"Brigade commander, political commissar, commander of the first regiment, commander of the third regiment, Yongle Town is a stinger stuck in the westward development of our base area and the connection with the division headquarters, and it has seriously hindered the development of our base area. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info division decided to pull out the stronghold of Yongle Town, which was a very wise decision. However, since the devil beat Ma Xuekui to occupy Yongle Town, after more than half a year of painstaking management, a strong fortification has been built in Yongle Town, as far as I know, there are more than 400 Japanese troops stationed in Yongle Town, plus the puppet police of the Imperial Cooperative Army, about 1,000 people. In addition, between Yongle Town and Jiping County, the devils built Qufeng stronghold and Zhanjiazhuang stronghold, each of which had a squadron of the Japanese army and a battalion of the Imperial Army. As long as we attack the stronghold of Yongle Town, the devils of the Qufeng stronghold can arrive within an hour, the devils of the Zhanjiazhuang stronghold can arrive within two hours, and as for the devils of Jiping County, if they are transported by car, they can arrive in three hours at most. That is to say, if we can't end the battle within an hour, we will face the threat of the enemy in the Qufeng stronghold, if we can't end the battle in two hours, we will face the threat of the devils in the Zhanjiazhuang stronghold, and in three hours, we will face the threat of the Japanese army in the entire Jiping County. Therefore, if the brigade headquarters is determined to attack Yongle Town, I think it is necessary to make a detailed battle plan and try to end the battle within two hours. Liu Tianshu looked at a few people, pondered for a while and said.

A regiment took the initiative to ask to undertake the task of attacking Yongle Town, and Liu Tianshu had no intention of fighting. Besides, the 1st Regiment has been in Fuya Mountain for some time, and apart from the slightest contact with the devils when it first came, it has not carried out too big combat missions, and the officers and men of the 1st Regiment have long been clamoring to fight a battle and show their faces.

It's just that he knows that it is not an easy task to attack the stronghold of the devils with strong fortifications. Even his second regiment, he is not 100% sure that he can easily take Yongle Town.

Although his 2nd Regiment Artillery Battalion and Heavy Machine Gun Battalion were already formally formed.

Hong Feihu took special care of the second regiment, and Du Ningyuan was a little unconvinced. However, those equipment were all obtained by Liu Tianshu with the second and third regiments for a long time, even if the brigade commander was a little biased, he could understand it. Moreover, the brigade headquarters equipped the regiment with an artillery battery, and at the same time it was decided to allocate the heavy machine-gun battalion of the brigade headquarters to the regiment.

The heavy machine gun battalion at the brigade headquarters was taken away by Hong Feihu from Liu Tianshu.

The battalion commander of the heavy machine gun battalion is still Xu Yongdong.

That is to say, except for the fact that the 1st Regiment has a little less artillery than the 2nd Regiment and does not have a reconnaissance brigade, the others are no different from the 2nd Regiment.

After listening to Liu Tianshu's words, Du Ningyuan said with some disbenement: "Commander Liu, although there are almost a thousand enemies in Yongle Town, our group is not vegetarian. In terms of the comparison of troops, even if I draw out a battalion to be responsible for blocking the attack, not counting the heavy machine gun battalion and artillery company, the strength of my two infantry battalions is on par with the enemy, besides, among these enemies, there are only more than 400 devils, and the rest of the traitors such as the Imperial Cooperative Army, the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning. Brigade commander, as long as you give us a regiment, I promise to take Yongle Town within two hours. ”

In the end, Du Ningyuan looked at Hong Feihu with some anger.

Du Ningyuan was not Hong Feihu's old subordinate, Hong Feihu heard him say this, exchanged a look with Jiang Jinyong, nodded and said: "That's okay, the task of attacking Yongle Town will be handed over to the first regiment, and the second regiment is responsible for protecting the base area." ”

Du Ningyuan grabbed the combat mission, and after saluting Hong Feihu Jiang Jin Yong very happily, he turned around and ran out of the brigade headquarters.

Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping walked out of the brigade headquarters.

"Commander Liu, what do you think about a regiment attacking Yongle Town?" Seeing that there was no one around, Han Fangping looked at Liu Tianshu and said.

"Commander Han, it's hard to say, the first regiment is the main force from Taihang Mountain, whether it is a commander or a soldier, they have been tested by war for a long time, and many of them are still the old Red Army who participated in the Long March, and you can imagine how strong the combat effectiveness is. However, as far as I know, after the devils occupied Yongle Town, they have always used it as a bridgehead to block our westward development. The fortifications around the town were built in strict accordance with the regulations, not only to support each other with firepower, but also to conduct drills for various emergencies. It is foreseeable that once the battle starts, it will be an incomparably tragic bloody battle. Liu Tianshu said worriedly.

In fact, when Ma Xuekui was driven away by the Japanese, it was the best chance to recover Yongle Town. After all, the devil has not gained a firm foothold. It's a pity that at that time, there was only Liu Tianshu's independent regiment in the Fuyashan base area, and it was not capable of defending the base area and attacking Yongle Town at the same time.

"Well, you're right, I hope a lump of hard bones can be gnawed off smoothly." After talking to Liu Tianshu for a while, Han Fangping left the brigade headquarters and returned to Rongshan.

In the next few days, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment quietly took over the defense of Songkan Town, the 2nd Battalion took over the defense of Pingyuan Town, the 3rd Battalion was deployed on the front line of Qinglongkou and was responsible for the central response, and the heavy machine gun battalion and artillery battalion were stationed in Pingyuan Town.

The change of troops was carried out late at night, and the intelligence department of the devil did not find any changes in the Eighth Route Army.

On the night of 15 February, Hong Feihu quietly left the base area with the brigade headquarters artillery battalion and a regiment and rushed to the outskirts of Yongle Town, 60 miles away from Pingyuan Town.

As soon as he arrived at Yongle Town, Du Ningyuan immediately asked the 1st Battalion to rush to Erlongkou between Yongle Town and Qufeng's stronghold, and set up a blocking position there.

At the same time, the second battalion was in the east and the third battalion was in the north, encircling Yongle Town.

The artillery company of the first regiment and the artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters were deployed east of Yongle Town.

As for the heavy machine gun battalion assigned to the 1st Regiment by the brigade headquarters, Du Ningyuan dismantled the three machine gun companies, the 1st machine gun company cooperated with the 1st battalion to block the devil's reinforcements at Erlongkou, the 2nd company cooperated with the 2nd battalion, and the 3rd company cooperated with the 3rd battalion.

At the same time, Du Ningyuan completely blockaded the surroundings of Yongle Town, and of course, the telephone lines connecting Yongle Town to Qufeng's stronghold and other strongholds, he arranged for the soldiers to cut them all.

At four o'clock in the morning, a regiment attacked the town of Yongle and the battle began.

For the first time, Du Ningyuan had artillery firepower, and with his order, the twelve infantry guns of the artillery battalion roared angrily towards the hill east of Yongle Town, and the cannonballs flew towards the fortifications built by the devils on the mountain, and in the blink of an eye, a ball of fire rose on the mountain, reflecting the entire sky red.

Seeing that the artillery tower built by the devil on the top of the hill was directly blown down, Du Ningyuan excitedly smashed his fist on the ground in front of him and shouted a good fight.

After five minutes of rapid artillery fire, the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion began to attack the hill east of Yongle Town, and more than 100 fighters bravely rushed towards the hill under the command of the company commander. However, when they rushed to the bottom of the mountain, they still scattered in battle formation. The squad leaders of three squads in a row took the lead and ran ahead.

In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the foot of the mountain, and seeing that no bullets were fired from the mountain, the soldiers all shouted excitedly and rushed to the slope of the mountain.

When he rushed to the top of the mountain, there were still two hundred meters from the top of the mountain, suddenly, a few strings of flames appeared in front, and the bullets rained down.

But the warriors behind him were a little slower, and two warriors were hit by bullets and fell backwards on their backs.

However, after all, the soldiers of the first regiment had experienced a lot of battles, and when they saw that the devil's firepower point was not destroyed by artillery fire, they immediately set up machine guns and fired at the devils, while the two fighters took advantage of the darkness to rush towards the devil's firepower point with grenades bundled together.

Du Ningyuan couldn't help but be shocked when he learned that the attacking troops were blocked by the powerful firepower of the devils. During the day, he personally reconnoitred the devil's position. Although he was just lying on the hill from a distance and observing with a telescope, he saw the location of the devil's turret very clearly, and it was also marked on paper.

Who would have thought that the devil would even build a secret fortification on the mountain to the east.

When the first group of demomen rushed to less than thirty meters away from the dark bunker exposed by the devil, they suddenly felt a hard thing under their feet, and before they could come to their senses, they felt a violent tremor under their feet, and then their bodies went out.

I heard a loud explosion in my ears.

When the squad leader saw that the soldiers who rushed out to blow up the dark fort were directly blown up by the sudden explosion, he couldn't help but cry out and shouted. The two warriors, under the dense covering fire behind them, bravely rushed towards the devil's bunker again.

It's a pity that the devil's hidden castle is very tricky, and the three hidden castles are at the mercy of a zigzag under the mountain, and there are secret passages below. The crossfire of three heavy machine guns blocked the road to the hill.

What's even more hateful is that the devils also planted more than a dozen mines in the area in front of the dark fort.

The two fighters who rushed forward stepped on the mine again and unfortunately died.

Du Ningyuan knew that the devil had actually planted a mine on the mountain, and he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. Just as he was about to let the first battalion attack again, Hong Feihu walked quickly.

"Brigadier Commander." Du Ningyuan saw the brigade commander coming, and said with red eyes.

"I know the situation, I didn't expect the devils to lay mines in front of the mountain, and I can't let the soldiers rush up anymore, a regiment commander, immediately stop the attack on the eastern mountain." Hong Feihu glanced at Du Ningyuan and said.

"Brigade commander, isn't it just a mine? I can't bite this bone if I don't believe it. Thinking of the sacrifice of more than twenty soldiers in front of the mountain, Du Ningyuan was really unwilling.

"Commander, it's not just mines, there is nothing in the turrets built by the devils on the top of the mountain, the real threat is those dark forts. These sudden firepower could not be destroyed by artillery fire at all, and if they were forced to attack, the casualties of the troops would be too great. In this case, take it down first and see if you can think of a way from other directions. Hong Feihu said in a deep voice.

The hill to the east of Yongle Town is the commanding height of the entire town, and if this commanding height is occupied, the rest of Yongle Town will be threatened, which is why Du Ningyuan chose to capture the eastern hill first. (To be continued.) )