At the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains, an inconspicuous mountain village in the depths of the lofty mountains is shrouded in darkness. The sound of a ticking telegram coming from a stone house was very rhythmic. At this time, Xu Shiyou, commander of the 2nd Independent Division of the Eighth Route Army, was silent with his eyes on the military map. The dim oil lamp reflected his burly body. The military map shows the situation map of the Japanese attack on Mt. Nakajo. According to the order of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the 2nd Independent Division cooperated with the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain. At present, the 2nd Independent Division is persisting in guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, and the Taihang Mountains are their area of activity.

"Report, call from the theater command!" An operational staff officer handed over the telegram. Xu Shiyou took the telegram and checked it and said: "Great, I think I can make up my mind!" Political Commissar Li Jingquan took the telegram and checked it and said: "The chief of the general staff instructed that if you don't fight, you will be killed, and if you want to fight, you must hurt the Manchukuo puppet army, so that they can taste the fate of being traitors." The chief of the General Staff said that the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is imminent, and if we achieve a victory, it will undoubtedly play a role in boosting the morale of the defending troops in Zhongtiao Mountain, and at the same time play a deterrent role in the Japanese puppet army. ”

"Immediately notify the 4th Brigade and tell Huang Ting's recruits to be fast, quickly assemble forces, and launch an attack on Heshun Town at dawn tomorrow, there must be no mistake!" "Division commander, one brigade against one brigade, I'm afraid it will be difficult to guarantee total annihilation, whether to recruit the troops of other brigades." The chief of staff was worried. "Our forces are too scattered, and the 3rd Brigade is 2 days away from the nearest point in Heshun Town, so it's too late. The 4th Brigade is 4 regiments, and the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Manchukuo Division is 3 regiments. We have the advantage of our forces, and our weapons and equipment are superior to those of the other side. ”

Xu Shiyou continued: "Even if we can't eat all of the 4th Brigade of the Manchukuo puppet army, we can eat most of it, so that our combat goal will be achieved." This time, we are fighting under the direct command of Chief of General Staff Ouyang, and we must display the prestige of our Eighth Route Army and not discredit the face of the Chief of General Staff. "Division commander, you can't take it lightly, the combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment of the Manchukuo troops are stronger than those of the Imperial Allied Army in Guannai." "The Japanese army dispatched the Manchukuo puppet army to test its combat capability. If we hurt the Manchukuo puppet army in this battle, first, it can play a deterrent role, and second, it can make the Japanese army lose trust in this puppet army, killing two birds with one stone! ”

In a valley east of Heshun Town, the 4th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is located here. In the military tent, the brigade commander Huang Tingxin, with a majestic figure and a beard on his face, was leaning over to look at the map, his expression was extremely focused. Several operational staff officers marked the attack positions of the regiments on the map. "Brigade commander, the 9th regiment has entered the eastern assault position. According to the battle plan at midnight, the 10th and 11th regiments rushed to Heshun Town and entered the attack positions on the north and south sides respectively. At about 3 a.m., the 12th Regiment arrived in the west and completed the encirclement of the town of Heshun. "The Chief of Staff reports.

The political commissar was a little worried: "According to the report of the reconnaissance force, the three regiments of the puppet 4th Brigade are established, with a total strength of 3,500 people. The total strength of our four regiments is 5,000 people, and our strength is not enough to eat this puppet army. If the attack is not good and the fight is scorched, enemy reinforcements will come up quickly. However, the fighting enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers was very high, and when they heard that they were fighting the puppet army, they were all gearing up. "Political commissar, although the Manchukuo army has a certain combat effectiveness, they have been fighting against the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance."

"A force that has not been through brutal battles cannot be bloody. Besides, they came here to work hard and didn't really work for the Japanese, which is why I wanted to eat all the enemy troops. Order the brigade headquarters guard battalion to enter the battle, tell the departments that after the attack is launched, make a quick assault, and strive to end the battle before 10 o'clock tomorrow! "The general assault is scheduled for 6 a.m. tomorrow. Minutes and seconds passed, and at midnight the 10th and 11th regiments entered the attack position. At 3 o'clock in the morning, the 12th Regiment called, and the headquarters arrived at the attack position in the south of Heshun Town.

Heshun Town is located in the southeast of Shanxi under the west corner of Taihang Mountain, is an isolated market town. The 2nd Manchukuo Division received an order to move south from Yangquan to join the Japanese 33rd Division at Qinshui, and was assigned to the battle sequence of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army. Its 4th Brigade was delayed because it was disconnected from the larger forces because it had escorted large quantities of war materiel. Because the Eighth Route Army, which was active in the Taihang Mountains, had always been fighting small guerrilla warfare, and now that the Japanese army had entered Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army might have already hidden in the mountains and did not dare to come out, so the puppet army was not worried about the harassment of the Eighth Route Army.

The commander of the puppet 4th Brigade is called Wang Debiao, this guy received the task of escorting the heavy and heavy transportation, and he thought that he had picked up a big bargain, so he dragged and dragged along the way. At present, the Japanese army is preparing to launch an attack on Nakajo Mountain, and if it arrives at the theater one day late, it will go to the battlefield one day later to serve its life. At this time, Wang Debiao was sleeping soundly with a local kiln sister in his arms, when suddenly there was a dense sound of gunfire, cannons, and grenade explosions outside. Wang Debiao was awakened, and when he saw the kiln sister next to him, he was trembling with fright, and hurriedly dressed neatly.

At this time, a subordinate ran in in a panic and reported: "The brigade commander is not good, the enemy suddenly attacks from all directions!" "Malabazi, tell the brothers to hold me back." Wang Debiao quickly ran to the telephone and shook it vigorously to answer, but there was no sound on the phone, and there was no movement, and it was obvious that the telephone line was cut off. "Immediately send a report to the division headquarters, our department is surrounded by enemy troops, the enemy situation is unknown, the attack is fierce, and the division headquarters is required to reinforce quickly!" As soon as Wang Debiao finished speaking, a ** shot fell into the yard and exploded, scaring everyone to the ground.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an attack, and the puppet army did not have any ideological preparations, and when the enemy army appeared in all directions, the puppet army hurriedly responded to the battle. In less than half an hour, the units of the Eighth Route Army rushed into the town. "It's the Eighth Route Army, it's the Eighth Route Army that surrounds us!" A subordinate with a bandage on his head stood in front of Wang Debiao to report. Wang Debiao was taken aback when he heard this, and sent a report to the division headquarters again, explaining the situation and calling for rapid reinforcements. At this time, the puppet army was even more chaotic and fell into a situation of fighting for itself, and they were stunned. "Brigade commander, didn't you say that there is no large army of the Eighth Route Army here? The Japanese are fooling us that! The adjutant was a little hoarse.

"Report to the brigade commander, the Eighth Route Army has fierce firepower and rapid assault, all departments are in chaos, and the town has been broken through on all sides!" A subordinate came in to report it. "Immediately shrink your forces and hold on, and tell the brothers that reinforcements from the division headquarters will arrive soon!" "Brigade commander, we are not prepared at all, when the Eighth Route Army launched the attack, most of the soldiers were sleeping, if the reinforcements could not arrive in time, we were afraid that we would be wiped out. Brigadier Commander, we should break through! "! It's all come to this point, how can you break through? ”

At this time, there was a roar in the sky, "The fighters of the Imperial Army are coming to support!" One of his subordinates shouted excitedly. Haha, the Imperial Japanese Army will not leave us alone, tell the brothers immediately, and cheer me up. At this time, there was an explosion outside, and Wang Debiao was overjoyed when he heard it. Suddenly, a bomb fell into the courtyard, accompanied by a violent explosion, the wing collapsed, and its shock wave broke open the doors and windows of the main house, and everyone immediately fell to the ground, and the house was suddenly filled with smoke.

A few minutes later, Wang Debiao got up and shouted: "Fucking blind eyes, where to throw bombs!" "Report to the brigade commander, chief of staff he ・・・・・・." Wang Debiao took a closer look, and when the chief of staff fell to the ground, the right side of his neck happened to be stuck on a porcelain piece, and a large piece of blood gushed out, and the person was already dead. Several Japanese bombers rushed to the sky over Heshun Town, and when they looked down from the air, they found that the two sides had become entangled together, and the Japanese pilots had no choice but to drop bombs indiscriminately, and naturally bombs would be dropped on the heads of the puppet army.

Although the Japanese bombers had a certain impact on the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, they also caused damage to the puppet army and virtually accelerated the collapse of the puppet army. At about 9 o'clock, a Japanese cavalry brigade galloped northwest towards Heshun Town. This Japanese cavalry brigade was stationed in Xiyang County, and they received an order from the headquarters to quickly support Heshun Town. The cavalry of the Japanese brigade was galloping rapidly, and suddenly a dense burst of gunfire rang out from the mountain pack on the right, among which there was the sound of mortars breaking through the air.

It turned out that the brigade commander Huang Tingxin had already taken precautions against Japanese reinforcements, and his brigade headquarters guard battalion was deployed here to set up an ambush. With the dense rain of bullets and explosions, I saw that the Japanese cavalry forward was blown up. The Japanese cavalry quickly retreated to a safe distance. "Report to the captain, the Eighth Route Army has been found ambushing on the left side of the road!" The Japanese captain raised his binoculars and said: "Send a report to the headquarters immediately, our unit was intercepted by the Eighth Route Army and could not rescue Heshun Town." "If Heshun Town was a Japanese army, this Japanese cavalry brigade would definitely be desperate to rescue. However, the target of the rescue was the puppet army, and the Japanese cavalry commander naturally would not help.

At about 10 o'clock, the battle ended. Huang Tingxin, commander of the 4th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, led the brigade headquarters into Heshun Town. A large number of puppet army prisoners were taken to the western mountains, and a regimental commander appeared in front of them. "Report to the brigade commander that about 300 puppet troops fled, and all the rest were annihilated. The brigade commander of the puppet army was captured, and the troops were cleaning up the battlefield. At this time, another regiment commander ran to the front, "Report to the brigade commander, we have captured a large number of military supplies and are transferring them to the mountains!" "Order all units to quickly clean up the battlefield and get out of here as soon as possible."

The political commissar said: "Immediately send a report to the division headquarters, our department has completely annihilated the puppet 4th brigade, and the puppet brigade commander has been captured!" "At this time, Wang Debiao was detained, this guy was covered in dirt." Are you Wang Debiao? Wang Debiao closed his eyes and pretended to be stupid, ignoring him. "I'm not convinced, one day we will enter the Northeast, eliminate you traitors and traitors, and bring him down!" Huang Tingxin waved his arms. Three hours later, when the Japanese cavalry brigade entered Heshun Town, only a messy battlefield was left.

At the Luoyang First Theater Command, everyone was elated when they heard the news that the Eighth Route Army had wiped out an integrated brigade in Manchukuo with a brigade of troops. "Brother Ouyang, eating a brigade of the puppet army cleanly and neatly has played a deterrent role in the blow of the puppet army, especially all the soldiers in our first war zone, which has played a role in boosting morale." Commander Wei Lihuang said happily. "Intelligence shows that the 17th Division of the Japanese Army dispatched a brigade to Heshun Town for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the rear." Ouyang Jian continued.