In the open plains, it would be foolish for a pure infantry force to try to throw off the cavalry in motion.
At this time, seeing the door to the rear wide open, the Japanese and puppet troops burst out with thoughts of survival. On the way back, they were like a flock of sheep being rounded up by ferocious beasts, gradually becoming disorganized.
The beasts began to divide, besiege, and kill them.
The same is true for the current Japanese and puppet troops.
Under the attack from both wings of the cavalry company, the Japanese and puppet troops who were bent on retreating continued to suffer casualties. The heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns and artillery carried by the Japanese troops could not be taken away in the hasty retreat, and the cavalry company's Under fire suppression, they could not be effectively blown up, and some even had to be abandoned on the road and allowed to be captured by the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, if the Japanese and puppet troops wanted to completely escape from the open plain area in front of them, they would have to run at least nearly 800 meters.
During this period, the mobility of the cavalry and mechanized troops was enough to carry out n attacks on the Japanese troops.
As the Japanese defensive formation was broken up by the cavalry troops.
Murai Hideo and Mishima Nobuyoshi finally realized how stupid it was to issue an order to retreat under such circumstances.
Originally, they could defend in place, stabilize their formation, and perhaps fight to the death. At worst, they could severely damage the ambushed Eighth Route Army unit in front of them.
It was good at the moment. With the rapid collapse of the retreating formation of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese army even lost the capital to make a final challenge with the Eighth Route Army.
The two fire teams of the cavalry company and the carriages carrying heavy machine guns galloped back and forth on both sides of the Japanese army, with the heavy machine guns roaring wildly.
The heavy machine gunners squatting on the carriage controlled the heavy machine gun, turned the muzzle, and fired continuously at the Japanese troops on the flanks. Their calves were numb, but they could not hold back the excitement in their hearts and the joy of killing the enemy.
This scene is shocking,
It was a completely one-sided massacre.
Soon only one of the Japanese captains who commanded the group of Japanese soldiers was left.
The unlucky guy Mishima Nobuyoshi was hit by a heavy machine gun bullet, directly piercing the heart, and died on the spot.
The cavalry soldiers chased and fought, but the Japanese and puppet troops were only delayed for a moment. Shen Quan and Wang Leihu led two battalions of soldiers to kill them.
The final battle line stretched for nearly a kilometer, from the middle and rear of this wide plain terrain to the entrance of the valley.
After the Japanese and puppet soldiers were slaughtered, their mutilated corpses almost formed a long queue.
Until the stormtroopers of the cavalry company that rushed in quickly completely blocked the exit of the valley leaving this plain terrain, the remaining more than 500 Japanese and puppet troops (most of them were puppet troops) finally despaired.
The encirclement and annihilation battle that evolved again lasted for less than twenty minutes, and the battle came to an end.
In the end, the two Japanese armies were wiped out on this desolate plain.
More than 300 puppet troops surrendered, were injured and captured.
As for the Independent Regiment, there were more than 300 casualties in total. Among them, the cavalry company soldiers relied on their rapid mobility to suffer only more than 100 casualties. Among them, less than 100 were killed or seriously injured.
A death-to-kill ratio of nearly 1:30.
This is undoubtedly a huge victory.
In this battle, it was obvious to all that the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions played an irreplaceable role in the cavalry company and motorized units.
On the one hand, they took the lead in suppressing the Japanese artillery positions and avoiding artillery bombardment of the main forces of the 1st and 2nd Battalions.
On the other hand, the high-speed maneuverability blocked the evacuation of the Japanese army, resulting in the annihilation of the two Japanese brigade.
Not only that, the semi-mechanized heavy-armed force of an independent regiment consisting of a cavalry company and a motorized force with only about 400 people killed nearly three-thirds of the enemy troops in this battle. of two.
The powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the advanced cavalry company in this battle was shocking.
No wonder that after the battle, when cleaning the battlefield, Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan would pat Sun Desheng on the shoulder and sigh:
"After this battle, Old Sun, your reputation as a semi-mechanized heavy-armed unit has been confirmed. This unit will surely become the ace unit of our independent regiment. You, Old Sun, have lived up to the expectations of the regiment leader!"
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The exciting news spread quickly.
When Mishima Nobuyoshi and Murai Hideo were ambushed by the independent regiment, they also passed the news back to the Yangquan headquarters in the rear through the radio.
As a result, communication was cut off shortly afterwards.
What this means can be imagined.
The Japanese officers at the Yangquan headquarters fell into silence after being unable to communicate with the troops of Hideo Murai and Nobuyoshi Mishima.
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Brigade Headquarters.
The brigade commander punched the table and raised his eyebrows, "More than three thousand days of puppet troops, including two full Japanese brigades, were wiped out in one fell swoop. The main force lured the enemy from the front, and the cavalry attacked from the flanks. This battle was really exciting, good, good. ah!"
"I almost want to see how that boy Kong Jie directed and arranged this battle."
The chief of staff said: "Brigadier Commander, I heard that this battle was mostly due to the cavalry company of the Independent Regiment.
This time, the two battalions that Shen Quan and the others ambush each had 500 soldiers, and not even a single artillery piece.
However, the Japanese army followed up with an artillery squadron, accompanied by more than a dozen artillery pieces.
But even under such circumstances, the Independent Regiment still wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops in one fell swoop, with a death-to-death ratio of almost 1:30. Such a victory was simply outrageous.
Sometimes I can't believe that such a battle was commanded by Kong Jie. "
The brigade commander smiled and said: "This battle was quite exciting. Kong Jie reported to me some time ago that the cavalry company in the regiment was undergoing transformation training to transform the cavalry company into a semi-mechanized heavy-armed force."
"I originally thought that the so-called semi-mechanized heavy-armed force that Kong Jie was trying to do was just cavalry plus some mechanical transport vehicles."
"In this battle, Kong Jie used practical actions to show all of us the terror of this transformed cavalry company."
"In this battle, it is impossible for the cavalry alone to achieve such a result."
The political commissar smiled heartily, "Yes, after the spring sweep, this is another major victory for our army."
"This time, the three regiments of Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei gave our Eighth Route Army troops a good start and took the lead in breaking through the Japanese defense."
"The battle in the Zhongtiao Mountain area has been going on for some time. Now that we have made some noise, we can finally give the National Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army a good look. Although our main force of the Eighth Route Army has not reinforced southern Shanxi, here we Behind enemy lines, we are not idle either."
The chief of staff interrupted and said, "Well, wait a minute, brigade commander, political commissar, didn't you just say that Kong Jie, these three bastards, are too troublesome. After this battle, we need to call the three of them properly." Came here for a training session.”
"How come you are praising three people in the blink of an eye?"
The political commissar smiled and said: "Gong is merit, fault is fault, but now the merits of the three comrades Kong Jie far outweigh the faults. How can the brigade commander and I punish them?"
The brigade commander glared and said: "You must be punished if you deserve it. If you win the battle, you won't have to be punished. Why don't these three bastards raise their tails to the sky for me?"
Having said that, the brigade commander himself found it interesting and couldn't help but laugh.
"Really speaking, this naughty child has the advantage of being naughty. If all the captains under me are naughty and can achieve some results like Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, I won't worry about it. It’s over.” Gu Yao
"I'm afraid that other regiment leaders will see Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei's regiment take the initiative to take advantage of it, and if they try to imitate it in a decent manner, it will be a bad thing if they end up painting tigers instead of dogs."
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"Traps, they are all traps. These hateful Tubal are heading for the reinforcements."
Taiyuan City, the enemy's highest headquarters.
Kawabasa Nobutoshi, the Japanese deputy chief of staff, was furious when he received the news that multiple reinforcements to Ping'an County were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy casualties on all sides.
News has also come from the direction of Ping'an County not long ago, saying that the Eighth Route Army troops from all sides that originally besieged Ping'an County are suspected of retreating.
The fact is that since the siege of Ping'an County, the Eighth Route Army, apart from firing a few shots at Ping'an County with infantry artillery, seemed to be just a feint attack and did not even breach the city gate.
On the contrary, the reinforcements from all walks of life were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army relying on the terrain and features on the way, and suffered heavy losses.
At this point, how could the Japanese side not understand that the battle to siege Ping'an County was just a gimmick used by the Eighth Route Army to encircle the point and provide reinforcements from the beginning.
But the little devil was fooled.
In other words, Nobujun Kawakubo was not fooled. Based on the old devil's knowledge, he also expected at first that the Eighth Route Army might be encircling the point for reinforcements.
But he just doesn't believe in evil, just like all the little devils who are used to winning battles in front of the national army and have developed an arrogant character.
Nobutoshi Kawakubo believed that even if it was a trap set by the Eighth Route Army, it could be easily destroyed with the force of the imperial troops.
He even went with the goal of annihilating the Eighth Route Army that besieged Ping'an County.
It's just that he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army troops, or in other words, the combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment, the iron triangle in the north of Shanxi.
In the end, the only reinforcements from all sides of the Japanese army that successfully arrived in Ping'an County were a group of reinforcements. However, after arriving, they saw that the crisis in Ping'an County had been resolved and returned angrily.
An encirclement and reinforcement operation focusing on the Eighth Route Army's Northwestern Shanxi Iron Triangle and surrounding Ping'an County came to an end.
According to preliminary statistics from the Japanese side, troops from all parties reinforcing Ping'an County were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops on the way, with more than five brigades suffering casualties. However, the number of troops used by the Japanese army to reinforce Ping'an County this time was only about seven brigades.
The three puppet legions were completely annihilated, nearly one-third surrendered, and the other two-thirds were wiped out.
The Eighth Route Army also joined forces with local and militia forces. While ambushing the Japanese, they took advantage of the defeat and launched raids in local areas, completely destroying many bridges, railway tracks, and highways.
The Japanese army's communication lines in the guerrilla areas around the Iron Triangle were temporarily paralyzed.
The so-called Japanese and puppet troops reinforcing Ping'an County now seem more like sending equipment to the Eighth Route Army.
Along the way from Yangquan to Ping'an County as reinforcements, the artillery of an artillery squadron fell into the hands of the independent regiment.
It is said that the headquarters could not sit still after hearing about such an astonishing seizure.
A leader clapped his thigh and praised, smiling happily, "Now the artillery of the headquarters artillery regiment is available."
The deputy general staff member smiled and said: "Leader, let's just call over the artillery that Kong Jie finally captured. Isn't that good?"
The leader snorted and said: "Why, his independent regiment has brought out two artillery batteries, and he is not satisfied yet. He also wants the entire artillery regiment? If that kid Kong Jie has any objections, let him come directly to the headquarters. I."
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Kong Jie did not expect that the captured artillery would not even be able to keep warm in the independent regiment.
Although the encirclement and reinforcement operations around Ping'an County have ended.
But Captain Kong obviously had no intention of giving up.
In the afternoon of the same day, the troops responsible for providing reinforcements returned to their respective stations for temporary rest and recuperation.
Kong Jie suddenly issued an order to all battalion headquarters, asking the soldiers to seize the time to rest and prepare for night battles after dark.
When the news came, several battalion commanders were stunned.
Night fight?
Wasn’t this just after the encirclement of the reinforcements, which severely damaged the Japanese reinforcements?
Kong Jie had only one sentence to explain this, "This time it is not a joke. There is only one goal. We will launch an attack at two o'clock in the morning. Together with the commandos still lurking in the city and comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, we will cooperate internally and externally to defeat Ping'an County in one fell swoop." .”
"I want to see the military flag belonging to our independent regiment planted on the top of Ping'an County before the sun rises tomorrow."
After hearing this, the five battalion commanders and five tiger generals of the independent regiment immediately understood what the regiment leader meant.
This is to take advantage of the fact that the battle has just ended and the attention of all parties is still immersed in the daytime encirclement and reinforcement operations, so as to capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop with lightning speed.
Nothing to say.
One word - absolutely!
Not to mention the Japanese and puppet troops, even the battalion commanders of the independent regiment did not expect that the regiment commander could have this trick.
This is really false and true, true and false. Whether we should attack Ping'an County or not will completely confuse the Japanese.
In this way, after Kong Jie's order was issued, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment quickly took the time to rest. In broad daylight and in the afternoon, they collectively slept in the bunkhouse to recharge their batteries and eat a full dinner with meat.
At ten o'clock in the evening, under the still bright moonlight, we set off in the direction of Ping'an County.
At exactly two o'clock in the morning, the battle for Ping'an County began quickly.
Everything was as Kong Jie expected.
Even several battalion commanders of the independent regiment were a little confused about the sudden order to attack Ping'an County, let alone the Japanese and puppet troops who had just experienced encirclement and reinforcement operations.
It's two o'clock in the morning.
The battle suddenly started. The independent regiment divided into four teams and attacked the four gates of Ping'an County at the same time.
The sudden fire attack came as fast as lightning.
In addition, the commandos lurking in the city and some comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, in collaboration with the puppet troops who had been instigated to rebel in advance, responded at night and opened the city gate in advance.
Until the four city gates were breached one after another, the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the city had not even recovered from their sleep.
At the same time, news spread like a tide - Ping'an County was lost and captured by an independent regiment.
It also gave the Japanese and puppet troops in Taiyuan City, Yangquan County, Tan County and other counties sleepless nights.
Until dawn the next day.
The military flag belonging to the Eighth Route Army was placed on top of the gate of Ping'an County.
There is also a flag, which is a special military flag for the Independent Regiment specially made by the Propaganda Department of the Independent Regiment. It has three big black characters of "Independent Regiment" on it, with dragons and phoenixes dancing in it. It was written by the regiment leader Kong Jie himself and fluttering in the wind. OK? Dazzling...
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