"The political commissar's words are to the point, if you want to say that Kong Jie, this kid, is making trouble, but every time someone makes a fuss, you will find out, hehe, people are really right about doing this, and they often make miraculous achievements!"

"Just rush this, it's not so much that Kong Jie is making trouble, it's better to say that this kid is really capable."

When the chief of staff talked about Kong Jielai, he did not hesitate to praise him.

"In addition to being tactically bold, good guy, in this sweep, we finally saw the family money that this kid Kong Jie has saved for more than a year."

"According to the information transmitted back by the fighters at the front, brigade commanders, commissars, guess what? The heavy machine guns of the independent regiments were all equipped with company-level combat units, and light machine guns, grenadiers, and submachine guns were directly distributed to squad combat units. ”

"The firepower configuration directly crushes the guard unit of our brigade headquarters."

"I heard that not long ago, a new mountain artillery company was raised."

"After the anti-sweeping operation in Niukou Village began, our other regiments focused all on the defense of the base area, and after transferring the people in advance, all the main forces were deployed around the base area to block the advance of the Japanese army layer by layer."

"It's good that the independent regiment will directly return the three main battalions to the rear of the devils and make trouble."

"But the remaining troops, still relying on Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, blocked the Japanese army's Fourth Mixed Brigade and Shijing Wing."

"Kong Jie, this kid really has this courage and confidence!"

"But in the final analysis, this courage and confidence still stem from the development of equipment of the independent regiment."

"Speaking of which, brigade commander, this kid Kong Jie is really doing a good job, every time the equipment is captured, the first one takes the initiative to send it to the brigade headquarters, but as a result, he sends it away, but he sends it to his own family."

The political commissar said with a smile: "This is Kong Jie's ability, as the saying goes, take other people's hands short, eat other people's soft mouths."

The stove we warm up in winter, the tea leaves that we drink tea in spring, these winter clothes, military boots, canned food, potatoes, which one was not sent by Kong Jie?

As for the captured equipment, ammunition, and materials, Kong Jie did not send them to the brigade headquarters, and as for the family members, it was also because they had captured enough of them.

We really don't have anything to say.

After three days, when we were impressed, Kong Jie had indeed given us too many surprises for more than a year. ”

The brigade commander said with a dark face: "This Kong Jie, it is indeed much easier than Li Yunlong, but there are a lot of flowers, but no matter how you look at it on the surface, you still think that he is an honest man." ”

"If it weren't for the Japanese army's sweep this time, focusing on attacking his independent regiment, we might not be able to see the family background of the independent regiment!"

Hahahaha –

The three of them laughed together.

Then return to the main topic and discuss the situation in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang in front of us.

The chief of staff said: "With the continuous increase of troops by the Japanese army and our Eighth Route Army to the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang areas, so far, our troops have an independent regiment, a new first regiment, a new second regiment, a fifth regiment, and a 772nd regiment, and nearly five regiments have been invested in the area, which have gathered in the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang areas.

In addition, the newly formed 6th, 7th, and 8th regiments are also moving to the direction of Xicun one after another.

The 4th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Xicun, together with the Japanese Ishii Wing in Zhangjiazhuang, had been trapped to death by the Independent Regiment using the surrounding nodes.

Judging by Kong Jie's intention in deploying troops, he was preparing to return to eat these two Japanese troops after sending reinforcements.

But the devils obviously will not give up these two forces, and a large number of reinforcements are being sent to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

Especially from the direction of Taiyuan City, two more Japanese brigades are approaching.

Brigade commander, if this continues, the battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang will gradually move towards an uncontrollable situation. ”

The brigade commander pondered for a long time and said: "The battle situation between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang continues to evolve, and the protracted stalemate will do more harm than good to our army, which is short of ammunition and unable to carry out continuous operations. ”

"The current situation cannot continue to deteriorate."

"If it is too much, and if it continues to evolve, Kong Jie took the initiative to launch a counteroffensive in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and indirectly covered the original intention of the surrounding troops to counter-sweep, but it will lead to a bad situation."

"The impasse must be broken quickly."

The chief of staff said: "The situation surrounding Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang is escalating, and it is not easy to break the deadlock quickly." ”

The brigade commander said: "It's hard to say, it's easy to say." ”

"Oh, Brigadier, you've already thought of a countermeasure?"

"The bell needs to be tied to the bell." The brigade commander said slowly.

"You mean Kong Jie?" The chief of staff said.

The brigade commander nodded, and analyzed the map:

"Yes, around the battles between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the continuous reinforcements of the Japanese army, on the one hand, want to rescue the Fourth Mixed Brigade and the Shijing Wing, and on the other hand, because of the continuous reinforcements of our army."

"Around the point where the base of the independent regiment is located, it is like the generals sent by our army and the Japanese army are fighting, and the victory or defeat of this point determines who will fall into a passive situation between us and the Japanese army."

"No one wants to lose in this game."

"So if our army continues to reinforce Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the Japanese army will also continue to reinforce."

"For such large-scale operations, the Japanese army actually likes to see them, and the biggest headache for the devils is precisely the guerrilla warfare and movement warfare that we are waging with the help of mountainous areas."

"The current situation that forces our army to fight a decisive battle with it is exactly what the Japanese army wants."

"Therefore, if we want to quickly end the war between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang now, we must immediately stop continuing to reinforce Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

"Of course, it doesn't mean that there will be no reinforcements, but as a backing and deterrent."

The chief of staff said thoughtfully: "Brigade commander, what do you mean is that we will no longer send reinforcements to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, but we can place the reinforcements in the surrounding area of the Niukou Village base area. ”

"Not being invested in it, but always standing in the periphery, for the Japanese army, it is a greater deterrent."

The brigade commander continued: "It is precisely this reason that it was originally a fight between the generals of the two sides, but as the two sides continue to increase their troops, this battle will soon evolve into a decisive battle between the two sides, which is what the devil wants to see, and we want to avoid." ”

"But if we stop reinforcements and just set up a position, the Japanese army will be suspicious and dare not act rashly."

"At this time, the battle will return to the battle between the generals of our two sides."

"Once the independent regiment wins, with the help of this momentum, the Japanese side will definitely be defeated."

The political commissar worried: "Brigade commander, if you stop at this moment, the Japanese army will continue to increase troops to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and the number of troops invested will be much more than that of the independent regiment." ”

"In this way, it may be possible to stop the deterioration of the current situation quickly, but the pressure on the independent regiment will be greater."

"If the Japanese army is determined to eliminate the independent regiment, Kong Jie and they are facing a bad situation."

The brigade commander said: "This is inevitable, the confidence to stop the increase of troops lies in our confidence in Kong Jie, a general." ”

"Don't forget, Kong Jie's independent regiment is not fighting alone, the independent regiment, the new first regiment, the new second regiment, these three regiments are known as the iron triangle in the northwest of Shanxi."

"Not long ago, Kong Jie reported in a document handed to the brigade headquarters that the three regiments of their iron triangle have opened up a hidden troop transportation channel, established corresponding communication links, and jointly built a triangular defense system."

"I understand the meaning of this kid Kong Jie, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to prove their joint operation and defense in the Iron Triangle."

"The Iron Triangle of joint operations and defense, as long as the tactics are properly used, it is not impossible to block the attack of more than five times the enemy's army."

"The three regiments of Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and Li Yunlong, with one-fifth of the strength, contain five times the strength of the Japanese army, or even more, and the Japanese army will fall into passivity from the overall situation."

"If they win this battle, it will become the best proof of the joint combat capability of the Iron Triangle, and at that time, the headquarters will even publicly recognize the existence of the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Shanxi."

That's official.

It's not like Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei are sitting together, and they are making trouble in private.

After the brigade commander finished speaking, the chief of staff and the political commissar were silent for a moment.

The chief of staff took the lead in expressing his position: "Brigade commander, I believe that Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei will definitely be able to do it." ”

The commissar chimed in: "Instead of worrying, trust them." ”

The chief of staff said: "Brigade commander, I think this matter still has to let Kong Jie and them be mentally prepared, and I will personally go to the independent regiment." ”

"It's okay, bring some guards on the road and pay attention to safety."

"Yes!"

……

……

Niukou Village.

Independent regimental headquarters, Kong Jie is on the sand table of the regiment headquarters, which belongs to the sand table area of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and several small flags with white paper and wooden root paste are inserted.

The small flags are written with the corresponding numbers, including the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment, the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment.

As the position of these main regiments moves, Kong Jie will move the small flag at any time.

"There is news from the front that Lao Li and Lao Ding have led the new second regiment and the main force of the new first regiment to come back to help, and they should soon be able to rush to the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang areas, and the new first regiment and the new second regiment are officially put into battle."

"Lao Feng's Fifth Regiment and Lao Cheng's 772nd Regiment have also arrived at the periphery of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang respectively."

"In addition, according to the news from Shen Quan, they will return to the vicinity of the West Village before tonight."

"In the current situation, the Japanese army has more than 1,000 people in the surrounding areas of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, a total of more than 1,000 people from the Fourth Mixed Brigade, more than 1,000 people from the Shijing Wing, plus nearly five Japanese brigades and three regiments of puppet army troops reinforced from the surrounding areas."

"According to the current comparison of the forces invested by the two sides, it is almost 1:1."

"The Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was trapped in Xicun, and the Shijing Wing was trapped in Zhangjiazhuang, and the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army on the fifth route were obviously moving closer to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."

"In addition, the Japanese troops who were originally sweeping around Taihang have also reinforced Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and it is estimated that by early tomorrow morning, the strength of the Japanese army to reinforce Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang can even double."

"At that time, the strength of the Japanese puppet army will be more than twice that of our army, and if we carry out the current interspersed and roundabout tactics, it will not work, and it may even be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army in turn."

"In the direction of Taiyuan City, the two major brigades of the Japanese army are approaching in the direction of Niukou Village, which is even more troublesome."

While thinking, Kong Jie raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was already about five o'clock in the afternoon, in late spring, northwest of Jin, and the sky ended at about seven o'clock.

"In other words, by interspersing roundabout tactics, there are only two hours left for the Japanese counterattack on the Japanese army."

Speaking to himself, Kong Jie strode to the outhouse and ordered several confidential officers next to the radio station:

"Immediately contact the new first regiment and the new second regiment to see if Ding Wei and Li Yunlong have returned to the regiment headquarters."

"Yes!"

After a while, the confidential officer replied: "Report to the regiment commander, there is news from the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment that Commander Ding and Commander Li have not returned to the regiment headquarters. ”

Kong Jie said: "Tell the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment, after Li Yunlong and Ding Wei return to the regiment headquarters, they will tell Li Yunlong and Ding Wei as soon as possible that before dawn the next day, our independent regiment will switch from offensive to defensive, so that their two regiments will also be ready for joint defense." ”

"Yes!"

For the sake of safety, after arranging radio communication, Kong Jie called the leader of the communications squad and ordered: "Send out all the soldiers of the communications squad and tell the battalion and company commanders that before dawn the next day, turn from attack to defense and prepare to return to defend Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang." ”

"In the end, the opportunity to eat the remaining forces of the 4th Mixed Brigade and the Ishii Wing, just in the two hours before dark, if we can't beat it, we can only give up."

"Yes!"

After arranging all this, Kong Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long ago, news came from the communications corps that the newly formed Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Regiments of the Eighth Route Army, which had been advancing in the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, suddenly stopped their march and were temporarily stationed five or six kilometers away from the root residence of Niukou Village.

The surrounding units of the Eighth Route Army, which were originally supporting Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, also stopped.

Then the brigade headquarters also came with an order:

In order to avoid an unnecessary decisive battle with the Japanese army, no more troops will be sent to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

As for the specific details, the brigade headquarters said that the chief of staff would personally rush to the independent regiment to give operational instructions to Kong Jie.

This means that around the battle between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, Japanese reinforcements may arrive one after another, but the strength of Kong Jie's side is only these five regiments at the moment.

But in fact, Kong Jie was not puzzled by this, on the contrary, he was able to understand the brigade commander's consideration in issuing this order.

The situation surrounding Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, which is becoming more and more intense and gradually escalating, is indeed unnecessary.

Now is not yet the time for Armageddon with the Japanese army.

Since August last year, after the Eighth Route Army launched the Zhengtai Campaign, the exposed strength has aroused the jealousy of the Japanese army, the national army, the Jin Sui army and other parties.

It can be expected that the troops of the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines will usher in a more violent storm next.

At such a moment, it is obviously much wiser to accumulate strength and preserve vital strength than to attack blindly and fight hard against a powerful enemy.

Kong Jie knew better than anyone that the devils launched this spring sweep just to wave their troops south, and before launching the Jinnan Campaign, they would compress the Eighth Route Base Area to ensure the security and stability of the occupied areas.

The purpose of this counteroffensive launched by Kong Jie around Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang has been achieved.

The Japanese army's sweep in the Taihang area was loosened because of the first breakthrough of the Iron Triangle, and with the development of events in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the Japanese army's sweeping forces to other units gradually retreated.

It can be said that even if Kong Jie can't eat the 4th Mixed Brigade and the Ishii Wing of the Japanese Army.

This battle has also achieved a strategic victory.

As the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area broke through the encirclement, the Japanese sweeping troops continued to move to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

The sweep against the entire base area of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang set off by the devils has lost the meaning of continuing.

The Japanese army spent a lot of manpower and material resources to launch this spring sweep against the Taihang area, which ended in defeat and retreat.

The fuse that led to the defeat of the Japanese army was the great counteroffensive led by Kong Jie to lead the independent regiment and unite the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment......

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