Lei Jian participated in the summary meeting of the second phase of the left wing column and the 100-regiment battle of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, listened to some examples of various corps, and read some battle reports of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and various military regions and corps.

He coughed lightly and started directly from the battle examples that occurred in the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region:

According to the order of the head of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region, Commander Chen and Chief of Staff Zhou of the Taiyue Military Region, that is, the left wing column, led the 772nd Regiment and the 16th Regiment of the 386th Brigade, as well as the 25th Regiment and the 38th Regiment of the First Column, as well as other units and local anti-Japanese forces, after fierce battles, conquered many strongholds such as Yushe County, Yanbi, and Wangjing, and won the victory in the second phase of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

At this time, Brigade Commander Chen, who served as the commander of the 385th Brigade of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Right Wing Column, received an order from the Military Region to attack the Japanese strongholds of Xiaolingdi, Liaoxian, Pushang, and Guantou along the Yu (She) Liao (County) Highway, consolidate the position after occupying it, and continue to expand the results of the battle.

Brigade Commander Chen of the 385th Brigade was not Brigade Commander Chen of the Taiyue Military Region and the 386th Brigade, but was very familiar with Liao County, and led the troops to fight a battle, which caused a sensation in the whole army.

This also began with the declaration of war against Japan in 1937, when the 385th Brigade made a surprise attack on the enemy's airfield at Mingyangbao, and after making a name for itself inside and outside the army, the 385th Brigade seized the fighter planes and stationed them in Liao County, thus establishing a valuable base area.

According to the deployment of Commander Liu of Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan, in order to successfully fight this battle in the second stage of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Brigade Commander Chen led the reconnaissance troops to go deep into the enemy-occupied areas to conduct reconnaissance, and made careful and steady arrangements according to the strength and firepower of the Japanese strongholds.

The 3rd Battalion of the 13th Regiment of the 385th Brigade was ordered to attack the Japanese stronghold in Pushang Village, consolidate the position after conquering, strengthen the fortifications, and meet the Japanese puppet army that counterattacked.

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 13th Regiment were ordered to divide into two routes to surround Guantou Village, launch a surprise attack with the most intense firepower, strive to conquer the enemy's stronghold in a very short time, continue to move east along the Yuliao Highway, and clear the checkpoints set up by the Japanese army on the highway.

As soon as Lei Jian said this, Wang Xiaoliang couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Commander Lei, you took me to destroy Laishan Airport, and also blew up an enemy plane, captured airport technicians, and seized airport information, I have always felt very excited, you just said that the 385th Brigade attacked Mingyangbao Airport and shocked the army inside and outside, so can you simply tell me?" ”

"That's right, Captain Lei, the surprise attack on Mingyangbao Airport must be very intense and exciting, just talk about it." Everyone, you and I pleaded word by word.

Lei Jian laughed in a low voice in the night: "It seems that you have a lot of appetite, and if you say a little, you have to get to the bottom of it, well, I will briefly talk about how the 385th Brigade attacked Yangmingbao Airport." ”

In 1937, in order to occupy Taiyuan, the Japanese army stationed in North China gathered more than 50,000 Japanese troops and rushed to Taiyuan along the Shi (Jiazhuang) Tai (Yuan) Road.

Commander Yan (Xishan), who was the commander of the Second Theater at the time, ordered the Jin army to block the invading enemy on the front line of Xinkou north of Taiyuan.

The head of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, in order to support the Jin army's Xinkou campaign to block the enemy, carried out active activities behind the enemy, attacked the Japanese strongholds and scattered Japanese troops, pinned down the Japanese puppet army behind the enemy, and supported the Jin army to eliminate the worries in the rear, and ordered the commander of the 385th Brigade, Brigade Commander Chen, who was still the regiment commander at that time, to attack Yangmingbao Airport on the evening of October 19, 37.

Brigade Commander Chen of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade, who was the commander of the regiment at the time, was ordered to contain the enemy in the area of Sulongkou and Liujiazhuang on the Hutuo River east of Dai County. When Regiment Commander Chen discovered the Japanese planes, they constantly took off from Yangmingbao Airport on the north bank of the Hutuo River during the day, bombing Xinkou with bombs to block the Japanese invasion of the Jin Army.

The Japanese airfield at Yangmingbao was not strictly guarded, and 24 warplanes flew away to carry out their tasks during the day, returned to the airfield before dark, and docked in the southeast of the airport, and there were more than 200 troops in charge of the airfield guard, stationed in the north of the airport, and a two-meter-high barbed wire fence was built around the airport, as well as a simple military defensive position.

Regiment Commander Chen of the 769th Regiment analyzed the information of Mingyangbao Airport and decided to make a surprise attack on Yangmingbao Airport.

On the evening of 19 October, when the troops crossed the Hutuo River and covertly approached the Yangmingbao airport, Regiment Commander Chen ordered the 3rd Battalion to be the main attack and the 2nd Battalion to be the reserve, and ordered the 8th Company of the 2nd Battalion to hold on to the Wangdongbao Bridge to ensure the safety of the 3rd Battalion's flanks and rear.

The artillery company was ordered to deploy on the south bank of the Hutuo River to support the three battalions at any time.

The third battalion adjusted the four companies to form an assault team, when the assault team took advantage of the dim stars and moon, approaching 30 meters of the Yangmingbao aircraft group, was discovered by the vigilant enemy, the third battalion commander ordered the attack, for a while the guns and artillery sounded loudly, after an hour of fierce fighting, eliminated the little devils of the alert detachment, and immediately used light and heavy machine guns and grenades to bombard the aircraft group.

Under the fierce blow of light and heavy weapons and grenades, 24 fighters were destroyed before and after, and the 769th Regiment annihilated 123 Japanese soldiers and destroyed 24 of them at the cost of more than 30 casualties.

When Wang Xiaoliang heard this, he couldn't help but shout excitedly: "It's too enjoyable, if you ......." ”

"Be quiet, once the main force of our only regiment hidden in the woods is exposed, it will immediately be surrounded by the Japanese army in the surrounding strongholds, and at that time, it will be difficult to complete the task of conquering the Japanese stronghold of the Horse Station." Lei Jian reminded in a low voice.

Wang Xiaoliang said embarrassedly: "Commander Lei, I sound like I'm back to the battle of our sneak attack on Laishan Airport, hehe, my voice is high as soon as I am happy, please continue to talk about Commander Lei." ”

Lei Jian continued: "Let's go on to talk about a battalion of the 14th Regiment of the 386th Brigade, which has received the task of attacking the bottom of Xiaoling, and must complete the task within one hour, quickly withdraw from the battle, and move closer to Langya Mountain.

Brigade Commander Chen led the 769th Regiment to hold Langya Mountain, and its purpose was to block the enemy who was reinforced by the Japanese army from Liao County to the west when they heard the sound of gunfire. ”

In order to call the cadres of the only regiment, Lei Jian gained combat experience from battle examples, and strived to speak in an easy-to-understand manner, and added his own comments to key points.

The 14th Regiment launched two attacks with the enemy at the bottom of Xiaoling, and the cadres and soldiers adopted mobile and flexible strategies and tactics, and soon occupied the bottom of Xiaoling and completely annihilated the defending enemy.

On the evening of the 24th, the 13th Regiment stormed the Japanese stronghold of Pu Shang and carried out the most intense fire strikes, occupying Pu Shang and other forts, and annihilating more than 100 little devils from the two squads of the Ikeda squadron defending the enemy.

On the night of the 23rd, the head of the 769th Regiment Zheng led the troops, under the cover of night, secretly marched to the Langya Mountain, and came to the foot of the Langya Mountain at about nine o'clock.

When he saw that the fortifications built by the third company and the second platoon of the first battalion were not solid, Regiment Commander Zheng said unhappily: "Comrades, can the fortifications you build block the enemy's bullets?" If you are lazy now, you will give your life to the little devil in advance, and immediately rework and strengthen the fortifications, and the next time I come to inspect the failure, your company platoon commander will give me a deep inspection. ”

After more than an hour of consolidating the fortifications, all the preparations were done very well, and Regiment Commander Zheng praised with a smile: "That's right, build strong fortifications before the battle, once we engage the enemy, our soldiers will reduce casualties." Now that everyone is ready to fight, waiting for the enemy to send them to him, and then fight me hard, do you have any determination? ”

"Yes", "Yes......

When the 385th Brigade and his headquarters of the right column Chen started the battle of Yushe City, and the 13th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the left column attacked the Japanese stronghold in Guantou Village, fierce gunfire was heard, and the Japanese troops in the Shizhai stronghold 3 kilometers west of Liao County were ordered to come to the west in an attempt to surround the 13th Regiment attacking Guantou Village.

The commander of the 769th Regiment Zheng was afraid that the little devil would not be able to enter his ambush circle due to the complicated terrain, so he ordered a company to approach the enemy in the west under the cover of night, and not to fall in love with the battle after the exchange of fire, and to retreat after the battle, and lead the devil into the ambush circle under the Langya Mountain of the 769th Regiment.

The cunning Japanese commander, faced with the complicated terrain of Langya Mountain, ordered the troops to suspend their advance, build fortifications, and confront the 769th Regiment at the foot of Langya Mountain, and no longer take the initiative to attack.

The two armies confronted each other until the afternoon, at this time, more than 100 little devils reinforced from Liao County joined the Japanese army that had arrived in advance, and the commander of the devils relied on the strength of the troops, drew his command knife and shouted: "The warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, in front of you is the position of the Eighth Road under the Langya Mountain, for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia, kill and give ——。 ”

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