Following a special sound with a long tail, a flare flew into the night sky and burned instantly.
Among them, the combustible metals magnesium powder and aluminum powder burned quickly. After burning instantly, they even exploded to a high temperature of thousands of degrees Celsius, and at the same time emitted an extremely dazzling light.
It was like a small sun hanging in the middle of the night sky. The light spread quickly and quickly dispersed all the darkness in a large area around the Japanese army's Yangguan stronghold.
At this time, the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army had been fighting for more than 20 minutes.
Under the fierce offensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the Yangguan stronghold continued to spread.
Until the Eighth Route Army side suddenly lit up a flare in mid-air, and in just a few tens of seconds, this area was almost forcibly transformed from night to day with a scorching light.
Still relying on the fortifications of the stronghold, the little devils who resisted stubbornly finally used the light of the flare to see clearly the situation around the stronghold.
The three layers of wire protection fence that were originally pulled up around the perimeter have already been blown open by five or six large holes.
The water-injection trench that functions as a moat has already been boarded up by the Eighth Route Army. A large number of Eighth Route Army combat troops are using the light of flares to quickly invade the Yangguan stronghold.
The shelling did not stop.
The artillery at the rear of the Eighth Route Army is roaring continuously, covering the charge of our own soldiers.
The few dozen seconds of daylight brought by this flare allowed the little devils to see the Eighth Route Army soldiers advancing rapidly like a tide.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops were already frightened by the Eighth Route Army's fearless and fearless momentum.
The original will to fight was instantly shattered by 30%.
The tide is over...
Looking at the defensive fortifications on the outside, they were already in dire straits under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army.
"It's all over!"
The Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the stronghold couldn't help but think sadly in their hearts.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements, we need reinforcements!"
The Japanese Major who was in charge of garrisoning the Yangguan stronghold was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He once again urged the Communications Department to request tactical guidance from the superior headquarters.
On the other side, the Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka, who was also paying close attention to the battle situation in Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi strongholds, and the Japanese chief of staff Kitagawa received the news at the same time.
After the major strongholds in Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi were attacked by the Eighth Route Army.
The imperial troops quickly sent out reinforcements from all directions. Without exception, they were all blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops along the way.
From the direction of Beitong Road, the Japanese brigade that rushed in for reinforcements was blocked by the new regiment led by Ding Wei.
In order to completely cut off the little Japanese's intention to reinforce the Yangguan stronghold from Beitong Road.
Ding Wei even directly ordered to blow up a stone bridge that must pass through a certain section of Beitong Road.
The Japanese reinforcements at Xiaogoulinzi and Sanhewan Road were all blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops.
Especially along Sanhewan Road.
A reinforced Japanese combat unit unexpectedly fell into an ambush specially set by the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.
Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment has made up his mind to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation.
In the words of Captain Cheng who mobilized the soldiers before the war: "A few years ago, our regiment, our entire 386th Brigade, or even our entire 129th Division, had the best equipment, the largest number of troops, and the most powerful combat effectiveness.
The main combat group.
But now?
Look, in the entire northwestern Shanxi area, and even in our entire 129th Division, when it comes to regiment-level combat units, it’s either Kong Jie’s detachment, Li Yunlong’s new second regiment, or Ding Wei’s new regiment.
,What else happened to our 772nd Regiment?
In the order of battle of the national army, we are one of the only two registered main regiments in the entire brigade.
If we don't fight a tough battle, the next time Li Yunlong sees me, he will most likely raise his big tail and say that he taught me how to fight and rob step by step when he joined the army!
Comrades, the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment are all brats compared to our 772nd Regiment. Their new combat troops are now almost riding on our heads to shit on us.
!
Can everyone take a breath?"
"Can't, can't——"
They are all carrying one head on two shoulders. The pure fighting will and belief of the revolutionary martyrs during this period are not exaggerated.
All the soldiers roared loudly and were full of fighting spirit.
Captain Cheng smiled happily, and then shouted: "Then for tonight's battle, we will call the newly formed regiments and let them take a good look.
What is the combat effectiveness of the old-school main force?
His team, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, headed towards the Japanese stronghold.
Then we will rush over to the Japanese reinforcements to reinforce the big stronghold. If they attack the stronghold, we will wipe out all the Japanese reinforcements. We will still be good to them!"
"Kill——"
The battle broke out instantly.
The soldiers of the 772nd Regiment exerted all their strength.
It should be said that the military and economic development of the 772nd Regiment in recent years is indeed inferior to that of the First Team.
However, as one of the few veteran main combat groups, the overall military quality of the 772nd Regiment and the proportion of veterans are still relatively high.
After this battle of annihilation that started at night broke out instantly.
The elite veterans of the 772nd Regiment indeed showed extraordinary combat effectiveness.
Using the darkness of night to avoid the enemy's superior firepower, and taking advantage of the surprise attack, the enemy was caught off guard.
Once the battle broke out, the two sides had absolute advantages in strength and location, and their equipment was as good as that of the Japs.
The outcome of this battle has been doomed from the beginning.
Finally...
"General, the situation looks really bad. These damn Tubal Routers have obviously been prepared for it. The reinforcements our army sent to Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi strongholds from all directions were all ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops on the way!" p>
Japanese Chief of Staff Kitagawa brought quite bad news to Yoshio Shinozuka.
The two old devils were also frightened.
Beichuan clenched his fists angrily, "Sure enough, any battle involving this Kong Jie is often very noisy.
This person is particularly good at conducting joint operations with various units of the Eighth Route Army. His influence seems to be considerable. Every time a battle starts, he often involves other Eighth Route Army combat units to join the battle.
General, the Eighth Route Army's offensive this time is fierce.
It seems that we will not give up until we capture Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi strongholds!"
Yoshio Shinozuka has a headache. The reinforcements for Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi strongholds cannot be sent through temporarily.
The headquarters of the three strongholds have sent emergency rescue communications many times, and they are constantly requesting reinforcements.
If this continues.
The reinforcements will be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way, and the casualties will probably be huge. The strongholds of Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi still cannot be saved.
In desperation, although he felt a little ashamed, Yoshio Shinozuka still made up his mind and immediately issued a military order:
"Immediately send orders to Yangguan, Pingbei, and Hanoi headquarters to quickly strategically transfer the main force from the stronghold to the county seat.
In addition, the reinforcements from all walks of life no longer have to contend with the Eighth Route Army blocking the way and should immediately withdraw to their garrison!"
This is the most helpless choice.
Yoshio Shinozuka has to admit that he was caught off guard again this time.
These damn Eighth Route Army troops seemed to ignore the severe cold weather and launched such a violent attack late at night.
Everything happened too suddenly.
Recently, under the Eighth Route Army's winter offensive, the Japanese army, which has been continuously shrinking its troops, did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would suddenly attack large strongholds, so it was caught off guard.
While Yoshio Shinozuka was depressed, he was holding back more and more hatred.
He secretly made up his mind to endure it! Continue to endure it!
Temporarily preserve the strength of the imperial troops until spring begins.
It will definitely sweep away the occupied areas occupied by the Eighth Route Army that originally belonged to the empire with a sweeping force, and at the same time launch an unprecedented sweep of the Eighth Route Army base areas.
……
Boom——
Extremely fierce artillery fire exploded in the direction of the retreat of the Japanese strongholds of Yangguan and Pingbei.
The Japanese's Yangguan, Pingbei, and Hanoi strongholds are called big strongholds. In addition to the extremely strong defenses and the large number of troops stationed there, the area of the gathering point itself is also not small.
The entire stronghold is almost the size of a village.
In addition, the little devils use the large stronghold as the core and the surrounding small and medium-sized strongholds as an extended defense network to spread out the defensive formation to ensure that the direction of attacking the large stronghold is mainly in the forward direction.
Use concentrated troops to carry out higher defense while avoiding being besieged by the Eighth Route Army from multiple directions.
Therefore, the battles that took place at night were mainly carried out in the north direction of Yangguan and Heping Peking University strongholds.
When building these large strongholds, the little Japanese also considered how to retreat when the enemy's attack was fierce and nothing could be done.
The general strategy is also very simple:
The Japanese built the entire fortification of the stronghold in a way that leads from north to south, and the north is the forward direction, which is also the most suitable direction for the Eighth Route Army to attack.
Once the battle begins and the situation is over, the Japanese can quickly abandon the defenses in the north, and then quickly evacuate from the south, or the back side of the stronghold.
While leaving behind the rearguard troops, even losing their arms to survive, to cover the retreat of the main combat troops.
The little devils even hurriedly laid a certain amount of mines in the rear area of the stronghold, using the minefields to delay the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army.
Everything went very smoothly.
Just when the Japanese Major thought he could evacuate smoothly soon.
Under the night, there seemed to be the sound of artillery being ejected from a direction not too far away.
Then in the dim night, more than a dozen artillery shells passed through the air in a graceful and destructive arc, and hit the rear area of the Japanese stronghold in Yangguan and Hepingbei.
Boom——
Amidst a series of violent explosions, the Japanese major who led the team had no time to react and was blown to pieces in the violent explosion.
The sudden artillery shells blew up the Japanese troops preparing to evacuate from Yangguan and Hepingbei strongholds.
The southbound road that the Japanese planned to retreat was completely blocked by artillery fire.
Even the minefields hastily laid out by the Japanese were directly destroyed when the enemy was almost covered by firepower.
The artillery interception method arranged by Chu Yunfei finally showed its power at this moment.
Once he took action, it was indeed extraordinary.
To the south of the Japanese army's Yangguan and Peking University stronghold, a few hundred meters away on a hilltop.
As the artillery fire fired, the officers of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army who led the team made a special statement: "After a few rounds of shelling, stop the shelling immediately, transfer in time, and don't blow up the Eighth Route Army again!"
It's night.
The battles surrounding the Japanese strongholds of Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi were intense.
What is getting more and more intense is not only the level of firepower of the confrontation between the two sides, but also the evolution of the scale.
Those who attack strongholds should attack strongholds.
Those who call for help in the middle call for help in the middle.
Japanese Chief of Staff Beichuan is right when he says that what Kong Jie likes most is to use point-to-point operations to trigger surface operations, and what he likes most is joint offensives.
Concentrate everyone's efforts to deal with the little devil.
In Kong Jie’s words, “When we deal with the little devils, it’s all about everyone adding fuel to the fire, so why else should we build an anti-Japanese united front?
Fighting the Japanese together will give us many opportunities. Everyone will benefit and everyone will take advantage. This is a win-win battle of cooperation."
So, after a detachment of the Eighth Route Army took the lead in attacking the strongholds of Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi.
That night, the battles in which armed forces from all sides attacked the Japanese army's strongholds and even towns and counties were like firecrackers that were lit with fuses and exploded with crackles.
Those with strength, like a team led by Kong Jie, directly attack the Japanese stronghold.
Those with less strength, such as some newly formed Eighth Route Army combat groups, attack nearby small and medium-sized strongholds connected to Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi.
It is really centered on the three major strongholds of Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi, and then blooms in all directions.
The anti-Japanese armed forces participating in the battle that night were not just the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
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Including some local military units and militia units.
It also includes some combat units of the Jinsui Army, such as the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, the 71st Regiment of the Jinsui Army, and the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army.
Even some bandit minions jumped down from the mountains to participate in the battle, holding high the banner of cooperating with the Eighth Route Army in attacking the Japanese strongholds.
A few days ago.
Kong Jie asked Xie Baoqing, the leader of the First Migrant Workers' Regiment, who was also the original head of Heiyun Village, to write a letter to each of the major bandit leaders in northwest Shanxi.
The general content of the letter was explained by Kong Jie like this: "Lao Xie, please tell those brothers in the green forest for me that the current situation is turbulent and life is difficult. They are forced to become bandits. This is understandable.
I, Kong Jie, will not look down on them because of this.
However, this has a premise: being a bandit should also behave like a bandit.
Bullying the defenseless people and robbing the miserable poor people, what kind of green forest hero are they?
Such bastards, even if the little devil doesn't deal with them, I, Kong Jie, will take care of them sooner or later.
If you are capable, hehe, follow me and fight the Japanese.
The Japanese want supplies and money, and they still have the reputation of fighting against the Japanese. Only then do they lose their reputation as a green forest hero!
You tell them that on the night of the 23rd, I am going to take action against the Japs, and those who have the courage to do so will follow our Eighth Route Army troops and fight against the Japs!"
At that time, after Kong Jie finished speaking, Xie Baoqing felt that what Kong Jie said was so exciting.
He was even thinking that if he were still in Heiyun Village and heard these words, he would definitely pick up a gun and go down the mountain to fight the Japanese.
That's it. Xie Baoqing basically didn't make any changes to the final letter and what Kong Jie said.
I just added a few words at the end: "Captain Kong is a ruthless character who speaks his truth. I have worked in the same industry back then. I thank Baoqing for my advice.
First, don’t dangle the common people in front of Captain Kong, or you won’t be able to chop them off even if you have a few heads.
Second, this business of robbing families and homes cannot last long. If you want to be like me, Xie Baoqing, and change your ways, and even be reused by the Eighth Route Army, at least you have to come up with some certificates of surrender and earn some reputation by beating the Japanese. You can send more or less soldiers in the future.
Come in handy.
Third, this time the Eighth Route Army will definitely launch a massive attack on some Japanese strongholds, which is a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters."
Then, the letters were sent to the bandit leaders in various places.
That night.
In the northwest region of Shanxi, there are indeed as many as a dozen bandit troops, with as many as two to three hundred people and as few as one or twenty.
One after another participated in the night battle against the Japanese army...