The assault company of the three regiments and three battalions, under the leadership of the company commander Ju Chuanfang, had militiamen in front of them to explore the way in the night, learning to bark dogs for a while, and turning into insects for a while.

In front of it was a barbed wire fence that left two Japanese sentries on either side of the gate to enter and exit the fence.

The troops advanced covertly forward, and when they approached the devil sentry, the company commander Ju ordered in a low voice: "The assault squad rushed up and killed the four devil sentinels, and the assault platoon cut the barbed wire and rushed into the enemy stronghold." ”

Under the cover of night, the assault squad suddenly jumped out, quickly rushed to the devil sentry, and quickly cleaned up the four sentries with a knife.

The assault company followed closely, picked up the big guillotine, and with a few 'clicks', cut the barbed wire, and the follow-up troops quickly passed through the cleared barbed wire passage and rushed in. There was a mixed noise during the night, which alarmed the little devils who were sleeping.

The commander of the devil immediately shouted vigilantly: "Get up quickly, if there is a situation outside, immediately enter the blocking post, and if you find that Tubalu is attacking, you will immediately carry out a fire counterattack." ”

The assault company did not give the devils in the turret a chance to react, and threw the cluster grenades prepared in advance through the gun holes, and exploded a few times, and the devils inside cried wolf.

The entire assault company, under the cover of peripheral artillery fire and light and heavy weapons, advanced deep into the stronghold of the eastern regimental fort.

Seeing that the assault company's surprise attack was going well, the commander of the 3rd Battalion Chen ordered his troops to follow closely behind and launch a general attack on the Japanese stronghold at Dongtuanbao.

At this time, the 2nd Battalion, which served as an assist, was led by the sharp knife squad in front of it in the night and went in the wrong direction, and the 3rd Battalion, which was attacking the main attack, lost the fire cover of the 2nd Battalion's assist under the powerful fire of the enemy in the stronghold, and launched a fire confrontation with the enemy with the strength and firepower of one battalion.

The 3rd Battalion showed great tenacity in the completely unfavorable attack, and the fighters who rushed in front fell, and the soldiers who followed bravely rushed forward.

Captain Koda, the commander of the Japanese army at the stronghold of the East Regiment Fort, found that there was only one battalion of the attacking Eighth Route Army, and he ordered the devils in the bunkers, bunkers, and bunkers, as well as the soldiers who entered the single bunkers, to exert their most powerful firepower to destroy this Tubalu army, which did not know whether to live or die.

At one time, the Japanese soldiers used all their firearms to spray dense bullets at the positions of the East Regiment Fort, illuminating the offensive route of the third battalion with searchlights, and launched fierce fire strikes.

Under the suppression of the enemy's powerful firepower, the soldiers were not afraid, rushed into the enemy position with their guns, and started a white-knuckle battle with the enemy.

At this time, Commander Yang, who was standing on the ancient beacon tower and commanded in person, saw the battle of Dongtuanbao in his eyes and was very anxious, and ordered the second battalion of the third regiment to quickly reinforce the third battalion and destroy the stronghold of Dongtuanbao.

The first regiment that attacked Laiyuan City and the only regiment of Lei Jian assembled immediately after withdrawing from the city, and the regimental commanders of the two regiments quickly came up with a new combat plan in view of the distribution of Japanese troops and the deployment of firepower in the city.

In the end, Lei Jian said: "The enemy defending Laiyuan City has become a frightened bird, and he can't stop the strong attack of my two regiments by struggling to block it, the problem is that while eliminating the enemy in the city, he must capture the enemy's transfer station, once the devil commander jumps over the wall and blows up the military transfer station, then we can only complete half of the combat mission by capturing the county." ”

Commander Yang received that the 1st Division, the 1st Regiment and the 1st Lei Jian Regiment had broken through the Dongguan, Nanguan and Beiguan of Laiyuan City, and the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Division had broken through the Japanese strongholds in Sanjiacun and Zhongzhuang, but these two troops were attacked by the enemy's strong fire and were forced to withdraw while advancing. ”

At this moment, the communications staff officer reported: "Report to Commander Yang, the assault company of the 3rd Regiment of our division, which carried out a strong attack before dawn, has now captured the pillbox in the southwest corner of Dongtuanbao, opened a breakthrough, and is engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy. ”

The senior deputy commander of the first division looked at Commander Yang and said: "This guy, the three regiments fought too hard, but the three regiments were able to open the breakthrough of the East Regiment Fort, and they should pay the price of blood." ”

Deputy Commander Gao was right, the assault company of the third regiment and the third battalion opened the breakthrough, although it occupied the artillery tower in the southwest corner, but the devils in the stronghold launched the most crazy firepower counterattack, and the assault company suffered heavy casualties, but it was still holding its position.

At the same time that the assault company opened the breakthrough, the commander of the third battalion, Chen, ordered each company to storm the enemy's stronghold and advance in depth, at this time the second battalion, which had taken the wrong road, finally rushed over, immediately entered the battle, rushed to the front of the eighth company, bravely advanced, braved the enemy's dense bullets, and occupied the artillery tower in the southeast corner of the stronghold with rapid movements.

As soon as the Japanese commander in the stronghold, Captain Koda, saw that the southeast corner turret had been lost, and immediately ordered a squad of devils to use the cover of the traffic trench to seize the southeast corner turret occupied by the Eighth Company of the Eighth Route Army with the heaviest firepower.

The counterattacking Japanese army was like a chicken, launching several strong attacks, the southeast corner turret changed hands several times, and the enemy and us fought very tenaciously.

When Commander Yang learned that the three regiments and one battalion had attacked Shangzhuang, and the captured pillboxes had been recaptured by the Japanese army, and the troops had suffered heavy casualties, he grabbed the phone and asked sternly: "Commander Qiu, how did you do it?" Why can't Dongtuan Fort be taken until now, once the surrounding Japanese strongholds can't be pulled out in time, it will be even more difficult to attack Laiyuan County, don't you understand? ”

"Report to the commander, the little devil has lost his conscience and released poisonous gas, the position is filled with poisonous air, and the soldiers inhale it and cough and vomit, which directly affects the combat effectiveness, and now they are trying to find a way to get rid of it."

"Commander Qiu, according to the Japanese commanders and soldiers guarding the East Regiment Fort, in addition to the instructors and non-commissioned officers, they are all well-trained soldiers, tell the cadres and soldiers that to deal with such devils, relying on fighting to the death alone will cause great casualties, and you have to use your brains, do you understand?"

Commander Yang gave two 'understands' in a row, which made Commander Qiu's head big, and he ordered the soldiers of the troops to quickly tie up the cluster grenades, throw them into a place where the poison gas was thick, disperse the poison gas, and continue to advance in depth.

At this time, the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Division, which attacked Sanjia Village, was reporting to Commander Yang: "Commander Yang, our regiment has captured a gun tower in the Japanese stronghold in Sanjia Village, but the enemy has launched many counterattacks in an attempt to recapture the pillbox. ”

"Commander Xiao, don't be careless, let alone lose this nail, I will immediately send an additional artillery piece to your regiment and blast all the turrets in Sanjia Village for me."

"Thank you, Commander Yang, our regiment has resolutely completed the task of destroying the Japanese stronghold in Sanjia Village." Commander Xiao ordered the 7th Battalion to fire to support the artillery towers occupied by the assault squad and repel the enemy's attack.

Commander Yang said to the commanders of the three main positions by telephone, to the senior deputy commander and other leaders of the left columns: "The Japanese army has relatively strong forces in each stronghold, and we have broken through separately and with five fingers, and we have not been able to achieve the effect of gathering heavy troops to completely annihilate the enemy.

Our army is scattered, can not form a fist to break the enemy, we must concentrate superior forces, first clear the Japanese strongholds around Laiyuan City, and then mobilize all the troops participating in the battle, concentrate superior forces, increase firepower, and then attack Laiyuan City, it will definitely be taken in one fell swoop, I don't know what you think? ”

The leaders of the left column agreed with Commander Yang's statement, and unanimously agreed to attack the enemy with superior forces, and then concentrate their forces to conquer Laiyuan City.

Commander Yang agreed with the opinion of the head of the left column and immediately reported to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters, and Commander Nie immediately replied with the following message: Agree to change the strategy, clear the extended stronghold with superior forces, and then conquer Laiyuan.

After studying, he temporarily gave up attacking Laiyuan County, left a company to contain the enemy, ordered the 1st Division and 1st Regiment to transfer a battalion, and sent an artillery platoon to reinforce the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Division, so as to strengthen the 2nd Regiment's strength to destroy the Japanese stronghold in Sanjia Village.

Order Lei Jian's only regiment to evacuate the Yuanshan stronghold, form a formation to quickly reinforce the first division and three regiments, cooperate with the operation, and strive to destroy the Japanese army's Dongtuanbao stronghold within three hours, but during the attack, it is necessary to protect the weapons, ammunition and military supplies in the military transfer station, so as to prevent devils and dogs from jumping over the wall and destroying the important materials in the military transfer station.

Ten minutes later, Lei Jian led the cavalry battalion, reconnaissance company, and guard platoon to rush out of the Yuanshan stronghold, and the main infantry force behind him ran forward and drove to the Dongtuanbao battlefield, which was fiercely fighting with the enemy.