If the only regiment does not retreat, it will be surrounded by the enemy, and take advantage of the familiar geographical location and the firepower points built in the streets and alleys to carry out the most savage firepower strangulation against the only regiment of Thunder Sword.

Lei Jian shouted to the commander of the reconnaissance company beside him: "Qu Jiaming, you lead a squad, immediately contact the first division and one regiment, and find out where they are in the direction for me, be fast, hurry up and give me ......." ”

Without waiting for Lei Jian to finish shouting, Qu Jiaming led a squad to rush out, Wang Xiaoliang ran to Lei Jian, and shouted before he had time to report: "Commander Lei, our only regiment is now under attack on all sides, and if we don't withdraw from the battle, it will be a big trouble, let's withdraw quickly." ”

"Bastard, the order of the superiors, we must cooperate with a division and a regiment to conquer Laiyuan County, if the only regiment of my Thunder Sword withdraws from the battle now, that division and a regiment will fight alone, and they will ......."

"Report to the regiment commander, a division and a regiment have sent a communications staff officer, and I am looking for you in an emergency." Qu Jiaming ran to Lei Jian with the communications staff officer, and quickly followed: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, according to this communications staff officer's report, one division and one regiment ......." ”

"Don't parrot, hurry up and tell the communications staff officer to make it clear."

"Report to Regiment Commander Lei, my first division and one regiment have now withdrawn from the county seat, and the regiment commander asked me to report to you, and ask Regiment Commander Lei to wait for the opportunity to fight." The communications staff officer reported quickly.

As soon as Lei Jian heard that there was no news from a division and a regiment in advance, he said that he would withdraw, and now his only regiment was fighting alone in the county town, and it was difficult to break through the counterattack of the Japanese army with the cooperation of reinforcements.

He ordered Song Tiedan, the commander of the guard platoon and who had returned to the team at this time: "Pass on my order, order all troops to cross cover, quickly withdraw from the battle, and return to the Yuanshan stronghold. ”

The only regiment and the first regiment of the first division were attacking Laiyuan City, and found that the fighting in the city had changed drastically, so they had to withdraw from the battle and evacuate outside the city.

The attack in Laiyuan County was blocked, and at this time, the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division, which served as the attack on Dongtuanbao, was frustrated in various attacks, but the attack was more violent, and in the process of advancing, it continuously broke the strongholds along the way, and approached the enemy stronghold of Dongtuanbao.

In order to transport the weapons, ammunition and military supplies needed for the front line to the front line in the shortest possible time, the Japanese army finally established a large munitions operation station in Dongtuanpo after many surveys.

The operation station was built in a stronghold one mile northeast of Dongtuanbao Village, and the Japanese army successively established strongholds in Zhongzhuang, Motianling, and Wangxidong for the safety of the military transfer station, forming a triangular echo pattern.

The establishment of these four Japanese strongholds directly threatened the security of the border areas of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei anti-Japanese base areas, and at the same time they were important support points for the Japanese army's military quartermaster and blockade of the anti-Japanese base areas.

In order to strengthen the security of Dongtuanbao, after the establishment of the stronghold, a lot of bungalows were built along the road from the village of Dongtuanbao to the stronghold, and each bungalow was a Japanese firepower point, equipped with a machine gun and a grenadier canister, and there were 10 to 20 enemy puppet troops stationed in it.

According to the geographical location and military security of Dongtuan Fort, the Japanese army built strong fortifications, with pillboxes, bunkers, and concealed fire points, communication trenches throughout, and strange defenses outside the strongholds, with walls, trenches, barbed wire, and hidden forts, and built a ring of solid fortifications on the periphery, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The fortifications built inside and outside the Dongtuanbao are indeed very strong, especially the central turret in the stronghold, the base is 25 meters in diameter, three stories high, and the perforations on the turret wall are dense, and the Dongtuanbao village is condescendingly monitored.

In order to strengthen the security of Dongtuanbao and link the firepower configuration between Zhongzhuang, Motianling, Wangheedong and other strongholds, the Japanese army ordered the elite Koda Daisa of the Japanese Midorikawa Brigade to come and garrison.

The Koda Brigade is very promising, this elite of the Japanese army is not only a very capable unit, but also a Japanese sergeant training team, with a strength of more than 190 people, from junior commanders to brigade leaders, commanders in wartime, and instructors in training teams in peacetime.

In the face of such a powerful opponent, the commander of the 3rd Regiment, Qiu, who was responsible for the task of attacking the stronghold of Dongtuanbao, had led several soldiers to infiltrate Dongtuanbao in disguise more than ten days ago to investigate.

On this day, the Japanese army suddenly drove the villagers to the stage in the center of the village, forced the villagers to watch silent films recorded in Japan, carried out slavery education, and propagated the invading arguments of 'the royal paradise' and the 'establishment of a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere'.

Several detectives of the Third Regiment who entered Dongtuanbao for reconnaissance could not dodge, blended into the crowd, and were driven into the stage to watch a movie.

In order to strengthen the propaganda, Kanai, a Japanese military interpreter, stood on the stage, and according to the progress of the plot of the movie, he hurriedly translated a few sentences after a few glances, and just when he was dry when he even looked at the interpreter, he suddenly found that several detectives of the three regiments who had met in the crowd were mixed in.

The investigators who had mixed into the crowd saw that they were recognized by the Kanai interpreter, and nervously and quickly retreated to the back of the crowd, at this time, the Kanai interpreter pointed to the somewhat riotous crowd and shouted: "Don't move, it's not good to move, listen to me and translate for you, you will be enlightened and your personal safety will be safe." ”

After the fall of Korea, Kanai interpreter was captured by the Japanese army and taken to the barracks, because he was proficient in Chinese, and after the 918 incident, Kanai arrived in the northeast with the Japanese army, and later passed through Shanhaiguan with the troops and came to Dongtuanbao.

The underground anti-Japanese organization found out the situation of the interpreter of Kanai through the internal line, and privately sent people to contact the interpreter of Kanai every time there was a large gathering in Dongtuanbao, and although he did several jobs, Kanai was afraid of causing trouble and losing his life, although he expressed sympathy for the Eighth Route Army and the anti-Japanese army and civilians, but did not participate in any action.

Several of the scouts of the Third Regiment who were recognized in the crowd were nervously and quickly hiding in the crowd, and they were relieved to hear the Kanai interpreter standing on the stage say this, and no longer looked at them.

Several scouts, with the help of underground workers close to them, found out the information on the troops, weapons and equipment, and military deployment of the Japanese troops in Dongtuanbao, safely withdrew from Dongtuanbao, and promptly reported the reconnaissance information to the commander of the third regiment, Qiu.

The commander of the third regiment, Qiu, received the task of attacking Dongtuanbao, and under the cover of night, he infiltrated the villages near Dongtuanbao in advance.

After daybreak, a few farmer people walked out of the village and walked briskly in the direction of the East Tuanbao.

The person walking on the dirt road in the countryside was none other than the commander of the Third Regiment, Qiu, who led the reconnaissance staff officers, operational staff officers, and the commanders of the first, second, and third battalions, which were the backbone of the Third Regiment and also an important commander of the units of the Third Regiment.

Less than 500 meters away from the Dongtuan Fort, Regiment Commander Qiu said in a low voice: "Battalion Commander Lai of the 1st Battalion, Battalion Commander Guo of the 2nd Battalion, and Combat Staff Officer Liu, a few of you bypass the Dongtuan Fort, and along the road of the Dongtuan Fort stronghold, the devils are deployed in several firepower points in the bungalow, do a good job of careful and careful reconnaissance, and be sure to remember the situation you have detected." ”

Regiment Commander Qiu took the reconnaissance staff officer Yang, the battalion commander of the third battalion Chen, and several other scouts around him, and went straight to the mountain beam southeast of Dongtuan Fort to conduct reconnaissance from a high position.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Regiment Commander Qiu led the main battalion commanders of the Third Regiment and the reconnaissance staff officers to return safely to the unit station.

Regiment Commander Qiu summed up the reconnaissance information, analyzed and made a detailed written report, and hurried to the front-line command post of the left column to hand over the reconnaissance information and specific combat plan to Commander Yang.

According to several opinions put forward by Commander Yang, Regiment Commander Qiu made revisions and adjustments, and ordered Battalion Commander Lai to lead a battalion to attack the Shangzhuang stronghold and cut off the connection between Zhongzhuang and Dongtuanbao, so as to prevent the battle of Dongtuanbao from starting and the Japanese stronghold to reinforce it.

Battalion Commander Guo was ordered to lead the 2nd Battalion as the main attacking force to attack the stronghold of Dongtuanbao, and launch an attack from the east and south.

Battalion Commander Chen was ordered to lead the three battalions to launch the main attack from the west and southwest against the stronghold of the East Regiment Fort, and the three battalions and nine companies were the main assault companies.

At night, the three battalions of the three regiments of the 1st Division quickly advanced to the Japanese stronghold of Dongtuanbao, with the 3rd battalion serving as the main attacker and the 9th Company as the assault company of the main attacking force.

(End of chapter)