Since Yoshio Shinozuka took charge of Shanxi, he has been promoting long-term security. The most important thing is the stability of security in the occupied areas of Shanxi. The current sweep of the Eighth Route Army cannot lead to turmoil in the rear.
The independent regiment took the lead in breaking out of the mopping up encirclement, and was so rampant that it directly attacked Yangquan and other counties where the Japanese troops were in the rear. This happened beyond the expectations of the Japanese.
What shocked the Japanese army even more was the speed with which this independent regiment attacked the city.
Yangquan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, did not last for an hour before the city gate was breached.
I really don’t know how these Eighth Route Army soldiers did it.
Yoshio Shinozuka could not sit still and ordered the troops to sweep away the Taihang area, and immediately mobilized troops to return to Yangquan and other counties that were being raided by the Eighth Route Army.
At the same time, it was near the base of the Independent Regiment. .
The Ishii regiment and Yamaguchi Shubei's troops advanced slowly from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and suffered heavy losses.
Picking the soft persimmon first, Ishii Haraichi and Yamaguchi Shubei saw that the situation was not right.
It was probably unrealistic to attack by force from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. The two immediately divided their follow-up troops into multiple groups and first besieged other villages around the independent regiment's base area.
When the Japanese army dealt with these outlying villages, many amazing stories happened:
Longwo Village.
Only five comrades from the local district team were left behind, plus more than 20 militia comrades.
Although these comrades were not many in number and were not regular soldiers of the independent regiment, each of them performed very bravely in this anti-mopping battle.
Before the Japanese entered the village, comrades from the district team and comrades from the militia team used guerrilla warfare in the wild to drag the Japanese and puppet troops along.
After the Japanese and puppet troops officially entered Longwo Village, they used the mine warfare in the village and some tunnels dug in advance to fight tunnel warfare.
The militia comrades, equipped with a batch of shotguns issued by the independent regiment, attacked the Japanese and puppet troops at close range. The bullets hit like splashing ink. Five or six Japanese soldiers came up to them, and they were able to injure them all at once.
In the end, the advancing Japanese and puppet troops did occupy Longwo Village, but at the cost of more than 200 casualties. Among them, more than 50 Japanese were killed, more than 20 puppet troops were killed, and more than 100 enemies were injured.
A small Longwo Village, with only a few dozen households in the village, caused so many casualties to the Japanese.
When the news reached Ishii Yuanichi's ears, Ishii Yuanichi couldn't help but shudder. He always felt that the villages near the independent regiment's base did not look like villages, but like hell.
Dingjiaying.
A squadron of Japanese soldiers swept all the way and finally set fire to Dingjiaying. Not a single person was seen in the entire village. In the village, Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers did not seize even a grain of grain.
But even this village where no one existed was full of traps. The Japs from this squadron only got halfway through the village when they suffered nearly one-third casualties.
Along the way, there are all kinds of mines and traps everywhere.
In the end, the frightened Japanese squadron quickly retreated from the middle of the village and set fire to the entire Ding family camp.
Because of the burning fire, the Japanese squadron was blocked outside the village and waited for several hours. After the fire was extinguished, it repassed the village and continued its sweep.
Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village.
The two small outlying villages that Kong Jie visited personally had only five or six militiamen in total.
Kong Jie still remembered the names of the three militia comrades in Xiaonan Village: Chen Xiaomin, Luo Siwa, and Zheng Gui.
Before the Japanese raided the village, the villagers of Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village had been safely evacuated long ago. But how could these passionate militia comrades watch the villages where they had lived for generations being persecuted by the Japanese?
So he stayed in the village to finally stop the Japanese army.
Comrades Sanmin used guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare in mountainous areas with great proficiency.
The three men led more than a hundred Japanese soldiers in circles in the mountains.
Later, he even came up with the trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone, and borrowing a Japanese soldier's hand to kill a young Japanese soldier.
What's going on?
It turned out that these three militia comrades lured the pursuing Japanese and puppet troops all the way, and deliberately lured this Japanese and puppet army to the vicinity of another group of Japanese and puppet troops who were sweeping over, and allowed the two Japanese and puppet troops to pass through A mountainside rush.
The Japanese and puppet troops across the mountain did not notice each other, and they were all attacked by firepower from the opposite side. They thought they were encountering the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The two sides fought more and more fiercely, and they wondered at the same time how the other side was exclusively the weapon of the imperial army. ?
It wasn't until later that a Japanese sentry went around to check in advance. It didn't matter. It turned out that the one he was beating was one of his own.
The misunderstanding was finally resolved, but the two sides fought fiercely and used grenade shells against the two Japanese and puppet troops across the hillside, resulting in more than a hundred casualties.
The stupid Japanese and puppet soldiers were fooled around by three militia comrades.
Such anti-mopping up deeds can be considered legendary.
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The situation of the raids in the surrounding villages soon reached the ears of Ishii Haraichi and Yamaguchi Shube.
"Obviously, these peripheral villages are not the focus of defense for the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. They have concentrated their main forces in the Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village areas, but there are also militia troops left in the peripheral villages for certain defense."
Ishii Haraichi analyzed the specific situation, his expression was not good-looking.
"But even such a peripheral village has caused a lot of casualties to our empire's troops. It is really unforgivable!"
Amid the anger, the communications soldier rushed over in panic to report:
"Reporting to your Excellency, the brigade commander, news came from various bases in the rear that they were attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is news from Yangquan that we were attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
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"Reporting to your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the main gate of Yangquan has been breached by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the commander sent an order for our troops to immediately send troops back to Yangquan to assist!"
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News came one after another, becoming more urgent and worse each time. Ishii Haraichi was shocked and stunned at the beginning, and now he is dumbfounded.
"This is absolutely impossible. The Eighth Route Army troops are being besieged by our troops. Where did their main force suddenly appear in our rear?"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, according to the news coming back from the county, it seems that they are the main force of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
"Independent group? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
The angry Ishii Haraichi even cursed.
He was unwilling to admit that he could not quickly break through the defenses of Yangcun and Zhangjiazhuang.
He was even more unwilling to admit that the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army that defended the village he had led for so long was not the main force.
But what is going on? How could the main force of the Independent Regiment, which was clearly surrounded by him, appear in the rear area of Yangquan?
At this moment, Yamaguchi Shubei couldn't bear to think about the reason. This time, he and the Ishii regiment joined forces to deal with the independent regiment. As a result, the main force of the independent regiment slipped to the rear under his nose.
It's a huge shame.
If this continues, the failure of this large-scale sweep will be caused by his independent fourth mixed brigade.
The Eighth Route Army must be dealt with, but the county seat in the rear area cannot be lost.
After receiving the order from the headquarters, Shankou Shubian did not dare to delay, and immediately dispatched a brigade of troops to return reinforcements in the direction of Yangquan County.
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West Village.
The roar of the Japs' Type 97 medium tank engine spread far away. The gun barrel was inserted deeply into the pit. The entire tank's tracks turned sideways and kept turning, but it could never reach the bottom. It was just like that. Embarrassingly stuck in a trap pit.
Not far away, the soldiers were overjoyed and said, "Batalion Commander, we have captured the tank."
The Japanese captain of the chariot squad was in a daze.
When the tank came here, deep trenches appeared on both sides. In order to prevent the tank from falling into the trench, the tank pushed forward along the dirt road in the center. Several soldiers were walking in front of the tank, and they were all in peace. Nothing happened, but after the tank drove over, it fell directly into a deep pit.
These Eighth Route Army troops are really cunning.
"beat!"
The Japs' follow-up troops wanted to rescue the tank, and even wanted to use ropes to pull out the tank that had fallen into the pit with another tank. However, the fourth battalion commander would not give these Japs a chance and immediately gave the order to open fire.
Niukou Village.
Independent regiment, regimental headquarters.
"Reporting to the head of the regiment, news came from the Fourth Battalion that in the direction of Xicun, our comrades made a Japanese tank fall into a trap pit smoothly."
Kong Jie nodded, turned to Shen Wenyue and said, "Our Eighth Route Army is far inferior to the National Army's equipment and does not have anti-tank weapons on hand. If the devil's tanks come over, we can only use these crude methods to dig deep pits in advance. Trap the Japanese tanks."
Shen Wenyue said: "The Japanese tanks are very powerful. Are these homespun methods really practical?"
Kong Jie said: "It's better than just sitting around and waiting to die."
While the two were talking, the correspondent received the latest situation from the direction of Yangquan through the radio. He immediately stood up and reported to Kong Jiehui with joy on his face: "Reporting to the head of the regiment, good news, the commanders of the first battalion, the second battalion and the third battalion. They have grown up, successfully reached the Japanese rear area, and have now conquered Yangquan."
"Great fight!" Kong Jie said.
Shen Wenyue on the side was in a daze, and the pen that was originally recording in the notebook stopped subconsciously.
"Hit the Japanese rear?"
Kong Jie laughed and said: "We, the Eighth Route Army, are not easy to bully. The Japs are carrying out a large-scale sweep and are attacking us at the door. Why can't we attack the Japs at the door of their house?"
Isn't Reporter Shen curious where the rest of the troops of our independent regiment have been arranged? Now you should understand that just before the main force of the Japanese army encircled us, the main force of our independent regiment had already broken out and took advantage of the empty strength of the Japanese army in the rear to attack directly. "
Shen Wenyue, who suddenly came back to his senses, said in shock: "Oh my god! Commander Kong, is this kind of tactics of removing fuel from the bottom of the cauldron also a common anti-mopping tactic of your Eighth Route Army?"
Kong Jie said: "There are no absolute tactics, only flexible applications, just like the tactics in front of us. It may work well this time, but in the future everyone will know it, but it may not work again."
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When the news reached the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong had already personally led the first battalion and rushed out again.
"What, Yangquan was taken down by that kid Lao Kong!!!"
Li Yunlong was dumbfounded on the spot after hearing the news.
"Damn it, I easily broke through the siege of the Japanese army. I thought it was good at first, but now I am nothing compared to that old Kong."
"Lao Kong, this kid is so cruel. He's just trying to change his family with the little devil!"
"Captain, what should we do now? Should we fight back again or..." asked the first battalion commander Zhang Dabiao.
The First Battalion was the absolute main force of the New Second Regiment. Li Yunlong was partial. When he led the New First Regiment, he equipped the First Battalion with most of the elite equipment.
Now that we are in the new second group, it is still the same.
The firepower configuration of the first battalion is much higher than that of the second and third battalions, and machine guns and grenade launchers can even be equipped to squad-level combat units.
When Zhang Dabiao led a battalion to rush out suddenly, it was like a sharp knife, directly tearing a big gap in the Japanese brigade's defense.
The Japanese troops in the blockade were stunned by the firepower of the first battalion.
"Kill him back. Kill him back now. He's just a melon and a jujube. We, Lao Li, don't look down on him. We can't do business at a loss."
"In this way, Da Biao, Lao Kong and that kid have already reached Yangquan, and we can't fall behind. Fight towards Yangquan County, and first clear out the remaining counties, towns, and strongholds around the Japs, and then support the independent regiment in An attack from the enemy’s rear.”
Li Yunlong, who had fully understood the essence of the house-changing tactic, issued the order.
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao responded excitedly.
As for the subsequent defense of the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong was very relieved and left it to the Second and Third Battalions and political commissar Zhao Gang.
The Japanese brigade that besieged the New Second Regiment had been crippled by the first battalion's back-and-forth assaults. The Japanese had now lost the energy to capture the New Second Regiment.
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New group.
Ding Wei couldn't help but chuckle when he learned that Kong Jie's independent regiment broke through the Japanese blockade, hit the Japanese rear area directly, and captured Yangquan.
First Battalion Commander Sun Zhenguo was very emotional, "Commander, Commander Kong is so awesome. I heard that their independent regiment did a good job in anti-mopping up defense operations. I thought it was Commander Kong who deployed the main force in the defense of the villages." During the battle, who would have known that they would turn around and hit the enemy's rear area instead."
Ding Wei said with a smile: "Lao Kong has a big business now. After the battle with the Ishii Regiment, I heard that the Independence Regiment captured many puppet soldiers. Now the entire regiment has more than 4,000 troops. He has this capital."
"But having said that, Lao Kong's move is indeed bold."
"If the Japanese are determined to capture the base of his independent regiment and ignore Yangquan in the rear, his independent regiment will probably be in trouble."
Sun Zhenguo smiled and said: "Captain, what's the trouble? The worst we can do is lose the base area to the Japanese. This is a tactic of changing families. Commander Kong and the others can't suffer the loss."
Ding Wei said: "That's the truth. It seems that our Eighth Route Army's anti-mopping operations have been played with new tricks by Lao Kong!"
"Maybe this tactic of changing names may even become a new wave of our counter-mopping up in the future."
"Captain, I heard that after Commander Li's battalion broke out, they also went straight to Yangquan to fight. Are we going to join in the fun?" Sun Zhenguo asked.
Ding Wei thought for a while, shook his head, and said with a smile: "We can't be useless and just play with what's left of Lao Kong's game. If we rush over now, the day lilies are cold and we can't even drink the soup.
In this way, we try our best to hold back the Japanese troops attacking our new regiment, and then find a way to ambush the Japanese troops on their way back to Yangquan. This can be regarded as indirectly supporting Lao Li and Lao Kong.
Not to mention the favors from Lao Li and Lao Kong, the key is that we also have meat to eat. "
"Hey, Captain, you still understand." Sun Zhenguo responded with a smile.
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