The father of the sword is Kong Jie

What is in front of everyone is a map that has been obtained long ago, a detailed map of Puppet Manchuria.

Before the battle started, intelligence came first. Although the entire puppet Manchuria was built like an iron barrel by the little devils, there were still flaws.

It is difficult for a large-scale main force to break in.

It is not difficult for a small infiltration force to infiltrate.

Especially after Harada, Tanaka, and other officers from North China reached business cooperation with some officers from the Kwantung Army, the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to send some caravans, and naturally smoothly arranged some secret intelligence reconnaissance teams to advance into Manchuria in advance.

Therefore, for generals such as Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, although they were new to Manchuria, they were quite familiar with the relevant intelligence information in Manchuria.

For this final battle, Kong Jie had been planning for many years.

Even the specific distribution of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria, the names of each Japanese commander, division commander, and even their personality are all clearly recorded.

Li Yunlong held the map and couldn't help but curse: "This bastard Kwantung Army has divided the entire Puppet Manchuria into more than ten provinces.

This little devil is really interesting. Does he really regard our Kanto as his homeland? "

Ding Wei was working on the map with a pencil and ruler. According to the several-stage combat plan proposed by the headquarters, he connected some of the final targets into lines.

“Once our northern attack group successfully captures the fortress group mainly composed of Hailar, we will gain a firm foothold in Hung Yen Province in Manchuria.

Then our 120th Division's main force in the middle route successfully captured Qiqihar and established a firm foothold in Longjiang Province.

Finally, after the Southern Attack Group with the 129th Division as the main force successfully regained Chifeng and other places, it established a solid base in the Rehe area.

In this way, our three-pronged advancing force relies on the Greater Khingan Range that leads from north to south, and can be connected with Hailar, Qiqihar, Chifeng and other places to establish a stable western fortress group.

Taking the east and west as the boundary, the entire Puppet Manchuria is directly divided into two parts. We occupy the terrain advantage of the Greater Khingan Mountains, and we can attack, retreat and defend. The western area is adjacent to many base areas in North China.

Our follow-up combat troops from the eastern Mongolia base area, including Jireliao and other base areas, can follow up at any time.

This completely formed a confrontation with the Kwantung Army in eastern puppet Manchuria! "

What a beautiful blueprint. As Ding Wei narrated, the dawn of victory seemed to have been completely revealed, and all the cadres showed excitement.

Li Yunlong even said happily: "If we get to this point, we will open up a communication line from the western part of Puppet Manchuria to our important base areas in North China, and completely connect the base areas behind enemy lines in North China with the base areas in western Puppet Manchuria. form a whole.

By then it will no longer be a confrontation. The Kwantung Army in eastern puppet Manchuria will be completely compressed by us to the most remote corner, backed by Soviet territory.

There are tigers in front and hungry wolves in the back. I wonder where the little devil is going. "

"The Western Puppet Manchuria Base Area! Lao Li chose this name well!" Kong Jie praised, "Speaking of which, in order to completely build the entire Puppet Manchuria into a steel fortress, the Japanese have always placed important military defenses in the west. On the one hand, In order to be on guard against the Soviet Union, on the other hand, it was also on guard against the northward advance of our Chinese troops.

It's a pity that it was self-defeating. After our defense line in the western part of Manchuria was breached in one fell swoop, we took advantage of the situation and moved in. The solid defense line that the Japanese had originally built in the west was an advantage for us.

As long as we operate properly, the final situation envisioned by Lao Li and Lao Ding may not be impossible to achieve! "

"Now our first phase of the offensive has been completed and we have successfully broken through the western defense line of the Kwantung Army.

In accordance with further orders from the Northward Joint Headquarters.

Our three-party attack group continues to advance towards the target area according to the original plan.

In order to paralyze the Japanese army's judgment, we should cover our northern attack group's surprise attack on the Kwantung Army's Hailar Fortress Group in the farthest zone.

Headquarters instructions:

In the second phase of the offensive, the attack group with the 120th Division as the main force on the center line took the lead and advanced rapidly towards Qiqihar.

Immediately afterwards, the attack group from the southern front with the 129th Division as the main force advanced towards Chifeng and Chengde.

As for our Northern Attack Group, which is mainly composed of mechanized combat elites, we will wait half a day before taking action. At the same time, we must advance secretly and detour the mobile troops back to the direction of Hailar without alerting the Japanese army as much as possible. "

Speaking of this, Kong Jie made further arrangements: "Although there are attack groups on the central and southern lines to provide cover, our mechanized combat elites will probably be wary if little devils don't appear.

Lao Li, let's arrange another camouflage force, make a big fanfare, make the noise as loud as possible, and assist the central and southern attack groups in advancing. We must make the little devils believe that our mechanized combat elites are still in this area. "

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement, and then added with a smile: "Old Kong, do the whole show, I'm afraid such a disguised army can't fool the little devils, why don't I arrange a few more small groups of mechanized combat troops to make a big noise? One point, dispersed attacks, and raids on some key Japanese defense lines from multiple directions."

Kong Jie said thoughtfully: "From the perspective of local operations, small-scale mechanized combat troops that attack from multiple directions, although our mechanized elites attack quickly and fiercely and have amazing combat power, due to the small number of troops, they are not enough to attack the core of the Japanese army." The defensive line poses too much of a threat.

But it can distract the Japanese army.

Including the main mechanized combat force that we secretly headed north to advance towards the Hylar fortress group, we can also rely on several small groups of mechanized combat troops to provide cover.

Even if the Japanese army receives news that a small mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army is advancing towards Hailar, they may not be able to guess in a short time that our real intention is the Hailar fortress group! "

"Haha, that's what I meant!" Li Yunlong said happily.

Lao Li, who had not fought a tough battle for a long time, could not sit still for a long time, and then suggested:

"Old Kong, we agreed that for this final battle plan to advance northward, we have been holding back for so long, hiding the elite of our Iron Triangle Group Army in the snow.

For what?

Isn’t this the tough battle right now?

The opportunity has finally come. I don’t think it’s interesting for us all to stay in this headquarters. If there are too many of us, Lao Li, there won’t be too many of them, and if there are too many of us, Lao Li, there won’t be too many of them.

I suggest that we spread out, lead the offensive troops in each section, set up temporary branch headquarters, and keep in touch with each other at all times with the help of a close communication system.

In this way, we can better understand the overall situation and make the most correct and flexible command! "

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Old Li, after all that, I still don't understand the little Jiujiu in your heart? Don't you just want to lead the charge and get over the addiction of killing Japanese!"

I can agree to the establishment of each section headquarters.

But you have to be watched by someone. It is better for Lao Zhao to follow you, otherwise none of us will be at ease.

You should take your time and command the war at the forward observation post. It's just a visual addiction. You can't just hold the machine gun and charge into the battle with the frontline soldiers, right? "

Ding Wei echoed: "That's right! Let me tell you, Lao Li, you used to lead a regiment by yourself, and it was far away from the headquarters, and communications were lagging behind. No one cared about what you wanted to do.

But it's different now. Our Iron Triangle Army is a whole. Lao Kong and I still want to fight hard and achieve military success! But we can't spoil the pot of soup just because of your rat excrement. It doesn't matter if you make a few mistakes, you might be able to undo all the achievements of our entire team! "

"Hey, what Old Ding said makes sense!" Kong Jie said with a smile.

Li Yunlong agreed wholeheartedly: "Okay, okay, I got it, you two, please stop being so nagging. Do you think we, Lao Li, have been studying for nothing these years and don't even understand this point?"

Kong Jie and Ding Wei were still worried until Zhao Gang agreed with a smile and promised to keep an eye on Lao Li.

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On the inner line of the western part of Manchuria, from Jinxi to Bingcheng, the Kwantung Army, which had retreated from the western defense zone, regrouped and defended here under the command of Lieutenant General Kita Makoto, the commander-in-chief of the western defense line.

The old Japanese soldier Kita Cheng lost the battle, and the western defense line almost collapsed under the rapid offensive of the Eighth Route Army.

This was originally a combination of many factors that led to such a shameful defeat.

But in order to save the overall face of the Kwantung Army, someone had to take the blame, so the blame for the loss of the western defense line basically fell on Kita Makoto's head.

Umezu Yoshijiro, who was in charge of the headquarters, kept scolding him on the phone.

Finally, he expressed the hope that Kita Cheng would be able to make meritorious service, guard the defense line from Jinxi to Bingcheng, and prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to advance to the inside.

Kita Cheng felt depressed, but had no choice but to cheer up and secretly vowed to defend the inside line.

On the 17th.

In the morning, the fighting around the western defense line had just ended.

in the afternoon.

The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the victory and pursued it.

The commander of the 120th Division is the commander. The unit's combat sequence includes two main field brigades, 358 and 359. It is also organized into the Lao Song Detachment, the Lao Yang Detachment, the Lao Xu Rapid Reaction Armor Group directly under the headquarters, and the Lao Lu Armor Detachment of the Central Hebei Military Region. Wang Huaibao Mountain Combat Group, Lao Wang Field Detachment, and the headquarters are directly under the Central Heavy Artillery Group.

Three independent field brigades in the Jizhong Military Region and five independent field brigades in the Luliang Military Region were additionally strengthened, and the jointly formed center line combat group advanced rapidly.

Soon they arrived and the old Japanese Kita Makoto concentrated his troops and further garrisoned Jinxi to the inner line of Bingcheng's defense.

The two sides once again engaged in a fierce confrontation.

The Eighth Route Army relied on its superior firepower and troops to defeat the Kwantung Army.

In just one hour of fierce fighting.

The Japanese troops defending inside replaced eight rounds of defensive troops.

The casualties were really too fast. One round of defensive troops came forward and the Eighth Route Army's large-caliber heavy artillery fire covered them. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the casualties were lost. We could only replace the wounded soldiers in a hurry and replace the second round of defense. Replacement of troops.

After several rounds of troop replacements, the Japanese defensive troops suffered heavy casualties.

Kita Makoto even gritted his teeth in desperation and sent all his reserve troops up, not even his own security troops were left behind.

In terms of the strength of the fortifications, the interior defenses from Jinxi to Bingcheng are actually far inferior to the main defenses in the west.

There were not many anti-aircraft and artillery fortification groups originally built.

The Japanese did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would suddenly attack Manchuria, nor did they expect that the Eighth Route Army would have such an exaggerated firepower configuration.

"Your Majesty Commander, if reinforcements don't arrive, our defense line will be completely lost!"

In a desperate situation, Kita Makoto continued to ask for help from the headquarters.

The attack of the Eighth Route Army's center line attack group was particularly fierce, and its advance was even faster.

Even though the overall strength of the Kwantung Army was strong, it was unable to quickly mobilize its forces to focus on defense in a short period of time. As a result, it fell into a disadvantage at the midline node and defended in a panic.

Umezu Yoshijiro had no choice but to hurriedly mobilize troops from the northern and southern districts to reinforce the central defense line.

The two sides were fighting fiercely.

Under the personal command of the commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the combat sequence of the troops includes the 386th Brigade, the 385th Brigade, and 15 main field regiments formed in the two brigade base areas, Lao Wang Mobile Detachment, Lao Cheng Mobile Detachment, Lao Xu Mobile Detachment, and Lao Fan Detachment , Lao Qin Detachment, Lao Yang Detachment in southern Shandong; additionally strengthen Lao Pi Detachment, Commander Yang in northern Henan, the capable man Lao Zhang Field Detachment, and after running-in training, the southern attack group jointly formed, the battle towards Chifeng suddenly started again.

Multiple mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army took advantage of every opportunity and made roundabout raids in the already nearly broken defense zone in the west.

The entire central and southern lines of the puppet western Manchuria defense zone were completely turned into a mess.

Umezu Yoshijiro originally had a certain sense of luck, thinking that the Eighth Route Army launched Operation August Storm in North China, and that such a large battle should not have many main forces to suddenly advance northward.

But as intelligence gathered on the frontline battle situation.

The number of elite troops promoted by the Eighth Route Army in this raid gradually became apparent.

When they first took the lead in attacking the western defense line, the Japanese army detected that the Eighth Route Army had dispatched more than a dozen regiments of troops, accompanied by the advance of mechanized armored units.

Although the number of troops is large, it is not too exaggerated.

After the western defense line fell, the main force of the Eighth Route Army took advantage of the victory to pursue the defense line from Jinxi to Bingcheng.

At this time, the strength of the Eighth Route Army had reached more than fifty regiments.

"There are at least 50 main regiments, with a strength of nearly 20, and they are also the most elite combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, both in terms of equipment level and combat effectiveness!" The Japanese chief of staff reported to the commander Yoshijiro Umezu with some trepidation after analysis.

I think back when the Eighth Route Army was first established and reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the entire Eighth Route Army consisted of three divisions with just over 40,000 troops.

In just a short time, the situation has gotten out of hand!

"Did the Eighth Route Army pull all the main forces over from North China?"

Umezu Yoshijiro was a little confused, and then he couldn't help but curse: "But if the Eighth Route Army really transferred all its main forces here, what on earth is North China doing? Who is that idiot Okamura fighting against?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

After the news reached the headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces in Nanjing, the Japanese commander-in-chief Okamura denied it and became particularly angry.