The other Eighth Route Army troops around Yixian County are the same as the independent regiments. The smaller guerrillas are supplemented by dozens of guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. The larger main battalion is supplemented by 200 rifles, five light machine guns, and one heavy machine gun.
Fifty thousand rounds of various bullets...
The firepower of each unit is different from what it was before, and has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The Japanese and puppet troops fought back with their original ideas and combat ideas. Not only would they not be able to defeat them, they would also suffer heavy losses themselves.
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Yi County, the sky slowly turned brighter, and the county town that had been bustling all night became quiet again.
The power of the people is huge.
At five o'clock in the morning, all the food and materials seized by the garrison in the county were moved out of the county by the villagers and hidden in the nearby woods.
The transportation teams brought from the base area are all loaded with food and supplies. The first transportation team has handed over the things to the people in the base area waiting at the blockade. As soon as it gets dark, this transportation team can return to Yi.
The county conducts a second transportation.
The rest of the transport team hid in the woods and villages along the highway, waiting to continue their journey to the blockade after dark.
"The regiment commander and the chief of staff reported that all the supplies on the military train have been moved to the mountains. If the Japanese really send planes to bomb today, we will not suffer any losses."
Li Hao was very satisfied and said: "Let them blow up, especially the military trains on the railway. It is best to blow up all the trains and rails and turn them into small pieces of scrap iron. In this way, we can take them back to the arsenal to produce weapons and ammunition."
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"By the way, is there any new news from Xiao Yuan and the surrounding counties?"
Wang Hong smiled and replied: "Xiao Yuan reported that Chen Fusheng, chief of staff of the puppet army, took more than a hundred subordinates and a dozen Japanese soldiers to hide in the mountains and wait for us to retreat."
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army, local troops, and guerrillas around Yi County began operations last night."
"After receiving the weapons and ammunition we sent them, they became even more powerful and won many battles."
"The scouts sent out by the three main battalions reported: The Japanese were preparing to mass a large number of troops around Yixian last night, and they would rush in as soon as they figured out our strength. Because of the cooperation of the neighboring troops, these troops returned to their respective stations before dawn to encircle and suppress them.
These friendly troops."
The smile on Li Hao's face grew wider. He looked at the map and replied: "Now these troops need guns and ammunition. The possibility of the Japanese defeating them in a short time is almost zero."
"However, the Japanese have mobilized a large number of troops to fight back, and the pressure on them is not small."
"These troops are here to help us. It would not be good if there are too many casualties."
"Immediately send a telegram to the Cavalry Battalion, First Battalion, and Third Battalion: Let them leave half of the troops to continue blockading Yixian County, and the remaining half of the troops will fight in squads and platoons into the area occupied by the Japs, and cooperate with the neighboring troops to kill the Japs.
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"In addition, use mules and horses to continue to replenish them with weapons and ammunition."
"The harder they fight in enemy-occupied areas, the more Japanese they kill, and the safer we are."
The captain of the Laishui County Japanese Defense Brigade was going crazy. In just one morning, two more strongholds in the defense area were occupied by independent regiments.
"Sir, the Independent Regiment has bullied others too much. We must immediately gather heavy troops to retaliate and inflict heavy damage on them. Otherwise, the entire Laishui except the county seat and other places will be occupied by the Independent Regiment." The deputy captain suggested anxiously.
"The Eighth Route Army's ideological mobilization ability is too strong. If they are allowed to occupy the plains outside the city, these places can become so-called base areas in a month at most, providing them with troops and food, increasing their strength, and the Imperial Army will be able to
If you want to take it back, the difficulty will definitely increase greatly."
The captain wanted more than anyone else to take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the independent regiment, a serious problem, but he had too few troops.
Last night the independent regiment swallowed up all the reinforcements sent by the county.
That was an entire reinforced squadron of imperial troops and a company of puppet troops.
If you carry out a counterattack, you must dispatch more troops than last night. Only in this way can you have a chance to defeat the opponent. Otherwise, self-protection will be a problem.
But there are only two infantry squadrons and one battalion of the Imperial Association Army left in the county. Compared with the current combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment, all of them must be mobilized to defeat the Independent Regiment.
Then Laishui County will become an empty city.
If an enemy takes the opportunity to launch an attack and the county seat is lost, you will suffer a big loss.
The deputy captain noticed the captain's concerns and immediately replied: "Sir, there are many Japanese in the county. We can temporarily recruit them to help defend the city."
"There are still nearly 300 people in the police station and special service team. Although the combat effectiveness is very poor, there is still no problem in defending the city with the imperial army supervising the battle."
"Laishui only has the Independent Regiment that opposes the imperial army. After we go out to catch them, even if they know that the county's troops are empty and want to divide their forces to cut off our retreat, there will be very few troops that can be sent out."
"We have left dozens of imperial troops and temporarily recruited more than 100 Japanese to help defend the city. Together with the more than 300 Chinese from the police station and special service team, we will definitely have no problem defending the county."
"Yoshi..."
The captain's frown slowly relaxed, he thought for a moment and agreed, "I'll do as you say."
"Leave an infantry squad and a heavy machine gun squad to defend the city. You stay and recruit the Japanese in the city to help defend the city. The other troops follow me out of the city, find the independent regiment, and defeat them."
After capturing the Tangjiazhuang stronghold, the independent regiment headquarters stayed here.
The three main battalions attacked separately to mop up the nearby Japanese and puppet troops.
The regimental leader was sitting in the headquarters that was supposed to belong to the little devil, with a smile on his face and he could hardly close his mouth from ear to ear.
The political commissar was lying on the table next to him, counting the results, and his smile never broke.
"Okay, head..." the political commissar put down his pen and said.
"We fought four battles last night and annihilated a total of 356 little Japs and 328 puppet soldiers, including 213 puppet soldiers captured."
"A total of 248 people of the Independent Regiment died, and 49 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. As long as the lightly wounded are not counted, they will not affect the battle."
"The casualties were mainly caused by the ambush of reinforcements in the county town. More than 300 Japanese and puppet troops were swallowed up in one go. This was the most successful battle of the Independence Regiment so far."
"Where are the seizures?" the regiment leader asked, staring at the political commissar.
Although the independent regiment has replaced its guns with cannons and is well-equipped, as the regiment leader, he will never disdain that he has too many weapons.
The Eighth Route Army's ideological mobilization ability is notoriously powerful. As long as it has a gun, I will definitely be able to find an owner for it. By then, the independent regiment will develop into a well-known reinforced regiment.
The political commissar saw the regimental leader's little thoughts at a glance and quickly replied: "Excluding the ones the Japanese blew up before they died, we seized a total of three heavy machine guns, five mortars, 10 light machine guns, 314 rifles, and various bullets.
More than 100,000 rounds, 428 rounds of artillery shells.”
"Most of the ammunition was seized from the Tangjiazhuang stronghold. Because the troops pretended to be defeated and attacked the stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops inside were killed by us before they had time to blow up the ammunition depot. Therefore, all the ammunition that the Japanese had accumulated in the stronghold fell into our hands.
inside."
"That's great..." The leader jumped up from his chair with joy and shouted excitedly.
"With these equipment, not only can another battalion be formed after the battle, but the artillery platoon can also be expanded into an artillery battery. The heavy machine gun company will be more worthy of its name and will no longer be short of guns."
"I agree..." the political commissar agreed with a smile.
"I found that since the weapons and ammunition provided to us by the garrison regiment have been in place, the troops have been fighting much more smoothly. If this situation continues, it won't be long before the independent regiment develops into a well-known reinforced regiment."
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