A few days later, Wang Ping appeared outside the independent brigade station with a guard regiment that had not yet fully formed combat capabilities, traveling day and night.
"Old commander, I have received the orders from the military region and the military division! From now on, the independent brigade will all be under your command, and I will be your deputy! I never thought that we would have the opportunity to cooperate together!"
Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao rushed over excitedly.
There were many unfamiliar faces in the Independent Brigade Headquarters, and Wang Ping knew less than 20% of them.
Except for a few acquaintances, everyone else stared at Wang Ping with puzzled faces, wondering what kind of ability this young man had that earned him such compliments from his brigade commander.
Cheng Xiao obviously had this problem all the time. He frowned and cursed: "What are you doing here? He is the old leader of the Independent Brigade. Without him, our Independent Brigade would not be what it is today. Do whatever you need to do, but from now on
From the beginning, if anyone dares to disobey the old regiment leader’s orders, or does so in a secretive manner, he will be dealt with directly as a battlefield disobedient!"
After saying that, Cheng Xiao took Wang Ping to his office.
"Old commander, this is the current strength and equipment of the independent brigade!"
"The total force is seven thousand, each regiment has two thousand, and the remaining more than a thousand are directly affiliated troops!"
"Each regiment has a mortar company, and an artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, including a field artillery company and two mountain artillery companies. In addition, the heavy artillery company directly under the military division is also under our control!"
Wang Ping handed the list back smoothly: "I have learned all what you mentioned in the military division. Without further ado, let's get straight to the point!"
"The biggest problem we face now is how to transport so much equipment and troops day and night to the far outer city!"
In order to prevent the plan to attack Taiyuan City from being known to the Japanese army in advance, in the entire military region, except for a few commanders, only two people, Wang Ping and Cheng Xiao, knew about it.
Since the first and second military divisions did not need to attack Taiyuan City directly, the true purpose of this battle was not passed down.
Because the Independent Brigade is on the front line against the Japanese and puppet troops, it is inevitable that there will be Japanese and puppet intelligence personnel in the army. In order to prevent the Japanese army from knowing in advance, only Cheng Xiao knew before the official attack.
After hearing Wang Ping's concerns, Cheng Xiao quickly spread out a map and analyzed: "The fastest way is to go back to Wutai first, go to Xinzhou through Wutai, and then go directly to the north gate of Taiyuan City!"
"There is no problem along the way to Wutai. They are all base areas with a good mass base, and we can bypass many counties where the Japanese are stationed along the way. The only problem is the Xinzhou section."
"As the northern gate of Taiyuan City, the Japanese army stationed a field infantry regiment in Xinzhou until the end of the battle, and there were also three regiments of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of more than 7,000 people."
"In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the north gate of Taiyuan City, the Japanese also built a large number of gun towers around Xinzhou to completely block the north gate of Taiyuan City!"
"It's almost impossible for us to pass through the Japanese blockade in Xinzhou silently!"
"Then hit him!" Wang Ping replied in a shocking tone.
"That's not just a warning!" Cheng Xiao immediately raised his concerns.
"No, as long as the Japanese don't discover our main force, the Japanese will at most regard it as an ordinary military operation!"
"Unless the Japanese get exact information from us, they will definitely not believe that our Eighth Route Army is going to attack Taiyuan City!"
Cheng Xiao immediately understood: "Old commander, what you mean is to dispatch a regiment to attack a stronghold in Xinzhou. After attracting the Japs' attention, the main force will quickly pass through the blockade!"
"As long as the troops we mobilize cannot threaten Xinzhou City, the Japanese will not think that our real purpose is to attack too far!"
"This method is good, but in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, it is best for the attacking troops to seize two strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops to expand the breakthrough point for the main force to communicate. After daybreak, the attacking troops quickly retreated and pretended that we were looking for them to train troops.
posture!"
After five days of marching day and night, the arsenal guard regiment that needed training the most, under the command of Yang Xiong, finally reached a Japanese and puppet army stronghold less than 30 kilometers away from Xinzhou City.
Chief of Staff Yang Xiong independently commanded so many troops for combat for the first time. Although it was just a training exercise to open a breakthrough in the Japanese and puppet blockade, Yang Xiong was still very nervous and excited.
"Comrades, according to the information provided by the regiment leader, we must remove the strongholds on both sides of the road. However, we cannot let the Japanese think that we want to open a breakthrough in their blockade line and cover the main force's purpose of passing through the breakthrough. Everyone.
Tell me, how should we fight this battle!"
Some people said to attack directly, others said to surround the point and call for reinforcements... However, Yang Xiong rejected all these methods.
Just when everyone was at a loss and lost in thought, Yang Xiong pointed to a point on the map and said: "Comrades, the leader has already thought of a way for us."
"None of the methods we just proposed are as safe as the leader said!"
"The Zhouzhuang stronghold is the largest of the seven or eight Japs strongholds in the surrounding area. It is also the material supply base for these surrounding strongholds. If we attack here and seize these two small strongholds, the Japs will regard this attack as our target.
They picked up the materials and ammunition they had hoarded in their stronghold in Zhouzhuang, without thinking that we wanted to break through their blockade."
"The Japs have stationed a reinforced infantry squadron and a battalion of the Imperial Army in Zhouzhuang. The surrounding strongholds are filled with a small squad of Japs and a platoon to a company of puppet troops!"
"The first battalion, bring all the troops directly under the regiment, attack the Zhouzhuang stronghold, and put on a posture that we must take the Zhouzhuang stronghold. Of course, we can take it down if we can in the end. If we can't, forget it, but we must control it well.
Troop casualties!”
"Can I use the thunder cannon?" Hong Tao asked, staring at Yang Xiong.
"Okay! It's no secret that flying thunder cannons are useful to the Japanese!" Yang Xiong affirmed.
Then he continued to order: "The Japs in the two strongholds along the highway will definitely send troops to reinforce Zhouzhuang. The second battalion will take the company as a unit to eat these reinforcements, and then take advantage of the situation to capture these two strongholds!"
"Third Battalion, block or ambush the reinforcements coming from Xinzhou City!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." The battle rang out in a series of dull explosions. After three explosive packets were pushed out of the gasoline barrel, they flipped and flew towards the Japanese stronghold more than 200 meters away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Rumble..." Soon, three earth-shaking explosions sounded in the stronghold.
Three fireballs rose into the sky, instantly illuminating the Japanese stronghold in Zhouzhuang~
The stronghold that was peaceful just now suddenly became chaotic.
The Japanese and the Imperial Army rushed out of the barracks like crazy. Some of them didn't even have any clothes on and rushed out with rifles.
"Baga, we are under attack. The enemy has artillery, and it is also a heavy artillery. Get into position immediately and prepare to counterattack!" The officers who rushed out of the barracks together waved their command swords and shouted loudly, like crazy beasts, killing anyone they caught.
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