Two shells went down, and another shell was shot directly into the machine gun muzzle of the Japs turret. After a huge explosion, the Japs turret collapsed directly from the second floor.
Looking at the gun tower that left me helpless, it seemed like paper in front of the infantry artillery.
Captain Yang finally realized why Lao Kong could lead the independent regiment to defend the base area and even repel the Japanese and puppet troops with tens of thousands of troops.
I just have this kind of family background!
This time, the target chosen by Commander Yang and his party was a small stronghold of the Japanese army.
After the defensive artillery tower that the Japanese and puppet troops relied on the most was defeated, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops suddenly panicked. They had been confronting the Sixth Regiment for so long. Who would have thought that the Sixth Regiment suddenly had attack artillery, and two cannons destroyed the gun tower?
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Under the cover of artillery, after Captain Yang led his team to launch an attack, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold died in battle and surrendered. The battle soon came to an end.
"Excellent, comrade, your artillery skills are amazing. You are worthy of being the commander of the artillery company. Commander Kong has sent us the first artilleryman of the independent regiment, right?"
While quickly cleaning the battlefield, a battalion commander was full of praise for the howitzer. The shells could hit the enemy's machine gun along the muzzle, and they were separated by such a long distance. What is this if not a master gunner?
The howitzer waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "The Japs' turrets are built with masonry structures, and some are even made of wood and stone. Even if the cannonballs cannot hit the muzzle of the machine gun, they can still destroy the turrets."<
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"When it comes to accurate artillery fire, I don't necessarily think I can beat Wang Chengzhu, the commander of the first artillery company of our independent regiment."
Well-equipped and talented!
Captain Yang was envious from the side.
The howitzer said: "Commander Yang, when we came here, our commander repeatedly told us that we came to support the Sixth Regiment this time to send attack artillery to the Sixth Regiment.
We will fully cooperate with Commander Yang on how he wants to fight next, and there will be no ambiguity wherever artillery is needed."
Captain Yang nodded and said with some emotion: "Lao Kong, I owe him a favor. Company Commander Liu, then I will trouble you."
The howitzer said: "Commander Yang, just give the order directly!"
"Okay." Commander Yang responded without hesitation and said decisively: "Now, Captain Liu, you guys are suddenly coming with the artillery. The Japanese in the stronghold will definitely be caught off guard. This is the opportunity for a quick victory.
Next, I will divide the troops into several troops, each team will be assigned an artillery piece, and all troops will attack at the same time, and continuously attack the biggest threat to the Japanese stronghold - the gun tower as quickly as possible."
"Signal Corps."
"Arrived!"
"Summon the company commander immediately and hold an emergency combat meeting."
"Yes!"
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At the same time, in other directions, the Eighth Route Army's newly formed Fifth Regiment, as well as the Seventh Regiment and other units, received reinforcements from companies carrying offensive artillery from the Independent Regiment.
The specific situation is similar to that of the Sixth Regiment.
Kong Jie sent these fraternal troops artillery to attack the enemy, which made up for the helplessness of these troops' lack of firepower when attacking Japanese strongholds.
In addition, the reinforcing company also brought a lot of landmines and remotely controlled detonation explosive bags to assist the Eighth Route Army departments in making side bombs to deal with the Japanese patrols that have voluntarily left their strongholds in recent days.
For a moment, the Japanese army did not expect the independent regiment to secretly reinforce other troops. Caught off guard, many Japanese strongholds were quickly eliminated.
In the space battle against the Japanese attack, the artillery of each company reinforced by the independent regiment played a great role, and the equipment, ammunition, and supplies were seized after the gun tower was successfully taken down.
The leaders of other regiments were also very interesting. They were convinced of Kong Jie's kindhearted character and expressed that they would give priority to the comrades of the independent regiment who were reinforcing to seize.
"Our regiment leader said that we are here just to reinforce our brother troops! If we want to eat meat, we all eat meat together, and if we want soup, we all drink soup together. Anyway, there are a lot of little devils to beat us, so we are not afraid that any of us will be hungry."<
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Listen, what kind words, you are worthy of being Lao Kong’s soldier.
As for the actual seizures, the Independent Regiment only sent one company to reinforce them, so how much could they take away?
The leaders of the reinforced regiments also remembered this favor to Kong Jie.
Independent regiment, regiment headquarters.
There was a smile on Kong Jie's lips, "Suffering a loss? It is absolutely impossible to suffer a loss. From the perspective of individual teams, the companies we reinforced are only allocated a small part after the battle is won."
"But there are so many companies that we can't support. If one company, two companies, or even ten or eight companies are captured and sent back, it will be no less than a great victory for our entire regiment."
"Where did these seizures come from? These are all profits from the base areas of other regiments. As a result, even if I, Lao Kong, got it for himself, those regiment leaders still have to remember my good deeds!"
When the conversation changed, Kong Jie seemed to become kind again:
"But I really didn't take advantage of them. This was a matter of win-win cooperation. The brothers' troops lacked artillery for attacking the enemy. Under the blockade of the enemy's stronghold gun towers, without support, life would only become more difficult day by day."
"It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. I also want to use this support to develop the equipment of our brothers' troops. At least we can't let the enemy's wood-and-stone turrets be at a loss, right?"
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Just like that, it didn't take long for the regimental commanders, battalion commanders, and company commanders of the surrounding troops who had not yet received reinforcements from the independent regiment to look at them eagerly, waiting for the artillery support from the independent regiment to arrive.
Some couldn't wait any longer and even took the initiative to send people to the independent group to request assistance.
"Commander Kong, as long as we can send reinforcements with some artillery, even an infantry cannon, the independent regiment will eat meat and let us drink some soup."
For this reason, some Eighth Route Army troops around the Taihang Base even gave Kong Jie a nickname, Kong Caishen.
Why? As soon as Kong Jie’s support arrives, he can start eating meat immediately!
Yangquan Japanese Army Headquarters.
The Japanese brigade captain Nakahara Joio, who had been living in Yangquan and mainly fought against the independent regiment, soon discovered that something was not right.
Near the base of the Independent Regiment, the men and horses of the Independent Regiment were still watching eagerly. The patrol team was attacked by the Independent Regiment many times and then switched from offense to defense.
However, according to the news coming from surrounding strongholds in the past few days, it is said that the Eighth Route Army troops that were originally facing each other and did not have much offensive firepower received artillery reinforcements from unknown sources and began to use various types of artillery to attack strongholds and gun towers.
Among them are infantry artillery, mortars, and some flat-fire artillery.
News came from a stronghold that among the Eighth Route Army troops wearing cloth shoes and straw sandals attacking the stronghold, some troops wearing military leather boots appeared.
They look a bit like Showa type 5 military boots.
It is not uncommon for the Eighth Route Army to wear military boots. Many Eighth Route Army troops seized boots and other items after wiping out the Japanese and puppet troops. If they are of the right size, they will not be missed.
But the Japanese and puppet troops in the Yangquan area all know that within the Eighth Route Army, there is a unit that basically all wears military boots - the Independent Regiment.
According to Nakahara's investigation, there are troops attacking various strongholds in the surrounding area, and there are many troops wearing military boots.
And every time these teams wearing military boots appear, they are often accompanied by a sudden increase in attack power.
"It should be an independent regiment, or the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, which reinforced artillery to the surrounding Eighth Route Army units that were insufficiently equipped."
After reaching the conclusion, Nakahara Zhangxiong did not dare to hesitate anymore and personally reported the news to Taiyuan City over the phone.
Taiyuan City.
Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi.
Yoshio Shinozuka was slightly surprised by the independent regiment's reinforcement of surrounding troops, but he was not surprised.
Kong Jie has always been a smart opponent. If he turns from offense to defense against the blockade of the Independent Regiment, then the Independent Regiment will definitely not stay in its own base.
"Inform Mr. Yamamoto to step up the pace of infiltration. Now that the independent regiment is reinforcing the troops surrounding the Eighth Route Army, the artillery attention has been distracted. This may be a good opportunity for us to raid the independent regiment in one fell swoop."
Yoshio Shinozuka issued the military order.
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Independent group.
Hearing that Shen Wenyue has been helping in the propaganda department of the Independent League recently, Kong Jie was a little curious, "What kind of help is Miss Shen?"
Li Wenjie, who knew this, smiled and said: "Captain, Reporter Shen seems to be very interested in some comic booklets issued by our independent group. He said that this method is simple and interesting, and it is indeed an excellent way to instill theories into the soldiers and the people. ."
"During this period, the propaganda department is working hard to draw some cartoons to expose the hypocrisy of the Japanese army and help the people distinguish between good and evil. Reporter Shen has good painting skills and has been helping."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Such propaganda is indeed good, but some evidence is needed to make the people realize that the brutality and ferocity of the invaders will always be disguised and never changed."
Li Wenjie said: "Captain, don't worry. The armed workers team has been working hard in this area. The Japanese army's pro-people attitude is just hypocrisy."
"These days, in the villages where the Japanese army implemented Baojia regiment, the comrades of the armed workers' team acted secretly, and some villagers cooperated to sue some traitors. The devils were doing whatever they wanted in the village and oppressed the people."
"As a result, the Japanese army arrested these people in front of them and released them later. Especially for the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese turned a blind eye. It was impossible to achieve any justice for the villagers."
"The so-called people-friendly policies of the Japanese are just superficial work and can never be truly implemented."
"Coupled with the harsh taxes imposed by the Japanese army, they harassed the villages every two days and even interfered with the normal farming of the villagers. Whether the Japanese and puppet soldiers are close to the people or are worms, the villagers know better than anyone else!"
Kong Jie said: "How well are you controlling the traitors in each village?"
Li Wenjie said: "It went very well. Most of these traitors were afraid of death. In addition, during this period, our independent regiment continued to attack Japanese strongholds and sneak attacks on Japanese patrols.
There is even a saying among the traitors that they would rather offend the little devils than the independent group.
As soon as the armed workers team threatened us, the traitors turned their backs and were willing to be our internal agents and establish a two-faced government."
Kong Jie said with a smile: "It's not difficult to deal with puppet soldiers and traitors. The key is to be on guard against these guys betraying us again at any time."
"Keep red and black accounts when it's time to keep red and black accounts. Kill chickens and honor monkeys when it's time to kill them. Only if these traitors are completely scared to the core will they not dare to work hard for the little devils."
With that said, Kong Jie handed a palm-sized booklet to Li Wenjie and said, "I just drew it casually if I have nothing to do. Wenjie, how do you like it?"
Li Wenjie responded, took the brochure and started to browse through it. This was a simple drawing brochure that Kong Jie started to guide the Independent Regiment and quickly became popular in the regiment. It was mostly used for the promotion of military theories and tactics.
The brushstrokes are simple, but the image is vivid. For example, for the image of a person, draw a round head, and then draw two vertical strokes below as arms and legs. Write an eight in the circle, which is the Eighth Route Army. Write a ghost.
, that’s the little devil.
Japs are usually drawn shorter and have bowed legs as a symbol.
Then, draw a lead line or some small bubbles along the cartoon character's head, connecting it to a large circle. Inside the circle is the dialogue of the character.
Li Wenjie quickly understood the comics drawn by Kong Jie in front of him.
Three short stories are outlined in simple strokes.
Mainly a means to deal with traitors.
The first cartoon story is about military attacks and various anti-traitor operations. The cartoons are quite interesting. Some traitors were hanged in their own homes, and some were hung on the city walls. The other puppet soldiers who witnessed all this were frightened.
I am in constant panic all day long.
The second cartoon is about the political wooing of the puppet army.
"We share the same hatred of the enemy and deal with the invaders together...national justice...to clear our name...sooner or later we have to make plans for the future. We can't spend our whole lives being traitors."
The third cartoon is to sow discord between the traitors and the Japanese army.
Some of the puppet soldiers who had surrendered secretly complained to the Japanese army that some die-hard traitors who were loyal to the Japanese were secretly working with the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army forged some letters and evidence.
Anyway, the little devils have always used them, distrusted them, and were wary of them.
Using the hands of the Japanese to eradicate some die-hard traitors and completely chilling other die-hard traitors who were loyal to the Japanese is not a clever method, but it is very practical.
In the comic, the little devil is completely confused, and he can't figure out which ones are real bastards and which ones are fake traitors.
The traitors soon turned against the Japanese army and fell into the Eighth Route Army camp.
After reading the three short stories quickly, Li Wenjie closed the booklet and said with a smile: "Captain, the stories are so wonderful. I sent this booklet to the comrades of the armed workers team earlier. It will definitely be of great use." After chatting and joking for a while, after Li Wenjie left, Kong Jie took out his pen and paper and continued to draw. This time, the drawing was about how to use the simplest and fastest method to teach the people near the base area to quickly identify the little Japanese disguised as the Eighth Route Army.
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The direction of the attack was also very simple, mainly based on some differences between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army in Kong Jie's memory.
Including some cultural differences.
The expression method in the cartoon is very interesting. The cartoon character representing the little devil takes the initiative to ask where the Eighth Route Army is.
There are many excuses, including "being separated from the troops", "troops being reinforced from other base areas", etc.
Whenever this happens, the cartoon characters representing the villagers immediately become vigilant.
For another example, it is shown in the comics that little devils generally do not like to eat coriander and prefer to use honorific titles such as "you". They like to keep a short silence before speaking and think before speaking. They lack humor and their facial expressions are not very natural.
Rich and more.
All these can be used to judge whether the identity of the Eighth Route Army is true...