"Under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible for us to demolish the Japanese strongholds and break through the Japanese counties. The Japanese reinforcements will arrive at any time and will not give us such a chance."
"Being separated from our base and without the vast mountainous areas as a barrier, we are definitely no match for the Japanese in the county and plain areas."
"But once the Japanese army is out in force due to a large-scale sweep, and the forces in the rear area are empty, leaving only some puppet troops with little combat effectiveness, this will be a golden opportunity for us."
"There are only a few puppet troops left, not a few counties and towns with Japanese gendarmerie. What else is there to fear?"
"Remember, this kind of opportunity may only come once in ten years. We either don't do it, or we do it with big votes. Once our plan is implemented smoothly, your battalions must fight for me in the rear areas.
Seize equipment and supplies as much as possible, and at the same time destroy various military facilities built by the Japanese army in the county."
This is what Kong Jie told the three battalion commanders when the first, second and third battalions were leaving.
The situation at hand is just as Kong Jie judged.
Due to the Japanese army's large-scale raids on the Taihang area, almost all the main combat troops in each county were sent out, leaving only an empty shell in the rear area.
When the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Independent Regiment, which were well-equipped and powerful in combat, made a roundabout way and fought their way to the rear of the Japanese army, they felt as if they were in an uninhabited land.
When they reached Yangquan, there were still some Japs. The puppet troops resisted desperately, but with the help of comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, they still broke through the city gate.
When the third battalion commander led his team to attack other towns, there were few Japanese soldiers, and the puppet army's town guards abandoned the town and fled without receiving a few shots.
The main areas controlled by the Japanese army were still in some county towns. In remote villages and towns like this, there were very few defensive troops. In addition, the troops in the rear area were empty and there were no reinforcements. The Japanese knew that it was impossible to stop the main force of the Eighth Route Army. p>
In this way, the third battalion commander Wang Huaibao led his soldiers to conquer the villages and towns around Yangquan, and attacked all the maintenance associations and some puppet army organizations in the town.
The smooth journey was like a dream.
If the Japanese are not here, this is a mountain without tigers, left to their own devices.
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When Li Yunlong led his team to the vicinity of Yangquan, he only regretted that he did not have two extra legs and ran too slowly. Some of the strongholds he encountered on the road had been pulled out by the faster men and horses of the three battalions of the Independent Regiment. "Captain, there is a medium-sized Japanese stronghold on the road not far away, but the gun tower has been blown up. It seems that it was done by comrades of the Independence Regiment."
The scouts sent news from the front.
Li Yunlong was trembling with heartache. It was not easy to reach the rear area. He encountered so many strongholds. He thought he could get some meat to eat, but in the end, they all followed the independent group and ate dust without even picking up the leaks.
To.
"Dabiao, I think this direction is wrong. We can't continue to go in this direction. We are all following the independent group and can't even drink soup!"
"Those bastards from the Independent Regiment, after they captured the stronghold, they barely took away the bricks from the stronghold."
"Captain, let's change the direction?" Zhang Dabiao suggested.
Li Yunlong thought for a while, nodded with deep understanding, and said: "In this big sweep, the Japs looked down upon our New Second Regiment. Now that our New Second Regiment is fighting all the way, it is estimated that all the Japs have not recovered yet." "At present, the Japanese army's rear area is empty of troops. Opportunities like this are rare. Now that we are here, we can't come in vain."
"It's better to change the direction. It just so happens that the troops of the Independent Regiment are also making trouble behind the enemy's rear. Their direction has attracted all the enemy's attention. It's better for us to take action here."
Zhang Dabiao said happily: "Captain, let's seize the time and take action!"
"There's no rush." Li Yunlong shook his head and said: "At the moment, our New Second Regiment is the only one that has broken out, and the other troops are still in the base area to contain the Japanese brigade."
"With such a large rear area and the main force of the Japs gone, there are more opportunities to make a fortune. The more people we have, the better."
"In this way, first divide the team into three groups and rescue the surrounding local troops. Then we will join forces with the comrades of the local troops to take action. We will eat meat, let the local comrades drink some soup, and collect more seizures by the way." "Yes!"
"By the way, Da Biao, there's one more thing. Did you bring the metal mine detector I asked you to prepare when I came out this time?" Li Yunlong asked.
Zhang Dabiao replied: "Commander, bring it with you. Isn't this the enemy's mine detection device? After taking the stronghold, I found several mine detectors in the enemy's material warehouse. But I didn't understand. We
What are you doing with this thing?"
Li Yunlong said: "I originally thought that after the stronghold was established, I would use these mine detectors to dig out all the mines buried by the Japanese near the stronghold, so that they would come in handy in the future."
"But just before, it suddenly occurred to me that these mine detectors might be of great use."
"You kid, you don't know. When I was in the Red Army in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, I used metal detectors to find copper coins, gold bars, and other things that the landlord had buried around his house. This thing can not only find landmines, but also
You can also find various metal treasures."
"You think, if we attack the rear areas of the Japanese-occupied areas, capture those villages and towns, and destroy the Japanese maintenance associations, those Japanese traitors and traitors will definitely not hand over their finances to us honestly after receiving the news. Maybe before we fight over, we might have buried all those valuables underground in the surrounding areas.
At that time, our mine detectors will come in handy to find and dig out all the treasures hidden by these traitors and devils."
"In addition, the Japanese army's mopping up this time is advancing in the form of a large encirclement."
"Our New Second Regiment broke out easily because the Japs didn't pay enough attention to it, but the other troops are probably in trouble due to the counter-mopping up situation in front of them!"
"While the Japanese mopping up troops are advancing, many troops from other regiments will ambush them halfway."
"When our troops fight a Japanese ambush, we usually encounter a situation like this. After the ambush is successfully completed and the Japanese are eliminated, the Japanese reinforcements arrive very quickly.
We can’t take a lot of equipment with us, including heavy machine guns and even some artillery pieces. Take them. They’re too heavy. Don’t take them. You’ll lose them to the Japanese or blow them up and you won’t be able to part with them.
What should we do? We can only find some place to bury these artillery equipment and other equipment, and wait until we find an opportunity in the future to come back and dig out these weapons.
Because of this, there are many cases where equipment buried underground can never be found later.
In addition, even around the captured strongholds, there may still be equipment buried by the Japs, which the puppet troops could not take away in time."
Zhang Dabiao's mind was spinning rapidly, and he immediately came to his senses, "Commander, do you mean that we use the mine detectors we brought to find all the weapons that may be buried underground?"
Li Yunlong said: "That's what it means."
Zhang Dabiao said dumbfounded: "But, Commander, wouldn't it be bad if our own comrades buried this?"
Li Yunlong glared: "What's wrong? If I don't dig it out, what if it is dug away by the Japanese soldiers who came back? It doesn't matter which group they buried it in the future, as long as they can tell me the name of the weapon and where it was buried.
, we, Lao Li, just give it back to him."
Zhang Dabiao: "..."
I couldn't help but complain in my heart, the leader's words just sounded cheerful.
The key is, who knows where it is buried?
If you tell me, Captain, and you don’t admit it, what can anyone do to you?
"After arriving at the place, first ask the surrounding villagers to see where the fighting took place, and then use our mine detector to have the detection team explore the surrounding battlefield to see if they can find the treasure."
Li Yunlong ordered, as if he saw a golden avenue to make a fortune.
Then, the 1st Battalion of the New Second Regiment, led by Li Yunlong, took quick action. First, they defeated the small Japanese troops staying in the rear to mop up the small forces in some surrounding villages and towns, and rescued local comrades from the local army and militiamen.
Then he led the militiamen and local army comrades to continue deep into the rear areas of the Japanese-occupied areas and seized everything.
And the metal detector Li Yunlong specially asked to bring was indeed put to use.
The metal detection circles in front of these mine detectors use the electromagnetic induction effect to detect metal buried deep underground.
After successfully capturing towns where few Japanese troops were stationed, Li Yunlong led his troops to quickly capture the local maintenance association.
As expected, the traitors buried the treasure underground as Li Yunlong speculated, but Li Yunlong found out, found it with a mine detector, and dug it out.
I have to say that Li Yunlong’s way to make a fortune is really amazing.
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On the other side, Wang Leihu and Shen Quan led troops to ambush the Japanese troops returning for reinforcements.
Less than an hour after the battle started, Ding Wei's new regiment also arrived.
The area where the Japs were originally located was within the defense zone of the Iron Triangle. Once the battle started, it was impossible for the Japs to deal with a group alone.
The Japanese captain, who was attacked from both sides, was very depressed.
Forget about this independent regiment, where did the troops appear from before?
How did the mopping up troops at the front manage to allow these Eighth Route Army troops to break out easily?
The reason for this is probably thanks to the independent regiment's battle to eliminate the Yamazaki Brigade in Lijiapo.
In the battle at Lijiapo, the Yamazaki Battalion was destroyed so suddenly that the Japanese command headquarters judged that the Eighth Route Army had the strength to quickly eat up an imperial brigade.
In subsequent large-scale raids, naturally we would not dare to operate alone with combat units smaller than the brigade level.
To guard against being defeated one by one by the Eighth Route Army.
This is like a large Japanese military sweep net surrounding the Taihang area. When the Japanese military strength is limited, the larger the combat unit, the larger the mesh.
Once the mesh becomes larger, the fish in the net can easily get out.
The independent group is even better.
They directly hid the main force in the mountainous area, avoiding the Japanese army's sweeping net, and then enjoyed the trouble in the Japanese army's rear areas.
Then the New Second Regiment broke out.
Now Ding Wei also led a new group to break out.
The Japanese army launched a large-scale mopping up campaign in the Taihang area. When they reached the gate where the three Iron Triangle regiments were located, they carried out a sporadic operation. The troops of the three Iron Triangle regiments successively broke through the Japanese encirclement.
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Time passed to the second day when the Japanese army launched a large-scale raid.
The Japanese brigade drawn from the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade that besieged the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, on their way back to the rescue, were first ambushed by Shen Quan and Wang Leihu, and then were ambushed by the New First Regiment led by Ding Wei.
The regiment attacked from the back.
The Japanese brigade suffered more than one-third casualties and retreated in embarrassment to a town in the occupied area, unable to hold on.
Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi.
Distant water cannot save nearby fire. Taiyuan is too far away from Yangquan. I don’t know when it will be until I get there.
That's why Yoshio Shinozuka asked the Fourth Brigade to send troops back to Yangquan to aid.
At present, the returning brigade was beaten by the noisy Eighth Route Army in the rear and was hiding in the town, afraid to go out.
After hearing the news, Yoshio Shinozuka was furious and ordered an independent fourth brigade, and then transferred two brigades and a pseudo-legion to return to Yangquan.
"There is absolutely no room for failure in Yangquan, this involves the face of our Empire of Japan!
Let the fourth mixed brigade return immediately for reinforcements. In addition, the direction of Taiyuan City will dispatch reinforcements as quickly as possible.
Reinforcements are expected to arrive near Yangquan within two days.
Let the troops of the fourth brigade besieged near the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army and temporarily contain the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
Other mopping up troops continue to advance."
"Hi!" Chief of Staff of the First Army Kitagawa Ayumi responded, and immediately went to arrange orders for Shinozuka Yoshio.
West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.
The sky is getting dark.
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The fighting continued. In less than two days, the Japanese troops who attacked the two villages were forced to retreat six times.
At present, the Japanese troops attacking the two villages have chosen to withdraw from the villages after dark.
As for the reason, just the night before, the independent regiment troops who had been forced to defend launched a night attack after dark, relying on their familiarity with the village environment, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese army.
At present, the Japanese are afraid of being attacked by an independent group after dark.
After the order from the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan City was received, Japanese commander Ishii Haraichi and brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubei looked helpless.
The fourth independent mixed brigade had originally taken away a brigade to return reinforcements.
Now the command from the commander requires the two brigades to be mobilized again.
The independent group, which was already a tough nut to crack, is probably even more hopeless now.
"Secretly mobilize troops to return reinforcements, and beware of the Eighth Route Army's independent regiment taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack. Now our troops are getting smaller and smaller. We originally wanted to eat the three regiments of the Iron Triangle in one go, but now it seems that we can only temporarily contain them!"<
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When analyzing the battle situation, Ishiihara said helplessly.
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Niukou Village.
After the Japanese army mobilized troops to return to Yangquan that night, the attack continued the next morning, with the intensity significantly reduced.
Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng and Fifth Battalion Commander Du Aiguo quickly noticed the situation and reported the situation to Kong Jie.
"The intensity of the Japanese attack has weakened? It is probably related to the commotion of Shen Quan and others in the rear. We immediately sent out manpower to investigate to see if the Japanese secretly withdrew their troops and returned reinforcements."
Kong Jie ordered.
Soon, the news reached the regiment headquarters, and Lei Dasheng reported: "Commander, your guess is indeed correct. According to our investigation, the Japanese have at least taken away a total of two troops from the troops attacking our independent regiment and the new regiment." About a brigade of troops, plus a regiment of puppet troops, left from around our base area, apparently returning to Yangquan for reinforcements."
"Once the Japanese come back to help, I'm worried about Lao Shen and the others..."
Kong Jie said: "Don't worry, that guy Shen Quan has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
Now the main force of the Japanese is still encircling our Taihang area. With such a large combat space in the rear area, even if Shen Quan and the others cannot defeat them, they can still avoid the Japanese reinforcements.
However, we can still help."
Lei Dasheng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Captain, what should we do?"
Kong Jie said: "The offensive momentum of the remaining Japanese troops has weakened. It seems that it is because of the lack of manpower due to the return of reinforcements. They just want to contain the troops in our base area.
Then we will do what the Japanese want, pretend to be restrained by the little Japanese, and then secretly mobilize our troops, pass through secret transportation channels, detour to the Japanese rear, and make trouble in other directions where the Japanese are encircled!"
Lei Dasheng said: "Hey, Commander, this is a good idea. I heard that in this counter-mopping up, except for our three Iron Triangle regiments, the situation of other troops is not ideal, and the casualties are not small."
"If we take the opportunity to fight, we can also reduce a lot of pressure on these brotherly troops."...