The news quickly spread to Xicun and the mountainous route where the New Regiment was stationed.
Pingshan area.
This is the ambush area chosen by the independent group to cooperate with the new group to encircle the point for reinforcements.
According to Kong Jie's tactics of encircling points for reinforcements, the independent regiment first sent troops, and using various nodes, some soldiers from the fourth and fifth battalions, with the cooperation of local troops and militia comrades pretending to be the main combat force, blocked the fourth Japanese army in West Village.
Mixed brigade, and Zhangjiazhuang's Shijing United Team.
Then the fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng led the main force of the fourth battalion to make a detour in the direction of the new regiment, unite with the troops of the new regiment, and ambush the Japanese reinforcements coming to support the West Village in the middle.
This all went smoothly according to plan.
The two Japanese brigades that initially besieged the New Regiment, after receiving an urgent request for help from the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade in Nishimura, immediately sent almost a brigade of troops to the direction of Nishimura for reinforcements.
Then, this reinforced Japanese brigade was ambushed by the main force of the Fourth Battalion led by the Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng in the Pingshan area.
The Japanese troops who were ambushed were caught off guard. With the sophisticated equipment and fierce firepower of the soldiers of the fourth battalion, the two sides fought for only 20 minutes, and the Japanese troops suffered more than 300 casualties.
The Japanese captain who led the team was also shocked. He got the news that the independent regiment besieged the fourth brigade in Xicun, so he led the team to come for reinforcements.
But how come this team in front of me, which is obviously wearing military boots and belongs to the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, appears here and has such strength and firepower?
No one told him the answer.
Not long after, Xu Lienzhong, deputy commander of the New Regiment, led more than 400 soldiers of the New Regiment and launched a surprise attack on the Japanese brigade in Pingshan from the back.
This time, there was a pincer attack from both front and back, and the Japanese brigade that came to support Nishimura once again caused a lot of casualties.
Only then did the Japanese captain suddenly realize that he had fallen into the trap of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army had already thought up a strategy to encircle the point for reinforcements, and they were waiting for him here!
In the end, the two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour.
The Japanese brigade, which was attacked from both sides, struggled to support itself and urgently asked for help from other troops. It was not until the Japanese troops raiding nearby arrived for reinforcements that the decline of the Japanese troops in front of them was alleviated.
After the Japanese reinforcements arrived, in order to avoid casualties, Lei Dasheng and Xu Lienzhong relied on the mountainous areas to fight mobile warfare with the Japanese.
The Japanese army wanted to continue advancing towards Xicun, but they were dragged tightly by Lei Dasheng and Xu Lienzhong and were unable to advance at all.
In the eyes of the Japanese army, whether it was the New Regiment or the Independent Regiment, their sophisticated equipment and abundant ammunition exceeded their impression of the Eighth Route Army troops.
After losing their absolute advantage in artillery fire, these Eighth Route Army relied on their familiarity with the surrounding terrain to continue to drag and fight.
The Japanese are complaining endlessly, and it is impossible to eliminate these Eight Route Army soldiers at the moment.
The Eighth Route Army is not easy to eliminate. Unless they are surrounded, otherwise in this deep and vast mountain, once the Eighth Route Army moves into action, the Japanese will not even be able to see a single figure.
The Japanese army wanted to get rid of these Eighth Route Army soldiers, but they couldn't.
The two sides fought from time to time in this vast mountainous area.
The combat area also gradually shifted from the flat mountain area.
Under the intentional guidance of Xu Lienzhong, deputy commander of the New Regiment, and Lei Dasheng, commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Independent Regiment, the battlefield began to be divided between the two teams, leading the Japanese army to gradually move the combat area.
"This time we implemented the tactic of encirclement and reinforcement. Encirclement, that is, besieging the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment, is not easy.
In addition, when calling for reinforcements, it is also very difficult to rely on our ambushed troops to defeat the two Japanese brigades in one go.
Therefore, once the plan is carried out, I estimate that the two sides will still fall into a final fierce battle.
It is absolutely undesirable for us to engage in a war of attrition with the Japanese. We do not have absolute logistical supplies, and the ammunition cannot defeat the Japanese.
After the reinforcement operation fell into a fierce battle, we must make tactical adjustments and enter the next stage of the operation.
At what stage?
The stage of interspersing, detouring, dividing, and outflanking, taking advantage of our local strength advantage, concentrating our forces, and quickly eating up the divided units of the Japanese army.
It's like chasing a prey. We don't try to eat the prey in one go. Instead, we chase it and take a bite when we find an opportunity. Before long, the prey will bleed too much and become exhausted.
If we collapse in exhaustion, we will have achieved our ultimate goal.
To achieve the greatest victory at the smallest cost."
This is what Kong Jie said when cadres from the three parties including Xu Lienzhong, Zhao Gang, and Kong Jie were discussing the joint operation of the three regiments at the headquarters of the Niukou Village Independent Regiment and the tactics of encirclement and reinforcements.
Now is the best time for Xu Lianzhong and Lei Dasheng to adjust their tactics.
The communication level of the Eighth Route Army is limited, and it is impossible for Kong Jie to guarantee constant communication between the generals.
Therefore, once the battle begins, we rely on the precise judgment and excellent execution of Eighth Route Army cadres like Xu Lienzhong and Lei Dasheng.
The north side of Pingshan.
Lei Dasheng led the team and fought with an opposing Japanese army across a hillside for more than ten minutes.
Realizing that it was time to adjust tactics, Lei Dasheng immediately summoned several company commanders around him and ordered:
"We can't fight a war of attrition with the little devils. Even if we win such a battle, we won't be able to capture much ammunition."
"In this way, leave one company. As long as the Japanese troops on the opposite side do not launch an attack, don't fire for the time being. Just contain the Japanese troops on the opposite side. When the enemy advances, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance.
The rest of the main force immediately followed me from the left wing, and we quickly crossed over and cooperated with Deputy Commander Xu to quickly surround and eat the Japanese troops facing the new regiment."
"Yes!"
At the meeting at that time, when it came to interspersing, detouring, dividing, and outflanking, Kong Jie said:
The detours must be quick and decisive. Once the battle begins, the strike speed must be lightning fast to quickly eat up the surrounded Japanese troops so that the Japanese reinforcements have no time to reinforce them.
If we fail to do this, the originally perfect roundabout tactics may actually cause our own troops to fall into the entanglement of the Japanese army.
……
Time passes quietly.
Military boots made of cowhide and anti-slip steel nails at the bottom give these military boots an extremely strong grip.
At this moment, more than three hundred pairs of military boots are running through the mountains and forests, as if they are walking on flat ground.
Since the soldiers of the Independent Regiment wore a pair of military boots, they no longer had to worry about running in the mountains.
In the words of the soldiers, wearing these comfortable cowhide military boots makes me feel uncomfortable even if I don't run twice in the mountains every day.
After being equipped with such wear-resistant and comfortable military boots, the training intensity of the soldiers of the independent regiment gradually increased, and they rarely experienced training discomfort due to foot problems.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers, especially the old Red Army soldiers who had experienced the Long March, have really strong feet. They can walk 25,000 miles on bare feet, let alone wearing military boots. They are even more powerful. p>
These military boots soon became the most obvious symbol of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment. Every time they met fraternal troops, other troops reported their numbers, while the soldiers of the Independent Regiment showed off the military boots they were wearing.
The brother troops on the opposite side suddenly realized it and sighed with envy on their faces:
Turns out he’s a comrade from the Independence Regiment!
The soldiers wearing military boots were weaving through the mountains and forests faster and faster.
But on the other side, Xu Lianzhong, deputy commander of the New Regiment, led the soldiers of the New Regiment to confront a Japanese army on the south side of Pingshan.
The battle was a bit difficult, except for the sudden attack from the back at the beginning, which achieved better results.
After the Japanese gained a firm foothold, with their excellent equipment and abundant ammunition, the situation that the new regiment originally had the upper hand soon began to reverse.
Relying on the equipment that has been gradually developed over the past six months, the New Regiment will not be easily eaten by the Japanese army.
But if this continues, sooner or later the enemy will run out of ammunition.
Deputy Commander Xu was a little anxious. He looked urgently in the north direction, waiting for Lei Dasheng to take action.
Time passed to the next ten minutes, and the scout soldier responsible for surrounding reconnaissance quickly turned back and reported: "Reporting to the deputy commander, the comrades of the independent regiment have begun to make detours!"
"Okay!" Xu Lienzhong was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Give me the order, comrades, to strengthen frontal fire strikes, hold back this group of Japs, attract the Japs' attention as much as possible, and outflank the comrades of the Independent Regiment.
Buy time."
"Yes!"
Although the two sides did not communicate, they quickly completed the deployment with tacit cooperation. At this time, looking down from a high-altitude perspective:
In the mountainous area south of Pingshan, a Japanese squadron was occupying the hillside as a defense. With the help of two heavy machine guns and a dozen light machine guns, a machine gun fortification was quickly built to confront Xu Lienzhong and his party from the new regiment.
The Japanese's firepower was fierce, completely blocking the new group of soldiers not far from the hillside.
Under the subsequent grenade bombardment, although Xu Lienzhong quickly ordered to disperse the troops, the new regiment still suffered certain casualties.
Similarly, Xu Lienzhong would also order grenade fire to retaliate from time to time, causing certain casualties to the Japanese troops on the hillside.
The two sides fell into a temporary fierce battle, with each other winning or losing.
After Xu Lienzhong issued the order, the firepower of the new regiment suddenly increased, and some other soldiers opened the skirmish line and launched a feint attack.
The Japanese army immediately became vigilant and strengthened their firepower to counterattack.
The Japanese's attention was all drawn to Xin Yituan.
At this time, several hundred soldiers of the independent regiment, led by the fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng, quickly divided into two groups and circled around to outflank the Japanese squadron facing the new regiment.
The Japanese also set up guard posts on the edge of the position.
But it is already late spring, and the trees in the mountains and forests are thick and obscure the view.
In addition, the Japanese army was not familiar with the terrain in this area, and although the independent regiment's detour was rapid, it was still vigilant. There were scouts and soldiers who conducted reconnaissance and warning in advance to avoid the enemy's eyes.
Therefore, during the entire outflanking process, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were quick and concealed, and the Japanese troops who were fighting fiercely with the New Regiment were unaware of this.
Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment quickly completed the outflank of the Japanese squadron on the hillside.
"The bombing team detoured from both sides, and the 50 small artillery placed follow-up fire to suppress the Japanese grenades. The rifle grenade team provided fire cover. Within 150 meters, they were responsible for destroying the Japanese machine gun points at any time."
Lei Dasheng issued the order.
The frontline reconnaissance soldiers quickly passed the news to Xu Lianzhong.
"Reporting to the deputy commander, the comrades of the independent regiment are ready to outflank."
Xu Lienzhong shouted: "Okay, all artillery fire has stopped, and everyone is informed that all units are ready. As soon as the battle on the independent regiment begins, all charges will be launched immediately."
"Yes!"
By the 20th minute, the battle on the south side of Pingshan suddenly started.
The soldiers of the independent regiment's bombing team used the cover of the mountains and forests to reach within 40 meters of the Japanese fortifications from both sides of the position that the Japanese army had not noticed.
The soldiers in this bombing team are all experts specially trained by Wang Gensheng and Jiang Dao. In order to practice grenade throwing, each of them has thickened their arms.
Pull out any soldier and he can easily throw a grenade 40 meters away on flat ground.
For this reason, the soldiers of the Independence Regiment gave the comrades of the bombing team a nickname - "human artillery", which is the kind of artillery that has spontaneous consciousness.
At this moment, dozens of soldiers from the bombing team showed their blades and threw grenades from the left and right wings towards the fortification where the Japanese squadron was located.
As for grenades, a simple and practical weapon of war, one of its major advantages lies in its absolute concealment.
Especially when soldiers use the cover of mountains and forests to suddenly throw grenades.
All the Japanese could see was the grenade swaying in the air in a strange and dangerous dance.
As for where the enemy threw the grenade from, it was impossible to tell for a while.
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There were two bombing groups on the left and right wings, a total of sixty soldiers, each holding five grenades, and they were all thrown out in less than twenty seconds.
Three hundred grenades were thrown at the Japanese fortifications on the slope.
The sharp-eyed Japanese were the first to notice these grenades being thrown suddenly, and screamed in horror, "Enemy attack, cover up, cover up!"
Boom——
The grenades that fell like raindrops completely covered the first half of the Japanese army's earth-slope fortifications in an instant.
The sudden blow caught the Japanese, who were focusing all their attention on the new group launching a feint attack, off guard.
The front fortifications of the Japanese squadron were hit by the concentrated firepower of a large number of grenades, knocking people off their feet. Half of the light and heavy machine guns deployed by the Japanese at the front were blown up on the spot.
As the development continued, the explosion of grenades had not completely ended, and the sound of charging horns and shouts of death came from both sides of the slope.
Lei Dasheng led the soldiers to launch a comprehensive attack on the left and right wings. At the same time, Xu Lienzhong also issued an order to launch an all-out charge from the front. The charge horn was blown loudly by the trumpeter.
Dudududududududududu——
The Charge of the Eighth Route Army was no stranger to the Japanese army. It was like a life-threatening suona. Every time it sounded on the battlefield, it always made the Japanese army shudder.
This is the Japanese's common understanding of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army generally does not launch large-scale charges easily, and once it launches a charge, it is when these Eighth Route Army think they can use the charge to directly end the battle.
The loud sound of the Charge had more than a slight impact on the fighting will of the Japanese soldiers.
In turn, it was a great encouragement to the Eighth Route Army soldiers who launched the charge.
This is the wisdom of the Chinese people. Beating drums to cheer has existed since ancient times.
"Kill——"
Surrounded by the cries of death from all sides, these were the Japs of the B division, a second-rate combat unit. They were so shocked that they all felt as if they were dead...