Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Invigorating the body does have a certain effect, but it's within human limits. Humans aren't made of steel, nor are they superhuman. The Japanese troops were already exhausted. After seven hours of treacherous marches, how could they not be tired?

Moreover, the majority of the Japanese troops were office workers and special forces, lacking much combat effectiveness. Furthermore, they had never experienced the brutality of hand-to-hand combat. As for the security forces, there were only about 300 or nearly 400 left. They were brutal, but only against unarmed civilians, or local troops and militia. They had never witnessed the brutality of hand-to-hand combat.

Among the puppet troops, the only ones who surrendered as a whole were the Nationalist troops.

Otherwise, the puppet guards, a traitorous armed force, had only fought bandits and bullied the common people before surrendering to the Japanese, and had never seen hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, these guards did not even have the courage to continue fighting, let alone rushing up to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the 18th Regiment.

Hand-to-hand combat was too terrifying in their eyes.

The white knife went in, the red knife came out, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

The guards' legs trembled at the sight.

The predecessor of the 18th Regiment was the th Column Special Forces Regiment, and before that was the Special Forces Battalion.

The special forces battalion was formed by the elite Wu Qinghe unit of the 29th Army, the remnant of the Northwest Army, and the special forces company at that time.

The Northwest Army was poor.

The weapons and ammunition at hand were poor, and logistical supplies were scarce. During the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan was responsible for the logistics of the Northwest Army. Precisely because of its poverty, the Northwest Army had a characteristic.

That means being brave in battle.

There is no other way. If you are so poor and your troops are not brave, how can you survive? The Northwest Army relies on bravery to maintain its combat effectiveness.

The Special Agents Company was the most powerful unit in the independent detachment at the time. Under the leadership of their commander, Guo Lin, they fought with extraordinary courage, catching the Japanese off guard. While the Japanese were skilled in hand-to-hand combat, they were not completely invincible. When physically exhausted, their physical strength could no longer sustain them.

Therefore, after the hand-to-hand combat began, the Japanese army, which had the advantage in numbers, was actually at a disadvantage. Aside from the remaining 18 or so men of the st Independent Battalion, who were able to organize themselves for hand-to-hand combat, the rest of the Japanese troops were even dispersed by the soldiers of the th Regiment.

Faced with the "ferocious and brave" officers and soldiers of the 18th Regiment, these people were defeated one after another.

And the 18th Regiment is deployed in the north.

However, at the front, the 18th Regiment Commander Guo Lin was personally leading his troops in an ambush. Not far behind were other troops from the 18th Regiment, including Wu Qinghe, the deputy commander of the Chanan Detachment. After Guo Lin led his troops forward, Wu Qinghe immediately ordered the rest of the 18th Regiment to follow.

Therefore, the Japanese army's numerical advantage was only for a moment.

Soon, with the follow-up troops of the 18th Regiment, the Eighth Route Army quickly gained an absolute advantage. Wu Qinghe himself was a fierce general from the 29th Army. Although he had rarely appeared on the front line of the battlefield in the past two years as his rank increased.

But when the need arose, he was not afraid to fight.

Hand-to-hand combat certainly requires skills, but it is more about momentum.

In hand-to-hand combat, the real casualties don't occur when both sides clash with bayonets. Instead, they occur when one side becomes timid and wants to retreat. Therefore, hand-to-hand combat is a battle of courage.

As the commander of the 18th Regiment, Guo Lin led his troops to charge first.

Wu Qinghe, deputy commander of the Chanan detachment, also rushed forward with a large blade in hand, all in an effort to boost the morale of the troops.

It's like a joke in later generations.

The Nationalist Army’s emphasis was on “Brothers, charge!”, while the Eighth Route Army’s emphasis was on “Comrades, follow me, charge!”

Different choices determine the morale of the troops.

Wu Qinghe and Guo Lin led the charge, boosting the morale of the 18th Regiment. The troops were truly not afraid of casualties, engaging in hand-to-hand combat with thousands of Japanese troops in a very small space.

"Blow the horn, all troops charge forward. The pistol troops charge forward, use their pistols to eliminate the resisting Japanese troops and quickly resolve the battle.

When Zhang Zihua saw the 18th Regiment attack, he immediately ordered all troops to attack.

At this location, Zhang Zihua deployed over 7000 men. These included the 18th, 25th, and 38th Regiments, as well as some local troops accompanying these main forces and surrounding militia. Seizing the opportunity to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the 18th Regiment, the remaining troops quickly closed in on the Japanese.

The Japanese line was completely disrupted.

It was impossible to organize an effective defense, so the 25th and 38th Regiments rushed to the north.

"kill"

It has been a long time since such a large-scale hand-to-hand combat occurred.

People saw Yi Yi and were very depressed.

How could the troops he led end up in such a miserable way?

He already knew that his side was doomed. The Eighth Route Army had him completely surrounded. Even the local troops and militia, dressed in civilian clothing, were divided into groups of three or four to attack each Japanese soldier.

No matter how strong the Japanese army's hand-to-hand combat was, he was just one person.

Although the weapons and equipment of local troops and militia forces are poor, they are usually trained in hand-to-hand combat.

Two to one, three to one, four to one.

In order to boost the morale of local troops and militia forces, the main force will allocate nearly half of the weapons captured from the local troops and militia forces participating in this ambush to them.

For example, if they captured 100 Type 38 rifles, the main force would give them 50 other rifles, such as the Hanyang rifle. For local troops and militias who were extremely short of weapons and ammunition, they would fight for weapons.

Therefore, whether it is the main force, local forces or militia forces, they are all very brave.

As for the puppet guards, they were terrified by the hand-to-hand combat. Some even peed their pants at the brutality. They were terrified. They had never seen such brutality before: bayonets against bayonets, swords against swords, blood and flesh flying everywhere. So, when they saw the large force of the Eighth Route Army closing in, they immediately surrendered. They didn't want to be like the Japanese soldiers, cut down one by one by the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers.

This way of dying was frightening to them.

"Capture that general. Make him surrender."

Wu Qinghe only participated in the hand-to-hand combat at the beginning. After the Japanese army was at an absolute disadvantage, he began to command his troops to divide and surround the Japanese army and eliminate them one by one.

During this process, Wu Qinghe saw Ren Jianyi.

This was the Major General of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade. Wu Qinghe immediately became excited and ordered his troops to shout "Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed."

People saw it and heard it.

Because the Eighth Route Army troops were charging towards him. They were shouting in very broken Japanese, but he still understood what they were saying. They were about to surrender. Hitomi Yoichi was proud.

He was able to reach his current position by fighting in the Northeast with the Northeast Volunteer Army and the Anti-Japanese United Army.

He could not accept being captured by the Eighth Route Army.

So, as he watched the Eighth Route Army soldiers getting closer and closer, and even saw their excited faces, he drew his sword. Then, he gritted his teeth and stabbed himself with the sword. Instantly, Renjian and Yiyi felt a huge pain.

The pain made him break out in a cold sweat.

At this time, Ren Jianyi was very regretful. He didn't want to die because it was too painful. Unfortunately, before he could think about it, a Japanese soldier was kicked out by a soldier and fell on him, pressing down the sword in his hand.

"puff"

When people saw Yi spitting out blood, the sword had been completely captured.

Wu Qinghe has been paying attention to this place.

Seeing people die, they showed expressions of pity on their faces. If they could capture a Japanese general and send him to Yan'an, what a great honor it would be. In the four years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, not a single active Japanese general had been captured alive.

After Hitomi Yoichi's death, the Japanese army, which was originally at a disadvantage, quickly collapsed.

Chapter 362 Approaching Xuanhua

The Duanfang Village ambush led by Zhang Zihua was a huge success.

In four hours of fighting, all 1900 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out. However, among these Japanese and puppet troops, not only 346 puppet troops were captured, but also 227 Japanese soldiers were captured. This was the largest number of Japanese prisoners captured in all the years the Eighth Column had fought.

And the spoils were also very rich.

All the good stuff of the Japanese special forces became spoils of war.

It can be said that this battle was a great success.

Zhang Zihua did a great job from planning the battle to the final ambush of the Japanese and puppet troops.

After the battle of Duanfang Village started, the 16th Regiment, which was following the rearguard of the Japanese army, stepped up its attack to prevent this unit from participating in the battle. After all, the rearguard unit was small in number, and after the 16th Regiment stepped up its attack, it completely eliminated the rearguard unit before the ambush of Duanfang Village ended.

While the main force was ambushing the Japanese troops in Huailai, the 37th Regiment also began to ambush the Japanese troops coming out of Xuanhua.

It is not easy.

Although the Japanese troops in Xuanhua numbered less than 37, their firepower was formidable, especially with a machine gun squadron. Therefore, the th Regiment did not directly engage the Japanese troops head-on. Like the main force, they chose to use mines and cold guns to attack the Japanese.

After letting the Japanese troops in Xuanhua walk more than 20 miles, they chose to ambush them.

The 37th Regiment chose a slightly open area for their ambush, primarily to allow for more troops to participate. Cao chose to ambush in a location where sufficient trenches had been dug, forming an echelon formation from top to bottom.

When the ambush in Duanfang Village ended, the battle on the 37th Regiment's side had also ended.

"Okay, okay."

Wang Qiuyun was very excited after receiving the battle report.

He said repeatedly: "This battle is well fought, well fought."

"It was indeed a good fight. The ambush location and tactics were well chosen. Look at the captured trophies. 47 light and heavy machine guns were captured."

Wei Hongjun was also very happy.

A lot of loot was seized.

Because they had taken out the Japanese Army's 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade's Independent Communications Team, Independent Engineer Team, Independent Artillery Team, and Independent Heavy Machinery Team, they had a ton of good stuff. Not to mention light and heavy machine guns, there were also a large number of various artillery pieces.

They can greatly supplement the needs of the troops.

The only drawback is that there are too few bullets and shells.

The main regiments of the Eighth Column were now well-equipped. When needed, they could deploy heavy firepower, including flat-fire artillery, mortars, mortar cannons, and heavy machine guns. Given sufficient ammunition, a regiment wouldn't be afraid of a single Japanese battalion head-on.

“Our troops entered Huailai and received a warm welcome.

This will be of great benefit to our future development in Huailai.

Wei Hongjun pointed at Huailai.

Now in Chahar, the situation of the 8th Column is very favorable.

After all, they had captured Zhuolu and Huailai in succession. This time, the 16th Regiment entered Huailai and was greatly welcomed by the people of Huailai. This was mainly because the Japanese army wanted to collect some food before evacuating Huailai.

The work was handed over to the pseudo-security team below.

The puppet guards were a bunch of scoundrels. Because the Japanese wanted to rule Huailai, they maintained a certain level of military discipline within the city and also imposed some restrictions on the puppet guards. In particular, the Japanese used tactics of coercion to win over some of Huailai's wealthy families.

Unfortunately, the Japanese army was about to evacuate Huailai, so the puppet security team was released to help the Japanese army collect supplies.

This caused a big problem.

The puppet guards let them go, and they, of course, seized the opportunity to make a killing. They immediately threw Huailai County into chaos, even the wealthy families in Huailai were not spared. The Japanese army quickly learned of the situation, but they did nothing to stop the puppet guards.

Because there are more than 700 puppet security forces in Huailai, the Japanese army will have to rely on them when retreating.

So even though the puppet guards did some excessive things, the Japanese army turned a blind eye. Some of the Japanese soldiers also participated in the looting with the puppet guards. In fact, the current situation of the Japanese army is not good either.

The Japanese military's finances were in a state of collapse.