It's early April.
Dark clouds were threatening to destroy the city. Knowing that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale raid on the base area in Yangquan, the atmosphere in the base area of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army became heavy.
The Enemy Engineering Department of the Independent Regiment, led by Wang An, the Minister of Enemy Engineering Department, always monitored every move of the Japanese army in Yangquan.
The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army also set up its posture and was fully prepared to face the enemy.
Independent regiment.
station.
Logically speaking, the heaviest burden for this approaching battle falls entirely on Kong Jie, the regiment leader. However, on the surface, the calmest person in the entire regiment is probably Commander Kong.
There is no other reason. In this regard, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have quite the same views.
On the eve of the war, all the soldiers in the regiment were staring at the leader!
If you, the regiment leader, panic in advance, the soldiers will have no backbone. How can we fight this battle?
Therefore, no matter how much pressure there is, the leader of the regiment must hold back and set an example for the entire regiment.
In the morning, the regiment leader Kong Jie took the monk around and wandered around the base to see the development of the armory and the newly-launched artillery battery.
Now there are two artillery companies directly under the independent regiment.
One is the artillery battery led by Wang Chengzhu.
The other is a new artillery company raised by the original artillery company deputy commander Howitzer.
Zhuzhu is now competing with the howitzer. The two of them are trying their best to bring out their own cannons and make a difference in the battle.
The artillery company led by veteran artillery company commander Wang Chengzhu now has three Type 92 infantry guns, plus two 82mm mortars, which are the main artillery.
The artillery company led by the new artillery company commander Howitzer has three 75mm mountain guns, plus two 82mm mortars, which are the main artillery.
In addition, there are a certain number of fifty-millimeter mortars, grenade launchers, and even the latest explosive-pack projectile launchers and projectiles produced by the repair shop.
In the previous military meeting to deal with the large-scale mopping up of the Japanese army, the two artillery company commanders were tit for tat. No one gave in and both wanted to fight.
In the end, Kong Jie said that there was a place for them all. This time, the Japanese army happened to be divided into two routes. Two artillery batteries, one of which would not be left behind, each artillery battery supported one route.
After leaving the artillery company, Kong Jie suggested: "Monk, go to the newly reclaimed land and see the precious potatoes of our independent regiment!"
"Yes!" the monk responded.
The two went hand in hand and soon arrived at the place. February is the right time to plant potatoes in Shanxi. The potato tubers have been growing for more than a month now.
The plants have already broken through the ground. At first glance, they are green and strong.
"Hehe, leader, looking at the growth, I estimate that once this batch of potatoes is harvested, our independent group will have enough potatoes to eat."
Kong Jie said: "Monk, do you like potatoes?"
The monk nodded, "I like it. These potatoes are delicious whether they are boiled, steamed or fried!"
"Okay, I'll go back and tell the cooking team that the few taels of meat that you, monk, have more than others in every meal, will be replaced with potatoes." Kong Jie said with adult beauty.
"No! Leader, although I like to eat potatoes, if you really want to compare with meat, I would definitely choose meat!"
Kong Jie said happily: "After all, you have been a monk in the Shaolin Temple for ten years. You have really forgotten all the temple rules and regulations."
The monk clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Master said, meat and wine pass through the intestines and stay in the heart of the Buddha. The reason for eating meat is to have the strength to kill the devils, and to kill the devils is to save the world. It is not an exaggeration to have a Bodhisattva heart!"
Kong Jie: "..."
"Monk, when did you learn to be a Zhihu Zhihu?"
The monk laughed and said: "Captain, I have been learning culture from Instructor Li recently!"
It turns out I learned it from Li Wenjie, no wonder.
Chang Nian said, "Monks are not scary, but I am afraid that monks are educated."
Whatever the monk did now, he always had a set of reasons. Occasionally, he could even explain it, leaving Kong Jie speechless.
Kong Jie sometimes couldn't help but wonder, was he right or wrong in teaching a monk with sharp edges and a straightforward personality to become what he is now?
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Back in front of him, looking at the large fields full of potato plants, Kong Jie sighed: "Why can't every household have enough to eat in the famine years? It's not easy to grow some crops, but they are either destroyed by wars or by soldiers and bandits. It's a disaster.
The same situation is true in our base area. If the potatoes we finally grew are destroyed by the enemy because the base area is lost, the success will be in vain. "
The monk said: "Don't worry, captain, we will definitely beat up the little Japs to their heart's content this time. I am afraid that the Japs won't even be able to enter the entrance of our base area."
Kong Jie said happily: "Are you feeling elated or devastated?"
"Xinhua... Luohua..." The monk scratched his head, "Captain, don't these two mean the same thing?"
"..."
Kong Jie smiled and scolded: "Monk, it seems that you have to pay more attention to your progress in learning culture."
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Early morning on the 8th.
When the sky is still bright and bright.
The Japanese troops that had been deployed in Yangquan for many days almost came out in full force.
Ishii Haraichi, captain of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, led the Ishii regiment to officially set off from Yangquan.
And on the night of the seventh day.
A piece of urgent intelligence came from within the Yangquan puppet army. After being circulated in various ways in the county, at a hidden location near the city gate, someone wrapped the intelligence document on a stone and threw it fiercely over the several-meter-high city wall. Throwing it out of the city, someone outside the city responded and got the information.
Around four o'clock in the morning.
This urgent intelligence document arrived at the independent regiment headquarters.
"The Japanese army will be dispatched at around five o'clock in the morning. The troops will be divided into two groups to attack the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang. More than 2,000 puppet troops will change their military uniforms with the Japanese army and put on disguises."
That's all for this urgent tip.
Wang An brought the note. After Kong Jie finished reading it, he put down the note and turned to the monk and said: "Monk, please order the communications troops to summon all battalion commanders and instructors to the regiment headquarters for a meeting immediately."
"yes!"
At the meeting, Kong Jie took out the information newspaper and the battalion commanders and instructors circulated it and read it.
The commander of the first battalion, Wang Leihu, breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes full of fighting spirit, "Captain, this naughty little devil has really been too slow. He has been delaying until now before he is ready to take action."
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan said: "Commander, if you put it this way, now we can basically confirm that the Japanese army put their main attack point in the West Village. They are quite cunning and deliberately let the puppet troops and some Japanese troops switch their uniforms." , to confuse our judgment."
The third battalion commander Wang Huaibao looked at Wang An and asked: "Minister Wang, is this information reliable? I am not asking about the reliability of the intelligence station, but about the comrade who sent this information. What can be obtained from within the enemy?" Is the information accurate?"
Wang An replied: "There should be no mistake. The source of the intelligence this time is a platoon leader of the pseudo-legion who followed the Ishii unit in the attack.
According to what he revealed, this time the Japanese dispatched a regiment, the Ishii regiment. The commander of the regiment was Ishii Haraichi, an old Japanese soldier who had experienced hundreds of battles.
This old devil came up with a trick to have the puppet army exchange uniforms with the Japanese army and pretend to be elite.
So that we can make the misjudgment that the Japanese's main attack point is Zhangjiazhuang. "
Wang Leihu said: "This little devil is indeed cunning. If your enemy's Ministry of Industry hadn't sent the news in advance, we might have been deceived by the devil."
Wang An frowned and suggested to Kong Jie:
"Captain, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the intelligence sent by the enemy's Ministry of Industry can be used as a reference. However, we cannot completely believe it. I still suggest that we investigate along the way to determine the authenticity of the intelligence."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "You are determined, and you should do this."
"In this way, we will make a rough deployment of troops for the time being. In order to deal with the Japanese army's primary and secondary attack routes and the Japanese army's main attack points, we will dispatch three veteran battalions, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion.
In response to the Japanese army's secondary attack point, two battalions, the fourth battalion and the fifth battalion were dispatched. "
"Once it was confirmed that the Japanese army was indeed mainly attacking Xicun and attacking Zhangjiazhuang, the two front lines of combat troops were immediately ready to set off and began to lure the wolf."
"yes!"
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Taiyuan City.
With a look of certainty of victory, the Japanese commander led the Ishii regiment and the Imperial Association Corps to leave Taiyuan City and continue to move forward.
On the previous two kilometers of road, all the troops were together. It was not until two kilometers later that they reached the fork in the road and the troops were divided into two groups, heading to West Village and Zhangjiazhuang respectively.
Along the way, the comrades of the enemy's engineering department of the Independent Regiment who were lurking inside the enemy's army secretly rejoiced in their hearts. Fortunately, the news was passed on in advance. The regiment leader and others should have known that the Japanese army was going to attack Xicun mainly and attack Zhangjiazhuang from the rear.
In this way, with early response, the base area will be safe this time.
Soon, the team reached a bifurcation and needed to split into two groups. Who would have thought that Ishii Haraichi suddenly ordered about 2,000 soldiers of the Imperial Association Corps to take off their Japanese military uniforms and put them back into their own uniforms.
The puppet soldiers were in a daze and couldn't help complaining, why did they have to change this?
As for their own clothes, they have been carrying them in their luggage according to the orders above, and they can only take them out and put them on again according to the orders.
The comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the puppet army camp were thinking very fast. When they changed back into the puppet army uniforms, they felt a thump in their hearts.
not good!
This little devil suddenly asked to change his military uniform, which is probably a scam!
Then, Ishii Haraichi issued a second order. The team that was originally going to be sent to the West Village was actually directly switched with the team that was going to be sent to Zhangjiazhuang.
Originally a team of 3,000 people, including 2,000 Japanese soldiers wearing puppet military uniforms, set off directly towards the West Village. On the surface, there were 1,000 elite Japanese soldiers.
On the other side, a team of 500 people, plus 2,000 puppet troops wearing Japanese military uniforms, set off towards Zhangjiazhuang. On the surface, there were 2,500 elite Japanese troops.
It seems to focus on attacking Zhangjiazhuang.
This is also a superficial illusion made by the Japanese in order to actually attack Xicun and attack Zhangjiazhuang.
But with such a sudden change in front of them, 2,000 Japanese and puppet soldiers changed their uniforms back again.
Then 500 Japanese troops, plus 2,000 puppet troops, set off towards West Village.
Another 3,000 Japanese troops set off directly towards Zhangjiazhuang.
If we look at this from the outside, the Japanese are clearly planning to attack Zhangjiazhuang and pretend to attack Xicun.
But what's worse now is that comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry have passed the information back and told the regiment leader Kong Jie that the Japanese are actually attacking Xicun and attacking Zhangjiazhuang from behind. They also said that a large number of Japanese and puppet troops have changed their military uniforms.
Then when these two troops appeared in the sight of the Eighth Route Army reconnaissance team.
According to the information passed back by the enemy's Ministry of Industry.
The attack on Xicun was ostensibly 500 Japanese, plus 2,000 puppet troops.
But the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will definitely understand that these 2,000 puppet soldiers are actually Japanese soldiers who have changed into puppet army uniforms. These are 2,500 Japanese soldiers.
It is to actually attack the West Village.
On the other hand, there were 3,000 Japanese troops attacking Zhangjiazhuang. However, according to the information sent back by the enemy's Ministry of Industry, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army would probably believe that 2,000 of the Japanese soldiers were puppet soldiers wearing Japanese military uniforms.
So according to the judgment of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment on the elite combat strength of the Japanese army, there were only 1,000 elite Japanese troops attacking Zhangjiazhuang Road, and 2,500 elite troops attacking Xicun Road.
It is clear that the main point of attack is on Nishimura.
Not only that, what the comrades of the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the puppet camp did not know was that most of the 3,000 Japanese who attacked Zhangjiazhuang were old Japanese.
As for the 500 Japanese soldiers who attacked Nishimura, there were many new recruits.
From the beginning, Ishiihara concentrated all the main forces of his alliance on Zhangjiazhuang Road.
so……
It's a trap!
The enemy soldiers lurking in the team suddenly came to their senses, and their expressions changed slightly. Fortunately, it was still bright and bright, so their expressions were not exposed.
This is definitely a trick of the Japanese. All the previous arrangements were designed to confuse the opponent's judgment.
Now, the regiment headquarters was able to judge the correct situation based on the surface and communicated it in advance through the enemy engineering department, but it was going to be interfered with.
"No, we have to find a way to get the news out quickly!"
Several soldiers from the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the team secretly said.
"Listen up, the Imperial Association Army's team is based on each platoon. The squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander have all given me a good look at the team. If there is a laggard in the middle, you officers who are the commanders will directly follow the military law. Disposal."
Ishii Haraichi's latest order was issued, and the Imperial Alliance Army was stunned.
The soldiers from the enemy's Ministry of Industry lurking in the dark secretly thought that the Japanese were wary of their own group!
It seems that the little devil doesn't trust the Imperial Alliance Army either.
It was getting a little brighter now.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass the news back now. I can't get away now and there's no time.
...Captain, something has happened, we have fallen into a trap, you must discover the devil's trick in time, and don't be paralyzed in your judgment!
The soldiers of the Enemy Ministry of Industry are now powerless and can only pray secretly in their hearts.
Ishii Haraichi walked with the team. He was not in the front row of the team. That position was not safe. Ishii Haraichi, who was always cautious, arranged his army headquarters in the front row of the team.
Before the division of troops was approaching, Ishii Haraichi finally gave the Japanese captain who led 500 Japanese soldiers and 2,000 puppet troops, saying: "Remember, now, according to the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, these 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers are actually 2000 imperial elites.
So after setting out on the road, you have to urge these 2,000 soldiers of the Imperial Association Army to coordinate their steps and get out of the momentum of our imperial troops. You should make those Eighth Route Army soldiers, after secret investigation, feel that this is not like 2,000 Imperial Army soldiers, but indeed it is. 2,000 imperial elites.
In addition, our 500 imperial soldiers were placed in the front row, and heavy weapons and other equipment were moved from the team to the front row to confuse the judgment of the Eighth Route Army scouts. "
"Hi!" the Japanese captain responded.
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