The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Ando Dazuo soon got the news he wanted.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army buried gunpowder on the soil slope next to the road. The troops suddenly detonated after they stopped advancing. There were a total of five explosion sites, and more than [-] soldiers were killed and injured..." A lieutenant ran up to Colonel Ando. Report.

Of the more than [-] casualties, the imperial army must have been the main one, which meant that the explosion just now had reimbursed his two infantry squads. Colonel Ando immediately became furious and cursed angrily.

"What do sappers do for food? Why didn't they find these gunpowder?"

"There are more than [-] soldiers. We won't have so many casualties in a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield!"

The lieutenant bit the bullet and explained: "The engineer soldiers were only responsible for detecting landmines on the road, and did not inspect the soil slope next to the road..."

"If the enemy buried the gunpowder on the road, the mine detectors would definitely be able to find the wire where the Eighth Route Army detonated the gunpowder, and follow the clues to find the gunpowder!"

Dazuo Ando was speechless. In the end, he could only keep his anger in his heart and remember it on the Eighth Route Army. When he finds the main force of the Independent Regiment in the future, he will retaliate and vent it out! !

At the brigade headquarters of the [-]th Brigade, Brigadier Chen's thoughts were also on the independent regiment.

The first thing I do when I get up every day is to go to the telecommunications room, and today is no exception. When I saw the communications platoon leader, I hurriedly asked: "Platoon leader Zhou, has the independent regiment sent a telegram..."

"The telegram is here!" The old partner's voice came from the war room.

Brigadier Chen hurried in and asked, "Is there anything new? Can the independent regiment win the anti-mopping up campaign? Is there anything Kong Jie can do for us!"

Chief of Staff Zhou replied very seriously: "The telegram said that they have a big operation this afternoon. They plan to gather all the main forces to fight against the little devils' middle road mopping up troops, annihilate them in one battle, and cut off a finger of the Japanese and puppet mopping up troops!"

Brigadier Chen's face was immediately replaced by seriousness, and he strode to the edge of the map and asked, "Where are they going to fight, how sure are they?"

"How many troops are left in the enemy, and how many troops can Kong Jie gather to fight?"

"On the road two kilometers southwest of Baipogou..." Chief of Staff Zhou pointed to a point on the map.

"The telegram said that they are [-]% sure. Based on my understanding of Kong Jie, I will definitely be humble. I guess they are at least [-]% sure!"

"There were originally more than [-] people in the mopping-up force along the middle road. After Comrade Huang Yu's blocking and raids along the way, the total force has been reduced to less than [-]!"

"The independent regiment can gather [-] people to participate in the battle. If you are prepared to fight against the unprepared, your chances of winning will increase by [-]%!"

"Wait a minute!" Brigadier Chen interrupted suddenly.

"You just said that Comrade Huang Yu of the Independence Regiment killed more than [-] Japanese puppet troops only by blocking battles and sneak attacks along the way... How is this possible!"

Chief of Staff Zhou was also shocked, but he believed the telegram sent by Kong Jie even more. He shook his head and replied, "I don't know exactly how to fight, but Kong Jie will definitely not lie about military information!"

Brigadier Chen nodded, and decided not to dwell on this question, and ask Kong Jie after the battle.

Then he turned his attention to the map: "Did they say how to fight the devil!"

The chief of staff shook his head again: "No, why don't I send a telegram to Kong Jie now to ask."

Brigadier Chen refused without hesitation: "No telegram!"

"The king's life will not be tolerated...Since Kong Jie is confident of winning this decisive battle, we should trust him."

"Sending a telegram now is tantamount to increasing his command pressure, and the gain outweighs the loss!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, the Japanese Army Headquarters in Taiyuan, is also paying attention to this big battle.

When he walked into the war room, he stared at the staff officer on duty and asked, "First, tell me about the latest situation of the three-way sweeping force and the blockade force?"

"Ha Yi!" The staff officer on duty immediately took out the telegrams he had received from last night to just now.

"The New First Regiment and New Second Regiment's attack on the blockade continues..."

"The attack started as soon as it got dark. They used mortars, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and their own flying mine artillery. The offensive firepower was very fierce, causing a lot of damage to the blockade troops!"

"According to statistics, the Eighth Route Army launched a total of 19 company-level attacks and eight battalion-level attacks on the four battlefields, but they were all repulsed by us..."

"The blocking position is still firmly in our hands!"

"The humble job believes that the independent regiment has reached a critical moment of life and death, otherwise the new first regiment and the new second regiment will not be so desperate!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded in agreement.

The content of the telegram is not much different from the information collected by the intelligence department, which shows that the main forces of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment are indeed blocked from the base of the Independent Regiment.

In this way, there are no ambushes in the base area of ​​the independent regiment, and the three-way mopping up troops need to face only the troops on the bright side, so there is no need to worry about ambushes or anything.

The more Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, the happier he was. Looking at the staff officer on duty, he continued to ask, "Has the Eighth Route Army that blocked the left and right mopping up troops moved?"

"No!" The staff officer on duty replied firmly!
"When they raided the mopping up troops, the mopping up troops also arranged for scouts to monitor them from a distance!"

"The first and second battalions, the third and fourth battalions of the Independent Regiment, without any troop mobilization!"

"It seems that I am worrying too much!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied!
"After the mopping up troops in the middle road were severely damaged, I was particularly worried that the independent regiment Mingxiu plank road would sneak into Chencang and secretly gather troops to ambush the mopping up troops in the middle road!"

"From the analysis of the current battle situation, the independent regiment should not dare to mobilize troops from the left and right sides to mop up troops, for fear that they will attack too fast and encircle Baipogou from the two wings, gathering and annihilating the main force of the independent regiment there."

After the analysis, he stared at the staff officer on duty and continued to ask: "What's the situation with the mopping up troops in the middle? How far is it from Baipogou!"

"They lost more than [-] people yesterday... The Eighth Route Army used explosives to set up five bombing points on their marching route, and detonated them with detonators... As a result, they directly lost more than [-] people!"

"Attacking the blocking position and encountering landmines only lost more than [-] people!"

"The independent regiment is at the end of its rope!" Yoshio Shinozuka interjected again.

"As long as we strengthen our guard and stop being attacked by explosives, our losses on the road to mopping up will plummet, forcing the independent regiment to come out and fight us!"

The staff officer on duty pointed to a point on the sand table and continued to report: "The mopping up troops camped here last night..."

"There are only eight kilometers left from Baipogou, the headquarters of the independent regiment..."

"Aerial reconnaissance shows that the Eighth Route Army has built two blocking positions on this section of the road!"

"There are still a lot of Eighth Route Army activities in the Baipogou area, which shows that the independent regiment has not moved!"

"As long as the attack speed of the sweeping troops in the middle is fast enough, they will definitely be able to severely damage the independent regiment in Baipogou, and make trouble for the independent regiment headquarters!"

Yoshio Shinozuka immediately ordered: "Send a telegram to Colonel Ando now, we must take down Baipogou today and severely damage the Independence Group..."

"The aviation arm will deploy three planes to provide them with continuous air support!"

The Japanese army mopped up the temporary garrison in the middle of the road, and Osamu Ando was looking at the map while eating breakfast.

Knowing that Baipogou was only eight kilometers away, the idea of ​​setting up camp in Baipogou tonight flashed into my mind.

Before he could make up his mind, Yoshio Shinozuka's order arrived.

"Yoxi...I didn't expect that Your Excellency, Commander, would have the same idea as mine!" Said Colonel Ando with a happy face after reading the telegram.

The adjutant slapped his ass flatteringly: "Captain, you are called heroes who see the same thing!"

"Tonight we will definitely set up camp in Baipogou and severely damage the Independence Regiment!"

Colonel Ando immediately ordered: "The order given to us by the military department said...there are only the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion of the independent regiment in the Baipogou area, plus the assault battalion and the fifth battalion that blocked us, the total strength does not exceed [-]!"

"We have an absolute superiority in military strength, superiority in artillery fire, and can call for air support at any time. We will definitely be able to take Baipogou smoothly!"

"The troops will leave in half an hour..."

"The Royal Association Army cooperates with the engineering team to clear mines..."

"Today we must clear not only the landmines buried by the Eighth Route Army on the road, but also the gunpowder buried by the Eighth Route Army beside the road... You must not stumble on the same issue three times in a row!"

On the road two kilometers southwest of Baipogou, the first battalion of the main force had just withdrawn from the camouflaged blocking position.

After receiving the blocking task, Shen Quan led the team to kill here overnight.

He already knew that the Japanese heavy artillery could easily destroy the bomb defense holes and machine gun bunkers.

The first battalion wanted to rely on the blocking position to block the peaks of the Japanese and puppet soldiers and block them in the pocket formation. The fortifications had to be reinforced so that they could withstand the joint attack of heavy artillery and aircraft.

Otherwise, even if the first battalion is exhausted, they will not be able to complete the blocking mission!

On the basis of the original positions, the anti-bunker holes and bunkers are deepened, and all the anti-bunker holes and dark forts are all supported by logs...

The soil was transported from other places, and a layer of more than half a meter thick soil was added to the anti-bomb holes and machine gun bunkers to increase their anti-bombing capabilities as much as possible.

The [-]th Battalion left the hiding place in the middle of the night and moved to a position two or three kilometers away from the battlefield to wait for orders. If their lurking positions were marked on the map, these points would just form a closed loop, enclosing the battlefield of the decisive battle!

The Artillery Battalion moved in the dark to the mountain depression more than [-] meters away from the battlefield. Four large-caliber mortars, six infantry guns, and two mountain guns all raised their black muzzles, camouflaged, and waited for the decisive moment to come!
The cavalry battalion hid in a valley, ready to go.

The former enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment also moved from Baipogou to a high ground less than one kilometer away from the battlefield. Kong Jie stood at the observation port and could look down on the entire battlefield from a high position.

"Weng buzzing..."

Not long after dawn, a little devil plane appeared above the battlefield, along the road, close to the hill, and roared past the decisive battlefield.

Although all the evidence shows that the Independence Regiment did not have so many troops to ambush Ando's unit, the prudent Colonel Ando still arranged for a plane to conduct continuous reconnaissance of the road along the Baipogou...

Make sure there is no ambush by the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the road...

Seeing that Kong Jie frowned instantly, Li Wensheng immediately comforted him: "Regiment leader, don't worry... the soldiers are used to the little devil's aerial reconnaissance..."

"The troops are all hiding in the woods, and the positions and heavy weapons are all camouflaged... I guarantee that no matter how many times the devil planes come, they will return in vain..."

Kong Jie nodded and replied, "I'm not worried about avoiding air raids..."

"I'm going to think about how to use the little devil's plane to let the mopping forces get into our pocket array regardless of everything!"