Dongping Village Hunyuan Independent Camp Department.
After the telegram to the regiment headquarters was sent, He Jun stayed by the radio station and did not leave.
After finally staying up until eleven o'clock in the morning, the quiet radio station finally started to make some noise.
The telegraph operator spent ten minutes receiving and translating the message. While handing the telegraph board to He Jun, he reported: "Batalion Commander, the regiment headquarters is in urgent need of a telegram. Do you have a task for us?"
He Jun took the telegram and read the contents in half a minute. Then he strode to the map.
Instructor Tan Wensheng, deputy battalion commander, and several company and platoon commanders all stayed at the headquarters and did not leave.
Seeing the battalion commander approaching, a swarm of bees gathered around him, staring at him with gleaming eyes, waiting for him to speak.
"Comrades, the regiment leader ordered: Hunyuan Independent Battalion to open a communication channel with Datong Independent Battalion within three days." He Jun did not spoil everyone's interest and directly stated the contents of the telegram.
Then he turned his attention to the map and analyzed while looking at it: "There is a highway between us and the Datong Independent Battalion. It is a traffic artery controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops. There are three strongholds along the route, one large and two small, each other.
Ten kilometers apart, it was like a nail stuck between us and the Datong Independent Camp."
"If we want to capture them, we will definitely have to deploy heavy troops and artillery, which will inevitably attract the attention of the Datong Japanese and puppet troops."
"In order to avoid this happening, we and the Datong Independent Battalion have not dealt with them."
"Now that we have regimental orders, these worries are gone."
"Deputy Battalion Commander, please first introduce to everyone the specific distribution of the Japanese and puppet troops on this transportation thoroughfare. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle."
The deputy battalion commander quickly found out the information about these strongholds and pointed to the map to introduce them.
"The battalion commander said that this important traffic road lies between us and the Datong Independent Battalion."
"There are three strongholds along the line, with the large stronghold in the middle, which is stationed with a reinforced squadron of Japanese troops and a battalion of puppet troops, equipped with mortars and two infantry guns."
"Two small strongholds are located on both sides of the large stronghold. They are stationed respectively with a reinforced squad of Japanese troops and a company of puppet troops, equipped with two heavy machine guns and a mortar."
"There is also a medium-sized coal mine within 20 kilometers of the surrounding area. There is a mine protection team of more than 400 people formed by the Japanese. It is well-equipped, including not only heavy machine guns and mortars, but also four old mountain cannons that have been eliminated by the main force of the Japanese army.
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"Half of the escort team are veterans who have retired from the main Japanese army, and the remaining half are Koreans and so-called samurai. They have very strong combat effectiveness."
"Datong City is thirty kilometers away from the nearest small stronghold. The reinforcements can march to the battlefield in five hours."
"If transported by car, the reinforcements can reach the battlefield in an hour!"
The first company commander was the first to shout: "Batalion Commander, the total number of Japanese and puppet troops is less than 900. Our main force plus guerrillas have more than 1,500 people. This is nearly twice the strength advantage. I think this battle can be fought."
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Instructor Tan Wensheng seemed not optimistic, and reminded him worriedly: "You can fight, but you must make a good battle plan and think it through."
"Although we have the advantage in military strength, we are fighting a tough battle, which is much more difficult than other battles. A double advantage in strength is nothing."
He Jun suddenly interrupted: "Instructor, it is the regiment commander's order to open up this traffic artery. No matter how difficult it is, we must carry it out."
"It's really difficult to defeat the enemy if they hide in the stronghold. We can find a way to force them out to fight."
"There are more than 500 Japanese and puppet troops in the central stronghold. As long as we kill more than 200 people outside the stronghold, the remaining 300 people will be much easier to fight."
"I order: Each of the four main companies will dispatch two main platoons, a firepower platoon, and a reconnaissance squad to participate in the battle."
"The guard company, fire company, baggage company, reconnaissance platoon, and engineer platoon all participated in the battle."
"Start taking action tonight."
"First encircle the stronghold for reinforcements, kill some Japanese and puppet troops outside the stronghold, and then attack the stronghold."
At the headquarters of the Laishui Independent Regiment, Huang Wu, squad leader of the cavalry communications squad of the garrison communications platoon, just arrived here.
At this moment, he was standing in front of Chen Qingyu, the leader of the Laishui Independent Regiment, breathing heavily and thinking about how to answer the leader's question next.
Chen Qingyu has no doubts about Huang Wu's identity.
He was sent all the way to the second company from the garrison battalion controlled by the Yixian garrison regiment, and he was informed of important matters.
The letter he is reading was brought by Huang Wu.
Halfway through watching it, Chen Qingyu's face already showed a heartfelt expression of shock.
As he continued to read, excitement slowly flashed across his shocked face.
After reading it, he stared at Huang Wu seriously and asked: "Squad Leader Huang, your garrison really intends to exchange weapons and ammunition for the supplies on the list."
"Yes, Chief!" Huang Wu replied seriously.
"Before departure, our group leader repeatedly explained that supplies not marked on the list can only be exchanged for machine guns and their matching bullets."
"If the independent regiment can obtain the supplies marked on the list and successfully deliver them to the security battalion, they can exchange them for heavy machine guns and mortars."
"The more supplies you raise, the more weapons and ammunition you can exchange for them."
Seeing Huang Wu's repeated confirmation, Chen Qingyu finally believed that what he just saw was true.
I felt happy at that time, and then I forced myself to calm down and answered: "If we can really exchange supplies for the weapons and ammunition we urgently need, the independent regiment will definitely no longer have to worry about weapons and ammunition in the future."
"Squad Leader Huang, you go back immediately and tell Captain Li that the Laishui Independent Regiment will start collecting the supplies on the list immediately. Please rest assured."
Five hours later, all the battalion commanders of the Laishui Independent Regiment were summoned to the headquarters by Chen Qingyu. Something strange happened.
After the old regiment leader took away the main force of the regiment, several battalion commanders were temporarily promoted by Chen Qingyu from the remaining troops.
The shortages in the troops are either temporarily supplemented by captive soldiers, or soldiers and guerrillas drawn from local troops.
It took half a month to fully replenish the three main battalions.
The only thing that made Chen Qingyu happy was that the old regiment leader Zhou Tao left him enough weapons and ammunition before setting off.
In addition to the three main battalions, the newly formed Laishui Independent Regiment also used those weapons to form a guard company, a recruit company, an artillery company, a machine gun company, a cavalry company, and a reconnaissance platoon.
Just when Chen Qingyu led the newly formed independent regiment to strengthen training so that the troops could regain their strength as soon as possible.
The Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Laishui County didn't know where they got the news: they knew the fact that most of the troops in the independent regiment were new recruits.
He sent troops decisively, hoping to take advantage of the independent regiment when it was at its weakest.
The battle lasted for three days, and the Japanese and puppet troops were defeated and returned.
The newly formed independent regiment also suffered heavy losses.
It's easy to talk about the casualties of soldiers. Replenish some prisoners and recruit some new soldiers, and the gap can be filled in ten days at most.
The loss of weapons and ammunition is difficult.
During the counter-mopping up, the Independent Regiment failed to fight a battle of annihilation. Although a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were killed, the weapons and ammunition were all brought back to the county by the retreating troops.
Therefore, the independent regiment will only suffer losses in this battle, without replenishment.
After a counter-mopping operation, almost two-thirds of the ammunition left by Zhou Tao was used up.
The remaining one-third of the ammunition is only enough for the entire regiment to fight a medium-sized battle.
If the Japanese and puppet troops were heavily raided, the independent regiment would definitely return to before liberation overnight and retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas with the Japanese and bayonets.
During this period, in addition to urging the troops to strengthen training and use strong combat effectiveness to make up for the low ammunition, Chen Qingyu did the most he could do was to find ways to increase the troops' ammunition reserves.
At this time, Li Hao proposed to exchange weapons and ammunition for supplies. For Chen Qingyu, it was like giving timely help, and it was difficult not to be happy about it.
In order to see the ammunition as soon as possible, Chen Qingyu wanted to continue the task of collecting supplies as soon as Huang Wu left.
If the supplies are delivered to the garrison battalion as early as possible, the garrison regiment will be able to receive the ammunition that is in short supply for the troops earlier.
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