The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 447 Lurking Tactics

nineteenth.

It has been the eighth day since the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi launched a sweep against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area on the [-]th.

At around [-]:[-] p.m., from Xicun to the mountainous area where the Xinyi Regiment was stationed, Lei Dasheng, the commander of the Fourth Battalion of the Independent Regiment, and Xu Lianzhong, the deputy commander of the Xinyi Regiment, once again cooperated in the battle, roundabout, outflanked, and ate a single Japanese army. puppet army.

Among them, more than 50 puppet troops and more than 80 Japanese troops were eliminated.

When the soldiers cleaned the battlefield and seized the equipment and supplies, Lei Dasheng discovered the problem: "Deputy Commander Xu, I don't know if you have noticed, but this little devil's satchel is getting lighter and lighter."

"When cleaning the battlefield a few days ago, each devil's satchel was quite heavy, including millet, biscuits, canned meat, dried fish, sugar, nutritional rations, etc. Some of them weighed more than ten catties."

"Every time we wiped out the devils and puppet troops, our soldiers like to seize this kind of satchel the most. Why? It's full of delicious food!"

"The satchel is empty right now, there is nothing left in it."

Xu Lianzhong said with a smile: "The devil's mopping up this time has not been short-lived. Today is the eighth day. According to our understanding of the devil, the devil's individual soldiers are usually equipped with rations for about six days."

"A few days ago, there was unfinished rations in the devil's satchel, so it was relatively heavy. Now it is enough to show that the little devil is about to run out of food."

Lei Dasheng said: "It's true. When the devils are generally raiding, in addition to the rations they bring for a few days, they often use local materials to plunder the supplies of the villagers in our village they encountered during the raid."

"Follow-up, materials will be transported from the rear of the mopping up and the nearest strongholds to the frontline mopping up troops. Before launching a big mopping up of these strongholds, the devils will hoard enough food in advance."

"But this time it's different. We moved the villagers of the villages ahead of time, leaving only empty villages for the devils, and all kinds of mines and traps we set up in the villages. If the little devils go in, let alone seized food, Maybe even my life will be in it.”

"At the rear stronghold, after the regiment leader diverted the main force this time, he even pulled out the little devil, and we cut off the transportation channel on the way. The devil's frontline mopping up force has no follow-up supply of supplies."

"Thinking about it from this point of view, even if we don't launch a counterattack in this devil's sweep, the little devil will retreat because of the lack of cooking."

The two were talking, and the communications soldiers who came all the way from the Xicun temporary headquarters reported to Lei Dasheng: "Report to the battalion commander, there is news from the regiment headquarters, and the regiment commander ordered to switch from offensive to defensive before dawn the next day. If you can’t win the Fourth Mixed Brigade and the Ishii United before then, you have no choice but to give up.”

After finishing speaking, he saw Xu Lianzhong at the side again, and the communications soldier reported to Xu Lianzhong again: "Deputy head Xu, the head wants us to bring you a message. Our independent regiment is going to switch from offense to defense. Please do a good job in the new regiment." Adjust and prepare accordingly."

The communications soldier reported the situation and left.

Lei Dasheng and Xu Lianzhong analyzed the orders from the regiment headquarters.

"Give up? It took so much effort to besiege the devils from Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang... It seems that the reinforcements from the devils are coming in menacingly. The commander gave this order with this in mind."

Although unwilling, Lei Dasheng will still choose to obey the order absolutely.

After all, the information received by the regiment headquarters, as well as the overall judgment, must be more accurate and comprehensive than his fourth battalion.

"Deputy Commander Xu, as the Japanese army continues to send reinforcements to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, once the Japanese and puppet troops far outnumber us, if we divide our troops and make interspersed roundabouts, we will easily be defeated one by one."

"The regiment headquarters should have received the exact news."

"You and I continue to work together to outflank the battle. I'm afraid we will stop temporarily."

Xu Lianzhong nodded, with a serious look on his face, "Okay, Battalion Commander Lei, I also received news that Lao Ding is already on his way back to the regiment headquarters. Let's see the regiment headquarters' arrangements for how to fight in the future!"

"Safe travels!"

"Take care of yourself!"

Lei Dasheng and Xu Lianzhong bid farewell, and each led their troops to shrink back from the area of ​​joint operations.

In the other two directions, after returning from the rear of the Japanese army, Ding Wei divided the troops into two parts. One part of the troops was dedicated to transporting the large amount of equipment and materials seized in this ambush back to the new regiment station, and the other part of the troops was Continue to move closer to the West Village.

Li Yunlong's situation is almost the same here. Old Li, who has made a lot of money, pulled more than 30 carts when he left the county towns and villages in the devil's occupied area.

The soldiers who transported supplies were almost exhausted along the way, and fighting devils was not so hard.

Fortunately, the soldiers were in high spirits. After seizing such a large amount of equipment and materials, they were so happy that they didn't care about the exhaustion all over their bodies.

Kong Jie's three main battalion commanders also arrived at the outskirts of West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.

Since there are Devils [-]th Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment on the outskirts of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, it is not convenient to transport supplies during the day, so Shen Quan sent communications troops to report the situation to Kong Jie, and decided to transport the large amount of seized supplies back after nightfall. within the regiment.

Soon after, Shen Quan, Wang Leihu, and Wang Huaibao also received an order from the regiment headquarters delivered by the signal soldier:
Before dawn the next day, the Independent Regiment will switch from offensive to defensive. Right now, the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Xicun and the Ishii United Brigade in Zhangjiazhuang can only give up if they can't eat it.

The three battalion commanders sent scouts to investigate the situation in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and also communicated with the comrades of the fourth and fifth battalions stationed at various nodes.

The Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, due to the continuous deployment of troops to reinforce Yangquan, currently has only a thousand troops left, and the Ishii Regiment also has only a thousand troops, and many of them are wounded.

But it is not easy to eat these two Japanese troops in one go.

The old devil Yamaguchi Shubian and Ishiiharaichi were very cunning, they were besieged by the independent regiment fighters using nodes, and they failed to break through the node defense after many attempts.

These two old devils directly defended against the danger, relying on the mountains in the besieged area, built fortifications on the mountain, and acted like turtles, waiting for reinforcements to come, and refused to take the initiative to attack.

The old devil Yamaguchi used the unique topography of the mountain ingeniously to build a defensive offensive on the reverse slope, and beware of the independent regiment's artillery fire at any time.

Coupled with the periphery of various nodes, Japanese reinforcements continued to arrive.

The soldiers at each node must always be on guard against the Japanese troops on the periphery attacking the node fortifications.

The main force of the Fourth Battalion and the Fifth Battalion went to the mountainous area to fight for aid, united with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, interspersed and detoured, and wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops.

There were not many troops left in Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village, which were not enough to forcibly eat up the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade and Ishii Wing.

Kong Jie also didn't want to launch a strong attack, causing unnecessary casualties.

In Captain Kong's view, if the victory cannot be obtained at a relatively small price, then he would rather not have this victory.

The independent regiment fights not only for the final victory, but also to support the war with the battle and try to avoid the sacrifice of one's own side.

If we can't win the current battle, it will cause the independent regiment's vitality to be greatly damaged. What about the future battles?
For this reason, Kong Jie, who was analyzing the battle situation at the regiment headquarters, racked his brains.

In the evening of the same day, the monk returned with the comrades of the guard company and reported the battle situation to Kong Jie. With the cooperation of the local comrades and the militia comrades, the guard company successfully destroyed the artillery units that supported the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang strongholds of the devils, and captured A fair amount of artillery.

Kong Jie patted the monk on the shoulder and praised: "Good job, you fought a beautiful battle, monk, I will credit you later!"

After Kong Jie finished speaking, if this was an ordinary monk, he would have laughed crookedly.

At this moment, the monk is calm, with a face of self-blame.

"What's wrong?" Kong Jie asked.

The monk told the story back and forth with a depressed face, and finally blamed himself: "Commander, if Jiang Huaimin hadn't passed the news back in time, I would have been fooled by the devil."

"If I focus the ambush on the devil's first bait, the devil's subsequent artillery attack will cover it immediately. By then, our guard company will not only be unable to complete the task, but may even be killed by the devil's artillery."

"Captain, it's my lack of command ability, you punish me!"

Looking at the monk with a stern expression, Kong Jie also felt a little bit emotional. I don't know when, the monk has matured a lot. He is no longer as arrogant as before, but more stable and humble.

"Monk, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Even the best commander may not be able to see the opportunities everywhere and grasp them at all times."

"I am very pleased that you can take the initiative to plead guilty. Just for this, I believe that sooner or later, monk, you will be able to take charge of yourself."

"I won't talk about the punishment, but I hope you will take this experience as a lesson and keep it in your heart."

"As an excellent commander, you must think carefully about commanding operations at any time. You have to think thoroughly. Will things be as simple as they appear?"

"In this way, there is a mission right now. Take your guard company. If you can successfully complete the mission, and take down the artillery unit of the devil, you will be credited to your guard company for two battles. But if you fail to complete the mission, At that time, you boy, I will punish both crimes."

The monk quickly straightened up, and responded: "Leader, you can just give the order, and I promise to complete the task."

"it is good!"

Kong Jie nodded heavily, then beckoned the monk to the combat sand table.

After locking the combat area in the Zhangjiazhuang area, Kong Jie said: "Currently, the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army and the Ishii Regiment are holding on to these two mountains."

"I have thought of a lot of ways to kill these two devils, even thinking about fire attack, but these methods are a bit unrealistic, and they cannot guarantee the casualties of our troops."

"Now that you are back with the guard company, this suddenly inspired me. There is a way, maybe I can take down the Ishii United in one fell swoop."

The monk responded: "Leader, tell me!"

Kong Jie pointed to a point on the sand table and said, "Here, the Zhangjiazhuang Shijing United Team is stationed on the right wing of the mountain. More than 300 meters away, there is a field of weeds, half a person's height. If you crawl forward, it can play a very good role." Concealment effect."

"If we want to take down these two Japanese troops, if our army makes a strong attack, it will be very difficult, and the casualties of the troops will be inevitable."

"So I decided to adopt latent tactics and stealth tactics. What do you mean? At dusk, I will order the main force to launch an uninterrupted feint attack on the Ishii Regiment to attract the attention of the Japanese army."

"And what you monk has to do is to avoid the reconnaissance of the Japanese army. The comrades leading the guard company lurk in this weedy field, wait for the opportunity, and take the opportunity to quickly attack the Japanese army's position."

"At a distance of more than 300 meters, with the help of the cover of night, the soldiers of the guard company can approach the Japanese fortifications in less than a minute and start close combat."

"Just hold on for 10 minutes, and our follow-up main force will arrive."

"At that time, I can win Ishii United in one fell swoop."

The monk understood the specific tasks, and immediately responded, patted his chest, "No problem."

Kong Jie smiled and said, "Don't rush to guarantee it, kid, this mission is not as simple as you think."

"It is an absolutely dangerous task to send stealth troops to infiltrate and lurk to the front of the Japanese positions."

"Among them, the test is not only the quality of the soldiers of the latent troops, but also the willpower and spirit of the soldiers, and the most important test is the commander's on-the-spot command and adaptability."

"During the entire lurking process, before the battle broke out, there is only one request, Jing!"

"Absolute silence, even the slightest, may cause the entire team to be unable to make any noise."

"During the mission, the soldiers even had to breathe as slowly as possible."

"All the conductors in the process can only convey orders in sign language."

"When the bullet hits the soldiers, even if the blood is drained dry, they must keep quiet; if the fire burns on the body, even if the whole person is swallowed, they must keep quiet. This is the absolute discipline in performing latent tasks."

"One utterance may lead to the exposure of all the soldiers of the guard company, and more than one comrade will be sacrificed at that time."

"But behind this high risk, it also means that once the plan is successful, we can eliminate the Ishii United team at the smallest cost."

"Monk, how is it? I've said so much, do you still have confidence in completing this latent mission?"

"Reporting to the head, yes! They are both carrying one head on their shoulders, who is afraid of whom? Don't worry, the head, the brothers of our security guards are the best comrades. For this latent mission, our security company will definitely give You played well!"

The monk resolutely opened his mouth, and an overwhelming arrogance came to his face.

Kong Jie breathed a sigh of relief and praised: "Good boy!"

"Listen well, the next step is the specific combat deployment."

"Around ten past seven, when the sky is about to end, I will order a feint attack on Ishii's unit."

"Before nine o'clock in the evening, you have to lead the guard company to lurk in the weeds on the right flank of the mountain, and then wait in absolute silence to cooperate with the main force's follow-up attack."

"It is tentatively set at eleven o'clock in the evening. When the attack begins, the main force will take the lead in bombarding the Ishii United's position."

"The bombardment lasts 5 minutes. After the 5-minute bombardment is over, the main force will directly launch an attack."

"What your guard company lurking in the weeds has to do is to perfectly connect to the point where the bombardment ends, and break into the Japanese fortifications within one minute."

"In this battle, each soldier in your guard company is equipped with two shell guns to deal with night combat and close combat."

"In addition, the bombardier is equipped with six grenades and two incendiary bombs, and the shotgunner is equipped with an extra double-barreled shotgun."

"A group of three, cooperate in the battle. Just as the bombardment has just ended, the Japanese army has been bombed to pieces. Your combat team quickly broke through the Japanese army's fortifications."

"The bombardiers first threw incendiary bombs into the trenches dug by the devils in the mountains and forests. With the help of this light, the shotgunners could surprise the devils and puppet troops at close range at any time. The bombardiers and pistolmen covered the rest of the Japanese and puppet troops at the same time."

"All combat teams are not allowed to jump out of the trenches easily, just outside the trenches, use this tactic to quickly clean up the trenches where the Japanese army is located."

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(End of this chapter)