Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The most urgent task for Yoshio Shinozuka is to determine whether the elite members of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle are in the bases of the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment.

Based on this, we can speculate whether the Eighth Route Army troops that made a roundabout attack on Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties were the Iron Triangle Force.

The news was immediately passed on to the Japanese Army's 3rd, 9th Mixed Brigade and 1st Field Brigade headquarters.

Major General Miki of the 1st Field Brigade was not so bad, as he had never suffered any loss at the hands of the elite Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.

In the advance against the independent regiment's base, they did not encounter strong resistance from the so-called elite Eighth Route Army.

The advancement was very smooth, although the Eighth Route Army that blocked the way did show relatively sophisticated equipment and firepower configuration, and its combat effectiveness was not weak.

However, Major General Miki believed that this was the level of the so-called elite of the Eighth Route Army.

It is not enough to threaten the rule of the empire.

News suddenly came that the Eighth Route Army in the independent regiment's base might not be the independent regiment's troops.

Major General Miki was surprised: "Isn't this the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment? Isn't this the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment? If it's not the Independent Regiment, what other unit could it be?

What on earth is the command center doing?

Are the intelligence departments just there to do nothing?

If the Eighth Route Army blocking the Independent Regiment’s base was not the elite troops of the Independent Regiment, when did they secretly replace the troops? Why didn’t the intelligence department receive any relevant information? "

At the same time, when the brigade commanders of the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade, Major General Kurokawa and Major General Fujiwara, learned the news that the Eighth Route Army in the base of the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment were not the elite iron triangle.

The two old devils were completely confused.

"How can this be?"

However, news came back from Yangquan, Shouyang and Ping'an counties that the elite combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were well-equipped, had powerful firepower and amazing combat effectiveness, and quickly swept through the outer county defense fortifications of Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties.

The defenders in the city were completely compressed inside the county town, and the military bases and industrial and mining enterprises built by the Japanese army outside the county town were almost completely wiped out by this Eighth Route Army.

In addition, these three Eighth Route Army troops destroyed the Pingchuan Battalion, Xiguan Battalion and Tanaka Battalion in the base area in a very short period of time.

They also surrounded Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties, deliberately set traps, encircled and attacked the reinforcements, and lured the enemy into deep territory.

The three fully-strength field infantry battalions of the Japanese army that were coming to support were completely encircled.

Major Generals Kurokawa and Fujiwara could not help but link this news with the recent raids on the bases of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

Then I felt something was wrong.

According to their experience that their two mixed brigades had attacked the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment last time and had been hit hard by the elite Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle, especially the elite combat effectiveness of the steel helmet soldiers.

It definitely should not be just this level - in the process of the two mixed brigades of the Japanese army advancing towards the bases of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments, they were blocked by the elite troops known as the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, who were neatly made up, wearing helmets, military boots, and carrying various artillery.

But the other party seemed to be bluffing.

The actual combat effectiveness and firepower configuration strength displayed did not seem to be as strong as Major General Kurokawa and Fujiwara had expected.

At first, the two old Japanese were a little suspicious, thinking that it was another trap deliberately set by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and others to show weakness to the enemy.

For this reason, although the Japanese army was making smooth progress, for the sake of safety, neither Major General Kurokawa nor Major General Fujiwara dared to rashly launch a fierce attack on the heart of the base of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments.

Now suddenly news came that the Eighth Route Army in the base of the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment was not the Iron Triangle Force.

in this case.

It all seemed to make sense.

"Could it be that we are really not facing the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army?"

Major General Kurokawa said this when he contacted Major General Fujiwara later.

At this time, the old Japanese Kurokawa actually expressed extreme doubts.

"We swept forward towards the bases of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments of the Eighth Route Army. Although we encountered resistance from the Eighth Route Army, they still did not dare to fight a decisive battle with us.

The strength of the counterattack is also limited.

Now that I think about it, if they were the regular combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, disguised as the elite Iron Triangle, all this would make sense!"

"But why would these cunning Eighth Route Army do this?"

Heichuan said: "Isn't this hard to understand? You should have received the news from Yangquan, Shouyang and Ping'an County.

The Eighth Route Army deliberately and secretly swapped elite troops with conventional combat troops.

Then our army's original targeted mopping-up plan failed.

How could the military deployment and forces we used to sweep and block the ordinary Eighth Route Army troops possibly stop the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle Forces, especially those elite steel helmet soldiers?"

Upon hearing this, Major General Fujiwara suddenly realized and said, "Kurokawa-kun, are you saying that the Eighth Route Army that is attacking Yangquan, Shouyang and Ping'an counties at this moment is the real elite of the Eighth Route Army's iron triangle?"

Kurokawa said helplessly: "Now it seems that this is the most reasonable explanation. We have fallen into the trap of the Eighth Route Army again."

At the same time, the Japanese commander of the First Army Headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka, and the Japanese chief of staff who was analyzing the situation on the side also realized that they had been completely deceived by the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle.

"Baka, Baka—"

Yoshio Shinozuka was so angry that he cursed loudly and his face looked very ugly. He was now almost certain that those cunning Iron Triangle troops of the Eighth Route Army had secretly exchanged troops with the Eighth Route Army's New Sixth Regiment, the 17th Regiment and the 21st Regiment.

Then they took advantage of the Japanese army's large-scale sweep of the Eighth Route Army's bases.

They quickly broke through the Japanese blockade and launched a roundabout attack on the rear of the Japanese security areas such as Yangquan, Shouyang and Ping'an counties.

Now the crux of the matter is:

This time, the Japanese army launched an unprecedented large-scale sweep, withdrawing almost all the field troops near the major county towns, including a large part of the security forces in the city to assist in the battle.

The Japanese army was short of manpower in the rear.

Including important military cities such as Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an County, only a small number of city defense forces were left. Therefore, facing the roundabout attacks of the elite Eighth Route Army, the Japanese and puppet troops were forced to retreat into the city and rely on city defense fortifications to hold their ground.

It can only be said that it is more than enough to protect oneself.

If the Japanese and puppet troops dared to leave the city defense fortifications that were easy to defend but difficult to attack and actively launch an attack outward, they would inevitably be hit head-on by the elite of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, the city defense forces left behind in the major counties were simply not enough to deal with the elite Eighth Route Army that had bypassed the Japanese army's rear.

If the Japanese army does not send troops to support the county town in the rear.

With the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's elite Iron Triangle forces, they might be able to completely disrupt the Japanese army's undermanned rear areas.

But if the Japanese army sent troops back to support the county.

What they were facing was the Eighth Route Army's most powerful Iron Triangle Force, and even the elite steel helmet troops.

The troops returning for reinforcement were too few and were simply sent to deliver their food.

For example, at this moment there were three Japanese battalions surrounded by the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle.

If too many troops were sent back to support, it would affect the Japanese army's mopping-up plan on the front line.

For example, the Japanese Army’s 3rd Mixed Brigade, 9th Mixed Brigade and 1st Field Brigade at that time.

After learning that the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment in the base were not the Iron Triangle at all, these old Japanese devils became furious at being tricked. They wished to wipe out all the Eighth Route Army troops disguised as the Iron Triangle in the base.

But this takes time.

How to choose?

Faced with such a situation, Yoshio Shinozuka was in a dilemma and could not make a decision for a while.

And during the short period of delay he had, the headquarters of the three Japanese battalions that had first returned to provide support sent another urgent request for help.

He also stated in the communication that the combat effectiveness of the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army was strong and the casualties of the three battalions were very heavy.

If there are no reinforcements.

The three brigades were even in danger of destruction.

This is a fully-strength infantry battalion of the Japanese Army, with a total strength of more than 1100 soldiers. The three battalions consist of more than 3300 elite field troops.

On the front battlefield, a large-scale regiment composed of elite Japanese troops like this could even take on a division of the Central Army.

Elite regiments like the Sakata Regiment even defeated two divisions of the Central Army.

How could such a powerful Japanese field army be annihilated in its entirety by the Eighth Route Army, and was annihilated in the devil's rear, right under the nose of the Japanese headquarters?

Yoshio Shinozuka did not dare to delay, even though the reinforcements could not be sent back for the time being.

However, the aviation command quickly dispatched additional air firepower reinforcements.

The three Japanese flying units, with a total of more than 30 fighter planes, were divided into three routes to provide support in the direction of Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties respectively.

The rapid arrival of the Japs' air firepower reinforcements could not completely reverse the situation that made the Japanese army inevitably lose.

The bombs dropped quickly caused certain casualties to the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment - of course, since they had to take into account the need to fight behind the Japanese army's rear, they naturally could not ignore the enemy's air firepower reinforcements.

Therefore, the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, and especially the Independent Regiment were also equipped with a number of anti-aircraft machine guns and portable rapid-fire anti-aircraft machine guns made by Kong Jie himself - pulled onto military vehicles as anti-aircraft equipment that combined mobility and firepower.

Therefore, the Japanese planes did not dare to be too arrogant.

In particular, when several light bombers were conducting low-altitude dive bombing, they were hit by the Eighth Route Army's rapid-fire machine guns. One plane was even directly destroyed and crashed on the distant horizon, killing all the people on board.

The remaining Japanese planes no longer dared to act arrogantly and quickly climbed to a higher altitude, only daring to carry out some inefficient high-altitude bombings.

Kong Jie, who was furious at the bombing by the Japanese planes, immediately ordered the communication and secret dispersion of the actions to carry out the raid on some high-value military bases in the rear of the Japanese army, such as communication stations, power supply stations, airports, arsenals, etc.

Ask about specific progress.

"I have only one request. While the Japanese are continuously providing air reinforcements and the airport is busy, find the nearest military airport where the Japanese are and blow it up for me!"

Kong Jie's words were decisive, which meant that the materials he had on hand were insufficient.

Otherwise, Kong Jie was even thinking about making a few fighter planes and forming an aviation unit for the Eighth Route Army. He would never let the Japanese act unilaterally.

The fighting between the two sides continued.

The goal of the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment from the very beginning was to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements, and to completely wipe out the three battalions of the Japanese army that came back to provide reinforcements.

The soldiers did not hold back any longer. After repelling the Japanese air fire reinforcements, they launched a charge towards the Japanese troops in the encirclement from multiple directions.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is fierce. We have no choice but to fight to the death to repay His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Commander, no reinforcements have arrived yet? Sorry, we have no choice but to die in battle to serve the Emperor!"

"Charge, hurrah, hurrah!"

The Japanese soldiers in the encirclement burst into death determination, fought stubbornly, and launched a suicidal long live charge.

After receiving the news, Yoshio Shinozuka fell into complete silence. He did not expect that the several surrounded Japanese troops would be destroyed so quickly.

Has the combat effectiveness of these damn elite Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle been exaggerated to such an extent?

The battle around the bases of the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment continued.

After learning that the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment were not the Iron Triangle forces in their base.

The Japanese soldiers of the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigade, as well as the 1st Field Brigade, felt extremely humiliated and angry.

They launched a fierce attack on the heart of the base.

After the change of garrison, the soldiers of the New Sixth, 17th and 21st Regiments stationed in the bases of the New First, New Second and Independent Regiments were suddenly under great pressure.

They could only rely on the relatively stable defense system of the bases of the Iron Triangle's regiments to launch layer-by-layer blocking attacks.

But faced with the fierce offensive and absolute superior firepower of the Japanese army.

The positions in the outer defense zone and even the central defense zone of the base continued to be lost.

The Japanese Army's 39th Mixed Brigade and the 1st Field Brigade also planned to quickly eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the bases of the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment before returning to support the county town in the rear.

how...

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei led their troops all the way to the rear of the Japanese army, and they had no intention of stopping from the beginning.

According to the battle plan set by the three men, after compressing the daily average of Shouyang, Yangquan and Ping'an counties into the county towns, with the assistance of local military forces, militia forces and even ordinary people who came to help, all the industrial bases around the major county towns of the Japanese were completely eradicated.

Simultaneously.

The interspersed troops will not be idle.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were well aware that the Japanese army had launched a large-scale sweep against the Taihang base, and the largest number of troops were mobilized against the three regiments of the Iron Triangle.

Including the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigade and the 1st Field Brigade.

But it was targeting the bases of other regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army usually used large groups for independent operations for mopping-up operations.

When it comes to dealing with large Japanese army groups, or even destroying them, the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the New 2nd Regiment have gained a lot of experience.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and other three old comrades hit it off immediately. They avoided the Japanese Third and Ninth Mixed Brigades and the First Field Brigade, and targeted the lone Japanese group...