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Four days.

Kong Jie knew that it was less than three days before the Battle of Jinnan.

Thinking that after Han Feng, the deputy company commander of the third battalion, rushed to Jinnan with a company of teams, and there was no news coming back, Kong Jie couldn't help but be a little worried.

Of course, there is a mixture of anticipation in the midst of worry.

Then the Battle of Jinnan broke out, although it was extremely dangerous, but in this danger, there would also be a lot of opportunities.

Han Feng's kid is not lacking in cleverness, and he is even more brave in battle, and sometimes he is bold in using soldiers, which is quite similar to Kong Jie.

In addition, the company brought by Han Feng can be called a mountain company, which is a company that Kong Jie specially trained in advance to deal with the mountain combat environment in the area of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Coupled with the particularly strengthened firepower configuration, Kong Jie is also looking forward to what Han Feng's kid can do in the area of Zhongtiao Mountain after the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is completely over.

As for the Taihang base.

Not long ago, Nikkei launched a spring sweep, presumably in order to prepare in advance for the next Jinnan Campaign, first sweep the Eighth Route Army in the backyard, and then transfer the front of the troops to attack Jinnan directly.

At present, the center of gravity of the Japanese army is in the direction of Jinnan, and there is no spare time to concentrate on dealing with the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area, which is an opportunity for the independent regiment to take the opportunity to develop and even counterattack.

As for the blockade of the Taihang base area by the remaining forces of the Japanese army, Kong Jie completely looked down on it.

When the main force of your first army was there, you were still helpless with my independent regiment, and now your main force has rushed to Jinnan to fight, and you still expect my independent regiment to keep its duty?

You little devil is most afraid of a fire in the backyard, so I'll light a few fires for you.

It can be regarded as an indirect support for the Central Army in the southern direction of Jin.

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"Regiment commander, in the past two days, the little devils have turned from offensive to defensive, and there is no patrol outside the stronghold, and the side bombs we arranged at night are not even useful."

When they returned to report the situation, some battalion commanders and company commanders were a little depressed, and the tactics of bombs on this side were being fought happily, and the little devil suddenly became a turtle with a shrunken head.

Kong Jie smiled: "What you think is quite beautiful, the devil is not stupid, and he still sends it to the muzzle of the gun after suffering a loss, do you really regard the little devil as a big fool?" ”

"In this way, our counterattack plan remains unchanged, but we have to shift our positions."

"Shifting positions?" The cadres were a little puzzled, "Regiment commander, but the devils in the large and small strongholds around our independent regiment have basically switched from attack to defense, hiding in the stronghold turrets and not coming out, we can beat the little devils if we move our positions?" ”

Kong Jie said: "Let me ask you, at present, in order to deal with our independent regiment, the devil has strengthened the garrison of the stronghold, strengthened the firepower allocation, and even built some reinforced concrete bunkers with ingenuity, just to deal with the fortified artillery of our independent regiment, as well as the ubiquitous raids." ”

"But these measures require a lot of troops, manpower, and material resources, and the little devil can use this method to deal with our independent regiment, can he take care of all the troops around us?"

Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, shook his head: "I don't care about it, I heard that after the devils in other directions implemented the armor protection company system in major villages, and dug deep ditches, repaired artillery towers, and strongholds, the situation of our brother troops is not very optimistic."

Commander, do you mean that we will send some troops to support the surrounding brother troops? ”

Before Kong Jie could speak, Shen Quan, the second battalion commander on the side, had already come back to his senses and said with a smile: "Regiment commander, I understand what you mean, the current strong defense of the devils is blocked around our independent regiment, so we don't need to spend time here with the little devils, there are many troops around, the defense in the devil's stronghold is still the same as before, the masonry turret, with our artillery, two cannons can blow him up." ”

"If we suddenly put the direction of attack in the direction of the base areas of other troops, the little devil will definitely be caught off guard."

The cadres came back to their senses one after another, and only then did they realize what Kong Jie meant by shifting positions.

Kong Jie said with a smile: "That's the truth, the general situation of our Eighth Route Army now is that the enemy is strong and I am weak, but in local points, such as our independent regiment, we are not afraid of little devils." ”

"What is the biggest headache for the devil to deal with our independent group? It's our unfathomable mobility. ”

"The devil's stronghold turret is dead, but our troops are alive, the devils sent out patrols before, we have a target to fight, so we won't say anything."

"Right now, the little devil is a turtle with a shrunken head, we don't need to delay here with the devil, move in other directions, and beat him up as a little devil."

"Commander, that's a good idea!"

"That's it!"

The cadres, whose enthusiasm was instantly raised, immediately began to discuss the plan for moving to the base areas of other units to fight next.

Soon, everyone put the target of the assistance on the newly formed 5th, 6th, and 7th regiments, which were backwardly equipped, had insufficient artillery, and were blocked by the Japanese masonry turrets and could not go out.

Kong Jie said: "Let's shift our position to fight devils, but the direction of our independent regiment still has to keep an eye on the little devils at any time to prevent the devils from infiltrating and sneaking attacks, and in addition, if the devils' patrol dares to leave the stronghold, they will still greet me with side bombs." ”

"In addition, I have to explain clearly to you, whether it is Lao Feng's fifth regiment, or the new sixth regiment and seventh regiment, these regiment commanders are not good-tempered, we can help in the past, but we can't be anti-guest-oriented, what do you mean? The people who supported in the past have become the main force to fight devils, is that like words? ”

"We mainly support some artillery fire, we don't need to support too much in terms of troops, and it is enough to have one company of elites."

"There's just one thing, let's go to other regiments to help fight devils, and we have to get enough of the benefits, we can't do business at a loss, and our shells are not blown by the wind."

As he spoke, the cadres couldn't help laughing and nodded yes one by one.

After Kong Jie's order was issued, each battalion immediately dispatched a company of elites, brought some mortars or infantry guns, plus some explosives, and rushed to the base areas of several surrounding regiments through some small roads in the mountains.

In the vast mountainous area, how could it be so easy for the Japanese army to blockade the Eighth Route Army with some strongholds and artillery towers and trap itself in a local base area?

In this way, the friendly support belonging to the independent regiment soon arrived at the periphery of the Taihang base area, and the newly developed units with backward equipment, insufficient artillery, or even no at all.

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On the afternoon of the fifth day.

With the assistance of carriages, bicycles, wheelbarrows, war horses, and other means of transport, the elite of a company led by the howitzer commander of the Second Artillery Company of the Independent Regiment finally arrived at the base area of the new Sixth Regiment after nearly two days of transportation.

The new Sixth Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was formed half a year ago, and the commander of the regiment, Yang Kaiping, is a veteran who has experienced a strategic shift - the Long March period.

In terms of qualifications, it may not be as good as Li Yunlong and others, but it will not be much worse.

In the six months since the formation of the New Sixth Regiment, under the leadership of Yang Kaiping, it has also fought a lot of tough battles with the little devils.

In the recent spring sweep, because the regiment was underequipped and ammunition was scarce, Regiment Commander Yang had no choice but to divide the whole regiment into pieces, divide it into multiple guerrilla units, and lead the sweeping devil puppet army all the way to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains.

After the failure of the Guyuan devil sweep and retreated, Commander Yang regathered the sixth regiment. Thanks to the correct command of Commander Yang, the casualties of the 6th Regiment were not large.

It's just that under the large-scale sweep of the devils, the Sixth Regiment divided its troops to carry out guerrilla operations, and it was more than enough to protect itself, but it was slightly lacking in progress.

In battle, it is often only a role to harass and block the Japanese puppet army, and it is quite difficult to annihilate the Japanese puppet army, even if it eats a small share of the Japanese puppet army.

In this way, let alone fighting to feed the war, the ammunition is getting less and less, the equipment is depleting more and more depleted, and the firepower distribution in the regiment is quite bad.

If it weren't for the fact that the headquarters arsenal had obtained the equipment that the independent regiment had snatched from the North China Security Army, it had a certain ability to make guns and artillery, and had supported the Sixth Regiment many times, Commander Yang estimated that the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment would have to fight with big swords and spears and devils.

As for the Iron Triangle, which is dozens of kilometers away from the roots of the Sixth Regiment.

In the counter-sweep, the independent regiment that directly defeated the tens of thousands of Japanese troops will not be mentioned for the time being.

Not long ago, when I heard that the New Second Regiment had also been formed not long ago, I pulled out a number of infantry guns and uprooted more than a dozen small and medium-sized strongholds around the base area of the New Second Regiment in one go.

The cadres and fighters of the 6th Regiment who heard about this only felt as if they were listening to myths.

Infantry artillery? Multi-door?

It is estimated that the heavy machine guns of the Sixth Regiment are not as many as the infantry guns of the New Second Regiment.

is also a newly formed regiment, why is the gap in equipment so big?

"Li Yunlong, this guy, has never lost himself, and he is even better at pulling a group to live, this was the case when he crossed the grassland, other regiments have long been cut off, and the regiment he brought was still two meals a day, and at the end of the Long March, the soldiers of other regiments were already hungry and yellow, and some of the soldiers of their regiment were even a lot fatter."

Captain Yang, who was thinking about the past, was a little sour.

In the past few days, the Japanese army has implemented the system of defending armor and sitting in major villages, requisitioned a large number of civilians, built a large number of strongholds and artillery towers around the base areas, and further advanced forward, sending patrols to patrol and blockade the base areas every day.

The Sixth Regiment, which was already having a difficult time, was getting more and more difficult.

Let's just say that five days ago, Regiment Commander Yang set his sights on a relatively remote medium-sized stronghold of the Japanese army, and used a battalion of troops to take the stronghold in one fell swoop.

As a result, because there was no artillery to attack the fortifications, it was just a masonry turret, and the devils set up a large number of machine guns, which suppressed Commander Yang and his entourage so much that they could not raise their heads, and the team could only retreat helplessly.

In order to deal with the masonry turret built by the devils, the comrades of the 6th Regiment can be said to have racked their brains and suffered a lot.

Because of the lack of equipment and the scarcity of ammunition, there is no artillery at all, and there is naturally no way to attack strongly.

Sometimes it is a sneak attack at night to touch the stronghold; Sometimes they try their best to disguise themselves as traitors, and then launch a surprise attack after touching the stronghold; There are also times when I work directly at night, digging tunnels and digging under the foundation of the stronghold in one go.

But these methods are the most helpless solutions.

To tell the truth, if you can successfully capture the turret, it will be all a fluke.

The sad Commander Yang sighed with emotion: "If I have an artillery to attack fortifications, don't say much, even if it's an infantry artillery, I won't let the little devil bully me like this." ”

Then a company commander in the regiment said, "Regiment commander, I heard that not long ago, some local troops of the New Second Regiment were walking outside the devil's artillery tower with infantry guns!" ”

Head Yang: "......"

At the moment, not only is he sad, but he also feels a little embarrassed, and the new second regiment is not long before his new sixth regiment.

But there is no gap without comparison, and now the new second regiment has already left his sixth regiment far behind.

The local troops around the three regiments of the Iron Triangle, and even the equipment in the hands of the militia, may be better than that of his new sixth regiment.

It's really more human than human, and it's infuriating!

When the howitzer led the team to the base of the 6th Regiment.

Commander Yang was leading a battalion of troops to try to capture a stronghold where the Japanese army had choked the 6th Regiment's base road.

He was worried about how to break through the turtle shell of the devil's turret.

The signal soldier rushed to report with a happy face: "Regiment commander, the comrades of the independent regiment have come to support us!" ”

"Lao Kong's independent regiment?" Head Yang was a little surprised and asked, "How many people came?" ”

"Almost a company of troops, but with artillery, there are two infantry guns, the regimental commander!"

The words of the communication soldier were full of excitement, it was the first time he had seen the little devil's Type 92 infantry cannon at close range, it was not big, and the power of the devil when he was bombarded on the battlefield was amazing.

Regiment Commander Yang was immediately overjoyed and said: "Good come, the comrades of the Independent Regiment seem to know that our regiment lacks artillery to attack fortifications, and specially sent us a sharp weapon to crack open the shell of the devil's turtle." ”

The commander of a battalion beside him asked, "Commander, how could the independent regiment suddenly think of supporting us?" ”

Head Yang sighed with emotion: "You don't know this, it must be what Lao Kong meant." ”

"Captain Kong?"

Commander Yang nodded and said with a smile: "Well, Lao Kong is kind and honest, this is recognized by the old comrades-in-arms, he was also a veteran back then, when we first joined the army, Li Yunlong's guy liked to bully recruits the most, all kinds of envoys, and sometimes even let us wash his footcloth."

Ding Wei had the right idea, and when the platoon commander was not there, everyone was willing to listen to him after a few words.

And Lao Confucius is steady, kind-hearted, never takes advantage of others, and does not make people suffer, he is the best for our recruits, every time we encounter difficulties, he will always be the first to come out to help us. ”

The commander of the first battalion said with a smile: "Now that we are in trouble, people have sent troops over, Commander Kong is really interesting." ”

"yes!"

"Commander, what should we do next?"

"Don't say anything, we can't live up to Lao Kong's kindness, the artillery has been sent over, and the devil's brick and stone turret is papier-mâché, and he will beat his mother directly."

"Yes!"

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