment, and retake Taiyuan Airport and Jinzhong County, they must transfer at least one brigade back!"
"Without the threat of aircraft, if the mopping up troops are transferred to another brigade, the base area can not only easily achieve victory in counter-mopping up, but also launch counterattacks in local battles and take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits!"
Brigadier Chen nodded and replied: "I will do as you say!"
"First call back the Independent Regiment and tell Kong Jie that they have overfulfilled their mission... As long as the Japanese army transfers troops from the mopping up troops back to Taiyuan, they can break out on their own!"
"By the way, I would like to remind Kong Jie that in last night's battle, the independent regiment must have suffered heavy losses... In the next battle, he must control the casualties, stop taking risks, and try to bring back more troops!"
The chief of staff quickly wrote the telegram and was about to sign it to the brigade commander when the telegraph operator came over again and reported happily: "Captain, the second telegram from the Independent Regiment has arrived!"
The smile on the operator's face made the brigade commander realize that the content of the telegram wouldn't be too bad, and he looked full of expectation after receiving the telegram.
"This... this... how is this possible!"
There is no doubt that Brigadier Chen was frightened by the contents of the telegram again.
The chief of staff hurried over, and after reading it, he sighed and said: "Brigadier Commander, we all underestimated the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment and underestimated Kong Jie's appetite..."
"Destroyed three to four thousand rounds of artillery shells in one night... No kid has ever had such luxury. Kong Jie really dares to do it..."
"But these shells hit well..."
"Anyway, we captured the little devil, and we can't take him away..."
"Instead of blowing it up in vain, it's better to hit the little devil!"
"Just now I was worried that the independent regiment suffered too many casualties last night and would have no troops to continue attacking Taiyuan!"
"With these three to four thousand rounds of artillery shells, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they will blow them to pieces!"
Brigadier Chen answered: "Because of the continuous firing, the barrels of the six mortars became hot and turned into scrap metal."
"Two mountain cannons and two infantry cannons were damaged for the same reason... If this happened in the base area, the boss would definitely scold him as a prodigal!"
"Based on what I know about Kong Jie, he can't make such a big determination, and he can't bear to part with so many artillery pieces and shells!"
"There must be Huang Yu's shadow behind this, he is the only one who dares not to take the shells seriously!"
"But what you said just now is right... The independent regiment will definitely not be able to take so many artillery and shells with them when they break out. Instead of blowing them up yourself and wasting them, it is better to give them to the little devils and kill more enemies!"
"More than 5,000 Japanese puppet troops were wiped out in one night, with less than 1,300 casualties... The casualties were far lower than we imagined..."
"Just now I was worried that the independent regiment would suffer too many casualties and lose its offensive capabilities, so it would be unable to attack Taiyuan..."
"The current independent regiment still has more than 2,000 main troops, more than 30 artillery pieces in total, and very sufficient ammunition. The overall combat effectiveness is not weaker than any of our main regiments... We can definitely take advantage of Taiyuan's empty troops to fight.
Taiyuan, further scare the little devils!"
The chief of staff read the contents of the telegram again and answered with a smile: "Brigadier Commander, the total strength of the independent regiment is more than just over two thousand!"
"The telegram said: They attacked Jinzhong and ambush the Japanese reinforcements... Especially in the two ambush battles this morning, a total of more than 2,200 puppet troops were captured!"
"Didn't we strengthen a large number of political cadres for the Independent Regiment before our anti-mopping up campaign? Kong Jie organized all these cadres into the prisoner team and asked them to screen the prisoners and mobilize the prisoners to join the Independent Regiment!"
“The effect is very good!”
"When they sent us the telegram, they had already mobilized more than 400 prisoners to join the independent regiment..."
"It will definitely be no problem to mobilize another two to three hundred people!"
"With the addition of these people, the total strength of the independent regiment will soon be restored to 2,780 people..."
"It has more troops than the two main regiments in the base area."
"With the help of artillery and armored vehicles, as long as they are determined, they will definitely have no problem entering the outer city of Taiyuan!"
"Taiyuan is the political and economic center of the whole country, and it is also the headquarters of the Japanese First Army. The Japanese North China Front Command will never allow us to conquer too far."
"When the time comes, the Japanese army will have no choice but to mobilize troops from the front line to return reinforcements!"
"I suggest that all the telegrams we were about to send to the Independence Regiment be scrapped and a new telegram be drafted, asking the Independence Regiment not to be afraid of hard work or sacrifice, to fight bravely and capture the outer city of Taiyuan!"
"After the Japanese mopping up troops returned to support Taiyuan, the independent regiment looked for an opportunity to break out and retreat..."
The brigade commander's mind was running rapidly, analyzing the feasibility and influence of the chief of staff's proposal. After determining that the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages, he nodded seriously: "Draft the telegram now..."
"First call back the independent group, and then report the telegram sent to us by the independent group and our decision to the headquarters, so that the boss will be happy too!"
"Brigadier..." Before the chief of staff had time to write, the telegraph operator ran over for the third time, with an even more excited expression on his face than before and almost grinning from ear to ear.
"The third telegram from the Independent Regiment has arrived..."
"And there's a telegram? Give it to me quickly..." The brigade commander was shocked and surprised, and quickly took it.
After reading it halfway, he ordered the chief of staff: "Don't write the telegram to the Independence Regiment yet... Come and read this telegram... That boy Kong Jie wants to go ahead of us!"
"Taiyuan Arsenal..." Chief of Staff Zhou came close to the brigade commander and saw these words!
The brigade commander looked at it and said: "The Taiyuan Arsenal is in the outer city of Taiyuan..."
"Kong Jie wants to concentrate his troops and firepower to conquer the outer city of Taiyuan, occupy the Taiyuan Arsenal, and return with some military equipment damaged..."
"They have the strength to capture the arsenal, but they do not have the strength to take the captured military equipment to avoid being chased and intercepted by the returning Japanese and puppet troops..."
"I hope we can mobilize two or three regiments to cooperate with them!"
"If we can get back some military equipment for making guns and bullets, it will be worthwhile for the Independent Regiment to destroy all of them. At worst, we can go back to the base area to rebuild the Independent Regiment!"
"This is a telegram jointly sent by Kong Jie, Li Wensheng, and Huang Yu, asking for our approval!"
"If we don't agree, there will be no troops to respond to them, and the independent regiment won't be able to transport the equipment back even if they capture the arsenal!"
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