Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Western.

In the Anyang and Handan areas, the 395th Brigade, the 2nd Column, and the 3rd Column feinted an attack on Anyang in northern Henan, luring the 14th Division in Handan to attack. The division was commanded by Deputy Division Commander Wu Lin.

In the area from Xingtai to Shijiazhuang, the 4th, 5th and 6th columns were responsible for harassing the 5th Division, with the 4th column commander Xun Bai in command.

Finally, in the Shijiazhuang area, the 7th Column, the Ji Zhong Independent Detachment and six regiments of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region were commanded by Deputy Division Commander Huang Hanjia.

As the three regiments of the 110th Division began to attack the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, the anti-mopping-up operation also began.

Quyang, Qingxing Village.

At this time, Zhang Zirong, commander of the 6th Regiment under the 3rd Military Sub-district, was directing his troops to lay mines along the Tang River and set up ambush points on the road from Wangdu to Quyang. (The timeline has been disrupted and many people and events are too confusing. The background is simply not provided.)

Suddenly, a fast horse came running towards Zhang Zirong at the entrance of the village.

After arriving in front of Zhang Zirong, the person on the horse quickly got off.

He trotted up to Zhang Zirong.

"Captain!"

"The Japs have arrived at Sanlizhuang. There are about two battalions of them, riding in trucks, accompanied by a machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron!"

The reconnaissance platoon leader reported to Zhang Zirong breathlessly.

After hearing the words of the reconnaissance platoon leader, Zhang Zirong immediately realized that the Japanese army was not far from Qingxingzhuang.

So the combat order was immediately issued.

The first battalion relied on tunnels and trenches dug in advance along the road between Qingxingzhuang and Sanlizhuang to stop the Japanese army's raids step by step, and finally lured the Japanese army into the village.

The second battalion was in Qingxing Village, relying on houses and tunnels to attack the Japanese troops who entered the village to search.

The third battalion was on the opposite side of the Tang River, waiting for the remaining Japanese troops to cross the river and then continue to harass them.

Afterwards, the Japanese army was lured towards Jiashan in the northwest direction.

In this way, the mission of the 6th Regiment was completed.

11 am.

When the two battalions of the 139th Regiment had just passed Sanlizhuang, a huge explosion was heard in front of them. In an instant, the entire unit's cars and pack horses began to stop, and the Japanese soldiers began to get off the cars and line up to prepare for battle.

At this time, the commander of the regiment, Fumio Nagata, was instantly awakened from his drowsiness by the explosion, and hurriedly began to ask his adjutant what had happened in front.

After a while, the vanguard of the 139th Regiment ran to Nagata Fumio to report.

"Sir, a small Chinese military unit has been spotted ahead. The search team has stepped on a mine they laid in advance!"

When Fumio Nagata heard this, he was not surprised and immediately notified the engineering team to start mine clearance.

At the same time, notify the troops to prepare for battle.

In a trench in the woods not far from where the Japanese engineering team was clearing mines.

At this time, the soldiers of the second platoon of the first company of the first battalion of the 6th regiment were hiding in the trenches and watching the Japanese army clearing mines on the road.

At this time, a 17 or 18-year-old Eighth Route Army soldier next to the platoon leader was watching the Japanese engineers carefully clearing the mines on the road.

The young soldier looked at the Japanese soldiers with hatred in their eyes and asked the platoon leader He Ming next to him: "Platoon leader, should we fight or not? The Japanese have started to clear mines."

He Ming took a look and shook his head.

"Don't fight, wait. Our mission is to blow up these Japanese engineers. We are too close to the plains. If they open fire, we will be exposed."

"Xiao Wang, don't worry. These devils won't get away. They will avenge your parents sooner or later."

"When you see engineers deployed to a place with mines, just pull them out. We have plenty of explosives. They'll give the Japanese a hard time along the way."

The young soldier nodded, but the sweat on his forehead and his excitement showed that he was not calm at the moment.

The traction line in his hand was shaking, showing his inner unrest.

After a while, when he saw a Japanese engineer gradually walking into the previously set minefield, he immediately became excited.