Niukou Village, regimental headquarters.

The regiment commander Kong Jie sat in command and waited for the battle situation on the front line.

After the battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang around the nodes gradually stopped, the news quickly reached the regimental headquarters.

"Report to the regiment commander, news came from the front, the various departments successfully laid the node, and repelled several Japanese attacks, Zhangjiazhuang's Shijing Wing and the Japanese Army's independent fourth mixed brigade in Xicun failed to attack, temporarily retreated to the mountainous heights outside the village, and held on to the danger."

Until about twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The battle situation between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang became more and more stable, and the Japanese army made up its mind to temporarily switch from offensive to defensive, preserve its strength, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Next to the combat sand table of the regiment headquarters, Regiment Commander Kong was smoking a cigarette and spitting out fog, while concentrating on the sand table to analyze the battle situation, accompanied by the guards and monks.

"Commander, let's block the nodes of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the devil won't run, we have completed the task of encircling the point, and the next thing is to send reinforcements."

Kong Jie nodded, leaned over on the combat sand table, drew a circle around Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, showing a trend of encirclement, and then turned his gaze to the sandwich road from Xicun to the new first regiment and from Zhangjiazhuang to the new second regiment.

"The Ishii Wing and the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army are besieged and cannot break out for the time being, so they will definitely ask for help from the Japanese troops in the area where the New 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment are stationed, and immediately send scouts to keep an eye on these two directions and transmit the advance of the Japanese Army at any time."

"Yes!" The monk responded.

"In addition, monk, arrange two reconnaissance cavalry to quickly reconnoiter in the direction of Xiaoshan Village and Xiaosongpo, and if you find that the teams of the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment who have come to reinforce will converge with the 5th Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, let our scout soldiers send news to the teams of these two regiments, and these two teams will move closer to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang respectively."

"Yes, Commander, I'll arrange it!" The monk responded.

The monk turned and walked out of the house, and after giving the order through the waiting messenger, he made arrangements and returned to the house.

Kong Jie's eyes were still on the sand table, thinking about the details of the current battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

"The best defense is to attack, the Japanese troops on the two routes of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are currently forced to retreat, but after a long time, they will definitely find a way to break through and unite the Japanese reinforcements on the periphery, especially after the two Japanese reinforcements from the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment were ambushed by us, the devil designated that he could not sit still."

"In this way, while strengthening the defense of each node, each node will send a small combat force to constantly attack and harass the retreating Japanese army."

"Mainly use 50 small artillery long-range sneak attacks, arrange various departments, send artillery teams, the devil is in the mountains, even if he doesn't come out, he has to set up a pot to cook, as long as the smoke comes out, directly bombard it."

"Let the little devil not even eat peacefully."

"In addition, let the sniper platoon continue to stare at the outlying strongholds, and beware of the Japanese strongholds to reinforce Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

"Yes!"

"Especially the big stronghold where the devil's artillery unit is located, the devil can't break through the strongholds in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and most of them will use the artillery of the big stronghold to try to break through from the periphery."

The monk said: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, the guards have even arranged it over there, and there are also local comrades to cooperate and set up an ambush on the mountain road along the way, which is the only way for the devil to reach Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, as long as the devil's artillery comes, he can't run." ”

"Although the number of our guard company is not large, the soldiers are all elite, especially this time in order to deal with the devil's artillery unit, the repair office has provided us with a lot of secret weapons."

Kong Jie smiled: "The power of rolling thunder and gun grenades, I am also looking forward to it." ”

"Monk, just in case, you don't have to worry about it for the time being, you hurry up and rush over, be sure to stop the devil's artillery unit for me, what the artillery can capture, what can't be captured, even if it is blown up directly, you can't let the devil support to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

"Yes!" The monk was ordered to leave.

Kong Jie was soon left alone in the room, Kong Jie looked at the sand table, and used a small wooden stick as a route to mark out the Japanese army and the multi-route reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army, and fell into thought......

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West Village.

The temporary headquarters of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, the commander of the Japanese brigade, Yamaguchi Shubian, sent an urgent call for help to the surrounding Japanese sweeping troops, and then contacted the large stronghold in the rear and notified the artillery squadron to advance in the direction of Xicun and blow up the Xiaohuanggou and eastward mountain road and other node fortifications of the Eighth Route Army from the periphery.

At this time, Yamaguchi, who was analyzing the battle situation on the map, suddenly rumbled in his stomach.

"What time is it?" Yamaguchi looked up and asked,

The chief of staff on the side, Hideo Nakajima, looked at his watch and replied, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, it's almost one o'clock in the afternoon. ”

Yamaguchi said: "I'm hungry, it's been nearly a week since the beginning of this march, and after continuous fighting, the soldiers are also exhausted, Nakajima-kun, I think this sweep is about to come to an end." ”

Hideo Nakajima said: "The Japanese Empire will win, and this sweep will definitely be triumphant!" ”

There was silence at the edge of the mountain pass tree, and the lowered eyes indicated that the owner's mood was not pleasant.

Triumph?

The battle situation has evolved into the current situation, what is the truth, Yamaguchi and Nakajima are actually clear in their hearts, and the triumph they are talking about at this moment is more like a relief to themselves.

Not to mention other troops, let's just say that he is independent of the 4th Mixed Brigade, even if he wins now, it will be a disastrous victory at best.

The continuous defeat at the hands of the independent regiment caused Yamaguchi and Nakajima to lose their spirits.

As soon as the words came out, Nakajima, who knew that he had lost his words, regretted it a little, but he couldn't take back what he said, he coughed dryly twice, and he quickly diverted the embarrassing topic:

"The cooks are already preparing lunch, fighting continuously, and if they can eat a hot meal, the soldiers' fighting mood will definitely be able to pick up a little."

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, please wait a moment, the meal will be ready immediately."

Yamaguchi nodded, and asked again, "After the order to beware of the snipers of the Eighth Route Army was issued, what is the situation of the various departments?" ”

Nakajima replied, "The effect is excellent, from the morning until now, there has not been a case of an officer being killed by a hidden sniper." ”

"I have ordered to strengthen the vigilance around the defense area, and it is impossible for the snipers of the Eighth Route Army to infiltrate it."

"Roar!"

Only then did he relax at the edge of the tree in the mountain pass, he had not felt good about being targeted by snipers before, and he had been worried about it.

Proceeding to talk about relying on the mountains and forests, Yamaguchi said: "Fighting in the mountainous environment is more conducive to the defense of the troops, and this is also one of the reasons why the Eighth Route Army, which has been active in the mountains in recent years, has been able to fight against our Great Japanese Empire until now with the scarcity of backward equipment and ammunition by virtue of guerrilla warfare and movement warfare. ”

"In a mountainous environment, it is difficult for the main force to carry out an all-round attack, and our artillery transportation will become more difficult, and armored vehicles and tanks are even more limited by the terrain, and their mobility is greatly reduced, and they are even unable to conduct conventional operations."

"In contrast, the Eighth Route Army is more familiar with the mountainous environment, and the equipment they have at hand is lighter and more mobile."

"Fight if you can, and withdraw if you can't, and the use of this simple and practical guerrilla tactic can often drag out the exhaustion of our Imperial Japanese troops."

"This is very different from the battles we fought with the main force of the national army in the plains, which were mainly positional warfare."

"If you deal with the Eighth Route Army in the same way as before, you will definitely suffer a big loss."

"At present, the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army has shown excellent equipment and strong firepower, and such troops will look even more terrifying when they rely on the mountains to carry out guerrilla warfare and movement operations." Valley eagle

"Sneak attacks from time to time are inscrutable, but they can cause great damage to our department."

"Right now, it's just sticking to the node, and it can completely besiege our army."

"In this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, I feel a great danger."

"Nakajima-kun, what do you think we have to use to completely eliminate such an independent group?"

Nakajima hesitated: "This ......"

Boom –

Nakajima's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden sound of an explosion.

There was more than one sound, and then there were several more explosions, coming from all directions.

"What's going on?" Yamaguchi's face changed slightly.

Nakajima hurriedly arranged for a communications officer to investigate the situation.

After a while, the signal corps rushed to the headquarters and reported: "Report to the commander, many places in the defense area have been attacked by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and it seems that the smoke coming out of our troops when they are cooking has been detected by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army, which has attracted a sneak attack by artillery shells. ”

"The ministries have quickly extinguished the fire and stopped cooking."

"Yaga!" There was anger on the face of the tree in the mountain pass, "These dirt roads are so rampant that we can't even make fire. ”

Nakajima said: "Your Excellency, the mountainous area is covered by dense woods, which is an excellent place to hide, but the smoke during cooking is easy to expose. ”

"During each sweep, we also locked down the location of the Eighth Route Army through the smoke emitted from the fire of the Eighth Route Army."

"The situation is the other way around, and it seems that the soldiers will not be able to eat hot meals for the time being."

Yamaguchi said hatefully: "There is an old saying in China, come and don't be rude, we can't eat hot food, and his Eighth Route Army doesn't want to eat hot food, immediately arrange several artillery units to go to various nodes, as long as the Eighth Route Army dares to cook, smoke rises, and directly carry out artillery raids." ”

"Hey!" Nakajima responded.

However, the outcome of the facts disappointed Yamaguchi and Nakajima a little.

The artillery units sent out, with grenadiers, rushed to the vicinity of various nodes, but they were stunned that they did not find any thick smoke, and they could not lock the position for shelling, and finally had to return in vain.

"It means that these dirt roads don't have a fire to cook at all?" Yamaguchi was depressed.

Nakajima was relieved: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, since this Dirt Eight Road can think of sneaking up on us through the smoke of the cooking, he must have anticipated the possibility of us sneaking up on them in turn, so he didn't make a fire." ”

Yamaguchi was helpless, and he could only think so, and a skirmish fell like this.

However, the actual situation is that when it is time for lunch to the south of the dirt road, Xiaohuanggou, east to the mountain road, and the north to the small mountain pass, the comrades of the independent regiment, the local troops, and the militia are not idle.

It's time to fight, it's time to fill your stomach.

The food was hot, and the comrades of the cooking squad who accompanied the army carried iron pots and cooked a large pot of fragrant food with local materials.

Naturally, there is smoke, but the smoke is diffused through the flue of the smokeless stove, and the devil is far away and cannot detect it at all.

This is an old tradition in the independent regiment, and the simple construction method of smokeless stoves in the field is a compulsory subject for almost every soldier.

At the beginning of the independent regiment, Kong Jie personally taught the excavation of this smokeless stove.

Since the Japanese army launched a sweep, the combat units of the independent regiment, every time they arrived, the soldiers were almost able to eat hot meals.

It is impossible for the devil to detect the location of the soldiers of the Independent Regiment through the smoke of cooking on the fire.

Not to mention the distance, let's just say that the sniper platoon, when dealing with the devil's stronghold in the rear, it was necessary to make a fire to cook halfway, and the soldiers of the guard company dug out a smokeless stove in the field.

At that time, the comrades of the sniper platoon of Huang Baiyang and Su Zhengqiang, who came from the Fifth Regiment, were not lightly surprised.

Then, after learning how to dig the smokeless stove, Huang Baiyang couldn't wait to arrange the soldiers to quickly bring the skills of how to dig the smokeless stove back to the fifth regiment.

In Huang Baiyang's view, it is a day to be able to do it sooner, and the application of this smokeless stove is too important for the troops in field operations, especially during the anti-sweeping period.

Being able to make a fire to cook and let the soldiers eat hot meals is an important factor in ensuring the physical fitness of the soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the team.

The Fifth Regiment suffered losses in this regard, and during the counter-sweep, it was repeatedly shelled by the Japanese because of the smoke emitted from the fire.

But in the winter, the soldiers couldn't even eat hot food.

If there was already this smokeless stove technology, why would it be so?

In addition to the digging skills of smokeless stoves, Huang Baiyang also learned a lot of relevant combat tactics of the Independent Regiment from some military cartoon pamphlets of the Independent Regiment.

For example, the operational tactics of the 50 small artillery, the tactics of the sniper group, and the skills of digging fortifications in the cat's ear hole were all brought back to the Fifth Regiment.

When Kong Jie learned about this, he laughed out loud, and ordered the monk to prepare other types of military pamphlets for Huang Baiyang, and asked him to send them back to the Fifth Regiment as well.

Naturally, it also included a manual for the military training of the militia.

After these things were sent to the Fifth Regiment, Regiment Commander Feng sighed with emotion, on the one hand, he lamented that Lao Kong had many crooked ideas, and on the other hand, he felt that it was really not wrong to let Huang Baiyang's first battalion go to the independent regiment for short-term work.

returned some favors to Lao Kong, and earned a batch of equipment, not to mention.

You can also get the good things learned by the independent regiment back to the regiment.

The Fifth Regiment is a newly established regiment, and as long as it develops according to the experience of the independent regiment, it may also be a main force capable of fighting tough battles in the future.

No wonder Li Yunlong, who didn't even buy it, could go to the independent regiment as the deputy head and work for Lao Kong for a short time.

This Lao Li definitely didn't get any less benefits.

If it weren't for the fact that it was also a newly formed regiment, why did the equipment of his new second regiment develop so quickly?

Thinking of this, Head Feng was a little sour, and couldn't help but have an idea in his heart:

Why don't we also go to the independent regiment as the deputy head and work for Lao Kong for a short time?

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