Fifteen minutes before the start of the general attack on Zhengtai Road, Regiment Commander Xie ordered the 2nd Battalion to take covert action to clear the barbed wire fence between the station and the high ground, so as to wait for the general attack to start and launch the fiercest attack on the enemy's stronghold.

The soldiers received the order, crawled towards the enemy barbed wire, easily stripped off the first barbed wire, and advanced smoothly, until the soldiers were about to clear the fourth barbed wire, and were spotted by the little devil who came out of the stronghold to pee, and he screamed and shouted: "Squadron Leader Yoshida, close to the nearest barbed wire fence to the stronghold, a large number of figures are in action. ”

Squadron Leader Yoshida shouted nervously, "Shoot, shoot, shoot these bastards." ”

After the secret operation alarmed the little devils in the stronghold, and after the devils inside panicked, this Japanese army unit with strong military qualities immediately organized the most fierce firepower to attack the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who cleared the fourth barbed wire.

Regiment Commander Xie looked at his watch, and there were still seven minutes before the Zhengtai Road General Raid, and he resolutely shouted: "Grenades, light and heavy machine guns, all weapons with the most fierce firepower, launch an attack on the enemy's stronghold." ”

At the same time that the 2nd Battalion was attacking the enemy's stronghold, the two companies, under the command of the 1st Battalion Commander, quickly crossed the creek and launched a general attack on the enemy artillery tower in Lujiazhuang.

When the battle began, the three companies of the third battalion did not show weakness and pounced on the two pillboxes of the devils in the south of the station, and after a fierce battle of blood and fire, the enemy pillboxes were destroyed, and they immediately rushed over from the east to the west of the Lujiazhuang station.

In less than two hours, the 16th Regiment conquered four devil pillboxes, and under the powerful fire attack of the three troops to attack the Lujiazhuang station, the little devils were beaten and could not raise their heads, suffered heavy casualties, and the enemy, who was struggling to survive, under the leadership of the squadron leader, broke through the fierce fire of the 16th Regiment, abandoned the station, and fled westward with his head in his hands.

The first battalion that was rushing towards the station from the west, and saw the little devils at the station fleeing towards them, the commander of the first battalion decisively ordered: "With the most fierce firepower, destroy the little devils who are fleeing to our battalion's position." ”

Under the powerful firepower of the first battalion, the devils led by Squadron Leader Yoshida lay on the ground and counterattacked, but were blocked by the absolute superiority of the first battalion several times that of the enemy, and had to flee back to the station in a panic.

The 2nd Battalion, which had occupied the station, dealt a head-on blow to the fleeing enemy, and the enemy was overwhelmed, shrank to the east station, and was finally squeezed into a large house.

Commander Xie of the 16th Regiment of the Left Wing Column ordered the troops to surround the devils who had retreated into the East Station and carry out a fire attack.

Yoshida, the leader of the devil squadron, shouted to the dozens of little devils around him: "We are the invincible warriors of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and the most loyal subjects of His Majesty the Emperor——。 ”

In the midst of a howl, Zhang Jitian, the devil squadron, held a command knife and led the little devils who were still breathing to fight back from inside.

As soon as the soldiers saw the little devil rushing out of the house, he rushed forward with bayonets and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Regiment Commander Xie didn't want to entangle with the enemy, so he ordered the curved guns and grenadiers of the captured devils to come in handy and blast out the devils who were cowering in the East Railway Station.

'Boom, boom, boom, boom, ......', continuous shelling, shells fell on the East Railway Station, with its huge explosion, the little devils inside the explosion cried wolf howl, screamed and fell into the smoke and flames.

The flames burned to the gasoline depot and the powder depot, and suddenly a raging fire broke out, reflecting the sky over Lujiazhuang, and the little devils at the station and the surrounding strongholds, fortresses and fire positions were completely destroyed by the left wing column.

At the Lujiazhuang Station on Zhengtai Road, more than 30 kilometers of railway lines were extended to both ends, and with the close cooperation of the left wing column and the local military and civilians, they successively captured the devil's strongholds and bridges along the line.

The vast number of soldiers and civilians were very enthusiastic about breaking roads and demolishing roads, not only destroying the tracks and burning sleepers, but also leveling the road foundations, cutting down the electric poles along the railways, taking away the electric wires, blowing up bridges, and collapsing culverts.

The left wing column raided Lujiazhuang and ended successfully, captured a lot, annihilated nearly 100 enemies, completely controlled Lujiazhuang Station, effectively blocked the eastward aid of the enemy in Yangquan, Yuci and Taigu, and laid a strong foundation for the Eighth Route Army's corps and military region combat units to fight the Zhengtailu General Raid Battle, that is, the 'Battle of 100 Regiments'.

At the same time that the 16th Regiment of the Left Wing Column captured the Lujiazhuang Station, the 25th Regiment, under the command of Commander Su, launched the most fierce fire attack on the Mashou Station.

On the left and right flanks of Mashou Station, two pillboxes were built respectively, and when the devil commander found that the Eighth Route Army was carrying out a surprise attack, he immediately ordered the devils in each pillbox, station and subsidiary positions to counterattack the attacking Eighth Route Army with the greatest firepower.

The soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Companies of the 25 th Regiment submitted letters of guarantee to their commanders to kill the enemy one after another at the mobilization meeting to enhance their combat effectiveness, bravely kill the enemy on the battlefield, and make new contributions before the start of the campaign.

At this time, when attacking the devil's bunker, they encountered the powerful fire counterattack of the enemy's bunker, but the soldiers were not afraid, shouting and rushing to the enemy bunker, after nearly an hour of strong attack, the first and third companies finally destroyed the bunkers on both wings of the station.

The devils who were stuck in the station, with their sturdy houses and buildings, put up desperate resistance, and served as the second company that stormed the Mashou Station, and launched more than a dozen attacks on the enemy, but they failed to break through the devil's position, and until dawn, the battle was still in a stalemate.

The left flank destroyed the third company of the enemy pillbox, turned the muzzle, implemented strong fire support for the Mashou station, and rushed into the station to start a white-knuckle battle with the enemy in the brave attack of the soldiers of the second and third companies, and the leader of the devil squad was killed by a soldier in the fighting, and the remaining remnants of less than 20 people rushed out of the station in a panic, fled to Shouyang, and the Mashou station was occupied.

The captain of the Japanese squadron in Shouyang, hearing the constant gunfire at Mashou Station, was afraid that Shouyang would be broken through by the Eighth Route Army, so he ordered the Japanese squad stationed in Panjiayuan to move quickly towards Shouyang in order to respond to the defense of Shouyang.

The commander of the Japanese squadron squatting in Shouyang commanded the town, according to the report of the devils who sent out reconnaissance: The command post of the 25th Regiment of the Left Wing Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army immediately ordered the Japanese squad that was marching rapidly to make a detour to Longhua Mountain and attack the command post of the 25th Regiment at Daluopo, which was not far from the Mashou Station.

When the commander of the 25th Regiment learned that a small Japanese squad had attacked the command post of Daluopo, he immediately ordered the commander of the eighth company to make a tight defense.

The sneak attack of the little devil hiddenly approached the command post of the 25th Regiment in Daluopo, and the leader of the devil squad held a telescope and found that the head of the Eighth Route Army at the command post of the 25th Regiment was going in and out, as if he was not alert.

The leader of the devil squad ordered in a low voice: "The soldiers are divided into three routes, quickly approach the command post of the Tuba Road Regiment, strike with the most ferocious firepower, eliminate the commander of the Tuba Road command post, and kill the ——。 ”

Just when the little devils launched an attack on the regimental command post, the eighth company that was ambushed in the favorable terrain around the regimental command post, under the shout of the company commander, the soldiers of the whole company were like tigers descending from the mountain, striking the enemy with the greatest firepower, and wiped out most of the surrounding devils.

The 38th Regiment of the Left Wing Column, under the command of Commander Cai, reconnoitred the terrain before the 'Battle of the Hundred Regiments' began, and planned to attack the Monk's Foot Station and Shanghu Station on Zhengtai Road.

The devils of these two stations were heavily armed, and there were not only bright forts but also hidden forts, and traffic trenches were dug between each of the bright and dark forts, and two barbed wire fences were laid on both sides of the traffic trenches, and mines were laid around the barbed wire.

Although there are not too many enemy puppet troops in the stronghold of Shanghu Station and Shanghu Station, the equipment is quite good, equipped with light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and two curved guns.

Before the battle began, Regiment Commander Cai gave clear instructions: "Comrades, our 38th Regiment, the 16th Regiment, and the 25th Regiment respectively appeared on the sabotage communication line on Zhengtai Road. ”

Cadres at all levels replied loudly: "Please rest assured that the regiment commander will complete the task." ”

(End of chapter)