Since Shinozuka Yoshio took charge of Shanxi, he has been promoting long-term peace and order. The most important thing is the stability of public security in the occupied areas of Shanxi. The current sweep of the Eighth Route Army cannot lead to turmoil in the rear.
The independent regiment took the lead in breaking out of the mopping up encirclement, and was so rampant that it directly attacked Yangquan and other counties where the Japanese troops were in the rear. This happened beyond the expectations of the Japanese.
What shocked the Japanese army even more was the speed with which this independent regiment attacked the city.
Yangquan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, did not last for an hour before the city gate was breached.
I really don’t know how these Eighth Route Army did it.
Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't sit still and ordered the troops to raid the Taihang area, and immediately mobilized troops to return to Yangquan and other counties that were being raided by the Eighth Route Army.
Near the base of the Independent Regiment at the same time.
The Ishii regiment and Yamaguchi Shubian's troops advanced slowly from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and suffered huge losses.
Picking out the soft persimmons first, Ishii Haraichi and Yamaguchi Shubei saw that the situation was not right.
It was probably unrealistic to attack by force from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. The two immediately divided their follow-up troops into multiple groups and first besieged other villages around the independent regiment's base area.
When the Japanese army dealt with these outlying villages, many amazing stories happened:
Longwo Village.
Those left behind were only five comrades from the local district team, plus more than 20 militia comrades.
Although these comrades are not many in number and are not regular soldiers of the independent regiment, each one of them performed very bravely in this anti-mopping battle.
Before the Japanese entered the village, the comrades from the district team and the comrades from the militia team used guerrilla warfare in the wild to drag the Japanese and puppet troops all the way.
After the Japanese and puppet troops officially entered Longwo Village, they used the mine warfare in the village and some tunnels dug in advance to fight tunnel warfare.
The militia comrades, equipped with a batch of shotguns issued by the independent regiment, attacked the Japanese and puppet troops at close range. The bullets were like splashing ink, and five or six Japanese soldiers came up to them, and they were able to injure them all in one go. p>
In the end, the advancing Japanese and puppet troops did occupy Longwo Village, but at the cost of more than 200 casualties. Among them, more than 50 Japanese were killed, more than 20 puppet troops were killed, and more than 100 enemies were injured. A small Longwo Village, with only a few dozen households in the entire village, caused so many casualties to the Japanese.
When the news reached Ishii Yuanichi's ears, Ishii Yuanichi couldn't help but shudder. He always felt that the villages near the independent regiment's base did not look like villages, but like hell.
Dingjiaying.
A squadron of Japs swept all the way and finally set fire to the Ding family camp. Not a single person was seen in the entire village. In the village, neither the Japs nor the puppet soldiers seized even a grain of grain.
But even this village where no one existed was full of traps. The Japs from this squadron only got halfway through the village and suffered nearly one-third casualties.
Along the way, there are all kinds of mines and traps everywhere.
In the end, the frightened Japanese squadron quickly retreated from the middle of the village and set fire to the entire Ding family camp.
Because of the burning fire, the Japanese squadron was blocked outside the village and waited for several hours. After the fire was extinguished, it re-passed through the village and continued its sweep forward.
Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village.
The two small outlying villages that Kong Jie once visited in person had only five or six militiamen in total.
Kong Jie still remembers the names of the three militia comrades in Xiaonan Village: Chen Xiaomin, Luo Siwa, and Zheng Gui.
Before the Japanese raided the village, the villagers of Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village had been safely relocated, but how could these passionate militia comrades watch the villages where they had lived for generations being persecuted by the Japanese?
So he stayed in the village to finally stop the Japanese army.
Comrade Sanmin applied guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare in mountainous areas with great proficiency.
Three people led more than a hundred Japanese soldiers in circles in the mountains.
Later, he even came up with the trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone, and borrowing the Japs’ hands to kill the little Japs.
What's going on?
It turned out that these three militia comrades lured the pursuing Japanese and puppet troops all the way, and deliberately lured this Japanese and puppet army to the vicinity of another group of Japanese and puppet troops that had swept over, and let the two Japanese and puppet troops separate from each other.
A battle on a hillside.
The Japanese and puppet troops across the mountain did not notice each other, and they were all attacked by firepower from the opposite side. They thought they were encountering the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The two sides fought more and more fiercely, and at the same time they wondered why the other side was exclusively the weapon of the imperial army.
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It wasn't until later that a Japanese sentry went around to check in advance. It didn't matter. It turned out that he was beating one of his own people.
The misunderstanding was finally resolved, but the two sides fought fiercely and used grenade shells to attack the two Japanese and puppet troops across the hillside, resulting in more than a hundred casualties.
The stupid Japanese and puppet soldiers were fooled around by three militia comrades.
Such anti-mopping up deeds can be considered legendary.
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The raids in surrounding villages soon reached the ears of Haraichi Ishii and Shube Yamaguchi.
"Obviously, these peripheral villages are not the focus of defense for the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. They have concentrated their main forces in the West Village, Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village areas, but there are also militia troops left in the peripheral villages for certain defense." p>
Ishii Haraichi analyzed the specific situation, his expression was not good-looking.
"But even such a peripheral village has caused a lot of casualties to our empire's troops. It is really unforgivable!"
Amid the anger, the communications soldier rushed over in panic to report:
"Reporting to your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is news from various strongholds in the rear that they have been attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, news came from Yangquan that we were attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
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"Reporting to your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the main gate of Yangquan has been breached by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the commander sent an order for our troops to immediately send troops back to Yangquan to assist!"
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News came one after another, each time more urgent and worse than the last. Ishiihara was shocked and stunned at the beginning, and now he is dumbfounded.
"This is absolutely impossible. The Eighth Route Army troops are being besieged by our troops. Where did their main force suddenly appear in our rear area?"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, according to the news coming back from the county town, it seems that they are the main force of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
"Independent group? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
The furious Ishii Haraichi even cursed.
He was unwilling to admit that he could not quickly break through the defenses of Yangcun and Zhangjiazhuang.
He was even more unwilling to admit that the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army that defended the village he had led for so long was not the main force.
But what is going on? How could the main force of the independent regiment, which was clearly surrounded by him, appear in the rear area of Yangquan?
At this moment, Yamaguchi Shubei couldn't bear to think about the reason. This time, he and Ishii joined forces to deal with the Independent Regiment. As a result, the main force of the Independent Regiment slipped to the rear under his nose.
It's simply a huge shame.
If this continues, the failure of this large-scale sweep will be due to his independent fourth mixed brigade.
The Eighth Route Army must be dealt with, but the county seat in the rear area cannot be lost.
After receiving the order from the headquarters, Shankou Shubian did not dare to delay and immediately dispatched a brigade of troops to return reinforcements to Yangquan County.
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West Village.
The roar of the Japanese Type 97 tank's engine spread far away. The trap pit caused the two tanks to turn over like bastards. The tracks of the entire tank were suspended in the air and kept rotating, but they could never reach the bottom. It was so awkward.
In the trap pit.
Not far away, the soldiers were overjoyed and said, "Batalion Commander, we have captured the tank."
The Japanese captain of the tank squad was in a daze.
When the tank came here, deep trenches appeared on both sides. In order to prevent the tank from falling into the trench, the tank pushed forward along the dirt road in the center. Several soldiers were walking in front of the tank, and they were all in peace.
Nothing happened, but after the tank drove past, it fell directly into a deep trap pit.
These Eighth Route Army troops are really cunning.
"Hit!"
The Japs' follow-up troops wanted to rescue the tank, and even wanted to use ropes to pull out the tank that had fallen into the pit with another tank. However, the fourth battalion commander would not give these Japs a chance and immediately gave the order to open fire.
Niukou Village.
Independent regiment, regiment headquarters.
"Reporting to the head of the regiment, news came from the Fourth Battalion that in the direction of Xicun, our comrades made a Japanese tank fall into a trap pit."
Kong Jie nodded, turned to Shen Wenyue and said, "Our Eighth Route Army is far inferior to the National Army's equipment and does not have anti-tank weapons on hand. If the devil's tanks come over, we can only use these crude methods to dig deep pits in advance.
Trap the Japanese tanks."
Shen Wenyue said: "The Japanese tanks are very powerful. Are these homespun methods really practical?"
Kong Jie said: "It's better than just sitting around and waiting to die."
While the two were talking, the correspondent received the latest situation from the direction of Yangquan through the radio. He immediately stood up and reported to Kong Jiehui with a joyful face: "Reporting to the head of the regiment, good news, the commander of the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion.
After growing up, they successfully reached the enemy's rear area and have now conquered Yangquan."
"Great fight!" Kong Jie said.
Shen Wenyue on the side was a little dazed, and the pen that was originally recording in the notebook stopped subconsciously.
"Hit the Japanese rear areas?"
Kong Jie laughed and said: "We, the Eighth Route Army, are not easy to bully. The Japs are carrying out a large-scale sweep and are attacking us at the door. Why can't we attack the Japs at the door of their homes?
Isn't Reporter Shen curious about where the rest of the troops of our independent regiment have been arranged? Now you should understand that before the main force of the Japanese army encircled them, the main force of our independent regiment had already broken out and took advantage of the empty strength of the Japanese army in the rear.
, and attacked directly."
Shen Wenyue, who suddenly came back to his senses, said in shock: "Oh my God! Commander Kong, is this kind of tactics of pulling out firewood from under the cauldron also a common anti-mopping tactic of your Eighth Route Army?"
Kong Jie said: "There are no absolute tactics, only flexible applications, just like the tactics in front of you. It may work well this time, but in the future everyone will know it, but it may not work again."
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When the news reached the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong had already personally led the first battalion and rushed out again.
"What, Yangquan was taken down by that kid Lao Kong!!!"
Li Yunlong was dumbfounded on the spot after hearing the news.
"Damn it, I easily broke through the siege of the Japanese army. I thought it was good at first, but now I am nothing compared to that old Kong."
"Lao Kong is a very ruthless kid. He is trying to change his family with the little devil!"
"Captain, what should we do now? Should we fight back again or..." asked the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao.
The First Battalion was the absolute main force of the New Second Regiment, but Li Yunlong was partial. When he led the New First Regiment, he equipped the First Battalion with most of the elite equipment.
Now that we are in the new second group, it is still the same.
The firepower configuration of the first battalion is much higher than that of the second and third battalions, and machine guns and grenade launchers can even be equipped to squad-level combat units.
When Zhang Dabiao led a battalion to rush out suddenly, it was like a sharp knife, directly tearing a big gap in the Japanese brigade's defense.
The Japanese troops in the blockade were stunned by the firepower of the first battalion.
"It's a waste to kill them back. Now kill them back. They are just three melons and two dates. We, Lao Li, don't look down on them. We can't do business at a loss."
"In this way, Da Biao, Lao Kong and that kid have all gone to Yangquan, and we can't fall behind. Fight in the direction of Yangquan County, first remove the Japanese strongholds around the Japs, the rest of the counties, villages and towns, and then support the independent regiment in
Attack from the enemy's rear."
Li Yunlong, who had fully understood the essence of the family-changing tactic, issued the order.
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao responded excitedly.
As for the subsequent defense of the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong was very relieved and left it to the Second Battalion, Third Battalion, and Political Commissar Zhao Gang.
The Japanese brigade besieging the New Second Regiment has been crippled by the first battalion's back-and-forth assaults. The Japanese have now lost the energy to capture the New Second Regiment.
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New group.
Ding Wei couldn't help but smile when he learned that Kong Jie's independent regiment broke through the Japanese blockade, hit the Japanese rear area directly, and captured Yangquan.
First Battalion Commander Sun Zhenguo was very emotional, "Commander, Commander Kong is so powerful. I heard that their independent regiment did a good job in anti-mopping up defense operations. I thought it was Commander Kong who deployed the main force in the defense of the villages."
During the battle, who would have known that they would turn around and attack the Japanese rear area?"
Ding Wei said with a smile: "Lao Kong has a big business now. After the battle with the Ishii Regiment, I heard that the Independence Regiment captured many puppet troops. Now the total strength of the regiment has exceeded 4,000. He has this
Capital."
"But having said that, Lao Kong's move is indeed bold."
"If the Japanese are determined to capture the base of his independent regiment and ignore Yangquan in the rear, his independent regiment will probably be in trouble."
Sun Zhenguo laughed and said: "Commander, what's the trouble? The worst is to lose the base area to the Japanese. This is a tactic of changing families. Commander Kong and the others cannot suffer the loss."
Ding Weidao: "That's the truth. It seems that our Eighth Route Army's anti-mopping operations have been played with new tricks by Lao Kong!"
"Perhaps this tactic of changing families may even become a new wave of our anti-mopping up in the future."
"Captain, I heard that after Commander Li's battalion broke out of the encirclement, they also went straight to Yangquan to fight. Should we join in the fun?" Sun Zhenguo asked.
Ding Wei thought for a while, shook his head, and said with a smile: "We can't be useless and just play with the rest of Lao Kong's game. Now rush over, the day lily is cold, and you can't even drink the soup.
In this way, we try our best to hold back the Japanese troops attacking our new regiment, and then find a way to ambush the Japanese troops on their way back to Yangquan. This can be regarded as indirectly supporting Lao Li and Lao Kong.
Not to mention the favors from Lao Li and Lao Kong, the key is that we also have meat to eat."
"Hey, captain, you still understand." Sun Zhenguo responded with a smile.