853 Hidden the truth, secretly tricked Chen Cang, and became a blockbuster
The Third Independent Regiment, commanded by Shen Quan, is responsible for the left wing of the first team's base area, the relatively remote inner township, Qingye Town, and more than a dozen villages around Shouyang County, the Japanese-occupied area.
The Second Independent Regiment led by Wang Leihu is responsible for some remote towns in Yangquan County, such as Sanquan Township.
The Independent Regiment led by Lei Dasheng is responsible for some remote towns under the jurisdiction of Tan County on the right, such as Yatu Town, Guanping Town, as well as various large and small villages and strongholds.
The three-pronged offensive force divided its forces and advanced against three combat targets.
According to the overall combat plan formulated by Kong Jie at the detachment headquarters before the launch of this major winter counterattack.
First, the operation is divided into three stages according to the objectives.
This is the first phase of the operation, and the goal is to attack the Japanese's remote towns, strongholds, and villages.
This first phase of the operation is divided into three steps:
"The first step is our political offensive, taking the lead in infiltrating the remote towns and villages surrounding Shouyang, Yangquan and Tan County, the three Japanese-occupied counties, to build an anti-Japanese revolutionary regime, support the two-sided regime, and stabilize the situation on the surface.
Stay with the little devils to cover the secret movement of our combat troops.
In the second step, after each combat unit arrives at the predetermined combat position, it quickly launches war preparation deployment, divides the troops and arrives near the combat area, and the detachment headquarters issues unified combat instructions, and simultaneously launches attacks on remote towns, villages and other targets.
The third step is to successfully capture the target towns and villages, quickly occupy the target area, and immediately build solid defenses to guard against Japanese counterattacks at any time."
The Third Independent Regiment accompanied the Legion Headquarters Regiment.
Shen Quan once again reiterated to the commanders the general plan to fight against Shouyang's Neixiang, Qingye Town and other places.
When discussing the battle plan, the cadres all wore thick cotton-padded clothes.
Officers with special needs, such as map soldiers, clerks, recordkeepers, etc., are even issued extra thin, fluffy, extra warm gloves.
Regardless of the wind and snow, when marching on a bright snowfield, the soldiers still didn't feel much cold.
"According to our pre-plan, we will continue to march towards the inner countryside and give the soldiers a ten-minute rest every two hours.
Before arriving at Xilin Town, rest for thirty minutes and try to replenish some food so that the soldiers can quickly recover their strength."
Chen Quan continued to explain, his eyes focused on the battle map in front of him, and then he slowly said: "Comrades, this time our winter counterattack, the marching tactics are very clear, which is to conceal the truth and infiltrate Chencang.
What does it mean?
We want to capture Neixiang and Qingye Town in the suburbs of Shouyang in one fell swoop when the Japanese are caught off guard.
Then the speed must be fast, and it must be sudden, so that the little devil cannot react at all.
But the little Japanese are not stupid either. Although Neixiang and Qingye Town are located in remote areas and have few garrison troops, they are located in the hinterland of the Japanese occupation area.
We want to quietly move our nearly 2,000 elite troops to the inner countryside, and we have to avoid many towns and villages in the Japanese-occupied areas during the process. This is not easy.
If we are discovered in advance and are blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops, our original plan to attack Neixiang and Qingye Town may be exposed."
Finally, Chen Quan concluded: "So, comrades, we must cheer up. Before the battle breaks out completely, the entire team must not be exposed."
"Yes——"
The company commanders of each battalion participating in the meeting responded in unison.
Immediately afterwards, after receiving Shen Quan's instructions, they each returned to the team and gave special instructions to the squad and platoon leaders, instructing the soldiers to strengthen vigilance and concealment.
The sled reconnaissance platoon was arranged in advance to spread the investigation around, and was always alert to every move around it.
In this way, the entire elite of the Third Independent Regiment walked for several hours.
From early in the morning until close to noon, we finally arrived at the outer area in Shouyang where the Japanese and puppet security forces were responsible.
At this point, Shen Quan immediately ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot for thirty minutes and quickly replenish their physical fitness.
It's not cold at all, but many of the soldiers' backs got soaked due to their overly thick clothing.
Everyone quickly ate some of the personal dry food they had brought, such as energy bars produced by a team of food production factories.
It is said that this energy bar was specially developed and produced by detachment leader Kong Jie.
An energy bar can basically cover the calorie consumption of soldiers for half a day.
In this cold weather, it is simply not appropriate to replenish the heat lost by the soldiers during marching and fighting.
After all, people eat, drink, and eat to maintain body temperature.
Chen Quan gave another order: "We can let the communication team deliver the news."
"Yes!"
The communications class of the Third Regiment was equipped with the most advanced American radio equipment of the period, including small shortwave radios and heavier long-distance communication radios.
Didi didi——
With the transmission of communication signals.
On the other side, Xilin Town.
A team of intelligence officers had already infiltrated into the town. In order to coordinate the winter counterattack, they had already turned on the radio and were ready to receive communications at any time.
After the communication signal was received, he put down the earphones and the intelligence chief of Xilin Town immediately said to his companions: "The plan to destroy the bandits has been officially launched.
Immediately contact our covert personnel and inform all parties to make early preparations and provide the best cover for the covert transfer of our main force."
"Yes!"
……
The news quickly spread through the intelligence network belonging to a team throughout Xilin Town.
The efficiency was so high that in the short thirty minutes that Shen Quan took the soldiers to rest, the seemingly peaceful entire Xilin Town was in turmoil.
After the news was delivered that the main force of the third regiment had arrived two kilometers away from the gate of Xilin Town.
The secret agents inside Xilin Town took action quickly.
"Oda-kun, the weather is really too cold, Eight Roads? How could there be Eight Roads?
Let’s go back to warm up for a while and have a hot lunch first. It doesn’t matter! Our people are watching everywhere!”
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"Hey, Taijun, don't worry. If the Eighth Route Army is coming, we will definitely find it and tell you the news as soon as possible. There will definitely be no trouble! It's already noon, it's important for us to eat first."<
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"Don't worry, Taijun. It's such a cold day. Everyone is freezing to death. How can you come here to harass me in this free time?"
"Taijun..."
"Taijun..."
This is Kong Jie's overall plan to secretly infiltrate Chen Cang and hide the truth.
After the news spread that the main force of the three regiments had arrived at the designated lurking location, the secret line members assigned to Xilin Town took action quickly.
Including the two-faced regime created during this period, the puppet soldiers and traitors who were secretly instigated by the soldiers to rebel.
One by one, they took the Japanese officers who were on guard to have a drink or a meal.
...After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, as the Japanese army occupied more and more territory, the little devils divided the entire North China into three regions.
One is the security area, which is the area firmly occupied by Japan.
The second type is the quasi-public security area, which is a guerrilla area where the Eighth Route Army often operates, but is generally under the jurisdiction of the Japanese.
The third category is non-public security areas, which are the anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army.
For these three different areas, the policies and military actions taken by the Japanese army are also different.
The public security area focuses on cleaning up the countryside, and also conducts operations such as detecting spies.
Targeting the quasi-public security areas, the policy is to implement a cannibalization policy, mainly using political means to win over the people in the quasi-public security areas and paralyze the people.
For non-public security areas, that is, the Eighth Route Army base areas, the main focus is on mopping up.
The winter counterattack launched by a team this time mainly targeted the remote towns and villages on the outskirts of the three Japanese counties, so the march route chosen was also relatively remote.
At this time, the outer defense area of the Japanese and puppet troops that Shen Quan's three regiments were passing through was actually a quasi-security area for the Japanese. There were Eighth Route Army guerrillas operating here, but it was still generally under the control of the Japanese army.
As for Xilin Town, under the cannibalization policy launched by the Japanese army, at least in the eyes of the little devils, this quasi-security area is gradually developing into a stable security area.
The little devil has supported many maintenance associations throughout Xilin Town.
There are also self-defense forces led by little devils.
It is used to consolidate the security of the entire Xilin Town and at the same time resist the guerrillas and infiltration of the Eighth Route Army troops.
On the surface, the little devil's cannibalization policy is very effective.
A large number of puppet regimes have been successfully established, and there are very few harassment and raids by guerrillas in Xilin Town. People also pay taxes and grain on time. Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
But what the little devil doesn’t know is.
All the superficial beauty in Xilin Town was just deliberately created by Kong Jie's order.
At this moment, Xilin Town is still under the jurisdiction of the little devils.
But in fact, the secret anti-Japanese regime and a large number of two-faced regimes have been successfully built.
For example, those traitors and puppet soldiers who maintained the association were working for the Japs on the surface, but in fact they had already been successfully instigated by the soldiers to work for the Eighth Route Army.
After the news of the winter counterattack, which Kong Jie designated as the "Plan to Destroy the Bandits", was passed on.
These traitors and puppet soldiers who were instigated to rebel quickly coordinated the troop transfer of the Third Regiment.
The Japanese soldiers and officers who were originally responsible for guarding were temporarily detained by various means, and were dragged to drink, to warm themselves by the fire, and to eat, so that they could not detect the situation in Xilin Town.
In addition, it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it is a snowy day.
According to common sense, the Eighth Route Army has no precedent of taking the initiative to attack towns and villages.
So the Japanese didn't think much about it and happily followed the puppet soldiers and traitors to enjoy.
Just like this, the route that passes through Xilin Town and leads directly to Neixiang is directly connected.
The puppet troops who were responsible for guarding the gate of Xilin Town even opened the entire city gate in advance, and then everyone evacuated early as if they were on vacation.
Take the initiative to give way and let the Eighth Route Army soldiers pass.
Chen Quan and the soldiers of the Third Regiment seized the time and did not encounter any obstacles along the way. After entering through the south gate, they immediately left through the north gate along the root of the city wall.
Due to its remote location, people occasionally discovered it along the way and were greatly shocked.
As for informing the little devil, that is absolutely impossible.
The Japanese would not place any spies in this remote Xilin Town, which is basically about to be transformed into a stable security area.
A large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared in Xilin Town, so it was not leaked.
In the end, 2,080 elite troops crossed through the entire Xilin Town. The little devils in Xilin Town were completely unaware of this and were still enjoying themselves in teahouses and restaurants!
It has to be said that this march plan, which used the two-faced political power and insider members as a cover to cover up the situation and directly transfer the main force of a regiment through the Japanese's outer defense zone to the hinterland, is really courageous.
Not long after Shen Quan led the main force of the Third Regiment through Xilin Town smoothly.
In addition, the Second Independent Regiment and the First Independent Regiment from the center line and the right wing also successfully completed the transfer under the cover channels secretly opened by comrades from the two sides of the political power and the enemy's Ministry of Industry.
The main force of the second regiment and the main force of the first regiment also arrived in the remote Sanquan Township under the jurisdiction of Yangquan.
And near the remote Yatu Town and Guanping Town under the jurisdiction of Tan County.
And divide the troops into multiple routes in advance to arrive near the attack target at the same time.
On the 23rd, exactly 1:20 noon.
Follow the unified time combat plan formulated by the detachment headquarters.
The Independent First Regiment, the Second Independent Regiment, and the Third Independent Regiment, which are affiliated to a team, are respectively heading towards Guanping Town and Yatu Town in Tan County occupied by the Japanese army; Sanquan Township in Yangquan; and Neixiang in Shouyang,
Aoba, Saigo, and surrounding villages, strongholds, etc.
At the same time, a sudden and violent military attack was launched.
All this happened suddenly.
Like a thunderbolt in a clear sky, like thunder in a cold night, like ripples in a flat lake.
There was a sudden explosion, the attack was like lightning, and the force was like breaking bamboo, destroying everything.
As the Sino-Japanese War continues over time, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, and with the deployment of a large number of elite Japanese troops to the Hunan-Pacific battlefield in China.
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The little devils, who were already weak in succession, were even more stretched thin in terms of the number of troops they could garrison in the vast occupied area.
In some remote towns, the number of Japanese troops stationed there can even make you doubt your life.
There is such an example: two little devils control the entire county!
Although Uchigo and Aoba Town are not like this, the Japanese troops stationed in these two places do not even have a squadron.
Put all the security forces together, including the little devils of the gendarmerie, the puppet garrison, and some of the imperial alliance troops, and it will be good if you can gather one or two hundred people.
How can these Japanese and puppet troops, whose combat effectiveness is not even second-rate, be an elite opponent?
The strength of both sides is not at the same level at all.
In addition, the attack by the three forces came suddenly, and the Japanese and puppet garrison guards in Neixiang, Qingye Town, Yatu, Guanping Town and other places did not even have time to react, and the city gates were forcibly breached.
For the Japanese and puppet troops, everything was like a dream.
Such a large group of Eighth Route Army elites seemed to appear out of thin air, and heavenly soldiers and generals suddenly appeared under the city gate.
Until 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the 23rd.
News that caused an uproar among the Japanese troops in North China spread rapidly:
"The inner townships under Shouyang's jurisdiction, Qingye, and Xixiang, were attacked by elite Eighth Route Army troops and have all been lost!"
"Sanquan Township under the jurisdiction of Yangquan was completely occupied by the Eighth Route Army troops."
"Guanping Town and Yatu Town under the jurisdiction of Tan County were successively captured by the Eighth Route Army troops in less than an hour..."
Less than an hour.
Although it is located in a remote area relative to the main county seat, as far as the Japanese-occupied areas are concerned, there are as many as seven or eight towns, plus hundreds of villages, almost in the hinterland, including more than fifty strongholds of various sizes.
Unexpectedly, no one left, either captured by the Eighth Route Army, or ousted by the Eighth Route Army.
The sudden and proactive attack launched by a team was truly earth-shattering.
If you don’t sing, it will be a blockbuster!
When the bad news quickly reached the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
The commander of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, suddenly heard the news. He staggered and slumped in his seat. He was dazed for a long time and could not recover...