But it was said that Kong Jie caused a huge sensation after commanding the independent regiment to capture Ping'an County.
Even the 358th and 57th regiments of the Jinsui Army were affected and joined the battle one after another and began to fight against Japan.
Not to mention they were combat troops belonging to the Eighth Route Army.
The newly formed Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Regiments of the Eighth Route Army... include the two old main regiments, the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.
The heads of the various regiments heard that the three regiments of the Iron Triangle fought a great victory with the help of the Ping'an County encirclement point and wiped out thousands of Japanese and puppet troops.
The Independent Regiment then captured Ping'an County.
The reputation gained by fighting the Japanese is not something that the captains of the regiment care about.
But the rich equipment captured after winning the battle is what the regiment leaders are most jealous of and envious of.
"More than a dozen artillery pieces! Lao Kong has made a fortune this time. The original equipment of their independent regiment was the best in our entire Taihang region. Now they have to go to heaven?"
Captain Feng of the Fifth Regiment expressed his envy of his real name.
During this period, with the help of the artillery supported by the Independent Regiment, the Fifth Regiment also attacked some gun towers and strongholds, making a little fortune, but now compared with the seizures obtained by the Independent Regiment...
"Nothing! After all, our fifth regiment is still pauper."
Captain Xu of the 771st Regiment also expressed emotion. He remembered that in the battle of Cangyunling a year ago, the Independent Regiment, the New Regiment and the 771st Regiment, faced with the siege of the Bantian Regiment, all chose to break out of the siege from the front.
Later, Fu Jie diverted the disaster to the east, and combined with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment to defeat the Bantian United Army in one fell swoop.
At that time, the 771st Regiment, one of the two old main regiments in the brigade, still surpassed the independent regiment in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment configuration.
At that time, the independent regiment led by Kong Jie had less than three heavy machine guns in total.
As for the artillery, it was just an old-fashioned mortar. Don't even think about grenade launchers. It was purely a matter of luck. Two shots knocked out the Sakata Regiment Headquarters.
At the moment, it has only been more than a year, and although his 771st regiment is still one of the established main regiments in the brigade.
Although there have been developments in terms of weaponry, equipment and troop size, the progress is actually not that big.
Kong Jie's independent regiment was like a completely reborn group. After becoming famous in the battle at Cangyunling, it completely exploded.
Captain Kong Jie seemed to be a different person, making Captain Xu somewhat unfamiliar.
Soon after, Li Yunlong, who was the eldest and second oldest, actually became the deputy leader of Kong Jie and worked as a part-time worker.
If this matter were placed on other group leaders, it would be unthinkable.
If you ask Li Yunlong to be the deputy leader, won't you overthrow the entire group?
"Hmph, Xu Luosuo, Cheng Xiazi, when you joined the army, you two new recruits were taught how to shoot even by me. Now you have turned against you and asked me to be your deputy commander?"
When he thought of this scene, Captain Xu couldn't help but shudder. He would never dare to do this.
But Lao Kong did it, and he even made Li Yunlong, the thorn-headed man, so good at it.
Not long after, the cavalry company made a surprise attack on Qu County.
On the other side, Li Yunlong secured the stronghold of Yangquan.
Bombing the airport, annihilating the Yamazaki Brigade, storming the North China Security Army arsenal, looting, and robbing the 251st Regiment of the National Army who had surrendered to the enemy...
Then there was the spring sweep not long ago, where they directly used bold house-changing tactics to make a surprise attack on Yangquan.
Now they are using Ping'an County to encircle and reinforce, and finally capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop.
In just over a year, the independent regiment has won more and more battles, and the equipment and materials seized have become more and more abundant.
I heard that the weapons in the regiment have been changed several times.
Even the local troops around the Independent Regiment, and even the militia troops, just followed the regular troops of the Independent Regiment to drink some soup, and the weapons configuration on hand were not bad at all compared to the newly formed regular troops.
Conservative estimates indicate that the current strength of the independent regiment has already exceeded the 5,000 mark, and the number of bullets per person is at least 60.
The amount of ammunition carried by the soldiers per capita is no worse than that of the well-equipped Japs. (The only sixty bullets the Japanese soldiers had the right to use)
The regiment originally had two artillery companies, a mortar company and a mountain artillery company.
Coupled with the artillery of the Japanese artillery squadron captured this time, it is more than enough to form an artillery regiment.
For this reason, even the leaders of the two main regiments, Commander Xu of the 771st Regiment and Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment, although not very happy, had to admit it.
Speaking of the Eighth Route Army units in the entire Taihang base area, if we want to talk about the main regiments, they must be the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment. These two old main regiments are recognized.
But speaking of the entire Taihang base, among the dozens of regiment-level combat units, the regiment has the strongest combat effectiveness, the largest scale, the best equipment, has won the most battles, and has killed the most Japanese.
The first thing that comes to mind is definitely the Independent Group.
In order to deal with the independent regiment, the Japanese army first dispatched the Ishii regiment, plus the independent fourth mixed brigade.
In the recent spring sweeps, more than a dozen brigades were mobilized in an attempt to wipe out the independent regiment in one fell swoop.
The Japanese's fear of the independent group is evident.
Thinking of this, Captain Xu felt a mixture of emotion and admiration for Kong Jie.
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After admiration.
For the iron-blooded Eighth Route Army commanders, they all carry one head on two shoulders, who is afraid of whom?
You, Kong Er, are very good at fighting, so we may not be any worse.
Your Independent Regiment can unite with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment to encircle the point for reinforcements, and capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop.
Even if our other regiments don't have the strength to attack the county town, can we still take the initiative to attack some Japanese strongholds and conduct a few raids?
All the group leaders were stimulated by Kong Jie's capture of Ping'an County, and they all thought in their hearts.
Thus, a new wave of counterattacks by the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese army in the Taihang Base Area began.
Even Kong Jie, the instigator, had never expected all this.
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Ping'an County.
Kong Jie was not a god, so he could never have expected the impact he would have on other regimental leaders in the base area after he conquered Ping'an County.
At this moment, Captain Kong was standing on the top of Ping'an County in high spirits, looking into the distance with the help of the elevated terrain.
"Hehe, Captain, it would be great if Reporter Shen was here. You can go to the top of this city and Reporter Shen can take another photo of you. That would be so cool."
Chen Quan on the side joked.
During the ambush battle not long ago, Reporter Shen even took photos of Shen Quan!
Speaking of Shen Wenyue, Kong Jie also felt a little emotional, "It's been a while since Xiaowu and the others set out. I don't know if they arrived in southern Shanxi successfully or if they successfully met up with Han Feng and the others." Gu Gao
Chen Quan smiled and said, "Captain, don't worry. Xiao Wu is smart, Zheng Tian is experienced, and Reporter Shen is smart. There will be no problems on the road."
How could Kong Jie not understand the hidden meaning of Shen Quan's words? He smiled and scolded: "Young boy, I'm just worried, and I'm also worried about my comrades like Xiao Wu and Zheng Tian."
Shen Quanle said: "Yes, yes, what the leader said is that I am mainly worried about Reporter Shen."
Kong Jie: "What are you worried about? Are you worried about this?"
Chen Quan: "……………………"
After joking for a while, Kong Jie ordered: "Ask the soldiers to hurry up. Although we have captured Ping'an County, we will definitely not be able to hold it, and there is no need to hold on.
After packing up and taking away all the arsenals, granaries, and military equipment belonging to the Japs in the county, we evacuated immediately. "
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, it will take some time for the Japanese and puppet troops from the nearest county around Ping'an County to arrive! In addition, the multiple reinforcements that the Japs just arrived were severely damaged by us. I'm afraid the little Japs don't have the courage. Quickly reinforce Ping'an County, we are not in a hurry."
Kong Jie said: "What do you know? Why am I worried about the little Jaap? I am worried about that guy Li Yunlong."
"ah?"
"If you are curious, Ping'an County is closest to the defense area of Li Yunlong's New Second Regiment. This time our three regiments joined forces. The original plan was to use Ping'an County to carry out encirclement and reinforcement battles. Now we suddenly captured Ping'an County. , you see, after Lao Li knows this, he will definitely scold his mother. We'd better hurry up and escape. Otherwise, if Lao Li doesn't catch up, he will have to share the equipment we seized from the county. "
Shen Quan couldn't laugh or cry, and then he suddenly realized.
Kong Jie said: "In addition, the villagers in the county must settle down. I tell everyone not to be impatient. Our Eighth Route Army will fight back sooner or later."
Chen Quan said: "Captain, don't worry, the villagers understand this very well."
"It's a bit emotional to say that Ping'an County, which we finally defeated, has to be returned to the little devils for free. I don't know when we can really regain the lost territory."
Kong Jie continued to look into the distance, and after a while, he slowly said: "Don't worry, that day is not far away."
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New second group.
Li Yunlong was jumping on his feet and scolding Kong Jie for being unjust.
The political commissar Zhao Gang on the side couldn't help laughing for a moment and said with relief: "Old Li, don't be dissatisfied. This time our three regiments have decided to jointly carry out a reinforcement operation to encircle the point. In this reinforcement operation, we also eliminated several Japanese troops. Puppet reinforcements were sent in and a lot of seizures were made.”
"The original intention of the battle has been achieved, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
Li Yunlong blew his nose and glared: "Old Zhao, where do you turn your elbow? You are our political commissar, why are you trying to help that kid Lao Kong?"
Zhao Gang said with a smile: "We are all our comrades, so whoever captured Ping'an County was not an enemy? Besides, we didn't expect to take advantage of this juncture to capture Ping'an County in one fell swoop!"
Li Yunlong said aggrievedly: "Who said that? Our Lao Li almost reacted and probably defeated Ping'an County, but in the end, his Lao Kong took the lead."
"This old Kong is so uninteresting. We agreed that our New Second Regiment would be responsible for the siege of Ping'an County this time. I was ready to take the blame for the brigade commander. I thought that after the battle, our New Second Regiment could take more points. benefit."
"It turned out that Lao Kong was a good man. Not only did he not give me any benefits, but he also went to my territory and snatched away this piece of fat in Ping'an County. Lao Zhao, tell me, is this ridiculous?"
Ha ha ha ha--
Zhao Gang laughed, but didn't help.
After a while, Zhang Dabiao returned and reported: "Captain, there is news from the front. Commander Kong captured Ping'an County, seized all the equipment and supplies of the Japanese in the county, and then led his troops back to the Independent Regiment."
"I knew that when this kid Lao Kong ran so fast, I was afraid that I would catch up and ask for some favors from him!" Li Yunlong cursed, but there was nothing he could do.
After repeatedly suffering losses at the hands of Kong Jie for more than a year, Li Yunlong finally understood that no one could easily fish out the meat that fell into Kong Jie's mouth.
to twelve noon.
The newly reinforced Japanese troops successfully arrived in Ping'an County and regained control of Ping'an County.
As for the Japanese and puppet troops who came for reinforcements, Li Yunlong did not order an ambush midway again.
In Lao Li's words, "We can't kill the goose to lay the eggs. There's no hope for these little devils right now. It's better to let them develop slowly in Ping'an County. When the money is abundant, we can eat whatever we want. This is called the tactic of raising devils." .”
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Taiyuan City.
Nobujun Kawakubo, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army, summoned the captain of the special agent team of the Japanese First Army, Japanese Colonel Yamamoto Kazuki.
When the two met, Nobujun Kawakubo asked straight to the point:
"Yamamoto-kun, under your training and command, the plainclothes team and the advance team have been infiltrating the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment base for many days, but so far no results have been achieved. On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army troops have frequently ambushed our Empire of Japan. Do you have any advice on this? What’s a good idea?”
Yamamoto is silent. He has also been very depressed recently.
The penetration of the advance team has not achieved much results.
Those seemingly ordinary Chinese people are as cunning as foxes.
The advancing team looked the same as the Chinese, but they were still easily recognized by the cunning villagers even though they were disguised as Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Some of them successfully disguised themselves and sneaked in.
But when it came to some questions about the Eighth Route Army, the villagers kept silent. The soldiers in the advancing team were afraid that asking too many questions would expose their identities, so they had no choice but to give up.
So despite infiltration, no useful information has been obtained.
In addition, although the Japanese in the advancing team were all elite, they were small in number and located in the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
If we cannot use effective intelligence to infiltrate and carry out more valuable beheading operations, we will not be able to cause any serious trauma to the independent regiment.
Therefore, the infiltration and beheading tasks of the advancing team have been delayed until now, which makes Yamamoto seem a bit mediocre.
Nobujun Kawakubo thought for a while, and naturally he couldn't reprimand Yamamoto, the general's favorite general, so he said: "Yamamoto-kun, pick the soft persimmon first, that's what I think."
"This independent group, including the Shanxi North Iron Triangle, is really difficult to deal with. But right now, our empire's troops have been defeated in a row, and their military prestige has been damaged to the extreme. If we don't win a few more battles, the consequences will be even more serious."
"In addition, after we carried out a military blockade on the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment some time ago, they secretly supported the Eighth Route Army's troops in other directions, resulting in our army's blockade of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Base Area and the defense of many places. been destroyed."
"I'm just thinking, why don't we avoid the independent regiment for the time being and bite off the Eighth Route Army troops in other directions in the Taihang base area first."
Nobutoshi Kawakubo said it very politely. He had no direct command over Yamamoto, who had a special status.
Yamamoto was naturally unhappy.
The once arrogant captain of Yamamoto's special agent team, who was almost devoid of anything, has long been smoothed away after being constantly frustrated by Kong Jie.
But he was not so humble that the dignified special agent team actually wanted to take the lead in choosing the most common Eighth Route Army troops to attack.
However, Nobutoshi Kawakubo had already stood up and even solemnly asked Yamamoto: "Please, Yamamoto-kun!"
Yamamoto hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly responded: "Hi!"
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