Dark clouds were closing in on the city, and with the foreknowledge that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale raid on the base area in Yangquan, the atmosphere in the base area of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army became heavy.
The Enemy Engineering Department of the Independent Regiment, led by Wang An, the Director of the Enemy Industry Department, always monitored every move of the Japanese army in Yangquan.
The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army also set up its posture and was fully prepared to face the enemy.
Independent group.
Resident.
Logically speaking, the heaviest burden for this approaching battle falls entirely on Kong Jie, the regiment leader. However, on the surface, the calmest person in the entire regiment is probably Commander Kong.
There is no other reason. In this regard, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have quite the same views.
On the eve of the war, all the soldiers in the regiment are staring at the leader!
If you, the regiment leader, panic in advance, the soldiers will have no backbone. How can we fight this battle?
Therefore, no matter how much pressure there is, the leader of the regiment must also hold back and set an example for the entire regiment.
In the morning, the regiment leader Kong Jie took the monk around and walked around the base to see the development of the armory and the newly-launched artillery battery.
Now there are two artillery companies directly under the independent regiment.
One is the artillery battery led by Wang Chengzhu.
The other is a new artillery company raised by the original artillery company deputy commander Howitzer.
Zhuzi is now competing with the howitzer. The two of them exerted their strength and wanted to bring out their own cannons and make a difference in the battle.
The artillery company led by veteran artillery company commander Wang Chengzhu now has three Type 92 infantry guns, plus two 82mm mortars, which are the main artillery.
The artillery company led by the new artillery company commander Howitzer has three 75mm mountain guns, plus two 82mm mortars, which are the main artillery.
In addition, there are also a certain number of 50mm mortars, grenade launchers, and even the latest explosive pack projectile launchers and projectiles produced by the repair shop.
In the previous military meeting to deal with the large-scale mopping up of the Japanese army, the two artillery company commanders were tit for tat. Neither one gave in, and both wanted to fight.
In the end, Kong Jie said that there was a place for them all. This time, the Japanese army happened to be divided into two routes. There were two artillery batteries, and neither of them would be left behind. Each artillery battery supported one route.
After leaving the artillery company, Kong Jie suggested: "Monk, go to the newly reclaimed land and see the precious potatoes of our independent regiment!"
"Yes!" the monk replied.
The two walked hand in hand and soon arrived at the place. February is the right time to plant potatoes in Shanxi. The potato tubers have been growing for more than a month now.
The plants have already broken through the ground. At first glance, they are green and strong.
"Hehe, leader, looking at the growth, I estimate that once these potatoes are harvested, our independent group will have enough potatoes to eat."
Kong Jie said: "Monk, do you like to eat potatoes?"
The monk nodded, "I like it. These potatoes are delicious whether they are boiled, steamed or fried!"
"Okay, I'll go back and tell the cooking team that the few taels of meat you have extra for each meal, monk, will be replaced by potatoes." Kong Jie said with adult beauty.
"No! Leader, although I like to eat potatoes, if you really want to compare with meat, I would definitely choose meat!"
Kong Jie said happily: "After all, you have been a monk in Shaolin Temple for ten years. You have really forgotten all the rules and precepts of the temple."
The monk clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Master said that after wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha will keep it in his heart. He eats meat to have the strength to kill the devils, and to kill the devils to save the world. He also has a Bodhisattva heart. This is not an exaggeration!"<
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Kong Jie: "..."
"Monk, when did you learn to be a Zhihu Zhihu?"
The monk laughed and said: "Captain, I have been studying culture with instructor Li recently!"
It turns out I learned it from Li Wenjie, no wonder.
Chang Nian said, monks are not to be feared, only that they are literate.
Whatever the monk does now, he always has a set of reasons, and occasionally he can even explain it, leaving Kong Jie speechless.
Kong Jie sometimes couldn't help but wonder, was he right or wrong in teaching a monk with sharp edges and a straightforward personality to become what he is now?
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Back in front of him, looking at the large fields full of potato plants, Kong Jie sighed: "Why is it difficult for every household to have enough to eat in the famine years? It was not easy to grow some crops, but they were either destroyed by wars or by soldiers and bandits.
It’s a disaster.
The same situation is true in our base area. If the potatoes we managed to grow are destroyed by the enemy because the base area is lost, the result will be in vain."
The monk said: "Captain, don't worry, we will definitely beat the little devil to a head this time. I'm afraid the little devil won't even be able to enter the entrance of our base area."
Kong Jie said: "Is it elation or despair?"
"Heart Blossom... Luohua..." The monk scratched his head, "Captain, don't these two mean the same thing?"
"..."
Kong Jie smiled and scolded: "Monk, it seems that you, the boy, need to pay more attention to your progress in learning culture."
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Early morning on the 8th.
When the sky is still bright and bright.
The Japanese troops that had been deployed in Yangquan for many days almost came out in full force.
Ishii Haraichi, captain of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, led the Ishii regiment to officially set off from Yangquan.
And on the night of the seventh day.
An urgent piece of intelligence came from within the Yangquan puppet army. After being circulated in various ways in the county, at a hidden location near the city gate, someone wrapped the intelligence document on a stone and threw it violently over the several-meter-high city wall.
Throwing it out of the city, someone outside the city responded and got the information.
Around four o'clock in the morning.
This urgent intelligence document arrived at the independent regiment headquarters.
"The Japanese army will be dispatched around five o'clock in the morning. The troops will be divided into two groups to attack the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang. More than 2,000 puppet troops will change their military uniforms with the Japanese army and put on disguises."
This is the entire content of this urgent information.
Wang An brought the note. After Kong Jie finished reading it, he put down the note and turned to the monk and said: "Monk, please order the communications troops to summon all battalion commanders and instructors to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting immediately."
"Yes!"
At the meeting, Kong Jie took out the information newspaper, and the battalion commanders and instructors circulated it and browsed it.
First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes full of fighting spirit, "Commander, this naughty little devil has really been slowing down enough. He has been delaying until now before he is ready to take action."
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan said: "Commander, if you put it this way, now we can basically confirm that these Japanese soldiers put their main attack point in the West Village. They are quite cunning and deliberately let the puppet troops and some Japanese troops switch their uniforms."
, so as to confuse our judgment."
Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao looked at Wang An and asked: "Minister Wang, is this information reliable? I am not asking about the reliability of the intelligence station, but I am asking the comrade who sent this information, what can be obtained within the enemy
Is the information accurate?"
Wang An replied: "There should be no mistake. The source of the intelligence this time is a platoon leader of the puppet army who followed the Ishii unit in the attack.
According to what he revealed, the Japanese dispatched a regiment this time, which is the Ishii regiment. The commander of the regiment is Ishii Haraichi, an old Japanese who has experienced hundreds of battles.
This old devil came up with a trick to have the puppet troops switch uniforms with the Japanese army and pretend to be elite.
So that we can make the misjudgment that the Japanese’s main attack point is Zhangjiazhuang.”
Wang Leihu said: "This little devil is indeed cunning. If it hadn't been for the news that your enemy's Ministry of Industry had sent in advance, we might have been deceived by the devil."
Wang An frowned and suggested to Kong Jie:
"Captain, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the intelligence sent by the enemy's Ministry of Industry can be used as a reference, but we cannot completely believe it. I still suggest that we investigate along the way to determine the authenticity of the intelligence."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "If you are determined, you should do this."
"In this way, we will make a rough deployment of troops for the time being. In order to deal with the Japanese army's primary and secondary attack routes and the Japanese army's main attack points, we will dispatch three veteran battalions, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion.
To deal with the Japanese army's secondary attack point, two battalions, the fourth battalion and the fifth battalion were dispatched."
"Once it was determined that the Japanese army was indeed mainly attacking Xicun and attacking Zhangjiazhuang, the two front lines of combat troops were immediately ready to set off and began to lure the wolf."
"Yes!"
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Taiyuan City.
With a look of certainty of victory, the Japanese commander led the Ishii regiment and the Imperial Army Corps to leave Taiyuan City and continue to move forward.
On the previous two kilometers of road, all the troops were together. It was not until two kilometers later that they reached the fork in the road and the troops were divided into two groups, heading respectively to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.
Along the way, the comrades of the enemy's engineering department of the Independent Regiment who were lurking inside the enemy's army secretly rejoiced in their hearts. Fortunately, the news was passed on in advance. The regiment leader and others should already know that the Japanese army was going to attack Xicun mainly and attack Zhangjiazhuang from behind.<
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In this way, with early response, the base area will be safe this time.
Soon, the team reached a fork and needed to split into two groups. Who would have thought that Ishii Haraichi suddenly ordered about 2,000 soldiers of the Imperial Association Corps to take off their Japanese military uniforms and put them back into their own uniforms? p>
The puppet soldiers were in a daze and couldn't help complaining, why did they have to change this?
As for their own clothes, they have been carrying them in their luggage according to the orders above, and they can only take them out and put them on again according to the orders.
The comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the puppet army camp were thinking very fast. When they changed back into the puppet army uniforms, they felt a thump in their hearts.
Not good!
This little devil suddenly asked to change his military uniform, which is probably a scam!
Then, Ishii Haraichi issued a second order, and the team that was originally going to be sent to West Village was actually directly switched with the team that was going to be sent to Zhangjiazhuang.
Originally a team of 3,000 people, including 2,000 Japanese soldiers wearing puppet military uniforms, set off directly towards the West Village. On the surface, there were 1,000 elite Japanese soldiers.
On the other side, a team of 500 people, plus 2,000 puppet troops wearing Japanese military uniforms, set off towards Zhangjiazhuang. On the surface, there were 2,500 elite Japanese troops.
It seems that the focus is on attacking Zhangjiazhuang.
This is also a superficial illusion made by the Japanese in order to actually attack Xicun and attack Zhangjiazhuang.
But with such a sudden change in front of us, 2,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers changed their uniforms back again.
Then 500 Japanese troops, plus 2,000 puppet troops, set off towards West Village.
Another 3,000 Japanese troops set off directly towards Zhangjiazhuang.
If we look at this from the outside, the Japanese are clearly planning to attack Zhangjiazhuang and pretend to attack Xicun.
But what's worse now is that comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry have passed the information back and told the regiment leader Kong Jie that the Japanese are actually attacking Xicun and attacking Zhangjiazhuang. They also say that a large number of Japanese and puppet troops have switched their uniforms.<
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Then when these two troops appeared in the sight of the Eighth Route Army reconnaissance team.
According to the information passed back by the enemy's Ministry of Industry.
On the surface, there were 500 Japanese troops attacking Xicun, plus 2,000 puppet troops.
But the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment will definitely understand that these 2,000 puppet soldiers are actually Japanese soldiers who have changed into puppet army uniforms. These are 2,500 Japanese soldiers.
It is to attack the West Village.
The other attack on Zhangjiazhuang was ostensibly composed of 3,000 Japanese troops. However, according to the information passed back by the enemy's Ministry of Industry, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army probably believed that 2,000 of the Japanese soldiers were puppet soldiers wearing Japanese military uniforms.
So according to the judgment of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment on the elite combat strength of the Japanese army, there were only 1,000 elite Japanese troops attacking Zhangjiazhuang Road, and 2,500 elite troops attacking Xicun Road.
The main focus of attack is clearly on Nishimura.
Not only that, what the comrades of the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the puppet camp did not know was that most of the 3,000 Japanese who attacked Zhangjiazhuang were old Japanese.
As for the 500 Japanese soldiers who attacked Nishimura, there were many new recruits.
From the beginning, Ishiihara concentrated all the main forces of his alliance on Zhangjiazhuang Road.
So...
It’s a trap!
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The enemy soldiers lurking in the team suddenly came to their senses, and their expressions changed slightly. Fortunately, it was still bright and bright, so their expressions were not exposed.
This is definitely a treacherous plot by the Japanese. All the previous arrangements were designed to confuse the opponent's judgment.
Now, the regiment headquarters was able to judge the correct situation based on the surface, but through the advance communication from the enemy engineering department, it was going to be interfered with.
"No, we have to find a way to get the news out quickly!"
Several soldiers from the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the team secretly said.
"Listen up, the Imperial Alliance Army's team is based on each platoon. The squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander have all given me a good look at the team. If there is a straggler in the middle, you officers who are in command will direct military law
Disposal."
Ishii Haraichi's latest order was issued, and the Imperial Army was stunned.
The soldiers of the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the dark secretly thought that the Japanese were on guard against their own group!
It seems that the little devil does not trust the Imperial Army.
It was getting brighter now.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass the news back now. I can't get away now and there's no time at all.
...Captain, something has happened, we have fallen into a trap, you must discover the enemy's trick in time, and don't be paralyzed in your judgment!
The soldiers of the Enemy Ministry of Industry are now powerless and can only pray secretly in their hearts.
Ishii Haraichi walked with the team. He was not in the front row of the team. That position was not safe. Ishii Haraichi, who was always cautious, arranged his army headquarters in the front row of the team.
Before the division of troops was approaching, Ishii Haraichi finally gave the Japanese captain who led 500 Japanese soldiers and 2,000 puppet troops, saying: "Remember, now, according to the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, these 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers are actually
2000 Empire Elite.
So after setting out on the road, you have to urge these 2,000 soldiers of the Imperial Association Army to coordinate their steps and get out of the momentum of our imperial army. You should make those Eighth Route Army soldiers, after secret investigation, feel that this is not like 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers, but indeed it is.
2,000 imperial elites.
In addition, we put our 500 imperial soldiers in the front row, and moved heavy weapons and other equipment from the team to the front row to confuse the judgment of the Eighth Route Army scouts."