Niukou Village, regiment headquarters.
The regiment leader Kong Jie sat in command, waiting for the battle situation on the front line.
After the fighting around various nodes in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang gradually stopped, the news quickly spread to the regiment headquarters.
"Reporting to the leader, news came from the front. The ministries successfully laid down nodes and repelled several Japanese attacks. The Ishii regiment in Zhangjiazhuang and the Japanese independent fourth mixed brigade in West Village failed in their attacks and temporarily retreated to the mountainous highlands outside the village. According to Danger and perseverance.”
to around twelve noon.
The battle situation in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang is becoming more and more stable. The Japanese army has made up its mind to temporarily switch from offense to defense to conserve its strength and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
Next to the combat sand table at the regiment headquarters, Commander Kong was smoking a cigarette and puffing on the clouds while analyzing the battle situation on the sand table. The guard monk was accompanying him.
"Captain, if we block the junction between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the Japanese will not escape. We have completed the task of encircling the junction. The next step is to call for reinforcements."
Kong Jie nodded, leaned over the combat sand table, and drew a circle around Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, showing the trend of encirclement. Then he turned his eyes and focused on the road between Xicun and the Xinyi Regiment, and Zhangjiazhuang and the Xin2nd Regiment. superior.
"The Ishii Regiment and the Japanese 4th Brigade are under siege and cannot break out for the time being. They will definitely seek help from the Japanese troops in the area where the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment are stationed. They will immediately send out scouts to keep an eye on these two directions and relay the news to the Japanese troops at any time. progress.”
"Yes!" the monk responded.
"In addition, Monk, arrange two reconnaissance cavalry to quickly conduct reconnaissance in the two directions of Xiaoshan Village and Xiaosongpo. If the 5th Regiment and 772nd Regiment are found to come for reinforcements, they will be with the 5th Regiment and 772nd Regiment. After reuniting, let us scout soldiers send the news to the teams of these two regiments, and the two teams will move closer to West Village and Zhangjiazhuang respectively."
"Yes, leader, I will make arrangements right away!" the monk responded.
The monk turned around and left the house. After giving orders to the waiting communications soldiers and making arrangements, he returned to the house.
Kong Jie's eyes were still on the sand table, thinking about the details of the current battle situation between Xi Cun and Zhangjiazhuang.
"The best defense is to attack. The Japanese troops in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are currently forced to retreat, but as time goes by, they will definitely find a way to break out and unite with the surrounding Japanese reinforcements, especially those from the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment. After the Japanese reinforcements were ambushed by us, the Japanese couldn't stand still."
"In this way, while strengthening the defense of the nodes, each node will dispatch small groups of combat troops to continuously harass the retreating Japanese troops."
"Mainly use long-range sneak attacks with 50 small artillery, arrange various ministries, and send out bombardment teams. Even if the Japanese are in the mountains, even if they don't come out, they have to set up a pot to cook. As long as there is smoke, just bombard them."
"The little devil won't even be able to eat in peace."
"In addition, let the sniper platoon continue to keep an eye on the surrounding strongholds, and beware of Japanese strongholds reinforcing Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."
"yes!"
"Especially the large strongholds where the Japanese artillery troops are located. The Japanese cannot break through the strongholds in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. They will most likely use the artillery from the large strongholds to try to break through from the outside."
The monk said: "Captain, don't worry. The guards have already made arrangements for me. In addition, local comrades have cooperated to set up ambushes on the mountain roads along the way. That is the only way for the Japanese to reach West Village and Zhangjiazhuang. As long as the Japanese artillery comes over, he won't be able to escape."
"Although our guard company is small in number, all of our soldiers are elite. Especially this time, in order to deal with the Japanese artillery unit, the armory has provided us with a lot of secret weapons."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "I am also looking forward to the power of rolling thunder and rifle grenades."
"Monk, just in case, you don't have to worry about me for the time being. You hurry over and stop the Japanese artillery unit. If the artillery can seize it, if it really can't be captured, just blow it up." Now, we can’t let the Japanese support go to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."
"Yes!" The monk took the order and left.
Kong Jie was soon the only one left in the room. Kong Jie looked at the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army reinforcements marked on the sand table using small wooden sticks as routes, and fell into thinking...
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West Village.
The temporary headquarters of the Japanese Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade, Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubei, after sending an emergency request for help to the surrounding Japanese mopping up troops, then contacted the large stronghold in the rear and notified the artillery squadron to advance towards Nishimura. Explode the Eighth Route Army node defenses such as Xiaohuanggou and Dongxiang Mountain Road from the outside.
At this time, Yamaguchi was analyzing the battle situation with a map, and his stomach suddenly growled for a while.
"What time is it?" Yamaguchi raised his head and asked,
Chief of Staff Hideo Nakajima looked at his watch and replied: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, it is almost one o'clock in the afternoon."
Yamaguchi said: "I'm really hungry. It's been nearly a week since this march. After the continuous battles, the soldiers are already exhausted. Nakajima-kun, I think the big sweep launched this time will not be enough." It’s almost the end.”
Nakajima Hideo said: "The Japanese Empire will definitely win, and this sweep will definitely lead to a triumphant victory!"
There was silence beside the tree at Yamaguchi, and the lowered eyes showed that the owner was not in a happy mood.
Triumph?
Yamaguchi and Nakajima actually knew exactly what the situation was like when the war situation evolved into the situation before them. The triumph they talked about at this moment was more like a relief to themselves.
Not to mention other units, let’s talk about his independent fourth mixed brigade. Even if it wins now, it will be a miserable victory at best.
The continuous defeats at the hands of the independent regiment caused Yamaguchi and Nakajima to lose all their energy.
After he said the words, Nakajima, who knew he had made a mistake, felt a little regretful, but he could never take back what he said. After coughing twice, he quickly changed the embarrassing topic:
"The cooking soldiers are already preparing lunch. If we continue to fight and have a hot meal, the soldiers' fighting mood will definitely improve."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, please wait a moment, the food will be ready soon."
Yamaguchi nodded and asked: "After the military order to beware of Eighth Route Army snipers was issued, how are the various ministries doing?"
Nakajima replied: "The effect is excellent. From morning to now, no officers have been killed by hidden snipers."
"I have ordered increased security around the defense area. It is absolutely impossible for Eighth Route Army snipers to infiltrate."
"吆西!"
Yamaguchi Shubian felt relieved now. The feeling of being targeted by snipers before was not pleasant. He had been worried about this.
Then talking about the feeling of relying on the mountains and forests to stick to the dangers, Yamaguchi said: "Fighting in a mountainous environment is more conducive to the defense of the troops. This is why the Eighth Route Army, which has been active in the mountains in recent years, relied on guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to use backward equipment and the scarcity of ammunition. , but it is one of the reasons why it has been able to fight against our Japanese Empire until now."
"In a mountainous environment, it is difficult for the main force to fully launch an attack, and our artillery transportation will also become more difficult. Armored vehicles and tanks are restricted by the terrain, and their mobility is greatly reduced, making them even unable to conduct conventional operations."
"In comparison, the Eighth Route Army is more familiar with the mountainous environment. The equipment they have on hand is lighter and more maneuverable."
"Fight if you can, and retreat if you can't. Using this simple and practical guerrilla tactics can often tire out our Imperial Japanese troops."
"This is very different from the battles we fought in the plains with the main force of the national army in the past, which were mainly positional warfare."
"If we continue to use our past tactics against the Eighth Route Army, we will definitely suffer heavy losses."
"Now, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army has shown its sophisticated equipment and powerful firepower. When such a unit relies on the mountains to carry out guerrilla operations and mobile operations, it will appear even more terrifying." Gu Song
"The sneak attacks from time to time are unpredictable, but they can cause great harm to our unit."
"Now we are just sticking to the node, but we can completely surround our army."
"I feel a huge danger from the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
"Nakajima-kun, what do you think we should use to completely eliminate such an independent group?"
Nakajima hesitated and said: "This..."
Boom——
A sudden explosion interrupted Nakajima's thoughts.
There was more than one explosion, followed by multiple explosions, coming from all directions.
"What's going on?" Yamaguchi's expression changed slightly.
Nakajima quickly arranged for communications troops to investigate the situation.
A moment later, the communications soldier rushed to the headquarters to report: "Sir, many places in the defense area were attacked by artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army. It seems that the smoke emitted by our troops while cooking was noticed by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, which attracted artillery shells."
"The ministries have quickly extinguished the fires and stopped cooking."
"Baga!" There was anger on the face beside the tree at the mountain pass. "These Tubal Road are so rampant that we can't even light a fire."
Nakajima said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the mountainous area is covered by dense woods and is an excellent hiding place, but the smoke from cooking can easily expose you."
"During each sweep, we also used the smoke emitted when the Eighth Route Army troops lit fires to pinpoint the location of the Eighth Route Army."
"The current situation is reversed. It seems that the soldiers will not be able to eat hot meals for the time being."
Yamaguchi said bitterly: "There is an old saying in China, it is disrespectful to come back and not go back. We can't eat hot meals, and the Eighth Route Army can't even dream of eating hot meals. Immediately arrange several artillery units to go to various nodes, as long as the Eighth Route Army dares to cook , thick smoke was emitted, and a direct artillery raid was carried out.”
"Hi!" Nakajima responded.
However, the results disappointed Yamaguchi and Nakajima.
The artillery troops sent out rushed to various nodes with grenade launchers, but they found no thick smoke and were unable to locate the location for bombardment. In the end, they had to return without success.
"You mean these Tubal Roads don't even have fires for cooking?" Yamaguchi was depressed.
Nakajima said with relief: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, since this Tuba Road could think of sneaking up on us through the smoke, they must have anticipated the possibility of us sneaking up on them in turn, so they didn't light a fire."
Yamaguchi was helpless and could only think like this. A small-scale confrontation ended in defeat.
The actual situation is that the independent regiment, local troops, and militia comrades are not idle on the dirt roads to the south, Xiaohuanggou, mountain roads to the east, and small mountain passes to the north.
It's time to fight and fight, and it's time to fill our stomachs.
What we ate was hot rice. The comrades from the cooking class who accompanied the army brought iron pots and used local materials to cook a large pot of fragrant meals.
There was naturally smoke, but the smoke was diffused through the flue of the smokeless stove. The Japanese couldn't detect it at all from a long distance away.
This is an old tradition in the independent regiment. The simple construction method of smokeless stove in the wild is almost a compulsory subject for every soldier.
When he was in the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie personally taught him how to dig and install smokeless stoves.
Since the Japanese army launched a major sweep, the combat units of the independent regiment have been able to eat hot meals every time it is time.
It was absolutely impossible for the Japanese to detect the location of the soldiers of the Independence Regiment through the smoke from cooking fires.
Let’s not talk about the distance, let’s talk about the sniper platoon. When dealing with the Japanese stronghold in the rear, they needed to make a fire for cooking, so the soldiers of the guard company quickly dug out a smokeless stove in the field.
At that time, the comrades of the sniper platoon including Huang Baiyang and Su Zhengqiang from the Fifth Regiment were quite surprised.
Then, after learning how to dig a smokeless stove, Huang Baiyang couldn't wait to arrange for his soldiers to quickly bring back the skills of how to dig a smokeless stove to the fifth regiment.
In Huang Baiyang's view, every day that comes sooner is a day. The application of this smokeless stove is too important for troops fighting in the field, especially during counter-mopping up.
Being able to make fire to cook and allow the soldiers to eat hot meals is an important factor in ensuring the physical fitness of the soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the team.
The Fifth Regiment had suffered losses in this regard. During the counter-mopping period, it was shelled by the Japanese many times due to thick smoke from the fires.
But in the middle of winter, the soldiers couldn't even get a warm meal.
If this smokeless stove technology had been available for a long time, why would it be like this?
In addition to the skills of digging smokeless stoves, Huang Baiyang also learned many relevant combat tactics of the Independent Regiment from some military comic booklets of the Independent Regiment.
For example, the 50 small artillery combat tactics, sniper team tactics, Maoerdong fortification digging skills, etc. were all brought back to the Fifth Regiment.
When Kong Jie learned about this, he laughed heartily and ordered the monk to prepare other types of military pamphlets for Huang Baiyang and asked him to send them back to the Fifth Regiment.
Naturally, it also includes a militia military training manual.
After these things were delivered to the Fifth Regiment, Captain Feng was deeply moved by this. On the one hand, he lamented that Lao Kong had many crooked ideas, and on the other hand, he felt that it was indeed a mistake to let Huang Baiyang's First Battalion go to the Independent Regiment to do part-time work.
I returned some favors to Lao Kong and earned a lot of equipment.
You can also bring the good things you learned from the independent group back to the group.
The fifth regiment is a new regiment. As long as it develops according to the experience of the independent regiment, it may become a main regiment that can fight tough battles in the future.
No wonder Li Yunlong, who even the King of Heaven didn't buy it, was able to go to the Independent Group as the deputy leader and work part-time for Lao Kong.
This old Li definitely gained a lot of benefits.
Otherwise, why would the equipment of his new second regiment develop so quickly?
Thinking of this, Captain Feng felt a little sour, and he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind:
How about we also become the deputy leader of the Independent Regiment and work part-time for Lao Kong?
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