After the battle at Liushukou, Duan Shuanghu, who was in charge of commanding the three regiments in a unified manner, shouted over the phone: "Hey! Feed! Feed! Master, yes! Be! Be! I'm Duan Shuanghu. Master, I would like to report to you a great piece of good news......"

Duan Shuanghu was very excited, and talked on the phone for a long time. Zheng Weiguo waited patiently for him to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Double Tiger, this is the first time you have independently commanded a battle, right?" How does it feel? ”

Since he was not sure whether the Japanese army would take Liushukou or some other path, Zheng Weiguo handed over the main forces of the three regiments to Duan Shuanghu to command, and he personally led the troops directly under the division headquarters to monitor the rest of the intersections, so as not to put up an oolong because of the butterfly effect.

Fortunately, the inertia of history is extremely strong, allowing the Japanese army to step into the death trap without missing a step. Speaking of which, this was Zheng Weiguo's first big victory using the Traveler's prophetic perception. Facts tell us that if you want to travel through time, you must learn history well. It is necessary not only to learn well, but also to learn carefully.

Duan Shuanghu was stunned when he heard Zheng Weiguo say this, and said, "I, I haven't commanded much yet, this battle is over!" It's confusing when I think about it now. "He had little to do with him except for arranging for the regiments to enter the ambush positions before the battle, and after the gunshots rang out. By the time he gave the order again, it was already time to clean up the battlefield.

Zheng Weiguo listened to Ha Lu Ha Da Lang's laughter and said: "The first time you command a war, it's like this, as long as you don't kill in chaos!" You should quickly ask all the units to count the captures, and leave the light machine guns and grenadiers, and the rifles and heavy machine guns as long as they are not damaged, and send them to the 178th Division as much as possible. "It's not that Zheng Weiguo is reluctant to light machine guns and grenadiers, it's just that these two things are difficult to play without long-term training. In the middle and late stages of the war, even the Japanese army, which lacked veterans, did not like to use these two games.

When Chief of Staff Zhou learned that the attacking Matsumoto Chun Brigade had been completely annihilated by our army, he couldn't close his mouth with joy, and said to Zheng Weiguo: "Congratulations, Shizuo!" This Blue Sky and White Sun Medal is in hand! ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "We have to work harder, and strive to annihilate one or two more brigades of the Japanese army!" By the way, where is the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army now? ”

After being stationed in Dongyang Pass, Zheng Weiguo asked the 129th Division for help, hoping that they could send troops to harass the rear of the 104th Brigade to relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield. At this time, the 129th Division happened to be resting in Shiguai Town, Heshun County, Shanxi, and there were two counties between it and Dongyang Pass, so it was also very convenient to come. Although there are "friendly forces" that are closer than the 129th Division, such troops cannot be counted on at all. It's really coming, Zheng Weiguo is still distracted to take care of them, and if he doesn't do it, he will be killed by them, so the 129th Division is the only choice.

Division Commander Liu of the 129th Division and Commander Li Jiayu of the 47th Army have known each other for many years and have a good relationship. The 33rd Division is currently the most friendly unit to the Eighth Road. In public and private, this favor has to be helped. Division Commander Liu immediately asked for instructions from his superiors, hoping to lead his troops south to support the Dongyang Pass operation. After some debate, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army finally agreed to send troops. In history, why didn't the 129th Division come to reinforcements? The main reason was that the Liushukou position was lost too suddenly, and there was a situation in Lucheng, and the 178th Division had to withdraw overnight, losing the significance of reinforcement.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "Division Commander Liu of the 129th Division said that they were rushing overnight and striving to arrive this evening. ”

Zheng Weiguo happily slapped his thigh and said, "Great! As soon as the 129th Division arrives, our strength will be sufficient. Tomorrow's war will annihilate all the enemies west of Xiangtangpu! ”

Why do you dare to make this determination? Mainly because of the location. After crossing the Qingzhang River from Shexian County, the terrain south of the road became steeper and steeper, and gradually became an unclimbable cliff. Although the north of the road is gentler, the terrain is complex and suitable for large forces to lurk. Figuratively speaking, this is a dead end. In the art of war, it is called "encirclement", which is not suitable for large armies to be stationed. The Japanese dared to come before, but they only relied on their superiority in firepower, but now they no longer have the advantage. If the 129th Division arrives, the Japanese army will be at an all-round disadvantage.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "The division seat should also be discussed with the 178th Division, so as not to cooperate poorly when it comes." ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded, picked up the phone and informed the 178th Division of this great victory.

Master Li Zongfang smiled and said: "Ha Luha, I already know the Tao, it's really happy!" Brother Zheng, you can be regarded as a great achievement this time, but you have to bring my brother and me! ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Brother Li, there is a chance when you see it!" A table of mahjong is missing one of three, it depends on whether you are willing to go on it! "At present, there are already three on the table: the 104th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the 33rd Division of the National Army, and the 129th Division of the Eighth Road.

Hearing Zheng Weiguo say the same thing, Master Li sighed and said, "Brother Zheng, I have bad news to inform you here. No matter what you decide, Brother Fool will support you! ”

Zheng Weiguo's face changed, and he hurriedly asked what the situation was. Listening to this, his face gradually became solemn.

Chief of Staff Zhou was about to make inquiries, when Zhang Zhanyuan, director of the Intelligence Division, rushed to report and said: "Divisional headquarters, after being sent by the inferior post to investigate in many ways, the enemy in front of him is not all of the 104th Brigade and Regiment, but only the brigade headquarters and the 52nd Infantry Wing under it, and a squadron of the 108th Field Artillery Wing under the 108th Division Regiment, which is temporarily attached to it. Moreover, a lot of its artillery was killed by our mortars during today's close firing, and now there are at most a third left. ”

Zheng Weiguo was not surprised, sighed and said, "That's right!" Just now, Commander Li of the 178th Division told me that the 104th Division of the 47th Army said that there was a Japanese army of about several thousand people who suddenly attacked Pingshun in Shanxi from Linxian County, Henan. Now that the friendly forces of Binh Shun have fled, the Japanese army is preparing to attack Lucheng. It seems that the enemy of Pingshun should be another wing of the 104th Brigade - the 105th Infantry Wing, and the circle is really big enough! ”

This is the reason why the Kurume Department was delayed for two days on the 15th and 16th of this month, and they were waiting for the 105th Wing to complete the big detour. Before the war, the Japanese army found through reconnaissance that all the mountain passes in Taihang Mountain were guarded by the national army. Kurume knew that it would not be easy to attack, so he secretly divided all the way to outflank, and the circle of detours was very large, making the national army unable to investigate. Historically, after the loss of the Liushukou position, the 47th Army was still preparing to recapture the position, and its 104th Division also sent a regiment to Li Cheng to reinforce it, trying to block the infiltrated Matsumoto Jun Brigade. But as soon as it was lost, Commander Li Jiayu had to order the withdrawal of troops in order to defend Changzhi with all his might. The battle of Dongyang Pass was a complete failure, and the 1061st Regiment of Huang Gaoyi Company defended Xianglu Mountain in order to cover the retreat of the whole division, and the whole army was wiped out after the last day.

Chief of Staff Zhou was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "Lucheng? That's not to copy our back! Why is such important information only being sent now! "East of Lucheng is Licheng, and after Licheng is Dongyang Pass, so the 105 Wing is really vicious.

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "You don't know the intelligence system of the national army!" Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and they don't care whether the friendly army lives or dies. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly said: "Division, do you still have to carry out the plan of gathering and destroying the enemy in front of you?" ”

Zheng Weiguo sighed and said, "It's hard to ride a tiger now!" can only desperately kill this tiger in front of him, and the longer it drags on, the greater the possibility of being attacked by the Japanese army from both sides. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou was a little panicked and said: "But if our army fails to eat the enemy in front of us, and the enemy of Pingshun goes straight from Lucheng to Licheng and Dongyang Pass, we will be the end of the whole army!" ”

Now that the troops of Lucheng and Licheng are empty, and the Japanese army is good at resisting, it is not good that the enemy in front of them has not been eliminated, and the 105th Wing of the Japanese army has beaten from behind the buttocks.

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "That's right! Tell the brethren that I will be invincible in tomorrow's battle! If you want to live, give me the strength to feed! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly said: "Yes!" ”

Zheng Weiguo then summoned all the ministers and held an emergency combat meeting, first asking Wu Quanfu's headquarters of the 341st Regiment to prepare to receive the 129th Division moving south from Shanxi and Shun. According to Zheng Weiguo's plan, the 129th Division would attack from the north, cutting the Japanese army from Shexian to Dongyang Pass into several sections, and then the 33rd Division and the 178th Division would attack strongly from Dongyang Pass and eat the enemy section by piece.

Wu Quanfu looked a little embarrassed and said: "Division, this plan was completed yesterday, and today the Japanese army has strengthened the defense in the north, and if you want not to alarm the Japanese army, I am afraid that it will be impossible." The formation of so many people in the 129th Division is definitely not small, once it is detected by the Japanese army, I am afraid that they will shrink quickly, and it will not be easy to capture it at that time. ”

Kurume must have sensed the danger as well, so he strengthened his defenses to the north. But why didn't he withdraw his troops? To put it bluntly, I just want to wait for the 105th Wing to insert a knife from the back of Dongyang Pass, and then make a big reversal. If the troops are withdrawn now, who will bear the responsibility for the annihilation of the entire Matsumoto Jun Brigade? Kurume didn't want to be ordered to be disemboweled, so he could only hold on in front of Dongyang Pass.

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "You reminded you very well, wait a minute, I will ask Regiment Commander Zhang to lead the special agent battalion back with you, they are the best at touching the whistle." Isn't it, Changgui'er? ”

Zhang Changgui grinned and said, "Master, don't worry, our spy camp has completed the task!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay!" The north side will be handed over to you brothers! Wang Sledgehammer! ”

The sniper platoon commander Wang Dazhui said loudly: "Here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Tomorrow before dawn, you will set off, and you will all climb to the cliff south of the highway for me." When the time comes, disperse the action in groups and pull out all those nails for me in order to cover the attack of the large army. Remember, be sure to get to the intended target before the general attack of the large army. ”

Wang Dazhui said: "Yes, I promise to complete the task!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "There is also a company of the 341st Regiment that is also lurking south of the highway and is on standby. Commander Wu, you let them cooperate with the sniper platoon's actions, and they can't act without permission! ”

Wu Quanfu hurriedly said: "I'll inform them when I go back!" Division, can that sniper platoon be divided into a squad for us? ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "They have few troops, and they won't be able to complete the task if they are divided into one more squad." In this case, I will transfer to you all the female soldiers of the AFS who are good marksmanship. Their marksmanship is still very good! ”

Wu Quanfu was overjoyed and said, "That's good!" "The AFS is the former women's corps, but it was renamed after it was reorganized into the national army.

Zheng Weiguo also issued combat orders to other ministries. Detailed arrangements were made as to which unit would be responsible for the main attack and which unit would be responsible for the roundabout outflanking. The commanders of the various units were ordered to go one after another to prepare for tomorrow's big battle.

Chief of Staff Zhou asked, "What should I do with the 178th Division?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Division Commander Li agreed to transfer one regiment for my command, and the other two regiments will still have to hold their positions at that time. I will personally discuss the specific arrangements with Master Li later. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "This is the best! ”

In the middle of the night of the same day, the 129th Division, under the leadership of Division Commander Liu, finally rushed to the area north of Xiangtangpu and connected with the 341st Regiment. Zheng Weiguo used Siemens Radio to talk to Division Commander Liu and discussed the next day's battle plan. In view of the fact that the Japanese army only had a half-crippled wing in front of Dongyang Pass, Zheng Weiguo's mind became bigger, and this time he wanted to annihilate Kurume and the 52nd Wing!

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, the Chinese troops in the area of Xiangtangpu in Dongyang Pass began to move. The artillery got up a little earlier than the infantry. In particular, artillery observers, who were to provide the artillery units of the 33rd Division with data on shelling targets in order to prepare artillery fire before the general offensive.

Seven cannons stood quietly on the position, which was all the belongings of the artillery battalion of the 33rd Division, with a total of two mountain guns (one Shanxi Type 12 and one Japanese Type 41), and five infantry guns (two were captured in Erlongshan, two were captured in the bloody battle in the fourth district, and one was divided into eight roads, and the remaining two were obtained during the robbery of the military column).

Qian Feng, the commander of the artillery battalion, walked around nervously, constantly urging the observers, asking them to transmit the target as soon as possible. Several instructors who graduated from the artillery department of the Central Military Academy were also nervously adjusting the cannons, and according to the information transmitted by the observers, their foreheads were still sweating on the cold day.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, the artillery pieces were finally adjusted to shoot Zhu Yuan. Battalion Commander Qian excitedly reported to the division headquarters: "Division, the artillery battalion is ready, please instruct!" ”

Zheng Weiguo is busy here. The subordinate units kept transmitting the situation back to the headquarters, and the operators of the communications battalion were very busy.

"The 331st regiment is ready, please instruct!"

"The 332nd regiment has entered the attack position, please instruct!"

"The 341st Regiment is ready to attack, please instruct!"

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"The cavalry battalion has arrived at the intended location, please instruct!"

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As the 342nd Regiment, which was interspersed with the farthest thrust, entered the attack position, the units of the 33rd Division finally completed all the preparations before the battle, and only waited for the order to attack.

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly reported to Zheng Weiguo: "Division, all departments are ready, the enemy in front of you has no abnormal behavior, and the friendly troops have also indicated that they can act at any time. The battle is ready to start, please instruct! ”

Zheng Weiguo said in a deep voice: "Inform the artillery battalion to open fire immediately, and all units will quickly launch an attack on the enemy in front of them after hearing the sound of artillery!" ”

The order quickly reached the artillery battalion, and the battalion commander Qian held the order flag in his hand and said loudly: "Prepare, open the cannon!" ”

With this order, one shell after another roared towards the enemy position, and the rumbling loud sound was the clarion call for the counterattack at Dongyang Pass.