Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

Yoshio Shinozuka was completely annoyed.

Yamamoto's special forces' decapitation operation failed and almost all of them were wiped out.

The battlefield observation group suffered even more.

Destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

Let’s also include the Namwon Battalion that was destroyed in the independent regiment’s base, as well as the later 113th Regiment and the Yamazaki Battalion in Lijiaopo.

It even includes the Sakata Regiment Command, which was destroyed by a single artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army during the Battle of Cangyunling, and the Japanese Colonel Sakata Nobutsu who was killed in action.

These are all troops belonging to the First Army stationed in Shanxi.

A general under Yoshio Shinozuka.

Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, his First Army had never suffered such a heavy loss at the hands of the Chinese army.

Even when dealing with the battle between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army on the front battlefield.

However, these mere Eighth Route Army troops had backward equipment and scarce ammunition in the past few years, and the main force could not even provide a few decent artillery pieces.

In just a few years, they have quietly grown to such a size, especially the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, which has repeatedly inflicted setbacks on the Japanese army.

Simply unforgivable!

"Attack, attack!"

"Before dark tomorrow, I want to see the head of the independent regiment commander Kong Jie at the headquarters!"

Yoshio Shinozuka issued a death order to the headquarters of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade.

After the order was issued, several Japanese armies quickly advanced into the heart of the independent regiment's base, using a pincer attack to encircle the Eighth Route Army.

Under the command of Kong Jie, the soldiers of the independent regiment implemented the policy of showing weakness to the enemy.

The Japanese army advanced smoothly, but encountered an attack from the Eighth Route Army. After fighting back with their absolute equipment advantage, the Eighth Route Army quickly retreated and was constantly compressed in the encirclement of the Japanese army.

News from the front lines thus continued to come back.

"Please rest assured, Commander. The pincer attack has been completely formed. If the operation goes smoothly, we may not have to wait until tomorrow to completely destroy the main force of the Independent Regiment!"

When Yoshio Shinozuka received the news, the anger in his heart was slightly relieved.

Waiting for further good news.

Before the evening of that day, all the news sent back by the headquarters of the 3rd and 9th Independent Mixed Brigade were good news - the troops were making smooth progress, the Eighth Route Army was retreating step by step, and the encirclement had been completely formed.

Until late afternoon.

The news suddenly changed.

"Report to the commander, the Third Brigade Command has sent a message that they fell into the trap set by the Eighth Route Army to lure the enemy deep into their territory. The vanguard troops that originally launched the pincer attack accidentally fell into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army.

It seems that there is more than one unit in the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment's base.

Another main force of the Eighth Route Army attacked the 9th Mixed Brigade and the 3rd Mixed Brigade from the rear.

Shinozuka Yoshio, who was at the command center and keeping an eye on the evolution of the battle, was furious when he heard this: "Baka, how is this possible?

To cooperate with the attack of the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigades.

Our army also arranged a blocking force to completely cut off the connection between the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base and the independent regiment's base.

Including the independent regiment base, there are troops in other directions responsible for blocking the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements.

Where did the main force of the Eighth Route Army that raided the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigades come from? "

Poor old Japanese, I’m afraid he can’t figure it out no matter how hard he tries.

After Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei proposed to use the unique positions of the three regiments to build a stable triangular defense system, they spent a lot of manpower and material resources to secretly build a hidden troop transport channel in the mountainous areas adjacent to the bases of the three regiments.

Although on the surface the Japanese army had completely surrounded the entire independent regiment base.

But in the end, they failed to notice the secret mountain transportation passage leading from the Independent Regiment's base to the bases of the New First and New Second Regiments.

According to the battle plan agreed upon by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, the main force of the independent regiment would hold back the main force of the Japanese army's mopping-up operation.

With the cooperation of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments, they quickly reached the independent regiment's base through the transportation channel, and then launched a surprise attack on the Japanese army from the rear.

"Haha, looks like I've arrived at the right time!"

Li Yunlong is a man of great skill and courage. In order to assist the independent regiment in repelling the enemy, he even dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

Since the establishment of his new Second Regiment, the total strength of the regiment has been more than 1500 people. He only left a team of about 200 people to guard the core defense area of ​​the base, and brought the other 1300 main forces here.

In Li Yunlong's words: "If you want to fight, then fight them to your heart's content. Bring all the main forces here. You can just throw away the bottles and jars."

Old Li was determined to take the risk, since the Japanese army's main target of attack this time was the independent regiment's base.

I guess he wouldn't have time to resort to trickery to launch a surprise attack on the base of his New Second Regiment.

A newly formed combat regiment of the Eighth Route Army, such as the New Second Regiment.

I'm afraid the Japanese don't even have a number on it.

As for Ding Wei, he was also a very daring man. His New 2000st Regiment had only about 500 soldiers. He only left 1500 people to garrison the base. The other people took their equipment and rushed to the independent regiment base through a hidden transport channel.

In this way, the independent regiment had a team of more than 3800 people, plus the reinforcements of 1300 people from the new second regiment and 1500 people from the new first regiment.

The total team is 6600 people.

In order to launch a pincer attack, the Japanese army first sent two field regiments with about the same strength.

"So, the ratio of the two sides' forces is about 1 to 1.

Interesting, we can use this actual battle to show the world that even if the size of our forces is equal, our Eighth Route Army will not be weaker than those damned Japanese devils."

Kong Jie had long anticipated that the Japanese army would launch a retaliatory sweep against the independent regiment's base.

To cope with this moment today.

Kong Jie also gave it his all, and took out almost all the assets of the independent regiment, in addition to further strengthening the equipment level of the entire independent regiment and improving its overall combat effectiveness.

Including the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment that are assisting the Independent Regiment in this battle.

Besides, they also provided additional support with a batch of unscrupulous artillery.

In addition, there is a very special weapon - a gas tank cannon made by Kong Jie. The gas tank that compresses ten liters of gas suddenly explodes, and the power is even no less than the explosion of more than 100 kilograms of TNT explosives.

In this period, it is absolutely an unparalleled weapon of war.

The most important thing is that the performance of this gas tank cannon is much more stable than that of the unscrupulous cannon.

A cannon without conscience is like a cannon without eyes, and accidents often happen when it is used.

For example, the barrel was not sealed well, the explosive pack could not be thrown out, or even exploded in front of the barrel, resulting in no killing of the enemy, but instead accidentally injuring many of their own troops.

Therefore, he was nicknamed the conscienceless cannon!

……

"kill--"

"Bugler, blow the charge for me!"

In an unknown valley in the central defense zone of the independent regiment's base, the Japanese army's vanguard of more than 1100 devils, a field infantry battalion accidentally stepped into the ambush circle.

A battalion of soldiers from the independent regiment relied on the favorable terrain to launch an attack and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army.

After Li Yunlong led his troops to arrive quickly with the help of the mountainous area, they saw that it was already dusk and it would be dark in less than half an hour.

The order to attack was immediately given.

The sudden sound of artillery fire and shouts of killing completely overwhelmed the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

The soldiers of the New Second Regiment rushed in like a tide, howling and launching a surprise attack on the Japanese from behind.

Battalion commander Zheng Meng was directing the battle when he heard the familiar and loud sound of the charge coming from the back of the Japanese.

beep beep beep beep beep beep—

The inspiring melody boosted the soldiers' morale and fighting spirit.

Zheng Meng immediately issued an order, cooperating with the New 1st Regiment led by Li Yunlong to launch a tacit attack almost at the same time, attacking from both sides and completely encircling the Japanese army that was originally preparing to launch a pincer attack.

He roared and gave orders: "Comrades, follow me, the comrades from the New Second Regiment are coming to reinforce us.

In our independent regiment’s base, our independent regiment is the host and their New Second Regiment is the guest.

As the host, how can we let the guests go to the front?

Follow me and rush over, and engage in a firefight with the Japanese before the New Second Regiment!"

It seemed like the two sides were engaging in a competition to kill the devils.

On the other side, Ding Wei also led the main force of the New 1st Regiment to cooperate with the other two battalions of the Independent Regiment to attack the Japanese army from two sides.

With the addition of the New 1st and 2nd Regiments, the situation was instantly reversed. The Japanese army, which had originally launched a pincer attack, was completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army's pincer attack.

The two sides exchanged fire.

The Eighth Route Army's sophisticated equipment and fierce firepower once again exceeded the Japanese army's expectations.

Especially the unscrupulous cannons used by the Eighth Route Army for ambushes, and the gas tank cannons with a longer range. The dark gas tanks smashed down with a loud bang and the astonishing power almost shook the earth and the entire battlefield seemed to have come to an end.

The Japanese soldiers who were close were almost disintegrated on the spot.

Within the explosion range of twenty to thirty meters, a vacuum zone was almost formed, and no living life was seen.

At this point, let alone the Japanese soldiers who witnessed this scene.

Even the artillery soldiers of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments who used the new weapon, the gas tank cannon, were suddenly broken out due to the hasty delivery of the newly developed gas tank cannon by the Independent Regiment.

There was simply no time for artillery exercises in advance.

Therefore, the current attempt to fire the cannon was also the first time for the soldiers to witness the power of the gas tank cannon with their own eyes.

Under the amazing explosion, the flashing flames almost illuminated the dark night as bright as day.

Under such a fierce fire attack.

The casualties of the Japanese troops in the ambush circle increased rapidly.

The two field battalions that led the advance, with more than 2000 Japanese soldiers, suffered more than half of their casualties in less than half an hour.

Kurokawa, commander of the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, and Fujiwara, commander of the 9th Mixed Brigade, who were in charge of the central army command, were eagerly waiting for the good news from the vanguard troops!

The result news came.

The vanguard troops were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and two other main forces of the Eighth Route Army suddenly joined the battlefield and attacked from the front and back.

The two vanguard field battalions suffered heavy casualties.

Major General Kurokawa was completely confused. "Baka, that idiot Ono, what on earth are they doing? Our army used a pincer attack to destroy the Eighth Route Army, so how could we fall into their trap and be severely damaged in return?"

Major General Fujiwara quickly learned about the battle situation on the front line and found out that the Eighth Route Army had deliberately shown weakness in the previous series of battles and had concealed a considerable portion of their firepower.

Including new artillery that can throw explosive packs and even gas tanks.

It is incredibly powerful and hard to guard against.

As news of the battle situation at the front was reported, casualties of the vanguard troops continued to increase rapidly, while the reinforcements of the main force of the central army were blocked by the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Fujiwara immediately contacted the Third Brigade Headquarters via radio and said to Kurokawa: "The Eighth Route Army here is much stronger than we imagined. I'm afraid it's not advisable to stay here for long. We should move out immediately and reorganize the troops before making plans!"

Kurokawa, who was becoming more and more frightened as the battle went on, saw the sharp increase in casualties among his troops and had long wanted to escape, so he quickly agreed to this suggestion.

The two of them immediately jointly requested tactical guidance from the First Army Headquarters.

To put it bluntly, it means preparing to escape.

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

He was furious and prepared to completely destroy the independent regiment, eliminate the main force of the independent regiment in the base, and avenge Yamamoto's special forces and the destroyed battlefield observation group.

Yoshio Shinozuka was eagerly awaiting the good news from the front line!

As a result, the news came back that the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade were actually defeated by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, so they requested to withdraw immediately!

"Baga, are they playing an international joke?

The elite of the Imperial Army, two fully-staffed mixed independent brigades.

Can't you do anything to a mere independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army?"

Yoshio Shinozuka cursed angrily, but Kurokawa and Fujiwara jointly reported the news and expressed a strong intention to retreat. Even if he was the commander of the First Army, he could not force the Third and Ninth Mixed Brigades to continue fighting.

Just as the old Japanese was howling in anger.

The night has completely ended.

Boom——

Suddenly, a shell fell from mid-air and exploded in the building where the Japanese First Army Headquarters was located. The sudden explosion was so sudden that Yoshio Shinozuka initially thought it was the sound of a cannon coming from the other end of the phone!

Until the guards rushed into the headquarters and shouted:

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Sir, please move immediately!"

Only then did Yoshio Shinozuka realize that the loud explosion that he heard clearly happened in his headquarters.

"Asshole, what on earth happened?"

Yoshio Shinozuka cursed angrily and, under the protection of the guards, fled out of the command room of the headquarters in a panic. He hurriedly took shelter inside the air defense fortifications built in advance by the headquarters.

They moved hastily along the way until they successfully hid in the air-raid fortifications.

Hearing the sound of artillery fire still coming from outside the fortifications, the frightened Yoshio Shinozuka finally had time to ask about the specific situation.

"General, the headquarters was attacked by a small group of enemy troops. They came very suddenly, were very well-equipped, used artillery, and suddenly opened fire on my headquarters."

"Baga, have the encirclement and suppression troops arrived yet?"

"Please rest assured, General. The encirclement and suppression troops have already set out, and the city gates will be blocked immediately. We will definitely be able to completely destroy these sneak attacking enemy forces in Taiyuan City!"