Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The Japanese are weak and have insufficient troops, which is the time for full liberation! Comrade Lao Yang, who was once the commander of the 1th Company of the 31st Regiment of the 7st Division and is now the deputy commander of the newly formed 1nd Regiment of the 2st Division, has a deep understanding of the fact that the Japanese are short of troops and their combat effectiveness has been reduced to the lowest level! I remember that during the battle in Changsha Village last year, their company withstood the attack of a battalion of Japanese troops and successfully protected the evacuation of the organs, and the 7th Company suffered heavy casualties.

However, after the special forces came for actual combat training and captured the Xiaodouling stronghold, the strength of the 1st Division doubled, and the equipment was greatly strengthened! Take the 3rd Battalion with him as an example. A battalion has 9 60 mortars and 900 shells. This was unimaginable before!
The backbone of the 3rd Battalion was part of the soldiers from the 31th and 7th Companies of the 8st Regiment. The comrades who had fought hard in Changsha Village were now squad leaders. Their weapons had also been changed from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and submachine guns, which had increased their firepower. If the 7th Company had the current equipment level during the Changsha battle last year, they would have chased the Japanese!

Now that the three counties of Zanhuang, Yuanshi, and Gaoyi have been taken, the military sub-district has decided to take another county! As for this county, everyone unanimously decided to attack Zhao County on the road from Shimen to Nangong!

Why did they choose Zhao County? Because there is a gun factory in Zhao County! That's right, this one reason is enough. There is no need to mention him. Just for this gun factory, we have to take it down!

However, there was still a problem, that is, to attack Zhao County, they had to choose a team to attack the east side of Shimen. So, the four regiment leaders of the first division drew lots, and their new 2nd regiment happened to be the one to attack Zhao County, which made Lao Yang very satisfied with the luck of the regiment leader.

Why did they only mobilize one regiment to attack Zhao County? Because not only did they have their eyes on Zhao County, but the comrades in the 6th Division of Jizhong also had their eyes on Zhao County! Zhao County belonged to the scope of the 6th Division of Jizhong, so their 2nd Regiment went there to help! But even if they were helping, it was still to attack the county town, which was better than digging trenches to trap the Japanese, right?

There weren't many Japanese soldiers in Zhao County. Even though they occupied the Shinan Highway, there were only two squads left. Puppet soldiers? There weren't many either. Guard regiment commander Guo Tankuai had three battalions under him, with a strength of more than 1200 soldiers. What? Guo Tankuai? Well, that's the name in the information. We don't know why. Maybe he was born black, so his father just called him Tankuai.

What does it mean to be overjoyed? The comrades of the 2nd Regiment were overjoyed! We were going to fight the devils and liberate the county town, how could we not be happy? Looking around, there were so many county towns on the Jizhong Plain, and we liberated them one by one. This is something worth bragging about for a lifetime! When we go to the underworld and meet our ancestors, we can still stand and talk...

However, when the high-spirited 2nd Regiment ran for more than 20 kilometers and arrived near Zhao County, it received an unhappy order - the 7nd Regiment of the 2th Division was responsible for the feint attack outside the east gate of Zhao County!
"Feint? Let the combat power of our main regiment make a feint?" The commander of the 2nd Regiment almost jumped up when he heard the news! We had been running for 4 hours, carrying equipment, supplies, and ammunition. The animals pulling the carts were so tired that they were panting heavily. We didn't even take a second look at the Zhaozhou Bridge when we passed by it, and the result was just a feint?
They were reluctant, but this was the jurisdiction of Division 6, and they came here to help, so they had to listen to Commander Ye's arrangements, right? It was still good for them to have a feint attack mission, but local teams like the Zhao County Brigade, Ningjin County Brigade, and Luancheng County Brigade could only perform blocking missions on the periphery. Even though the Japanese were unlikely to have any reinforcements here...

In Han Village, east of the city, was the headquarters of the military sub-district, where Commander Ye was personally in charge. Of course, he also heard the voices of dissatisfaction from the New 2nd Regiment from his comrades.

After hearing this, he just laughed. Comrades are eager to fight. Isn't this a good thing? Besides, your new 2nd Regiment is the main force, so the 6st and 71nd Regiments of my 72th Division are not the main force? You have an artillery company, and I also have an artillery company; your infantry company has three 3 mortars, and I also have one! We have submachine guns, grenade launchers, semi-automatic, and even assault rifles!

However, in order to reduce casualties, Commander Ye did not order an attack during the day, but set the time to the early morning. Although the troops were larger than the puppet army and the equipment was much better, in a siege, if you can climb the wall at night, you still have to climb the wall at night. If not for anything else, just to reduce casualties caused by the siege during the day. Night battles and sneak attacks, these two skills are good... At this time, the strongholds around Zhaodian were all eliminated, such as the three artillery towers in Sucun, Xinhe Village, and Jiadian, which had long become temporary garrisons and the garrisons of Division 6.

Therefore, when the people of Zhao County learned that the Eighth Route Army was going to attack the county, they were very excited and came to express their condolences! That's right, the people in the village not far from the county came to express their condolences with hot steamed buns, pancakes and boiled eggs. The newly established Zhao County District Government also organized rescue teams, stretcher teams and other auxiliary units, waiting to rescue the wounded.

In order to capture the county town, the division also prepared a large number of explosive packs. If the sneak attack failed, they would simply blow open the city gates and force their way in!
Inside the city, the Japanese puppet soldiers watched the movements outside the city nervously, feeling anxious. However, Guo Tankuai, the head of the security regiment, did not care. While inspecting the city defense, he loudly rebuked the puppet soldiers who were trembling with fear: "What are you afraid of! Look around, the moat is wide and deep, look at your feet, the city wall is high and wide, and look at the city wall, the bunkers are numerous and dense!"

"Let me ask you, with this kind of city defense, what can the Eighth Route Army use to fight? If you don't send in 10,000 or 20,000 men, don't even think about taking the county! Don't be scared like a quail, or I'll throw you overboard!"

Guo Tankuai's scolding soon reached the ears of Captain Kameda in the city. Kameda said that Guo Sang was definitely a good dog of the Empire of Japan!
Time soon turned to night, the sky was dark, the sun and moon were dim, and in the villages around the county town, the comrades were sleeping soundly... Well, the fight was only in the early morning, so now we have to go to bed and save our energy...

In the early morning, when it was darkest, comrades from the 71st and 72nd Regiments quietly walked out of the camp, and comrades from the new 2nd Regiment also prepared for a feint attack.

Splash, splash... Outside the north gate, in the dark night, on the moat, soldiers carrying long ladders waded through the river and came to the bottom of the city wall. The moat, which Guo Tankuai had high hopes for, did not play its due role under the cover of darkness. The main reason was that the river was too shallow and did not affect the comrades.

In front, a long ladder had been placed on the city wall, but the puppet army had no reaction at all. This made the comrades attacking the city very excited, and they quickly climbed up the ladder.

At the same time, more soldiers carrying ladders also came to the moat, but they were not attacking the city, but building a bridge! Some soldiers carrying thick logs jumped into the moat and inserted the logs into the river a few meters away from the shore. Immediately, some soldiers jumped onto the pedals on one side of the logs and stepped down hard... (End of this chapter)