"Captain Huang commanded the assault battalion to win a great victory at Liuzhuang without spending a single soldier, killing at least 800 days of puppet troops!" Zhang Xuelin reported as if he had eaten a candied fruit, and his mouth had not closed since he entered the door.
"He also said that the task of annihilating the enemy would be completed within two days and the total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops would be reduced to less than 3,000. Please make preparations for the decisive battle in advance and arrange the battlefield!"
"The assault battalion will find a way to bring them into pocket formations, cooperate with the main force to gather them and annihilate them, and eliminate the central mopping up force."
"Give me the battle report quickly!" Kong Jie said with excitement.
Just now, the two of them were still discussing whether Huang Yu could complete the mission. In the blink of an eye, the assault battalion actually sent all the good news...
Zhang Xuelin hurriedly handed over the battle report and introduced it casually: "There is no specific battle process written in it, only the battle report!"
Kong Jie shook his head and replied: "Xiao Huang is watching the battle, so we don't need to be blind, I only look at the result of the battle.
While reading, I sighed: "The battle report said that the assault battalion killed at least 800 Japanese puppet troops. Xiao Huang has always been conservative when reporting the results to us. Their real number of enemies must have been more than 800, and probably more than 900!"
"Chief of Staff, I completely agree with Xiao Huang's request for the regiment to decide in advance!"
"The sooner we kill the middle mopping up force, the less pressure the other counter-mopping forces will have to fight, and the less damage the Japanese and puppet troops will do to the base area!"
"According to statistics, more than fifty villages in the base area have been burned to ashes by the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"If they stay in the base area for one more day, more than a dozen of our villages will be burned!"
"People in the base area are also starting to have some problems."
"The troops moved them to the mountains in time, avoiding a large number of casualties... But the environment in the deep mountains and old forests is too harsh, and they certainly cannot stay there permanently."
"There is a high proportion of old, weak, women and children among the villagers, so there will definitely be no problem in the short term... As time goes by, I'm worried that those people will be able to hold on!"
"In the end, he did not die at the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops, but fell in front of the disease!"
Li Wensheng immediately found a marked map and introduced: "I didn't know how long it would take Xiao Huang to complete the task of annihilating the enemy. The regiment headquarters selected a total of three decisive battlefields along the highway!"
"If there is a decisive battle in advance, the first ambush battlefield will definitely be the best!"
Kong Jie stared at the map for a minute and then made a decision: "Then we'll settle here..."
"According to the planned combat plan, Shen Quan commanded a battalion to block and mop up the troops head-on, blocking them in pocket formations..."
"The 2345th Battalion is responsible for outflanking..."
"The sixth battalion has been cut off and the guard battalion will serve as a reserve..."
"The artillery battalion is ready to support the battlefield. If you can find an opportunity, try to cover the cavalry battalion to raid the Japanese artillery position!"
"The Japanese brought a lot of heavy artillery and field artillery to sweep us away. If we can capture some, the artillery battalion can be transformed into a veritable heavy artillery battalion!"
"Immediately forward our decision to Xiao Huang and ask him to lead the Japanese and puppet troops into the pocket array!"
Taiyuan Japanese Military Headquarters...
At dawn, the chief of staff found Yoshio Shinozuka in a hurry.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the central sweep force had an accident last night and nearly a thousand troops were lost..."
"A special telegram is sent for instructions to ask the troops whether they want to continue raiding the base areas of the Independence Regiment!"
"Thousands of people were lost in an accident... How is this possible... You are not mistaken..." After receiving the bad news early in the morning, one can imagine how Yoshio Shinozuka felt. He looked at the chief of staff with disbelief on his face.
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"The telegram was sent by Ando Daizuo himself, so there must be no problem!" the chief of staff replied.
He handed the electric board to Yoshio Shinozuka and continued to report: "At Liuzhuang, where they were stationed last night, a large amount of explosives were planted by the Eighth Route Army!"
"After the troops set up camp to rest, the Eighth Route Army suddenly detonated explosives..."
"These explosives weigh more than two thousand kilograms. When they explode underground, they are very powerful!"
"With the explosion point as the center, all the garrison troops within a radius of forty to fifty meters were killed and injured..."
"The Eighth Route Army also specially buried the gunpowder in three threshing fields, where the largest number of troops were stationed, so the army lost nearly a thousand people in one battle!"
Yoshio Shinozuka finally accepted this cruel fact.
He took the telegram and read it over twice before putting it down. He raised his head and asked: "How many troops are left in the middle sweep force...how many imperial troops and imperial alliance troops are there!"
"More than three thousand people!" the chief of staff replied.
"The Imperial Army accounts for 70%, and the Imperial Alliance Army accounts for 30%!"
Yoshio Shinozuka analyzed with a stern face: "They are very dangerous!"
"If the independent regiment gathers all its main forces to fight them, there is a high chance that the central mopping up troops will be wiped out. Even if they are not wiped out, they will suffer heavy casualties and lose the ability to continue mopping up!"
After saying that, he walked quickly to the sand table, observed and asked: "Where are the main forces of the independent regiment, and are there any signs of gathering troops to sweep up the middle road!"
The chief of staff shook his head: "I haven't received any information about this yet!"
"The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment are blocking our mopping up troops on the left. They have more than 1,300 troops. They are well-equipped, have strong combat effectiveness, and have abundant ammunition. There should be no lies!"
"The 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Independent Regiment are blocking our mopping up troops on the right. The situation is similar to that of the 1st and 2nd Battalions. They should all be true!"
"The Assault Battalion and the Fifth Battalion blocked the middle route and mopped up the troops, showing the strongest combat effectiveness and the greatest results..."
"The gunpowder in Liuzhuang was buried by the Assault Battalion and the Fifth Battalion!"
"The cavalry battalion and the guard battalion have been operating near Baipogou. They are independent regiment reserves!"
"The soldiers of the Sixth Battalion are divided into four groups to receive the reinforcements sent by the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment!"
"Although our blockade troops were attacked from both sides by the Eighth Route Army, they still held their position under the cover of artillery and aircraft and repelled the Eighth Route Army's repeated attacks!"
"As of now, the main forces of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are still blocked by us from outside the Independent Regiment's base area. They are beyond our reach and cannot provide any help to the Independent Regiment!"
Yoshio Shinozuka's face suddenly became very serious, he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "Are all the information you just mentioned true?"
The chief of staff nodded and replied: "I dare to issue a military order in my humble position!"
"Yoshi..." The serious expression on Shinozuka Yoshio's face suddenly relaxed, and he took a long breath and said: "As long as the main force of the independent regiment does not sweep around the troops in the middle, their safety will not be a problem!"
"Call Ando-kun back immediately: The main force of the independent group is scattered outside, and there is no strength to threaten their safety!"
"The middle mopping up troops are required to capture Baipogou within two days, then continue mopping up, and then spend five days sweeping across the independent regiment's base and annihilating them!"
At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the Japanese and puppet troops who continued their mopping up had just walked for two hours when they encountered the first blocking position of the day.
When the Japanese and puppet troops attacked the blocking position as usual, Huang Yu was arranging combat tasks for the engineer company one kilometer away!
"Judging from the Japanese army's marching ranks, they have more than 3,200 people left..."
"As long as we kill more than two hundred Japanese and puppet troops, the mission of annihilating the enemy entrusted to us by the regiment commander will be completed."
"I decided to hand over this task to the engineer company!"
"You guys set off immediately and rush directly to the third blocking position..."
"Bury gunpowder next to the road one kilometer in front of the blocking position, and prepare at least five explosive points, each of which is fifty meters apart..."
"It's better to connect it with the phone line and detonate it with the detonator!"
"After the Japanese and puppet troops reach the third blocking position, they will definitely stop and attack like here..."
"We suddenly detonated explosives, and the Japanese and puppet troops parked on the road must have suffered heavy casualties!"
"If you don't have enough gunpowder, use the explosive packs fired from thunder cannons instead... Don't be afraid of waste, try to complete the mission of annihilating more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops in one attack..."
"Wei Dayong led the First Company to protect the engineer company, and cooperated with the engineer company to bury gunpowder and lay telephone lines!"
"Other troops stayed here to continue harassing the Japanese and puppet troops with guerrilla warfare and slowing down their march!"
"When burying gunpowder, you must remember: Don't bury it on the road!"
"The Japs have mine detectors in their hands. Although they can't find the gunpowder, they can find the telephone line that detonated the gunpowder!"
"Bury gunpowder on the roadside to avoid mine detectors and attack the Japanese and puppet troops!"
In the first two blocking positions, the main attacking force ended the battle with only a dozen casualties.
The gunshots that sneaked up on the security forces no longer sounded.
Two consecutive pieces of good news made Ando Ozuo feel much better, and he slowly emerged from the shadow of the bombing of his station last night.
He felt like he was starting to get better.
Since the sweep, the good news received in the past few days combined is not as much as today!
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the mopping up troops were blocked halfway by the third blocking position.
He decided to seize the blocking position in front of him and walk two or three kilometers further before stopping and setting up camp!
In order to avoid the recurrence of last night's tragedy, he specifically ordered the troops to camp in the wild and not enter the village.
As long as the Eighth Route Army cannot figure out where they want to camp, they will not be able to plant gunpowder in advance to attack them.
"Rumble..."
Violent gunfire soon sounded on the battlefield.
Except for the attacking troops holding rifles and quietly waiting for the attack order, the other Japanese and puppet troops were all on standby, sitting on the road to rest and eat dry food.
Just when Ando Daizuo thought that the attack in front of him would go as smoothly as before, the "rumbling..." explosion sounded to his ears again.
"It's a thunder cannon... The Eighth Route Army wants to repeat its old trick and attack our troops with a thunder cannon!" The adjutant was the first to make a judgment and looked at Ando Daizuo's anxious expression.
Ando Daizuo didn't answer, but his face instantly darkened, and he frowned and replied: "The explosion just now was not an explosive package fired by a thunder cannon!"
"The sound is more violent and powerful than explosives..."
"Send someone to the back immediately to investigate, hurry up!"
When giving the order, Ando Ozuo never lowered the telescope he held in front of his eyes.
The more he looked at it, the more solemn his face became, and he analyzed in a serious tone: "It seems a bit like the explosion of gunpowder buried underground..."
"Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army wants to repeat its old tricks, bury gunpowder on the highway, and continue to use remote detonation to kill a large number of our troops and weaken our strength?"
