"Commander, Commander Yang of the Fourth Battalion reported that he has asked the Eleventh Company to replace the Tenth Company..." Chief of Staff Li Wensheng reported happily.
"There were 49 soldiers left in the company, but they held their position and severely damaged the two attacking forces of the Japanese and puppet troops, wiping out three to four hundred Japanese puppet troops one after another..."
"This battle is enough to prove that anti-bomb holes can reduce the casualties of blocking troops in shelling, help us weaken the enemy's artillery advantage and defend our position when the enemy is strong and we are weak..."
"We should report it to the headquarters immediately..."
“After the counter-mopping up begins, there will definitely be many troops receiving orders to block the Japanese and puppet troops and defend their positions... If we have the help of sharp weapons such as gun holes and earthen bunkers, our troops will definitely get twice the result with half the effort and the casualties will be much smaller. "
Kong Jie understood the truth in his heart: "Comrade Huang Yu is really a blessed general of our independent group..."
"Two random ideas have brought us so much benefit..."
"I'll send a telegram to headquarters now!"
"Tell Fourth Battalion Commander Yang Wanhe that if they block another attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, we will start a counterattack, kill all the little Japanese who attack us in front of the formation, and break out of the encirclement..."
"After the troops break through, the first battalion takes the lead, the assault company, the second battalion, the fourth battalion, the recruit battalion, the guard battalion, and other troops directly under the regiment, and then follows up, with the third battalion in the rear..."
After the counter-sweep began, the headquarters agencies began to move, but the headquarters where the boss was located did not move.
As a rule, the boss is the last to be transferred, and today is no exception.
Battle reports and enemy information from the front lines are still continuously collected here for the boss's reference, and then the most accurate combat orders are issued based on these battle reports.
"Boss, there is news about Kong Jie..." the deputy chief of staff rushed into the war room and reported excitedly.
"With one company of troops, the Independent Regiment withstood the continuous attacks of Japanese aircraft and artillery, killing and wounding three to four hundred little Japanese. They decided to repulse another attack by the Japanese and puppet troops before starting a counterattack!"
"Kong Jie also said that the anti-gun caves and bunkers proposed by Comrade Huang Yu were very useful in the blocking battle. They completely withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of Japanese aircraft and artillery, and minimized the casualties of the blocking troops in the artillery strikes! "
"I hope we can promote anti-gun holes and earth bunkers throughout the army...to improve the ability of each unit to fight positional warfare against the Japs!"
"Okay... Kong Jie has proven to us the role of anti-gun holes and earthen forts in actual combat, so we will have no pressure in our subsequent promotion!"
"If you do this, you must let all the main troops learn this fighting method as soon as possible..."
"Comrade Huang Yu of the Independent Regiment once again impressed me... various ideas came one after another, and they were all very useful. It made me want to cut open his head and study it carefully."
"When the counter-mopping up is over, I will definitely reward him!"
"Call Kong Jie back immediately: The independent regiment does not need to ask for instructions for their next actions... In case of emergency, they can act on their own initiative. I wish them a successful completion of the raid mission..."
At the headquarters of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade in Yangquan, Major General Miyazawa also received news that the attack of the central mopping up troops had been frustrated.
There were more than 1,500 troops attacking Wangqiling Village. The Imperial Association Army only accounted for less than 400 troops. The rest were all Japanese field troops reinforced from the front line. Their combat effectiveness was very powerful.
Such a force was supposed to be unstoppable under the cover of aircraft and penetrate directly into the hinterland of the independent regiment's base. Instead, it was blocked by the independent regiment at Niutoushan for two full hours. It was embarrassing to say it.
"General, I think Wangqiling Village is the direction for the independent regiment to break out!" Lieutenant Colonel Harada put forward his own ideas after reading the battle report.
"They first used blockades to consume a lot of the strength of the mopping up troops... and then suddenly launched a counterattack when the time was right. They captured our mopping up troops with lightning speed and took the opportunity to break out of the blockade!"
"We should immediately mobilize troops from the left and right mopping up troops to reinforce the middle mopping up troops..."
"Although Lieutenant Colonel Kagawa hides a large ambush behind him, if the independent regiment attacks with all their strength and our reinforcements fail to arrive in time, they will still have a high chance of breaking through the ambush pocket formation!"
"Has there been any change in the Eighth Route Army lurking in Xigou and Xianfengling?" Major General Miyazawa suddenly asked.
Lieutenant Colonel Harada shook his head and replied: "Our reconnaissance troops and intelligence personnel have been watching nearby, and there has been no movement at the moment!"
"Then our left and right sweep forces must not be moved..." Major General Miyazawa expressed his thoughts.
"Previous investigations showed that the main force of the Independent Regiment is all lurking in Xigou or Xianfengling, and the one stationed at Niutoushan is only a small force!"
"Lieutenant Colonel Kagawa also said in the battle report that although they were blocked by the Eighth Route Army, there were only one or two companies of the Eighth Route Army that blocked them. This also proves that our previous judgment was correct!"
"You rashly raided the troops from the left and right and mobilized troops to reinforce Lieutenant Commander Kagawa. What if you are fooled?"
Lieutenant Colonel Harada struggled to explain: "But the central mopping up force was strongly blocked by the independent group and did not move forward for two hours. This is also true..."
"If the independent group's real breakthrough point is Wangqiling Village, it will be easy to break through our blockade!"
"And the independent group doesn't know that we have deployed a pocket formation behind Lieutenant Colonel Kagawa. In the eyes of the independent group, it is definitely easier to break out from there than Xigou and Xianfengling."
"General, please consider carefully and immediately mobilize troops from both left and right to reinforce Lieutenant Commander Kagawa in case of emergency!"
If a person believes in something, he will not change it easily, nor will he be easily convinced by others.
Especially military commanders who are confident in their command abilities.
They have blind trust in their own judgment and will not be easily swayed by others.
Major General Miyazawa was such a person. He shook his head and replied: "My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours!"
"Even if the independent regiment didn't know that there was an ambush behind Lieutenant Colonel Kagawa, they would not have chosen to break out from Wangqiling Village!"
With that said, he walked to the sand table and analyzed: "Look at the terrain along this highway. If the independent regiment chooses to break out from Wangqiling Village, it must continue to move forward along the highway and continuously break through our two remaining blockades before it can break out of the encirclement. !”
"But at the same time, they also entered the Yangquan area!"
"For this big sweep, although we have drained all the mobile troops in the Yangquan area, the remaining troops are enough to defend all county towns, strongholds, and transportation arteries..."
"After the independent regiment experienced three breakthroughs, it will suffer heavy losses in terms of strength and equipment."
"Do you think they are still capable of breaking through and leaving Yangquan?"
"One more thing, if the independent regiment chooses to break out from Wangqiling, the entire breakout route will be on the plains, and there will be almost no mountainous areas where troops can hide..."
"If they are targeted by the aviation force, a devastating blow awaits them..."
"Do you think the independent group would choose such a risky path to break out?"
"If they break through from Xigou and Xianfengling, the combat pressure on the troops will obviously be much less."
"By breaking through our first blockade, you can enter the mountain area and avoid our aerial reconnaissance. The subsequent breakout will be much easier!"
Lieutenant Colonel Harada was almost convinced by Major General Miyazawa's analysis.
The father-in-law is right, and the mother-in-law is right, and the reasons given by Major General Miyazawa are equally impeccable!
But Lieutenant Colonel Harada still believed in his own judgment, and no one could convince anyone.
In the end, Major General Miyazawa decided to stand still.
Even if the Independent Regiment really decides to break out from Wangqiling Village, the ambush behind them will be able to stop them for several hours...
I will then mop up the troops from the left and right and mobilize the troops. I should be able to reach the battlefield in time by marching urgently.
"Weng buzzing... booming..."
The plane dived towards the ground with a huge roar, and the aerial bomb quickly broke away from the fuselage and hit the ground and exploded...
In less than twenty minutes, the Niutoushan blocking position was hit by more than twenty aerial bombs!
Several planes took their turn to bomb, and after the bombing was completed, the artillery continued...
As soon as the five minutes of artillery fire coverage ended, the third round of attack that Lieutenant Colonel Kagawa had high hopes for officially began.
The blocking position where some traces could be seen before has been completely razed to the ground, leaving only craters on the ground, burning logs, and the blasted corpses of soldiers...
Everyone felt that it was impossible for anyone alive to appear in the blocking position...
The result was quite different. When the Japanese and puppet offensive troops were still sixty or seventy meters away from the blocking position, the devastated blocking position once again erupted into intensive firefights.
More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, as if bullets were free, fired bullets desperately at the Japanese hiding behind the puppet troops.
Kong Jie observed the battlefield carefully and smiled when he saw a large amount of machine gun fire suddenly coming out of the blocking position.
More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, which meant that the 11th Company, which had just taken over the position, still had a lot of combat power, and it would definitely be no problem to repel the new round of Japanese and puppet attacks.
While watching, he asked: "Chief of Staff...are the artillery ready?"
"The artillery company, five mortar platoons, all locked on target..." Li Wensheng answered confidently.
"With an order from the headquarters, we will ensure that the first launch hits the target and cripples the Japanese artillery units as quickly as possible..."
"Where's the first battalion?" Kong Jie continued to ask!
"We have all moved to the flanks of the blocking position. As soon as our artillery counterattack began, we immediately entered the battle and combined the four battalions to launch a counterattack against the remaining Japanese and puppet troops!" Li Wensheng replied,
"Then we have everything ready and all we need is the east wind..." Kong Jie said.
"Inform the follow-up troops to prepare for a breakout immediately..."
"As soon as the battalion opens a breach, we will set off and cross the Japs' first blockade as quickly as possible!"
"The first battalion, as the vanguard of the whole regiment, must go wherever we go and kill all the little devils who want to intercept us..."
"After the troops crossed Wangqiling Village, they will march on the plains for the next sixty or seventy kilometers, and they may be targeted by Japanese planes at any time. This means that we must complete this section of the road before dawn tomorrow and enter the mountainous area..."
"Everyone must be prepared to march long distances with heavy loads..."
"We can only win this battle, not lose!"
"Otherwise the Japanese planes will definitely stare at us and blow up!"
