Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were anxious, so they sent telegrams to the Chaxi Detachment and the Chadong Detachment.

The Chadong detachment immediately began preparations.

Zhang Dahu and Xiahou Wen gave orders to the New 1st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment.

Zhang Dahu and Xia Houwen's battle plan was for the 26th Regiment to remain in Chadong. Taking advantage of the Japanese army's disregard for the Chadong detachment, they would eliminate some of the blockhouses on the Pingsui Road. They would then break through the Japanese blockhouse defenses on the Pingsui Road and, if possible, cut off the Pingsui Road.

As for the task of crossing the Ping-Sui Road and supporting other bases, it will be handed over to the New 1st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment.

The development of the New 1st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment has been very smooth in the past few months.

Especially the new group.

Jiang Hebai was a highly skilled general, capable of training a group of students into qualified soldiers. Furthermore, the New 1st Regiment was a well-established unit. Initially a guerrilla force forged by Xiahou Wen in Huailai, the unit even accompanied Xiahou Wen in the capture of Kangzhuang. After Xiahou Wen established the New 3rd Regiment and established the Longyanchi base, Zhang Dahu assumed command of the New 1st Regiment. Later, the New 1st Regiment participated in welcoming the forces of the Jidong uprising and in consolidating and developing the Longyanchi base.

After Jiang Hebai took over as the regiment commander, there was no shortage of weapons and ammunition because the Chadong Detachment had just completely wiped out the Puppet Manchukuo's Fourth Brigade.

The new regiment now has 1500 people, 1200 long and short guns, two heavy machine guns, and six light machine guns. In order to support the new regiment's attack this time, the 26th Regiment also equipped the new regiment with four ammunition barrels.

"Yes."

"Also, after you enter Huailai, you must hide during the day and move at night. Don't reveal your whereabouts easily. Huailai is our base. As long as you are careful, the Japanese will find it difficult to know where you are. You should only reveal yourself when there is an opportunity for battle. If you want to break the Japanese army's sweep, the troops must fight several fierce annihilation battles. Only by fighting annihilation battles can the base's counter-sweep be successful."

"Commander, Political Commissar, don't worry."

"Okay, get the troops ready. Once we've broken through the Pingsui Road, you can leave."

1939 7 Month 7 Day.

In the third year after the July 26 Incident, the famous Pingsui Road raid in the history of the Eighth Column, or rather the Chadong Detachment, began. The th Regiment was divided into three, with Zhang Dahu, Xiahou Wen, and Zhou Chong each leading a team.

The attack on the Japanese bunker began.

At this time, the Japanese bunkers were still very primitive. If they were all made of reinforced concrete, Japan would not have the economic strength, let alone the industrial strength. Only the bunkers built in some important places were made of stone and concrete.

The inferior ones were made of stone and mud, and the inferior ones were made of mud and wood. In order to avoid launching a large-scale mopping-up operation in June, Tada Shun asked the Japanese army to speed up the establishment of blockhouses on the Pingsui Road in March.

But it is not easy to set up hundreds of bunkers in such a short time.

So, apart from some important strongholds, most of the remaining bunkers were made of wood and mud. This type of bunker structure could withstand light machine guns, but that was all.

Currently, the 26th Regiment has flat-fire cannons, mortars, and grenade launchers.

Especially flat-fire cannons.

Although the Japanese army's flat-fire artillery was also powerful, it was only effective against large artillery such as infantry guns. Although the range of the Japanese army's flat-fire artillery was several thousand meters, when it was actually used, it was only effective at a distance of one thousand meters.

But it is enough.

Because flat-fire cannons are much more accurate than mortars and grenade launchers. Mortars and grenade launchers are not easy to hit accurately, but flat-fire cannons are easier to operate and hit targets much easier.

Wooden and mud structures, one shot at a time.

"boom"

When attacking bunkers with flat-fire cannons, you can't just shoot randomly.

If it was infantry guns or heavy artillery, they could fire directly at the bunkers. After all, the shells were powerful and could directly blast them apart. However, flat-fire guns were not as powerful as infantry guns and heavy artillery. Therefore, flat-fire guns aimed directly at the machine gun ports in the bunkers.

Every hit from that position is accurate.

Just tear the hole open for you.

"boom"

The Japanese army was completely unprepared. The Chadong Detachment, which had been silent until then, suddenly launched an all-out attack. The 26th Regiment could take out each of those small bunkers in less than half an hour. Some of these small bunkers contained only a dozen or so Japanese troops, and some even had only one or two Japanese advisors.

The others are puppet troops.

These were some puppet military units hastily formed by the puppet Mongolian government.

Many of them were sent to garrison in bunkers without even receiving any training.

Compared to the North China Security Army formed by Qi Xieyuan, they still had some combat effectiveness. When these people encountered an attack like the 26th Regiment, how could they fight?

Within two hours, the 26th Regiment had destroyed one medium-sized Japanese bunker and three small ones, capturing over puppet soldiers.

A gap of nearly thirty miles was quickly torn open on the Pingsui Road.

The New 2500st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment took advantage of this opening and quickly crossed the Ping-Sui Road. Both the New st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment moved very quickly, and the -strong force had all crossed the Ping-Sui Road in less than an hour.

“I hope the column’s counter-mopping-up operation will be successful.

Zhang Dahu sighed.

The Japanese forces involved in this sweep were simply too numerous and too powerful. This was the first time the 8th Column had encountered such a large-scale sweep since its founding. Xia Houwen smiled and said, "We'll definitely succeed. Although the column's telegram sounded anxious, they've retained several regiments and haven't participated in the battle. They should be able to hold out."

"I hope so. By the way, what about the prisoners?"

"I'll go and mobilize them to see if anyone wants to join our Eighth Route Army. If no one wants to join our Eighth Route Army, then we'll try them and release those who don't have any blood debts. We don't have enough food to feed them. Besides, we'll be fighting frequently in the future, cutting off the Pingsui Road and supporting the column's counter-mopping-up operations. There's no point bringing them along."

"Ok."

Chapter 251 Make up your mind

"What kind of tactics are these Japanese troops using?"

When the Chadong Detachment tore open the Pingsui Road and allowed the New 77st Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment to cross the Pingsui Road and enter the Xuanzhuohuai base, the Japanese 78th Independent Battalion and the th Independent Battalion occupying Chunhua Fort suddenly moved south and entered Beilingzhuang.

The Japanese army's action confused both Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun.

Because the Japanese army's choice was completely beyond Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun's expectations. The two had never thought that the Japanese army would choose to move south.

The 77th and 78th Independent Battalions, both part of the 1100th Independent Mixed Brigade, were inherently smaller than field battalions. A Japanese field battalion typically numbered between 1200 and 810 men. However, the Independent Infantry Battalions within the Independent Mixed Brigade consisted of 800 men. Due to combat casualties and the presence of sick and wounded soldiers during normal times, most independent battalions typically had fewer than men.

The 77th and 78th Independent Battalions combined had only about 1600 men. Because they were independent battalions, they included a variety of other troops, including engineers and communications.

After deducting the administrative staff, logistics personnel, etc., the actual combat infantry of the two independent infantry battalions is only about 1200 people.

During the Japanese sweep of the 1000th Column, some special forces were not involved. When the two independent battalions were deployed, they had only about 500 men combined, with each battalion sending only about 34 men. Later, they engaged the 34th Regiment in two battles at Wanping, severely damaging the regiment and severely damaging its vitality.

The 77th and 78th Independent Battalions also suffered casualties. Although not many, they still managed to get out of the war, numbering around 90 men.

Including some casualties along the way, the two infantry battalions currently only have about 900 people. Adding Nanyun Shinichirō's brigade-affiliated troops, the total number is just over 1200.

If they had joined the sweep of the Xuanhuai base, their impact would have been significant. Because the situation there was dire, their 1000-strong fresh force, combined with two or three battalions from the 1200th Independent Mixed Brigade, would have put the situation even more dangerous. However, they only had men, and they had actually marched directly into Beiling Village.

"Commander, Political Commissar, are they planning to pull off a Black Tiger Heart-ripping move and wipe out our Eighth Column Headquarters?

Chen Zhonghe began to analyze the Japanese army's plans.

"Are you going to take down our headquarters?"

Wang Qiuyun was stunned at first, but soon understood.

Are the Japanese troops really coming towards us? Thinking of this, Wang Qiuyun couldn't help but sneer.

This little Japanese is too arrogant.

A 1200-man force dared to attack the Black Tiger. Just six months earlier, the Eighth Column had killed Major General Tsuneoka Kanji, commander of the Japanese Second Independent Mixed Brigade, in Sheng County. Over Japanese troops were annihilated in a single battle.

This kind of example is right in front of us, how dare the Japanese army enter Sheng County with such a small force?

Of course, this is because Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun are a bit "arrogant"

In fact, at this stage, there were many cases where a Japanese battalion would directly attack the Eighth Route Army base without any regard for the surrounding areas.

There were even some bases where a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army could march straight into them.

To encircle and annihilate a Japanese battalion, the Eighth Route Army would have to mobilize at least three or four regiments. However, how many of the Eighth Route Army bases could mobilize three or four regiments to participate in the battle?

The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region is the best developed among the Eighth Route Army bases. Except for the first division, which other military divisions can provide so many troops?

Unless the 129th is a main force like the 386th Brigade.

Only the current First Division and the Eighth Column are strong, so seeing 1200 Japanese soldiers entering the heart of the base area makes them feel that the Japanese army is arrogant. For other military divisions, a Japanese battalion of to people can penetrate the base area.

But Wang Qiuyun really couldn't stand the stimulation.

He said angrily, "Old Wei, we have been in a passive state since the anti-mopping-up campaign. We can't retreat this time. If the Japanese army can advance straight into Sheng County and chase our column headquarters, it will seriously undermine the morale of our base. Now we can only break the Japanese mopping-up campaign by winning the battle."

"Ah."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

At present, the 8th Column’s anti-mopping-up operations are too passive.

34团伤亡惨重，16团和18团到现在都没有打过什么提振士气的歼灭战。唯一一个就是18团伏击了日军一个后勤中队，歼灭了日军120人左右。其他都是小的不能再小的伏击战。

This little bit of success was simply not enough to complete the anti-mopping-up mission. The Japanese army had deployed so many troops this time, and a few simple ambushes would definitely not allow them to end the mopping-up operation.

The Japanese army must be dealt a heavy blow. Only in this way can the Japanese and puppet troops end their mopping-up operation.

"The Chairman once said, it is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten fingers."

Although Wang Qiuyun didn't say it, Wei Hongjun understood what Wang Qiuyun meant.

So express support.

"Yes, that's the truth.

Wang Qiuyun slapped his thigh and said, "I don't believe that the Japanese have an unlimited supply of officers and veterans. If we keep annihilating their officers and veterans, will they be able to continue to replenish them? We should fight a war of annihilation, completely annihilate their officers and veterans, or give them the opportunity to return to the battlefield.

"1200 people is not a small number."

Despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically.

After all, it was a Japanese army of more than a thousand people.

Back then, the 115th Division concentrated more than 5 troops from 1200 regiments to fight the Pingxingguan victory. So it was not so easy to annihilate the -man Japanese army.

"We will ambush them right where we ambushed the 25nd Mixed Brigade. The troops we can mobilize now are the th Regiment, the st Guard Regiment, the rd Guard Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the Shengxian County Battalion, the Column Guard, and the Training Battalion."

"We need another unit to provide blocking support. The Pingbei Detachment sent a telegram saying that the Japanese 79th and 80th Independent Battalions are heading this way. We must stop them."

"The First Guard Regiment. Let the First Guard Regiment go."

Wang Qiuyun directly named the First Security Regiment.

Among the current troops, Wang Qiuyun admires the 1st Security Regiment very much.

"That's what I thought. Commander Cao Mo of the First Security Regiment is a very thoughtful commander, and the First Security Regiment is very good at positional warfare."

"Then it's settled."

"It's settled. You and the Operations Department should formulate a battle plan as quickly as possible."

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun immediately took action.