Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The gong sounded, and the show began! While the ashes of burning straw were still flickering, Li Yunlong, the new groom, put on combat gear and led his guard company straight to Baijing Town.

According to the previous arrangement, Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan will each bring 1000 elite soldiers to wait here, waiting for the next battle. And here, there is also the most elite main force regiment and artillery battalion of the Beishan Detachment, with a total of more than 3000 troops on both sides!

As for the artillery company of the independent regiment, it cannot leave Zhaojiayu during this period because they have to stay in Zhaojiayu to guard against the Japanese invaders coming from the Yangquan direction.

Of course, Li Yuexuan and his group would not leave Zhaojiayu. After all, he had come out for a trip, so he had to stay here for a few more days and go back after the battle was over.

Beep beep da da da...the radio waves were transmitted, and at the new second regiment’s base on the north side of Songta Town, the signalman received a telegram sent by the Beishan detachment.

"Commander, this is an urgent battle report, please take a look!" Seeing the guard wake up Kong Jie who had already fallen asleep, the signalman immediately handed the telegram to Kong Jie.

"Good fellow, Li Yunlong's marriage can cause such a big scene!" Kong Jie finished reading the telegram, and the deep sleepiness had long been thrown out of his mind: "Communications squad assemble..."

"Pass on my order, First Battalion, immediately gather all your equipment, take all the combat supplies, and head straight to Sheep Head Cliff. You must guard the line from Sheep Head Cliff to Songta Town! Tell the First Battalion Commander that no matter how many Japanese soldiers come to attack, he must persist in fighting! You can fight and retreat at the same time, but Songta Town is the last line of defense, and we must not let any Japanese soldier pass Songta!"

"Reconnaissance Company, Second Battalion, head north immediately and take out the Makou stronghold on the road. Dig up the railway lines on both sides of the stronghold! Remember, you must dig them up thoroughly, but don't use explosives!"

"Order, Third Battalion, immediately follow northwest and set up firepower points in the direction of Hujia Village to prevent the Japanese from Shouyang from moving south along the path! Tell the Third Battalion Commander not to force the fight. When the Japanese come, set up the mines and lead them to our regiment headquarters step by step!"

"Fourth Battalion Commander, your battalion is the weakest, so follow the regiment and we will act together! Zhang Dameng, you lead the guard company. Immediately build a position on the mountain north of the regiment. That's where we will have a decisive battle with the Shouyang devils! I don't want the devils to come, but once they come, we will have a good fight with them!"

"Wang Qiang, it's time for your artillery company to show its strength! We don't have heavy mortars like his independent regiment and the new first regiment, but when our nine 9 mortars are activated together, it's enough to give the Japanese a hard time! So, set up your positions. If the Japanese come, blow them up!"

At Kong Jie's order, all members of the New Second Regiment set out, heading towards their respective targets.

"Commander, your arrangement is to let the first battalion stop the Japanese in Yuci and tie down their forces. Then our regiment headquarters, with the second, third and fourth battalions, will concentrate our forces to fight the Japanese in Shouyang?" Xing Weiguo was right next to Kong Jie. After hearing Kong Jie's order, he immediately realized Kong Jie's intention.

"Haha, that's right! We have been here for half a year, and the villagers are very supportive of us. We must show some decent results to the villagers! What else is better than destroying a group of devils in front of the villagers? By the way, Political Commissar, you have another important thing to do here, that is to clear out the villages along the way from Hujiazhuang to the regiment headquarters, and let the people hide!" Kong Jie said.

"Okay, I'll go right away! Guards, go call the comrades from the working group over, we'll set off now!" Political Commissar Zhang was also a man of swift action, and he immediately led his men there. "Captain, I won't participate in the battle at the regiment headquarters!" At this time, Xing Weiguo said, "I'll go to the First Battalion. If a fight breaks out, the First Battalion will be under the greatest pressure!"

"Okay, you go to the First Battalion!" Kong Jie nodded in agreement, and then watched Xing Weiguo leave the regiment. At this time, he had some feelings, so he said to the guard squad leader beside him: "Pick two people from the communications squad, and I will assign a platoon of people from the transportation company to follow you. You immediately move towards Ping'an County, set up a guard post at Madaoling, and make sure to keep an eye on our retreat!"

"Yes, Commander!" The guard squad leader stood at attention and saluted, then immediately went to take two familiar signalmen with him, and a platoon of new recruits from the transport company, and headed towards Madaoling.

Kong Jie was a man of swift action and a man who cared deeply about his soldiers, so the soldiers he led were very energetic. As a result, after the commotion, only a few guards, signalmen, messengers, medics, and cooks around him were left in the entire regiment headquarters... Even if the transport company was included, the total number of people was less than 150.

Among them, there are more than 100 new recruits in the transport company, pure rookies, and they are carrying red tasseled spears!

Well, that’s not important anymore. What’s important is that he is the New 2nd Regiment, and the New 2nd Regiment has a relatively weak overall combat effectiveness, but he has to face the Japanese invaders from Shouyang and Yuci.

Although the Japanese troops in these two counties have been reduced after a series of deployments, this does not prevent the Japanese from having many puppet troops! Therefore, Kong Jie gambled the future of the New Second Regiment this time, just to cooperate with the Beishan Detachment to fight this battle! Kong Jie is not stupid, he knows the strategic significance of this battle, and he has the courage to give everything for this strategy!

In the dark night, countless people were moving. They advanced in the moonlight, illuminated by flashlights, carrying rifles or work tools on their bodies, and headed straight for the railway line controlled by the Japanese.

In Mafang in the south, the local regiment affiliated with the 1st Division also received a notification through the telephone line and learned about the battle plan of the Beishan Detachment.

"Captain, what should we do? After streamlining the military and administrative departments, we only have more than 700 troops!" asked the regiment political commissar.

"What should we do? What else can we do? We must help! Political Commissar, you immediately take the guard platoon and some militiamen to the south of Shiguai and contact the 2nd Regiment. Tell them that we are going to fight and ask them to help defend the Changning direction! I will have the 3rd Company set off immediately to the Changning direction and guard the mountain pass over there with the 7th Company."

"As for the rest of you comrades, the 6th Company will stay to guard the regiment headquarters. I will lead the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Companies to Songta in the north. We must help the New nd Regiment! Oh, and I will also bring our artillery platoon with me!"

"Well... OK, you go ahead, I'll contact the 2nd Regiment... No, we can get them by phone. You want to get me out of the way and face the danger yourself, right? Forget it, I'll make the call and stay in Mafang as your reserve! We're just going to fight the devils, who are we afraid of?" (End of this chapter)