The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

The old Japs Yamada suffered a defeat in Julu County, and the news that he had done something wrong spread like wildfire.

The Japanese officers of the North China Front, who had been paying attention to the situation in North China, especially the performance of the Kwantung Army going south for reinforcements, laughed at this.

The flower of the imperial army, the elite Kwantung Army, is nothing more than that.

Aren't you still being hung up and beaten by the Eighth Route Army?

Who has the nerve to laugh at our North China Front Army?

The Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region then launched a massive propaganda campaign.

Especially outside Julu County, the two sides encountered hand-to-hand combat on an unknown slope.

A company of the Eighth Route Army faced off against a Japanese squadron. The strength of the two sides was basically 1 to 1. It was a head-to-head, face-to-face combat.

As a result, nearly 200 imps were hacked to death and more than 100 were killed. The remaining 50 or 60 imps, dragging their injured bodies, were so frightened that they fled away.

On the other hand, only seven or eight people from the Eighth Route Army died, and more than ten people were injured.

The casualty ratio between the two sides was nearly 1:15.

This is quite rare and amazing in the entire history of hand-to-hand combat on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.

In this battle, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army completely lost their confidence.

Even in the field of assassination, which the Japanese are proud of, they are still no match for our Eighth Route Army. Do these little sons of bitches have anything to fear?

Although this battle is small, its impact is significant.

Even the Japanese commander Umezu Yoshijiro, who was sitting at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, was furious after hearing about the battle. He reprimanded Yamada in a telegram and strictly ordered Yamada not to attack rashly again without orders from the headquarters.

So who is this commander of the 1th Regiment of the Central Hebei Military Region who commanded the team to almost annihilate the Japanese Qianshan Brigade, and bloodbathed the Japanese Kwantung Army Squadron with a loss ratio of 15 to 26 in hand-to-hand combat?

——But it was said that the regimental leader's surname was Hao, his name was Hao Ren, and he was known as Captain Hao.

Originally a military cadre of the Iron Triangle Group Army, he was originally a tiger general under Li Yunlong. He was later transferred to Jizhong and became the commander of the 26th Regiment.

Before leaving, Li Yunlong patted Hao Ren on the shoulder and told him: "If you don't say anything else, I can't go wrong with your name, boy. Do your best when you get to Jizhong, and don't lose the face of our Iron Triangle!"

Today, the Iron Triangle Army is not only the elite representative of the Eighth Route Army, but also the benchmark for the ceiling of combat effectiveness.

It is also a recognized talent gathering place for various departments of the Eighth Route Army.

Any military cadre of the Iron Triangle Group Army, even a company commander or even a platoon leader, has an astonishingly high military quality.

Regardless of whether it is about tactics, battles, or even strategy, people can talk to you and talk about it.

Needless to say, actual combat ability.

To what extent did it become exaggerated?

Any commander who has served as a military cadre in the Iron Triangle Group Army is like being plated with a layer of gold. The gold content is extremely high and is recognized by various base areas.

Therefore, the military cadres of the Iron Triangle Group Army are in other base areas and the various units are simply sought-after meat and potatoes.

Once transferred from the Iron Triangle Group Army to serve as a cadre in other units, the command level can be jumped by at least one level, or even three levels in some exaggerated cases.

For example, Hao Ren was a battalion commander under Li Yunlong before that.

In this battle around Julu County, Hao Ren used his actual actions and his outstanding record to once again prove that the golden name of the Iron Triangle Group Army was really not a lie.

When returning to the headquarters to make a battle summary report.

Hao Ren said: "The fact that this hand-to-hand combat achieved such great results once again proves that the teaching aids, teaching materials, and training manuals I brought from the Iron Triangle Army were very effective.

Through this systematic training model, the soldiers trained are absolutely excellent in stabbing skills. "

The military region headquarters also immediately called on troops in the entire military region to learn from the 26th Regiment.

In addition, we should learn from the experience of the 26th Regiment in terms of bayonet fighting training.

……

Shimen.

Lieutenant General Yamada, who always held his head high and had a proud face, is now much more humble.

When Colonel Asayama led the remaining troops to escape back to Shimen, Yamada was furious, especially when he heard that the hand-to-hand combat that the Kwantung Army was proud of had lost so completely. He immediately scolded Asayama for sitting on a woman's belly every day and forgetting to train the troops.

Colonel Asayama was wronged!

He never dared to fail in the bayonet training of the army. The standards in all aspects were strictly in accordance with the specifications of the infantry drill code.

How can you say that he is slacking off?

It's obvious that these Eight-Ways are too powerful.

In that tragic hand-to-hand battle, a Japanese second lieutenant who managed to survive once recalled with fear on his face:

"The enemy's arm strength is astonishing. The bayonets they stab and the machetes they chop down are fast, accurate and cruel, and their moves are deadly. They are all aimed at the vital points.

Moreover, their stabbing tactics are very flexible and pay attention to coordination. They seem to be similar to our army's stabbing tactics, but they suppress our army's tactics in every way. "

Yamada was silent. He seemed to have truly felt the strength of the Eighth Route Army on the North China Front. He also seemed to suddenly understand why the Iinuma Guards had chosen to shrink their troops and closed the city.

The battle of Yamada's headquarters was more like a test of the Eighth Route Army in North China by the Kwantung Army going south.

As for the results of the trial!

Returned in disastrous defeat.

Umezu Yoshijiro specially ordered that the reinforcements going south should operate in accordance with the deployment of Commander-in-Chief His Excellency Okamura, and mainly cooperate with the Chinese dispatched troops.

This old devil finally understood that the Eighth Route Army in North China was indeed difficult to deal with, especially for the Kwantung Army, who were unfamiliar with the Eighth Route Army's tactics.

It is better to hand over the Eighth Route Army to the dispatched troops. There is no need for the Kwantung Army to increase casualties.

After all, it is the dispatched army's task to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura has never restrained the Kwantung Army, and naturally he has his own little calculations. Only by letting these arrogant Kwantung Army truly taste the power of the Eighth Route Army and suffer hardships will they honestly cooperate with his battle plan. .

……

On one side, the door is open.

On the other side, the Japanese army's mopping up the traffic line from Dezhou to Taocheng went very smoothly. They continued to advance for dozens of kilometers. They only encountered resistance from some small groups of Eighth Route Army troops, but did not encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The head of the Japanese spy agency, Tu Feiyuan, was very proud, thinking that the Chief of the Criminal Section (a confidential section chief who defected to the enemy during the Eighth Route Rebellion) had brought intelligence to the Japanese army, saying that the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region was empty of troops, and basically all the main forces in the eastern Hebei area had been transferred there. The information on the Eighth Route Army given by (who had gone to fight in the south) was indeed true. The main force in the direction of the Eighth Route Army was transferred to other places.

Immediately, Shimomura, the division commander of the main division of the Kwantung Army operating in this direction, proposed to Tanaka to hold a grand press conference and invite Commander Dohashi and Commander Okabe to attend.

All parties worked together to advance the operational plan in the direction of Jidong.

The old Japanese soldier Okamura also expressed support for this combat plan.

Sitting at the General Headquarters, after comprehensively analyzing intelligence from all parties, he had always had doubts in his heart. Logically speaking, since the Eighth Route Army was preparing to attack the south and defend the north, it would launch a major counterattack in North China with the help of the Eastern Mongolian Defense Line. The movement shouldn't be so small.

Although the Eighth Route Army's offensive in North China seemed to be massive, it was mainly an attack on some Japanese traffic lines. This was not in line with the Eighth Route Army's campaign to regain North China.

It sounds nice, Operation August Storm, but where is the storm?

Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army is deliberately showing weakness to the enemy?

This made Okamura wonder if he had missed something, or if the Eighth Route Army was plotting some conspiracy.

But the fighting on the Eastern Mongolian Defense Line has ended.

The Eighth Route Army's original plan to advance operations in the direction of Zhangjiakou and Peiping ended in failure due to the betrayal of the confidential section chief.

Then the problem is coming.

Where have all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army gone?

We can't all hide in the base and sleep, right?

Therefore, this offensive to the eastern Hebei region was also a deliberate test by Okamura. He wanted to test the reality of these core bases of the Eighth Route Army.

For the time being, Okamura did not dare to take action against a powerful Eighth Route Army base like the Taihang Military District.

Then let’s try the waters in Jidong first, is that okay?

Coupled with the intelligence of Chief Xing who surrendered, it seems that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei has been transferred to fight in other areas.

There is also the current operation of the Kwantung Army Division and the Japanese First Army and other North China Front troops to advance towards the Jidong region.

It is interesting to say that the Eighth Route Army was not nervous about the mutiny of the criminal section chief. On the contrary, Commander Dohashi of the Japanese Twelve Army, Tanaka, Rintaro, and the commanders of the Japanese 52nd and 59th Divisions were worried.

Why?

I'm afraid that their business of secretly smuggling supplies and even arms to the Eighth Route Army will be exposed!

To this end, Tanaka Laozi instructed his military police commander to contact the Eighth Route Army's Central Hebei Headquarters through backup channels. Under the arrangement of Commander Lu, the intelligence section chief told Tanaka and others not to act rashly.

Okamura attacks when he is called to attack and defends when called to defend. The transaction between the two sides is temporarily suspended.

The Kwantung Army's Xiacun Division will give you whatever they want. In short, you will do your best to cooperate. Once you cross the defense zone, be careful. The Eighth Route Army will send out signal lights when attacking. If you find red signal lights being fired in batches on the battlefield, your Tanaka troops will evacuate immediately. At the same time, All the strongholds and warehouses used for trading were also blown up at this time.

Let’s go straight to death without any evidence!

Tanaka secretly praised this series of back-up plans of the Eighth Route Army.

Now he felt confident that even if the Kwantung Army really wanted to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the base area, at least his team would not be hurt.

Pity the old devils of the Kwantung Army, who rushed south to reinforce them. As a result, the local officers of the North China Front Army had been riddled with holes by the Eighth Route Army.

Including Lieutenant General Shimomura's plan on how to launch operations in the eastern Hebei region, the troops have not yet set off, and the specific troop deployment and firepower configuration have been passed to the Eighth Route Army headquarters along the business chain.

Commander Lu, who was in charge of the Jizhong Headquarters, smiled and said: "I now understand why the Central Army was defeated so miserably in the Zhongtiao Mountain Battle. Before the battle even started, your Central Army's battle plan was already under the command of the Japanese." How can we fight now that we are already here?

Now things have turned, and it's the little devil's turn.

No matter how elite this devil's Kwantung Army is, as long as they hang out with a bastard like Tanaka, it will be damned if they can win the war. "

Then the command is issued directly:

"Hit! Pull out the several left-behind field brigades, the newly built mechanized armor detachment, and the mechanized field heavy artillery detachment. Then set up an ambush in the Taocheng area. Get this Kwantung Army Shimomura Division who dares to come forward to me. Immediately cripple him!"

"We have to make Okamura believe that our Jizhong Military Region is not empty of troops, but the main force has been withdrawn, deliberately setting a trap to deal with his little devil."

Seven days.

After the troops rested and reorganized, the Japanese and puppet troops, headed by the Shimomura Division of the Kwantung Army, quickly made logistical preparations and distributed the ammunition as needed for combat operations.

The advance operation against the Eighth Route Army's Jidong area began immediately.

Lieutenant General Shimomura, who personally led the team, was very confident. He had received news a few days ago that the Asayama Brigade sent by the Yamada Division to test the battle in Julu County was almost completely wiped out.

An elite combat company of the Eighth Route Army severely damaged a squadron of the Kwantung Army in hand-to-hand combat.

This was no small shame for the Kwantung Army going south.

During the power outage a few days ago, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, was even more furious about this.

This time, Shimomura patted his chest and promised Umezu Yoshijiro:

He will definitely inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army to avenge the giant deer!

As for some of the supporting combat units of the Japanese First Army and Twelfth Army, including Tanaka who personally led the battle, Shimomura actually looked down upon them.

In his opinion, these guys are too cowardly, they simply bring shame to the empire, and they are not even worthy of being imperial officers.

Everyone is extremely afraid of those damn Eighth Route Army.

Including this advance operation, officers such as Tan Zhong pushed back and forth, saying that no one dared to take the vanguard.

In the end, in order to demonstrate the military power of the Kwantung Army, Shimomura waved his hand and said that his division would be the main force in this battle. As for the troops of the First Army and the Twelfth Army, they would only assist in the battle and help with logistics transportation.

"After all, you are just a security force. It would be too difficult for you to fight against the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

Shimomura said contemptuously.

Naturally, Tanaka and others would not be angry. Instead, they praised General Shimomura for his wisdom and martial prowess. This battle would be overwhelming and he would be able to wipe out the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

——It’s better to be embarrassed than to lose your life.

When the Kwantung Army's Xiacun Division advanced toward the Jidong region, Tanaka did a good job in meeting the logistics needs of the Kwantung Army.

Until the confrontation between the Eighth Route Army and the Kwantung Army in the eastern Hebei region officially began.

There are a dozen red signal lights on the side of the Eighth Route Army ambush team.

The officers of the Kwantung Army who saw the situation were still wondering, thinking that this was some special signal from within the Eighth Route Army!

As a result, the Japanese First Army, the assisting troops of the Twelfth Army, especially the team led by Tanaka this time, just under the tentative attack of the Eighth Route Army, directly abandoned their defenses, abandoned the Shimomura Division, and advanced in advance.

You are not a comrade-in-arms, it is important to save your life, sell it if you need to!

It was claimed to the outside world that the Eighth Route Army attacked so fiercely that it was difficult for our troops to resist and had to make strategic transfers.

It really breaks down at the first touch!

This resulted in the defense of some flanks and rear defenses originally responsible for Honda Central's troops being directly empty of troops and opening empty doors.

The mechanized combat troops of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei Province took the opportunity to make a circuitous pass through the gap.

The battle on the front lines is getting heated.

The old Japanese soldier who was stationed at the army headquarters in Xiacun suddenly received the news:

The flank defense lines on both sides and the back defense line were successively breached by the roundabout mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army, and the rear army's baggage troops were even raided by the Eighth Route Army's intersecting troops.

The communication line that the army originally advanced all the way has been controlled by the Eighth Route Army that has detoured to the rear.

Before the battle has even reached its peak, the retreat has been cut off!

Shimomura was dumbfounded on the spot, cursed angrily, and asked Tanaka, who was assisting the defense on both sides, what they were doing.

The resulting reply was:

Disappeared. After Tanaka's troops were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, they quickly chose to evacuate and disappeared without a trace!

After the Ministry of Communications finally contacted Tianzhong's headquarters, the old Japanese soldier Tanaka stated in the communication that he was being pursued by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and could not rendezvous with the main force of the Shimomura Division.

Shimomura: "..."