Chapter 503 Kong Jie: The chief of staff must not miss the plane
At the Duer Regiment Headquarters, Kong Jieshou was pacing back and forth in the room, glancing at his watch from time to time, with a very anxious expression.
At 3:30 in the morning, the sound of horse hooves suddenly reached his ears, and then he felt as if he had been on stimulants. He suddenly became energetic, grabbed the armed belt on the table, and ran towards the door.
The guard sent by Huang Yu rushed to the door just in time. Before the horse could stop, he jumped down and ran towards him in a hurry, almost falling to the ground.
"Reporting to the commander of the regiment, our battalion commander asked me to report: The first battalion successfully completed the task of annihilating the enemy, captured the Pingyang stronghold on time, eliminated the Japanese rapid force in Shunping County, and captured two infantry guns, five mortars, and four heavy
machine gun……"
"Also let me tell you that the troops can start the second phase of the combat plan!"
Kong Jie's clenched fists instantly unclenched, and a smile flashed across his nervous face. He turned around and ordered Wang Lin: "Chief of Staff... This opportunity cannot be missed... Immediately give an order to the 23rd Battalion to have them continue with the company."
Immediately attack for the unit and go deep into Shunping enemy-occupied areas to attack the village maintenance committees..."
"Each unit has a total of more than twenty hours of action time...to withdraw to the base before dawn tomorrow...how many maintenance guilds can be captured in the end, how many trophies are seized, and how many recruits are brought back depends on the capabilities of each company commander!"
"This is also a battle to avenge our shame... The greater the result, the greater the enemy's battle damage, and the longer the recovery time, the longer our new round of raids against us will be delayed."
"By the way, let me tell the two battalion commanders that if we fight this battle well, I will strengthen each battalion with a heavy machine gun platoon..."
"If the results are great enough, the heavy machine gun platoon will be directly expanded into a firepower company, and each of them will be given a main company organization!"
The Japanese garrison headquarters in Shunping County lost contact with the Pingyang stronghold in the county since one o'clock in the morning.
Major Harada was not too worried at first.
The rapid reinforcements plus the Pingyang stronghold defenders totaled more than 600 troops, equipped with two infantry cannons, six mortars, and six heavy machine guns. Not only did they have more troops than the First Battalion of the Duer Regiment, but their firepower was several times stronger.
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No matter how you analyze it, they cannot be defeated by the Duer Group...
It must be that the telephone line from the stronghold to the county seat was cut off by the enemy, and the two sides fought bloody battles at the Pingyang stronghold, making it temporarily impossible to contact the county seat.
When the battle is over, they will naturally find ways to repair the phone lines and report the battle situation to the headquarters...
It's half past three in the morning...
Major Harada began to feel a little impatient to wait.
The reinforcements set off before one o'clock in the morning. Under normal circumstances, one soldier can reach Yangquan.
Even if something unexpected happens on the road and some time is lost, we can still reach the battlefield before 2:30 in the morning.
With an absolute superiority in troops and firepower, attacking the Du Er Regiment from front to back will definitely end the battle within half an hour...
Based on this analysis, they should have won the battle and contacted the headquarters immediately to report the battle situation...
But it is already half past three, and the headquarters still has not established contact with the Pingyang stronghold. The reinforcements sent out are as if they have disappeared, and there is no news. This is too inappropriate...
Especially the reinforcements. They were equipped with twenty personnel carriers, but they couldn't repair the phone. It only took an hour to send a troop carrier back, but they didn't do that.
A bad premonition slowly flashed through Harada's mind, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he could only think hard in his mind...
"Sir... do you want to humble yourself and send someone to the Pingyang stronghold to check..." The adjutant was also very anxious and couldn't help but suggest.
"There are also many messengers in the county who can ride horses..."
"Let them ride over and they can return to the county seat in two hours at most!"
Major Harada couldn't think of any other solution, so he could only nod: "Send more messengers and let them go separately!"
"If there is an accident between the Pingyang stronghold and the reinforcements, the Duer Regiment must have laid out a conspiracy outside the city that we don't know about!"
"Find another way to contact our intelligence personnel lurking in the base of the Duer Regiment...check to see if the other troops of the Duer Regiment are still stationed!"
At 5:30 in the morning, the stronghold at the entrance of the cave was still shrouded in darkness. There were only a dozen guard posts on duty, yawning, fighting back their sleepiness, and waiting for others to come and change shifts...
"Look what's over there..." A puppet soldier suddenly widened his eyes, pointed at someone outside the stronghold and exclaimed.
The squad leader replied impatiently: "It's almost dawn. Even if someone attacks the stronghold, they won't come now. Don't make a fuss here and scare people..."
The puppet sentry insisted: "Squad leader, there are really people there, I can see it clearly..."
"You really don't want to give up until you reach the Yellow River!" There were Japanese people watching nearby. The squad leader could not refute his subordinates' reminder, so he could only curse and walk to the searchlight.
While swinging the searchlight, he complained: "Unless the commander of the Eighth Route Army loses his head, he will never sneak attack the stronghold before dawn..."
"My eyes widened to see if there was anyone hiding there...
The puppet sentry was dumbfounded, and the puppet squad leader was also caught on the spot. He kept his mouth open for two seconds before reacting: "Enemy attack, sound the alarm quickly... There is an enemy attacking the stronghold... The offensive position has been advanced to two meters outside the stronghold.
100 meters away!”
"What are you still doing? Get ready for battle immediately..."
"Woooooooo..."
The piercing siren soon sounded at the stronghold at the entrance of the cave. The soldiers who were quietly repairing the position for the infantry artillery no longer worried about exposing their targets and speeded up at the same time.
A wall of sandbags more than half a meter high has been piled up in front of them. Everyone dug soil from behind to pack nearly a hundred sandbags, carried them on their shoulders, and quietly carried them to the artillery positions to build them up layer by layer.
The muzzle of the infantry cannon stretched out from the gap in the sandbag wall, pointing directly at the two gun towers at the entrance of the cave.
"Prepare to fire..." Huang Yu's order sounded simultaneously from behind the sandbag.
Several special operations team members who knew how to shoot mountain artillery immediately squatted behind the artillery and started playing with it. After a while, they pushed the shells into the barrel and got ready for firing...
Inside the stronghold, the Japanese squadron leader had just been awakened by the siren.
Like a conditioned reflex, he jumped out of bed, put on his military uniform and climbed to the top of the turret!
That is the commanding height of the entire stronghold. Standing there, you can overlook the entire stronghold, understand the surrounding battle situation immediately, and make adjustments.
"What happened? Why did you sound the alarm?" the squadron leader asked anxiously before he climbed to the top of the building.
"Report to Taijun... there is the Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold..." the puppet squad leader reported with a look of fear.
"Boom boom..."
Before the Japanese squadron leader had time to answer, the explosion sounded at his feet, deafening, and the turrets under his feet were shaken twice by the explosion.
The anxious look on the squadron leader's face was immediately replaced by panic, and he shouted in a loud voice: "It's an infantry artillery. The Eighth Route Army attacking us is equipped with infantry artillery... How is this possible?"
