The battle on Zhengtai Road was in full swing, and in accordance with the order of the front command of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, at 22 o'clock on 20 July, all units commanded the headquarters in Honghecao at the headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, in Shiguai Village, the front-line command post of the main division (129), in the small courtyard of Caijiaya, Xingxian County, the front-line command post of the main division (120), and in front of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Wangjiayu.

The entire main force of the Eighth Route Army, from generals to soldiers, was fully engaged in this world-famous Zhengtai Road General Raid, which was later positioned as the battle of the 'Hundred Regiments', and was officially in execution.

The Yang Department of the Central Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region launched an attack on the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and after an hour of fierce fighting, the Third Regiment of the First Army Division and the 'only regiment' of Lei Jian bravely rushed to kill.

After dawn, the Jingcheng Coal Mine was completely captured, and 14 coal mining machines, 11 boilers, two large chimneys, three large ventilation blowers entering and leaving the mine, a coal winch depot, a motor room, a small power distribution building, a railway station in the mining area, five railway bridges, and so on.

As long as the coal-producing equipment and major buildings that could be destroyed and could not be taken away, they were destroyed, and even the hundreds of tons of open-pit coal that had been dug up were poured with coal gasoline and ignited.

According to the captured Japanese coal mine engineer, the Eighth Route Army's destruction of the Jingcheng Coal Mine this time cost more than 30,000 yuan to Lu Hundred, and even if the equipment redeployed is new, it will take at least half a year to adjust, install, and try it out before it is possible to resume normal production.

Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, when he learned of this battlefield information, happily said to Staff Officer Tang: "Immediately send a report to the Yan'an Headquarters and report this major victory to the head of the General Headquarters." ”

The commander-in-chief took the telegram and happily said to the people at the meeting: "In the economic war, the destruction of the Jingcheng coal mine is a great victory for China, and it is of special significance in the economic war. ”

After the general sabotage battle of the Zhengtai Railway began, Commander Guo of the Second Army Subdivision of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region led the units of the Eighth Route Army, which was the right column, to carry out a sabotage attack on the enemy's communication line from Niangzi Pass to Chaoliu.

Political Commissar Liu of the right column rode on a war horse and said to Commander Guo: "Commander Guo, the main task of our right column will be to storm the Niangzi Pass, which has become the throat of Jinji, the terrain, the terrain is dangerous, and it is known as the 'ninth pass' of Xiongguan. ”

Although Commander Guo has already led people to personally disguise himself to get close to the reconnaissance and formulate a plan for the attack, he really feels that the task is arduous for him about the danger of Niangzi Pass, as well as the weapons of the enemy's puppet army, coupled with the dangerous and condescending firepower counterattack, to attack Niangzi Pass in the right column.

Niangzi Pass has two city gates, the south gate is the outer entrance of Niangzi Pass, the city gate is built on the cliff cliff, the city platform is made of stone blocks made of local materials, the door hole is arched, enter the city gate, go up the steps to the right to go up to the city tower, the east side of the mountain climbing city wall can climb up the mountain along the steep steps.

The west side of the city gate is a bottomless cliff, there is no ancient city wall on the cliff, standing on the cliff and looking down, it is the endless flowing Mianhe, look at it, you will feel dizzy.

There are four large cylindrical bunkers of reinforced concrete in Mianshan Mountain, and there are communication trenches between each bunker, which can be reinforced at any time through the traffic trenches. There are iron thistles and trenches around, and the light and heavy machine gun fire of the pillbox can control the Niangziguan Railway Station under the mountain 100 meters away, and the grenades fired by the grenadiers can directly bombard the Niangziguan Pass.

With the help of the Niangzi Pass natural danger, the Japanese army stationed more than 50 little devils in four large pillboxes, equipped with a heavy machine gun, five light machine guns, four grenadier canisters and dozens of 38 large covers, and the fire controlled the place that could be radiated under the mountain.

Niangziguan Station overlooking three miles west of Niangziguan, located not far from the southeast of Mohetan Village, is a very important Japanese stronghold on the Zhengtai Line, where the Fourth Hechi Squadron of the 15th Brigade of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is stationed, and is equipped with a brigade and a machine gun squadron, with nearly 130 mixed soldiers.

This mixed squadron is well equipped with weapons and ammunition, including 70-mm mountain guns, 81-mm mortars, one or three each, ten 50-mm grenadiers, and nine light and heavy machine guns.

The devil's barracks are built solidly, the defense is tight, the earthen wall is more than one meter high built around, according to the terrain and topography of the earthen wall, as well as the firepower equipment, the machine gun and rifle firing ports are carefully set up on the earthen wall, and on the mountain three hundred meters south of the barracks, there is a concrete bunker, and auxiliary fortifications and thistles are set up around the bunker, the only path up the mountain, the dead place controlled by the fire of the devil's bunker, once it is attacked, it is difficult to break through.

In order to strengthen the firepower deployment of the barracks, the Japanese commander Hechi built two rows of light and heavy machine guns and rifle bunkers in the northwest corner with bricks and wood, and the fire radiated the surrounding open land.

The commander of the devil is very precise about the location of the Niangziguan barracks, there are mountains in the south, there is the Mianhe River in the north, and the open land that can be affected by the fire blockade is not only considered to be comfortable and comfortable, convenient to obtain materials, but also to consider that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, unable to approach, and to keep the enemy out.

Commander Guo, who served as the right column (Second Army Division) of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region that raided Niangziguan, said to Political Commissar Liu, who was sitting on a stool at the front-line command post, in view of the easy defense and difficult attack of Niangzi Pass: "This time, as the right column, for our Second Army Division, the task of raiding Niangziguan is very arduous, and I plan to hand over this arduous task to the Fifth Regiment, which is good at gnawing hard bones, and Political Commissar Liu will not have an opinion, right?" ”

"Hahaha, Lao Guo, if you don't say it, I will also guess that this task belongs to Captain Chen." Political Commissar Liu stood up with a smile, looked at Commander Guo and said.

The commander and political commissar of the Fifth Regiment of the Second Army Subdivision mentioned by Commander Guo and Political Commissar Liu were both brave and combative commanders, and the old Red Army and the Old Eighth Route of this regiment had the largest number of regiments in the entire military subdivision, and its combat effectiveness was very strong.

At this time, according to the deployment of the commander of the right column, the command post of the Fifth Regiment was set up in Hebei Village on the north bank of the Mianhe River and on the top of Xinjiayuan Mountain, and Regiment Commander Chen pointed to the map on the table and ordered: I will lead a battalion from Shangmohetan Village to approach Niangziguan Station covertly, and once I receive an order from the superior leader, launch a surprise attack;

The mortar and heavy machine gun positions directly under the regiment were ordered to be set up on the Xinjiayuan Heights, and the 1st Battalion was supported by fire to capture Niangziguan Station, quickly destroy the station buildings, railway command system, equipment, and communication facilities, and quickly extend to the vicinity of the station to blow up railway bridges and culverts;

Ordered the second battalion to approach Dakou Village secretly before the start of the battle, and received the order to solve the puppet army in the village with lightning speed, sweep the passage to occupy the Chengguan of Niangziguan from the north, eliminate the enemy of Chengguan, attack from the flank, and occupy Mianshan;

Ordered the third battalion to quickly approach Mianshan from the south of Niangzi Pass, and when the battle of the second battalion began, immediately launched an attack on the Mianshan Fort;

Ordered the mountain artillery company to approach Mianshan to support the second and third battalions with firepower, and stormed the devil's artillery tower that Niangzi was locked on the mountain cliff.

Regiment Commander Chen looked at the commanders of the battalions who were seated, and finally struck the table with a fist, and continued in a sonorous voice: "Comrades, the commander of the right column, it is a sign of trust in us to hand over the hard bone of attacking Niangziguan to our Fifth Regiment, and we will definitely be able to complete this arduous task and will never live up to the expectations of the chief."

I don't believe it, the strength of my regiment is not as good as Tang Taizong's sister Princess Pingyang, Pingyang Princess Li Xiuning fought in this battle, led the women's army to resist the enemy outside the pass, and became famous, so the women's army named 'Niangzi Pass'? ”

The battalion commanders present stood up one by one, clenched their fists and shouted: "Please rest assured that the regiment commander and political commissar are the enthusiastic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and we will never disgrace our ancestors, let alone inferior to the Niangzi Army of our ancestors, and ensure that we will capture Niangzi Pass and destroy the enemy's stronghold within the specified time." ”

Two days before the battle began, in order to confuse the enemy, Regiment Commander Chen found the nearby underground anti-Japanese organizations and reliable villagers in the village, provided false information to the enemy, mobilized the devil commander in the barracks, and disrupted the deployment of the devil commander in Niangzi Pass.

Squadron Leader Hechi, commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Brigade of the Japanese Army, was drinking and chatting with several subordinates in the barracks, when suddenly a plainclothes agent broke in and reported in a hurried tone: "Your Excellency Lieutenant, I led a five-person reconnaissance team to the west of Niangziguan, and found that several thousand troops of the Eighth Route Army were rapidly heading to the Chengjiayuan area, which was more than 20 miles away. ”

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