Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

In the end, when Li Yunlong led the New 2nd Regiment and the main forces of several newly formed regiments that had come to reinforce, they quickly defeated the Japanese 9th Mixed Brigade.

Ding Wei led the New 1st Regiment and joined forces with the main forces of other regiments to quickly destroy the Japanese Army's 3rd Mixed Brigade.

The two troops then reinforced the independent regiment's base through the Iron Triangle's secret transportation channel, completely cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese First Brigade.

The Japanese had already suffered heavy casualties in a surprise attack by the main force of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment during their advance. With only less than 5000 troops left out of more than , they were completely surrounded and unable to escape.

Do we need to eliminate this group of devils immediately?

Kong Jie had a different view on this. In a communication to the enemy's headquarters, Kong Jie said: "This group of devils have been trapped in a heavy blockade. It is only a matter of time before they are eaten.

At this time, it would be better to keep them here, surround them without attacking, and lure more Japanese troops to come for reinforcement.

We may also be able to use the tactic of besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements to inflict heavy damage on several more Japanese troops.

In addition, this time our three regiments fought a roundabout battle to the rear of the Japanese army, eliminating a large number of Japanese military bases and industrial and mining industries along the way. Many supplies were still in the Japanese blockade area and had not been transferred to the base in time.

If we end the battle immediately at this time, the Japanese will have enough energy to deal with the troops we left behind and regain the lost supplies.

It would be better to keep these little devils here first to attract the attention of the Japanese army and cover the transfer of the seized materials."

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Kong Jie's ideas actually coincide with the ideas of the general and the deputy chief of general staff after they analyzed the war situation.

The General Command immediately agreed to Kong Jie's plan.

Therefore, after the Japanese First Brigade was heavily blockaded, the Eighth Route Army soldiers only launched a few symbolic attacks from time to time.

Just make sure these little devils can't escape.

Major General Miki, commander of the 36st Brigade of the th Division of the Japanese Army, which was completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, realized after his communications with the rd Mixed Brigade and the th Mixed Brigade were completely cut off that the two mixed brigades might have been completely destroyed under the siege of the Eighth Route Army.

He panicked and immediately sent messages to command posts at all levels requesting urgent reinforcements.

Upon receiving the news, the Japanese First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

The May 1st mopping-up operation launched by the Japanese army was unprecedented.

But in the end, their First Army's sweep of the Eighth Route Army's Taihang Military District went awry and they completely collapsed.

The 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade were destroyed one after another.

If the First Brigade was also destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

His First Army would be completely humiliated.

This would mean that his First Army had completely lost control of Shanxi's stable security zone.

The last piece of fig leaf will be completely torn off.

If the battle ended in such a disastrous defeat, Yoshio Shinozuka could almost foresee that he would be held responsible after the battle and would be punished by his superiors.

At the very least, he would lose his position as commander of the First Army, and at worst, he would be sent to a military court, or even forced to commit suicide by disembowelment.

Realizing this, Yoshio Shinozuka dared not delay and hurriedly sent reinforcements from all directions, rushing to the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

His orders in the communication were firm:

"Rescue the First Brigade at all costs!"

Even if they could only rescue part of the First Brigade, at least they wouldn't have to bear the infamy of being completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army...