Hunyuan Independent Battalion Headquarters of Dongping Village.

After the telegram to the regiment headquarters was sent, He Jun stayed by the radio station and did not leave.

I finally stayed up until 11 o'clock in the morning, and the quiet radio station finally moved.

The telegraph operator spent ten minutes receiving and translating the message, and while handing the electric board to He Jun, he reported: "Battalion commander, the regiment headquarters has an urgent telegram, there is a task for us?" ”

He Jun took the telegram at a glance and read the contents in only half a minute, and then strode to the side of the map.

Instructor Tan Wensheng, deputy battalion commander, and several company platoon commanders all stayed at the headquarters and did not leave.

Seeing the battalion commander coming over, all the bees gathered around, and all the shining eyes were staring at him, waiting for him to speak.

"Comrades, the regiment commander ordered: The Hunyuan Independent Battalion will open up the communication channel with the Datong Independent Battalion within three days." He Jun did not sweep everyone's excitement, and directly said the content of the telegram.

Then he shifted his gaze to the map, and analyzed while looking: "There is a road between us and the Datong Independent Battalion, which is the main traffic road controlled by the Japanese puppet army, and there are three strongholds along the line, one large and two small, ten kilometers apart from each other, and the nails are inserted between us and the Datong Independent Battalion. ”

"If you want to take them, you must definitely send out heavy troops and artillery, which will inevitably attract the attention of the puppet army of Datongri."

"In order to avoid this from happening, we and the Datong Independent Battalion have not dealt with them."

"Now that we have the order from the regimental headquarters, these worries are gone."

"Deputy battalion commander, you first introduce to you the specific distribution of the Japanese puppet army on this traffic artery, and only by knowing yourself and knowing your opponent can you win a hundred battles."

The deputy battalion commander hurriedly found out the information about these strongholds and pointed to the map.

"The battalion commander said that this transportation artery runs between us and the Datong Independent Battalion."

"There are three strongholds along the line, with a large stronghold in the center, in which a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army and a battalion of the puppet army are stationed, equipped with mortars and two infantry guns."

"Two small strongholds are distributed on both sides of the large strongholds, and a reinforced squad of the Japanese army and a company of the puppet army are stationed respectively, equipped with two heavy machine guns and a mortar."

"There is also a medium-sized coal mine within 20 kilometers of the perimeter, which has a mine protection team of more than 400 people formed by the Japanese, which is well-equipped, not only with heavy machine guns and mortars, but also with four old mountain guns eliminated by the main force of the Japanese army."

"Half of the escort team are veterans who have retired from the main force of the Japanese army, and the remaining half are Koreans and so-called samurai, and their combat effectiveness is very strong."

"Datong City is thirty kilometers away from the nearest small stronghold, and the reinforcements can march in five hours to reach the battlefield."

"If you transport it by car, the reinforcements will be able to reach the battlefield in an hour!"

The commander of the first company was the first to shout: "Battalion commander, the Japanese puppet army adds up to less than 900 people, and our main force plus the guerrillas have more than 1,500 people, nearly twice the strength advantage, I think this battle can be fought!" ”

Instructor Tan Wensheng didn't seem optimistic, and reminded worriedly: "It's okay to fight, but you must make a good battle plan and think it through." ”

"Although the superiority in strength is in our hands, we are fighting a tough battle, and the difficulty is much greater than in other battles, and twice the superiority in strength is nothing."

He Jun suddenly interrupted: "Instructor, it is the order of the regiment commander to open this traffic artery, no matter how difficult it is, we must carry it out." ”

"It's really hard to fight the enemy hiding in the stronghold, and we can find a way to force them out and fight."

"There are more than 500 Japanese puppet troops in the central stronghold, as long as we kill more than 200 people outside the stronghold, the remaining 300 people will be much easier to fight."

"I order: The four main companies will each transfer two main platoons, one fire platoon, and one reconnaissance squad to participate in the battle."

"The guard company, the fire company, the baggage company, the reconnaissance platoon, the engineer platoon, all took part in the battle."

"Get started tonight."

"Encircle the point first to send reinforcements, kill some Japanese puppet troops outside the stronghold, and then attack the stronghold."

At the regimental headquarters of the Laishui Independent Regiment, Huang Wu, the leader of the cavalry communication squad of the communications platoon of the garrison regiment, had just arrived here.

At this moment, he was standing in front of Chen Qingyu, the head of the Laishui Independent Regiment, panting and thinking about how to answer the chief's question next.

Chen Qingyu was convinced of Huang Wu's identity.

He was sent all the way to the second company by the garrison battalion controlled by the Yi County Garrison Regiment, and he had important things to inform him.

The letter he was reading was brought by Huang Wu.

When he saw half of it, Chen Qingyu already had a heartfelt shocked expression on his face.

As I continued to watch, a flash of excitement slowly flashed on my shocked face.

After reading it, he stared at Huang Wu and asked very seriously: "Squad Leader Huang, your garrison regiment really intends to exchange weapons and ammunition for these materials on the list. ”

"Yes, Chief!" Huang Wu replied very seriously.

"Before leaving, our regiment commander repeatedly explained that the supplies that were not marked on the list could only be exchanged for machine guns and their matching ammunition."

"If the independent regiment can get the materials marked on the list and hand them over to the garrison battalion, it will be possible to exchange heavy machine guns and mortars."

"The more supplies you raise, the more weapons and ammunition you get."

Seeing Huang Wu's repeated affirmations, Chen Qingyu finally believed that what he had just seen was true.

My heart was happy at that time, and then I forced myself to calm down and replied: "If we can really exchange the materials for the weapons and ammunition we urgently need, the independent regiment will definitely not have to worry about weapons and ammunition in the future." ”

"Squad Leader Huang, you go back immediately and tell you Regiment Commander Li, the Laishui Independent Regiment will immediately start collecting the materials on the list, please rest assured."

Five hours later, the commanders of several battalions of the Laishui Independent Regiment were all called to the headquarters by Chen Qingyu, which was inexplicable.

After the old regiment commander took away the main force of the regiment, several battalion commanders were temporarily promoted by Chen Qingyu from the left-behind troops.

The shortfall in the force consisted either of temporary replenishment of captives or of fighters and partisans drawn from local units.

It took half a month to replenish the three main battalions.

The only thing that made Chen Qingyu happy was that the old head Zhou Tao left himself with plenty of weapons and ammunition before leaving.

In addition to the three main battalions, the newly formed Laishui Independent Regiment also used those weapons to form a guard company, a recruit company, an artillery company, a machine gun company, a cavalry company, and a reconnaissance platoon.

Just when Chen Qingyu took the newly formed independent regiment to strengthen training, so that the troops could recover their strength as soon as possible.

The Japanese puppet army stationed in Laishui County did not know where to get the news: they learned the fact that most of the troops of the independent regiment were recruits.

Resolutely sent troops, wanting to take advantage of the weakest time of the independent regiment.

After three days of fighting, the Japanese puppet army returned defeated.

The newly formed independent regiment also suffered heavy losses.

The casualties of the fighters are good to say, replenish a part of the prisoners, and recruit some new soldiers, and the gap can be filled in ten days at most.

The loss of weapons and ammunition is difficult.

In the anti-sweep, the independent regiment did not fight a war of annihilation, although a large number of Japanese puppet troops were killed, but the weapons and ammunition were brought back to the county by the retreating troops.

Therefore, the independent regiment fought this battle only with attrition, not replenishment.

After a counter-sweep, almost two-thirds of the ammunition left by Zhou Tao was emptied.

The remaining one-third of the ammunition was only enough for the whole regiment to fight a medium-sized battle.

If it encounters a heavy sweep by the Japanese puppet army, the independent regiment will definitely return to the pre-liberation overnight and retreat to the mountains to fight guerrilla attacks with devils and fight bayonets.

During this period, in addition to urging the troops to strengthen training and make up for the already small amount of ammunition with strong combat effectiveness, Chen Qingyu did the most he did was to find ways to increase the ammunition reserves of the troops.

Li Hao's proposal to exchange weapons and ammunition for materials at this time was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for Chen Qingyu, and it was difficult to be unhappy.

In order to see the ammunition as soon as possible, as soon as Huang Wu left, Chen Qingyu wanted to assign the task of collecting supplies.

The sooner the supplies were delivered to the garrison battalion, the sooner the garrison regiment would receive the ammunition that was in short supply to the troops.

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