Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

Shortly after the Wuyang Blockade Battle started, the Huiting Battle initiated by Chu Yunfei also started.

The word "虒" is pronounced as "思" in the dictionary, but I guess more people read it as "虎".

There may even be other pronunciations, such as in Mianhui, Wenchuan, where the locals call it "Mianchi".

"蒒" is a Chinese character that is not commonly used. It is described in ancient books as a tiger-like beast with horns. It is now mostly used in place names.

The pronunciation is si, the radical is 虍, 10 strokes, semi-enclosed structure, and pictophonetic characters.

"Shuowen Jiezi": "Wei Hui, a tiger with horns."

In other words, "Weihui" refers to a tiger-like beast with horns mentioned in ancient books.

In fact, calling Huiting Huiting is a mistake.

Because Huiting was originally called Huting.

Of course, this is just a rumor.

Just like pronouncing "villa" as "bieye", it is also a mistake.

Because the word "villa" was originally pronounced "Bie Ye", and the word "villa" was not written that way at the beginning.

Instead, it is written as "bieye", as well as "bieye" and "bieguan", which roughly mean the same thing.

Later, a variation of the word "villa" appeared, but I still read it as "bieye".

Until a high official pronounced it as "Farewell Tree".

People made fun of him and jokingly pronounced the word "Bie Shu" when they saw it.

Slowly, Bieshu became the correct pronunciation.

It turned out that Bieye, which was correct, was incorrect.

Just like now the second character in "A Rider on a Red Dust Concubine Laughs" has to be pronounced "Qi".

If you read "send" now, points will be deducted.

Now some people pronounce "zanza" as "fork".

Maybe a few years later, this word will really become a fork.

It is said that this place was originally called Huting, and later there was an official named Yang.

He thought: My surname is Sheep, and this place is named Tiger. If a tiger eats a sheep, it is a taboo.

So with a stroke of his pen, he cut the tiger's head and body, turning it into the character "虙".

The pronunciation has also changed. The word is pronounced "思".

Huiting is built next to the lake.

This lake is now called Baofeng Lake, but its name at that time has not been found.

No matter what the name is, it is winter now, and January [-]th is the coldest time.

The lake is therefore frozen and passable.

This increased the difficulty for the 358th Regiment to conquer Huiting.

If in summer, only three sides need to be surrounded, the width near Baofeng Lake Pavilion is nearly one kilometer, making it difficult to pass.

But now it needs to be surrounded on all sides.

The key is that it's difficult to surround the lake. You can't put your troops on the lake, right?

If a defense line is set up near the lake, the defense line will be 20 kilometers long.

Chu Yunfei's regiment has 5000 people, and this time he brought out 3000, as well as some non-combat troops.

How can we have enough troops?

The strategy of "encircling three buildings and one" could have been considered.

Leave that side of the lake for the Japanese to escape. In this way, when the Japanese escape, the 358th Regiment can shoot with machine guns and there will be nowhere to hide in that place.

However, there was part of the 224th Regiment stationed in Huiting, which was a regiment that had participated in the massacre of the village. Chu Yunfei did not want to just let them go.

So why didn't Li Yunlong include Huiting into the encirclement?

Didn’t the deputy commander-in-chief say that he would wipe out the 224th Wing?

In fact, the words "don't let anyone slip through the net" and "don't let anyone escape" that are often said are just ways to boost morale.

There are 20 enemy troops, and if you let [-] of them escape, then you haven't completed the task of "preventing one person from slipping through the net"?

But no one will pursue this.

On the contrary, you will be rewarded.

Therefore, Li Yunlong wanted to make the encirclement smaller.

This will save more troops.

There is more certainty that the battle will be resolved before Japanese reinforcements arrive.

He didn't want to provoke several Japanese divisions at once.

Chu Yunfei Department:

"Report, the scouts sent to the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army have returned, and they have brought back two independent brigade correspondents."

"Quick, please!" Fang Ligong replied on Chu Yunfei's behalf.

This kind of trivial matter does not require Chu Yunfei's personal orders.

Soon, the three people arrived in front of the field tent covered with dust:

"Report! I am Liu Dezhu, correspondent of the Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Our brigade commander asked me to express my gratitude to you and the brothers of the 358th Regiment for your generous help on behalf of the entire brigade!

Please urge the 358th Regiment to capture Huiting and block the enemy from the east.

It is recommended to set up a direct telephone line between the independent brigade and the 358th Regiment.

If necessary, contact our brigade and we can provide long-range artillery support.

Our brigade commander asked me to ask your opinion. "

After saying that, he saluted Chu Yunfei without putting down his hand. He turned around half a circle and faced everyone present before putting his hand down.

Chu Yunfei returned the gift first and said with a smile:

"There's nothing wrong with this. After all, they are friendly forces. They are all here to fight the Japanese.

By connecting the phone line well, the anti-interference is strong, the cooperation is more convenient, and the confidentiality is stronger.

The little brother brought a radio, right? "

"Yes!"

“Okay then, contact your brigade commander on the radio and say I agree to pick up the phone line.

Ask him to arrange for someone to connect the phone line to Wujiazhuang.

I plan to set up the headquarters in Wujiazhuang. "

"understand!"

"Also, how far is your long-range artillery position from the Huiting stronghold?"

Liu Dezhu and another correspondent looked at each other and felt that this was not a secret, so he replied:

"The straight-line distance is estimated to be about 20 kilometers, with an error of no more than 5 kilometers."

"Can you hit it accurately at such a long distance?"

"Report to Commander Chu, we don't know much about this either.

We can contact the artillery regiment to confirm. "

Chu Yunfei smiled and said:

"That's not necessary. If you, Brigadier Li, don't have this diamond, you will never take the porcelain job. Since he said it, he can be sure.

Someone, please arrange for the two little brothers to rest. "

Someone arranged for the two correspondents to rest and eat.

"Report, our 2nd Battalion captured Fengyan at 11:20 and is deploying to the northeast to set up defensive positions." the communications soldier reported.

Chu Yunfei nodded, quite satisfied with the result.

"Order the 2nd Battalion to detach two companies. One company will be prepared, bring enough supplies, and hike to the south bank of the lake at night to capture Hukou Village and Tiehan Village.

Another company captured Dongzegou.

The rest built defensive positions on the spot.

Pay attention to controlling the lake surface. "

"Yes!" The signal soldier saluted and went to convey the order.

Chu Yunfei's 358st Battalion of the 1th Regiment has the largest number of troops, with about 2000 men; the remaining three battalions and the artillery battalion are not that large.

A battalion has more than a thousand points.

The artillery battalion has only a little more than 500 troops.

"Report, our 4th Battalion and Artillery Battalion have captured Cuicun!"

"Order the 4th Battalion to separate into three companies, one of which will enter Zhanyehuping;

One company captured the village of Xidi;

Another company assembled at Wujiazhuang to prepare for the battle to capture Huiting. "

"Yes!"

The terrain here is better than that in Xiangyuan, with some hills and less flat land.

Especially Cuicun and Yehuping are places that are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

This is not the case in the Wujiazhuang area, where the terrain is relatively flat.

Although it is difficult for cars to pass through, people can still walk around freely.

Therefore, when Chu Yunfei personally led the 3rd battalion to capture Wujiazhuang, he did not stop.

He also ordered most of the troops to advance toward Nuanquan Village, Andong Village, and Dongcheng Village.

The Japs and most of the Yellow Shoe Army huddled in the Huiting stronghold, and they had already received the news: Chu Yun was coming at full speed.

But Xiangyuan had too much time to take care of himself.

Therefore, all the peripheral troops were withdrawn into Huiting, intending to rely on solid bunkers and gun towers to deal with Chu Yunfei's troops.

At the same time, a telegram for help was sent out.

There are only about 180 Japanese soldiers in this stronghold, plus an equal number of yellow shoe troops.

But the 41th Gaoqi Infantry Regiment of the 238st Division, plus a mountain artillery brigade, are on their way.

It is expected to arrive in the early morning of the next day.

The strength of just one regiment exceeded half of Chu Yunfei's regiment.

What's more, the 37th Regiment of the 225th Division is also ready to go.

In terms of equipment, Chu Yunfei's artillery battalion has 7 mountain cannons.

In fact, when the army was first founded, Chu Yunfei's regiment was highly regarded. His artillery battalion had 12 mountain cannons.

Later, due to various reasons, it could not be replenished. 5 doors were broken.

There are not many artillery shells left, and training cannot keep up.

The combat effectiveness of the artillery battalion has dropped a lot.

His regiment is becoming more and more like the Eighth Route Army troops, which mainly supplement their consumption through capture.

Fortunately, Fang Ligong was able to obtain some equipment, supplies and military pay through various connections.

This basically maintained the combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment.

But it's just maintenance. In the past two years, there has been no progress.

A Japanese mountain artillery brigade has 12 mountain cannons. Each infantry brigade also has some 92 infantry guns, mortars, grenades, etc.

Therefore, as long as Huiting can defend until the next morning, he can join forces with Gaoqi to attack Chu Yunfei from both inside and outside.

There are many bunkers around Huiting, like an iron hedgehog with nowhere to bite.

Chu Yunfei also knew that enemy reinforcements were definitely on the way.

Unlike the defense line of the special operations group, the special operations group will not take the initiative to attack.

As long as we hold on and don't let the 224th Wing escape, that's all.

Chu Yunfei must capture the Huiting stronghold. This will help establish a defensive position.

Just deploy defenses along Fengyan and along the lake.

If we don't capture the Kuiting stronghold, there will be loopholes everywhere.

By 5 p.m., the 358th Regiment had completed the semi-encirclement of Huiting.

The offensive force consisted of about 1000 men, plus an artillery battalion.

Chu Yunfei ordered the artillery battalion to be pulled up, and when the battle started, they would go to the bunker at Huiting stronghold and shoot directly.

It took an hour to eat, and by 6 o'clock in the evening, it was already dark.

In winter, it gets dark early.

"Order the attacking troops to launch the attack on time at 18:10.

First send out the leading soldiers to bring out the enemy's firepower points, and use mountain artillery to clear them out.

The first unit of the 2nd Battalion was ordered to capture Hukou Village and Hetiehanzhuang. "

"Yes!"

At 6:10 pm, as three signal flares were raised, the warriors of the 358th Regiment launched an attack on the Huiting stronghold.

Three directions, three people in each direction, jumped out of the trenches first and headed towards the Huiting stronghold.

Their goal was certainly not to capture Huiting.

But almost to death.

These vanguard soldiers relied on the cover of night to continuously approach the enemy's bunkers.

Suddenly, a top soldier triggered a landmine. He couldn't even shout, his arm was broken, and his intestines flowed all over the floor.

This sound was like lighting a powder keg, and the shooting holes of the three bunkers spit out tongues of flame.

But the Japanese couldn't see clearly. They fired for a while, but not a single soldier was hurt.

Instead, several firepower points were exposed.

"Quick, push the cannon up!"

At this time, the artillery battalion had been dispersed and divided into three directions to support infantry operations.

Soon, the first shell was fired.

However, the shooting hole was not hit directly, and the enemy's firepower was only suspended for a few seconds before strafing began again.

At this time, the Japanese fired several rounds of illumination bombs, and the area around the stronghold was illuminated as bright as day.

The Japanese saw the soldiers of the 358th Regiment, and the shooting had a target, and the 358th Regiment began to suffer casualties.

But at the same time, the artillery also saw clearly the location of the bunker.

It took five or six rounds of artillery shells to finally knock out a fire point.

Then, the gun was fired back by the opponent's rapid-fire artillery, and another gun was lost.

The attack lasted for half an hour, and after nearly two hundred casualties, the first attack was repelled by the Japanese.

Fang Ligong received and summarized information from all sides.

In a hurry to turn around.

"Brother Chu, this is not the way to go!

In just one attack, one-third of our regiment's artillery shells were consumed, and only three firepower points were destroyed.

The troops suffered nearly two hundred casualties. "

"Then we have to fight! If we don't capture Huiting, how can we stop the reinforcements?"

Chu Yunfei only knew that the enemy had reinforcements, but was not sure when the reinforcements would come or how many Japanese soldiers would come for reinforcements.

He could only try his best to conquer Huiting as soon as possible.

"What I mean is: should we request long-range artillery support from the Eighth Route Army?" Fang Ligong suggested.

Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said:

"Don't rely on others for support first. Otherwise, if we contribute too little, we will be looked down upon by those over there.

Besides, we haven't fought hard battles for a long time, and the combat effectiveness of our troops has seriously declined. We should take this opportunity to exercise. "

"Okay, you make the decision and I support you.

When the battle is stalemate, the commander's will plays a vital role. I think I will go to the front line to command. "

"No, Brother Ligong, this is too dangerous!" Chu Yunfei stopped him.

"Brother Chu, compared with the great cause of the War of Resistance, the meritorious service of one party is nothing!

I'll be safe. "

After Fang Ligong finished speaking, he saluted Chu Yunfei and went out to rush to the front.

"Duan Peng!"

"To!"

"Protect Chief of Staff Fang. If the Chief of Staff makes a mistake, don't come back to see me alive!" Chu Yunfei ordered.

Duan Peng has now been promoted to guard captain and is responsible for protecting Fang Ligong and Chu Yunfei.

"Yes! Even if I die, we must ensure the safety of Chief of Staff Fang!" Duan Peng responded and followed.

"Brother Ligong, pay attention to safety!"

Fang Ligong said nothing, saluted and walked out quickly.

On the forward position, Fang Ligong observed the Japanese position. There was barbed wire outside the bunker group, and there must be landmines.

But at this time, I don’t have to worry about so much. Whether it will hit a thunderstorm depends on luck.

The barbed wire must be cut, but how?

Too close to the Japanese bunker!

“You have to find a way to cut the barbed wire or flatten it.

9th company commander! "

"To!"

"Have someone find some logs, crawl over them, and put them on the barbed wire fence!"

"Yes!"

The company commander asked a squad soldier to crawl forward dragging the tree trunks he had just cut.

"Cover fire!" the company commander ordered to the others.

Covering fire means shooting at the bunker. First, it attracts the attention of the Japanese in the bunker;

The second is to hope that the blind cat will kill the mouse, and a few bullets will hit the shooting hole.

However, there are certain dangers for those who cover in this way. The enemy's firepower will definitely hit the place where the fire is coming from.

Soon, the soldiers of this squad approached the barbed wire fence, but the Japanese also discovered these soldiers with the help of flares.

The Japanese's light and heavy machine guns ignored the firepower of covering fire and were all directed at this squad.

Soon, most of the squad died, leaving only two soldiers.

There was no time to feel sad for the fallen comrades, there were still tasks to be completed.

The two soldiers rolled several times and ducked under the barbed wire.

One of the soldiers used pliers to cut off several wires.

Feeling that this was too slow, the two of them worked together to put a piece of wood on the wire fence and press down hard.

The barbed wire fence was lowered a bit, but it was still difficult to get through.

At this time, a soldier was hit again.

Hit in the head.

Only one warrior remains.

The wood was gone, and all that was left was his body.

The soldier gritted his teeth, looked back, jumped up, and lay on the barbed wire facing the rain of bullets.

At the same time, he was shot in multiple places in the chest and abdomen.

Before he died, a determined smile appeared on his face.

"Come on!"

The soldiers in the rear stepped on the gaps opened by the sacrificed soldiers with their lives, and cooperated with the explosive packs to clear each fire point.

Encouraged by Fang Ligong, morale was unprecedentedly high.

This is the only troop on Yan Tuhuang's side that can really fight.

But for a long time, due to various reasons, its combat effectiveness has been buried.

It was not until this time that the soldiers' bloody nature was aroused again because of their unforgettable hatred for the Japanese!

Showing the true combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment!

A Japanese bunker was built on a slope. The soldiers moved down the slope, but there was no place to place explosives.

The artillery shells had long been used up, and the mortars could not fire directly.

If you use a grenade to blow it up, it is extremely difficult to throw it into the bunker. Instead, it will blow up your own people.

The Japanese did not have this concern and kept throwing grenades out.

The 358th Regiment was suppressed under the bunker.

"Come here, take a ladder, go up and throw a grenade into the shooting hole.

Others cover fire! "

Fang Ligong ordered.

The wooden ladder had long since exploded to pieces, and now it was too late to make another ladder.

You can only step on me and I step on you to send people up.

Only by sending people up can it be possible to blow up the bunker, and only then can there be hope.

The human ladders were constantly blown down, and soldiers sacrificed batch after batch, but no one ever flinched.

Finally, after sacrificing more than [-] outstanding soldiers, this most difficult bunker was cleared.

But on the other side, the troops of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company responsible for capturing Hukou Village and Tiehanzhuang encountered trouble.

They had just captured these two places and their foothold was not yet stable.

The fortifications had not yet been built.

However, a squadron from the Japanese 238 Gaoqi Wing arrived first.

Although this company has 180 men, half of them are in Tiehanzhuang, while the Japanese have [-] troops in Hukou Village.

Moreover, the Japanese are more well-equipped, with many mortars, infantry guns, and grenade launchers.

The quality of individual soldiers is also better than that of the 358th Regiment.

As a result, this half company suffered heavy losses as soon as they fought.

In just half an hour, only 50 of the [-] people were left, and more than half were killed or injured.

On the one hand, the company commander asked half of the company in Tiehan Village to send a platoon to harass from the side and rear;

On the other hand, the 2nd Battalion was asked for help.

At this time, all forces were tense.

The 2nd Battalion Commander did not dare to take the initiative to provide reinforcements, so he called the regiment headquarters.

After Chu Yunfei learned about it, he informed Fang Ligong to strengthen the offensive and eliminate the remaining enemies as soon as possible. The battle must be resolved within half an hour;

At the same time, let the 2nd Battalion hold off for another half an hour and then withdraw.

After receiving the order, Fang Ligong ignored the casualties and personally led the attack.

Finally, within 20 minutes, Huiting was completely captured.

Fang Ligong's helmet was shot, which almost blinded Fang Ligong, who was already short-sighted!

The troops who captured Huiting suffered more than 600 casualties, but in the end Huiting was in the hands of the 358th Regiment.