After defeating Zhou Weiguo, the Fourth Squadron of the Tigers Special Forces was established. The squadron leader was Zhou Weiguo, codenamed "Snow Leopard", and the number of personnel was 150. All the missing personnel were selected from the group of training personnel supported by Commander Liu.
The 50 people who trained for Master Liu have graduated and returned to the 129th Division, and the remaining 150 people have just been added to various squadrons.
The Tigers Special Forces has four squadrons: Siberian Tigers, South China Tigers, Central China Tigers and Snow Leopards. Each squadron has 150 personnel, and the total number has increased to 600. The level is a regular regiment.
The squadron has 3 squadrons, each with 48 people. Plus the 6-man squadron headquarters, there are exactly 150 people.
Each squadron is an independent tactical unit, and the squadron leader has certain independent command rights. Among them, the Huazhong Tiger has stayed in Liuzhen for a long time and is responsible for the safety of the military factory. This is the foundation of the independent brigade and cannot be lost.
After completing the expansion of the Tigers Special Forces, Chu Xiong devoted his attention to preparations for the major counterattack. The second phase of the Japanese operation had already begun;
In a few days, more than 100,000 Central Army troops will be defeated, with more than 100,000 casualties and prisoners captured. This is what Chuxiong does not want to see. After more than a year of planning, it is time to close the Zhongtiao Mountain strategy!
On May 16, at the 78th Army Headquarters, Chu Xiong convened a meeting of commanders above the regiment level to deploy a major counterattack, chaired by Chief of Staff Zhong Guoliang.
"Comrades, the Japanese have begun their dragnet-style crackdown on the Zhongtiao Mountain guerrilla zone;
According to insider reports, the main force of the Japanese army will conduct repeated sweeps and sweeps back and forth against the main force of the Central Army in the encirclement within the next month until they are completely wiped out.
The senior generals of the 14th Group Army and the 5th Group Army of the Central Army are abandoning their main forces to break out. These senior generals ran away, but the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of soldiers cannot be in vain. These are China's national defense forces, and our 78th Army must not sit idly by. , Starting from today, the 78th Army will fully intervene in the battle of southern Shanxi, now please speak to the brigade commander."
Chu Xiong didn't talk nonsense and said directly:
"Comrades, our Eighth Route Army Joint Command has issued a combat order. At the request of Zhongcai, we have assembled 30 regiments from the 129th Division, the 120th Division, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to attack the Japs on Tongpu Road, Zhengtai Road, and Pinghan Road. Launch diversionary attacks;
Waiting for an opportunity to cut off the three main arteries of Tongpu Road, Zhengtai Road, and Pinghan Road, making the Japanese's logistical supplies unsustainable.
This peripheral battle is different from the previous wars. Politics is higher than military affairs. It is necessary to make a big noise, beat the devils, and explain to the people of the country and the whole country;
Let the people of the whole country see the determination of our Eighth Route Army to take the overall situation into consideration and unite to fight. This is a righteous thing and must be captured!
We must also be careful not to set ourselves on fire. We can help, but we cannot lead the army of 100,000 Japanese soldiers to the Eighth Route Army's base area.
Therefore, our 78th Army will take the lead in the counterattack in the southern Shanxi area. The other 10 regiments of the 129th Division, the division-direct troops of the 81st Division, and the 12 regiments of the 81st Brigade have secretly assembled to be ready to support the 78th Army in operations at any time.
The 881st Regiment, the 1st Preliminary Regiment, and the 2nd Preliminary Regiment of the Independent Brigade serve as the reserves of the 78th Army. In a word, the Eighth Route Army troops entered Zhongtiao Mountain without knowing anything, so as not to leave an excuse for the president. "
"I order the 803rd and 804th regiments to launch an attack on the Japs on the 918 and 775 heights at midnight tonight. The battle must be resolved before dawn, the Langya Valley is blocked, and the supply lines of the Japs' East Route Army are cut off;
The Tiger Special Forces attack in squadrons or squads, with the goal of blowing up all the Japanese supply centers in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, so that the main Japanese force in the hinterland of Zhongtiao Mountain will have no food to eat and no ammunition supplies.
The 801st Regiment supports the 151st Division, the 802nd Regiment connects with the Luo Weimin Brigade of the 93rd Army, the 805th Regiment, the 806th Regiment, the 3rd Preliminary Regiment, the 4th Preliminary Regiment, the 1st Artillery Regiment, and the 2nd Artillery Regiment are ambushed in Langya Valley, waiting to give our old friend the 35th Division A big surprise;
Once they lose Highland 918, the main force of the 35th Division will have to return to Langya Valley to open up their supply channels. By then..."
Chu Xiong is finally taking action...
On May 16, on the northeastern front, the first part of the 33rd Division and the first part of the independent mixed 4th Brigade commanded by Japanese Lieutenant General Sakurai Shoichi, with about 10,000 people, pursued the 10th Division Headquarters of the 93rd Army of the Central Army all the way. The headquarters of the 14th Group Army, the 98th Army, and the 15th Army arrived near Mengong Town, only more than ten kilometers away from the Dahe Ferry.
The tens of thousands of troops from the three armies fled in all directions as they were chased by more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers. They were defeated all the way and ran for their lives.
After the 14th Army Headquarters ordered the 93rd Army to break off, Commander Liu of the 93rd Army handed over the task of blocking the attack to Luo Weimin Brigade;
Commander Liu asked Luo Weimin to hold Menggong Ridge on the west side of Menggong Town for more than three days at all costs, and to cover the headquarters of the 14th Group Army and other units across the river to Shaanzhou.
Luo Weimin's brigade broke off all the way and continued to collect the defeated troops of each army. The total number of troops has increased to 12,000, which is more than the number of one division.
All the armies disliked the defeated troops of various ministries. They were short of food and could not afford to feed them. They had to take as much as Luo Weimin's troops had, and sometimes they even forcibly recruited them;
The officers needed them to block and break up the rear, and turned a blind eye to Luo Weimin's illegal operations, as long as he defended the retreat for the main force.
Luo Weimin consolidated all the defeated troops into each regiment, so that the strength of each regiment was close to 4,000. They were reorganized according to the main regiment organization of the independent brigade. Each regiment has 4 battalions, and each battalion has 4 companies. More than 900 people.
The terrain of Menggongling is very suitable for blocking. He placed the entire first regiment on it, arranged in echelons. The brigade artillery battalion assisted the first regiment in fighting, and the second regiment was the reserve;
The third regiment continued to gather the broken troops at the ferry line. As long as they were soldiers from the 15th Army, the 98th Army, and the 93rd Army, they were all forcibly collected. The reason was to cut off the rear for the bosses and make them proud!
On the afternoon of the 16th, a regiment of the 33rd Japanese Pursuit Division took the lead in arriving near Mengong Town. A single vanguard squadron dared to chase tens of thousands of Central Army troops, and they were so crazy that they knew no bounds.
“Damn it, these little devils deceived me into being unmanned in China, and a squadron dared to chase them regardless;
Battalion Commander, you lead a battalion to ambush on the slope outside the town and make dumplings for them! "
He Gang, the commander of the first regiment, said loudly to the commander of the first battalion.
When the people in the town heard that the Japanese were coming, they all fled to the countryside, leaving the whole town empty.
In Luo Weimin's brigade, all the officers above the battalion level have been replaced by the backbone of the independent brigade. They secretly develop the organization in the army. Now each battalion has a branch of the organization, and they secretly work among the soldiers;
The current Luo Weimin Brigade is white-skinned and red-hearted. Most of the company and platoon leaders have joined the organization. Various tactics are copied from the independent brigade model. In the 93rd Army, its combat effectiveness is unique.
After receiving the order, the first battalion commander began to arrange ambush tactics. The first and second companies were ambushing on the slopes on both sides of the road. The third company pretended to be broken and lured the Japanese into a pocket formation, making dumplings for the Japanese advance guard who had entered alone.
