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Niukou Village.
The courtyard of the independent regiment headquarters.
In the early morning of May, the sky was just getting brighter, and the weather was a rare refreshing day since the beginning of summer.
Huchi, wheeze, haha hehe...
Kong Jie was wearing a single suit. Although his body was not strong, his muscles were well-proportioned. He was sparring with the guard Monk Wei.
This kind of training happens every now and then.
In Kong Jie's words, as a regiment leader, we must set an example and never let our military skills and physical training fall behind.
As a sparring partner, the monk has changed from the initial rule by Kong Jie that he could only passively parry and not take the initiative, but now the two of them can fight back and forth in a lively manner.
Of course, a monk who was born in Shaolin Temple still has to give way to a little Kong Jie.
Either it stipulates that one leg should be used less, or one arm should be used less, which makes the monk very depressed.
The two of them sparred for a long time, until their blood boiled, their pores dilated, and they felt refreshed for the day, Kong Jie gave up.
"Okay, monk, that's it for today!"
While talking, Kong Jie paid attention to his personal force value. It had already passed the 80 mark. This long-term sparring with the monks really had a miraculous effect.
Although it is still far inferior to the monk, a pervert with a force value of over 90.
Kong Jie is quite satisfied, as our group leader has developed in an all-round way morally, intellectually and physically.
In terms of force, if you don't brag, it should be no problem to beat Li Datou.
Thinking of this, Kong Jie looked at the monk with a smile: "I feel that the training effect is good during this period. Monk, how much do you think I have improved?"
Seeing Kong Jie's earnest eyes, the monk chuckled and said, "Captain, you already have a good foundation in kung fu, and you have indeed made considerable progress during this period."
"Can you beat two Li Yunlongs?" Kong Jie asked.
"..."
The monk choked for a moment and said: "As soon as Captain Li's Kung Fu came out, I tried it out. It's just the same as Captain you before. With your current ability, Captain, I can't guarantee that the two of you will be able to do it one-on-one." question."
Kong Jie suddenly smiled, clenched his fists and said, "That's enough. I've been practicing arm-through boxing since I was a child. That kid Li Yunlong has practiced Baguazhang. I said my boxing skills are the best, and he said his palm skills are the best.
I was not convinced, and I often approached Li Yunlong for discussion, but there was never a winner.
This time there is finally a result. I have to tell Lao Li with my fists that the through-arm boxing practiced by Lao Kong is the first. "
The monk came over from the side and encouraged: "Captain, you must be the first!"
...If you don't come first, you will be in trouble. During this period of time, I have been training with you, but you have endured a lot of hardships, and I can't give my best, so I have been beaten. How wronged it is.
Kong Jie glanced at the monk and said, "Monk, we must be honest. I have to correct you. We are the number one among the group leaders."
"Yes, yes, you must be number one among the group leaders." The monk agreed.
Kong Jie waved his hand with satisfaction, "Okay, monk, that's all our sparring for this period of time. I'll go find Li Datou to spar later."
"Hey!" The monk felt like he was being pardoned, his face burst into smiles.
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On the other side, when Kong Jie was sparring leisurely with the monk in the courtyard of the regiment headquarters, he was living a comfortable life after the victory.
The commanders of the Eighth Route Army troops stationed in large and small base areas around the Taihang base area were stimulated by the independent regiment's encirclement and reinforcements and the capture of Ping'an County in one fell swoop. They could no longer sit still.
The newly formed fifth regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
After Commander Feng held a military meeting within the regiment, the combat mission was quickly issued:
Each company took the initiative to seek fighter opportunities, preparing to find opportunities to first remove some large and small strongholds in the guerrilla areas and launch attacks on some villages occupied by the Japanese army.
The sixth regiment was newly formed.
During this period, as the Japanese army blocked the base area, the lives of the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment became more and more difficult. Not only could they not get equipment, but their supplies were dwindling.
In addition, the living conditions of the surrounding villagers are very poor. How can they support so many troops?
In desperation, the regiment leader Yang Kaiping broke the troops into pieces and barely managed to survive.
But what does it look like?
They are both from the Eighth Route Army, and they are also the regiment leader. Compared with Kong Jie, how come the gap is so big?
The messenger ordered all battalions, companies, and platoon leaders of the Sixth Regiment to gather behind the regiment headquarters.
Captain Yang directly convened a meeting and said straight to the point:
"A few days ago, the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment conducted a joint operation. With the help of Ping'an County's encirclement and reinforcements, they killed thousands of Japanese and puppet troops. The Independent Regiment even captured Ping'an County in one fell swoop and looted A large amount of supplies hoarded by the Japanese army in Ping'an County."
"What does this mean?
This shows that in the face of the Japanese blockade and oppression, passive defense is the stupidest way.
If we want to live a good life and have a full stomach, we soldiers must take the initiative to attack.
Instead of imitating others’ independent regiments and directly attacking the county, let’s build a small town, a stronghold, and a village. Is this okay? "
"Pass me my order. From now on, I don't care about the specific combat command. Your battalion and company commanders have the final say. I have only one request. I can't continue to huddle in my roots."
"In addition to farming and production within our base area, we have to find ways to take the initiative. If we can attack the stronghold villages, we will attack them."
"Those who cannot be beaten will be beaten by me if they try to trick the Japanese and puppet troops out of their strongholds and county towns."
"Every company of yours will keep the seizures obtained after the battle. Those who are capable will eat the meat, and those who are not capable will not even worry about the soup."
"I'll tell you the ugly thing up front. I didn't think of any way to actively fight, and took the initiative to develop equipment and seize it. In the end, I couldn't even support the troops. I can't afford to lose face and continue to ask for help from the brigade headquarters."
"yes--"
The cadres responded in unison, and everyone was waiting for the leader's words.
After the meeting, the cadres couldn't wait to leave. They all looked eager to try. They all didn't want to go back to the garrison and have a big fight immediately.
The political commissar was a little worried about this, "Lao Yang, the enemy is still strong and we are weak. It is still possible to engage in guerrilla warfare on a small scale, but is this movement too big now?"
Captain Yang snorted and said indifferently:
"Political Commissar, haven't you seen this yet? From the fact that Lao Kong captured Ping'an City this time, I understand it."
"The current market situation will suffocate the bold and starve the timid."
"If we want to make a big noise, if we want to take the initiative without asking for instructions, can we compare to the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment? Can we compare to the Independent Regiment?"
"But what will happen in the end? Can the brigade commander still shoot Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei? There are punishments. I heard that Li Yunlong often went to the brigade headquarters to feed the brigade commander and take the blame, but so what? If our Sixth Regiment can capture as much as the New Second Regiment, I would rather take the blame for the brigade commander."
"So, political commissar, just keep this in your stomach! If the brigade commander really wants to blame, he should be the first to blame those three thorns in Li Yunlong. It's not our turn."
The political commissar was speechless for a moment. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking in his mind whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Immediately afterwards, the seventh regiment...
Seventeenth Regiment...
Glutinous rice
Eighteenth regiment...
The fifty-seventh regiment...
Even the two old main regiments, the 771st and 772nd regiments, were also involved.
The noise became louder and louder.
In this regard, the first to notice was naturally the Japanese army.
In just two days, the Japanese military headquarters discovered that during this period, the Eighth Route Army, which had been forced to retreat step by step under the blockade of the imperial strongholds and villages around the Taihang base area, suddenly became ready to move.
During the advance and compression of the Eighth Route Army base areas.
Large-scale battles are very rare, and they are basically just guerrilla attacks carried out by the Tubalu.
This number is not that large. Facing the front line of the imperial troops, the Tubalu soldiers often have no choice but to keep retreating.
But the situation has suddenly changed in the past few days. There are more and more local battles on Tubal Road, and the fighting is no longer limited to guerrilla warfare. They even dare to take the initiative to carry out some ambushes and offensive battles.
The incident happened suddenly. At first, the Japanese and puppet troops were caught off guard, but they suffered a small loss.
Some small strongholds were seized by the Eighth Route Army troops.
However, the Japanese and puppet troops came to their senses and immediately launched a defense with the help of solid fortifications. The attacks of the Eighth Route Army units were soon greatly hindered.
Guerrilla warfare is no longer so smooth, and critical battles are defeated nine times out of ten.
There was no way around it. In the absence of offensive artillery, the Eighth Route Army troops with backward equipment and scarce ammunition would find it difficult to capture the strongholds garrisoned by the well-equipped Japanese and puppet troops with sufficient artillery fire.
At the same time, Yamamoto, who had no choice but to agree to the Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff Nobutoshi Kawakubo, would pick on the weak first and prepare to attack other Eighth Route Army units around the Taihang base area, and soon made progress.
Compared with the three regiments of the Iron Triangle, especially the independent regiment, other Eighth Route Army units, the defense of large and small villages in the guerrilla area, and the vigilance of the villagers are much worse.
Xiaohu Village in the guerrilla zone of the 17th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Two teams dressed as Eighth Route Army guerrillas appeared in a valley somewhere.
The two sides met, and the leader of one side reported respectfully to the other side: "Your Excellency, Colonel, we have successfully gained the trust of the villagers of Xiaohu Village, and through innuendo, we learned from some militiamen in Xiaohu Village that the 17th Eighth Route Army This is where one of the regiment’s companies is stationed.”
"Please give instructions, Colonel."
The smooth penetration of the 17th Regiment's base area surprised Yamamoto. Although he felt a little shameful, Yamamoto still subconsciously thought, is it just as General Kawakubo said, am I just suitable to pinch the soft persimmon first?
After calming down and discarding the distracting thoughts in his mind, Yamamoto ordered: "The first combat team took action immediately to destroy the company-level command structure of the Eighth Route Army, and also find ways to obtain intelligence. It would be best to capture the 17th regiment." The regiment command authority will find out."
"Hi!"
Right now, there are only three teams around Yamamoto, each with only ten people.
Other detachments were performing the same infiltration and attack missions in other Eighth Route Army base areas.
In addition, in order to cooperate with Yamamoto's infiltration and attack on other Eighth Route Army base areas.
Nobutoshi Kawakubo also specially ordered to mobilize a sniper team, a total of thirty snipers equipped with Japanese-style Type 99 sniper rifles and four-fold optical sights, plus thirty corresponding observers, two people A group formed a sniper tactical team to fight with Yamamoto.
Some of them were arranged by Yamamoto in the combat team to perform beheading operations.
Others were arranged by Yamamoto to move freely around the Eighth Route Army base areas and carry out raiding and killing missions.
Specially select Eighth Route Army commanders who are likely to appear around the Eighth Route Army base area.
As for the equality of Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers, and officers do not wear military ranks, how can they be identified?
Yamamoto naturally has experience in this area.
One looks at the pockets. These Eighth Route Army officers often have two extra pockets, which is different from other soldiers; the other looks at the briefcases. There are some Eighth Route Army officers who will carry briefcases with them; as for the Eighth Route Army level and above cadres and a bodyguard for personal protection.
If that doesn't work, you can also look at age, actions, and demeanor.
Generally, those who are older, lead the team at the front, and have more obvious expressions and movements. The surrounding cadres will gather towards him and salute. These are basically Eighth Route Army cadres.
It happened that at this time, the Eighth Route Army troops of various regiments around the Taihang base area were stimulated by the independent regiment's capture of Ping'an County, and they all sought to take the initiative to attack and expand outward.
The actions of the two parties happened to collide.
For Kazuki Yamamoto, this is undoubtedly the best time to carry out infiltration and assassination operations.
The frequent attacks by Eighth Route Army troops gave Yamamoto's assassination team and snipers more opportunities.
Soon after.
The Japanese of the combat team sent by Yamamoto successfully used grenade launchers to launch a long-range sneak attack on the Eighth Company of the 17th Regiment stationed in the mountains not far from Xiaohu Village.
Three wooden houses built by the soldiers in the garrison were blown up by Japanese artillery shells.
The little devil turned those wooden houses into command organs.
This is indeed the case. Fortunately, the commander of the Eighth Company led the team to fight guerrillas at that time and was not at the headquarters.
Only then did he narrowly avoid the Japanese assassination attempt.
The secret shelling aroused the attention of the Eighth Route Army soldiers. The news that Japs had been sneaked into the base area soon reached the headquarters of the 17th Regiment. Commander Jiang immediately ordered a comprehensive search of the base area.
The commander of the Eighth Company reacted very quickly after learning the news. He immediately blocked the passes around the base to prevent the Japanese who had penetrated into the base from escaping.
But in the end, the group of little devils who made a sneak attack could not be left behind.
The reconnaissance soldiers discovered that these Japanese soldiers used rock climbing ropes to climb over the steep slope and escaped from the mountainous area.
The Eighth Company Commander who went to conduct on-site investigation realized that this group of Japanese soldiers was unusual and immediately reported the news to the regiment headquarters.
to afternoon.
The team of the 17th Regiment conducting a comprehensive search around the base area was attacked by a small group of Japanese troops and even attacked and killed by hidden Japanese snipers.
In just one afternoon, a dozen cadres were sacrificed, including even a company commander.
The 17th Regiment also successfully encircled and suppressed the enemy, killing six Japanese soldiers.
Two of them were Japanese snipers and one was an observer.
The all-over camouflage almost blended in with the surrounding environment, and the weird Type 99 sniper rifle with a quadruple optical sight surprised all the soldiers of the 17th Regiment.
"No, it's the Japanese snipers that Lao Kong said. With this kind of gun, you can still kill with one shot from four to five hundred meters away. Judging from the comrades we have sacrificed right now, the Japanese snipers are targeting our cadres." Come."
After analyzing the situation, Captain Jiang regretted that he had not implemented the counter-sniper requirements.
Fortunately, it's not too late to remedy the situation.
Taking advantage of the fact that the casualties of the 17th Regiment were not too great at the moment, Commander Jiang quickly ordered the entire regiment to prepare for counter-sniper operations.
All cadres must wear the same military uniforms as soldiers. They are not allowed to salute cadres at any time, and are not allowed to surround cadres...
To deal with the Japanese sniper's surprise attack.
Once the troops encounter a sneak attack by a Japanese sniper, they quickly locate the Japanese sniper, then surround the entire area and use grenades for bombardment.
In addition, the 17th Regiment also mobilized the special shooters in the regiment, equipped them with observers, and scattered them around the base area to coordinate the search team's operations at any time to knock out the Japanese snipers hidden.
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