At midnight, the atmosphere in the Taiyuan War Zone Command was still tense. After listening to the report of the combat staff, Peng Dehuai looked at Mu Yaping and said decisively: "Order Chen Geng's troops to establish a combat plan and launch an attack on the Japanese army according to the battlefield situation, telling them that they will entangle the Japanese army and hold the Japanese army to be victorious."

Then Mu Yaping asked: "The Eighth Route Army temporarily organized the 2nd Division, where did the 3rd Division arrive?" An operational staff report: "Based on their marching speed, it is estimated that the vanguard of the 2nd Division will reach Jinyuan at dawn tomorrow!" Mu Yaping said: "General Peng! According to the situation of Chen Geng's vanguard and a Japanese baggage unit, the 71st Division of the Japanese army is a mountain combat force. No wonder they broke through the defense line so quickly."

"Mountain combat troops?" Peng Dehuai was a little surprised. Mu Yaping explained: "The combat materials seized by Chen Geng's troops fully illustrate the problem. The Japanese army put a mountain combat division into the right wing defense line. The so-called mountain combat division is a specialized unit trained to adapt to mountain and jungle combat. They are suitable for combat in complex terrain, suitable for jungle combat, and especially for night combat. The cunning Japanese army seems to have indeed taken the area defended by the Qinghai Independent Division as a key breakthrough!"

Peng Dehuai thought the situation was serious and said: "Immediately inform our troops in the Weird Stone Forest and Hump Defense Line and ask them to pay great attention. Now the situation is the better, the more chaotic it is. The more it is, the more beneficial it is for me to let go." Mu Yaping said: "General Peng! I'm afraid the Japanese army did not expect such a situation. I frankly said that you and I didn't expect it!" General Peng said: "This tactic can only be achieved by the front-line commanders' ability, and we can only wait patiently."

In the temporary command of the 386th Brigade of Caojiayu, brigade commander Chen Geng held a temporary military meeting and said: "Everyone, we are now on the south side of the Hump Defense Line. According to the news from the headquarters, the situation inside our defense line is very critical. The Japanese army has broken through the defense line. Its 71st Division and 56th Division have entered the defense line. The headquarters announced that the 71st Division of the Japanese army is a mountain combat force, and they are very suitable for mountain combat and night combat."

"Brig Commander, how many troops are there in the war zone now? How many troops are the Japanese army?" A subordinate asked. Chen Geng said with a grim expression: "The total strength of Qinghai Independent Division is 18,000. Its division headquarters has been occupied by the Japanese army, and the division commander has been killed. However, many positions are still in our hands, and their losses are currently unknown. At dusk, two regiments of the 32nd Army entered the Shishilin Defense Zone from the north, and Huihe No. 156 defenders recaptured the No. 158 Highland. It is estimated that at dawn tomorrow, the Eighth Route Army will temporarily organize the 2nd Division, and the 3rd Division will arrive in Jinyuan to block the Japanese vanguard. At present, the Japanese troops we are facing are about 50,000."

Seeing that everyone's expressions were a little solemn, Chen Geng said majesticly: "It's time to test us now. The headquarters ordered us to fight in the Hump Peak Defense Zone for three days, and to hold the Japanese army back to wait for the arrival of the large army. Now I announce the combat deployment, and I lead the brigade headquarters and the teaching regiment to defend Cao Jiayu to attract the main force of the Japanese army. The 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment formed assault troops in the battalion, and quickly launched a raid against the Japanese troops in the defense zone, completely disrupting the Japanese army's offensive deployment."

An hour after the troops were launched, a Japanese gang headed towards Cao Jiayu. When Yuichi Watanabe heard that a brigade of his subordinates was ambushed, he was immediately angry and immediately mobilized a gang to encircle Cao Jiayu. When the Japanese commander Shou Ichiuchi heard about this, he believed that the Cao Jiayu generation was a large remnant defender, so he ordered the 56th Division to send a brigade to attack Cao Jiayu from the east side, and to eliminate the remnant defender.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the commander of the 771st regiment Xu Shenji led a battalion of troops to grop in the east. Suddenly, the reconnaissance forces reported that a large group of Japanese troops was coming towards him. This area was a snake-shaped valley. Commander Xu ordered to immediately seize the mountain bags on both sides of the left and right, and caught the Japanese army off guard. Sure enough, the Japanese army did not notice anything. Half an hour later, the Japanese army came along the valley.

The Japanese army's helmets were shining in the dark night. At the command of the regiment Xu, the mortars fired first, and dense shells quickly hit the Japanese army's marching queue. Then the light and heavy machine guns fired suddenly, causing the Japanese army to overturn and become a mess. Before the Japanese army understood what was going on, they heard the other party's charge, and countless black shadows jumped down from the hills and launched a fierce attack.

The Japanese army thought they had been ambushed and immediately retreated. The Japanese army did not know the truth, and the opponent's firepower was so fierce that the Japanese army could not resist it after dozens of minutes. Although the Japanese army was hit suddenly, their retreat was very regular. Commander Xu saw that the pursuit was unfavorable and ordered him to stop the attack. Then Commander Xu held a brief military meeting, believing that the Japanese army was a unit that drove Cao Jiayu, and then sent a telegram to the brigade headquarters.

At this time, a regiment of Japanese troops was launching an attack on Cao Jiayu, and the battle was fierce. Brigade Commander Chen Geng ordered Commander Xu to entangle the Japanese brigade, making it impossible for him to reinforce Cao Jiayu. The Japanese brigade retreated 5 miles to the rear. Just as he stabilized his position, the gunshots suddenly sounded again. Although he did not see the opponent launching a fierce attack, the Japanese army advanced and retreated, so the Japanese army had to build fortifications on the spot and wait for dawn.

The commander of the 772nd regiment Ye Chenghuan led a battalion and advanced northeast along a hill. They advanced to a place called Wuminggang and found a large number of Japanese troops in a valley. They unexpectedly encountered a brigade headquarters of the 56th Division and a corps. At this time, the Japanese army was resting in the valley.

"Captain! There are thousands of Japanese in the mountain sink. Will we fight?" Commander Ye held his telescope and looked at the Japanese in the mountain sink and said, "Fight! Why not fight! Look at the tent area, the Japanese command. I will concentrate all the mortars to bombard the tent, and catch him off guard. Remember to withdraw from the battle in half an hour, and we don't need to bother with the Japanese."

With a command a few minutes later, the mortar spoke first, and the Japanese tent area was covered, and it was clear that the Japanese tent was shrouded in the sea of ​​fire. With the light and heavy machine guns swept wildly, not to mention that the Japanese army was confused, the key was that they were not prepared. When the Japanese army reacted and fought back, the regiment commander Ye had already retreated.

The Japanese 92 infantry artillery and mortars bombarded the hills for half an hour. An hour later, the Japanese soldiers rushed to the hills, but there were still people there. The Japanese army then sent a search force. Surprisingly, the mortar bombarded the Japanese tent, and a Japanese brigade commander was shot and killed, causing the Japanese army's command to be chaotic at the beginning and the reaction was slow.

Within two hours between 3:00 and 5:00, 386th Brigade had four battalions and Japanese troops respectively. The sudden attack caused chaos in the Japanese army. The Japanese army launched an attack on Cao Jiayu at 3:00 in Linchen. Due to terrain, the registrar that was involved in Cao Jiayu's attack could not carry heavy weapons. The unit only had 92 infantry artillery and mortars. Although this unit was a mountain combat unit, the attack was still blocked. After two hours of launching the attack, the Japanese army was still blocked in the peripheral positions.

"Brigit Commander! The Japanese mountain combat troops are indeed strong, and there are major casualties in the outer positions. Will they shrink?" At this time, Deputy Brigade Commander Chen Zaidao walked into the brigade headquarters in dust and said. Chen Geng said: "The Japanese army's combat capabilities are indeed strong, and opposite us is a unit specially adapted to mountain combat, so we must not underestimate the enemy. The outer positions can be properly retracted inward and ordered the spy company to attack him on the left to strike and strike the Japanese arrogance."

About ten minutes later, violent explosions and dense gunshots came from the left front. The spy company's roundabout attack on the Japanese offensive troops was very successful. They accidentally blew up several Japanese 92 infantry artillery, causing the support firepower of the Japanese offensive troops to be sharply reduced. Soon this round of attack of the Japanese army was repelled.

A combat staff member reported in the brigade command post: "Report to the brigade commander, the headquarters urgently sent a telegram!" Chen Geng received the telegram and saw that it said: Your unit must withdraw from Cao Jiayu before dawn. It is not easy to defend without tunnel fortifications. After dawn, the Japanese bomber group will carry out air strikes on your unit. In order to reduce unnecessary losses, your unit's task is to deal with the Japanese army and delay the Japanese army.

Chen Geng handed the telegram to Deputy Brigade Commander Chen Zaidao and said, "The headquarters ordered us to withdraw Cao Jiayu before dawn!" Chen Zaidao said, "Brig Commander! The troops just found that they were fighting in a good mood, why did we let us withdraw?" Chen Geng was also reluctant to say, "Execute the order! Withdraw Cao Jiayu at 6 o'clock."

Before retreating, Chen Geng ordered the frontier positions to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. Our army attacked very rapidly. The Japanese attacking troops were suddenly attacked and retreated immediately. Less than half an hour after the troops withdrew from Cao Jiayu, they indeed saw a large number of Japanese bombers flying over the battlefield and began to bombard. When the officers and soldiers saw the positions trapped in smoke and dust, they took a breath. Compared with the scene in front of them, they were simply a witch.

Deputy Brigade Commander Chen Zaidao was a little scared and said, "Brig Commander! The headquarters is so wise. If we were still on the position, we would probably suffer. It is really unimaginable that the Japanese bombers were like crows. This is the first time I have seen so many planes bombing in the air."

Chen Geng said: "From this point of view, our defense operations are so difficult and difficult. We have to face not only the bombardment of Japanese ground artillery fire, but also the attacks of Japanese air. The losses suffered by our defensive forces are unimaginable. We ordered the troops to retreat south, and then taught the regiment to break up, carry out a raid against the Japanese army, and resolutely delay the Japanese army."

As soon as dawn, the third battalion of the 771st Regiment entered Moguling. At this time, the Japanese army was launching an attack on Moguling. "Report to the battalion commander, the Japanese army in front was launching an attack, and the situation of the defenders was unknown." The battalion commander said: "Continue to reconnaissance!" In fact, Moguling is another ammunition depot of the Qinghai Independent Division, and a regiment of soldiers defended here. At present, they have lost contact with the outside world, but they are still defending.

"Report to the battalion commander! This is called Mushroom Ridge. A Japanese army has a corps that surround Mushroom Ridge and is launching a strong attack!" A reconnaissance platoon leader came to report. The battalion commander said without hesitation: "The Mushroom Zero Guard has been holding on for a day and a night, which means this place is very important. I ordered him to hit him hard on the west side, and the movement must be vigorous. Then we tear open the gap and rushed up the mountain to join forces with the defenders to defend this point."

The gunshots suddenly broke out behind the Japanese army, as if a group of evil spirits appeared. When the Japanese army was dizzy, the battalion commander led the soldiers to sweep over. When the Japanese army was in chaos, they rushed to the top of the mountain quickly.

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Chapter completed!