Lei Jian listened to Wang Xiaoliang commanding two battles, and felt that he fought very easily, and he was full of confidence when he spoke, and he didn't take the devil's elite wing in his eyes at all.

At present, the arrogant thinking of the great enemy is very dangerous, and once the guidance is not in place, it may cause the defeat of the entire campaign because of carelessness in tactics.

Lei Jian said solemnly: "Just now, Deputy Commander Wang mentioned that this 576 Wing has the potential to defeat the elite of the enemy who rushed over frantically without blowing any effort, and I must ring the alarm bell for the commander with this attitude." ”

He looked at the cadres above the battalion level sitting around him, and then said: "Please don't forget that the 576th Wing is on the Hengwu Highway, arrogantly unprepared, relying on the fast-moving mechanized troops, and our only regiment has a chance to strike at the enemy in motion with the help of the Japanese troops who captured the enemy's Fudong City.

Moreover, the 576th Wing, which had only been attacked in a hurry and could not find the target, took the initiative to give up reinforcing the 581st Wing in order to protect the main force of the troops from being attacked by the sneak attack and causing a major setback. ”

Lei Jian's attitude became more serious, and he continued in a tough tone: "Comrades, this time the 576th Wing of the Japanese Army came prepared, with excellent weapons and ammunition, clear goals and quick actions of the soldiers, and it was a crazy counterattack to our troops who attacked Zhengtai Road, and at the same time, it was also a vain attempt to seize the favorable terrain of Tieluo Mountain, so as to hold the throat of this Shibao Highway, block our Eighth Route Army from passing through Tieluo Mountain from the periphery, and reinforce the general attack on Zhengtai Road, which is one of them.

The second is to rely on Tiehuo Mountain as a base to increase troops on Zhengtai Road at any time to attack and strike at the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians who have broken the enemy's lines of communication. ”

The cadres at and above the battalion level present couldn't help but bow their heads one by one when they heard Lei Jian say so seriously, secretly scolding themselves for being too light on the enemy, and such dangerous thoughts would appear.

Political Commissar Ma Mingshan followed Lei Jian's words and said: "Just now, Regiment Commander Lei explained the enemy we are currently facing, the madness, cunning and combat quality, as well as the importance of our regiment's holding on to the Iron Camel Mountain, as well as the great significance of this battle, and I hope that every cadre, in the battle with the enemy, the first must not underestimate the enemy, the second is to educate the soldiers to pay attention to the enemy in tactics, and the third is to stick to the main position with blood and life in the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice. ”

Lei Jian attached so much importance to the Battle of Iron Camel Mountain, it was this mountain that was too important.

Tieluo Mountain is located in the southeast of Quyang City, is the commanding heights of Quyang County, our army controls Tiehuo Mountain, it controls the throat of the triangle area of Zhengtai Road and Shibao Highway, you can condescendingly, control the entire Quyang, and ensure the safety of Quyang railway and highway raiding troops to the greatest extent.

The headquarters of the Japanese Front Army in North China, realizing the importance of Iron Camel Mountain, ordered the 9th Brigade of the 180th Division to immediately send elite troops to recapture Iron Camel Mountain, which was occupied by the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

On 30 August, the vanguard squadron of the 576th Wing, just after dawn, more than 100 enemies rushed out of the barracks and launched the first attack on our Iron Camel Mountain.

The little devil quickly reached the beach of the Qingshui River, waded across the river and advanced, and was hit by a battalion set up in ambush on the high ground of the river beach, and the light and heavy fire was fiercely hit.

The second company, which was hidden on the east side, responded calmly to the battle, and only when all kinds of weapons could hit the enemy in the effective range did it give full play to it, and all kinds of firearms opened fire at the same time, and in an instant, the enemy was shot and fell into the river, and the living fled in all directions, rushing for their lives.

The fierce devil commander roared and scolded: "Bastard, quickly rush to the other side of the river, disperse and cross cover, and launch an attack on Iron Camel Mountain in a straggler." ”

Under the coercion of the commander, the enemy rushed to the other side of the river, immediately gathered together at the fastest speed, and quickly assembled three squads in the shape of a zigzag to carry out a frantic attack on the Iron Camel Mountain.

Lei Jian, who rushed to the front line to command, ordered the companies of the 1st battalion set up in ambush to take decisive measures against the attacking enemy with the most intense fire to destroy the attacking enemy.

Light and heavy weapons spew tongues of fire and swept towards the attacking devils, hitting the enemies in front of them and falling to the ground, and the enemies who were still alive lay on the ground, crawling forward while blocking the attack.

Lei Jian shouted: "Increase the firepower, destroy the vanguard of this devil, and strive to annihilate them all." ”

A squadron of Japanese troops, under the powerful firepower, lay on the ground and could not move an inch, and shouted in panic: "The earth eight roads are really powerful, retreat quickly." "The devils who made a mess of things, got up and didn't care about anything, only fled for their lives and retreated in a hurry, and didn't care about the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who died in battle, and retreated to Quyang in embarrassment.

A squadron of the Japanese army attacked Iron Camel Mountain and returned defeated. The only regiment crushed the enemy's first tentative attack.

The commander of the Yoshimaru Kiyomu Brigade stationed in Quyang learned that a Japanese squadron that had tested the reality of the Iron Camel Mountain had been defeated, and he immediately increased the Japanese troops of two squadrons again, and at 2:20 p.m. that day, he went around to Zhuji on the Iron Camel Mountain, attempting to make a detour from the side of the Iron Camel Mountain, and suddenly launched an attack on the Lei Jian Regiment.

Receiving an order to quickly withdraw from the battlefield to reinforce the battlefield, and rushed to the East Vertical Independent Regiment in the Zhuji area, the regiment commander Luo Jinchuan was leading the three main battalion commanders to reconnoiter the terrain in the Zhuji area, and suddenly the commander of the special service platoon who was in charge of the guard on the periphery rushed to the head of Luo, and reported breathlessly: "Report to Commander Luo, there is a devil army, which is rushing towards Zhuji from the direction of Quyang. ”

Regimental Commander Luo Jinchuan decisively ordered: "Order the troops to quickly enter the pre-fortified position, and as soon as the enemy enters the ambush circle, immediately enter the battle." ”

The only regiment and a battalion ambushed in the hilly area a mile away, and at the same time found this devil army, the deputy regiment commander Li Gang ordered: "Immediately contact the commander of the Eastern Zongluo regiment and telegraph to the regiment commander Lei who is holding the main position of Tiehuo Mountain, the enemy is attacking for the second time." ”

Lei Jian ordered the cavalry battalion and the first battalion to put the enemy into an ambush circle and then fight, and closely cooperate with the commander of the Eastern Zongluo regiment, and if they want to fight, they will hurt the enemy.

The little devil who rushed all the way to Zhuji thought that he would quietly approach the flank of Iron Camel Mountain and suddenly launch a single attack on the Iron Camel Mountain Thunder Sword, and he would definitely break through in one fell swoop and wipe out the troops of the Eighth Route Army holding on to Iron Camel Mountain.

The Japanese deputy captain led two squadrons of devils to bypass Zhuji and appear at the foot of the Iron Camel Mountain, and the cunning commander ordered the troops to suspend the attack and send three squads to reconnoiter forward and on both flanks.

After a short time, the three reconnaissance teams returned to report: "Report to Your Excellency, the front is the main position of the Iron Camel Mountain Tuba Road, and there is an abnormal movement on both flanks, and the two squadrons of our Imperial Japanese Army are in the middle of the attack on three sides of the Tuba Road. ”

The troops of the Eighth Route Army appeared on both flanks, the left flank was a battalion and cavalry Ying of Lei Jian's single regiment, and the right flank was the troops of the commander of the East Vertical Luo Regiment.

At one time, from the flanks of the mountain and the bottom of the mountain, fierce gunfire broke out, and the little devil who hit him lay on the ground and did not dare to move, so he could only take passive firepower to counterattack, how could he dare to attack the Iron Camel Mountain with great fanfare?

The two squadrons of the Japanese army, which were flanked on three sides, carried out a vigorous counterattack, and the Eighth Route Army, which held the two flanks of the Iron Camel Mountain and the two flanks below the mountain, annihilated most of the enemy's two squadrons after more than four hours of fierce fighting.

The little devil who is still alive, how can he still have combat effectiveness? Under the command of the deputy captain, he turned around and retreated, and when he fled to a cliff that was not deep below, he hurriedly jumped off the cliff under the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and escaped back to Quyang by luck.

The two regiments that held the position on Tiehuo Mountain repelled many attacks by the Japanese army, and the continuous fighting time was too long, and at this time eating and drinking became the main problem, if it was not solved in time, under the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's large forces, it would soon lose its combat effectiveness.

Lei Jian ordered Li Gang, the deputy commander of the regiment who had set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain, to lead the first and third companies of the cavalry battalion to sneak attack the devil's stronghold in Fangjia Town, ten miles away from Quyang, at night.

Li Gang received an order, and took advantage of the night to lead the first and third companies of cavalry, under the cover of the green gauze tent, to quickly attack the devil's stronghold in Fangjia Town.

More than ten miles of dirt roads, fast horses and whips up before late at night, and arrived at the periphery of Fangjia Town.

Li Gang ordered a platoon to be left to take care of the war horses, and he led the 1st and 3rd cavalry companies to quickly move closer to Fangjia Town.

Although Fangjia Town is more than ten kilometers away from Laiquyang, it can enter Quyang City from the east, Fangjia Town is the only way to pass, for this reason, Fangjia Town has become a prosperous business, and the scale is larger than that of several nearby towns, not to mention, merchants come and go, all kinds of goods and products, and they are also quite active.

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