Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 431 The Shocked Brigadier: Taking Yangquan County, Wang Chengzhu has made history again!
Deputy Chief of Staff Wang recovered from the shock, and asked again: "Brigade Commander, this Yangquan County is the first county that our Eighth Route Army has captured since its establishment. The Second Independent Regiment has made history again!"

Brigadier: "Strictly speaking, Yangquan County is indeed the first county seat of our Eighth Route Army since its establishment!"

In fact, the Eighth Route Army also captured other counties before this, but they were all small counties in Suiyuan, Mongolia and other places.

Those small county towns are only one or two kilometers in size, some of which are surrounded by earth walls rammed with glutinous rice and thatch, and some don't even have earth walls at all.

There is no Japanese garrison in such a small county, but some puppet troops are inside, and its defensive strength is not even as good as a bunker.

Such a county has almost no strategic value, and the Japanese army doesn't value it, and it doesn't mean much if the Eighth Route Army captures it.

Deputy Chief of Staff Wang: "My family really shocked me. I don't know how many surprises he can bring us in the future, and to what extent!"

"The capture of Yangquan County will not only cut off the devil's Zhengtai railway line, but also get countless spoils of war. I'm really looking forward to it!"

The brigade commander also nodded his head deeply: "Well, first of all, the weapons and uniforms of the 3000 Japanese garrison, and secondly, the military supply warehouse of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the 4th Army of the Imperial Association. A mixed brigade is not only the weapons and equipment of a brigade, but also the strength of a brigade."

After a pause, the brigade commander changed the subject and continued: "In addition, this Yangquan county is the most prosperous county in southeast Shanxi. Since it was occupied by the Japanese army for more than three years, many pro-Japanese local tyrants and evil gentry lived in it. "

"Before Wang Chengzhu just copied the home of Gou Zhengcai, the president of the Yangquan County Maintenance Association, and got a full 50 cash."

"Although the other local tyrants and evil gentry in Yangquan County are not as well-off as Gou Zhengcai, there are so many people after all. I really look forward to how much benefits Wang Chengzhu and the others can get from Yangquan County this time!"

After the brigade commander finished speaking, the rest of the people also showed expressions of anticipation.

The communications company commander looked at the surprised heads and couldn't bear to interrupt him. He waited for more than 3 minutes before the brigade commander noticed him.

So he asked: "Xiao Yang, why haven't you left yet, is there anything else to report?"

"Yes, Brigadier."

The communication company commander nodded heavily, and then said: "In addition to the Second Independent Regiment, the Spike Special Forces of the Second Independent Regiment also successfully captured the devil's armored train, and drove the armored train to assist the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment in capturing Niangziguan .”

"Currently, the armored train is leading the main force of the new regiment to the flat stronghold to reinforce the 771st regiment."

These news were captured by the Spike Special Forces on the devil radio station on the armored train, and reported to the regiment headquarters of the Second Independent Regiment through that radio station, and then reported to the brigade headquarters by the regiment headquarters of the Second Independent Regiment.

"Oh? Niangziguan has also been captured?"

"Beautiful! It's so beautiful!"

Originally, the brigade commander was still a little worried that the Spike Special Forces would have an accident when they attacked the Devils armored train. In that case, it would be difficult to capture Niangziguan without heavy firepower weapons.

But with Li Yunlong's stubborn temper, he will definitely not give up the mission, and he does not know how many soldiers will be sacrificed.

Now that the good news came, he finally let go of the heart hanging in his throat.

The deputy brigade commander said: "Regimental Commander Wang really brought us too many surprises this time. I'm really glad that we can have such a military genius in the Eighth Route Army instead of appearing in the Japanese army."

"God bless my Eighth Route Army, God bless China!"

After expressing his emotions, the deputy brigade commander changed the topic and continued: "With the assistance of armored trains this time, it must be a very simple matter for the 771st regiment and the Xinyi regiment to capture the flat stronghold."

"The 105mm caliber howitzer, the bunkers and gun towers in Niangziguan can't withstand the bombardment of this thing, let alone the bunkers and gun towers in flat strongholds."

"If you have time, you can even capture a few more large strongholds. If this is the case, it will be even more perfect."

"It's a pity that we don't have much time left. As soon as the sun breaks, the devils will definitely send aviation troops to destroy the armored train."

"Otherwise, we can use this armored train to capture all 12 large strongholds on the Shanxi section of the Zhengtai Railway, and even the counties along the line, including Pingding, Shouyang, and Jinzhong."

The brigade commander smiled and said, "Deputy brigade commander Chen, you can be content. It turns out that in our plan, we never thought that we would be able to take down the devil's large stronghold tonight."

"Now that not only Yangquan County has been taken down, but Niangziguan Railway Station has also been taken down, and soon the flat base will also be taken down. You are still not satisfied, aren't you too greedy?"

The deputy brigade commander asked with a smile: "Don't you think the brigade commander wants them to expand the results of the battle?"

Brigadier: "Of course I think about it, but we can't be blinded by the victory in front of us, let alone feel proud."

"You must know that the gap between our Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army is still very strong, and this cannot be reversed in a short time.

Once the Japanese army frees up their hands, they will definitely attack us with thunder! "

When the brigade commander said this, the atmosphere in the brigade headquarters suddenly became heavy again.

The brigade commander waved his hands and smiled: "Of course, this is a matter for the future. If the Japanese army wants to free up their hands, at least they have to wait until the Zaoyi battle in the south is over.

By then, our battle plan would have been overfulfilled. "

Then, the brigade commander picked up the red pen and stood up, went to the front of the map and drew two big red crosses on Yangquan County and Niangziguan Railway Station.

Then, the brigade commander's eyes fell on the flat stronghold again.

The brigade commander thought for a while, and finally put the red pen away again.

Although with the firepower assistance of armored trains, the Xinyi Regiment and the 771st Regiment were able to capture the flat stronghold with little effort, but it has not yet been captured.

The Brigadier is a rigorous person, so naturally it is impossible to do such a great feat...

The screen zooms to a flat base.

The flat stronghold is about 50 kilometers away from Niangziguan.

Since there is a coal mine in the flat, this stronghold needs to protect both the railway and the coal mine, so the devils stationed two reinforced squadrons here, with a total of more than 500 devil infantry.

In addition, there is a heavy machine gun squad and a regiment of the Royal Association Army.

Of course, this Imperial Association Legion is a castrated version, but there are nearly a thousand people, and if you add the devils, there are more than 1500 people.

Although the scale of the flat stronghold is much smaller than that of Niangziguan, 4 cannon towers and more than 10 blockhouses were built.

In addition, the devils also dug two trenches with a depth of 3 meters and a width of 4 meters outside the stronghold, and a barbed wire fence with barbs was drawn behind each trench.

There is only one way to enter the stronghold, and it is heavily guarded by the devil's light and heavy machine gun fire.

Therefore, it is very difficult to capture such a stronghold...

(End of this chapter)