What confused the Japanese officers was that according to their intelligence, it was unclear how many Eighth Route Army troops had penetrated into the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
But the quantity should not be small.
After all, three main battle groups of the Eighth Route Army had appeared in the Zhongtiao Mountain area before, with a total number of more than 6,000 people.
After that, Kong Jie's first detachment sent a large number of troops southward.
For this reason, some Japanese military staff even believe that there may already be nearly 10,000 main troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
If you add in non-main combat troops, the number will be even greater.
This put the little devils under great pressure.
After the Japanese army carried out a sweep against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area, they suddenly diverted their troops to attack Zhongtiao Mountain in order to open up the north-south passage on the Zhongtiao battlefield.
Zhongtiao Mountain is located on the north bank of the Yellow River. The terrain is steep and blocks the north-south passage. It has always been a headache for the Japanese army.
After that, the Japanese army relied on businessmen to smuggle with the National Army and thoroughly understood the defense situation of the National Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain Base Area.
The intelligence of the entire Zhongtiao Mountain seems to be transparent to the little devil.
Coupled with the change of commanders of the national army stationed at Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army took the opportunity to combine various advantages and send troops to capture Zhongtiao Mountain in one fell swoop.
The national army suffered the most humiliating defeat since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.
However, only then did the Central Army be driven away. If the Eighth Route Army was allowed to take the opportunity to infiltrate and occupy Zhongtiao Mountain.
The Eighth Route Army troops were very difficult for the Japanese army.
It's like driving away the jackals and bringing back the tigers.
I'm afraid the little devil will have even more headaches.
If the Japanese army later wants to continue to move south and attack cities and plunder territory, once Zhongtiao Mountain, the only supply line for the north-south passage, is cut off by the Eighth Route Army, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka was just considering the heat, so he repeatedly ordered that the 47th and 41st divisions must wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
For this reason, the Japanese army agreed to a temporary armistice agreement with the Eighth Route Army.
Secretly built fortifications, mobilized troops, and strengthened vigilance against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang and Taiyue base areas.
In order to block the Eighth Route Army's southward movement at any time, free up space and time for the 47th and 41st Divisions to focus on dealing with the Eighth Route Army troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
But who would have thought?
The results of these sweeping sweeps shocked everyone.
The Japanese army thought that the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army, which probably numbered nearly ten thousand people, had penetrated into the Zhongtiao Mountain area, but actually seemed to have disappeared in the midst of sweeping raids.
In addition to local battles breaking out in some areas during the sweep, the Japanese army encountered some small groups of Eighth Route Army guerrillas.
The Japanese spent a lot of manpower and material resources to cast a large net throughout Zhongtiao Mountain.
Actually, no main force of the Eighth Route Army was surrounded.
A team of nearly ten thousand people, which is no small target, can actually avoid these layers of sweeping nets?
What a hell!
"Is it possible that there are not as many Eighth Roads in the Zhongtiao Mountain area as we predicted?"
After several raids, except for encountering some small groups of Eighth Route Army guerrilla troops and retreating immediately, the Japanese army found nothing. Some Japanese officers who participated in the raids raised doubts.
But no high-level Japanese officer wanted to believe that not long ago, the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army marched south with great fanfare to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain.
They even did not hesitate to engage in head-on confrontation and competition with the Japanese Empire.
Is it just a false pretense?
But where are the three main combat groups of the Eighth Route Army that appeared in the middle of Zhongtiao Mountain and the three Eighth Route Army combat regiments that appeared at both ends?
Where are the reinforcements sent southward time and time again by Kong Jie?
Is it a false pretense that there are not that many Eighth Roads in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, or are these Eighth Roads so good at hiding that they have avoided raids again and again?
The Japanese military headquarters was convenient, so I was a little confused for a while.
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Zhongtiao Mountain.
After Wang Huaibao, leader of the Fourth Independent Regiment of the First Detachment of Northwest Shanxi, arrived with his team, they opened up a vast guerrilla zone.
The scattered teams of the Eighth Route Army reunited in the planned deep mountainous area as agreed.
It turned out that in the face of major raids launched by the Japanese army again and again.
The commander of the fourth regiment, Wang Huaibao, immediately ordered that the four battalions of the entire regiment be broken into parts, with companies and platoons as combat units, and they would find gaps in the Japanese army's sweeping net and jump out of the encirclement.
In fact, Wang Huaibao's fourth regiment only had more than a thousand troops.
Coupled with Han Feng's fourth battalion - all the teams in the original mountain company together only had more than 2,000 people.
This is far from the Japanese estimate of nearly 10,000 Eighth Route Army troops.
When the Japanese army carried out a large-scale mopping up of the Zhongtiao Mountain area, they considered that there might be a large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, so they did not dare to use too small a team as a separate mopping up unit.
Basically, at least the Japanese squadron, or even a larger team, was used as an independent mopping up point to cast a wide net.
In addition, troops sent by Kong Jie continued to harass the Japanese defense line in southern Shanxi.
The Japanese also divided their troops and stayed behind to garrison. There were not many mopping up troops that could be sent out, so the mesh was relatively large.
After the four regiments were broken into pieces, the combat troops in company and platoon units easily passed through the mesh and jumped out of the Japanese encirclement.
Some of those who were accidentally hit by the Japanese broke out after local sporadic fighting.
This is the only result obtained from the large-scale raids launched by the Japanese army again and again.
Faced with Wang Huaibao's outstanding counter-mopping command, the soldiers who joined the Fourth Regiment from the National Army guerrillas were deeply moved by this.
Arihara, a platoon leader of the National Army, sighed: "This style of fighting of our Eighth Route Army is the essence of guerrilla warfare. If the large number of National Army guerrillas that remained in Zhongtiao Mountain can realize this, if the commanders can be like our regiment,
They look the same and skillfully use guerrilla tactics.
The national army guerrillas would not be wiped out or captured by the Japanese in such a short period of time."
Shortly after the four teams reunited, Han Feng reported to Wang Huaibao:
"Captain, our peripheral comrades have received news that the old regiment leader has sent a transportation team from the secret transportation channel."
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The cadres were immediately overjoyed. Every time Kong Jie sent a transport team, they always brought a lot of good things, including daily necessities, equipment and ammunition.
For this reason, Zhang Min, the former commander of the Mountain Company of the New First Regiment, and Du Zhongcheng, the commander of the Mountain Company of the New Second Regiment, were somewhat abducted to join the Fourth Independent Regiment.
At first I was depressed and a little unhappy.
Then, the transportation team of the Independent Regiment came over again and again.
There are simply too many good things to count, and they are much better than the life and equipment conditions that Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng had when they led troops in the regiment.
Han Feng even smiled and asked: "Comrades, guess what good things the old regiment leader has given us this time?"
Dozens of minutes later, the transportation team sent by Kong Jie arrived.
The two sides met smoothly.
..."My dear, all brand new M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, the old regiment leader has made a fortune again!"
Holding the Garand rifle in his hand, Han Feng couldn't put it down and said in surprise.
The oilcloth was opened, revealing cart after cart of brand-new American rifles.
Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng on the side were stunned. Then they realized what they were doing and rushed forward. They each picked up a handful and started playing with them.
This is the first time the two of them have touched a semi-automatic rifle.
"It's heavier than a conventional rifle, and the texture is different when you touch it. It has eight rounds of ammunition, and you can shoot continuously by pulling the trigger. This is much better than the Japanese's 38 big guns!"
Zhang Min said while groping.
Du Zhongcheng's eyes were shining, "What a good thing. I heard that the elites of the Central Army have this Garand rifle. They bought it from the Americans, but I have never really seen it. Today's
That’s a lot of experience.”
As he said that, he held the rifle in his hand and refused to let go.
Han Feng deliberately retorted: "Hey, aren't these Captain Zhang of the New Regiment and Captain Du of the New Second Regiment? Why don't you let go of the rifle of our independent regiment?"
Zhang Min grinned and said happily: "It doesn't matter what regiment he is in, Old Han, just point at these Garand rifles, hey, from now on, our old Zhang will be a soldier of the independent regiment in life, and a ghost of the independent regiment in death.
Got it!"
"Yes, that's necessary!" Du Zhongcheng agreed.
He then shouted: "No one can rob me, this batch belongs to our camp!"
Wang Huaibao looked on quietly, with a smile on his lips.
This is the charm of the old independent group!
The soldiers were immersed in the semi-automatic rifles they had received, and it took them a while to come back to their senses.
Zhang Min held an M1 Garand without letting go and looked at the company commander in charge of the transportation: "Company Commander Meng, what kind of fortune has our detachment leader made?"
"Good guy, a total of 900 Garand rifles!"
Captain Meng looked at Zhang Min and his entourage with envy, and replied angrily:
"Don't mention it, it's a batch of arms that the regiment commander bought from the Americans, but the quantity is very limited. Of these, the detachment only kept 300 of them, and the rest were sent to your four regiments."<
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"The regiment is about to start a fight because of the remaining 300 Garand rifles. It's good for you, since almost everyone has one."
"It's so irritating that people are more popular than others. I should have known that I would have applied to lead a team to your Zhongtiao Mountain."
I watched the transport company commander leading the transport team and pulling the empty truck away with a depressed look on his face.
Zhang Min and his party were a little confused for a moment.
"Captain, the leader of the emotional detachment has sent all the good things to our group!"
But Wang Huaibao, the leader of the fourth regiment, nodded calmly, as if everything was as expected.
He spoke slowly and asked the battalion commanders around him: "The enemy situation in Zhongtiao Mountain is dangerous, but there are also more opportunities for development, and the number of battles with the Japanese army will be more frequent.
I know that before coming to Zhongtiao Mountain to fight this time, several regiment leaders were almost fighting over each other, but why did our old regiment leader choose me to come?"
The battalion commanders shook their heads in confusion.
Wang Huaibao said: "Because among our group leaders, my personality is the most similar to that of our old group leader."
"Isn't it, commander, because of this?" A battalion commander was puzzled.
Wang Huaibao said: "Of course there is a reason for this. The environment of the Zhongtiao Mountain team is dangerous, and our old team leader is cautious. If we really want to ensure success, if possible, the old team leader will even personally lead the team to Zhongtiao Mountain."<
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"But now the base camp still needs the old leader to take charge, so the old leader has no choice but to choose me, who has the most similar personality to him, to lead the team."
"What is the reason for this? It seems that the old leader believes in my ability. It is better to say that the old leader believes in the ability brought by his own character!"
Having said this, Wang Huaibao paused and said with a smile:
"Look, where did this batch of equipment get?"
"As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you will fight. When we open up the anti-Japanese revolutionary base in Zhongtiao Mountain, it will be the most difficult at the beginning. In addition, we only have one regiment, so the old regiment leader must be thinking about it!
From now on, if there are any good things or equipment in the base area, the old regiment leader will designate them to be sent to our fourth regiment as soon as possible."
When we were here, needless to say, Lei Hu and Lao Shen couldn't compete with us. The key is that they didn't notice us at all.
Completely out of the competition!
When we're not here, they still can't compete with us.
Wait until Old Shen and his wife react.
Due to the complexity of the Anti-Japanese War environment in Zhongtiao Mountain, the development speed of our Fourth Regiment is determined to be much faster than that of the Second and Third Regiments.
This is great wisdom!
It’s true that the high mountains are safe to look up to, and the masters are in the south.
Han Feng and other cadres all cast admiring glances at their leader Wang Huaibao...