The father of the sword is Kong Jie

After successfully persuading Yang Chongshan to let the 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army cooperate with the New Second Regiment to perform a big show this time to occupy the Huting stronghold.

Kong Jie turned around again, called Li Yunlong, and explained the matter to Li Yunlong in detail.

On the phone, Lao Li first refused the matter very reluctantly, and even said cursingly: "Damn it, why? The Huting stronghold that I have worked so hard to build will be cheap for nothing, this dog Japan's 57 regiment?
As for that boy Yang Zhongshan, he is also worthy of singing with Lao Tzu?

If he really let the 57th regiment rob Lao Tzu's place, can I, Li Yunlong, still hang out in Northwest Shanxi in the future? "

The more Lao Li thought about it, the more angry he became. Although he understood what Kong Jie said, it was only after the news spread:

He, Li Yunlong, took the Huting stronghold with great difficulty, but was raided at night by the 57th regiment of the Jinsui Army.

Picked peaches directly!
Li Yunlong is a very face-saving person. In his opinion, a motley army like the 57th regiment is not worthy of Li Yunlong suffering such a big loss, even though this loss is only superficial.

As the middleman, Kong Jie had no choice but to persuade him earnestly: "Lao Li, we have been comrades-in-arms for so many years, how can I not know what you think? The Huting stronghold is difficult to take down, and it is even more difficult to hold it.

Even if it is not given to Yang Zhongshan, sooner or later he will be snatched away by the little devil. "

Li Yunlong continued to snort on the other end of the phone.

Kong Jie had no choice but to take out his trump card, and said: "The 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army has also developed a strong army and horses over the years. This is a big fat sheep. Let's raise him in the Huting stronghold first, and then fatten him up and slaughter him." Alright, I'll share half with you, that's all right!"

"Haha, Lao Kong, you are the one who said this, Lao Zhao and Da Biao are standing by my side! In the future, you are not allowed to play tricks and deny your responsibility."

On the other end of the phone, Li Yunlong's impatient voice came immediately, as if he was afraid that Kong Jie would regret it.

Kong Jie scolded with a smile: "Good old Li, you are waiting for me here!"

Li Yunlong said: "You just say whether you agree or not? If you agree, we, Lao Li, will do the deal. It's time to sing and sing, and our old face will give up.

Who wants this matter to be your old Kong himself who came to the door! "

Kong Jie said happily: "Come on, old Li, you'll be a good boy even if you're too cheap. Please, please, this matter is settled like this. I'm at a disadvantage. Is it okay?"

Hahaha--

Amid hearty laughter from both sides at the same time, the conversation between the two parties ended.

Li Yunlong was decided by Kong Jie.

The two planned this matter together, first trying to take down the Huting stronghold, and then acting with the 57th regiment of the Jinsui Army, temporarily placing the Huting stronghold in the hands of the 57th regiment.

As for how to cooperate, the specific time point and action plan, Kong Jie arranged a close contact with Yang Zhongshan in the follow-up.

At the headquarters of the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong, who hung up the phone, smiled so brightly that his eyes almost disappeared.

The battalion commander Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but said: "Regimental Commander, if Commander Kong really agrees to share half of the 57th Regiment's equipment and materials with us in the future, this is indeed a sure-fire deal.

It's just that no one can say for sure what the future holds.

When I think of the Huting stronghold that was finally taken down, I have to give it up to the Jinsui army, and I feel unhappy. "

Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao, and said cheerfully, "Da Biao, do you know why Lao Kong has improved so fast and changed so much in the past few years?"

Zhang Dabiao froze for a moment, then shook his head.

Li Yunlong said: "Because, this idiot didn't learn well, hey, he learned from our old Li, and also learned the essence of our old Li!"

He changed the subject and continued: "I promised Lao Kong and the 57th regiment of the Jinsui Army to sing this play, and finally gave up the Huting stronghold.

This is the final situation. As long as the Huting stronghold is lost to the 57th regiment, then what we promised Lao Kong will be done.

But how to do the specific process in the middle, he, Mr. Kong, didn't make a final decision for us, did he?
Then there are many ways to go, you boy, go figure it out yourself! "

Zhang Dabiao: "..."

When he left the compound of the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao was still a little absent-minded, still immersed in Li Yunlong's previous words, thinking about what the regimental leader meant by these words.

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Fifteenth.

Under the command of Li Yunlong, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment quickly mobilized, and with the cooperation of the local army and the militia, they blocked all the supply lines leading to the Huting stronghold from the outer line of the entire Huting stronghold, including Water supply line, material replenishment line, etc.

eighteenth.

The third phase of a team's winter counter-offensive is still going on. The entire three cities of Shouyang, Yangquan, and Tan County, and a large area of ​​the Japanese-occupied area, the devils and puppet troops are struggling to deal with the attack of a team of elusive parties. There is no time to take into account the area around Ping'an County.

In the afternoon, a transportation team of the Devils mainly used a large number of water trucks to supply water to the Huting base with a relatively high-quality water source from a large river four or five kilometers away from the Huting base.

The Three Jins are located in the north of China, but the location is not particularly northerly, but the four seasons are distinct.

During the coldest part of winter, although the dripping water will not freeze, some smaller streams will also be completely frozen.

In the area where the devils fetched water, the river was rushing, and the temperature had risen in recent days, but it did not freeze.

This is the water supply convoy that the devils transport every three to five days. There are very few Japanese troops accompanying them, only seven or eight.

Pushed by the soldiers of the Japanese and puppet soldiers, twenty or thirty water trucks creaked and creaked on the dirt-paved road, and occasionally some water droplets splashed out from the full water truck carriages.

The devils and puppet soldiers thought that it would be another boring water delivery journey as usual.

The result was that it directly hit the muzzle of the ambush troops specially arranged by Li Yunlong.

There was no fierce battle between the two sides at all.

Such a water delivery team does not have much combat effectiveness at all.

The battle ended in only three to five minutes, all the little devils were killed, and most of the puppet troops surrendered.

When the devil reinforcements from the Huting stronghold arrived upon hearing the sound, all they could see was the river water splashed all over the ground, which had been frozen into layers of thin ice under the continuous raging cold current.

There are also the debris of the waterwheel all over the floor, and the ugly bodies of a few little devils who have been stripped to nothing but loincloths.

Huting stronghold.

The Imperial Japanese Command System.

In charge of commanding and guarding the entire Huting stronghold to ensure that the defense of the Huting stronghold is stable is a devil named Gu ChuanXinYi.

This old devil was specially dispatched by the devil command department recently.

The purpose is to enhance the defense force of the entire Huting stronghold.

In fact, before a team did not launch this winter counter-offensive operation, causing the entire northwest of Shanxi to become a mess.

Although the Huting stronghold is also one of the important military strongholds of the Japanese army, and it is the hub to consolidate Ping'an County, the overall defense force still receives more attention, which is far less than it is now.

After all, with the continuous expansion of the Japanese-occupied areas, the little devils with limited troops had originally shared a large number of troops in order to ensure the security and stability of the occupied areas, leaving many public security areas empty of troops.

Coupled with the outbreak of the Pacific War, this situation was further exacerbated.

Generally, it would be good if a squad of little devils could be stationed in a small stronghold of the Japanese army.

The larger strongholds are so great that only a small squad of devils can be stationed, and they can't survive a squadron.

Then, with the help of the dangerous terrain specially selected by the stronghold, with excellent equipment and abundant firepower, the Japanese defenders stationed in the stronghold can often block dozens of times the enemy's attack when facing the Eighth Route Army with outdated equipment and scarce ammunition. attack.

Especially when the Eighth Route Army troops lack artillery for attacking fortifications.

It is not uncommon for three No. 50 little devils to be able to block the attack of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, the Huting stronghold, which has specially strengthened the defense force of the defenders, has expanded from the original two squadrons plus a puppet garrison battalion to the subsequent enhanced mechanized transport squadron, artillery squadron, and even two tank squadrons. ...

The entire stronghold is almost impregnable with defenses.

The strength of the defenders is no less than that of counties like Ping'an County and Shouyang.

Therefore, Furukawa Shinichi believes very firmly:
The entire Huting stronghold was defended in a foolproof manner. The Eighth Route Army simply did not have this ability, nor did it have the possibility to pose any threat to the Huting stronghold.

With the help of Huting's unique, dangerous, and excellent military terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the defense of the entire Huting stronghold is far more calm, light and easy than the defense of Ping'an County.

Therefore, the higher command department of the Japanese army also used the Huting stronghold as the most stable material storage warehouse and the transportation hub for troops and materials.

In order to avoid the counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army during this winter, it caused heavy losses to the Japanese theater.

The Japanese army temporarily transferred the materials hoarded in a large area around the Huting stronghold to the Huting stronghold for proper placement.

Even the racecourse of the first brigade was temporarily arranged to spend the winter in Huting stronghold.

This attracted Li Yunlong's concern.

The calm in Furukawa's stronghold of Huting will continue until the end of this winter and until early spring next year.

At that time, Your Excellency Commander will definitely launch a retaliatory counterattack against the major counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army this winter.

There is no doubt that the Huting stronghold will become a very important forward stronghold, communication station, intelligence station, and transportation hub when the Japanese army launches a retaliatory sweep in the spring.

Play a pivotal role.

Right now, this peace has been broken by a surprise attack on the water transport troops.

After the news reached the headquarters, the old devil Gu Chuan couldn't sit still.

Naturally, there was a reason why the Japanese military command sent Gu Chuan, a major, to guard the entire Huting stronghold.

Gu Chuan can be regarded as a battle-tested veteran with an exceptionally keen military sense. He had noticed it when he was stationed at the Huting stronghold.

The seemingly impenetrable Huting stronghold that is being defended actually has a huge flaw that cannot be avoided at all:

Due to the terrain and location of the Huting stronghold, the water supply for the entire Huting stronghold must be delivered from the outside.

To use a metaphor, if the entire Huting stronghold has been protected by a solid eggshell at this moment.

Then this point of water supply is like a small hole opened from the outside of the eggshell that cannot be completely sealed.

After the news came, Gu Chuan frowned directly into the shape of Chuan. Without hesitation, he immediately issued a series of orders:
"The cordon in all directions extends three kilometers outward, and the motorized search team strengthens the alert search to ensure the safety of the water supply line."

"The mechanized combat units are on standby at any time to reinforce the transport units that may be ambushed by the Tuba Road."

"Once the water supply line of our army is cut off by the Eight Routes, the last ones that can be used as emergency water are the wells outside the stronghold. Be sure to guard those wells in case of emergencies!"

"Hi!"

Under Gu Chuan's order, the little devils moved quickly.

On the other hand, Li Yunlong made up his mind this time to eat the big piece of fat in the Huting stronghold. The various combat troops were originally rushing to cut off the devil's water supply route, so naturally they would not be idle.

Originally, according to the relevant information collected by the New Second Regiment, the fighters in various battles this time had already locked down some wells that were often used as water sources outside the devil's stronghold in Huting.

He also learned the news from the mouths of the dozen or so puppet soldiers who were captured.

After confirming again the specific location of the wells commonly used by devils around the stronghold.

The soldiers divided into multiple groups, one step ahead of the little devil, and lurked near some ancient wells that the Japanese army often used as a source of water.

Why do you say it is Gujing?
The terrain of this Huting is peculiar. The terrain itself is much higher than the surrounding area, like a hill. The devils even tried to drill many wells in the defensive area inside the Huting stronghold. If the well water inside the stronghold can pass It would be great if you got enough water.

Unfortunately it didn't work out.

Digging a well is also a technical job. If the location is chosen well, you don’t need to dig too deep. The well water can even be inexhaustible. The groundwater will flow continuously and the supply will continue to output.

If the location is not chosen well, that is, if you dig it more than ten meters, it will only be a waste of effort.

This is even a rather metaphysical question!

On the contrary, in some areas outside the Huting stronghold, there are some ancient wells dug by the local people. It is said that some years old, but the well water has been inexhaustible.

After the devils occupied Huting, large-scale water was transported by water trucks.Small-scale water use is obtained through some ancient wells outside the line.

After Gu Chuan's order was issued, the little devils and the puppet soldiers rushed to the vicinity of the three wells on the outer line, and brought a lot of wooden barrels and waterwheels along the way.

Because Gu Chuan believed that the Eighth Route Army's sudden attack on the water supply convoy heading for the Huting stronghold was definitely not an accident.

Next, Tuba Road is likely to deal with the stronghold first by cutting off the water supply to the stronghold.

Therefore, Gu Chuan decided to make preparations early. This time the water supply was cut off by the eight-way ambush, so he immediately took well water from the ancient well on the outside line and stored water as soon as possible.

After leaving some guard posts, the little devils and the puppet soldiers moved quickly, and quickly fetched water through the potter's wheel above the ancient well, that is, the rotatable mechanical gallows that were used to put buckets and carry buckets to fetch water. .

"fire!"

boom -

But the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had been lurking around the ancient well for a long time, how could they watch the little devil fetch water?
The power of cold guns and cold guns was once again highlighted, and a few shells suddenly shot out and exploded directly at the mouth of the well.

In a series of explosions, the devils and puppet soldiers surrounding the wellhead were blown to pieces.

"Enemy attack, concealment, concealment—"

The devils and puppet soldiers screamed and quickly withdrew from the barren ancient well area.

At this time, under the bombardment of shells, the wellhead of the entire ancient well has completely collapsed...