After successfully persuading Yang Chongshan, the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army cooperated with the New Second Regiment to stage a big show to occupy the Huting stronghold.
Kong Jie turned around again, called Li Yunlong, and explained the matter to Li Yunlong in detail.
On the phone, Lao Li reluctantly refused the matter at first, and even said cursingly: "Damn it, why? The Huting stronghold that I worked so hard to conquer is going to be cheap for this dog." Japan’s 57th regiment?
As for that boy Yang Chongshan, is he worthy of singing with me?
If he really lets his 57th regiment rob my place, will I, Li Yunlong, be able to hang out in the northwest of Shanxi in the future? "
The more Lao Li thought about it, the angrier he became. Although he understood what Kong Jie said, it was only after this incident spread:
He, Li Yunlong, managed to capture the Huting stronghold with great difficulty, but was raided by the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army at night.
I just picked peaches!
Li Yunlong is a person who cares about face. In his opinion, a miscellaneous army unit like the 57th Regiment is not worthy of letting him suffer such a big loss, even though this loss is only superficial.
Kong Jie, as the middleman, had no choice but to persuade him earnestly: "Old Li, we have been comrades-in-arms for so many years, how can I not know what you are thinking? It is difficult to capture the Huting stronghold, and even more difficult to hold it.
Even if he doesn't give it to Yang Chongshan, sooner or later he will have to take it away from him. "
Li Yunlong continued to snort on the other end of the phone.
Kong Jie had no choice but to take out his trump card and said: "The 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army has developed strong soldiers and horses in recent years. This is a big fat sheep. Let's raise it in the Huting stronghold first, and then fatten it and slaughter it in the future." Yeah, I’ll give you half, that’s alright!”
"Haha, Lao Kong, this is what you said. Lao Zhao and Da Biao are both standing beside me! You must not lie or deny your credit in the future."
On the other end of the phone, Li Yunlong's impatient voice came immediately, as if he was afraid that Kong Jie would regret it.
Kong Jie laughed and scolded: "Well, you old Li, wait for me here!"
Li Yunlong said: "Just tell me whether you agree or not? If you agree, we, Lao Li, will do this deal. It's time to sing and act, and we, my old face, will not give up."
Who wants this matter to come to you personally, Lao Kong? "
Kong Jie said happily: "Come on, Lao Li, you've got a small advantage and you still act like a good boy, okay, okay, okay, this matter is settled like this, I'll suffer the loss, that's alright, right?"
Hahaha--
The call ended with hearty laughter from both sides.
Li Yunlong was decided by Kong Jie.
The two of them planned the matter together. They first thought of ways to capture the Huting stronghold, and then acted with the 57th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army to temporarily place the Huting stronghold in the hands of the 57th Regiment.
As for how to cooperate, the specific time point and action plan, Kong Jie later arranged for people to have close contact with Yang Chongshan.
At the headquarters of the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong hung up the phone with a bright smile on his face, and his eyes almost disappeared from laughter.
Zhang Dabiao, the battalion commander on the side, couldn't help but said: "Commander, if Commander Kong really agrees to take down the 57th Regiment and share half of the equipment and supplies with us in the future, this will indeed be a sure-profit deal.
But no one can say what the future will look like.
I feel unhappy when I think that the Huting stronghold that I finally captured will have to be handed over to the Jinsui Army. "
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao and said happily: "Dabiao, do you know why Lao Kong has made such rapid progress and changed so much in the past few years?"
Zhang Dabiao was stunned and shook his head.
Li Yunlong said: "Because, this idiot Kong Er didn't learn well, hey, he still learned from our old Li, and he also learned the essence of our old Li!"
He changed the topic and continued: "I promised Lao Kong and the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army to sing this play and finally give up the Huting stronghold.
This is the final situation. As long as the Huting stronghold is lost to the 57th Regiment, then what we promised Lao Kong will be fulfilled.
But how to do the specific process in the middle? Mr. Kong didn’t settle it for us, right?
There are a lot of things involved, you kid, just figure it out for yourself! "
Zhang Dabiao: "..."
When leaving the compound of the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao was still a little distracted. He was still immersed in Li Yunlong's previous words, thinking about what the regiment leader meant by his words.
…
On the 15th.
Under the command of Li Yunlong, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment quickly mobilized, and with the cooperation of the local army and militia forces, they densely blocked all supply lines leading to the Huting stronghold from the outside, including Water lines, material supply lines, etc.
18th.
The third phase of a team's winter counteroffensive is still continuing. Throughout the three cities of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County, and a large area of Japanese-occupied areas, the Japanese and puppet troops are struggling to cope with the elusive attacks of a team from all sides. For the time being, There is no time to take care of the area around Ping'an County.
In the afternoon, a Japanese transport team mainly used a large number of water trucks to draw relatively high-quality water from a large river four or five kilometers away from the Huting stronghold to supply water to the Huting stronghold.
Sanjin is located in the north of China, but its location is not particularly northerly, and it does have four distinct seasons.
In the coldest winter, although dripping water will not turn into ice, some smaller streams will also be completely frozen.
In the area where the Japs drew water, the river was fast and the temperature had risen recently, so it did not freeze.
This is a water supply convoy that the Japanese transport every three to five days. There are very few Japanese troops accompanying it, only seven or eight. The leader is a Japanese sergeant, and the rest are more than 30 puppet troops.
Driven by the Japanese and puppet soldiers, twenty or thirty water tankers squeaked along the dirt-paved road. Occasionally, some water droplets splashed out from the full water tank compartments.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers thought it would be another boring water delivery journey as usual.
The result was that he ran directly into the muzzle of the ambush troops specially arranged by Li Yunlong.
There was no fierce fighting between the two sides at all.
Such a water delivery team does not have much combat effectiveness at all.
The battle was over in just three to five minutes. All the little Japs were killed and most of the puppet troops surrendered.
When the Japanese reinforcements from the Huting stronghold heard the sound and arrived, all they could see was the river water splashing all over the ground, frozen into layers of thin ice under the constant raging cold current.
There were also the debris of the water tanker all over the ground, and the ugly bodies of a few little devils who had been stripped down to only their crotch cloths.
Huting stronghold.
The Imperial Japanese Command System.
The person responsible for commanding and garrisoning the entire Huting stronghold and ensuring the solid defense of the Huting stronghold was a Japanese major named Furukawa Shinichi.
This old Japs was recently specially dispatched by the Japs command department.
The purpose is to enhance the defensive strength of the entire Huting stronghold.
In fact, before a team did not launch this winter counterattack, the entire northwestern Shanxi was reduced to a pot of porridge.
Although the Huting stronghold is also one of the important military strongholds of the Japanese army and the hub for consolidating Ping'an County, the overall defense strength is still far less valued than it is now.
After all, as the Japanese-occupied areas continued to expand, in order to ensure the security and stability of the occupied areas, the little Japanese with limited troops originally shared a large number of troops, resulting in many security areas being empty of troops.
Coupled with the outbreak of the Pacific War, this situation has become even more aggravated.
Generally speaking, it would be good if the Japanese army could station a squad of little Japanese soldiers in a small stronghold.
The larger stronghold can only house a small group of Japanese soldiers, but it cannot hold up a squadron.
Then with the help of the strategically selected strategic terrain of the stronghold, sophisticated equipment and abundant firepower, the Japanese garrison troops stationed in the stronghold were often able to block dozens of times the enemy's attack when facing the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment and scarce ammunition. attack.
Especially when the Eighth Route Army troops lack offensive artillery.
It is not uncommon for the little Japs No. 30 or 50 to even be able to block the attack of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, the Huting Stronghold has especially strengthened the defensive power of the defenders, from the two squadrons originally stationed plus a battalion of puppet police to the subsequently enhanced mechanized transport squadron, artillery squadron, and even two tank squadrons. …
The entire stronghold was almost impregnable.
The strength of the defenders is no less than that of counties such as Ping'an County and Shouyang.
From this, Furukawa Shinichi firmly believes:
The entire Huting stronghold was defended in a foolproof manner. The Eighth Route Army simply did not have the ability or possibility to pose any threat to the Huting stronghold.
With the help of Huting's unique, dangerous and excellent military terrain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, the defense of the entire Huting stronghold is far more calm, lighter and easier than the defense of Ping'an County.
As a result, the higher-level Japanese military command also used the Huting stronghold as the most stable material storage warehouse and a transportation hub for military materials.
In order to avoid the Eighth Route Army troops launching a counterattack during this winter, causing heavy losses to the Japanese theater.
The Japanese army temporarily transferred the materials hoarded from various places in a large area around the Huting stronghold to the Huting stronghold for proper placement.
Even the horse farm of the first brigade was temporarily arranged to spend the winter at the Huting stronghold.
This attracted Li Yunlong's attention.
The peace in Furukawahara's Huting stronghold will last until the end of this winter and until early spring next year.
By then, Your Excellency the Commander will definitely launch a retaliatory counterattack against the major counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army this winter.
There is no doubt that the Huting stronghold will become a very important forward stronghold, communication station, intelligence station, and transportation hub when the Japanese army launches a retaliatory sweep in the spring.
play a decisive role.
At present, this calm was broken because the water transport unit was raided.
After the news reached the headquarters, the old devil Furukawa couldn't sit still.
There is naturally a reason why the Japanese military command department sent Major Furukawa to be responsible for garrisoning the entire Huting stronghold.
Furukawa can be regarded as a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his military sense is particularly keen. When he was stationed at the Huting stronghold, he noticed it with his keenness.
The seemingly impregnable Huting stronghold has a huge flaw that is simply unavoidable:
Due to the topography and location of the Huting stronghold, the water supply for the entire Huting stronghold must be transported from the outside.
To use an analogy, let's say that the entire Huting stronghold is now surrounded and protected by solid eggshells.
So this point of water supply is like a small hole drilled from the outside of the eggshell that cannot be completely sealed.
After the news came, Furukawa's brows furrowed into a "Chuan" shape. Without hesitation, he issued a series of orders:
"The cordon extends three kilometers outward in all directions, and the motorized search team strengthens the cordon and search to ensure the safety of the water line."
"Mechanized combat units are on standby to reinforce various transport units that may be ambushed by Tubal Road."
"Once our army's water supply line is cut off by the Eighth Route Army, the last few wells that can be used as emergency water are the wells outside the stronghold. Be sure to guard those wells in case of emergency!"
"Hi!"
Under Furukawa's order, the little devils moved quickly.
On the other side, Li Yunlong was determined to eat the big fat piece of Huting stronghold this time. The combat troops from all walks of life were originally rushing to cut off the Japanese water supply routes, so naturally they would not be idle.
According to the relevant intelligence collected by the New Second Regiment, soldiers from all walks of life had already targeted some wells outside the Japanese stronghold in Huting that were often used as water sources.
I also learned the news from the mouths of the dozen or so puppet soldiers who were captured.
After once again confirming the specific locations of water wells commonly used by the Japanese around the stronghold.
The soldiers divided into multiple groups, one step ahead of the Japs, and lurked near some ancient wells that the Japanese army often used as water sources.
Why is it called an ancient well?
The terrain of Huting is unique. It is much higher than the surrounding areas. It is like a hill. The Japanese have also tried to drill many wells in the defensive area inside the Huting stronghold. If the water from the wells inside the stronghold can be passed, It would be great if you get enough water.
Unfortunately it didn't work out.
Digging a well is also a technical job. If the location is well chosen, there is no need to dig too deep. The water in the well can even be inexhaustible. The groundwater will continue to flow and the supply will continue to be output.
If the location is not chosen well, even if it is dug more than ten meters away, it will be in vain.
This is even a rather metaphysical question!
On the other hand, in some areas outside the Huting stronghold, there are some ancient wells dug by local people. It is said that they are some years old, but the water in the wells has always been inexhaustible.
After the Japanese occupied Huting, a large amount of water was transported by water tankers. Small-scale water use is obtained through some ancient wells outside.
After Furukawa's order was issued, the little Japanese and puppet soldiers quickly rushed to the three wells on the outside, and also brought a lot of wooden barrels and water trucks.
Because Furukawa believed that the Eighth Route Army's sudden attack on the water supply convoy transporting to the Huting stronghold was definitely not an accident.
Next, Tubalu will most likely cut off the water supply to the stronghold and deal with the stronghold first.
Therefore, Furukawa decided to make early preparations. This time the water supply was cut off by the Eighth Route Army ambush, so he would immediately draw water from the ancient wells on the outside and reserve water sources as soon as possible.
After leaving some guard posts, the little Japanese and the puppet soldiers quickly moved to draw water through the windlass above the ancient well, which was a rotating mechanical gallows with ropes hung to put buckets and draw water from the buckets. .
"fire!"
Boom——
But how could the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had been lurking around the ancient well watch helplessly as the little devil fetched water?
The power of cold guns and cold artillery was once again highlighted, and several shells suddenly shot out and exploded directly at the mouth of the well.
In a series of explosions, the Japanese and puppet troops surrounding the wellhead were blown to pieces.
"Enemy attack, concealment, concealment——"
The Japanese and puppet soldiers screamed and quickly withdrew from the bare ancient well area.
At this time, under the bombardment of artillery shells, the entire ancient well had completely collapsed...
