Time flies, and it's August.

On the 8th, the regimental headquarters of the Independent Regiment received an order for campaign operations from the division headquarters, and the Independent Regiment was mainly responsible for the sabotage mission of the Zhengtai Railway near Yangquan.

Five days.

Sun Desheng, commander of the cavalry company, and Chen Dalian, instructor, rushed to the regiment headquarters and personally handed over to Kong Jie a report on the march route of the cavalry company to attack Qu County.

Kong Jie agreed, and Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian even added a few more alternate routes to the report, in case anything unexpected happened during the attack on Qu County.

Six days.

Li Yunlong, who had a keen sense of military smell, sensed that a big war was coming, so he ran to Zhang Wanhe, the head of the logistics department, early in the morning to grind his lips, just to get a few more boxes of grenades.

The famous scene was staged again, Lao Li put his long-term experience in the independent regiment as a deputy regiment, and said that it was a lot of flowers:

"Don't mention it, that Kong Er is too unkind, Lao Tzu gives him a short-term job, he is good, let alone a grenade, he is reluctant to give the first half of the bullets."

"Lao Zhang! If I don't get some equipment from you, the next time I go to the battlefield, our Lao Li should carry a big knife and fight with the little devil, maybe the next time you see is not the living Li Yunlong, but the old Li lying in the coffin! ”

Finally, when it came to moving, Li Yunlong almost burst into tears.

Although Zhang Wanhe knew that Li Yunlong was a little bit of Jiujiu, he couldn't help Li Yunlong's soft grinding and hard foaming, and Li Yunlong happily pulled away forty boxes of grenades from the logistics department.

As for what Li Yunlong promised Zhang Wanhe to let the head of the logistics department, who is known as the iron rooster, give ammunition, then no one knows.

On the night of the 8th, the sabotage operation of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army near Yangquan officially kicked off, and the main target was the railroad tracks of the Zhengtai Railway near Yangquan.

At a military meeting before the start of the attack, Kong Jie said: "Since the beginning of winter last year, the little devils in North China have implemented a 'cage policy' of strengthening public security and using railways as pillars, highways as chains, and pillboxes as locks.

This Zhengtai railway is one of the important transportation lines for the little devils to implement this policy.

This time, according to the task assigned by our superiors, it is to break the communication line of the Zhengtai Railway in the Yangquan area. ”

"Let's look at the sand table, the deployment of the little devils, the devils have built some strongholds along the railway, near large and small towns, stations, bridges, and tunnels, and the smaller ones may only have a dozen, dozens of devils guard, and the larger ones can have hundreds of people stationed there.

There are devil transport trains on the railway line, and sometimes armored trains are sent to patrol them.

The main passages of ten to fifteen kilometers on both sides of the railway are guarded by the devil's outer strongholds.

If we want to break the tracks of the Zhengtai Railway, the first step is to uproot the outer strongholds of the devils. ”

"On the sand table, the political commissar and I have marked these strongholds, and our target tonight is the Zhengtai Railway track in the eastern section of Yangquan, and the task is to break the Zhengtai Railway track in the eastern section of Yangquan, at least two hundred meters."

"According to the number given to the Japanese stronghold on the sand table, tonight, according to our route, from the outer line to the inner line of the eastern section of the railway, there are No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds."

"The following is the order of the regimental headquarters, the first battalion, the second silver, and the third battalion marched at the same time, respectively responsible for quickly eliminating the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds, and after the first battalion successfully eliminated the No. 1 stronghold, it quickly detoured from the right flank to block the Japanese reinforcements on the right, and after the second battalion successfully eliminated the No. 3 stronghold, it quickly detoured to the left flank to block the reinforcements on the left, and after the third battalion successfully uprooted the No. 3 stronghold, it went straight to the Zhengtai Railway in the eastern section of Yangquan to carry out sabotage operations."

"Remember, the battle starts from the time the gunfire is sounded to the successful completion of the sabotage mission, we only have two hours, and the planned time for the operation is one o'clock in the morning, that is, as soon as three o'clock in the morning arrives, regardless of whether the sabotage mission is completed or not, the whole regiment must be evacuated immediately, and you three battalion commanders are responsible, and no mistakes are allowed on the way."

"Yes!" Wang Leihu, Shen Quan, and Wang Huaibao responded in unison.

"Pair the table."

Kong Jie beckoned to the battalion company commanders and checked the time of the watch.

Finally, after giving some details, Kong Jie gave the order to set off.

Due to the poor communication equipment of the Eighth Route Army, in order to obtain information from the front line and make adaptive command adjustments, it was naturally impossible for Kong Jie and political commissar Zhao Gang to continue to sit in the garrison of the Independent Regiment, engage in any strategic planning, and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, but participated in the operation together with the soldiers.

On the way, Shen Quan, the commander of the second battalion, couldn't help but ask, "Regiment commander, what about the fourth battalion?" Why don't you see you arranging combat missions for the fourth battalion, and, the deputy commander? Why haven't you seen him all this time? ”

Kong Jie said: "I have other arrangements for Li Yunlong and the Fourth Battalion, so don't ask more." ”

The eighth company commander in the team spoke: "Regiment commander, if you want me to say that the cavalry company is comfortable, when we left from the station, Company Commander Sun was still sharpening his saber there!" But no matter how sharp the knife is, it can't go to the battlefield and kill the devil, isn't that grinding in vain? ”

Kong Jie couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Sun Desheng, this guy should be afraid that his saber is not sharp enough, so he sharpens his knife when he leaves?

As for the question of the cavalry company still staying in the station, Kong Jie naturally would not tell the commander of the eighth company and others.

That's purely to hide from people and avoid early exposure.

When the time is ripe, the sabotage operations of the various units of the Eighth Route Army begin, and the entire area is in chaos, the opportunity for the cavalry company will come.

"Okay, you kid talks a lot of nonsense, just take care of yourself, why are you talking so much?"

Kong Jie scolded a few words, and the commander of the eighth company died down.

Stinky boy, you're still laughing at other people's cavalry companies here!

Wait, after this battle is over, you kid should be impressed with the cavalry company.

Night.

A little round.

Kong Jie gave an order, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, the three battalions, successfully lurked to the designated position under the cover of night, and at the same time launched an attack on the Japanese No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds.

A fierce offensive and defensive battle is about to break out.

Almost at the same time, the Pingding-Yuci section and Zhangjing section, the Pinghan, Deshi, Tongpu, and Baijin railways around the 129th Division's base area, as well as the Handa and Lintun highways, were attacked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

This is naturally the unified arrangement plan of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

What is needed is to attack at the same time, beat the little devils, and take the opportunity to complete the sabotage operation on the Zhengtai Railway.

Taiyuan City.

Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, was awakened in his sleep.

Communications from all directions reached the headquarters, saying that various strongholds and sections along the Zhengtai Railway had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and that a large number of combat units had suddenly emerged from the Eighth Route Army, and the strongholds everywhere were in an emergency, requesting tactical support.

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned, in Shanxi, since the Imperial Japanese Army implemented the cage policy, the living space of the Eighth Route Army has been compressed step by step, and the roots of various places have been divided into pieces one after another.

Yoshio Shinozuka originally wanted to use this move to gradually encroach on the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army has also been passively defending, constantly retreating, and as time goes by, even Yoshio Shinozuka arrogantly thinks that the Eighth Route Army is invincible to the might of the Imperial Army, and he is helpless against the cage policy, so he can only sit and wait for death.

But at this time when no one expected, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched a counteroffensive.

And from the very beginning showed a strong counterattack.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was shocked, immediately became busy, and one after another communication orders were issued from Taiyuan City.

Along the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese troops in large and small strongholds soon received news that the Eighth Route Army launched a major counteroffensive to destroy the railways and strongholds.

The contest between the two sides quickly escalated......

Around half past one in the morning.

The three battalions of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army successfully uprooted the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 strongholds of the eastern section of the Japanese army near Yangquan.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"The battalions have successfully completed their tasks, and the first battalion commander and the second battalion commander have already gone with troops to block reinforcements." Seeing Kong Jie, the second battalion commander Shen Quan reported.

Kong Jie nodded, and ordered: "Then don't delay, fight quickly, don't be afraid of making a fuss, come here this time, your second battalion specially brought a large number of explosives bags, just in handy, for a while, regardless of the consumption of explosives, quickly break the rails, these rails are all good steel, don't waste it, try to bring it when you leave, over there in the repair station, Dong San They asked me last time!" ”

"Yes!" Shen Quan responded, turned around and arranged the three company commanders of the second battalion and said: "According to the predetermined plan before the operation, quickly launch the destruction operation, it is already 1:35 minutes, and there is not much time left for us, hurry up." ”

"Yes—"

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