The father of the sword is Kong Jie

The Third Independent Regiment under the command of Shen Quan was in charge of the left wing of the base of the First Regiment, around Shouyang County in the Japanese-occupied area, the relatively remote Neixiang, Qingye Town, and a dozen other villages.

The Second Independent Regiment led by Wang Leihu is in charge of some remote towns in Yangquan County, such as Sanquan Township.

The Independent First Regiment led by Lei Dasheng was in charge of some remote villages and towns under the jurisdiction of the right-wing Tan County, such as Yatu Town, Guanping Town, and various villages and strongholds.

The three-way offensive troops divided their forces and advanced against three combat targets.

According to the overall combat plan formulated by Kong Jie at the detachment headquarters before the start of the winter counterattack.

First, the operation is divided into three stages according to the target.

Right now is the first stage of operations, the goal is to attack remote towns, strongholds, and villages of the devils.

And this first phase of combat is divided into three steps:

"The first step is our political offensive, taking the lead in infiltrating the remote towns and villages around the three Japanese-occupied counties of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tanxian to build an anti-Japanese revolutionary regime, support the two-faced regime, and stabilize the situation on the surface. Stop the little devils, so as to cover the secret transfer of our combat troops.

In the second step, after each combat unit arrives at the predetermined combat position, it quickly deploys its preparations for combat. The troops arrive near the combat area, and the detachment headquarters issues a unified combat order, and at the same time launches an attack on remote towns and villages.

The third step is to quickly occupy the target area after successfully capturing the target town, and immediately build a solid fortification to guard against the Japanese counterattack at any time. "

The Third Independent Regiment accompanied the Legion Command.

Shen Quan reiterated to the commanders the general plan for the battle in Neixiang, Qingye Town and other places in Shouyang.

When discussing the battle plan, the cadres were all wearing thick cotton padded clothes.

Officers with special needs, such as map soldiers, clerks, recorders, etc., are even issued extra thin, fluffy, and especially warm gloves.

Let him blow the wind and snow, and when marching on a bright snow field, the soldiers still didn't feel much severe cold.

"According to our pre-plan, we will continue to march towards the inner countryside, and let the soldiers rest for 10 minutes every two hours.

Before arriving in Xilin Town, take a rest for 10 minutes, try to add some food, so that the soldiers can quickly recover their physical strength. "

Shen Quan continued to explain, his eyes were concentrated on the battle map in front of him, and then he said slowly: "Comrades, this time our winter counter-offensive, the marching tactics are very clear, that is to hide the sky and hide the truth.

What do you mean?

We want to take Neixiang and Qingye Town in the suburbs of Shouyang in one fell swoop when the devils are caught off guard.

Then the speed must be fast, and it must be sudden, so that the little devil can't react at all.

But the little devil is not stupid. Although Neixiang and Qingye Town are located in a remote area with not many garrison troops, they are located in the hinterland of the Japanese occupied area.

We want to quietly transfer our nearly 2000 elites to nearby inner villages, while avoiding many towns and villages in the Japanese-occupied areas, which is not easy.

If we are discovered in advance and usher in the blocking of the Japanese and puppet troops, our original plan to attack Neixiang and Qingye Town may be exposed. "...

In the end, Shen Quan concluded: "So, comrades, we must cheer up. Before the battle breaks out completely, the entire team must not be exposed."

"Yes--"

The battalion and company commanders participating in the meeting responded in unison.

Immediately afterwards, after receiving Shen Quan's instructions, they each returned to the team, and specially explained to the platoon leaders, and told the soldiers to strengthen vigilance and concealment.

The sled reconnaissance platoon lined up in advance to spread the reconnaissance around, always alert to every move around.

In this way, the elites of the entire Third Independent Regiment walked for several hours.

From early in the morning until close to noon, they finally arrived at the outer line area in charge of the security forces of the Japanese puppet army in Shouyang.

At this point, Shen Quan immediately ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot for three to ten minutes, and quickly replenish their physical strength.

It wasn't cold, but many soldiers' backs were drenched because they were dressed too thickly.

Everyone quickly ate some personal dry food that they brought, such as energy bars produced by a team of food production factories.

It is said that this energy bar was also specially developed and produced by the detachment leader Kong Jie.

An energy bar can basically cover the calorie consumption of soldiers for half a day.

In this cold weather, it is not appropriate to supplement the heat loss of soldiers marching and fighting.

After all, people eat and drink to maintain body temperature.

Shen Quan gave another order: "The communication team can deliver the news."

"Yes!"

The communication squad of the third regiment is equipped with the most advanced American radio equipment in this period, including small short-wave radio stations and heavier long-distance communication stations.

Drop drop-

With the transmission of communication signals.

On the other side, Xilin Town.

A team of intelligence personnel who had infiltrated and lurked into the town long ago, in order to cope with this winter counter-offensive, had already turned on the radio, ready to receive communications at any time.

After the communication signal was received, he put down his earphones, and the intelligence chief of Xilin Town immediately said to his companions: "The plan to wipe out bandits has officially started.

Immediately contact our darkline personnel and inform all parties to make early preparations, and must make the best cover for the secret transfer of the main force of our army. "

"Yes!"

……

The news quickly spread through the intelligence network belonging to a team in Xilin Town.

The efficiency was so high that in the short period of 10 minutes when Shen Quan took the soldiers to rest, the seemingly peaceful Xilin Town was now turbulent.

After the news that the main force of the third regiment had arrived two kilometers away from the gate of Xilin Township.

The dark agents inside Xilin Town acted quickly.

"Oda-kun, the weather is really too cold, Balu? How could there be Balu?
Let's go back to the fire for a while, and have a hot lunch first, it doesn't matter!Our people are watching everywhere! "

"Hey, Majesty, don't worry, if the Eighth Road is coming, we will find out as soon as possible, and tell you the news as soon as possible, and there will be no trouble! It's already noon, so it's important that we go to eat first."

"Don't worry, Taijun, in such a cold day, the eight roads are almost frozen to death, how can they come here to harass them with this spare time?"

"Taijun..."...

"Taijun..."

This is Kong Jie's overall plan to hide Chen Cang secretly and hide the truth.

After the news spread that the main force of the three regiments had arrived at the designated lurking location, the dark line members assigned to Xilin Town acted quickly.

Including the two-faced regime created during this period, the puppet soldiers and traitors who were secretly instigated by the soldiers.

One by one, they took the Japanese officers who were in charge of guarding, or went to drink or eat.

...After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, as the Japanese army occupied more and more territories, the little devil divided the entire North China into three regions.

One is the law and order area, that is, the area firmly occupied by Japan.

The second type is the quasi-security area, which is a guerrilla area where the Eighth Route Army often operates, but it is generally under the jurisdiction of the Japanese.

The third category is non-security areas, that is, the anti-Japanese revolutionary bases behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army.

For these three different regions, the policies and military actions adopted by the Japanese army were also different.

For the public security area, the focus is on clearing the countryside, and there are also operations such as investigating spies.

Targeting the law and order areas is to implement a cannibalization policy, mainly using political means to win over the people in the quasi-law and order areas and paralyze the people.

For non-public security areas, that is, the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, the main thing is to mop up.

And the winter counterattack launched by a team this time is mainly aimed at the remote towns on the outskirts of the three counties of the devils, so the route chosen for the march is also relatively remote.

At this time, the outer defense zone of the Japanese and puppet troops that Shen Quan's three elite regiments had to pass through was actually a quasi-security zone for the devils. There were guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army operating here, but it was still generally under the control of the Japanese army.

As for Xilin Town, under the encroachment policy launched by the Japanese army, at least in the eyes of the little devil, this quasi-safety area is gradually developing into a stable security area.

The little devil has supported many maintenance associations throughout Xilin Town.

In addition, there is a self-defense force led by the little devil.

It is used to consolidate the law and order of the entire Xilin Town, and at the same time resist the guerrilla and infiltration of the Eighth Route Army troops.

On the bright side, the little devil's cannibalization policy has achieved remarkable results.

A large number of puppet regimes have been successfully established, and the entire Xilin Town is rarely harassed and raided by guerrillas. The people also pay taxes and food on time, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

But what the little devil didn't know was.

All the superficial beauty of Xilin Town was created deliberately by Kong Jie's order.

At this moment, Xilin Town is still under the jurisdiction of the little devil on the surface.

But in fact, the secret anti-Japanese regime and a large number of two-faced regimes have already been successfully established.

For example, those traitors and puppet soldiers who maintain the association, on the surface, are working for the little devils, but in fact they have already been successfully instigated by the soldiers to work for the Eighth Route Army.

After the news of the winter counter-offensive named "Plan to Exterminate Bandits" by Kong Jie was delivered.

These rebellious traitors and puppet soldiers quickly supported the transfer of troops from the Third Regiment.

The Japanese soldiers and officers who were originally in charge of security were temporarily held back by various means, to drink, to warm up, and to eat, so that they could not be aware of the situation in Xilin Town.

In addition, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it was snowing heavily. …

According to common sense, there is no precedent for the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative to attack towns.

So those devils didn't think much about it, and happily followed the puppet soldiers and traitors to enjoy themselves.

Just like that, the route through Xilin Town and directly to Neixiang was directly opened.

The puppet soldiers who were in charge of guarding the gate of Xilin Town even opened the entire gate ahead of time, and then everyone withdrew early as if they were on holiday.

Take the initiative to give way and let the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army pass.

Shen Quan led the soldiers of the third regiment to seize the time and did not encounter any obstacles along the way. After entering from the south gate, they immediately left along the base of the city wall from the north gate.

Due to its remote location, people occasionally found it along the way, and they were all shocked.

As for telling the kid, that's absolutely impossible.

The devils would not have placed any spy in the remote Xilin Town, which was basically turning into a stable law and order area.

The fact that a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were present in Xilin Town was not disclosed.

In the end, the elite of the [-] Routes passed through the entire Xilin Town, and the little devils in the entire Xilin Town were unaware of it, and they were still enjoying it in the teahouse and restaurant!
It has to be said that this march plan to use the two sides of the regime and inside members as a cover to hide the sky and directly transfer the main force of a regiment to the hinterland through the devil's outer defense zone is really bold.

Not long after Shen Quan led the main force of the three regiments through Xilin Town smoothly.

In addition, in the direction of the center line and the right wing, the Second Independent Regiment and the First Independent Regiment also successfully completed the transfer under the cover of the two regimes and comrades from the enemy Ministry of Industry.

The main force of the second regiment and the main force of the first regiment also arrived at the remote Sanquan Township under the jurisdiction of Yangquan.

As well as the remote Yatu Town and Guanping Town under the jurisdiction of Tan County.

And divide the troops into multiple routes in advance, and arrive at the vicinity of the attack target at the same time.

On the 23rd, exactly twenty past noon.

According to the unified time combat plan formulated by the detachment headquarters.

The First Independent Regiment, the Second Independent Regiment, and the Third Independent Regiment, which belonged to a detachment, headed towards Guanping Town and Yatu Town of Tan County occupied by the Japanese army; Sanquan Township of Yangquan; and Neixiang, Shouyang of Shouyang. Aoba, Xixiang, and surrounding villages, strongholds, etc.

At the same time launched a sudden and violent military offensive.

It all happened so suddenly.

Like a thunderbolt on a clear sky, like a thunderbolt on a cold night, like waves on a flat lake.

There was a sudden explosion, and the attack was like lightning, like a broken bamboo, destroying the dead.

With the continuation of the Sino-Japanese War in time, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, with the transfer of a large number of elite Japanese troops from the Xiangyang Pacific battlefield in China.

The little devil, who was already weak in succession, was even more stretched in terms of the number of troops he could garrison in the vast occupied area.

In some remote villages and towns, the number of Japanese troops stationed can even make you doubt your life.

There is such an example: two little devils control the entire county!

Although this is not the case in Neixiang and Qingye Town, the Japanese troops stationed in these two places do not even have a single squadron.

Gather all the security forces, including the little devils of the gendarmerie, the puppet army guards, and some imperial association troops. It would be nice to have 200 people. …

How can these Japanese and puppet troops, whose combat effectiveness is not even considered second-rate, be an elite opponent?
The strengths of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

Coupled with the sudden attack of the third-route troops, the Japanese and puppet guards in Neixiang, Qingye Town, Yatu, Guanping Town and other places were forcibly breached before they even had time to react.

For the Japanese and puppet troops, everything was like a dream.

Such a brigade of elite Eighth Route Army seemed to be born out of thin air, and the heavenly soldiers suddenly appeared under the city gate.

Until two o'clock in the afternoon on the 23rd.

A piece of news that caused an uproar in the Japanese army in North China quickly spread:
"Neixiang, Qingye, and Xixiang under the jurisdiction of Shouyang have been raided by the elite of the Eighth Route Army, and they have all been lost!"

"Sanquan Township under the jurisdiction of Yangquan was completely occupied by troops of the Eighth Route Army."

"Guanping Town and Yatu Town under the jurisdiction of Tan County were successively captured by the Eighth Route Army in less than an hour..."

less than an hour.

Although it is remote compared to the main county, as far as the Japanese-occupied area is concerned, it is almost in the hinterland, with as many as seven or eight towns, plus a hundred villages, including more than 50 large and small strongholds.

No one left, either captured by the Eighth Route Army, or pulled out by the Eighth Route Army.

A team's sudden initiative to attack this time is really shocking.

If you don't call it, it's a blockbuster!
The bad news spread quickly to the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.

Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Devil's First Army, suddenly heard the news, staggered and slumped on his seat, dazed for a long time, unable to regain his senses...