Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The battle was not difficult at all, but three local regiments at the main regiment level were mobilized. This was a crushing victory! Well, although it was a bit of a big move, the people were safe, the miners were rescued, and everyone was happy. However, the devils were gone, but the puppet army was still there, and the battle had to continue.

So, when the watches on the wrists of the three regiment commanders turned half of the dial again, the county town of Jingxing no longer had the power to fight back.

"Fellow villagers, we are the Eighth Route Army. Now Jingxing County has been liberated by us! Fellow villagers, we are late and everyone has suffered! Now, please send out a few representatives from each family. We have captured some puppet soldiers and detectives. Please come out and identify who is the most heinous criminal, who is the leader in office, and who is harming the people. Please identify them all..."

In Jingxing County, the staff of the county party committee, under the protection of the soldiers, began to go from house to house to gather people, preparing to hold a public trial to execute some newly captured traitors.

Of course, Guo Zhongmin and his men didn't need to worry about mobilizing the masses. At this moment, Guo Zhongmin and his regiment were still in the mining area, and only the second and third regiments were in the county. Judging from the current situation, the battle in the county was over, so the next step was to find some warehouses of the devils and plunder some spoils!

However, unlike what we imagined, the Japanese in Jingxing were really poor, far worse than the Japanese we had eliminated before! Of course, it was not that there were no good things, at least the winter clothes and beddings that the Japanese had stockpiled were also a resource.

Chen Changsheng and Guo Liandong did not enter the city, but met on Momo Mountain.

"Old Chen, you are familiar with the terrain here. Now that the county town has been liberated, where should we go next?" Guo Liandong asked.

"From here..." Chen Changsheng pointed at the Jinliang River and said, "Go east along the river. There is a place called Wujiayao. There are two paths to the east that lead down the mountain! I will arrange two battalions to go to Wujiayao, and the regiment headquarters, baggage and a battalion will stay in Jingxing! In this way, our flank will be safe!"

"The mass base here is not so strong, so we really need to arrange two battalions. If the Japanese choose to make a detour from here, we will eat them up! Since you are here, our regiment will go to Tumen Pass! It just happens to help Zhang Dabiao and his regiment! At dawn today, Zhang Dabiao and his men launched a surprise attack on Niangzi Pass and passed through our position. They also told us to be the reserve force. I am so pissed!"

Listening to Guo Liandong's complaints, Chen Changsheng also laughed and said, "There is no time to lose, you should act quickly. Your regiment has killed the most Japanese today. I hope we can snatch some heads from Zhang Dabiao! By the way, the first regiment needs to stabilize the situation in the mining area, and they can't spare many troops for the time being. We should guard it strictly and wait for the opportunity to act!"

"Okay, let's set off now! Send the telegram to your regiment. Now that the mining area and the county town have been liberated, it's time to let the division know!" After Guo Liandong finished speaking, he led the guard squad down the Momo Mountain...

The ticking sound of the telegraph conveyed the news of victory, and the news was soon placed on Zhao Danian's desk: "The local Second Regiment reported that our troops are coordinating... Now, our troops are stationed in the direction from the county seat to Wujiayao. The Second Regiment supports Tumenguan, and the First Regiment stabilizes the situation in the mining area..."

"Ha, very good! Pingshan has been liberated, Jingxing and the mining area have also been liberated, so the war on the eastern front has reached the strategic defense stage! We have geographical advantages and equipment advantages. Except for the lack of bombers and fighters, everything else is perfect! Most of the Japanese planes went to the south, so we are safe this time! Signalman..."

"Call Lao Xing's Beishan Detachment and tell Xing Weiguo that the eastern front is stable and take action immediately!" "Yes!" The signalman quickly ran to make a phone call.

Outside Yangquan City, south of the railway, on Wangmu Ridge, next to the telephone, Xing Weiguo paced back and forth, waiting for the order for the general attack.

Because it was the closest to Yangquan, the task of attacking Yangquan was the responsibility of Xing Weiguo with two main regiments, the detachment artillery battalion, and the division artillery regiment. At present, the main second regiment was ready on the south side of the railway, and all the guns were aimed at the direction of Yangquan. In order to attack more points, the second regiment even prepared dozens of boats that could ferry people, intending to cross the Tao River and attack Yangquan.

The 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, which was once stationed in Yangquan, is now the 62nd Division, which has moved south. It is unknown which part of the Japanese troops stationed in Yangquan are from. But this is no longer important. What is important is that no matter how many Japanese troops are stationed in the city and how many puppet troops are helping the Japanese troops fight, he, Old Xing, will take down the county town! This time, after taking down the county town, there is no need to demolish it, just stand firm!
Ding-ling-ling...the phone rang, Xing Weiguo grabbed it, and then he heard the order from the division.

"Tell Lao Zhao to wait for my good news!" After saying this, Lao Xing hung up the phone, then picked up another phone, shook it, and said directly to the other end: "Pass my order, the general attack begins, the artillery regiment position, open fire immediately, and clear all the bunkers in the south and east of Yangquan City! Fire..."

Just seconds after the order was given, Xing Weiguo heard the rumbling sound of heavy mortars being fired and the whistling sound of artillery shells flying through the air.

Chirp chirp...Boom boom boom...In the first round of bombing, 45 120 heavy mortar shells, 16 long-cannon grenades fired from 82 mortars, and large jar shells fired from 30 earthen flying thunder cannons whizzed towards the Yangquan city defense positions.

The Japanese soldiers guarding Yangquan had no idea what they were about to face. As a unit of the Kwantung Army transferred from thousands of miles away, these Japanese soldiers had never seen how strong the Eighth Route Army's hard power was!

Therefore, after learning that the Eighth Route Army was going to attack the city, the Japanese followed their usual method and deployed some of their troops into the circle of fortifications surrounding the city. These fortifications included but were not limited to trench positions surrounded by sandbags and trenches, machine gun bunkers with civil structures, semi-buried bunkers with masonry structures, large arc-shaped infantry artillery bunkers with steel-concrete structures, and so on.

Facing these obvious targets, Xing Weiguo's solution was just one word - bomb them! So, as soon as the battle started, a full-scale bombing took place.

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom, boom... With the loud explosion of the shells, even Xing Weiguo, who was at Wangmu Ridge, felt the slight shaking under his feet. There was nothing he could do, the power of the explosion was just too great!

A 120mm heavy mortar can overturn an area of ​​82 mu with one shell. A 150mm mortar can fire a long howitzer with a super-caliber caliber, which is as powerful as a mm howitzer. The most powerful one is the flying thunder cannon filled with explosives, which can destroy half a building with one shell. Just imagine how powerful it is! (End of this chapter)