For the Eighth Route Army, once the counterattack begins, the Japanese army will be unprepared at first, so the effect will naturally be the best.
For example, in tonight's raid, the Independent Regiment is the best example.
The main forces of the three battalions suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese strongholds No. 1, 2, and 3 at the same time.
Before the battle began, Kong Jie even said with high spirits: "Looking at our entire 129th Division, I, Kong Jie, am not bragging. Among the regiment-level combat units of our entire division, when it comes to weapons and equipment, our independent regiment definitely ranks first.
Number one."
"The Japanese strongholds are strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is all compared to a regiment with sparse artillery fire and scarce equipment."
"But for a main force group like our independent group that has a lot of attack power, let me tell you, no matter how big or small the Japanese stronghold is, it is like meat on the chopping board in front of us. I can eat whatever I want."
"Once the battle starts, remember everything for me. Ammunition consumption is not important. What is important is people. What is important is time. As long as we can capture the enemy's strongholds as quickly as possible with the minimum sacrifice, the enemy has been fighting for more than a year.
Aren’t the ammunition and supplies that have been hoarded in the stronghold for a long time not enough for us to replenish?"
"Let me tell you, we will only get richer as we fight!"
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Kong Jie's explanation seems to have been lingering in the ears of the battalion and company commanders of the Independent Regiment.
When the battle broke out, the battalion commander and company commanders spared no effort to carry out Kong Jie's orders.
For example, the No. 1 stronghold that the 1st Battalion is responsible for is a small and medium-sized stronghold. There is a small group of Japanese troops stationed in the stronghold, plus some puppet troops.
But the firepower is quite abundant, and coupled with the layout of the stronghold, the external defenses are in place, including trenches, barbed wire, mines, bunkers, and gun towers.
If the Eighth Route Army troops, who are short of artillery for attacking fortresses, come here, even a single regiment may not be able to defeat them.
With just a small team of Japs, plus some puppet troops, it is enough to rely on the abundant ammunition reserves in the stronghold and the various fortifications that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can easily hold on until reinforcements arrive, and even turn defeat into victory.
It's a pity that the little devil met the independent group this time.
The commander of the first battalion, Wang Leihu, said nothing, but used practical actions to tell the little devils what it means to be under strong firepower, and all defenses are in vain.
Wang Leihu had someone use explosive packs to blow open a large hole in the enemy's perimeter defense barbed wire fence.
As for the artillery bombardment, the Japs in the stronghold only had four grenades in hand, but Wang Leihu directly used six grenades and even mortars to blow up the Japs and puppet troops in the stronghold.
Everyone was almost confused.
The attacking team looked nothing like the same army as the Eighth Route Army team they were familiar with, which was short of ammunition.
The fierce firepower was so heavy that the Japanese in the stronghold could not even raise their heads.
Some of the members of the bomb-dropping team arranged in the first battalion were even more impressive. The grenades they threw drilled into the machine gun holes of the Japanese gun towers and bunkers.
Over the past month, Wang Gensheng has conducted extremely solid bomb-dropping training for the bomb-dropping team and achieved quite obvious results.
Wang Leihu took the opportunity to send out a small charging team and quickly broke through the Japanese artillery towers and bunkers.
After the Japanese were almost dead, the remaining puppet troops were left alone. Wang Leihu sent someone to shout. In order to survive, the puppet soldiers surrendered one after another, and even turned their guns against the Japanese, for fear that the Eighth Route Army would destroy them all. p>
In the end, it took no more than fifteen minutes from the launch of the attack to the destruction of the No. 1 stronghold.
The situation at the Second and Third Battalions is basically the same as that of the First Battalion.
After successfully removing the railway track in the eastern section of Yangquan, it is far from over for the independent regiment.
Before the night was over, just when the little devils thought that the independent group had chosen to evacuate, Kong Jie, a brave and talented man, led his team to fight back.
As a result, as soon as the Japanese reinforcements arrived, Kong Jie ordered that No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds be blown up during the evacuation. The fortifications had long been destroyed.
The little devil hadn't even regained his footing yet, so he didn't expect that Kong Jie would suddenly lead his team and fight back.
After a fierce battle, a squadron of Japs who came to support and gathered together were repelled by the independent regiment, with more than half of the casualties. If they hadn't retreated quickly enough, they might have been wiped out by Kong Jie.
The war between all parties was in full swing. Around the Zhengtai Railway area, the number of large and small battles that broke out in one moment was simply too numerous to count.
It's in the direction of Pingxiang that no one noticed.
Near dawn, suddenly an Eighth Route Army unit launched a fierce attack on Pingxiang.
The Japanese troops in Pingxiang defended desperately, and with the help of the bright sky, they detected the situation of the attacking troops. They seemed to be the Eighth Route Army, with a large number of four to five hundred people.
The firepower was even more ferocious, including light machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, and even the roar of heavy machine guns.
The Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Pingxiang did not dare to delay and quickly reported to the superior Japanese headquarters the news that Pingxiang was being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Now, the attack operations around the Zhengtai Railway have once again been upgraded and expanded.
The Japanese command headquarters was a little shocked. Could these Tubal Road people be crazy?
It was enough to suddenly launch a counterattack and launch a raid on the Zhengtai Railway and the surrounding strongholds. Now it is crazy enough to attack the towns and villages.
What did the Eighth Route Army want to do?
Could it be that they want to launch a major counterattack, not only to attack the railways and remove strongholds, but also to seize major villages and towns in one fell swoop and regain the lost territory?
This is a terrifying chain effect. Because of this, the news that the small Pingxiang was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army even reached the Taiyuan City headquarters and reached the ears of Japanese Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka was also a little surprised by this, and then thought it was ridiculous, these damn Eighth Route Army, are they so arrogant that they think that their Eighth Route Army can already compete with the Imperial Army of Japan?
But no matter what, everything should not be started lightly.
Although Pingxiang is not a big place, it is related to the face of the Japanese army.
For this reason, Shinozuka Yoshio even personally issued a communication order to let the Pingxiang defenders hold on. The headquarters would immediately send troops to support Pingxiang, and the Eighth Route Army would never be allowed to capture Pingxiang.
As a result, everything was reproduced according to the situation when Kong Jie and Li Yunlong conducted a military simulation confrontation on the sand table.
Considering the problem of rapid support, the Japanese military command issued an order for Qu County and Xiao'an Town to send reinforcements respectively to quickly support Pingxiang.
Originally, in this order, the reinforcements included the strongholds around Pingxiang.
However, the Eighth Route Army's counterattack was so fierce that it targeted railway lines and various strongholds in towns and villages. The Japanese strongholds were unable to defend themselves for a while, and there were not many troops to support Pingxiang.
In the mountain forest to the south of Xiaoan Town.
Li Yunlong, deputy commander of the independent regiment, did not have the time to consider the Japanese's ideas. He looked at his watch and calculated the time. A company he sent to attack Pingxiang should have already attacked Pingxiang with the cooperation of local troops and militia forces.
It’s been more than twenty minutes.
The time has come, it’s time to take action against Xiaoan Town.
When giving the order, Li Yunlong said with great pride: "Zhang Dabiao, tell the brothers, I don't like Li Yunlong for making small troubles. If you attack a few strongholds and destroy a few sections of railway lines, what profit can you get from this?"
"If we want to do it, let's do it with a big vote."
Zhang Dabiao had been following Li Yunlong for many years, and naturally he immediately understood Li Yunlong's thoughts, his eyes widened, "Captain, my God, are you trying to capture Xiao'an Town?"
"Hey, that's what I mean."
Li Yunlong said: "Although Xiao'an Town is not as rich in oil and water as Qu County, it is still one of the transport towns for the Japanese. Although the attack on Xiao'an Town is also a cover for a sneak attack on Qu County, you have to make this cover realistic enough to make it easy for people to attack Qu County."
The little devil completely believes that in this case, we might as well fake it and do it for real."
"Since we have come here, I can't come here in vain. If we take down Xiao'an Town in one fell swoop and seize the supplies and arms warehouse in Xiao'an Town, we will not consider our trip in vain."
"With these seizures, humming, the New Second Regiment, which we are planning to take over soon, has the financial resources."
"But, Captain, if this matter gets too big, what if the superiors blame it..."
"Bullshit, I'm just a deputy. Even if the superiors blame me, it's the head of the group, Kong Er, who is responsible!"
"Why do you think I listen to him?"
"Hehe, I'm planning to let this boy Kong Jie take the blame for me! It happened that during the Battle of Cangyunling, I took the blame for him once, so it's even!"
"Having said that, Lao Kong's reputation in the brigade, division, and even the headquarters has always been good. Even if he makes trouble occasionally, the boss will not do anything to him."