Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The battle started completely. The two major divisions of the Japanese army divided their troops into three routes and launched fierce attacks on the bases of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments of the Independent Regiment respectively.

The independent field detachment followed the combat deployment agreed upon in advance by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.

The Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment focused on defense. Relying on the advantageous depth of the base and taking advantage of the favorable terrain along the way, they set up echelons and deployed layer by layer to continuously delay the Japanese army's offensive.

This was a common tactic used by the Eighth Route Army in its base area to fight guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army, relying on the terrain.

By taking advantage of the mountains with ravines and gullies, the Japanese army's mechanized advantages could often be restricted, thus completely bringing their large-scale mopping-up operations to a halt.

Simultaneously.

The Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment would leave behind some troops, and with the help of local military units and even militia units, they would continue to delay the Japanese army and disguise themselves as the main combat forces.

The freed-up elite combat troops were quickly transferred through the stable transportation channels between the three regiments toward the new Second Regiment, which served as the main battlefield.

In the end, the New 2nd Regiment, led by Li Yunlong, fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese attack.

The Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment, which came in a roundabout way, would attack from the flanks of the Japanese troops attacking the New Second Regiment's base, and cooperate with the New Second Regiment's troops to form an attack in three directions to strangle the Japanese troops.

At the same time, Kong Jie sent a mechanized combat force with nearly 60 modified tanks specially built to bypass the Japanese army's rear, cut off the devil's logistics and transportation lines, and completely disrupted the Japanese army's rear defense.

Cooperate with the main force in the counter-mopping-up operation.

This is a coordinated combat mode between infantry and armored forces.

After the battle was fully launched.

The Japanese army's tactics were simple and crude. They took advantage of their absolute military advantage and divided their troops into three groups, attacking the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment at the same time, breaking the independent field detachment's stable triangular defense system in one fell swoop.

However, after the actual battle began, it was not as smooth as the Japanese army had imagined.

As for the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment, the Japanese offensive was stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops.

As an elite independent field detachment of the Eighth Route Army, it was well-equipped and had abundant ammunition, which was completely different from the previous three-gun Eighth Route Army.

In addition to conventional guns and artillery, there are even directional anti-personnel mines that Kong Jie specially prepared for the Japanese, as well as grenade launchers that are capable of multiple rounds of continuous firing.

There are even heartless flying thunder cannons as thick as the mouth of an oil barrel.

When these powerful new weapons are deployed according to the terrain.

The blows brought to the Japanese army were often devastating, and the casualties of the devils increased rapidly as they continued to advance.

Even during the confrontation between the two sides, the local military units and even the militia units disguised as the main combat forces of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment showed strong enough combat effectiveness.

The Japanese army did not even have any doubts about this.

The Japanese thought they were facing the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army!

I was even frightened many times by the powerful firepower and fierce fighting ability displayed by the Eighth Route Army.

The fighting between the two sides became intense from the very beginning.

In just half a day, the Japanese army suffered more than 2000 casualties.

This made the two Japanese division commanders who led the team express with emotion.

This rate of casualties is even more exaggerated than in large-scale battles on the front battlefield.

If they had a choice, they would rather fight the Kuomintang troops on the front battlefield.

I don't want to deal with these cunning and difficult Eighth Route Army in this mountain valley...