Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already 6:[-] in the morning.

The sky gradually brightened up.

The Second Independent Regiment completed its task early and hid itself according to the plan of the headquarters before dawn.

The Second Independent Regiment was currently hiding in a mountain forest called Longwangling, 20 kilometers away from Yangquan County.

At this time, Wang Chengzhu led Xu Hailang, Wang Shugen and other main cadres to the peak of Longwangling.

Standing high, you can see far. From the position where you stand condescendingly, you can clearly see the range of more than ten kilometers from north to south of Zhengtai Railway.

With the help of the telescope, Wang Chengzhu could see at least 5 battlefields, which meant that 5 devils' strongholds were under attack, or in other words, there were still 5 devils' strongholds that had not been captured.

Wang Chengzhu set his sights on a stronghold on the south side of the Zhengtai Railway.

From the map, it should be the Xiquegou stronghold on the outskirts of Donghui Township, a large stronghold. This is also a relatively large small stronghold, with about a small team of devils and a company of puppet troops stationed there.

The surrounding small strongholds have basically been breached, only the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiquegou stronghold are still resisting.

Since the attacking Eighth Route Army did not have heavy fortified weapons, and the bunkers in this stronghold were extremely strong, and there were also many enemy troops stationed there, they were unable to make effective progress for a long time.

Monk Wei was short-tempered. He followed Wang Chengzhu's gaze for a while, and couldn't help frowning: "Which army is this? It's so useless. It has been fighting for more than 6 hours. It's dawn and it hasn't captured the target yet."

Wang Chengzhu said: "This should be a regiment of the New 7th Brigade."

"New 7th Brigade? No wonder." Monk Wei was stunned.

The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army originally had only two brigades, the 386th Brigade and the 385th Brigade.

As for the new 1st brigade, new 4th brigade, new 7th brigade, and new 8th brigade, they were newly formed later.

The 7th Brigade and the New 8th Brigade are new brigades that have just been formed not long ago.

According to the tradition of the Eighth Route Army, among the several regiments under the jurisdiction of the new 7th brigade, at most there is only one old regiment, and maybe even one old battalion, and the rest are all local armed forces, such as newly formed brigades upgraded from county brigades and district squads. .

Such troops are not only poorly equipped, but also have low training levels, and their combat effectiveness is naturally far inferior to other main regiments.

And this is also the true strength of the Eighth Route Army.

The reason why Monk Wei thought that the Eighth Route Army was invincible was because he was in the Second Independent Regiment and was blinded.

It is already a bit difficult for such a newly formed unit with poor equipment and low training level to take on the tough task, and it is normal that they did not lay down a large devil stronghold.

As time went on, the sky became brighter and brighter, and finally even the sun was about to rise.

The sight of Wang Chengzhu and others became clearer and clearer.

However, this Eighth Route Army's attack on the Xiquegou stronghold has never been superb.

"There is no time." Although Monk Wei is conceited, he will not look down on the fraternal army with poor equipment and poor combat effectiveness. What the military cannot do is also what the Central Army cannot do, so it is more respectable and admirable.

Monk Wei sighed, and said again: "This brother's army is still too poorly equipped. I guess it won't be able to take it down. I really want to send them two cannons."

Xu Hailang, Wang Shugen and others also said with serious faces: "Yes, it is probably difficult."

"They should be retreating. If they don't retreat, they will be in danger when the devils returning from the east return to their hometown for reinforcements."

Wang Chengzhu smiled: "How about we make a bet, I bet this brother army will definitely be able to capture the Xiquegou stronghold."

Xu Hailang, Wang Shugen and others couldn't believe it: "Head, you mean, they still have a chance?"

"Impossible. You can see that the troops they invested are obviously not as much as before, and even the gunfire is not as intense as before. It is obvious that the ammunition is about to run out. This is a flaw. They can't charge up with bayonets, right?"

Wang Chengzhu: "First of all, the devils returning to their hometowns will definitely not dare to come out in a short time, because their telephone lines must have been cut, and they don't know what's going on outside."

"In addition, if there is no accident, Yasuo Masaomin must have given the order to withdraw troops from the base below, so the devils in the Donghuixiang base must not dare to go out to respond."

Everyone nodded, because before that, they had seen that many Japanese and puppet troops in small strongholds had broken through and evacuated, and then fled into the nearest large stronghold.

Wang Chengzhu also said: "If the telephone line of the Xiquegou stronghold is cut before receiving the retreat order, then the devils inside will definitely stick to the stronghold.

This gave this brother army enough time to attack.

But obviously, they have received the order to retreat in advance. "

Monk Wei asked suspiciously: "Headman, how do you know? Do you still know how to tell fortunes?"

Wang Chengzhu: "Of course I don't know how to tell a fortune teller, but I can deduce it."

"Look, the reason why this brother army has reduced its offensive strength and firepower is not that there are not so many people, but that the rest of the troops are deployed in Xiquegou on the way back to the east."

"They have only one purpose in doing this, and that is to lure out the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiquegou stronghold, wait for them to enter the ambush circle, and then kill them with one blow with the advantage of their strength."

"When the attack of this fraternal army is completely over and the troops are decisively withdrawn, the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiquegou stronghold will inevitably choose to break through, and then retreat eastward and return home quickly."

Following Wang Chengzhu's train of thought, Xu Hailang and others looked towards the direction of returning home to the east. Sure enough, they saw that there were a large number of troops hidden on both sides of the road about 3 kilometers away from Xiquegou.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers were hidden behind weeds or weeds, and they might not be able to see clearly from the ground.

But they are condescending, but they can be vaguely seen.

"Head, you are amazing!" Everyone sighed in admiration from the bottom of their hearts.

After about 10 minutes, the attacking Eighth Route Army suddenly withdrew, and it was still heading east in the opposite direction of returning home.

The devils in the Xiquegou stronghold waited and watched for a while, and after confirming that the Eighth Route Army had completely withdrawn, they immediately led about 100 puppet troops out of the stronghold.

Among them, about one platoon of devils opened the way in front, more than 40 devils were in the middle, and then the rest of the puppet army.

Many of the puppet soldiers carried large bags and small boxes on their backs, probably food and ammunition.

It is about 10 kilometers from Xiquegou to Donghui Township.

However, there was a large piece of deserted land in the middle. It was already early summer, and the weeds in the field were lush and lush, and some had grown to a height of more than one meter.

The devils and the puppet army obviously hesitated when they walked to the edge of this wasteland, as if they were afraid of being ambushed...

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