644 First victory, the detachment’s reputation spread throughout North China (Part 1)
The time passed quickly to almost evening.
The fighting around the base of the First Anti-Japanese Detachment in North Shanxi continues.
It's just that the battle at this time has changed from a large-scale confrontation to a local strangulation.
The more than 5,000 Japanese puppet troops who originally advanced to the southwest successfully withdrew more than 1,000 Japanese elite troops.
The two Japs brigades of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yuncheng, which originally advanced northward, also successfully withdrew more than a thousand people and retreated to southern Shanxi.
As for the several pseudo-legions that participated in the war, they were basically eliminated or captured by the independent regiments.
Local battles are still going on, and the Japanese troops are divided and surrounded by soldiers.
Compared with the weak combat awareness of the puppet army, which is prone to surrender at every turn, although these surrounded little devils are only second-rate security forces, their combat awareness is still quite strong. They will never surrender easily until they fight to the last man.
Faced with these stubborn Japanese invaders, Kong Jie did not hesitate at all.
"Our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially, but it is a pity that these little devils are not willing to be prisoners. As long as they are still holding guns, they will be eliminated without leaving a single one!"
The final battle broke out, and the soldiers who surrounded some Japanese troops launched an attack.
The last resort of the little devil - the plane, is still hovering in the mid-air.
The Japanese troops on the ground were besieged by the Eighth Route Army troops, and the little devils in the flying team had no hope of rescuing them.
They just want to let these surrounded imperial soldiers use their last light and heat, take advantage of the stranglehold between both sides, continue bombing, and cause more trauma to the Eighth Route Army troops.
When attacking the remaining Japanese troops, the equipment and firepower of the soldiers of the first detachment had completely overwhelmed the opponent.
In the past, the little Japanese artillery bombarded the infantry, and the infantry bombarded the artillery.
Now it was the turn of the soldiers of the first detachment to bring out their crushing artillery, directly bombard the Japanese troops who were stubbornly resisting, and then launch a charge.
Two artillery pieces from the artillery battery of the Third Independent Regiment led by Shen Quan followed up with the troops to support the operation.
This artillery company commander was originally the platoon leader of the mortar company of the Independent Regiment, an artillery cadre brought out by Wang Chengzhu himself.
Before the artillery set off, the artillery company commander repeatedly explained: "The Japs' plane is still flying overhead. Once our artillery fires, the rising smoke will be easily detected by the Japanese troops and attract the Japs' bombing."
"So before firing, the artillery position area, especially the dusty ground, must be soaked with water."
"To prevent the smoke from artillery fire from attracting the attention of Japanese bombers."
"In addition, concealment should be done well. Each artillery can't last longer than two minutes, and a position transfer must be carried out."
The artillery soldiers carried out the company commander's orders meticulously.
This is very painful for the Japanese flying squadron hovering in the sky.
The sky was already approaching dusk, and the light was gradually dimming. I originally wanted to take advantage of the fire and smoke from the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army to lock the target.
As a result, the Japanese pilots sitting on the roaring plane could not locate the target point except for the sound of the cannon.
If the bombing is carried out blindly, the Japanese flying team will also worry that the bombs dropped will not hit the Eighth Route Army scattered in the mountains and forests, and then blow up their own people in the encirclement.
That would be extremely embarrassing.
Third Independent Regiment Headquarters.
Shen Quan, the commander of the third regiment, learned that the frontline operations were going smoothly and it was only a matter of time before the besieged Japanese and puppet troops were eliminated.
After hearing the news, Shen Quan had an idea and issued an order:
"Opportunities for training like this are rare. Let's send some of our new soldiers over to see the world."
"In addition, our artillery company has just been established, and the infantry-artillery coordination tactics are far from as mature as the artillery battalion and infantry coordination at the detachment headquarters."
"It is just in time to take advantage of the current battle to conduct actual combat training of infantry and artillery coordination."
No coincidence.
Wang Leihu, commander of the Second Independent Regiment, and Lei Dasheng, commander of the first battalion of the First Independent Regiment, also realized that the current local battlefield was an excellent opportunity for military training.
So they all used the besieged Japanese and puppet troops as fat cattle to be slaughtered.
At the same time, Wang Huaibao, in accordance with the order conveyed by Kong Jie at the headquarters, led some elite members of the Fourth Independent Regiment to cover the Henan-Jinxi District Party Committee and move closer to the Zhongtiao Mountain area in advance.
False, false, true, true, false, true.
The Japanese invaders wanted to stop the first detachment from going south to Zhongtiao Mountain.
Now, with the Japanese invaders retreating.
Kong Jie's action of increasing troops in Zhongtiao Mountain can naturally continue with great arrogance.
In order to ensure the safety of the Yushan District Party Committee, Kong Jie chose to let the peripheral combat troops cover all the way.
……
Until darkness falls.
It was divided into many small local battlefields, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement were all wiped out or captured.
As for the Japanese flying team, it ended with the sunset.
In the end, it could only be retaliatory, and bombs were randomly dropped and bombed on the battlefields around the independent regiment's base area.
It doesn't even matter whether the bombing will hit our own people. Anyway, those Japanese soldiers who were surrounded would not be able to escape death in the eyes of the Japanese Flying Team.
Just think of them as jade pieces that sacrificed their lives for the country.
What's even more ridiculous is that there was nearly a small group of Japanese troops, who stubbornly blocked the attack with the help of the mountain that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
As a result, they were bombed by the Japanese flying squadron.
The entire team was destroyed.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were besieging the outside were also stunned. They took the opportunity to rush forward and seize the position in one fell swoop, eliminating all the Japanese.
Before dying, the injured Japanese squad leader pointed at the plane in mid-air and cursed all the eighteen generations of ancestors of the Japanese flying team.
"The reinforcement mission has been successfully completed, and all the hidden artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army have been blown up. You can go back and report to the General!"
The captain of the Japanese flying squadron was thinking happily, and was even imagining the honor of the general awarding him a medal after returning.
As for the three planes shot down by the independent group.
In a war, how can one not sacrifice oneself?
The flying team will be no exception.
In another area, close to Zhongtiao Mountain, a new round of fighting officially broke out.
Two elite Japanese brigades of the Japanese 47th Division, which originally advanced north from Yuncheng, retreated south after suffering more than 30% casualties.
Having already received communications from the detachment headquarters and Kong Jie’s deployment order, how could the soldiers of the mountain company who were waiting in the Zhongtiao Mountain area miss such a good opportunity?
Han Feng, Zhang Min, and Du Zhongcheng led the mountainous area to advance and detour, setting an ambush in advance on the only way for the Japanese army to retreat southward.
In Han Feng's words, "Comrades, the opportunity to beat the drowned dog has come!"
"Our detachment headquarters has won a huge victory, so we can't let people laugh at us, right?"
"We still have the strength to take advantage of the enemy's main force, which cannot defeat them, to wait for work, and to ambush some of the remaining enemy soldiers."
When the battle broke out suddenly, the Japanese troops retreating south were caught off guard.
To say that the two Japanese brigades of the 47th Regiment are indeed quite tragic.
Originally, they were advancing northward, preparing to unite with the Japanese and puppet troops advancing from the southwest to wipe out the main force of the independent regiment.
As a result, they were violently bombarded by hidden artillery units of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the cliff on the south side of Taihang.
Coupled with the counterattack by Captain Huang and his party.
The casualties of these two Japanese brigades were nearly 30%.
Although the army was not completely defeated, those who fled all the way were quite embarrassed.
The many infantry guns and heavy weapons originally belonging to the brigade were not taken away in time and had to be destroyed on the spot.
In addition, traveling all the way south and traveling long distances made me exhausted.
Wait until they step into the ambush circle set by Han Feng and his mountain company.
Although there were still more than 1,500 Japanese troops left at this time, they were already outnumbered and all their heavy weapons were lost.
After escaping all the way, the Japanese soldiers whose will to fight had been greatly weakened, their awareness of vigilance became very poor, and they did not even have the leading security force.
Once the battle started, the soldiers of the mountain company, who were waiting for work and ready to go, exposed their powerful firepower, and the battle directly showed a one-sided trend.
Fortunately, the 47th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yuncheng is also the elite Japanese Army of the B Division.
After being suddenly ambushed and suffering a certain amount of casualties, the little Japs quickly recovered and retreated while fighting, relying on the terrain to engage the mountain company.
It was getting late now.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Han Feng did not order to pursue too closely. Instead, he used 50 small artillery and 60 mortars to suppress the little Japanese who did not have heavy weapons or artillery in their hands.
"I feel a little pity for the little devils now. How could they know that even after arriving here, they still have not escaped the deployment of our regiment leader!"
Han Feng smiled and spoke, he knew Kong Jie's plan.
At this time, the troops heading south should soon approach the back and side of the Japanese army in front of them.
By then, the two sides will attack from both sides, and it will not be a problem to eliminate this enemy.
Han Feng has not yet received any news about who is leading the team heading south to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain, but he has a little more expectation.
"The surrounding alerts are spread out in advance, and beware of Japanese reinforcements."
Around eight o'clock.
The sound of fighting suddenly sounded from the back and side of the Japanese troops who were firmly entrenched.
Han Feng and the others smiled brighter and brighter, as reinforcements from the south arrived.
The troops from both sides acted in tacit understanding, attacking from both sides.
The battle lasted until about nine o'clock, when the exhausted Japanese army was defeated and more than 200 people forced their way out.
The remaining Japanese troops were wiped out in the valley.
After Han Feng led the mountain company to join the troops going south, he learned that they were the troops of the Fourth Independent Regiment.
After the two sides met, Han Feng, Zhang Min, and Du Zhongcheng met Wang Huaibao, leader of the Fourth Independent Regiment of the First Detachment.
"Third Battalion Commander!" Han Feng saluted and called out. Then he realized that he was used to shouting, and quickly changed his words: "Fourth Regiment Commander!"
Seeing that the mountain company behind Han Feng had begun to take shape, Wang Huaibao nodded happily and said with a smile:
"It's just a title, you can call me whatever you want. Now that we have met the old regiment leader, shouldn't we still call him the regiment leader?"
"By the way, Deputy Company Commander Han, this time, according to the regiment commander's deployment, our Fourth Independent Regiment will reinforce the Zhongtiao Mountain operation and open up an anti-Japanese revolutionary base area."
"In addition, the regiment leader asked me to tell you that he has not forgotten what he promised you. After the fourth regiment arrives at Zhongtiao Mountain, your mountain company will be merged into the fourth regiment, and you will be the commander of the fourth battalion."
"Yes, leader!"
Han Feng straightened his chest and saluted Wang Huaibao again. The change of address came naturally.
I feel a little ashamed in my heart that my mountain company has only grown to more than 600 people.
But the regiment leader said that only by developing a regiment can he become a battalion commander.
Wang Huaibao smiled, looked at Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng, and said: "The detachment headquarters has also made arrangements for the transfer of you two. According to the wishes of our regiment leader, you two will also be merged into our fourth regiment."
"Captain Wang...we..."
Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng were a little embarrassed when they opened their mouths. One of them was from the New First Regiment and the other was from the New Second Regiment.
How did this suddenly become an independent group?
Wang Huaibao smiled and said: "Why, you don't want to?"
"Lao Zhang, Lao Du, I mentioned you two to the regiment leader when I came here. The regiment leader said that you two have led the mountain company to fight in Zhongtiao Mountain for quite some time."
"We have won many battles and have rich experience in mountain warfare, so our regiment leader specially applied to his superiors to incorporate you two into our fourth regiment as deputy battalion commanders."
"As for your former army, don't worry, you still don't know the relationship between our commander and your commanders Li and Ding?"
"It's just a matter of one sentence, there is no problem."
"This is also the exact words of our captain. As for Captain Ding and Captain Li, he will say hello."
After Wang Huaibao said this, Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng didn't have anything to say to each other, let alone being promoted to deputy battalion commander.
The two responded: "Captain, we obey the orders of our superiors!"
"Okay, everyone, let us work together. From now on, the important task of opening up the anti-Japanese revolutionary base area in Zhongtiao Mountain will fall entirely on us!"
Wang Huaibao gave a few words of encouragement.
Deep down in my heart, I was thinking that I would have to talk to the old regimental commander about taking over the two mountain companies, Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng.
If Captain Li and Captain Ding didn't come back and scolded him, he really couldn't stand it...