The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei are not the type to sit back and watch the excitement.

On the frontal battlefield, the battle between China and Japan in western Hubei was in full swing. During the bloody battle in Hengyang, which also intensified, the Eighth Route Army was not idle at all.

In addition, after the various batches of material assistance from the reinforcements are in place.

The Eighth Route Army quickly launched an active offensive behind enemy lines as planned.

As for the effect...

Finally taking over the small city of Hengyang, the Sixth Front Army, under the command of the old Japanese Okamura, continued to advance with great success, advancing all the way to the Guiliu area.

Under the offensive launched by the Eighth Route Army from all sides, the commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Seiichi, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Today, behind enemy lines, especially in Shanxi, the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army have grown beyond recognition.

In North China, especially the Japanese and puppet troops led by the First Army stationed in Shanxi, they were almost defeated.

This time, in order to rely on the victory on the frontal battlefield and support the war with war, the Japanese army shifted its focus to the frontal battlefield, including the battles in Changsha, Hengyang and other areas, including the formation of the Jihad Army and mobile troops, and mobilized a large number of troops from North China. Elite and mechanized vehicles.

This made it increasingly difficult for the Japanese army, which could barely maintain its rule in North China, to continue.

When the Eighth Route Army troops focused on the elites in the Taihang area and quickly launched an offensive against the Japanese-occupied areas, the Japanese troops in North China, especially the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, were defeated steadily.

The old Japanese soldier Yoshimoto Teiichi could only live in a few isolated counties along the Tongpu line.

The Japanese troops in Yuncheng to the west were unable to withstand the Eighth Route Army's offensive and were forced to retreat to Linfen.

The two sides of Jincheng in the south are controlled by the Eighth Route Army, which can cut off the communication channel between Jincheng and northern Henan at any time.

She County in Licheng in the east was lost, the Japanese army was forced to retreat to Changzhi, and the Handan-Changchun Highway was completely cut off.

The high ground west of the city is under shelling, and the Luliang Mountain troops of the Eighth Route Army may launch another Taiyuan siege at any time.

The Mongolian troops stationed in the north have retreated to Datong, and almost the entire area from Datong to Taiyuan is in a blank area.

In the central Zhengtai Line area, Shouyang, Yangquan, Jingxing and other places are still there, but Xiyang, Heshun and Yushe counties were all lost under the fierce attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Suddenly, the First Army was in a precarious situation and could be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army at any time and the entire army could be annihilated.

This time, as the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale counterattack, the entire North China, eastern Mongolia, Shandong, and northern Henan, including the Huaihe River and the Dabie Mountains, were almost entirely occupied by Eighth Route Army troops and the New Fourth Army's massive counterattack.

The Japanese army's communication lines were almost completely cut off, and a large number of mechanized troops from North China were transferred to fight in the south.

The Japanese defenders who were attacked in various places had no mechanized troops coming from all directions for reinforcements. Then they were completely surrounded and isolated by the Eighth Route Army's absolute superiority in strength, and they became an isolated city.

Yoshimoto Seiichi, who was so anxious, finally understood:

The position of commander of the First Army in Shanxi is really not easy to sit in. He is just dancing on top of the crater and will be wiped out in ashes accidentally!
However, some people were happy and some were worried. Not all Japanese officers were in a hurry.

For example, Lieutenant General Harada, who was especially good at making war fortune and doing business, was not in a hurry at all. The confrontation between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army became more and more intense, but he dealt with it with ease, and even got on the line with Nanada, the commander of the Mongolian army.

What is the specific situation?
It turned out that after successive wars, the Mongolian troops stationed in Datong were shrinking, and the Zhangjiakou area was almost out of food supply. Shichita was also at a loss. Then he received news from Harada. Harada said that he could provide food for Shichida's troops, but only if needed. Corresponding to some military supplies.

Then Harada, who was especially good at making profit from middlemen, obtained military supplies from the Mongolian army, and then exchanged money and food from the Eighth Route Army.

Make a lot of money from it.

As for the call for help from the commander of the First Army in Shanxi, Yoshimoto Teiichi.

Harada and Nanada lit up firecrackers in tacit agreement in response: the Eighth Route Army was attacking the city, and the two sides were fighting in Jiaozuo. Not to mention reinforcements from Shanxi, the two old Japanese even turned to Yoshimoto for help.

Yoshimoto Seiichi: "..."

It must be said that in the face of the Eighth Route Army's offensive, the various units of the Japanese First Army were already unsustainable.

However, as soon as Gibbon came to power, he asked them to go out of the city under various pretexts to find a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army. For this reason, the First Army had long been divided.

These troops were originally going to be transferred to the Pacific, but due to the entanglement of the Eighth Route Army, large-scale defense changes were not possible.

Now the Japanese army is at a disadvantage in the Pacific battlefield. Otherwise, the old devil Okamura would not be in a hurry to launch an offensive in the south, thinking only of opening up the mainland's communication lines to reverse the situation of the war.

Therefore, these Japanese officers do not want to go to the Pacific battlefield to be cannon fodder.

Therefore, all these officers decided to stay in Shanxi and not leave, and even maintained a tacit understanding with the Eighth Route Army - as long as your Eighth Route Army does not come to attack us, we will definitely not take the initiative to provoke you.

Including this Eighth Route Army offensive, why were Xiyang, Heshun and other county towns all lost, while Shouyang, Yangquan and other areas were safe and sound?
Do you really think that the Harada Division stationed in the Shouyang Yangquan area has strong combat effectiveness?

Hey.

The Eighth Route Army had just shown signs of taking the initiative to launch an offensive. Harada's side sent a large amount of materials to the Eighth Route Army, including a large amount of arms and various military supplies, in front of Kong Jie.

As the saying goes, you are short-tongued and soft-handed.

In the end, even the boss who heard about this said with a smile: "We can still carry this full meal. Let's continue to raise Harada's pig and don't rush to kill it!"

Therefore, after the Eighth Route Army launched its offensive, Shouyang and Yangquan launched several symbolic attacks, and then Harada sent troops to pretend to fight a few defensive battles, and then he could claim to the outside world that he had defended the occupied area!

How exaggerated is the tacit understanding between the two parties?

There is a town under Yangquan, which can be said to have the best security in the rear area of ​​North China. I have never heard of the Eighth Route Army causing trouble, and there are not even thieves in the county.

For this reason, this town has been rated as an excellent public security town almost every year in the rear area of ​​the entire Japanese occupation zone in North China.

But what is the actual situation?

If you enter this town, you will find that there are many Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers in this town. But the difference is that the Japanese soldiers in this town are not like the devils in other counties, who hold their heads high and are domineering. , on weekdays, he is as low-key as possible. When walking, he would like to lower his head and not dare to see anyone.

As for the puppet soldiers in the town, they would not flatter or make fun of them in front of these Japanese soldiers.

Some people even noticed that the little devils even looked quite flattering in front of these puppet soldiers, and even spoke in a soft voice. These puppet soldiers all have friendly faces on weekdays, and they even take the initiative to help the villagers in the town with farm work and chores.

Why is this so?
It turned out that the troops wearing puppet uniforms in the town were all disguised as Eighth Route Army soldiers. They swaggered into puppet uniforms, carried Japanese military weapons, ate Japanese military rations, and blatantly drilled in the county town.

But the little devils in the town could only turn a blind eye and pretend not to see him, and they had to accompany him carefully.

It's so arrogant!

The idea was naturally Kong Jie's, and this was part of the tacit understanding between him and Harada. Why do you think the public security in the town is so good and it is rated as excellent every year?

That's because almost the entire town is occupied by the Eighth Route Army.

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As for the old Japanese Harada and other complicit officers, their ideas are very simple.

Anyway, the imperial army is already at dusk in Shanxi, so they can just stay here until the war is over and return home.

They also understood clearly what the No. [-] combat plan was, so what if it was solved? What is the use of communication lines without material transportation and troop garrison?

As Harada said privately when drinking with other division commanders stationed in Shanxi: "When Yan Junliu opened the communication line to the south, the Eighth Route Army cut it off in the north. When you turned around, the National Army came out to cut off the south side. You can take care of it." Such a long transportation line?
If you can’t change the outcome, what’s the point of looking at the process?

It's better to make more money and go back before the war is over. At least the family will not starve and they can still be rich, right? "

In fact, Harada was not the only one who had this kind of thinking. Even a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers in Shandong and Hebei also thought this way.

Especially as the war continues, any discerning devil can see that this jihad is basically hopeless.

Poor old devil Okamura is on the front line alone to turn the tide.

But my colleagues in the occupied areas in the rear area began to behave badly one by one.

Soon after, even the air power that the Japanese army had relied on for many years was completely gone.

The rested Eighth Route Army Air Force grew to 60 new fighter squadrons and began to compete for air supremacy in the rear of North China.

After a series of confrontations, the Japanese Taiyuan Airport was almost completely blocked.

In addition, Kong Jie also hid 20 ace flying squadrons, resting in secret, preparing to compete with the Kwantung Army.

Speaking of which, Kong Jie has to thank the old devil Okamura.

With the promotion of Operation Plan No. [-], in order to compete with the Chinese army for air supremacy, the Japanese army deployed almost all the South China, East China, and Central China Air Forces, and could barely compete with the Chinese and American Air Forces that received fuel support from the Eighth Route Army.

In North China, the North China Air Force, with the support of the Kwantung Army Air Force, could barely protect itself. It focused on defense and had little ability to compete with the Eighth Route Army.

The situation where twenty or thirty aviation units were dispatched at every turn is no longer the case. After the Kwantung Army's aviation unit lost its troops, it was unable to send out more aviation units for reinforcements.

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When leaving the Ninth War Zone, Li Yunlong also used some special methods to plant a seed in the heart of Zhang Zongling, deputy commander of the 74th Army of the Central Army.

The two secretly discussed a possible combat plan in the staff department.

Li Yunlong circled the two places of Ningxiang and Yongfeng on the map, then inserted the chess pieces of the Japanese 40th Division, and then analyzed: "After the main force of the Japanese captured Changsha, the 40th Division on the flank battlefield was heading towards Changsha with its baggage. Movement. One of them is in the Ningxiang area, fighting with the other part of your 74th Army, but the main force has not come for reinforcements. They should be escorting supplies to the rear of Changsha, preparing to participate in the offensive and defensive battle of Hengyang.

This old Japanese soldier Seiichi Aoki was eager to go to Hengyang to perform meritorious service. He only sent troops to clean up the vicinity of the supply line, but did not pursue the pursuit in depth and was not willing to fight.

However, the unit is short of mechanized transport vehicles and is out of touch with the main mechanized forces of the Japanese. If not, who will be hit?

Changsha has been lost. I'm afraid that Commander Xue hasn't come to his senses yet. When Commander Xue comes to his senses, in order to shirk responsibility, he might even read a copy of your book.

If your 74th Army can win a victory at this time, what will Jiang Guild think?
When the time comes, aren't you all going to be promoted to high-ranking positions, or get the gold bars from the ocean? Maybe the whole country will sing the praises of your anti-Japanese heroes. Congratulations in advance! "

At that time, Li Yunlong had already shouted the slogan to Zhang Zongling to show his sword when facing the enemy.

He also severely rebuked the national army for being passive defensive and lacking the spirit of active attack.

Zhang Zongling is also a warm-blooded general. The battle plan given by Li Yunlong is indeed feasible. Zhang Zongling was also moved at the time and said quickly: "Brother Li, no, Brother Yunlong! I haven't written this character yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to use it. Moreover, How can I fight privately without orders from Feng?"

In fact, at this time, the regimental commanders and staff officers in the headquarters were also thinking that this was indeed a good chance. Even if they could not encircle and annihilate the 40th Division, repelling it would still be a great achievement.

Li Yunlong struck while the iron was hot: "This so-called general will not accept military orders abroad. I mean, brother Zong Ling, even a mud-legged person like me understands this truth. You, a well-educated and educated person, must know this, right?
Fighting by asking for instructions, it's amazing that you can seize this ever-changing opportunity.

Why do you think we, Lao Li, including Lao Kong, have achieved their current fame in just a few years? Let me tell you, that doesn’t come from being a good boy! "

Zhang Zongling was speechless for a moment, and thought for a while and said: "Brother Yunlong, your idea is very good, but it may not be possible to achieve it by relying on our department alone!
You also know a thing or two about the situation of the friendly troops. After the war begins, the friendly troops may remain immobile. Without their assistance, we may not be able to win. "

Li Yunlong said: "This matter is easy to say and difficult to say. The bustle in the world is all for benefit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit. If we can share the credit and unite them, we will definitely succeed.

First of all, the Pre-19th Division near your headquarters, as well as the rest of your 74th Army, and Li Yaozong's 100th Army, can all unite. You take the lead, they follow the rear, and I can apply for air reinforcements!
With all our cooperation, we still can't defeat a small group of Japs?
The specific strategy is very simple. First attack the headquarters of the 40th Division in Yongfeng, and then penetrate directly into Yuelu Mountain. After attracting the attention of the Japanese, the friendly forces will directly outflank the retreat! "

Zhang Zongling said: "The units of the 74th Army can ask the old commander for help, but I have a conflict with Li Yaozong!"

Li Yunlong said: "No matter what kind of contradiction is not worth mentioning in front of the Japanese, you can definitely do it if you go and ask for it in person!"

Later, after Li Yunlong returned to the experimental area headquarters, he raised his head and said:

"Hey, Lao Kong, what do you think we are doing in the Ninth War Zone? Let me tell you, we are teaching Zhang Zongling and other senior officers of the Jiang Army to fight step by step!"

According to Li Yunlong's idea, the Eighth Route Army sent air fire reinforcements to cooperate with Zhang Zongling's 74th Army to win a victory, and then assisted the 74th Army to advance to the outskirts of Hengyang and establish a communication channel with the Hengyang defenders.

By then, the Japanese troops advancing in the Hengyang area will definitely be delayed even longer.

Yan Junroku could only continue to contact the Kwantung Army and send additional reinforcements to the North China battlefield to further weaken the strength of the Kwantung Army stationed in Kwantung.

Kong Jie also praised this plan.