Wei Dayong nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and was immediately given up on the idea of using prisoners to expand his troops on a large scale. He looked at Huang Yu and continued to ask: "Then what are we going to do next..."
"The troops have just finished a great victory and their morale is at a high level. It would be great if there is a chance to fight again."
Huang Yu opened the map and replied: "The purpose of our trip is to fight, and we need to fight a big battle. We will fight Neji of Paigang Village. As long as the soldiers are not afraid of hard work, there are plenty of battles for us to fight around Peiping."
Pointing to a river on the map: "This river is called Dashi River. The Japanese and puppet troops in Fangshan County must pass here to reach Zhoukoudian. Our next goal is to set up an ambush here to kill all the reinforcements sent by Fangshan County to Zhoukoudian and further consume them."
The strength of the Japanese and puppet troops around Peiping.”
"Take all the light and heavy machine guns and mortars we captured. We will set off in ten minutes and rush over as quickly as possible to set up pocket formations. If we are late, the Japanese and puppet reinforcements will successfully pass through the Dashi River and we will annihilate them all.
It will be difficult for them."
"But...it will be dawn soon..." Wei Dayong immediately raised his concerns.
"We are ambushing the Japanese during the day. What if they send out planes and attack us from the sky? By then, the troops will not be able to escape even if they want to withdraw from the battle?"
"Then let's fight quickly and not give the Japanese planes a chance to reinforce the battlefield..." Huang Yu said confidently.
Then he pointed to Fangshan County on the map and analyzed: "This is the headquarters of the Japanese Brigade. A mixed brigade is stationed here to defend Peiping."
"In order to reinforce Baoding, three of the five Japanese infantry brigades have been transferred. Together with the Fangshan County garrison and the puppet troops, there are at most more than 2,000 Japs and more than 1,000 puppet troops in the city."
More than ten heavy machine guns and more than fifty light machine guns were set up along the road. There was one every ten meters. Some of them fired long and short bursts, and they fired wildly at the Japanese on the road.
"First find out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army there, and then find a way to gather them together and annihilate them."
The Zhoukou stronghold, which had successively killed several guerrilla groups, fell into the Eighth Route Army's plan to encircle the point for reinforcements. The garrison suffered heavy losses and was in urgent need of reinforcements.
Densely packed bullets were pouring onto the road as if they were free of charge.
The stone bridge on the Dashi River is the only way for reinforcements to go to the Zhoukou stronghold.
"No, with the seizure just now, there should be twelve heavy machine guns now."
In fact, this is indeed the case. The Japanese and puppet troops also arranged forward troops and scouts. However, they underestimated the enemy and did not expect that they would be attacked on the march. In addition, the marching speed was very fast, resulting in the forward troops and scouts being attacked.
More like decoration.
If the Eighth Route Army mentioned in the telegram came from other places, with the combat effectiveness displayed by the Eighth Route Army, if they wanted to severely damage the garrison at the Zhoukou stronghold, they would at least need a main force group.
My first reaction after receiving the telegram was disbelief.
"We will turn around and attack the Zhoukou stronghold after we capture the reinforcements sent by Fangshan County."
"If I were the commander of the remaining troops at the Zhoukou stronghold, I would definitely have sent a request for assistance telegram to the brigade headquarters as soon as the second wave of reinforcements was attacked."
"There are also four mortar companies with more than forty mortars and forty or fifty light machine guns."
Although there is a clear view here, because there are no Eighth Route Army activities, the grain poles in the fields on the roadside have not been cut down like in Yi Zhong.
"Correspondent, you immediately give an order to the three guerrilla groups in my name: After the troops change their uniforms, leave one guerrilla group to guard the prisoners, and cooperate with the instructor we left behind to recruit troops among the prisoners, and by the way, we should recruit the most traitorous ones among the prisoners.
Find all the evildoers for me, put them on public trial, and execute them all who deserve to be executed, so as not to leave any future troubles."
But he built a stronghold on the edge of the mountain and garrisoned it with heavy troops. No matter how powerful the guerrillas were, they were subdued by the garrison and surrounded in the mountain, without affecting the safety of Fangshan at all.
The Japanese didn't know this, so they had no precautions.
"After the ambush started, not a single Japanese and puppet army was allowed to withdraw to Fangshan County through the stone bridge."
"Contact all our troops blocking the mountain and ask them to be on guard. If a small group of Eighth Route Army troops bypass the stronghold and enter the occupied area, report it to the brigade headquarters immediately."
"Then a reinforced squadron will be transferred from the Fifth Brigade, and the vehicles equipped by the baggage team will be used as transportation vehicles to temporarily form an agitated squadron to send troops at any time to eliminate small groups of the Eighth Route Army that penetrate deep into our army's occupied areas."
One or two thousand Eighth Route Army troops marched straight into Peiping. No matter how secretive the march was, it could not be silent. It was impossible for the brigade headquarters not to receive any news.
"As long as the terrain is suitable, I am sure to kill half of the Japs in the first round of fire raids, and then use mortars and grenades to severely injure the remaining half. Finally, the whole army will rush out, and it will end with lightning speed.
fighting."
"The other two guerrillas immediately rushed to the Zhoukou stronghold, built fortifications around it, dug trenches, and assumed a posture that we were going to storm the stronghold. We must pay attention to air defense during the operation."
The more Wei Dayong listened, the more excited he became. Before Huang Yu gave the final order, he couldn't help but said: "Then what are you waiting for?"
Huang Yu was noncommittal: "You really need to hurry up?"
"This is a little devil who has strengthened the brigade. It is rare to encounter such a good fighter in the base area. This opportunity must not be missed before it comes again. Before it is completely bright, let's set off now and set up the pocket array as soon as possible. Wait for the day
The puppet troops came and threw themselves into the trap."
Little did they know that after the garrison at the Zhoukou stronghold was severely damaged, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops were frightened into a coward, and the Eighth Route Army became the world outside the stronghold.
"Do you think the Japanese reinforcements have a chance to wait for aircraft support?"
"Dong dong dong..."
Of course, even if artillery shells hit both sides of the road, the flying fragments would still kill the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
"The Zhoukoudian garrison was severely damaged by us. Without knowing the enemy's situation and ensuring the safety of Fangshan County, the Japanese could at most dispatch a reinforcement brigade and a battalion of puppet troops to reinforce the battlefield."
With only the few men and guns of the guerrillas, not to mention severely damaging the 700-800 garrison at Zhoukou stronghold, even a small group of the imperial army was no match.
As soon as the dull sound of heavy machine gun fire rang out, the dream of the Japanese and puppet troops to reinforce the Zhoukou stronghold was shattered.
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As soon as the surviving Japs lay down, more than forty mortar shells and more than forty grenade grenades whizzed down, as if they had eyes, and most of them hit the road.
The main force marches from a place where the garrison cannot see it, and can easily cross the blockade and enter enemy-occupied areas.
"The Fourth Infantry Brigade, the mountain artillery squadron directly under the brigade, and the First Battalion of the Imperial Association Army will set off immediately to march on an emergency march to reinforce the Zhoukou stronghold."
"Although we only have one reinforced battalion, we are equipped with nine heavy machine guns..."
"General, no matter where the Eighth Route Army attacking the Zhoukou stronghold comes from or how many people there are, the Zhoukou stronghold cannot be lost!" the brigade chief of staff pointed to the Zhoukou stronghold on the sand table for analysis.
From then on, the only thing the mixed brigade had to guard against was the guerrillas operating in the nearby mountains.
The brigade leader's frown slowly relaxed, and the puzzled expression on his face was replaced by determination. He looked at the sand table and said: "You are right, only by firmly holding the Zhoukou stronghold in our own hands can we stand firm.
A place of defeat.”
"Captain, do you have a mission for us?" Zhang Xuan, still immersed in the joy of the victory just now, ran to Huang Yu and asked with a look of anticipation on his face.
In his memory, since he took over as brigade commander, the largest enemy group around Peiping had only one battalion. At that time, he dispatched an infantry brigade and wiped out the enemy in just half an hour.
In the eyes of the leader of the Japanese Brigade, the Zhoukou stronghold is still in his hands. There are no loopholes in the defense line blocking the mountains. No matter how strong the Eighth Route Army suddenly appears in the jurisdiction, it will not be able to fly past the defense line and enter the occupied area.
The brigade headquarters has many sources of intelligence. In his memory: In recent months, there has been no main force of the organized Eighth Route Army around Peiping.
"Let the troops bring their equipment and ammunition, and go to the special agent company for a round first, and then go to Dashihe together."
"Deploy a platoon to block the stone bridge!" Huang Yu ordered, pointing to the only stone bridge on the Dashi River.
Huang Yu ran for more than two hours to get here. He took one look at the surrounding terrain and smiled, and the tired expression on his face immediately disappeared.
At the Japanese Army Brigade Headquarters in Fangshan County, the brigade commander had never thought of frowning like this for a long time.
"Zhang Xuan..." Huang Yu ordered while observing the terrain.
As a result, before dawn this morning, I was awakened by a telegram asking for help.
The worst thing was that the little Japanese on the side of the ambush troops were like a row of living targets, being swept to the ground one by one.
"Other troops set up an ambush along the road... The mortar company set up artillery in the valley five hundred meters away from the road, aiming at the road..."
"As long as the Zhoukou stronghold is firmly in our hands, the Eighth Route Army can at most send some small units to bypass the stronghold and enter the area occupied by our army. The main force will not be able to enter and will be directly divided by the stronghold inside and outside the mountains. It will be easy for us to
Defeat them and destroy them all."
"This is what the imperial army stationed in the plains does. The combat effect is very good. Let us learn from it once and not give our opponents any opportunities to take advantage of it."
More than 1,200 Japanese soldiers and more than 300 puppet troops passed through the stone bridge in a mighty manner and entered the pocket array prepared by Huang Yu for them.
They marched all the way to the Zhoukou stronghold, fearing that if they were too slow they would cause an accident at the Zhoukou stronghold.
"If the stronghold is lost, the Eighth Route Army can use the Zhoukou stronghold as an advance base and dispatch its main force to attack the area occupied by our army. It can attack when advancing and defend when retreating, and it will become invincible."
"The Japanese and puppet troops launched a sudden attack on their march, specifically targeting the little devils in the team."
The terrain here is unobstructed. Although it is not suitable for ambushes, it is especially suitable for the enemy and ourselves to use firepower. Whoever has stronger firepower can suppress the opponent.
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Some people say that the Japs cannot be that stupid. They are well-trained, powerful in combat, and highly vigilant. No matter how arrogant they are when marching, they will always send forwards and scouts.
The Eighth Route Army is obviously the party with stronger firepower.
Dozens of light and heavy machine guns killed about 200 little Japs in one shot, while simultaneously suppressing the surviving Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
Artillery shells and grenades fell from the sky, blowing up a large area and claiming another hundred or two hundred lives.
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