This time Zheng Guorong learned the lesson and ran for 5 kilometers away from the road before turning towards the base area.
At two o'clock in the morning, Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and Cheng Xiazi commanded the troops and launched an attack on the position of the Japanese independent mixed 11th Brigade.
The Japanese army tried their best to block the attack, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Li Qiulin led the special forces team out of the hidden valley and headed towards the headquarters of the Japanese brigade. They had already seen the location of the headquarters during the day. They had discussed with Kong Jie, Ding Wei and others in advance that they would attract the Japanese army's attention. He led a special force to sneak attack on the Japanese army's brigade headquarters.
Li Qiulin and others swaggered towards the Japanese headquarters and met many Japanese soldiers on the way. However, at this time, their attention was attracted by the attacking Eighth Route Army outside. Moreover, they never dreamed that there would be an Eighth Route Army. The troops hid among them. Li Qiulin and others arrived at the Japanese brigade headquarters smoothly.
The Japanese army's headquarters was not located in the village, but about five hundred meters away from the village. The Japanese have already heard that in the Mawu Mountain base area, basically every village has a tunnel, and there are also militiamen in the tunnels. They did not dare to take risks and could only place the headquarters in the wild.
For the Li Qiulin people, this is a very advantageous fighting opportunity. It is much easier to deal with the Japanese who stay in the wild than to fight in the streets.
Li Qiulin and others saw many tents in front of them, with weak lights on in the tents. There were many Japanese guard posts around the tent, and several cars and other vehicles were parked.
He was certain that this was the headquarters of the Japanese brigade. He called several squad captains over and made combat deployments to them.
Since the special forces members and the Japanese soldiers all wore Huang Xiejun's military uniforms, in order to avoid accidental injuries, all the special forces members took off their hats and wrapped white towels around their left arms.
Nowadays, the battle is going on fiercely. It is very common for Japanese troops to pass by around the headquarters, and no one cares about them. It wasn't until the Japanese guard post saw the team walking directly in the direction of the headquarters that he stepped forward to intercept them and wanted to know the origins of these people.
At this time, we were only a few dozen meters away from the Japanese command post. Li Qiulin was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. He raised his hand and fired a shot, then shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
He brandished his shell gun, firing forward as he moved forward.
The special operations team members rushed forward with machine guns and shell guns, and they rushed over a distance of tens of meters in almost the blink of an eye.
The Japanese brigade commander and senior officers and staff in the headquarters never dreamed that the enemy would suddenly appear. They were caught off guard and were all annihilated before they had time to resist.
After Li Qiulin confirmed that the Japanese brigade commander had been killed and the brigade command structure had been completely destroyed, they quickly evacuated in order to avoid being besieged by the Japanese army.
The gunfire and explosions in the headquarters alerted nearby Japanese troops, who came to check.
Li Qiulin and others were mixed in with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army could not distinguish them at all. Soon after, they left the headquarters and returned to the place where they hid during the day. In order to prevent them from being accidentally injured by the Eighth Route Army outside, they decided to stay here and wait for the battle to end.
Of course, they did not forget to send a telegram to Xu Dalong, sending the news that the Japanese army's 11th independent mixed brigade headquarters had been destroyed.
Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and Cheng Xiazi received the telegram from Xu Dalong and conveyed the news that the Japanese command headquarters had been destroyed to every commander and fighter on the front line.
The morale of the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army was greatly boosted and they launched an all-out attack on the Japanese army. The Japanese army's command system was destroyed and fell into a state of chaos. They could only fight independently and were unable to mobilize their troops in time. Soon after, several defensive positions were breached. Various units of the Eighth Route Army continued to advance deeper into the Japanese defenses.
Just when the Eighth Route Army was besieging the Japanese independent mixed 11th Brigade, Zheng Guorong rushed on the road non-stop and finally arrived at the Eighth Route Army's base area.
The sentry of the Eighth Route Army saw Zheng Guorong and ordered him to dismount.
Zheng Guorong jumped off his horse and showed his identity to the sentries. His horse was exhausted from the long run and could no longer move forward.
The sentries took Zheng Guorong to their company headquarters. The company commander briefly asked about the situation, then picked up the phone and called the duty room of the military division. The duty officer heard the news from Zheng Guorong and immediately reported to Wang Limin.
Wang Limin and others are also paying close attention to the fighting situation around the base area. Neither he nor Zhao Gang has slept. After listening to the report of the duty officer, they were all surprised and hurried to the sand table to see where the Japanese troops appeared. They really couldn't imagine where such a large number of Japanese troops came from?
Wang Limin asked Zhao Gang to quickly send a telegram to Xu Dalong to inform him of the sudden situation, and he immediately organized troops to block the Japanese army.
At this time, except for the part of the troops led by Wang Chengzhu, the only people left at the location of the military division headquarters were the supplementary regiment of the independent brigade, which was directly under the brigade headquarters. The total number of people was only more than 1,000, and most of these people were new recruits. Either it is the logistics personnel, whose combat effectiveness is very weak.
But now Wang Limin had no troops to send, so he had to pull these troops up to stop the Japanese army for as long as he could.
After Zhao Gang finished sending the telegram to Xu Dalong, he came to him to discuss where to mobilize more troops to stop the Japanese army.
Zhao Gang suggested mobilizing Sun Desheng's rapid mobile troops. Wang Limin agreed and quickly sent a telegram to Sun Desheng, asking him to lead a rapid mobile force back to Guancheng County.
At this time, Sun Desheng was leading a fast mobile force to the west of the base area, and a regiment of the independent brigade was blocking the Japanese 110th Division. Although they are a fast mobile force, it will take at least three hours to get back to the Mawu Mountain base. Based on the intelligence provided by Zheng Guorong and the large number of vehicles owned by the Japanese army, Wang Limin judged that the Japanese army would approach Guancheng County in at most one hour.
The Japanese army has such a large force that it cannot count on Sun Desheng's fast mobile troops in a short time.
When Wang Limin was worrying about where to mobilize troops to stop the Japanese army, Zhao Gang suddenly remembered that there was a special warfare school outside the city, with more than 600 students there. Although these trainees have not graduated yet, they are the backbone of combat personnel drawn from various units of the Eighth Route Army. After a period of special warfare training, it can be said that their combat effectiveness is absolutely strong.
Don't underestimate the fact that they only have 600 people. Once they go into battle, they can completely defeat an ordinary Eighth Route Army regiment. These people are treasures sent by various troops. Zhao Gang would not be willing to transfer them unless he had to, but now he has no other choice but to reluctantly part with them.
The trainees who are training at the special warfare school know that a big war is going on around the base area, and they are all looking forward to participating in the war. Unfortunately, Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang are reluctant to part with these treasures, and they all feel very sorry. Now that we finally had a chance, everyone was very excited and immediately set off as a team.
Wang Limin was worried that these troops could not stop the Japanese attack, so he decided to rush to the front line with the only remaining guard company around him. These people don't have much effect, but they can also boost the morale of the officers and soldiers on the front line.
Just as he was about to set off, Wang Sanqiang made a suggestion. He said that there were many basic militiamen in the villages around Guancheng County, and there were also many trained workers and militiamen in the industrial and mining enterprises in the county. If these people could be organized and enter the county, , taking over the defensive positions of the remaining troops, the guard battalion under Wang Chengzhu can be replaced.
These two battalions are the New First Brigade and the Independent Brigade respectively. They are well-equipped and have the strongest combat effectiveness among the brigades. The number of each battalion has reached 800, and their combat effectiveness also exceeds that of an ordinary infantry regiment. With these two battalions of troops participating in the battle, it is completely certain to block the Japanese army for several hours.
Both Wang Limin and Zhao Gang thought this suggestion was good, and asked Wang Sanqiang to organize the basic militia in villages outside the city. Zhao Gang personally mobilized the industrial workers in the city to take up arms and join the battle.
Xu Dalong was also surprised when he received Zhao Gang's telegram. He also couldn't figure out where this Japanese army came from. The intelligence work of the Mawushan Military Division is very powerful, and the situation of various surrounding Japanese troops is under the surveillance of the intelligence brigade. This Japanese army can be sure that it is not in Shanxi, because no relevant information about them has been obtained.
Xu Dalong immediately sent a telegram to the commander and reported the situation to him.
After receiving the telegram, the commander immediately ordered Li Changshui to contact the underground party organization in Hebei to find out the origin of this Japanese army.
The chief of staff said with some worry: "Suddenly, a large number of Japanese troops appeared and were already close to Guancheng County. Do you want to give Xu Dalong a suggestion to temporarily stop the attack on the 11th independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army and mobilize troops to rush? Go back to Guancheng County."
The commander slowly shook his head and said: "There is no need. Xu Dalong has experienced hundreds of battles and is a very good commander. In this case, there is no need for us to interfere with his command. I believe he must Being able to come up with solutions to problems.”
The chief of staff nodded and said: "I also believe in Xu Dalong. He will definitely be able to overcome all difficulties and finally win this anti-mopping battle."
Faced with the unexpected situation, Xu Dalong thought for a moment and sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him to leave two regiments of troops to block the 32nd Division of the Japanese garrison and prevent them from reinforcing the independent 11th Brigade. Let Li Yunlong lead the other troops back to Guancheng County immediately.
Then Kong Jie and Ding Wei asked them to hurry up and kill the Japanese independent 11th Brigade and rush to Guancheng County.
Guancheng County.
After completing the militia mobilization work, Zhao Gang came to the airport outside the city. He told Bob and others that a large number of Japanese troops were about to attack Guancheng County, hoping that they could bomb the Japanese troops at night and assist The Eighth Route Army on the ground blocked the Japanese army.
Bob and others are all experienced pilots, so for them, this is not a problem.
Bob shouted excitedly: "Guys have work to do, haha."
The pilots are also very happy. If there is a battle, they will get bonuses, and if they fly at night, they will get even more bonuses. They moved quickly and got busy immediately.
Mechanic Dai Wei and the ground crew rushed to their respective posts to refuel the pilots and load ammunition. What they like most is to fight quickly. Although their bonuses are not as much as those of the pilots, they are still quite a lot.
Recently, David's wife wrote a letter saying that her daughter was planning to attend an aristocratic school and still had to pay the tuition. Now, the money problem was solved.
The 29th Regiment of the 15th Division, the vanguard of the Japanese 8th Division, arrived at the boundary of Guancheng County, but encountered a blockade by a company of the local Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese army had a huge force, and there were tank troops in front to clear the way. The Eighth Route Army soldiers of this company persisted for less than ten minutes before the Japanese army broke through the position. The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers had no time to retreat, and eventually all died heroically. The Japanese army continued to attack without stopping.
In a car, the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Division looked at the map with the help of the lights in the car and said to the division commander: "Your Excellency, division commander, the place where the vanguard troops exchanged fire with the enemy is only a few meters away from Guancheng County. We have traveled 22 kilometers and have not encountered any resistance from large groups of enemy troops. It seems that our operation was very successful!"
The commander of the Eighth Division was also very happy and said: "This time, more than 20,000 troops of our Eighth Division marched for a long distance. The enemy did not notice such a huge mobilization of troops. This can be called a miracle in the history of war. .It is destined that our Eighth Division will achieve greater glory."
At this point, the two guys and the adjutant sitting in the front passenger seat all had smiles on their faces.
The division commander said: "Order the troops to speed up their march. If the leading troops encounter a small group of enemy troops, do not get entangled with them. Go all out to capture Guancheng County."
"Hai." The adjutant responded and ordered the car to stop. He opened the door, got out of the car and went to convey the order.
The car stopped on the side of the road, waiting for the adjutant to finish conveying the order, and then continued on his way back. Soon the adjutant came back. He opened the car door and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, I just received the telegram from the vanguard." He handed over the telegram.
The chief of staff took the telegram, glanced at it and said, "Your Excellency, division commander, what is going on? Could it be that our actions have been exposed? The vanguard reported that they had been stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Army."
The division commander also felt a little confused and said: "It's impossible. Send a telegram to the front to inquire and find out the enemy's strength, so that the follow-up troops can follow immediately and quickly break through the enemy's defense line."
The Chief of Staff said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, no matter whether the enemy has received the intelligence in advance or not, since we have encountered a large group of Eighth Route Army's blockade, our actions must have been exposed, and I'm afraid enemy reinforcements are also on the way.
If we can't quickly break through the enemy's blockade and capture Guancheng County, we will be in big trouble. "
(End of chapter)
