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The battle was over within 2 hours and the battlefield was cleaned up afterwards.

The main force of the Gang County detachment entered the county seat and took over the county’s public security.

In order to eliminate this group of Japanese and puppet troops, Kong Jie paid a heavy price, with 687 casualties and 1759 Japanese and puppet troops killed.

23 cars, 40 motorcycles, a number of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, 4 infantry guns, 4 indirect-fire guns, and more than 23 rounds of ammunition were seized.

Dozens of boxes of grenades and grenade launcher shells.

233 pack horses.

A resounding victory eliminated the main force of the Japanese in the Gang County area in one fell swoop.

Of the 300rd Independent Mixed Brigade, only about people who jumped into the river and escaped survived, and their lives or deaths are unknown.

The brigade flag was captured and Major Hiroshi Yokoo was injured and captured.

The acting brigade commander was full of grievances, but after seeing Major Takahashi being killed, all his grievances disappeared.

Damn it, I said we were going to defend the city, nothing happened.

As soon as they left the city, not only was their lair stolen, but their main force was also eaten up.

This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are so cunning.

After stabilizing the situation in Gang County, Ding Wei received a combat report.

"Okay, the eight howitzers I was eyeing were left intact in Gang County. The Japanese also packed 8 tracked tractors for me, which is really nice, damn nice."

The special forces lost 8 people and injured 7.

Every one of them is Ding Wei's heart and soul, including the nearly 700 casualties of Kong Jie's detachment, all of whom are heroes of the Fourth Military Sub-district.

When the news of the battle spread, the Japanese First Army Headquarters remained silent.

Yoshio Iwamatsu couldn't breathe and fainted at the headquarters.

The Second Heavy Artillery Brigade under his command seemed to be large in organization, but in fact it was divided up into various divisions for combat.

Under the command of the First Army, only a few artillery squadrons can be mobilized.

The two most elite Type 2 howitzer squadrons that had just been pulled to Gang County, fresh and hot, were snatched away by Ding Wei.

How could this be?

The main force of the Third Independent Brigade of Gang County was annihilated, resulting in a defense crisis in Xin County.

Will the Tongpu railway line be eaten up bit by bit by Ding Wei?

The matter is too big to be suppressed.

At that time, Yoshio Shinozuka threw 12 mountain cannons and tried to suppress the attack.

Mountain artillery is a troop support firepower, while 150mm howitzers are combat suppression firepower, and they cannot be compared at all.

The Japanese did not produce many Type 96 150mm howitzers, only 440 in total.

Eight guns were lost in one go, along with 8 combat artillery shells, as well as 144 combat artillery shells that were transported to the warehouse in Gang County by the transport squadron. Iwamatsu Yoshio could not bear it.

Each artillery shell weighed 31 kilograms, and a total of 20 tons of artillery shells were packed and sent to the Eighth Route Army.

I seriously suspect that Yoshio Iwamatsu is a fucking spy.

The pot was too big for him to control.

When the loss report was conveyed to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, General Okamura was silent for a moment.

"Let's check how many troops, weapons, and combat supplies our First Army has lost. Iwamatsu Yoshio should be the sinner of the Empire."

In addition, the Haku Plan implemented by Yoshio Iwamatsu failed to win over the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which added fuel to the fire for Okamura.

If the public security problem in the First Army's jurisdiction cannot be solved, then let the First Army change its commander-in-chief.

He personally wrote comments and submitted the combat report to the Army Headquarters.

Compared with the silence within the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army was extremely excited.

Such a great victory that was worthy of boasting seemed to be uneventful.

One is that Ding Wei intended to suppress this matter. Does he understand the principle of not showing off one's wealth?

Once you've grabbed the artillery, just keep it in your own unit for use.

There is no benefit in spreading it everywhere.

It was not until the Japanese announced their casualties and weapons losses that the division headquarters called the Fourth Military Sub-district Command directly.

"Ding Wei, congratulations. I heard you got rich."

Ok?

The first thing I did was to check the caller ID, only to realize that there was no caller ID during the Anti-Japanese War.

It sounds like the division commander's voice, but why is his tone of voice the same as that of the brigade commander?

Could it be that the brigade commander learned this from here?

No matter where you learned it from, just cry poor first.

"How can that be possible, Commander? I'm so poor that I can't even afford to buy pants. I have cavalry regiments and armored battalions under my command. They are all big consumers of resources. Every day I wake up and tens of thousands of mouths are waiting for food and drink."

Commander Liu was also surprised, thinking he had dialed the wrong number and called Li Yunlong.

Why does it sound so similar to Li Yunlong's?

Without further ado, the division commander had no intention of asking for the howitzer. He knew that Ding Wei had strong soldiers and horses, and if the weapon was in his hands, it would be more effective.

The good news came that the 4th Military Sub-district would be expanded into the Jinbei Column, with Ding Wei as the commander of the column, which would be in charge of three detachments and responsible for operations in the Jinbei region.

It is not under the jurisdiction of the military region, is a mobile force, and is under the control of the headquarters.

In the boss's words, Ding Wei is a brave man, so don't impose any rules or restrictions on him, just let him play freely.

The better Ding Wei plays, the more it proves that the boss's decision to keep him on the front line was correct.

Experienced fighters can learn at any time, and the time to fight the Japanese is now.

Fortunately, it was not Brigade Commander Chen’s “Congratulations on your prosperity” or Division Commander Liu’s “Congratulations on your prosperity”, that was a real congratulations.

After hanging up the phone, I felt relieved.

Start with howitzers and form a separate howitzer battalion. The tractors, artillery, and shells are all there, but the only thing missing is experienced gunners.

The new 1st regiment was expanded into the Yingxian detachment, with Gao Qing as the detachment commander.

The 4th, 5th and 6th Regiments fought independently, while the remaining troops were directly under the jurisdiction of the column and commanded by Ding Wei himself.

The three sharp swords in his hands attacked in the north, northeast and south respectively.

Zhang Dabiao's detachment was responsible for keeping a close eye on the Datong direction and the remaining infantry regiment of the 26th Division, taking the opportunity to eliminate the enemy's small forces.

The Gaoqing Detachment was responsible for approaching the mountainous area in the northeast direction, with its targets being Hunyuan, Guangling, Yuanyuan, etc., to confront the Japanese Independent Second Mixed Brigade and cooperate with friendly forces in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in joint operations.

Kong Jie's detachment moved southward to occupy all of Gang County and approached the direction of Xin County and Dingxiang, creating offensive pressure on the First Army from north to south.

The 4th, 5th and 6th Regiments also have combat missions.

The 4th Regiment headed towards the Yunzhong Mountain area and cleared out Xing County, Lan County, and Lin County in the south, where Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment would fight in conjunction.

The 5th Regiment headed northwest, occupying the directions of Pinglu, Zuoyun and Youyu, cooperating with Zhang Dabiao's detachment in combat and cutting off the logistics routes of the troops stationed in Mongolia.

The 6th Regiment carried out mobile operations and cooperated with Zhou Weiguo in command.

It is convenient for special forces, cavalry regiments and artillery regiments to attack.

Take an offensive posture and expand your forces outward at the same time.

While the troops were fighting, Ding Wei casually threw out the excess supplies he had and equipped them into the logistics supplies of various armies.

Ammunition, shells, grenades, etc.

In addition to the captured proceeds, there were also gains from his blocking attacks and bridge bombings.

On the Japanese side, the Xin County area encountered a crisis.

It reminds people of the Battle of Xinkou, when the Japanese army launched an offensive and engaged in a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and the National Army in the Xinkou area.

It's only been a few years, and the situation has reversed. Is it Ding Wei's turn to attack southward?