The headquarters of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, fearing that Lei Jian had already decided to attack the Zhangcun Fort, suddenly ordered to change the combat mission, and there was resistance in his heart, and immediately followed another urgent telegram: Order the only regiment to clear the periphery of the Zhangcun Fort, such as Hutougou and Yanling, mainly to contain the Ninth Independent Mixed Brigade of Hengshui, and dare not reinforce Zhengtai Road.

Your regiment completed the final attack on the Zhangcun Artillery Tower, and in order to avoid the main force of the enemy's 9th Independent Mixed Brigade from being encircled, it quickly withdrew from Tiehuo Mountain, and the direction of the troops was to be determined.

The reason why the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region ordered the suspension of operations should be mainly to consider the battle of the only regiment in Lao Ye Mountain, which would hurt the muscles and bones, and the combat effectiveness of the troops declined, so he ordered the only regiment to clear the periphery first, and then storm the Zhangcun fort.

He immediately sent a telegram to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Command: The only regiment has been replenished in its troops, and it will continue to carry out the operational plan of destroying the Zhangcun Artillery Tower, and that weapons, ammunition, and military supplies can be replenished in a timely manner, and that the outskirts of the Japanese strongholds such as Hutougou and Yanling can be cleared at the same time.

Commander Nie of the Military Region received the fourth telegram from Lei Jian, and couldn't help but smile and said: "This stinky boy, it seems that the capture of the Zhangcun Artillery Tower is bound to be achieved, so order it to be carried out at the same time, and pay close attention to the movements of the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Hengshui, and not be careless." ”

Lei Jian received the approval of the commander of the military region, and he quickly stood on the big rock again, and said to the soldiers of the troops who had assembled again: "It is now 7:37 p.m. on August 29, and I have ordered that the main force attacking the Zhangcun Artillery Tower is the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalions.

The cavalry battalion and reconnaissance company rushed separately to attack strongholds such as Hutougou, Yanling, Dongpotou, Saigu, and Shinto.

A battalion set up an ambush on both sides of the valley to the east of the ancient city, and once the enemy puppet army in the Zhangcun Fort, sent a small force to reinforce the strongholds of Hutougou, Yanling, Dongpotou, Saigu, and Shendao, and gave me a resolute and powerful elimination. ”

The only regiment quickly left the Iron Camel Mountain in the darkness of night, and they took the initiative to attack this time, mainly to seize the Japanese army's weapons, ammunition and military supplies to supplement the needs of the troops who had just gone through a major battle.

Li Gang led the cavalry battalion and reconnaissance company, quickly left the Iron Camel Mountain, and quickly rushed to Hutougou, Yanling, Dongpotou, Saigu, and Shendao.

The cavalry of the only regiment rushed out of the Iron Camel Mountain, and the soldiers rushed to the targets of each unit in five ways, and the soldiers of the only regiment were divided into several ways and were about to launch Operation Thunder.

After several hours of rushing, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, they quickly destroyed the Japanese strongholds in these places.

Now there is the largest stronghold left, that is, Hutougou, there are about 100 Japanese puppet troops guarding Hutougou, when Qu Jiaming led the reconnaissance platoon to attack near Hutougou, it was discovered by the devils in the outlying Japanese strongholds, and immediately carried out a fire counterattack.

The outlying Japanese stronghold was set up on a hillside, about 500 meters away from Hutougou, and the reconnaissance company quickly destroyed this outlying stronghold with the most fierce firepower, but the stronghold's devil Cao Chang, at the moment before it was breached, again asked the squad leader of the Hutougou devil's artillery tower for help.

When the leader of the devil squad in Hutougou learned that the outlying stronghold had been broken by the Eighth Route Army, he ordered the devils in the turret to take their places and make preparations for the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Qu Jiaming led the reconnaissance company to destroy the outlying strongholds of Hutouling, and immediately killed Hutouling.

Li Gang led the cavalry battalion to eliminate the enemy puppet army in the devil's stronghold, and received an urgent report that the reconnaissance company's attack on the Hutougou artillery tower was blocked, and immediately led the cavalry battalion to reinforce.

Under the powerful offensive of the two cavalry units, the squad leader in the Hutougou Fort could not resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, so he grabbed the phone and asked for help from the Zhangcun Fort fifteen miles away.

The Japanese squadron leader of the Zhangcun Artillery Tower, who was in a dream, was awakened by the emergency phone ringing, he quickly grabbed the phone and shouted: "Where? Bastard, where are yours? ”

"Report captain, I am the captain of the Japanese squad of the Hutougou Artillery Tower, at three o'clock in the morning, two Tu Eighth Route cavalry launched a general attack on our artillery tower, and now the situation is critical, I ask you to send reinforcements as soon as possible."

The Japanese squadron leader Koizumi Shaozuo said impatiently: "My squadron is close to ten kilometers away from yours, even if it is reinforced, the road is far away, and you will immediately ask for help from Yanling, Dongpotou, Segu, Shinto and other strongholds?" ”

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, these strongholds of the Imperial Japanese Army have been attacked by the Tubalu at the same time, and now they have broken through and are unable to reinforce, I ask Your Excellency the Squadron Leader to definitely help and reinforce quickly."

Squadron Leader Koizumi frowned, did not give a clear answer, hung up the phone with a 'snap', and lay on his back on the bed, making a difficult decision for a while whether to reinforce or not.

A few minutes later, the phone rang and suddenly remembered again, Koizumi stood up, grabbed the phone and shouted: "Your hurry up to the peak for help, mine here too." ”

"Koizumi-kun, I'm the wing commander Hetun Dazuo, the Hutougou Artillery Tower is surrounded by the Tuba Road, and a fierce battle is going on, the commander of the Ninth Independent Mixed Brigade Yoshimaru Qingwu Brigade personally issued an order, ordering you to send a small team of the Imperial Japanese Army, quick reinforcements, do you understand?"

Squadron Leader Koizumi immediately sent a small team to rush out of the turret, take weapons and equipment and step across the suspension bridge in formation, and quickly reinforce the Japanese stronghold in Hutougou along the dirt road with green gauze tents on both sides.

Lei Jian saw that a squad of devils was transferred out of the Zhangcun Fort, which reduced a lot of firepower pressure for him to raid with the main force of three battalions.

Feng Guang, the deputy platoon commander of the guard platoon close to him, whispered: "Commander Lei, this is the best opportunity for us to plan and attack the Zhangcun Fort, let's fight?" ”

"Don't worry, you kid, once we start to act now, the devils of the squad that reinforce Hutougou will definitely come back, and then we will be attacked by the enemy before and after, and the troops will suffer heavy casualties, and if we don't destroy the devil Zhangcun Fort, it will be in vain, or hand it over to a battalion set up in ambush five miles away to clean up, do you understand?" Lei Jian explained in a low voice.

Feng Guang stuck out his tongue in the night, and said admiringly: "Commander Lei has thought about it too comprehensively, why didn't I think of it?" ”

"I have participated in more battles, and when I see the blood and lives of the soldiers in the battle, I will know how to deal with the enemy."

Lei Jian is not a battlefield commander who blindly commands, every time he attacks the enemy, the first thing he considers is how to protect the fighters to the greatest extent and complete the combat mission, once the command is wrong, it will cause undue sacrifices.

At this time, the cavalry battalion and reconnaissance company led by Li Gang were concentrating their firepower on attacking the stronghold of Hutougou and launching the most fierce fire attack with the devils who were stuck in the turret.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Japanese stronghold of Hutougou was finally destroyed. Cleared the five Japanese strongholds in the triangle where Zhengtai Road and Deshi Road intersected, and according to the order of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the deployment of the head of Lei Jian, the people of several villages were mobilized to carry out a sabotage attack on the approaching Zhengtai Road.

In this battle, more than 180 enemy puppet troops were eliminated, one enemy squad leader was killed, three propaganda officers were killed, nine Japanese puppet soldiers were captured, 70 rifles, five boxes of grenades, six pistols, and four light machine guns were captured, six wagons were destroyed, and nearly 10 kilometers of sleepers were burned by dismantling the railway.

When the sun rose, Li Gang evacuated the people of the nearby villages that had attacked the railway, led the cavalry battalion and reconnaissance company, and quickly returned to the Zhangcun Artillery Tower.

In addition, a reinforced Japanese squad rushed across the drawbridge and rushed all the way to Hutougou in the southwest, and when the march reached a section of the hill where the first battalion was ambushed, it was suddenly blocked by heavy fire.

The leader of the devil squad drew his command knife and shouted: "We have been ambushed by the Dirt Eight Road, attack quickly, and destroy the Dirt Eight Road lying on the hills." ”

The devil Cao Chang reminded: "Your Excellency, the squad leader, it is too dark to find a hiding place in the Eight Roads, so it is better to retreat to the stronghold quickly, which will be very safe." ”

"Bastard, we are the most heroic and combative elite troops of the Imperial Japanese Army, and we have been attacked by a small force of the Tsuchibalu Army, do you want to tell me to give up resistance and flee back to the stronghold? Attack me quickly, and kill all the ambushed earth eight roads. ”

A squad of little devils, fighting against a battalion of a single regiment that has grown up with blood, I don't know how miserable his fate will be.