"The encirclement and annihilation battle of the three main regiments of our army against the 117th Wing of the Yue Army will begin at noon today, and it is estimated that the battle will be carried out until noon tomorrow. It is hoped that after the battle begins, all units will do whatever it takes to block the other reinforcements of the Yue Army 10 kilometers outside the battlefield in Changle Village and hold out until tomorrow evening. Gain enough time for the main force to destroy the enemy"

After reading the telegram, the political commissar who stayed in the base area was silent, and according to the current position of the army, there are now a total of three main wings of the army within 200 miles of the periphery of Changle Village. If you march quickly, one day and one night are enough to get to the battlefield and participate in the battle. If this is the case, the three regiments of the encirclement and annihilation army will suffer great losses, and if the three main regiments are lost, then the foundation of the Reading Brigade will be gone.

It is necessary to hold off the three main wings of the army. The political commissar secretly thought, however, that the three main wings were nearly 10,000 troops, and he only had three newly formed regiments, a garrison regiment, and dozens of militia companies. And a large part of these troops were dragged into the remaining wings of the army. There is a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, and with the advanced weapons of the army, thinking of this, political commissar Guan Xiangying shook his head.

"Political commissar, I think we can completely hold back the army with our current strength, you must know that the army is now asking for water but not water, and food but not food. What's more, their morale was very low after a series of attacks from us. And our fighters are exactly the opposite. As long as we have the help of the common people, we will definitely be able to hold back the devils. Xiao Ping, the secretary of the county party committee next to him, said excitedly after reading the telegram.

After listening to Xiao Ping's words, the political commissar did not speak. Because although Xiao Ping's words were very correct, he did not have direct contact with the Yue army. The slave knows how powerful the army is, and he still looks at the problem from the perspective of Inter as a teacher in the past. You know, if the army is ruthless and fights bushido, it will be like going crazy. Although he occupies the time, location, and people, the quality of his soldiers, the political commissar can be said to be clear, and when it comes to the real confrontation with the army, his own people are not enough for the nearly 10,000 soldiers to plug their teeth.

However, no matter how difficult the battle is, it must be fought, because this battle is related to the future of the base area, and even if the little force in hand is exhausted, it is worth it. Thinking of this, political commissar Guan Xiangying began to issue combat orders to various ministries.

is also Wang Da's company, in order to strengthen the troops, a garrison company, two militia companies, all assigned to Wang Da's subordinates, and now Wang Da is a veritable battalion commander. As for the quality of the soldiers under his command, it is needless to mention, except for two companies that have experienced a little combat and have a certain combat experience. The two militia companies did not go through any fighting, and could only give the main force a beating, transporting the wounded, ammunition and other supplies.

Wang Da was tasked with using various fortifications to hold on to a village. Since the reinforcement of Changle Village had to pass through this village, the headquarters decided to have four companies of troops to use the tunnels in the village to block a wing of the army for at least two hours. Two hours was a severe test for Wang Da, who had a huge disparity in strength and combat effectiveness. Therefore, after receiving the order, Wang Da took the strength of four companies and quickly rushed to Zhouzhuang to check the terrain.

Zhouzhuang, only 150 miles from the center of the base area, was the second group of villages to be liberated by the soldiers. Therefore, after nearly half a year of construction, the village has been prepared quite well, which can not only prevent poison but also mine, and can be said to have the function of both offense and defense. If you don't have heavy weapons, you have to pay a lot to get through this village. However, the army had a lot of heavy weapons, which brought great challenges to the defense.

However, after seeing Zhouzhuang's complete tunnel fortifications, Wang Da's heart relaxed a little. Because of these authentic helps, it will be much easier to hold on to two hours on your own. Thinking of this, Wang Dake really admired his commander, you know, if it wasn't for the commander's insistence that each village must dig tunnels, and now defend, it would be several times more difficult.

Seeing the well-established tunnel fortifications, Wang Da quickly came up with a battle plan, and two militia companies planted mines in the forward positions outside the village. After completion, the militia company was all transferred to the tunnel, and after the two main companies held out in the village for a period of time, they entered the tunnel to fight the devil in the tunnel, and dragged the devil in this village as much as possible.

Soon, the fighters of four companies began to get busy, and the fighters began to dig trenches along the village, deep fortifications. Wang Da, who has many combat experiences, doesn't want to press all his forces on one position, if that happens, after the devil fires, he won't have much troops left. What will you defend when the time comes?

Therefore, Wang Da dug a total of two trenches at intervals of 40 meters on the periphery of Zhouzhuang, and the firepower was heavy in front and light in the rear according to the commander's requirements.

By noon, all positions were basically arranged. After lunch, everyone returned to their respective positions to rest and recuperate. Soon, at one o'clock in the afternoon, a scout sent out by Wang Da came back with the news that an avant-garde squadron of the Yue Army had been discovered.

"Damn, I came over so soon, it seems that the commander's side is fighting very well, the devil must not be able to hold on. Hehe, tell the fighters to prepare for battle. By the way, Xiao Wang, how is the marching speed of the army? Wang Da said excitedly.

"Company commander, the speed of the march of the army is very fast, and there are no patrols on both sides, only an avant-garde squadron is arranged, and the avant-garde squadron does not conduct reconnaissance at all. It's like you're in a hurry anyway. Xiao Wang replied excitedly.

"Well, it's right to be in a hurry, you go and rest first, the battle should start soon, you have to maintain your strength." Wang Da patted Xiao Wang's shoulder and said. After speaking, pick up the telescope and observe the road in front of the position during the period.

Sure enough, just when Wang Da picked up the binoculars, the avant-garde squadron of the Yue Army had already appeared in everyone's field of vision. Of course, the army must have sent down the village in front of it that had been occupied by the Eighth Route Army and built fortifications. Because, just as Wang Da was observing the formation of the army, they were forming three attack formations under the command of a commander and slowly rushed towards their positions.

"Damn, the little devil is really crazy, just one squadron of troops dares to rush up, I really don't know how he died. Go, tell the soldiers, when the devil gets closer, open fire, use all our machine guns, give the devil a dismount, make them think that we have more than one battalion of troops, and give the devil a suspicious plan. Wang Da said to the instructor behind him.

Because the devil was anxious to feel that Changle Village rescued the trapped 117th Wing, he didn't care about the disturbances and small losses along the way, but just asked the troops to rush all the time. And the commander of the devil avant-garde squadron was ordered that no matter who resisted, the avant-garde squadron must open the passage in the shortest possible time at all costs.

Besides, in the heart of the captain of the Devil's Wing, the current main force of the Eighth Route Army of the Zhina should be all around and annihilating the 117th Wing in Changle Village, and it is impossible for a large force to be his own way, so he believes that the strength of his reinforced squadron is enough to repel all the people who stand in his way.

Under this psychological stimulation, although the soldiers of the vanguard squadron of the Japanese army saw the trench in front of the village, none of them took it to heart. They all thought that the people in the trenches were used to confuse themselves at this time, and the people in these trenches were at most some dirt roads, so the soldiers were arrogantly holding the rifles in their hands, trotting towards the position, and even some devils were already slowly shooting.

Soon, the attack formation of the Yue army was approaching the mine array. And Wang Da didn't want to expose his mine array because of a squadron of devils. So immediately the fighters were ordered to open fire.

The machine guns of the two companies, plus the three light machine guns captured by Wang Da in the previous battles, all opened fire, which was enough to match the firepower density of the two battalions of the [***] squadron. Under the frantic strafing of machine guns, those arrogant soldiers were shot and fell down one after another. Although the devils quickly organized their own suppressive firepower, it was impossible for the firepower density of the two sides to be the same, and in addition to the geographical disparity, the army was obviously very at a loss.

Gradually, the shootout lasted for a few minutes again, and the devils lay down dozens of corpses again, and the soldiers also paid dozens of casualties under the accurate shooting of the devils. Looking at the devil squadron leader who only had half of his combat strength left, he finally had the idea of retreating. Because according to his combat experience, there were at least one or more battalions of troops on the opposite position. If you don't retreat earlier, then what awaits you is death.

Soon, the soldiers, who were pressed 150 meters in front of the position, began to slowly retreat with the wounded. In the end, only a few dozen corpses were left on the battlefield, still bleeding. According to statistics, the retreating vanguard squadron of the Chinese army lost a total of 58 soldiers killed and 16 seriously wounded in the charge just now, and almost a small squadron lost its combat effectiveness.

Soon, the report that the main forces of at least two battalions of the Chinese were stationed in Zhouzhuang reached the hands of the wing commander through the avant-garde squadron. "Baga, it's impossible, according to intelligence, there is only one brigade in total, and now there are at least three regiments of the Zhina people around the 117th Wing, where did Zhouzhuang come from." The Wing Captain scolded loudly.

Because he received an order from the North China Headquarters to rush to Changle Village within 12 hours, the time was already very tight, and now his way was blocked by the two battalions, and the avant-garde squadron lost more than one squad in a daze, can the wing commander not be angry?

"The order was given to the mortar squadron to immediately form a position, and the 1st Brigade served as an assault force. The first brigade was required to break through Zhouzhuang within half an hour, otherwise military law would be engaged. "The wing commander gave the order to storm.

(To be continued)