The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1267 Final War Preparations

The Xiacun Division was suddenly ambushed by the elite of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei Province.

As a result, Tanaka and his party directly betrayed their teammates. As soon as the specially warned signal gun from the Eighth Route Army was fired, they collapsed immediately and escaped early.

The little Japs of the Kwantung Army were caught off guard. Lieutenant General Shimomura first cursed Tanaka and others that they deserved to die, and then, as usual, he cursed the head of the Japs secret service for being a fat, round bastard. The intelligence he sent was simply a piece of shit.

Doesn't it mean that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the eastern Hebei region has already been transferred to other areas, and now it is empty of troops?

Where did the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the ambush come from?

Judging from the opponent's firepower configuration and equipment level, it is definitely the main elite of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army clearly released false information to the outside world to lure the enemy deeper, and deliberately lured his Shimomura division into a trap.

The unsuspecting Shimomura division immediately fell into a bitter battle.

The news reached the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters.

Commander-in-Chief Okamura was also a little dumbfounded. He couldn't help but hesitate about his previous inference. Could it be that he was worrying too much?

The main force of the Eighth Route Army is clearly still in the base area.

Even the elite Kwantung Army such as the Shimomura Division fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.

Could it be that the Eighth Route Army had a small plan from the beginning to lure the enemy deeper and show the enemy that they were weak, and deliberately lured the Imperial Army into the base area and then set up an ambush to eliminate it?

From this perspective, it seems to explain why the Eighth Route Army's August Storm operation was a bit loud but not rainy after it was launched.

Without enough time to think too much, Okamura immediately dispatched troops to reinforce the Shimomura Division.

Commander Lu, who is in charge of the Jizhong Military Region Headquarters, is also a ruthless character. All the little devils have fallen into the trap, and they have to be skinned even if they don't die.

We still have to make the little devil completely believe that the main elites in our Jizhong base are still there.

"Nothing to say, just hit me, hit me hard!"

Commander Lu immediately issued a deployment: "Pull out all our main forces. Don't be reluctant to part with all artillery equipment. Get them all out. The remaining field brigades and our armored detachments, including the heavy artillery detachment, will have full firepower."

Request, one brigade must provide me with the firepower of an army! "

On the other hand, Commander Lu mobilized reinforcements to target the Japanese reinforcements:

"Although our main force is not here, there are still many local army troops, including our militia comrades, all participating.

Send me all the regular army uniforms accumulated in our warehouse, including the guns and ammunition accumulated by the logistics department, and do everything possible to disguise our local army troops and militia troops as our main force.

Show the numbers of our main force to the outside world.

Blockades were launched along the way to delay the Japanese reinforcements.

Even if you bluff, you still have to bluff the little devil! "

After the orderly order was given, the soldiers took action quickly.

The old Japanese soldier at the Chinese Army Command Headquarters in Xia Cun listened to the news coming back from the front line that made him a little frightened. He took a telescope and looked at the past from a distance, marveling at the powerful artillery fire of these elite main forces of the Eighth Route Army.

In just half an hour, the opponent displayed dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces.

There are even mechanized armored units in these Eighth Route Army. Tanks and armored vehicles are constantly weaving on both sides of the main force of his division.

As a result, the main force of the Shimomura Division was unable to get rid of the Eighth Route Army's entanglement and pursuit in a short period of time.

The Eighth Route Army was even reinforced by aerial firepower.

On the contrary, his empire's aerial firepower reinforcements were intercepted by Eighth Route Army fighter planes midway and could not reach them at all.

Under such a formation, the battle had just started, and the Kwantung Army's little devils, who were still arrogant in the whole Shimomura division, dropped a bit in combat momentum.

Lieutenant General Shimomura no longer cared about the glory of the Kwantung Army, and quickly conveyed a request for tactical guidance to the other major Kwantung Army divisions, including the Japanese First Army, the Twelfth Army Headquarters, and even the Nanjing China Expedition Army Headquarters. communication.

Kwantung Army Yamada Division Headquarters, in the battle around Julu County, the old devil Yamada suffered a big loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Hearing that the Shimomura Division was advancing towards Jidong, Yamada originally thought that he could win a big victory to show the military might of the Kwantung Army.

Unexpectedly, he then received a request for help from the Shimomura Division.

Yamada was also stunned. While lamenting the terrifying combat power of the Eighth Route Army, he suddenly felt a little lucky. Fortunately, the number of troops dispatched to fight against Julu County was not that large, and it was only a large group at least.

If we really push all the main forces forward, we might be in trouble like the Shimomura Division, and we can only ask for help from all parties.

Such behavior is undoubtedly a shame for the officers of the Kwantung Army.

——You have to request emergency reinforcements when fighting with the Chinese army!

The two sides started a fierce battle in the eastern Hebei region.

The multi-party reinforcements mobilized by Laojiizigang Village were all blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops along the way, and the news sent back by the headquarters of the reinforcements from all parties stated.

Those who came for reinforcements seemed to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army. They wore standard military uniforms and had very powerful firepower, including many artillery pieces of various calibers and machine guns.

In the little devil's perception, this is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura, who was analyzing the battle situation at the headquarters, was completely confused by the situation.

——The Eighth Route Army has used such a large formation. Those who are ambushing the Xiacun Division must be the main elite of the Eighth Route Army, and the reinforcement troops here seem to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the eastern Hebei area is indeed still there.

Okamura was even a little worried at this time. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army was preparing to repeat its old tricks and use the time bought by the reinforcements to kill the Shimomura division?

Okamura would never have thought this way a few years ago, and the Eighth Route Army would never have had such strength.

A Kwantung Army division is enough to march sideways in the core base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army.

But things are different now. After experiencing a series of disastrous defeats, let alone a Shimomura division, even an army dispatched by him would be in danger of being destroyed if it were to be encircled by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

This left Okamura speechless, and he just wanted to test it out.

Who would have dared to think that we would have to lose such a big bait.

The two sides fought fiercely until the third day.

The Japanese troops advancing towards the Jidong region were caught in a vast ocean-like war. In addition to being constantly blocked by what seemed to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they also fell into various traps set by the Eighth Route Army along the way.

Various mine tactics and authentic tactics are dazzling.

Even when you are walking on the road, you may be ambushed by roadside bombs, which will make it difficult for the little devil to move even an inch and complain endlessly.

At any rate, under Okamura's order, the reinforcements from all sides did not dare to retreat.

Even Tanaka, who sold his teammates and evacuated in advance, had to lead his troops to return for reinforcements.

Only then did they successfully rescue the Xiacun Division, which was trapped by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

When the main force of the Shangcun Division rushed out of the Eighth Route Army's ambush circle, they still had their original arrogance and confidence. The entire team was in a state of disarray and suffered heavy losses, and the supply troops were directly defeated.

If the reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, his Shimomura division might have been eaten by the Eighth Route Army.

Lieutenant General Shimomura was shocked by this.

He suddenly felt that Manchuria was a good place, where even the most rampant anti-alliance forces were not so exaggerated!

At this point, the entire Shimomura division's little devils were completely defeated in their self-confidence. As the Kwantung Army's Shimomura Division in Texas was severely damaged.

Shimen's Yamada Division lost its elite forward brigade again.

The two elite Kwantung Army divisions suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

How can the remaining Cangzhou Ishida Division, Baoding Fushan Division, and Tianjin Okada Division dare to act rashly?

Five detachments went south for reinforcements. Originally, the ordinary soldiers from the division commander to the lowest level were full of arrogance and the so-called flowers of the imperial army. Now they have learned to be honest and followed the North China Front Army on the Pinghan Line and Shide Line in the central Hebei area. , working as a traffic policeman on the Jingpu Line, we no longer dare to take the initiative to provoke the Eighth Route Army base area.

The home ground of Operation August Storm once again returned to the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

...The other winds are blowing more and more fiercely as time goes by.

Here in northern Henan, Commander Tang and Commander Hu held a secret meeting with Commander Yang and Commander Han in Zhongtiao Mountain in northern Henan. Under the witness of General Zhang Zhizhong, who was specially assigned to the meeting, the two sides reached an agreement that the Eighth Route Army's northern Henan base troops would join forces with the Tang headquarters again. Lao Wei's mobile force, which besieged Puyang, attracted the attention of the Japanese army and then moved around Handan, launched a surprise attack on Hebi, changing the situation in northern Henan in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Zhongtiaoshan troops went south to launch an attack in northwest Henan.

At that time, Hu commanded the troops to move eastward to cooperate with the pincer attack. After the two sides joined forces, they approached Luoyang.

Lao Wei's mobile troops, Commander Tang and Commander Yang's troops joined forces and headed towards Xinxiang.

The two sides joined forces to drive all the Japanese in northern and eastern Henan back to big cities such as Luoyang, Xinxiang, and Zhengzhou.

After the Shandong Military Region captured Weifang and opened up communication with Jizhong, the main force secretly moved south to Linyi and the coastal area, preparing to join forces with the main force of the New Fourth Army to secretly break the Japanese blockade of the Huaihe River.

In addition, Jiaodong Wendeng Yongbei Airport, which has been repaired and reinforced for almost three months, was successfully completed. The airport has eight reinforced concrete runways and four spare runways, waiting for the Soviet, British and American troops to complete the joint training in the Hetao area. , France and the Eighth Route Army's strategic bomber air force moved over and launched a large-scale joint bombing of Xiaori's homeland.

By the 7th, joint strategic bomber forces were stationed one after another.

This time, the P38 Lightning long-distance escort fighter, the P47 Thunder long-distance escort fighter (eight 12.7 heavy machine guns changed to four 4 mm cannons, four 23 mm heavy machine guns, and additional auxiliary fuel tanks), Mosquito night improved fighter (radar The lead aircraft) are all in place.

Flight formations that set out in advance even appeared one after another around the sea area.

There are fighter jets from all countries.

A destructive aura enveloped the entire Ritian Island.

As a result, the country was in turmoil, and soldiers and civilians across the country were panicked.

Even Okamura, an old Japanese soldier who sits at the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Forces, has been troubled by the constant condemnation and pressure from the high-level domestic headquarters.

The New Fourth Army units in the South also achieved phased breakthroughs in their anti-mopping operations:

The New Fourth Army troops were tossing back and forth in the Lianghuai area, holding the noses of the little Japanese who came to raid Central China.

As a result, after the Japanese formation was disrupted, the main force of the Shandong Military Region suddenly broke through the Lunan defense line and joined the New Fourth Army in the northern Jiangsu area, and the Japanese encirclement was riddled with holes.

The New Fourth Army's new mobile unit showed great power, winning six battles and six victories in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas, and defeated the Japanese troops.

For a time, the major areas occupied by the Japanese were completely reduced to a mess.

The sound of gunfire resounded throughout North and Central China.

There were not enough cannons, so firecrackers came in. After the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army troops were fully mobilized, the Japanese were everywhere to listen to the noise. There were Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army troops equipped with steel helmets and cannons everywhere.

All kinds of bad battle reports came one after another, flying like snowflakes to Okamura's headquarters.

Even the Central Army troops who were originally relatively honest on the frontal battlefield began to get ready to move.

Who knows when they will take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and take advantage of the smooth progress of the Eighth Route Army's offensive to get a share of the pie.

The Japanese troops stationed on the frontal battlefield therefore did not dare to be mobilized easily.

General Okamura suddenly felt that this summer was passing extremely slowly.

Who else is there to pay attention to whether the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack in eastern Mongolia?

The chaos in central Hebei, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and northern Henan has almost turned his head into a pulp.

There are some Japanese officers who are not worried at all.

For example, Tanaka, Rintaro and others were sitting in the headquarters looking at the dark clouds outside the window.

The storm is coming, let's fight. The more intense the fight, the more valuable the weapons and ammunition in their production base will be. The bloody battle of the Shimomura Division in front of them also successfully wiped out the evidence of reselling supplies during this period.

No clues will be left to the extra-high school courses.

"Anyway, the jihadist car has already headed off to a side road that deviates from the main road. Who has the ability to turn the tide? This is especially true for the silverfish in the domestic base camp. Instead of stepping on the brakes, they increase the accelerator on this wrong road. There's no way around it... As for us, we're just taking advantage of the situation.

A gunshot is worth a thousand taels of gold.

After everything is completely messed up, there will be more opportunities to make a fortune. "

Amid the lamentations of the Japanese, the situation in North and Central China became increasingly tense, gradually deviating from the expectations of both China and Japan.

Even many National Army cannon fodder units originally sent to areas behind enemy lines began to break away from the National Army camp and join the Eighth Route Army as an official.

The monstrous fire completely took hold.

For a time, even the Eighth Route Army could not stop at once.

On the simulation sand table of the military command headquarters in the special experimental area.

Flags representing the start of the war were planted everywhere.

"It's really a fire all over the place!"

"The enemy and we are completely intertwined, and the fight is inextricable."

Kong Jie’s words were loud and clear, mixed with a bit of unconcealable anticipation and excitement in his calmness: “The time is finally completely mature.

Lao Li, Lao Ding, it seems it’s time for us to take the stage! "

Li Yunlongle's eyes were gone: "Old Li, I have been waiting for this day in my dreams! I haven't killed the kid for so long, and my sword has long been thirsty. I have to kill him this time!"

In the military meeting held immediately, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang and other cadres formally decided on the candidates for the preliminary transfer of the command headquarters to the eastern Mongolian area after discussion:

Including military commanders Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Chu Yunfei.

The staff members selected Xu Guoan and others.

The members of the Political Department are mainly cadres such as Li Wenjie and Zhao Gang.

Ding Wei's partner, Political Commissar Cui, and the deputy political commissars of various ministries, stayed in the special experimental area this time to continue to stabilize the development and construction of the base area and provide corresponding material support for the follow-up of the northward advance.

As for the main force of the Iron Triangle Group Army, they have been transferred in batches many times during this period. They have already been successfully lurking in the eastern Mongolian area, waiting for the final order.

Eleventh day.

Kong Jie took the Iron Triangle Group Army Headquarters and officially went to the Eastern Mongolian Defense Line. Together with the 35th Route Army Headquarters, the 129th Division Headquarters, and the 120th Division Headquarters, they made final war preparations.

(End of this chapter)