510 Kong Jie’s fame spreads far and wide, and Yamamoto humblely joins the war
But it is said that Kong Jie caused a huge sensation after commanding the independent regiment to capture Ping'an County.
Even the 358th and 57th regiments of the Jinsui Army were affected and joined the battle one after another and began fighting against Japan.
Not to mention that they are also combat troops belonging to the Eighth Route Army.
The newly formed Fifth Regiment, Sixth Regiment, and Seventh Regiment of the Eighth Route Army... include the two old main regiments, the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.
The heads of the regiments heard that the three regiments of the Iron Triangle fought a great victory with the help of Ping'an County encirclement points and wiped out thousands of Japanese and puppet troops.
The Independent Regiment then captured Ping'an County.
The reputation gained by fighting Japanese invaders is not rare to all the group leaders.
But the rich equipment captured after winning the battle is what the regiment leaders are most jealous of and envious of.
"More than a dozen artillery pieces! Lao Kong has made a fortune this time. The original equipment of their independent regiment was the best in our entire Taihang base. Now they have to go to heaven?"
Captain Feng of the Fifth Regiment expressed his envy of his real name.
During this period, with the help of the artillery supported by the Independent Regiment, the Fifth Regiment also attacked some gun towers and strongholds, making a little fortune, but now it is compared with the seizures obtained by the Independent Regiment...
"Nothing! After all, our fifth regiment is still pauper."
Captain Xu of the 771st Regiment also expressed emotion. He remembered that in the battle of Cangyunling a year ago, the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the 771st Regiment, faced with the siege of the Bantian Regiment, all chose to break out of the siege from the front.<
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Later, Fu Jie diverted the water to the east and joined forces with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment to defeat the Bantian United Army in one fell swoop.
At that time, the 771st Regiment, one of the two oldest main regiments in the brigade, still surpassed the independent regiment in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment configuration.
At that time, the independent regiment led by Kong Jie had less than three heavy machine guns in total.
As for the artillery, it was just an old-fashioned mortar. Don't even think about grenade launchers. It was purely a matter of luck. I knocked out the Sakata Regiment Headquarters with two cannons.
Right now, it has only been more than a year, and although his 771st Regiment is still one of the veteran main regiments in the brigade.
Although there has been development in terms of weapons and equipment and the size of the force, the progress is actually not huge.
Kong Jie's independent regiment was like a completely reborn group. After becoming famous in the battle at Cangyunling, it completely exploded.
Captain Kong Jie seemed to be a different person, making Captain Xu somewhat unfamiliar.
Not long after, Li Yunlong, who was Tian's boss and his second-in-command, actually became Kong Jie's deputy leader and worked as a part-time worker.
If this matter were placed on other group leaders, it would be unthinkable.
If you let Li Yunlong be the deputy leader, won't you overthrow the whole group?
"Hmph, Xu Luosuo, Cheng Xiazi, when you joined the army, you two new recruits were taught how to shoot a gun by me. Now you have turned against you and asked me to be your deputy commander?"
When he thought of this scene, Captain Xu couldn't help but shudder. He would never dare to do this.
But Lao Kong did it, and even used the prickly head Li Yunlong so smoothly.
Not long after, the cavalry company made a surprise attack on Qu County.
On the other side, Li Yunlong secured the stronghold of Yangquan.
Bomb the airport, destroy the Yamazaki Brigade, go straight to the arsenal of the North China Security Army, launch a wave of robbery, and rob the 251st Regiment of the National Army that surrendered to the enemy...
Then there was the spring sweep not long ago, where they directly used bold house-changing tactics to make a surprise attack on Yangquan.
Now they are using Ping'an County to encircle and reinforce, and finally capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop.
In just over a year, the independent regiment has won more and more battles, and the equipment and materials seized have become more and more abundant.
I heard that the weapons in the regiment have been changed several times.
Even the local troops around the Independence Regiment, and even the militia troops, just follow the regular troops of the Independence Regiment to drink some soup, and the weapons configuration on hand are not bad at all compared to the newly formed regular troops.
Conservative estimates show that the current strength of the independent regiment has already exceeded the 5,000 mark, and the number of bullets per person is at least 60.
The amount of ammunition carried by the soldiers per capita is no worse than that of the well-equipped Japs. (The Japanese soldiers are only entitled to use the sixty bullets)
The regiment originally had two artillery companies, one mortar company and one mountain artillery company.
Coupled with the artillery of the Japanese artillery squadron captured this time, it is more than enough to form an artillery regiment.
For this reason, even the leaders of the two main regiments, Commander Xu of the 771st Regiment and Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment, although not very happy, had to admit it.
Speaking of the Eighth Route Army units in the entire Taihang base area, if we want to talk about the main regiments, they must be the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment. These two old main regiments are recognized.
But speaking of the entire Taihang base, among the dozens of regiment-level combat units, the regiment has the strongest combat effectiveness, the largest scale, the best equipment, the most victories, and the most enemy killings.
The first thing that comes to mind is definitely the independent group.
In order to deal with the independent regiment, the Japanese army first dispatched the Ishii regiment, plus the independent fourth mixed brigade.
In the recent spring sweeps, more than a dozen brigades were mobilized in an attempt to wipe out the independent regiment in one fell swoop.
It is evident that the Japanese are afraid of the independent group.
Thinking of this, Captain Xu felt a mixture of emotion and admiration for Kong Jie.
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After admiration.
For the iron-blooded Eighth Route Army commanders, they all carry one head on two shoulders, who is afraid of whom?
You, Kong Er, are very good at fighting, so we may not be any worse.
Your Independent Regiment can unite with the New Regiment and the New Regiment to encircle and reinforce the point, and capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop.
Even if our other regiments don't have the strength to attack the county town, can we still take the initiative to attack some Japanese strongholds and conduct a few raids?
All the group leaders were stimulated by Kong Jie's victory over Ping'an County, and they all thought about it in their hearts.
Thus, a new wave of counterattacks by the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese army in the Taihang Base Area began.
Even Kong Jie, the instigator, had never expected all this.
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Ping'an County.
Kong Jie is not a god, so how could he have expected the impact he would have on other regimental leaders in the base area after he conquered Ping'an County.
At this moment, Captain Kong was standing on the top of Ping'an County in high spirits, looking into the distance with the help of the elevated terrain.
"Hehe, leader, it would be great if Reporter Shen was here. You can go to the top of this city and Reporter Shen can take a photo of you. That would be so cool."
Chen Quan on the side joked.
During the ambush battle not long ago, Reporter Shen even took photos of Shen Quan!
Speaking of Shen Wenyue, Kong Jie also felt a little emotional, "It has been a while since Xiaowu and the others set out. I don't know if they have successfully arrived in southern Shanxi and whether they have successfully met up with Han Feng and the others."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, don't worry. Xiao Wu is smart, Zheng Tian is experienced, and Reporter Shen is also smart. There will be no problems on the road."
Kong Jie couldn't understand the hidden meaning of Shen Quan's words, and laughed and scolded: "You kid, I am just worried, and I am also worried about my comrades like Xiao Wu and Zheng Tian."
Shen Quanle said: "Yes, yes, what the leader said is that I am mainly worried about Reporter Shen."
Kong Jie: "What are you worried about? Are you worried about it?"
Chen Quan: "……………………"
After joking for a while, Kong Jie ordered: "Ask the soldiers to hurry up. Although we have captured Ping'an County, we will definitely not be able to hold it, and there is no need to hold on.
After packing up and taking away all the arsenals, granaries, and military equipment owned by the Japs in the county, we evacuated immediately."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, it will take some time for the Japanese and puppet troops from the nearest county around Ping'an County to arrive! In addition, the multiple reinforcements that the Japs just arrived were severely damaged by us. I'm afraid the little Japs don't have the courage. Quickly reinforce Ping'an County, we are not in a hurry."
Kong Jie said: "What do you know, why am I worried about the little Jaap? I am worried about that guy Li Yunlong."
"Ah?"
"If you are curious, Ping'an County is closest to the defense area of Li Yunlong's New Second Regiment. This time our three regiments joined forces. The original plan was to use Ping'an County to carry out encirclement and reinforcement battles. Now we suddenly captured Ping'an County. , you see, after Lao Li finds out about this, he will definitely scold his mother. We'd better hurry up and escape. Otherwise, if that guy Lao Li doesn't catch up, he will have to share the equipment we seized from the county. ”
Shen Quan couldn't laugh or cry, and then he suddenly realized.
Kong Jie said: "In addition, the villagers in the county must settle down. I tell you not to be impatient. Our Eighth Route Army will fight back sooner or later."
Chen Quan said: "Captain, don't worry, the villagers understand this very well."
"I feel a little sad when I talk about it. Ping'an County, which we finally conquered, has to be returned to the little devils in vain. We don't know when we can really regain the lost ground."
Kong Jie continued to look into the distance, and after a while, he slowly said: "Don't worry, that day is not far away."
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New Second Group.
Li Yunlong was jumping on his feet and scolding Kong Jie for being unjust.
The political commissar Zhao Gang on the side couldn't help laughing for a moment and said with relief: "Old Li, don't be dissatisfied. This time our three regiments have decided to jointly carry out a reinforcement operation to encircle the point. In this reinforcement operation, we also eliminated several Japanese troops. The puppet army reinforced the troops and made many seizures."
"The original intention of the war has been achieved, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
Li Yunlong blew his nose and glared: "Old Zhao, where do you turn your elbow? You are our political commissar, why are you trying to help that kid Lao Kong?"
Zhao Gang said with a smile: "We are all our comrades, so whoever captured Ping'an County was not a fighter? Besides, we didn't expect to take advantage of this juncture to capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop!"
Li Yunlong felt aggrieved and said: "Who said that? It was just a matter of time before our old Li realized what he was doing and might have captured Ping'an County, but in the end, his old Kong took the lead."
"This old Kong is so uninteresting. We agreed that our New Second Regiment would be responsible for the siege of Ping'an County this time. I was ready to take the blame on the brigade commander. I thought that after the battle, our New Second Regiment could take more points. Benefits."
"It turned out that he, Lao Kong, was a good man. Not only did he not give me any benefits, but he also went to my territory and snatched away this piece of fat in Ping'an County. Lao Zhao, tell me, is this ridiculous?"
Hahahaha——
Zhao Gang laughed but didn't help.
After a while, Zhang Dabiao returned and reported: "Captain, there is news from the front. Commander Kong captured Ping'an County, seized all the equipment and supplies of the Japanese in the county, and then led his troops back to the Independent Regiment."< /p>
"I knew that when this kid Lao Kong ran so fast, I was afraid that I would catch up and ask for some favors from him!" Li Yunlong cursed, but there was nothing he could do.
After repeatedly suffering losses at the hands of Kong Jie for more than a year, Li Yunlong finally understood that no one could easily fish out the meat that fell into Kong Jie's mouth.
to twelve noon.
The newly reinforced Japanese troops successfully arrived in Ping'an County and regained control of Ping'an County.
As for the Japanese and puppet troops who came for reinforcements, Li Yunlong did not order an ambush midway again.
In Lao Li's words, "We can't kill the goose to lay the eggs. There's no hope for these little devils right now. It's better to let them develop slowly in Ping'an County. When the money is abundant, we can eat whatever we want. This is called the tactic of raising devils."
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Taiyuan City.
Nobutoshi Kawakubo, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army, summoned the captain of the special agent team of the Japanese First Army, Japanese Colonel Yamamoto Kazuki.
When the two met, Nobujun Kawakubo asked straight to the point:
"Yamamoto-kun, under your training and command, the plainclothes team and the advance team have been infiltrating the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment base for many days, but so far they have not achieved any results. On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army troops have frequently ambushed our Empire of Japan. Do you have any idea about this?
What’s a good idea?”
Yamamoto is silent, he has also been very depressed recently,
The penetration of the advance team has not achieved much results.
Those seemingly ordinary Chinese people are as cunning as foxes.
The advancing team looked the same as the Chinese, but they were still easily recognized by the cunning villagers even though they were disguised as Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Some of them successfully disguised themselves and got in.
But when it came to some questions about the Eighth Route Army, the villagers kept silent. The soldiers in the advancing team were afraid that asking too many questions would expose their identities, so they had no choice but to give up.
So despite infiltration, no useful information has been obtained.
In addition, although the Japs in the advancing team were all elite, they were few in number and were in the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
If we cannot use effective intelligence to infiltrate and carry out more valuable beheading operations, we will not be able to cause any serious trauma to the independent regiment.
Therefore, the infiltration and beheading mission of the advancing team has been delayed until now, which makes Yamamoto seem a bit mediocre.
Nobujun Kawakubo thought for a while, and naturally he couldn't scold Yamamoto, the general's favorite general, so he said: "Yamamoto-kun, pick the soft persimmon first, that's what I think."
"This independent group, including the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle, is really difficult to deal with. But right now, our imperial troops have been defeated in a row, and their military prestige has been damaged to the extreme. If we don't win a few more battles, the consequences will be even more serious." p>
"In addition, after we carried out a military blockade on the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment some time ago, they secretly supported the Eighth Route Army's troops in other directions, resulting in our army's blockade of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Base Area and the defense of many places.
Destroyed."
"I was just thinking, why don't we avoid the hard nut of the Independent Regiment for the time being and bite off the Eighth Route Army troops in other directions in the Taihang base area first."
Kawakubo Nobutoshi said it very politely. He has no direct command authority over Yamamoto, who has a special status.
Yamamoto was naturally unhappy.
The once arrogant captain of Yamamoto's special agent team, who was almost devoid of anything, has long been smoothed away after being constantly frustrated by Kong Jie.
But he is not so humble that the dignified special agent team actually wants to take the lead in choosing the most common Eighth Route Army troops to attack.
However, Nobutoshi Kawakubo had already stood up and even solemnly asked Yamamoto: "Please, Yamamoto-kun!"
Yamamoto hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly responded: "Hi!"