Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

On the other side, the Japanese Shouyang City Defense Command.

The meeting between Japanese battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Daisuke Minamihara and Shouyang Japanese city defense commander Colonel Shohei Nanbu was a case of two people with similar interests and collusion.

"Nanyuan, this time we will completely wipe out the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. It is up to you to destroy the Independent Regiment. Your field army has always been the elite of the Imperial Army. I think it will be no problem to destroy a mere Eighth Route Army.

Perhaps by this time tomorrow, Nanyuan Jun will have returned triumphantly, and I can host a welcoming party for him in the city!"

"Of course, according to my conservative estimate, our army will start from Shouyang City and it will take less than twelve hours to go back and forth. I can completely wipe out the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment."

"Why does it take so long?"

Nanyuan, the old devil, even made a joke: "Because most of the time is spent on traveling."

Like most Japanese officers of that period, Lieutenant Colonel Nanhara was not tall, about 1.6 meters tall, with a big head and thick neck. From a distance, he looked like a magnified cannonball.

No wonder they were called little devils by the Chinese army.

In addition to the general similarity in appearance, the arrogance that appeared on the old Japanese soldier Nanyuan's expression at this moment, and his disdain for the Eighth Route Army were exactly the same.

It’s not that the Japanese army is born arrogant.

However, since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army has been winning victory after victory on the front battlefield, defeating the Nationalist army and losing half of its territory.

As a result, many Japanese commanders displayed their habitual arrogance and conceit, especially when facing Chinese troops with backward equipment and low-quality soldiers.

The Eighth Route Army was notoriously poorly equipped and had a shortage of ammunition.

According to the analysis of the Japanese military intelligence department, it was not even considered a regular armed force.

Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the relevant intelligence departments of the Japanese army have actually divided the combat power levels of the troops appearing on the Chinese battlefield.

The Japs divided the Chinese army into three levels: A, B and C.

Among them, the A-level Chinese troops are the central army units of the National Army.

The Japanese's evaluation was that the equipment of this type of anti-Japanese armed forces and the overall military quality of the troops were quite good, and the soldiers' fighting courage and will were also very good. Under certain circumstances, they could demonstrate strong combat effectiveness whether in offense or defense.

However, once the war is defeated, the troop retreat system will collapse, the combat effectiveness will decline significantly, and the army may even be completely routed.

In addition, if the unit conducts defensive operations in multiple directions, once a certain point is breached, it will inevitably affect the defensive will of the remaining points.

The Imperial Army was often able to use this to break through the Central Army's overall defense line.

The B-level Chinese troops were the so-called local military forces of the National Army summarized by the Japanese army.

The Japanese evaluation was that their equipment was poor, their military literacy was low, their will to fight was weak, they were often defeated at the first touch, and they would surrender in large groups.

It can almost be equated with a mob.

As for the lowest-level Class C Chinese troops, they were considered completely negligible by the Japanese army.

Who is it?

——The Eighth Route Army!

Are you surprised?

There's nothing surprising about this.

Think about when the Anti-Japanese War just broke out. The Eighth Route Army was reorganized from the Red Army. The three divisions together had a total of more than 40,000 people, and they were divided into three routes to fight behind enemy lines.

The equipment was extremely backward and ammunition was extremely scarce.

Not to mention fighting, the clothes they wore were patched and tattered, they were often hungry, and had to rely on digging wild vegetables and cooking soup to survive.

Therefore, they were often laughed at by the Japanese army as a beggar army.

The Japanese army almost never encountered direct resistance from the Eighth Route Army on the front battlefield.

Therefore, the Japanese intelligence department did not include the Eighth Route Army in the scope of the Japanese army's hostile armed forces at the beginning.

Including the Central Army units classified as Grade A by the Japanese army, in the eyes of the Japs, their combat effectiveness was just average.

For example, the Sakata Regiment, known as the elite of the Japanese Army, once defeated two divisions of the National Army, a force of 20,000 to 30,000 people, on the front battlefield.

What kind of combat power is this?

Therefore, for an elite field army commander like Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan, even the Central Army troops on the front battlefield were not worth mentioning.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army troops who were struggling to survive in the cracks of the occupied areas and were like beggars.

Although the independent regiment had won several battles before and demonstrated a certain combat effectiveness.

For example, a large number of strongholds in Shouyang were eliminated.

For example, they took the opportunity to destroy the Huangyun Town Mechanized Combat Squadron.

For example, they captured Huangyun Town and seized a large amount of equipment and supplies from the Japanese army.

But in the final analysis, the independent regiment has never really demonstrated its combat effectiveness in large-scale confrontations.

In this regard, out of caution, Colonel Nanbu and Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan also analyzed the basic situation of the independent regiment.

Finally, based on the above battles in which the independent regiment participated.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan commented: "The Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment can be regarded as an anti-Japanese armed force with some combat effectiveness. If they are given sufficiently sophisticated equipment, their combat effectiveness may be comparable to the most elite Central Army in the US military system.

But in the final analysis, it is just a team of thieves.

All they can do is engage in guerrilla warfare, harassment and sneak attacks.

If they avoid fighting and hide in the deep mountains and forests, I may not be able to catch them.

But I heard that these rampant Eighth Route Army even opened up some anti-Japanese base in the suburbs of Shouyang. Now that we have the location and target for the attack, it will be effortless to eliminate them. "

in this way.

Early morning of September 23rd.

It was still dawn.

Under the command of the old Japanese soldier Nanyuan, the Nanyuan Battalion distributed ammunition, prepared supplies, and set out from Shouyang after getting ready.

Out of absolute military confidence, they looked down on the pitiful combat effectiveness of the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan disdained any sneaky moves, and even led his troops towards the independent regiment's base in a high-profile manner.

He was extremely arrogant along the way.

When encountering some villages outside the Eighth Route Army base, they directly ordered the implementation of the Three Alls Policy: kill all, rob all, and burn all.

Fortunately, Kong Jie received intelligence in advance and arranged for soldiers to evacuate the civilians outside the base, thus avoiding greater casualties.

But the old Japanese devil Nanyuan was so hateful that he ordered the villages where the people had evacuated to be burned down.

As the Japanese invaders came along, they destroyed more than a dozen villages and smashed hundreds of houses in one go, causing extremely heavy losses to the remote rural areas.

The news reached the independent regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong was furious and pounded his fists on the table.

"I must destroy this damned Nanyuan Brigade and avenge my fellow villagers."

Kong Jie was also angry at the Japanese devils' cruelty, and he was determined to wipe out the Namwon Battalion.

Relevant information about the Japs, including approximate troop strength, firepower deployment, and marching routes, had now been accumulated into intelligence and appeared one by one in the command center.

There were nearly 3000 Japanese puppet troops in total.

The core elite among them is naturally the Namwon Battalion.

Needless to say, as long as the Namwon Battalion could be wiped out, the invading Japanese and puppet troops would have no chance of survival.

Kong Jie also judged: "The Japanese burned, killed and looted all the way and attacked our base with great fanfare. It is clear that they did not take our independent regiment seriously.

What does this mean?

This shows that this old devil Nanyuan is arrogant!

In this case, I will make this old devil pay the price for his arrogance."

The command from the headquarters was immediately issued:

"According to the established combat deployment, we will launch layers of blocking on the outer lines, show the enemy weakness, control the route, and lure the devils into the preset inner ambush area."

The person who personally led the team was the deputy commander Li Yunlong.

Kong Jie was in charge of the regiment headquarters in the rear.

When the battle to completely annihilate the Namwon Battalion was about to break out.

Kong Jie specially asked someone to call Wei Dayong. After the outbreak of the Zhengtai Campaign, Wei Dayong and other special forces members' tasks as instructors of the special forces to help other bases and military regions establish special operations forces were temporarily cancelled, and they returned to the independent regiment.

Kong Jie has a new combat mission for Monk Wei:

"This time, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shouyang almost came out in full force and headed for our base, which shows that Shouyang City is short of troops.

Monk, you lead your comrades from the special forces to make a roundabout way.

What are you doing?

Let’s carry out a decapitation operation and destroy the Japanese military police in Shouyang and the devil’s city defense headquarters.

I have to let the Japanese know that my independent regiment is not a lamb to be slaughtered.

If the devil dares to invade our base, I will destroy his rear headquarters and turn the world upside down!"

"Yes!" Wei Dayong responded loudly, his eyes shining. He had wanted to do this for a long time.

Since the special forces continued to strengthen their training, Wei Dayong has been thinking about taking the Japanese First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan City as the combat target!

For now, we should first behead the small Shouyang Japanese gendarmerie and the city defense headquarters.

Just treat it as a trial run.

So, when the Independent Regiment and the Namwon Battalion were fighting.

The devils were totally unaware.

Wei Dayong led the special forces team to infiltrate into Shouyang City along the established infiltration route, avoiding the Japanese army's warning areas and blockade areas.

at this time.

The outer area of ​​the independent regiment’s base.

The confrontation between China and Japan has completely broken out.

According to the deployment of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, the soldiers launched defense on the outer line of the base, using some hills along the way as natural fortifications.

The Japanese and puppet troops continued to advance.

Nan Yuan, the old devil, was quite cunning. Although he disdained the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army, he was still very vigilant and let the puppet troops and traitors lead the way in front, serving as cannon fodder to attract the firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

Then he personally led the elite warriors of the Namwon Brigade to follow forward.

After the battle broke out suddenly.

Faced with the Eighth Route Army's defensive offensive, the puppet troops who advanced first were beaten back step by step. They had no courage to attack at all. They hid behind the bunkers one by one, and no matter how the Japanese troops supervising the battle urged them, they refused to show their heads.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan expressed contempt for the fighting effectiveness of the Imperial Army, which had weak fighting will.

He scolded the puppet legion commander who was leading the team, slapped him twice, and told him to move to the rear with his troops.

In the previous battle between the Eighth Route Army and the puppet army, Nanyuan had already judged the general situation of the Eighth Route Army.

The equipment is quite backward and the firepower is pitifully sparse.

There was only sporadic rifle fire and a few light machine guns.

There was not a single heavy machine gun to be seen, let alone any artillery.

This is consistent with Nanyuan's understanding of the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army troops.

Then, under Nanyuan's command, the attacking Japanese army launched a thundering offensive. A large number of grenade launchers were lined up in a row, and under the fierce bombardment, they directly suppressed the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army with comprehensive firepower.

Old rules.

After the artillery bombardment, the infantry charged.

After the artillery fire stopped, the smoke covering the top of the mountain had not yet dissipated, and Namhara Nakazue commanded the Japanese army to charge towards the top of the mountain.

Just a few minutes later, the attacking Japanese army completely occupied the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army on the hilltop.

He raised the binoculars and watched the Eighth Route Army retreat in a panic, not even having time to take away a machine gun that was left behind on the fortifications.

The disdainful look on Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan's face became more and more intense.

Just a group of vulnerable Eighth Route Army soldiers!

Of course, according to intelligence, this Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment was able to break through strongholds many times, kill the Huangyun Town Mechanized Combat Squadron, and even capture Huangyun Town.

There must still be some fighting power.

At least the independent regiment also has some well-equipped elite combat troops.

In this regard, Nanyuan believed that the defense line set up by the Eighth Route Army on the outer line was most likely just a test.

He said to the adjutant beside him with great interest:

“I hope the Eighth Route Army here can bring me some special surprises.

It would be too boring to be defeated by the Imperial Army so easily.

Tell the troops to speed up, there may be more powerful Eighth Route Army waiting for us ahead!"

"Hi!"

The Nanyuan Battalion advanced forward for a few miles again, and was constantly ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops along the way. However, the Eighth Route Army troops who blocked the way were obviously poorly equipped and had very weak combat effectiveness.

The Japanese attacked after the bombardment and easily broke through the defense line.

Until the Japs advanced nearly six miles in one breath.

Only then did they encounter an Eighth Route Army force that was better equipped and more powerful.

When Kong Jie and Li Yunlong formulated the strategy of showing weakness to the enemy and luring the Japanese troops deeper into their territory, they naturally also considered the issue of putting on a complete show.

The firepower would be exposed all of a sudden. If the Japanese were scared and turned around and ran away, there would be no way to completely wipe out the invading Japanese and puppet troops.

But if too little firepower is exposed, the Japanese are not stupid and will definitely guess that the Eighth Route Army is hiding its strength.

Therefore, Kong Jie's arrangement was that the outer blocking force would be mainly composed of local military forces, and the elite of the independent regiment would be sent out only when approaching the inner defense.

The two sides launched offensive and defensive battles based on their positions.

This time, as the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the soldiers demonstrated powerful counterattack firepower.

Light machine guns, including several heavy machine guns, fired crazily, in addition to the Type 50 small cannon converted from grenade launchers captured from the Japanese, including two infantry cannons captured from Huangyun Town, which were pulled over and fired a few shots.

When the sound of infantry artillery was heard.

The old Japanese Nanyuan was also startled, and then his face was full of excitement.

During this period, the Japanese military strength was far greater than that of the Chinese army.

That's also relative.

Generally speaking, the number of artillery equipped by the Japanese army was quite limited.

Larger caliber artillery pieces are organized at least at the battalion level, that is, the battalion level, and will be equipped with 1 to 2 infantry guns to form an infantry artillery squad as fire support.

Support artillery such as infantry guns were a scarce resource even for the Japanese army. A Japanese battalion commander who lost his infantry gun on the battlefield would even be brought to a military court.

Nanyuan also heard that after Huangyun Town was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, two infantry guns in the warehouse were lost, and it was suspected that they were taken away by the Eighth Route Army.

For this reason, Nanyuan came here with a mission, which was to recover the lost supplies in Huangyun Town, including the two infantry guns.

This alone is a great achievement!

Thinking of this, the old devil Nanyuan's eyes became hot...