The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 666 Please Kwantung Army Rescue
In the Qingshan Village area, news spread that more than 500 Japanese and puppet troops had been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army troops, setting off a silent storm.

The shock on all sides has not faded.

In the vicinity of Guhe Village at the northeastern end of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Eighth Route Army fought another ambush and wiped out nearly a hundred devils.

The sudden continuous attack of the Independent Third Regiment caught the little devil off guard.

The news spread secretly through the county towns in the enemy-occupied areas through Yu Ming, a patriotic reporter from Ji County, and others.

The people who heard the news were excited.

On the other side, after the national army troops who had already retreated to the south of the Yellow River learned the news.

The mood of many national army officers is quite complicated.

The humiliating and disastrous defeat in the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan is still deeply rooted in the hearts of many shameful generals of the Patriotic National Army.

As a result, tens of thousands of national troops failed to defend Zhongtiao Mountain for half a month.

But the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army were able to fight impressively.

How can the gap in comparison not be ashamed?
Independent Three Regiments.

Mountain Temporary Command.

Wang Huaibao, head of the third regiment, personally received the captured puppet battalion commander Xie Yu.

This is during the ambush in Qingshan Village, Han Feng took the officers of the puppet army captured by the soldiers of the fourth battalion, including more than 100 puppet army prisoners.

When the two sides met, Wang Huaibao was very polite and introduced himself first:

"Wang Huaibao, head of the Third Independent Regiment of the First Anti-Japanese Independent Detachment of the Eighth Route Army Northwest Shanxi!"

"Hello sir!"

Xie Yu saluted Wang Huaibao, and revealed his identity: "Xie Yu, commander of the third battalion and fifth company of the 27th Regiment of the Central Army!"

Han Feng on the side asked with a half-smile:
"Captain Xie, that's wrong. You're introducing your original identity, right? Your identity as the commander of the third battalion of the Fifth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army has been omitted directly?"

Xie Yu's face froze, but he dared not say anything else.

The young man who spoke in front of him was the fierce general who captured him alive.

"Brothers are ashamed!"

Xie Yudai said with some embarrassment: "After the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain, most of the main force of our Central Army retreated to the south of the Yellow River, and the rest of the troops who failed to evacuate in time stayed in the Zhongtiao Mountain area to start guerrilla warfare against the Japanese invaders."

"However, the Japanese army was so strong that they carried out large-scale raids back and forth. The brothers also led the troops to fight hard. The original team of a company was beaten down to the last 40 or [-] people."

Speaking of this, Xie Yu's words were somewhat sad:
"But what happened later? I still brought my brothers to grit their teeth and persisted, but the news came one after another. The company commander of a certain national army led the team to surrender, and the battalion commander of a certain national army chose to disarm. the officer."

"The devil saw that I led a strong resistance, and sent an officer to persuade him to surrender. It is a shame to say that the officer who persuaded him to surrender happened to be a battalion commander I knew. After he surrendered to the devil, he was promoted and became an imperial association Commander of the army."

"I finally realized the reality. The officers have surrendered. What's the point of me continuing to persevere? The brothers behind me also want to live."

"At that time, the chief also said it nicely, saving the country with a curve, this is a temporary surrender according to the meaning conveyed by the superior in private."

"I'm just a small company commander. I don't know if the superior has conveyed these meanings, but since the commander said so, we can only believe it!"

"In this way, I surrendered to the devils with the rest of my brothers and became the Imperial Association Army."

How touching these words are!It is mixed with sadness and helplessness.

It's a pity that Han Feng was not moved by it, and even sneered twice and said:
"I know a regiment commander of the Jinsui Army named Chu Yunfei. This regiment commander said that a soldier should have the backbone of a soldier."

"Say ten thousand in one thousand words, you surrender to the devils and become traitors, this is a stain that will never be washed away."

Xie Yu didn't make a sound, he was speechless at all.

Han Feng is right about this point. Don't look at them, the national army who surrendered can always find various reasons for themselves, such as trying to save the country, trying to save the country, and pretending to be flattering.

In the final analysis, it is just a fig leaf for self-deception.

In the war of resistance to save the nation, if you can't win it, you can surrender, and then lightly throw a curve to save the country.

The Chinese nation may have perished long ago!

Wang Huaibao smiled, but said a word of relief:
"Commander Xie, realize your shame and be brave. The wrong things you have done cannot be washed away. The only way is to prove yourself with more practical actions."

"I want to know what you plan to do next?"

Xie Yu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What does the officer mean?"

Wang Huaibao said: "The Chinese don't beat the Chinese. From what Lianchang Xie said just now, I at least know that Lianchang Xie also has a heart of shame."

"If Company Commander Xie leaves, we will let him go at any time, but we don't know what Company Commander Xie is going to do next?"

"Of course I will continue to fight devils."

Xie Yu replied without blinking his eyes, his expression was sincere, but he didn't know if it was true or not.

Wang Huaibao smiled: "If you know a mistake, correct it. There is nothing good about it. Company Commander Xie is so courageous! But how did you get the equipment for fighting devils?"

Xie Yu choked.

Naturally, he didn't dare to expect the Eighth Route Army to return his equipment.

He didn't have that face at all, nor did he have the guts to ask for it.

"In this way, the good people of our Eighth Route Army will do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west.

Right now, Company Commander Xie and you have been rescued from the hands of the devils, so you don’t have to compromise, and you are no longer acting as traitors to the devils.

When it was almost dusk, we escorted Company Commander Xie and you to smuggle across the Yellow River. When you returned to the national army to get the equipment, if Company Commander Xie really wanted to kill the enemy, wouldn't he be able to go to the battlefield again? "

Wang Huaibao put forward his own ideas.

Xie Yu: "..."

"Very well, seeing Company Commander Xie's expression, he also agrees with this suggestion, so let's make a deal like this!"

Xie Yu was silent.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

Wang Huaibao led the soldiers to choose a river basin with slow flow and shallow water, and sent Xie Yu and his party across the Yellow River with some civilian boats.

Looking at the backs of Xie Yu and his party gradually disappearing into the night on the opposite bank, Han Feng asked: "Head, do you think this Xie Yu will really lead the team back to Zhongtiao Mountain?"

Wang Huaibao said with a smile: "People's hearts are separated by belly, who can know?"

Han Feng said: "But if we don't come back, wouldn't our efforts be in vain? If we help the national army, they probably won't appreciate it."

Wang Huaibao smiled disapprovingly: "It's best to be willing to come back, and I don't want to come back and let it down."

"Let's just do what we do. Get in touch with reporter Yu and release the news that Xie Yu and his party crossed the Yellow River south, are going to return to the army, and regroup the army and horses to return to Zhongtiao Mountain."

"Oh, by the way, we must especially bring the news to the devils and puppet soldiers."

"That is to say, the puppet troops who surrendered to our Eighth Route Army, we gave them all their freedom and helped them return to the national army."

"Another message is to be released, saying that we are willing to fight against the puppet army of the devils. We, the Eighth Route Army, welcome all, and welcome joint operations to resist the Japanese aggressors together!"

"Head, you're here for a divorce plan!" Han Feng said with a smile.

Wang Huaibao said happily: "The devils and the puppet soldiers are also at odds with each other, and they have never worn a pair of trousers."

"There are indeed quite a few teams in the puppet army, and there are private contacts with the national army. The devils have been on guard. Let's add fire."

"First create public opinion and push the national army to the forefront. If they want to fight back to Zhongtiao Mountain, they will fight. If they don't want to, at least create public opinion and put some pressure on the devils."

"Hey!" Han Feng replied with a smile.

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The headquarters of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army in Yuncheng.

Yamato Kenichi, head of the Guizi Division, learned that the Zhongtiaoshan troops had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army many times, and held a military meeting to discuss the follow-up countermeasures.

The person in charge of the devil's intelligence department took the lead in reporting the details of these ambush battles:
"Sir, according to the feedback from the front-line reconnaissance troops, the Eighth Route Army troops hiding in the Zhongtiao Mountain area have shown quite strong combat effectiveness in the many battles that broke out in Dashu Village, Qingshan Village, Guhe Village and other places."

"They have strong maneuverability, superb combat tactics, excellent equipment, and fierce firepower. In addition, judging from the footprints on the scene, most of the Eighth Route Army troops are wearing mountain military boots, which are somewhat similar to the main force of the Independence Regiment."

"From this, we preliminarily judged that the team that ambushed the Imperial Army was the elite of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

This coincided with Kong Jie's first detachment sending troops south to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain not long ago.

The devil continued:
"Based on the situation on the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army has a large number of artillery on hand, mostly with a caliber of 60mm or 50mm. There have also been 82mm mortars commonly used by the national army."

"In addition, the bullets excavated from the corpses of our soldiers found that in addition to the 7.92mm bullets commonly used by the Eighth Route Army made in Hanyang and the 6.5mm bullets commonly used by our army's 7.62th Type, a new caliber was also found. The bullets are 63×[-]mm rifle bullets.”

Takeshi Yamato nodded a little, and said in confusion:

"The 7.62mm bullet...it's a bullet of this caliber commonly used by many U.S. weapons."

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army troops in Zhongtiaoshan are equipped with a lot of American equipment?"

The information deduced from this cast a shadow over the hearts of the Japanese officers.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, if this is the case, it means that the elite equipment of the Eighth Route Army hiding in Zhongtiao Mountain is already superior to our imperial troops."

"With the help of familiarity with the mountain environment, it will be a great disadvantage to our army."

Yamato Kenichi thought for a moment, but without a clue, he raised his head and asked, "Do you have any good countermeasures?"

At this time, a ghost staff officer spoke and suggested:
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Eighth Route Army troops are very cunning, especially good at mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare in the mountains."

"But our army is better at frontal attack. Fighting against the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area is to attack the strength of the Eighth Route Army with our own weaknesses. The advantage lies in the Eighth Route Army, and the disadvantage lies in us."

"I suggest that to deal with the Eighth Route Army troops in Zhongtiao Mountain, we should find corresponding troops that are good at mountain warfare."

This suggestion was put forward, and the devil officer immediately echoed:
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I agree with this point of view. Not long ago, General Yamamoto led a special agent team to fight in the mountains and forests and achieved considerable results."

"It can be seen that to deal with the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, it is indeed necessary to find corresponding combat troops."

"Where can we find such troops?" Shanto Kenichi asked.

The devil's chief of staff replied: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the Kwantung Army is the elite of the Japanese Empire, and has fought against the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the dense forests of the Northeast for many years.

As of today, the Anti-Union guerrillas in Northeast China have basically been wiped out. It can be seen that the Kwantung Army has rich experience in fighting in mountainous areas and destroying the Eighth Route Army guerrillas.

If you can get their reinforcements, I think you can definitely deal with the Eighth Route Army team in Zhongtiao Mountain. "

"Yangxi!"

After regaining his senses, Shanto Kenichi said happily: "This is indeed a good way. I will apply to the Commander for a transfer order."

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(End of this chapter)