Chapter 496: Southern Hebei Raid (2)
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Lei Jian's agitation work was done very well, and the battalion commanders and several independent regiment cadres in the room, when they heard that a commander with 100,000 troops had boldly ventured into the devil's turret to reconnoitre, they all looked at Commander Chen in surprise, and suddenly shouted: "Commander Chen, you can tell us about it." β
Commander Chen pulled the thunder sword and said to everyone in the room: "When I come to your independent regiment, how can I take the lead?" The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, which your regiment commander Lei just talked about, about several battle columns that attacked the Japanese army's lines of communication, was very well said, clearly organized, with precise figures, and a good description, and I, the commander under the leadership of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, did not understand it in such detail.
And it's also a recent battle with a time, a place, and a unit number, which really surprises me, I don't know where your Commander Lei got such detailed information, how about it, Commander Lei, can you reveal it? β
Lei Jian was said by Commander Chen, and an embarrassed smirk appeared on his face: "Commander Chen, I am just a half-grown child, there is no door on my mouth, the cadres and soldiers of the army, if you want to hear me talk for a while, I will ramble nonsense, I called you today, how dare I dance the axe in front of Lu Ban, isn't this a joke?" You say yes, Commander Chen? β
"You clever stinky boy, you are sloppy in front of me, some of what you just said, I know, what you said is not exaggerated, but it is more detailed than I know, and some I haven't heard of it at all, but I sound like that, I happen to be fine today, you will tell everyone about the battle of the northwest of Shanxi Province to attack the Japanese army's communication line, you Commander Lei will not give me this face, right?
Besides, I have briefly said at the military meeting that our task this time is to wait for the order from the higher authorities to ...... Deshi Road. β
Commander Chen was talking and suddenly paused, he had already realized that the combat mission that had not yet been issued, and saying it at this time would be very detrimental to the progress of the entire battle, he instead pulled the thunder sword, sat on a straw mat and said, "Commander Lei, you continue." β
At this time, Ma Mingshan, the chief of operations of the Southern Hebei Military Region, who was sitting on the side, took out a small notebook from his pocket, took out a pen, twisted the cap of the pen and prepared to continue taking notes, looking at Lei Jian and urging with a smile; "Commander Lei, you have such a big face, this is the first time Commander Chen has taken the initiative to ask for a subordinate, don't you be uninteresting? Hahaha. β
Lei Jian blushed and wanted to stand up, but was pulled down by Commander Chen, and said with majesty: "Commander Lei, if you talk about a few more examples of breaking the Japanese army's lines of communication, it will be of great benefit to the operational deployment of our entire army in the next step, don't you think so?" β
Chun Tao, who was sitting on the side at this time, looked at Lei Jian's little face and turned white for a while, she looked at the changeable expression, and muttered distressedly: "You, Brother Lei, just know more than others, forget it, you have to show off at every turn, this is good, it can't end, right?" If you are wrong, see how Commander Chen cleans you up. β
Lei Jian seemed to be unable to escape, he looked at Commander Chen and pleaded: "My good commander, if my Lei Jian is wrong, don't spank, if you can promise me first, then I will bite the bullet and continue to scream." β
"I promise, be bold and say it."
Lei Jian cleared his throat, and at this time, Lei Jian's face returned to normal with Commander Chen's words, and then continued: At the same time as the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region carried out a large-scale attack on the Japanese army on railways and highways, the anti-Japanese troops in the northwest of Shanxi, under the leadership of the commander of a division of the Eighth Route Army, also launched a large-scale sabotage war against the enemy in the anti-Japanese base area.
The anti-Japanese base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province is located in the west of the Taiyuan section of the Tongpu Railway, with the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the west, and the north of the Fenli Highway.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army repeatedly negotiated with Yan Xishan at the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and agreed that the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army would carry out guerrilla warfare in Shanxi in accordance with the strategy and tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and strike at the Japanese garrison troops during the movement.
The three divisions advanced to the north of Taiyuan, the northeast of Jin, and the southeast of Jin. The General Headquarters clearly pointed out that the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army should focus on guerrilla warfare, and that the important work of the whole of North China should be based on guerrilla warfare.
The commander of a certain division, He led the troops into a mountain range in the northwest of Shanxi.
Soon after the Battle of Xinkou began, the commander of a certain division, He Division, ordered the 358th Brigade to penetrate deep into the enemy to strike at the transportation of troops on other communication lines, while the main force highlighted the surprise troops and rushed towards the Tongpu Railway, fought fiercely with the enemy all the way, and captured Yanmen Pass.
In the rear of the enemy, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese strongholds and artillery towers, cut off the Japanese army's transportation lines, captured and destroyed dozens of enemy transport trucks and armored vehicles, and effectively cooperated with the friendly forces fighting on the frontal battlefield of the Xinkou Campaign.
After the fall of Taiyuan, the head of Yan'an clearly pointed out: "The regular war in Shanxi is over, and all that remains is the guerrilla war dominated by the Eighth Route Army." β
Guerrilla warfare is a strategy and tactic that must be adopted by the Eighth Route Army, which is located in the anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines, and must be adopted to defeat the enemy; the commander of a certain division, He Division, led his troops to attack the east and the west, concentrated superior forces when he saw the opportunity, and severely knocked the troops of the little devils; in the course of the war against Japan, he maintained close ties with the masses and established anti-Japanese armed forces and local governments behind enemy lines; after a year, the number of people in one division increased sharply from more than 8,000 to nearly 30,000.
Subsequently, the Japanese army launched the Jinnan Campaign, and Division Commander He ordered a division to launch an attack on the enemy with the cooperation of friendly and neighboring troops, and engaged the enemy on the Fenli Highway to block the enemy's advance.
According to the movement of the Japanese army's large forces, Division Commander He sent a small reconnaissance force to go deep behind enemy lines, and the reconnaissance company commander who came back to report said: "Report to Division Commander He, the main force of the Japanese army on the front line of Tongpu Road has been concentrated in Taiyuan on the southern front, the enemy's rear forces are empty, the enemy's troops occupying the pillbox stronghold are insufficient, and the troops are mainly used for alert and fortification, and there is no sign of taking the initiative to attack. β
Hearing this information, the perceptive division commander He immediately ordered the main force to quickly insert itself into the enemy's rear, and with superior forces, destroy the enemy's artillery stronghold on Tongpu Road, destroy the remaining Japanese troops, and destroy the enemy's communication line on Tongpu Road.
The next day, a train of troop carriers was about to enter the ambush of the 358th Brigade, and the regiment commander saw the locomotive coming with black smoke 'whirring, whirring', and the regiment commander waved his gun and ordered: "Give me a hard beating." β
Dense bullets whistled and shot at the devil's troop carrier, and the train driver was suddenly frightened by the fierce gunfire and squatted still, and the commander of the devil who escorted the car grabbed the train driver and forced him to pass quickly.
The train driver was trembling with fear, how could he still insist on driving the train on? The train loses its manual operation and slows down suddenly.
Captain Liu, who ambushed the devil's train, saw that the train was about to stop, so he took the lead in rushing out and shouted: "Rushββγ kill the devilββγ β
The little devils on the train used the greatest firepower to block the Eighth Route Army that rushed up, and the charging soldiers were suddenly counterattacked by the devils' machine guns and rifles, and the soldiers who rushed in front were shot and fell to the ground.
Regiment Commander Liu shouted angrily: "Lie down, quickly find a concealment, and immediately launch the most fierce fire blow to the enemy's personnel carriers." β
At this time, the fierce little devil captain on the locomotive found that the Tubalu army pounced, stabbed a bayonet into the driver's thigh, howling and scolding: "Bastard, get the train out of here quickly, you dare to resist, die, die." β
In order to survive, the train driver had to increase the power of the train, and the train slowly accelerated.
Due to the geographical location and the fierce gunfire heard from the south, Regiment Commander Liu expected that the enemy's reinforcements were rushing up, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat, and this time they raided the devil's troop carrier, killing and wounding more than 50 Japanese soldiers.
Commander Liu led the troops to withdraw from the position, the sky slowly darkened, the weather in Jinnan at this time, it was the bad weather of the cold winter, the soldiers were in a fierce battle with the enemy, the blood was boiling, and the fire was killed, but they did not feel the cold, this stopped, and slowly the heat on the body was eroded by the cold weather, and the whole body was shivering with cold, like falling into an ice cave.
At this moment, Regiment Commander Liu received an order to run and move forward, and must reach Pingshe Station before dawn, eliminate the enemy puppet army at the station, destroy all the facilities of the railway system at the station, and force the trains entering and leaving Pingshe Station before and after the station to not enter the station.
Commander Liu led the soldiers on a rapid march all night, and finally arrived at Pingshe Station before dawn, he was just about to give the order to attack, when he saw three little devils coming out of the station, Commander Liu waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Five soldiers follow me." β
Six black shadows quickly approached Pingshe Station, and they were about to approach the three little devils, and suddenly out of the black shadows, several puppet soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition walked out.