Arrangements were made for the defense of the area around Niukou Village's Genchu and the guerrilla mountainous area sandwiched between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

It stands to reason that the entire independent regiment can do more or less that of the means of defense.

Kong Jie still felt a little unsafe.

Although this time it was a trap to lure Yamamoto's old devil into being fooled, this time the action of luring the enemy was also to lay a guarantee for the internal exchanges and learning of the cadres in the future.

Allowing the cadres of the various units around the Taihang base area to go to the independent regiment for visits, exchanges, and studies was proposed by Kong Jie, and if something went wrong, Kong Jie could not afford this responsibility.

During this time, the Independent Regiment not only made a name for itself in the Devil Puppet Army, but also in the Jin Sui Army, including the Eighth Route Army.

As the host, Kong Jie proposed that the cadres come to the independent group to visit, exchange and learn.

If the safety of the cadres of the various regiments along the way cannot be ensured, wouldn't this independent regiment, as the most prominent combat regiment in the entire Taihang base area at the moment, not live up to its name?

Thinking of this, Kong Jie asked again: "The three stinkers can stand up to Zhuge Liang, everyone think about it again, what else is the defense we have neglected?" ”

Acting Political Commissar Li Wenjie said: "Regiment Commander, according to your intentions, do a full set of acts, this time disguised as cadres from other regiments for exchange and study, how to ensure the safety on the way to our base area?" ”

Kong Jie said: "Wen Jie is right, although Yamamoto, an old devil, has the nature of a gambler, it is very likely that after our cadres gather together, they will serve it again, but what if they are ambushed in the middle?" ”

"This has to be guarded against, but I have already communicated with the heads of the regiments who participated in this exchange and study."

"Each regiment has already taken precautions, as for how to defend on the road, after being attacked by a sneak attack, the Japanese troops who will be attacked will be eliminated as soon as possible, this is the matter of the commanders of their regiments, let's not worry about it."

Li Wenjie said: "Regiment leader, the absolute defense naturally has to be considered in all directions, and the conventional roads we use to enter the village are considered to be taken into account at the moment, but what about the mountainous area we rely on?" ”

Kong Jie didn't speak immediately. Shen Quan on the side explained:

"Political commissar rest assured, the direction of the mountainous area is mainly a secret transportation channel between the three regiments of our Iron Triangle, and we have already had defensive measures on this route."

"We have defended all the passes into the mountains, and even the fortifications we have built, and we have sent soldiers to guard them."

"It is basically impossible for the little devil to unknowingly enter the mountains and sneak up on our roots from the back, unless the little devil can insert his wings and fly in quietly."

The cadres also nodded.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener pays attention.

After Shen Quan explained, he also felt that it was unlikely that a small Japanese combat force would raid from the mountainous area backed by the independent regiment's base area.

Kong Jie's heart moved, "If you fly in with wings, it may not be impossible." ”

He thought of the Airborne Forces.

Kong Jie, who was standing on the shoulders of giants, thought that after many years, the elite airborne troops in the real sense would basically belong to the heavens, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were troops with wings and actions.

It is not impossible if Yamamoto's old devil uses airborne means to quietly land in the mountains where the independent regiment is back, and then carry out a raid on the back.

The commander should think of all the possibilities before the battle.

The cadres were stunned.

"Commander, won't you, the little devil can really fly in with wings?"

"It's unlikely, isn't it?"

Kong Jie said: "Do you know about parachute operations? ”

Shen Quan said: "Regiment leader, do you mean that it is even possible for the troops attacked by the devils to parachute through the plane, jump to the mountainous area where we are back, and then carry out a sneak attack?" ”

Kong Jie asked rhetorically: "Looking at your appearance, do you think this is unlikely?" ”

Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, said: "Regiment commander, is it possible not to know, anyway, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we have never encountered any parachute troops from devils. ”

Shen Quan said: "The devil's air combat means, generally that is, airplanes, I have also heard that on the frontal battlefield, when the Japanese army dealt with the national army, it also used to observe hot air balloons to provide data for artillery strikes. ”

"If that's the case, Commander, we really can't afford to be on guard, what if this group of little devils can find a way to fall from the sky into the mountains?"

Kong Jie said: "Yes, although the Japanese army rarely uses airborne means, they are not afraid of but, they are afraid of just in case." ”

"It's just that the mountainous area behind us is too vast, and with our manpower, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the small combat force that the devil may be hiding in, and we can't afford to spend so much effort.

In anti-osmosis operations, it is better to be passive than to be active.

In this way, on the one hand, some teams were secretly dispatched to lurk in the secret transportation channels of our three regiments, close to the vicinity of the base area, to guard against unexpected situations.

Once the devil infiltrates, the troops can entangle the opponent, don't think that you can destroy the opponent at one time, then our sacrifice is unavoidable, and it is not cost-effective.

In addition, some trick traps were added to carry out anti-infiltration operations.

Shen Quan, you are responsible for this aspect, especially when approaching the vicinity of our roots, you must strengthen the preparation for counter-infiltration, even if the small combat troops of the devils really infiltrate, it will be difficult for them to move an inch, and they will be completely exposed if they are not careful. ”

"Yes!" Shen Quan responded.

After the meeting, Kong Jie had a phone call with Ding Wei and Li Yunlong respectively.

The general content is to let the new 2nd Regiment and the New 1st Regiment also make preparations for counter-infiltration, and once the Japanese troops appear in the mountainous area surrounded by the three regiments, they will immediately encircle them, block all exits, and eliminate all the devils who have infiltrated in.

Everything was ready, and Kong Jie was a little relieved.

……

……

On the side of the Japanese army.

Yamamoto made up his mind to take advantage of the advance team to sneak attack the Independent Regiment in the guerrilla mountainous area sandwiched between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and at the same time attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time take the opportunity to parachute into the mountainous area behind the base area of the Independent Regiment and carry out a surprise attack.

After Yamamoto's order was arranged, with the cooperation of all units of the Japanese army, it was very efficient.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yamamoto summoned an elite special team that was ready to parachute into the operation, and brought enough equipment for the parachute operation.

The troops arrived in trucks quickly and secretly all the way to the vicinity of the nearest airport.

At the airport, the Japanese army prepared a military transport plane for Yamamoto's airborne operation.

Yamamoto decided to place the parachute landing on the morning of the Eighth Route Army's internal exchange and study meeting, just after dawn.

Before that, Yamamoto also made a series of preparations.

The first is to carry out special preparations for parachuting in the mountains.

In order to reduce the number of parachute members who fall into the mountains and get scratched by tree branches, there is a non-combat attrition.

Yamamoto specially found all kinds of equipment for the members to protect the vital parts, knee pads, wrist pads, goggles, tactical vests, etc.

As for weapons, in order to make parachute light, they are mainly light weapons, including sniper rifles, grenadiers, submachine guns, pistols, and the like.

In addition, all members are also equipped with a set of Eighth Route Army uniforms in advance, which will be changed immediately after landing.

Yamamoto's idea for carrying out the decapitation operation this time was to disguise himself as a unit of the Eighth Route Army and carry out an infiltration raid from the back of the base area of the Independent Regiment in the mountainous area.

Just in time for the units of the Eighth Route Army to go to the independent regiment for exchange and study, the members who participated in the beheading operation this time are all members of the special team who have undergone special training, and it may not be impossible to disguise themselves as the Eighth Route Army to pass the test.

If you can smoothly approach the place where the cadres of the Eighth Route Army gather.

Even if this elite is finished, as long as it can inflict enough trauma on the cadres gathered by the Eighth Route Army, this will be a victory.

As for the movement during the airborne landing.

The appearance of the aircraft is the easiest to expose, but fortunately, the mountainous area is vast, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army may not be able to detect it.

In addition, the Japanese army often sent some reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter the activities of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army should not be surprised by this.

It can be said that the decapitation operation was absolutely hidden.

But it is absolutely impossible, and Yamamoto is also helpless about this.

His special forces were completely exposed from the time they raided the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Daxiawan.

How can a special operations force that has been exposed be absolutely hidden?

Yamamoto even imagined from Kong Jie's point of view that he might not have imagined that the imperial forces would carry out infiltration raids by small combat units.

In addition, a few days ago, at the request of Nobuyoshi Kawawa, deputy chief of the general staff of the Japanese army, Yamamoto also led his team to carry out infiltration and raid operations in various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army are afraid that they have long been wary of a small infiltration and raid force like Yamamoto.

Of course, Yamamoto was convinced of the truth that soldiers never tire of deceit.

The Eighth Route is prepared, and it may not be impossible to complete the decapitation operation.

Maybe it's because Balu is on guard that he will take it lightly.

Who can always grasp the rapid changes in war?

……

Time passes quickly.

Twenty days, nights.

The moonlight is shining.

A secret special Japanese combat unit quietly set off, left from Yangquan, and after arriving in the Zhangjiazhuang and Xicun areas, plunged headlong into the mountains on the middle line between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

This is the team of the devils marching forward.

According to Yamamoto's order, Morita, the leader of the advance team, led the team to infiltrate and raid from the mountainous area of the Eighth Route Army sandwiched between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang to the root land of Niukou Village.

In the summer, the nights are not much cold.

The devil Shaozo Morita cautiously led the team away.

This guy is shrewd enough, even if he marches at night, he mainly takes the devils of the advancing team to walk, the steepest and most marginal road in the entire mountainous area.

This point, before leaving, Morita analyzed several captains of the team advancing team.

"In this mountainous area, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be on guard, and perhaps the mines planted by the cunning Eighth Route may be triggered at any time in the mountains.

Therefore, we chose the path ahead, one to choose to move forward from the direction with footprints that the dirt road often walks, and the other to choose a more remote and steep area to move forward.

The possibility of a trap set by the Eight Roads in these places is minimal. ”

"Hey—"

And the actual situation is that Morita is an old devil who can't help but think too much, Kong Jie is worried that the little devil who infiltrates will trigger the mine in the front part of the mountain, because it is exposed and evacuated in advance, but it is not good to catch it all.

Therefore, Kong Jie arranged for the soldiers to arrange some trap methods used as counter-osmosis in the middle of the mountain and in the rear area.

The devil who was self-righteous and cautious all the way forward, but felt that he had relied on his own wisdom to successfully approach the middle of the entire mountainous area.

After successfully reaching the middle of the mountain, Morita gave a low order to lurk on the spot and wait for dawn.

Wait for the cadres of the various units of the Eighth Route Army to come to the independent regiment for an internal exchange and study meeting as agreed, and wait until the cadres of the Eighth Route Army have completely gathered.

It was the time for Morita to lead the advance team in a decapitation operation.

To say that this group of devils who are wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and disguised as the Eighth Route Army troops are indeed the elite of the Japanese army.

This can be seen only by the endurance shown by these devil members.

After Morita gave the order to lurk, the members of the advancing group hid in the bushes, some buried their bodies under the fallen leaves, and some hid in the trunks of trees.

One by one, they survived the second half of the night cautiously, and none of them took a nap.

……

Nineteenth.

In the afternoon, Japanese planes flew over the Taihang Root Land.

The entire Eighth Route Army, except for some cadres of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Independent Regiment, even if they found Japanese planes, did not think much about it, and it had long been commonplace.

In order to deal with the Japanese reconnaissance planes, the positions chosen for the garrisons of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area were relatively hidden.

In addition, some targets will be disguised to fool the eyes of the ghost plane scouts.

After flying a few laps over the Taihang base ground, the devil reconnaissance plane left as usual.

Niukou Village.

Separate regiment stationed.

Kong Jie pointed to the sky, "Monk, do you hear that?" ”

The monk was puzzled: "What? ”

Kong Jie said: "Japanese planes. ”

The monk said: "Well, I heard some movement, but it was quite far away." ”

Kong Jie smiled: "Guess, could it be a transport plane used by the Japanese army to parachute combat troops?" ”

The monk had participated in the previous meeting, and said with a smile: "Leader, the devil is in a hurry to reincarnate and take a plane to send him to death!" ”

Kong Jie was stunned, and then laughed.

……

Twenty days.

At about six o'clock in the morning, the sky was completely bright.

The wake-up call had not yet sounded, and in a daze, some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army seemed to hear the sound of planes flying in mid-air.

"Little devil of dog day, still don't let you sleep? I came early in the morning to investigate. ”

Some soldiers scolded and scolded in a daze, and then not long after, the wake-up horn sounded, and one by one they got up, and they quickly washed up conditionally and began morning exercises.

……

The three regiments of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment are surrounded by a vast mountainous area.

The plane crossed by, and some black dots could be faintly seen falling in the distance.

These black spots fall on the vast mountainous area, like a stone dropped on the vast river, and the inconspicuous waves of water are fleeting.

…… In order to ensure that the parachute jump landed accurately in the mountains they wanted, the team could be assembled quickly after the parachute.

Yamamoto personally led the parachute operation this time, and the height of the devil members of the special task force was only between 600 and 800 meters, which was a low-altitude airborne.

The devil soldiers began to parachute, and from the time the parachute was successfully opened to the time they landed, they only landed in a few seconds.

In the silence of the mountain forest, soon there was the clatter of broken branches, and the thud of flesh hitting the ground.

The danger factor of this parachute operation is so high, if it were not for the elite of the special forces who are well-trained, well-equipped, and specially trained to parachute at low altitudes, they are afraid that the current wave of parachuting will basically fall into a box.

Yamamoto, who is an experienced person, operated the parachute after opening the parachute, and quickly selected a relatively empty area in the middle of the two large trees to land.

In the end, the umbrella was hung at the intersection of the tree trunks on both sides of the middle area, and it was more than a meter above the ground, which perfectly avoided the collision with the ground at the moment of falling.

Yamamoto pulled out the dagger from his waist and cut the parachute rope for a smooth landing.

The team he led also basically landed in this area, and Yamamoto looked up and saw that there were already team members gathering in the direction of him.

These well-trained devil elites move quickly and are very efficient.

After the members quickly assembled, they lined up and reported the number.

"One, two, three...... Twenty-four. ”

And then, and then there was no one.

Yamamoto was a little dumbfounded, and counted it himself, and sure enough, the team of thirty-one people, including him, was now only twenty-five people left.

"Baga, quickly check which members are missing."

The devils looked left and right, and after a quick inventory, Takemoto, the deputy captain of the devils, who was cut by a branch when he parachuted, reported: "Report to Osa, Harada, Aoki, and Zuoji are missing...... Six people. ”

Yamamoto scolded secretly and shouted: "Find them, you have to see people alive, you have to see corpses when you die, and in addition, bury them on the spot immediately." ”

"Hey!"

After more than ten minutes, the people found the four corpses lying neatly, and one devil was even dragged down from the branch that penetrated the body.

The best equipment still didn't save his life.

The other two were not lightly injured and could not move, and if they were not found by their companions, they might have starved to death in this mountain.

Looking at the attrition that appeared quickly before the battle began.

Yamamoto's face turned pale.

This is really a soldier who died before he was defeated, and he wanted to cry without tears.

This situation has not yet officially begun, and it is too unlucky......

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