Night is completely upon us.

It is the end of April in the lunar calendar, and there is no moon.

It can almost be said that it was a night when the Independence Group began to attack Jiaozuo.

Jiaozuo is the most important stronghold outside Xinxiang, no doubt about it. It is the largest barrier in the southwest. If Jiaozuo is lost, Anxiang will face direct attacks from the Eighth Route Army.

For this reason, the Japanese invaders stationed a brigade here, but they were dissatisfied with the organization. It was probably two brigades, with about two thousand people.

The garrison captain of Jiaozuo is Major General Wufu of Shinjo who had fought with the Independent Regiment before.

In the darkness, Yang Yue chased Yan Song Yousi and then turned to Jiaozuo City.

"Luoyang requires us to take Jiaozuo before noon tomorrow." Wang Chongming said angrily, "It's clear that he is trying to show off!"

"Yes! Jiaozuo is a strong city defended by the Japanese army. There are two or three thousand Japanese devils and a brigade of Shi You and the third puppet army." Chen Quan, the second battalion commander, said angrily, "This is deliberately embarrassing us."

"I agreed." Yang Yue took the responsibility, "I promised that the other party could arrange tasks according to the forces of a division."

"Now it's less than twenty hours away from noon tomorrow." Kong Jie said slowly, "You have to hurry up."

Yang Yue nodded, "You organize the troops to have a good rest first. After four in the morning, I will lead the team to attack."

"Four o'clock in the morning? That's the darkest time!" Chen Quan frowned.

"Yes!" Yang Yue nodded, "It was at that time. The darker it was, the better it was to act."

"Okay. Listen to you." Chen Quan no longer had any doubts.

"Until then, no matter what you hear, don't act."

"Why?"

"I might sneak into the city and the center blossoms."

"oh!"

Everyone understood.

If the frontal attack is strong, the troops will definitely suffer a lot.

The Independent Group has only more than 1,000 people, which is definitely not able to withstand consumption.

But if Yang Yue sneaked into the city first and made a big fuss in the city, the Japanese would be very injured.

In the middle of the night, it was dark and dark. If the city was in chaos, the enemy would probably beat their own people. Then the chaos was in full swing, and the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to enter.

"How do we need to cooperate?"

"Sleep. Stay quiet and make the Japanese unable to understand your details."

"good!"

"In addition, all the nearby armed forces are gathered together to prepare to transport the spoils."

"good!"

Everyone is ready to go and has a very high morale.

Especially the second battalion commander Chen Quan, waiting for the arrival at four o'clock.

This time, what Kong Jie and Wang Chongming brought were mainly the Second Battalion.

The first battalion is the absolute main force. At present, under the direct command of the general brigade commander, it is breaking through Tongpu Road. The same is true for the third battalion.

The three battalions of the Independent Regiment are good at field battles and the second battalion. The combat mission this time is mainly focused on attacking. The first stage is to attack Jiaozuo City.

"By the way, how many local armed forces do you think you can mobilize?"

"It's hard to say. Our party has not very deep foundation here. There are not many guerrillas. It's estimated that two or three thousand people."

"Two or three thousand people are fine."

"I'll go arrange it!"

Political Commissar Wang Chongming went there excitedly.

Not long after, Zheng Tingji, Chu Yunfei and others also arrived.

They all felt a little surprised when they heard that they would take Jiaozuo before noon tomorrow.

This task is a bit difficult!

Even if it is a division of the National Army, it may not be possible.

After all, there is a Japanese brigade and a puppet army in Jiaozuo. The troops are very strong.

Generally speaking, if you want to attack the toughest, the national army needs to concentrate at least five times the strength, or even ten times, to conquer the strong city defended by the Japanese army.

If the Japanese army had two or three thousand men, then two or three thousand men would have to be dispatched. In addition to the puppet army, at least 40,000 people would be required.

But how many people are there on the Eighth Route Army? There is only one independent regiment, with just over a thousand.

To be honest, such a pitiful force, not to mention attacking, even defense is very difficult!

Even if you transfer an absolute main force like the 87th Division or the 200th Division, it is impossible to win Jiaozuo in one day.

To be more blunt, even if a group of troops comes, tens of thousands of people may not be able to do it.

The Japanese have very strong defense ability. Hu Wanshan has a deep understanding.

As a hero of the Kunlun Pass Battle, Zheng Tingji also understands it very well.

"Do you have artillery?" Zheng Tingji asked.

"No." Yang Yue shook his head.

The Independent Regiment brought not many mortars this time.

Most of the mortars are used on Tongpu Road. After all, the 20th Japanese Division is in Yuncheng, and the general and brigade commander are under great pressure.

The Japanese security division and field division are two completely different concepts.

It's not just the gap in numbers. What's more important is the gap in heavy weapons.

The security division has almost no heavy weapons.

The field division has a large number of heavy weapons.

The security division has no tanks or heavy artillery. However, there are all field divisions. And there are quite a lot of them.

If the 20th Division finally decides to give up Yuncheng and go north along Tongpu Road, the interception task of the Eighth Route Army is still very arduous. Even the general and the brigade commander have to wake up the twelve points of their spirits.

"Without artillery, how could you take down Jiaozuo?" Hu Wanshan felt incredible.

"Fill it with your life." Yang Yue said calmly.

"This..." Everyone was speechless.

Very tragic.

Very tragic.

But this is reality.

This is the case with the Eighth Route Army. Isn’t it the case with the National Army?

In which battle, the Chinese army did not fill it with their lives? The number of people sacrificed was often several times, or even dozens of times, that of the Japanese army...

"But you are not many!" Zheng Tingji frowned.

"So, I want to sneak into the city in advance to disrupt the deployment of the Japanese invaders. At the same time, I create chaos in the city." Yang Yue said calmly, "Whoever would like to act with me?"

"Me!" Chu Yunfei said without hesitation, "I want to see this central flowering tactic."

"Me!" Long Jiutian and Zuntian Yao also raised their hands.

"Let's go too!" Zheng Tingji pondered for a moment, "but it needs to be discussed for a long time."

"No need. Let's go now." Yang Yue waved his hand.

Zheng Tingji and Hu Wanshan looked at each other.

how?

Start now?

No need to prepare anything?

Hit it straight in?

Do you really think the Japanese devils are made of mud?

Don’t fall into the Japanese’s net, you can’t even die if you want to die. If you are captured alive by the Japanese…

He didn't dare to imagine any consequences.

"The underground party in the city has prepared weapons, ammunition, food and medicine for you." Yang Yue casually made an excuse, "You can get it after entering the city."

"The question is, how do we enter the city?" Zheng Tingji said cautiously, "The Japanese invaders must have locked down all passages."

"It's okay." Yang Yue said calmly, "I have a way to open the passage."

"Okay..." Zheng Tingji agreed with confusion.
To be continued...