Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The sudden attack stunned more than 100 Japanese officers.

The Japanese Major General Hattori Naoomi who led the team saw a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers suddenly emerging from the woods on both sides.

They had been completely trapped in the Eighth Route Army's ambush.

He didn't have time to think about how these damn Eighth Route Army broke through the main force's mopping-up network and appeared here.

After cursing the incompetence of the First Army.

Hattori Naoomi immediately drew out an ivory sword bestowed by the Emperor and commanded the battle in a hurry.

however……

Boom——

After the ambush started, the helmeted soldiers of the independent regiment showed no mercy to the Japanese.

As the absolute ace force with the best equipment, strongest combat effectiveness and the highest overall military quality in the independent regiment, the powerful firepower, flexible tactical application and tacit cooperation of various combat teams displayed at this moment frightened the Japanese army.

The battle started suddenly.

According to the combat deployment of the company commander.

First, two rounds of grenades were thrown, and then the soldiers opened fire crazily with the 50-mm cannons and 60-mm mortars they were carrying.

Several of the Japanese vehicles were completely engulfed in artillery fire.

The gunfire hasn't stopped yet.

The company commander directly gave the order for everyone to charge.

The soldiers rushed down the hillsides on both sides like a tiger descending from the mountain, and quickly engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the remaining Japanese troops.

The poor devils' battlefield observation group was composed of more than 100 Japanese military officers.

These officers are absolutely talented no matter where they are placed.

The worst ones also graduated from the Japanese Military Officer University.

There are also many students who are from the Japanese Military Academy.

His military quality and command ability are absolutely impeccable.

If these 100 or so officers were deployed into the Japanese army, as long as they were in suitable positions, the threat they could bring to the Chinese army would be quite exaggerated.

However, at this moment, facing the soldiers' fire ambush.

These Japanese officers were no different from ordinary soldiers.

After one shot, there is still a transparent hole.

The soldiers had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

The battle broke out suddenly and the Japanese reinforcements could arrive at any time. The steel helmet soldiers had to destroy the Japanese observation group as soon as possible and then evacuate quickly.

It was a pity that some Japanese officers led by Hattori no Kotokoro, facing the ambush of the Eighth Route Army soldiers, still held on to a fluke mentality in their panic.

I thought that if I really couldn't win, I could just surrender.

There is always a chance to return to the troops.

During war, it was common for both sides to release each other's senior officers in exchange for a certain price.

Until several artillery shells fell heavily, one of which landed squarely in the area where Hattori Naoomi and other old Japanese soldiers were located.

After the explosion.

Japanese Major General Hattori Naoomi, along with three lieutenant colonels and one colonel around him, were killed on the spot.

The fierce battle between the two sides, or rather the one-sided massacre, lasted less than ten minutes before it was completely over.

The company commander ordered a quick cleanup of the battlefield and quickly seized the military ranks, command swords, guns and ammunition worn by the Japanese officers.

To prove the identities of these Japanese officers.

Then he led the soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield without hesitation and escape from the encirclement before the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

Due to the sudden outbreak of the battle, this Japanese battlefield observation group did not carry a high-power radio.

It was not until half an hour later that more than 100 Japanese officers were wiped out.

The rear guard troops of the Japanese mopping-up raid came to reinforce and saw that more than 100 officers were dead. They reported the situation to the higher command with a changed face.

Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.

The Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka was eagerly waiting for the news of victory.

The "good news" was soon delivered back.

"The battlefield observation group was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. More than 130 officers were killed. The ambushed enemy quickly evacuated and escaped the encirclement, so they could not be eliminated in time!"

When he heard this news, Yoshio Shinozuka was completely dumbfounded.

"Baga! Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

The old Japanese was so angry that he went crazy. You have to know that the more than 100 officers in this battlefield observation group are not just officers from various units of his First Army.

It also includes officers of all levels from other fronts, such as the North China Front Army, the South China Front Army, and even officers from the Mongolian Army.

At the invitation of Yoshio Shinozuka, a temporary battlefield observation group was formed to follow the main force of the mopping-up operation to observe the combat operations in the rear and witness the decapitation operation of Yamamoto's special forces.

As a result, the battlefield observation group was destroyed.

Completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army?

There were more than 100 Japanese military officers, including even senior army officers like Hattori.

This was a huge blow to Yoshio Shinozuka, and for a moment he didn't know how to explain this to the various front headquarters.

"Immediately contact the headquarters of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade and ask them what they do for a living.

We were sweeping all the way, how could this group of Eighth Route Army members detour to the rear and attack the observation group?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was furious.

He specially invited this battlefield observation group to watch his First Army destroy the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

He was also a spectator who witnessed the beheading operation of Yamamoto's special forces.

Now the audience is gone.

How can his First Army perform?

However, this is not the end yet, as Yoshio Shinozuka's anger has not yet subsided.

Information about Yamamoto's special forces came soon after.

"Sir, Colonel Yamamoto sent back a message that they had fallen into the trap of the Eighth Route Army and were being pursued by them. We request urgent air support to cover the evacuation of the special forces!"

"Nani?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned for several seconds.

How is it possible that the Yamamoto team's decapitation operation failed?

They used airborne operations to collect a large amount of intelligence about the independent regiment's base, and they also took a long time to prepare for the special operations and decapitation operation.

He was still waiting for Yamamoto's special forces to destroy the independent regiment's headquarters with a decapitation operation and shock everyone!

Finally, you, Yamamoto, told me that I fell into the trap and failed.

Do we even need air fire cover?

Then, in contact with the battlefield observation group that had been completely destroyed, this time, not only were the audience gone, but the protagonist of the stage was also about to be doomed.

But Yamamoto's special forces had to rescue him.

This is the only elite force in the Japanese Army system that is proficient in special operations.

In any case, we cannot be completely destroyed at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

"Tell Yamamoto to do everything they can to hold on. Air support will arrive soon. We must keep the fire of the special forces alive!"

"Hi!"

……

As the battle situation evolved, it exceeded Yoshio Shinozuka's expectations time and time again, and Shinozuka's desire to destroy the Independent Regiment reached an unprecedented peak.

According to the intelligence sent back from the front line, the two major regiments of the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade have surrounded the independent regiment on three sides and completely broken through the outer defense line of the base.

Annoyed by the destruction of the battlefield observation group.

And the disastrous defeat of Yamamoto's special forces.

Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade headquarters.

"Speed ​​up the advance, and completely destroy the main force of the Independent Regiment at all costs, and destroy the Independent Regiment's base."

As for breaking through the Japanese army's mopping-up network and infiltrating into the devil's rear, they even killed the Eighth Route Army's helmeted soldiers of the Japanese battlefield observation group.

The Japs did not dare to not be on guard.

On the one hand, the protection of the rear guard troops was strengthened, and on the other hand, the defense of counties and towns in the security zone was strengthened.

In addition, the Japanese also specially drew security forces from major county towns, had them leave the county towns, and reinforce the field defense fortifications outside the county towns to guard against the Eighth Route Army's infiltrated troops taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

I have to say that the old Japanese Yoshio Shinozuka reacted incredibly quickly.

After the Japanese quickly adjusted their deployment, Kong Jie's infiltration troops wanted to take advantage of the lack of troops in the Japanese rear area to use the tactics of changing homes to launch a surprise attack on some of the Japanese counties and towns, but this did not work.

But the Japanese never expected this.

When the Japanese army withdrew its security forces and focused almost all its attention on the steel-helmeted soldiers who were flanking the Eighth Route Army's Independent Regiment.

The Japs were totally unaware.

Wei Dayong led the soldiers of the independent regiment's special operations team to hide during the day and travel at night, taking advantage of the battle between the main force of the Japanese army and the independent regiment to make a detour towards Taiyuan City.

Finally, with the cover of the sky at night, he used flying claws to climb over the city wall, infiltrated and lurked in Taiyuan City.

According to the combat mission given by Kong Jie:

Behead the Japanese First Army Headquarters!

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was completely unaware of this, was still in charge of the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan City. As the battle situation was constantly reported back from the front line, he kept a close eye on the evolution of the battle situation in the independent regiment's base.

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At this time, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment Command.

Faced with the three-pronged encirclement of the Japanese army and the heavy pressure from the border, Kong Jie adopted a method of echeloned deployment and layered blocking, fully utilizing the depth advantage of the base area and using the terrain to continuously drag the enemy down.

The independent regiment has more than 3800 soldiers.

The Japanese army had a total of two independent mixed brigades, four field regiments, and more than 300 troops.

It seems that the number of troops is several times that of the independent regiment.

However, the base of the independent regiment, especially the central defense zone, is located in a rugged and difficult mountainous area.

The Japs' mechanized combat advantage could not be fully utilized.

The several armies were unable to deploy all of their superior forces and could only advance slowly in several directions.

In this regard, Kong Jie's tactics are simple and clear:

"We set up layers of defense in the outer defense zone and blocked the enemy layer by layer until the Japanese army broke through our outer defense zone and entered the central defense zone.

First, we showed weakness to the enemy, lured the enemy deep into our territory from every direction, and lured the Japanese army into the ambush area set by our army.

Then quickly assemble mobile forces and concentrate firepower, using absolute superiority in manpower, equipment, and firepower to defeat the enemy with more people and quickly eat up or severely injure the enemy in the ambush circle."

This is the Eighth Route Army's consistent tactical style of play: divide, encircle, and annihilate.

If you look down from God's perspective at this moment.

Even though the Japanese army had far more troops than the independent regiment.

However, the area the Japanese were responsible for sweeping was too large, and they had no idea in which direction the main force of the independent regiment was deployed, so they could only divide into multiple routes and advance simultaneously.

However, in the local battlefields where fighting broke out in many places, the Eighth Route Army soldiers of the Independent Regiment were able to rely on their understanding of the terrain of the surrounding mountainous areas, quickly cross mountains and ridges on foot, and use the mobility advantage of light infantry to gain an absolute advantage on the local battlefield.

On the contrary, we can use more people to defeat fewer people.

Before the nearby reinforcements arrived, the ambushed Japanese troops were severely damaged.

The Japs became more and more frightened as the fight went on.

The equipment level of this Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment was far better than any Eighth Route Army unit they had encountered before.

There are plenty of machine guns and cannons.

Especially those strange-looking new weapons that use oil barrels as barrels and throw explosive packs. They are incredibly powerful. Once you step into the range of such artillery fire, it is like stepping into hell.

Major General Kurokawa, the commander of the Japanese Army's 3rd Mixed Brigade, was furious.

The Imperial Army clearly had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, but in these mountains, they were led by the nose by these damn Eighth Route Army troops and played around like monkeys.

Faced with the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese soldiers pulling baggage and artillery could not catch up at all.

The original artillery advantage could not be fully utilized.

The Japs tried their best but still couldn't pull up the artillery, and they didn't even have time to build the artillery positions!

The ambushing Eighth Route Army quickly hid in the mountains and disappeared without a trace.

The damn Eighth Route Army was elusive, and some of their infiltrated troops had even broken through the Japanese army's layers of defense, appeared in the rear, and killed officers of the battlefield observation group.

Kurokawa felt that since his team entered the independent regiment's base, it was like falling into a quagmire, getting deeper and deeper.

"If we continue to fight like this, the situation will probably become even more unfavorable!"

After analyzing the battle situation, Kurokawa immediately contacted the 9th Mixed Brigade Command.

And proposed:

The two troops advanced in opposite directions, and the two regiments of the 9th Mixed Brigade advanced from east to west toward the center line.

The 3rd Mixed Brigade was divided into two groups, attacking from the east and west sides respectively.

Form a two-pronged pincer attack, completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army trapped in between, and wipe out the independent regiment's base in one fell swoop.

Fujiwara, commander of the Ninth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese army, immediately agreed to the plan.

The Japanese army quickly divided its forces to attack from both sides.

The Japs' tactical deployment changed slightly.

At the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie immediately realized the Japanese army's intentions.

For Kong Jie, at this time, he either had to abandon the various fortifications in the central defense zone and withdraw his troops to the core mountainous area in time to avoid the two pincer attacks of the Japanese army.

Either use the field fortifications on the center line and fight on both ends to block the Japanese attack.

In terms of overall troop size and equipment level, the independent regiment was far inferior to the Japanese field army.

So according to common sense, Kong Jie's most reasonable choice should be to withdraw his troops in time to avoid a head-on confrontation with the Japanese army.

Even the old devils Kurokawa and Fujiwara believed that the enemy's Eighth Route Army commander was very likely to do so.

And once Kong Jie did this.

The Japanese army could quickly break through the independent regiment's central defense zone and further compress the main force of the independent regiment into the final core base.

Even if the independent regiment cannot be completely eliminated, a large area of ​​the independent regiment's base can be completely destroyed, including the military industrial construction, military bases, etc. in the area.

It is also a fruitful achievement...