The cavalry brigade of the Taohuashan Guerrillas helped the Independent Regiment escort weapons and ammunition. He once came to Dadongzhuang, and the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment had seen them. Now, they have seen the more famous Taohuashan Special Forces brigade.

Not only did everyone in the Taohuashan Special Forces Brigade have war horses, but each two had a pack horse. The special forces team members each had a sniper rifle, a 20-shot muffle gun, a bullet box, a dagger, an engineer shovel on his back, and a melon grenade hung on his shoulders. Each of them carried a large package weighing dozens of kilograms. I don’t know what it was inside.

The pack horses had many light and heavy machine guns, mortars and disassembled Type 92 infantry cannons. These equipment made the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment look hot. The special forces members looked very strong because the food was so good, and their faces were covered with oil. These guys exuded a murderous aura, and the expressions on their faces were full of unconcealed arrogance.

Chen Zhiyong and Li Yao were very envious of the Taohuashan Guerrillas. They also wanted to have such a powerful special operations brigade. Unfortunately, they could only think about it, because the independent regiment could not afford such a soldier.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment practiced the welcoming etiquette in advance and shouted together under the leadership of the battalion commander on duty: "Welcome to the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, welcome to Jiuye and all the leaders."

Gao Jiu and others bowed their hands and greeted the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment.

The Independent Group gave its all to host a banquet to entertain the Taohuashan guerrillas. Their family was too thin, and this meal caused them to bleed. However, the quality of the food was not as good as the usual food of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Fortunately, the special forces members were very hard-working. They often slept in the wild and did not show any dissatisfaction.

When Chen Zhiyong and others went to Taohua Mountain, Gao Jiu and others held a banquet to entertain them. The standard and level independent groups could not learn it.

Chen Zhiyong said embarrassedly: "Jiu Master, everyone in charge! The food and food are really shabby, and I'm really embarrassed to treat you slowly."

Gao Jiu sincerely praised the Eighth Route Army's hard struggle spirit.

After the reception banquet, in the conference room of the Independent Regiment, all the leaders of Taohuashan and cadres above the Independent Regiment Camp discussed the combat plan together.

Gao Jiu first solicited opinions from independent league cadres.

The cadres of the Independent Regiment had already discussed in advance. This time they wanted to observe the combat methods of the Taohuashan guerrillas. Li Yao said: "Mr. Gao, our Independent Regiment has just been established and has not fought a large-scale battle with the Japanese army. This time our Independent Regiment is willing to obey the command of the Taohuashan guerrillas and learn from you seriously."

Gao Jiu was not polite, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's fight this battle together, Wang Guimin, let's talk about it first."

Wang Guimin said: "To attack Wangjiaao copper mine, we have to detour Gaoping County. Our army can use a secret marching method to bypass Gaoping County at night.

However, once the Japanese army in Gaoping County receives a request for help from Wangjiaao copper mine, they will inevitably provide reinforcements to Wangjiaao copper mine.

Therefore, the key to this battle is how to destroy the Japanese army in Gaoping County.

My opinion is that the Japanese army did not know that the Taohuashan guerrillas came to Gaoping County, so they could allow the Independent Regiment to besiege Wangjiaao Copper Mine and attract the Japanese troops in Gaoping County to reinforce. The Taohuashan guerrillas attacked the Japanese ambush halfway, annihilated the Japanese army, and then attacked Wangjiaao Copper Mine.

After the battle started, it took about one hour and 20 minutes from the Japanese troops in Gaoping County to eliminate them. After the battle, it took 50 minutes for the Taohuashan guerrillas to arrive at the Wangjiaao copper mine. It took about one hour to capture the Wangjiaao copper mine. It took about three and a half hours to clean the battlefield, transport supplies, and return to Dadongzhuang. The entire combat time is expected to be six and a half hours."

Chen Zhiyong, Li Yao and the cadres of the Independent Battalion were so loud that they actually treated the Japanese army as air and even stipulated the specific time of the battle. It was really crazy. If it weren't for the famous Taohua Mountain guerrillas, they would have regarded Wang Guimin as Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper.

Despite this, Chen Zhiyong kindly reminded: "Staff Officer Wang, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Do you leave more room for combat time?"

Du Shengxi didn't like to hear it anymore. He said: "Captain Chen, the Russians are fighting in Taohua Mountain. This is the case. This has left room for room. Last time, the Russians went to Tai'an to annihilate a large group of more than 1,000 Japanese devils. It only took five minutes to leave so much time this time, which is enough to respect the Japanese."

The cadres of the Independent Regiment knew the combat effectiveness of the Japanese, and it was too difficult for the Japanese to fight. It took only five minutes to wipe out more than 1,000 Japanese brigades. The cadres of the Independent Regiment were a little unbelievable, but when they saw the relaxed expressions on the faces of the heads of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, they believed that this was true, and there was only one word left in their hearts: "Accept!"

Wang Guimin continued: "In these six hours, the Japanese troops from other places were able to come to reinforce the troops of a battalion of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Rong County, and the troops of the 15th Brigade of the 8th Regiment of the Japanese Army in Tai'an direction.

When attacking the copper mine, as long as the name of the Taohuashan guerrillas was reported, the Japanese army of the 114th Division would not dare to come to reinforce, and the Japanese army of the 15th Brigade would not come to reinforce. Therefore, the enemy our army faced in this battle was the only one brigade of the Japanese army and the defenders of the copper mine.”

Seeing that Wang Guimin was talking more and more crazy, Li Yao was able to make a judgment that the Japanese army would not come to reinforce, which was a bit outrageous.

As we all know, the reason why the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is because they will avenge their enemies. When they encounter danger, the adjacent troops will definitely fight to the death to reinforce, which gives the Japanese army in danger the motivation to continue fighting.

Regarding such an important target of Wangjiaao Copper Mine, it is really unbelievable that Wang Guimin actually judged that the Japanese army would not come to reinforce.

The cadres of the Independent Regiment looked at each other, thinking that the Taohuashan guerrillas were a bit unreliable, and it was too dangerous to follow them to fight.

Li Yao asked: "Staff General Wang, we still have to consider things carefully. Once the Japanese army comes to reinforce, we should consider how our army retreats in advance."

Zhang Quan was also a little unhappy. He said: "We have killed a brigade of the 114th Division. The troops below the corps are not afraid to provoke our Taohuashan guerrillas. They dare not come with a brigade of troops to die.

As for the 15th Brigade, my Jiuye made an agreement with them that if the well water does not break the river, they will not come to cause trouble. Don’t worry.”

Chen Zhiyong and others had heard of the battles carried out by the Taohuashan guerrillas. They did indeed destroy a brigade of the 114th Division and forced a corps of the Japanese Fifth Division to collectively surrender. With such combat effectiveness, a Japanese brigade really didn't have the courage to come and seek death. They also recognized this statement.

What agreement did Gao Jiu have with the 15th Japanese Brigade surprise the cadres of the Independent Regiment. Chen Zhiyong said: "Jiu Ye, the 15th Japanese Brigade has a lot of troops in Tai'an. Will they keep their promises?"

Zhang Quan said disdainfully: "The Japanese from the 15th Brigade of Tai'an just sent 50,000 yuan to our Jiu Ye not long ago. If you borrow the courage to do so, you dare not be untrustworthy."

"Awesome. It's so awesome." The cadres of the Independent League were excited and admired them all.

Wang Zhankui is now training very calmly. He said: "Brothers of the Independent Regiment, don't worry. Our Taohua Mountain guerrillas will not be so arrogant. I have sent two platoons of cavalry to monitor the Japanese army in the direction of Tai'an and Rongxian. They are equipped with radio stations. Once there is news of the Japanese army being dispatched, we will know immediately."

Now, the cadres of the Independent League were completely relieved.

Chen Zhiyong said: "Jiu Master, then follow the combat deployment formulated by your Taohuashan Guerrillas. Please issue combat orders."

Gao Jiu said: "Your troops gathered the main force, set off at 8 o'clock tonight, arrived at Wangjiaao Copper Mine at 2 o'clock in the morning, and launched an attack at 3 o'clock in the morning. Although you attacked boldly, the Japanese could not understand your situation and dared not attack rashly.

The attack must be fierce, and there is no need to worry about consuming ammunition. All weapons and ammunition seized after the war will belong to your independent regiment. If the ammunition is consumed too much, we will replenish it for you."

When Gao Jiu said this, the cadres of the Independent Regiment were very excited. They lacked ammunition. Usually when they were fighting, the soldiers didn't even have ten bullets. They really wanted to fight a battle quickly, and this time they were finally satisfied.

Gao Jiu continued: "After the battle begins, the Japanese and puppet troops in Gaoping County will definitely go to Wangjiaao Copper Mine to conduct reinforcements. The task of eliminating the enemy reinforcements will be responsible for our Taohuashan guerrillas."

Chen Zhiyong said: "Jiu Ye, fight the enemy's reinforcements, I want to send a battalion to watch and learn with you."

He was very sensible. On the one hand, he really hoped to learn from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas. On the other hand, he felt that if he did not send people to attack the enemy's reinforcements and seized weapons and ammunition, he felt a little embarrassed to ask Gao Jiu for help.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "Yes, that's it."

As before, before deciding to take action, Gao Jiu solicited everyone's opinions again. He said: "What are the differences in opinions on the deployment of this battle?"

Seeing that everyone expressed their agreement, Gao Jiu said, "Since everyone has no different opinions, then start preparing."

At 3 a.m. the next day, the battle to attack the Wangjiaao Copper Mine began. The main force of the independent regiment led by Chen Zhiyong was participated in the battle.

After the battle began, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment fired together and shouted loudly to launch a feint attack, with a huge momentum.

The Japanese army in the copper mine hurried into the position and resisted desperately. After a while, they found that there were many anti-Japanese soldiers outside, but their firepower was not strong, and there were no artillery or heavy machine guns. They heard that the Eighth Route Army had an independent regiment in this area, and speculated that they might have come to attack.

The Japanese commander at the mine first asked the Japanese army in Gaoping County for help. The Japanese brigade leader asked about the attackers' situation, and also believed that the local Eighth Route Army wanted to rob the copper mine and raise supplies.

The Japanese brigade captain did not take the Eighth Route Army Independence Regiment seriously. He immediately gathered two squadrons of Japanese troops and one squadron of public security troops to reinforce the Wangjiaao copper mine.

A team of the Special Forces Brigade guarding outside the county gate immediately sent a telegram to Gao Jiu after seeing the Japanese reinforcements leaving the city.

After sending the telegram, they quietly came to the bottom of the city wall, threw out their flying claws, climbed up the city wall, and then hid near the city gate.

Gao Jiu had a great appetite. After he decided to annihilate the main force of the Japanese army, he divided his troops into two groups, attacking the Wangjiayao Tong Mine and taking advantage of the situation to capture Gaoping County.

In this era, the political cadres in the Eighth Route Army were also good at fighting. Li Yao led a battalion of independent regiment soldiers to follow the main force of the Taohuashan guerrillas and lie on both sides of the road leading to Wangjiayao Tong Mine in Gaoping County.

According to the deployment of the Taohua Mountain Post Guerrillas, an inverted triangle ambush position was established, and three companies under Li Yao were scattered in the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas.

The Japanese army was very arrogant. They lined up in neat rows and ran on the road. The sound of motorcycle engines, horse hooves and footsteps on the road were all in one circle.

Seeing the Japanese army entering the ambush circle, Takawa's sniper team opened fire first.

At night they could not see other targets clearly, but the Japanese officers riding horses could still see clearly.

"Smack it."

After a gunshot, all the Japanese officers riding on the horse were knocked off the horse, including the Japanese squadron leader.

The gunshots were orders, and dozens of light and heavy machine guns from the special forces members fired together, and other members of the Taohuashan guerrillas and soldiers of the Independent Regiment also fired fiercely at the Japanese army.

The sudden attack caught the Japanese army off guard and soon wiped out most of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Seeing the firepower of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas was so fierce, Li Yao shouted excitedly: "Send the order and prepare to charge."

Due to lack of ammunition, the Eighth Route Army had developed the tactic of fighting bayonets with the Japanese army after the first round of fire attacks. Gao Jiu saw Li Yao's actions and said, "Political Commissar Li, don't charge, that would cause too much casualties."

Li Yao said anxiously: "If you don't rush up quickly, it will leave a breather for the Japanese. Once they organize an effective counterattack, this battle will be difficult to fight."

He said something reasonable. If the color is dark today, it is difficult to use firepower to annihilate the enemy. The enemy will use the terrain and land to carry out organized counterattacks, and it is very difficult to annihilate them.

Gao Jiu said: "It doesn't matter. Notify your soldiers and do what I ask."
Chapter completed!