Including Kong Jie, Political Commissar of the Independent Regiment Wang Yingcai, the Chief of Staff, and all the combat staff all had expressions of change.
He looked at the telegraph operator expectantly.
Is this the good news from the frontline headquarters?
"read!"
Kong Jie waved his hand and said.
"yes!"
The telegraph operator held the telegram in both hands and read:
"A new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was formed into a battalion, which recaptured Taiyuan at three o'clock in the morning, and captured the Japanese arms warehouse and grain depot in Taiyuan, and captured a lot of money!"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of all the officers, including Kong Jie and Wang Yingcai, all lit up.
This battle.
The strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army is to recover the Taiyuan and Zhengtai Railways and eliminate the 100,000 Japanese in Shanxi.
Although the Japanese have not been completely eliminated, the strategic goal of regaining Taiyuan has been achieved.
"It's a lot of fun, this battle was a lot of fun!"
Captain Kong Da rolled up his sleeves, an excited smile quickly appeared on his face, and his tone was cheerful:
"This battle was so big that even Taiyuan was liberated so quickly."
After nightfall, they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the Zhengtai Railway, and the news that the main force of the Taiyuan Japs had been wiped out had spread throughout the Eighth Route Army.
Now that the main Japanese force in Taiyuan has been eliminated, it is only a matter of time before Taiyuan City is liberated by the Eighth Route Army.
But Kong Jie and others did not expect that the news of the liberation of Taiyuan would come so quickly.
"chief of staff!"
"Immediately convey this news and notification to all companies and squads, so that all soldiers know that our brotherly troops have won two great victories!"
"Now, it's our turn."
"After launching the general offensive, the labor and management will give him a good beating as a son of a bitch!"
Kong Jie gave the order with a stern expression.
The battles in Taiyuan and Zhengtai Road are coming to an end, and the independent regiment and the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region are naturally not far behind.
"yes!"
The chief of staff turned around and went to deliver the order.
At this moment, one of Kong Jie's security guards, Xiao Li, ran in quickly and reported to Kong Jiehui: "Report to the leader, the commander and political commissar of the 2nd Independent Brigade have arrived!"
"Please come in quickly."
Kong Jie's expression moved slightly.
After a while, Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li of the 2nd Independent Brigade walked in quickly.
When the two sides met, they first gave each other a military salute.
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Brigade Commander Zhang, Political Commissar Li, you are finally here."
Brigadier Zhang smiled slightly: "On the order of the head of the headquarters, we came to reinforce the brother troops and annihilate the Japanese troops surrounded by Niangzi Pass. Also coming with us were 3 regiments from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, a total of more than 8,000
people."
In the Niangziguan blocking battle, the 2nd Independent Brigade suffered one-third casualties.
Then the independent regiment took over the position of the 2nd Independent Brigade, and the 2nd Independent Brigade withdrew to the rear to rest.
After a period of rest.
Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li learned that the Japanese were surrounded by the Independent Regiment and the fraternal troops of the Jizhong Military Region at Niangziguan.
So he took the initiative to ask for help from the head of the headquarters, requesting to join the Independent Regiment and the fraternal troops of the Central Hebei Military Region in their battle to annihilate the Japanese.
After consideration, the head of the headquarters agreed to the request of Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li, and sent three main regiments of the Jizhong Military Region to participate in the battle.
At the same time, the headquarters has notified the frontline general headquarters, independent regiment and Jizhong Military Region Headquarters.
"Very good."
When Kong Jie heard this, his face smiled like a chrysanthemum.
The more troops participating in the battle, the greater the certainty of annihilating the Japanese in this battle, and the faster the speed.
What's more, the additional 8,000 people are the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Political Commissar Li said: "According to the orders of the headquarters and frontline headquarters, in this battle, our 2nd Independent Brigade and the three regiments of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region will be temporarily commanded by Commander Kong."
Although the 2nd Independent Brigade is a brigade-level unit, it is the main elite force of the Eighth Route Army and the ace unit of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
But in terms of strength, the Independent Regiment is, apart from the New Regiment, the first-class main regiment of the Eighth Route Army, with a total strength of more than 20,000.
Even if five independent brigades are tied together, their combat effectiveness will not be as good as that of an independent regiment.
As long as the Japs can be eliminated, it doesn't matter who directs them, it depends on whether they can annihilate all the Japs.
What's more, after this battle, will the generosity of the former frontline commander Li Yunlong be a injustice to the 2nd Independent Brigade?
When the time comes, the 2nd Independent Brigade will not only receive awards from the headquarters, but also make a fortune from Commander Li.
"Special circumstances, special treatment!"
Kong Jie nodded:
"Since it is an order from a superior, I, Kong Jie, can only obey the order."
Afterwards, Kong Jie quickly walked to the map, after thinking for a while, he pointed at the map and said to the two of them: "Brigadier Zhang, Political Commissar Li, the three regiments of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are under your command. You will launch an attack from the south. Originally, we will attack from the south."
I will use the troops attacking in the south to strengthen the offensive forces and reserves in other places. After two hours of bombardment, the New Regiment Flying Group and the Headquarters Flying Group will conduct a wave of bombings. After seeing the red signal flares, we will launch a general attack."
Originally, Kong Jie's military strength was somewhat stretched.
Although the independent regiment had strong combat effectiveness and firepower, its total strength was only about 20,000, and it could barely surround the Japanese.
This time, the reinforcements from the fraternal troops of the 2nd Independent Brigade and 3 regiments perfectly solved the problem of insufficient troops and reserves of the General Offensive Headquarters.
The 2nd Independent Brigade was the main force of the Eighth Route Army and had fought several tough battles. Kong Jie was relieved to leave the southern offensive to them.
"clear!"
Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li looked at the map and nodded in unison.
The combat staff of the independent regiment has already drawn the attack location on the map with arrows.
To be able to serve as the brigade commander and political commissar of the Eighth Route Army, one must have excellent military qualities and be very familiar with the terrain of Niangziguan. He would know how to fight this battle just by looking at it.
"correct."
Wang Yingcai, political commissar of the Independence League, laughed and said:
"Just now a telegram was sent from the frontline headquarters. An hour ago, the troops of the new regiment had recaptured Taiyuan."
"Very good!"
"pretty!"
Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li suddenly looked happy.
This is great news.
Brigadier Zhang, Political Commissar Li, Kong Jie and Wang Yingcai saluted each other with a military salute.
Afterwards, Brigadier Zhang and Political Commissar Li turned around and left quickly.
The general offensive is about to begin, and they must complete the defense change with the independent regiment's troops as soon as possible.
At the same time, the chief of staff of the independent regiment began to call the attacking troops in the south to inform the troops to change defenses and to do a good job of vigilance.
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About half an hour later.
The pointer on Kong Jie's watch pointed to half past four in the middle of the night.
"Give me the order to fire on the enemy!"
Seeing that the scheduled firing time had come, Kong Jie roared loudly and gave the firing order without hesitation.
"The regiment commander ordered to fire on the enemy!"
The chief of staff of the independent regiment grabbed the mobile phone and issued the order to each artillery group to fire.
More than 400 artillery pieces of the independent regiment were arranged on the forward artillery position, with the muzzles pointed directly at the surrounded Japanese area not far away.
Each artillery group has a walkie-talkie to communicate with the regiment headquarters, and each artillery platoon has a walkie-talkie to communicate with the artillery group headquarters.
After such a long period of development, a large amount of live-fire artillery training and actual combat experience, inherited from the tough style of Kong Jie, the commander of the independent regiment, the artillerymen of the independent regiment have excellent quality and technology.
Regarding tactics such as artillery fire coverage and Xu Jin barrage, the artillery of the independent regiment is naturally at their fingertips.
Under the unified command of the regiment headquarters.
Accompanied by the dense muffled sound of "Boom, Boom, Boom", the muzzle fireworks on each artillery group position formed a continuous line, and the dense muzzle wind swept across.
Boo hoo hoo——
The artillery shells fell towards the Japanese position like meteors. After landing, they burst into bursts of explosive flames. Horrifying explosion waves and air waves swept across, and clouds of mud and gunpowder smoke rose up.
Although there are more than 400 artillery pieces, only about 80 are 75mm mountain guns, and there are about 160 82mm mortars and more than 200 60mm mortars.
These artillery may not be very powerful, but they cannot withstand many artillery pieces and many artillery shells.
Although the Japanese have dug a lot of shell-proof holes these days, each bombardment caused the Japanese to lose a lot.
Moreover, at this time, the Japanese were already running out of ammunition and food, and lacking water, they were already on the verge of collapse.
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Inside a cave.
The Japanese, such as North China Front Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake, 23rd Division Commander Nishihara Kanji, 35th Division Commander Shigeta Tokusatsu, and 110th Division Commander Kuwaki Takaaki, were awakened by the sound of artillery.
The soldiers who were surrounded were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, their eyes were dim, and they were weak. There was even a phenomenon of eating corpses among the soldiers.
However, the situation of these Japanese officers was much better, and they could barely make ends meet.
But not having a water source is really life-threatening.
If it hadn't rained lightly a few days ago and the soldiers used their helmets to catch some of the rainwater, the Japanese who were surrounded would have been unable to hold on.
"what's the situation?"
"Why did the Eighth Route Army launch an artillery attack at night?"
Tanabe Moritake used the light of the flashlight to look at the watch in his hand, and his expression changed slightly.
This was the first time that the Eighth Route Army launched an artillery attack at night in the past few days of being surrounded.
"The Eighth Route Army is about to launch a general offensive. It is recommended that the soldiers be ordered to prepare for a decisive battle!"
Lieutenant General Kanji Nishihara, commander of the 23rd Division, said weakly.
"Nani?"
The expressions of Shigeta Tokumatsu and Kuwaki Takaaki also changed slightly.
Tanabe Moritake looked at everyone: "The 21st Division, the 27th Division, the 40th Division and the 56th Division are approaching us. They can arrive in two days at most. They must be in the Eighth Route Army
Please hold on for two days under our attack, gentlemen, please!"
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On the east side of the Japanese encirclement.
More than 200 artillery pieces were firing volleys at the Japanese surrounded area.
They are the four artillery groups of the brother troops of the Central Hebei Military Region.
This time when the Japanese were surrounded, District Commander Lu took out all the artillery from the bottom of the box in the Jizhong Military Region.
but.
There are relatively few mountain artillery in the Jizhong Military Region. Most of the artillery are 70mm infantry guns, 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars.
Although there are more than 200 artillery pieces, there were relatively few artillery shells in the past, so even if they fired at the Japanese, they would have to pick and choose.
However, after receiving supplies from Li Yunlong's airdrop, the fraternal artillery units of the Central Hebei Military Region were completely open to attack.
Just hit the cannonball into the enemy's area. Whether it can hit the enemy is another matter.
All the artillery units of the Central Hebei Military Region are full of energy. They have never fought such a rich battle in their lives.
With sufficient artillery shells and bullets, as well as air support, although the quality of individual soldiers was not as good as that of the Little Japs, the troops of the Central Hebei Military Region still blocked the Japs and prevented them from breaking out from the eastern front.
