Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 301 (Subscription for two in one)
Li Xiazhong was shocked when he heard Gao Jianwu's words.

“中路军可是有小鬼子第68、第116师团、第34、第58师团等4个整编师团，贵军准备独自对他们发起攻击？”李夏忠不敢置信地追问道。

"Yes, we are planning to do so." Gao Jianwu replied.

Although Li Xiazhong really wants the expeditionary army group to do this, because in this way, the expeditionary army group will lose both sides in the fight with the little devil. For the Ninth War Zone, this is of course a good thing. The expeditionary army group, which was originally a hidden danger, is nothing threatened.

But Li Xiazhong is still a Chinese with integrity after all, he thinks it is too risky for the expeditionary army group to do so.

"Commander Gao, with all due respect, although it is said that the expeditionary army group can be used to fighting, it has won many victories. The little devil is not a weak hand, and the strength of the four reorganized divisions is 4 to [-]. The strength should not be underestimated. I hope your army It is best to cooperate with our Ninth War Zone when marching." Li Xiazhong advised.

"Thank you, Li Gaocan, for reminding us that if the little devils go head-to-head in one piece, of course we have nothing to do. But now that the little devils have dispersed their teams and are advancing individually, our army will seize the opportunity of the little devils to disperse their attacks and send them out." Break each one.

If we wait for the nine theaters to act together, I'm afraid the delay will be too long and the opportunity will be lost. "

"As for the combat operations of the expeditionary force group this time, if Li Gaocan has time, he might as well follow us for a walk." Gao Jianwu responded, and invited Li Xiazhong as a witness.

Of course, he didn't want to show off, but he hoped that after Li Xiazhong got the first-hand information on the current battle situation, he could send a report to Chief Xue as soon as possible, so as to push the Ninth War Zone to take timely action against other attacking little devils, and try to suppress this attack as much as possible. The main force of the attacking 11th Army was eaten.

Of course, Gao Jianwu didn't simply support the battle in the Ninth War Zone, but through this battle, the little devil completely lost his strategic advantage in Central China, creating a rare opportunity for him to take the next step.

If this strategic goal is achieved, then when Gao Jianwu moves northward, there will be no strong little devils in the three towns of Hankou to resist.

The three towns of Hankou can be directly taken down at a relatively low price. This is one of the most important nodes for Gao Jianwu to achieve his next strategic goal.

It can be said that Chief Xue may make money by killing the main force of the 11th Army, but Gao Jianwu will definitely not lose money!
This is a great thing to win.

Li Xiazhong looked at Gao Jianwu's serious look, knowing that this was Gao Jianwu's decision, and it was definitely not empty talk on a whim. He shook his head slightly with curiosity and sighed in his heart, and stopped trying to persuade him. He carried a communication soldier with him. You can borrow Gao Jianwu's radio station to change the channel and password to send the report.

Therefore, Li Xiazhong stayed in Gao Jianwu's expeditionary army group to observe the battle on the spot, and Gao Jianwu didn't care about him. Except for the confidential matters of contacting his superiors, Li Xiazhong was at the headquarters when he issued orders to the attack groups below and the information returned by each unit. Just listen.

For Gao Jianwu, these are not confidential matters, and Li Xiazhong has the overall real-time battle situation.It means that Chief Xue also has the actual progress news on Gao Jianwu's side, which is of course very helpful for his formation. Now Gao Jianwu has taken down 5 reorganized divisions.

If Chief Xue only targets 5 reorganized divisions, it is equivalent to returning to the situation of the third battle of Tanzhou, and the tactic of outflanking with more wings and less wings will still have a chance of victory.

Gao Jianwu's tactic was indeed not a whim, but premeditated.He has even completed the communication with his superiors and the larger strategic layout.

When he was in Hengzhou, while commanding the air force, Gao Jianwu was planning how to maximize the benefits of the expeditionary force cluster he brought back.

The answer is very simple, that is, you can't simply return to Jindi. If you bring a large army back directly, not only will it not have any effect on Jindi in the short term, but it will directly become a heavy burden for Jindi. It took not only one year to recover, but the food production was still not self-sufficient. The newly increased consumption of tens of thousands of people was very difficult for Jindi to digest.

After all, after Gao Jianwu came out with this group of people who originally belonged to Jindi, the brigade commander, Li Yunlong and the various bases were not idle, and they began to expand their troops in large quantities by taking advantage of the continuous weapon production capacity of Jinyang Arsenal.

Among them, the brigade commander is the fastest, and besides Li Yunlong's department, he has expanded to no less than 10 people!

Li Yunlong also restored the main force to 5, and then expanded the local garrison team to no less than 3, walking on two legs of the local troops and the main force planned by Gao Jianwu.

Including the explosive soldiers in other bases, the main force of the entire Jin area alone has exceeded 30!
With such a scale, it is already a little stressful for the simple Jin land to support.Fortunately, Yamashita Sanosuke's trading company traded from it, exported some of Jindi's industrial products, and then imported a large amount of grain to solve the urgent need.

Therefore, Gao Jianwu had to consider allowing the expeditionary army group to come out of Jin and open up a new base.

And such a large-scale army needs to be supported. Obviously, a small base in one county and one place can no longer meet Gao Jianwu's needs.

It was against this background that Gao Jianwu jumped out of the narrow scope of the Battle of Tanzhou, and put it into a larger strategic situation for consideration.

That is to take advantage of the big event of the 11th Army going south to attack the land of Sanxiang. If he can find a way to defeat and eliminate most of the 11th Army, leaving a strategic gap in central China for the little devil, then he will quickly seize the three towns of Hankou and take this The core stronghold in central China, and then build and establish a brand new base in Hubei, Henan and Anhui based on this!

This is not an old district with a total area of ​​more than 4 square kilometers and a population of more than 350 million.

It is a large base area extending from the Hanshui River in the west, the Yellow River in the north, the Dabie Mountains in the east, and the Yangtze River in the south. It is a new base area even larger than the current Jinsui base area!
Such a grand planning goal, of course, cannot be accomplished by a group of expeditionary forces by Gao Jianwu.

In order to achieve this goal, Gao Jianwu has secretly reported this new plan to the Eighth Route Headquarters, asking the brigade commander and Li Yunlong to march south, cross the Yellow River to take the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and then take the Nanyang Valley, go all the way to Xingyang and Bianjing, and cut off the little devils. The north-south passage, then go south to take Xudi, and then go west and gradually integrate with the brigade commander.

However, Gao Jianwu divided his troops into three groups. The left army took Jingxiang all the way, and the right army went to take the old Hong'an base in Macheng, and finally advanced to Shangguang Mountain by the Huaihe River. , Runan, etc. won, and finally joined the base of Li Yunlong and the Great Brigadier to form a large area.

After the main force of the 11th Army of the Little Devils was wiped out, this land happened to be the emptiest moment for the occupying army of the Little Devils. Without the support of the 11th Army of the Little Devils, the Little Devils in the Japanese-occupied area of ​​Yudi could not do anything alone. Of course, Gao Jianwu wanted to take advantage of this When the opportunity is won, the combination with the Jin area will truly form a stable double-eye area.

The land in Jin is poor, and it is not easy to grow food and even feed yourself. If Gao Jianwu rushes back with the expeditionary army group, there will be so many more people at once. It is really difficult to even have enough food!
Although it is common for Balu to be hungry, Gao Jianwu didn't want to do this, making everyone bleed and desperately hungry at the same time.

However, the fertile land occupying the center of Hubei, Henan and Anhui is different. It was originally a grain-growing area in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with a large amount of fertile land. A new base for good development!

Whether it is population or industrial capacity, everything can be raised to a higher level.

Although it is said that it is surrounded by enemies and it is not easy to defend, but Gao Jianwu is now strong and strong, and when the little devils come to an army, they will deliver food. What's more, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong are both developing very well. Gao Jianwu estimates that the brigade commander can mobilize 5 to [-] troops to go south. , Li Yunlong can at least mobilize [-] troops.

In addition to Gao Jianwu himself, the main force has as many as [-] to [-], not to mention that after the integration of local guerrilla forces, it will not be a problem to raise another [-] to [-] troops as a second-line garrison in a short period of time.

In this way, there are 3 field troops with the size of expeditionary army clusters and 1 garrison cluster. Except for Hanyang, a few places with strong industrial foundations that must be defended, the rest of the cities can be abandoned in mobile warfare.

With Gao Jianwu and the brigade commander now commanding the combat capabilities of the large corps, coupled with the comprehensive update of the army's weapons and equipment, it is no problem for the three field groups to directly eat the little devil's army.

It's not a big problem even if each of their groups fights against a little devil's army.As long as the little devils are not attacking with all their strength, Gao Jianwu is confident in defending this base and developing himself!

After recovering a strong economic foundation, it is not uncommon for Li Yunlong to let go of his hands and feet and let him explode. It is not uncommon to recruit 20 people in the Central Plains in half a year!
As long as weapons, ammunition and food logistics can keep up, Li Yunlong can only develop himself at an unexpected speed.

For Gao Jianwu's grand plan, the superior has approved it after careful study, and decided to set up the Hubei, Henan and Anhui bases, transfer 7 people from the Taiyue Military Region to form the Eastern Henan Cluster, and transfer 4 people from the Ping'an Base to form the Central Plains Cluster. The World War II Expeditionary Force Group was renamed the Jianghan Group.

Before Gao Jianwu and Li Xiazhong met, the expeditionary force group had already undergone a reorganization.

At the same time that Gao Jianwu planned to attack the 11th Army, the Eastern Henan Group and the Central Plains Group were activated almost at the same time. One soldier peak pointed to the Luoyang Basin and Nanyang Basin, and the other went straight to Xingyang and Bianjing!

In a wider area, the Qilu base area also launched a counterattack, and the Jinsui base area and the Taihang military region began to attack Jizhong in order to support Gao Jianwu's strategic plan and fully contain the little devils in North China.

A strategic counter-offensive against the little devil was kicked off by Gao Jianwu. Although at the beginning of this big counter-offensive, the little devil and Guogua knew nothing about it. The ultimate goal of the counterattack is well hidden.

Now except for Gao Jianwu, the brigade commander, and the high-ranking officials who have a clear overall strategic goal, even Li Yunlong only knows the goal of his Central Plains cluster, but does not know what the ultimate strategic goal is.

But for Li Yunlong, these are not important, what is important is that he has time to flex his muscles again.Holding the large base areas of Ping'an and Lu'an, Li Yunlong completed a new round of development in one year.

The potential of this site has almost been tapped out, and almost 10 troops have been pulled up. If Gao Jianwu had not left a good industrial foundation for Yamashita Sanosuke to exchange for food from the outside, with Li Yunlong, a serious chief officer, He simply can't support so many troops!
Now the superior allows him to attack the heartland of the Central Plains on a large scale. For Li Yunlong, this is exactly what he wishes for.

The entire Central Plains cluster, with Li Yunlong as the commander-in-chief and Shen Quan as the deputy commander-in-chief, has three main infantry attack groups and one artillery attack group under his command, plus a 3-person rapid attack group built by Lao Li based on the Red Star agricultural tricycle, The main force is exhausted.

Among them, Lao Li's rapid attack group has a faint taste of the motorized troops that Gao Jianwu told Lao Li. A red star tricycle with an oversized compartment can carry 15 soldiers, their equipment and ammunition. Lao Li went to ask for it After 200 vehicles are built, it is especially useful for sneak attacks on plains and mountainous areas with roads.

比起标准化的平安装备来说，这个快速攻击群一色的43式突击步枪，每个步兵15人小队有一挺歪把子机枪和1门60毫米迫击炮，火力小队则配置1门82毫米迫击炮或者1挺重机枪，4个火力小队和6个步兵小队凑1个连队，配置2门82毫米迫击炮和2挺重机枪。

4 assault companies form a fast attack battalion.

In addition, the entire assault group also dragged 4 41-type mountain artillery and 4 8 infantry artillery, so there are [-] teams that are both infantry and artillery, and all personnel are combatants.

The distance traveled in a day depends entirely on the depth of the fuel tank.

I have to say that Lao Li's saving of property is really first-class and powerful.After tasting the sweetness, if he couldn't afford to burn oil, he would dare to directly create tens of thousands of rapid attack groups.

Now most of the oil sources are still relying on Gao Jianwu's refinery equipment, which is produced and refined from the small oil field in the border area.

After determining the strategic offensive policy, Gao Jianwu didn't care about what to do elsewhere, but concentrated on preparing to deal with the little devil in front of him.

At present, the 40th Division of the Little Devils has all passed Zishui and is fighting fiercely with the national army guarding Yiyang City.

Since the heavy artillery of the artillery regiment was blown up by the space of the expeditionary army cluster, the little devil's artillery fire weakened a lot, and there was little progress in the face of the defenders who relied on their positions to resist stubbornly.

"The first attack group, forcibly marched to Xie Lingang, blocked the westward escape route of the 40th Division from the direction of Xie Lingang, the second attack group, raided Lanxi, attacked the little devils from the east of Yiyang, the tank group and the third attack group cooperated Attack from the south front! Be sure to quickly break through the formation of the little devils and directly block the south bank of Zishui, cut off the escape route of the little devils to the north, and the fourth attack group will follow the tank group to encircle all the 40 divisions and annihilate them under the city of Yiyang!"

(PS: The internal reorganization of the number has been completed, but the Jianghan cluster has not been launched externally, and it is still an expeditionary army cluster for the time being.)
Gao Jianwu's strategy is simple and rude.They didn't even arrange anything for the heavy artillery regiment, and directly let 4 infantry attack groups and tank attack groups go out to fight. The infantry attack group's own howitzer battalion, against the 40th division that had already beaten the artillery regiment to the brim, had no firepower. There is a problem.

What's more, the Air Force dispatched 16 fighter planes to provide air support. After leaving Hengzhou, Gao Jianwu has no logistics resources. A massive explosion.

Li Xiazhong already knew Gao Jianwu's newly reorganized attack group, which was roughly equivalent to a reorganized division of the National Army. At this time, he heard that Gao Jianwu wanted to use four divisions to fight the 4th Division of the Little Devils, and he felt quite disapproving.

Although the 40th Division is said to be the 39rd Regiment of the Little Devils in 3, it has jurisdiction over the 234th, 235th, and 236th Infantry Regiments, with a total strength of about 1. It is not the main force in the 4th Army, but it has fought several times. In 11, the combat effectiveness was still much stronger than that of the national army. Without 4v1 or even 5v1, it was impossible to win, let alone annihilate.

Although Gao Jianwu dispatched 4 attack groups, equivalent to 4 reorganized divisions of the national army, there were only about 4 people, and the strength of the opponent was less than 3 times. In Li Xiazhong's view, it was a little bit reluctant to win. It's a bit bragging.

However, Li Xiazhong was a guest, and he was very aware of his position, so he listened with his ears without saying a word to the other party's command.

From Ningxiang to Yiyang, although the distance is only about 40 kilometers, in Li Xiazhong's view, it will take at least a day for the expeditionary army group to move in place, but to his surprise, the large team of the expeditionary army group that set off at 7 o'clock that day , Around 12 o'clock, the movement was in place and the attack was launched directly!
Li Xiazhong, who arrived at the temporary headquarters outside Yiyang City almost simultaneously with Gao Jianwu in a jeep, witnessed for the first time how the expeditionary army group fought.

I saw that after the front-line observation post reported the suspicious artillery position of the little devil, Gao Jianwu quickly directed the artillery to launch an artillery attack. The 40th division of the little devil was caught off guard. They surrounded Yiyang.

It was only when Gao Jianwu launched the artillery attack that he woke up like a dream, but it was too late. After Gao Jianwu destroyed the opponent's artillery, the tank attack group immediately launched a full-scale attack. The offensive line was crushed, and in less than an hour, the offensive formation of the 1th Division was broken through on the south bank of Zishui, and then divided into left and right, and a deep position of about 40 kilometers was established, directly cutting off the retreat of the 2th Division!
The whole process can be described as devastating. After the little devil was destroyed in the artillery position, the firepower of the remaining [-] infantry artillery, heavy machine guns, and grenades was like tickling the Sherman tank.

Once found, the tank turned around and solved it with one shot. The following infantry, relying on the superior firepower of the Garand rifle, faced the little devil infantry three or eight times, and followed the tank all the way to harvest!
During the whole process, there was no brutal bloody battle in Li Xiazhong's imagination at all, and the tank attack group and the third attack group completely crushed the main forces of the three regiments of the 40th Division of the little devil!

The other three attack groups were really trying to intercept the little devil's escape, and they didn't use much force.

Gao Jianwu's troops wiped out the 40th Division in half a day!
When Li Xiazhong heard that the 40th Division had been wiped out in the evening, his brain was buzzing all the time. He could never have imagined that the expeditionary army group had become so powerful now.

He still couldn't believe it when he heard the news at the headquarters. When he went to the front line in person and saw the little devils with corpses strewn all over the field, and the national army defenders who had survived the catastrophe all ran out to cheer, Li Xiazhong had no choice but to believe that this was the case. a fact.

To be honest, when Li Xiazhong confirmed that this was true, he seemed a little distraught, because this kind of army was completely different from the army he had imagined.

Originally, in his mind, he thought that it would be good if the expeditionary army group could drive 55 with the little devil.After all, after fighting against the little devil for so many years, Li Xiazhong still knows the fighting power of the little devil very well.

Although the expeditionary army group has a good reputation, it claims to have wiped out 30 to [-] little devils.But Li Xiazhong himself is very clear that the battle report can be greatly artistically rendered according to the situation.

The results of the propaganda are two or three times more than the actual results, which is already very conscientious.But today the expeditionary army group has overturned his cognition.

Gao Jianwu said that the annihilation was really a complete annihilation, and wiped out the entire little devil on the ground.There were more than 14 people in a reorganized division, and only a few hundred disabled soldiers were captured.

Although Li Xiazhong didn't count them himself, he saw that most of these captives were officers dressed as lieutenants and assistant officers, and there were very few ordinary devils.

Everyone in the expeditionary army group knew that Gao Jianwu had a special hobby, which was to capture the officers of the little devils, and then let them find a way to kill them.

At first they couldn't quite understand it, but later they speculated whether it was a kind of mental torture for the little devil, similar to killing people's hearts.

No one knew that Gao Jianwu silently shouldered everything in order to increase the 150% explosive bonus.

That night Li Xiazhong reported everything he saw to Chief Xue of the Ninth Theater Command by phone.

The first moment Chief Xue received the report, he felt a little ridiculous, and even wondered whether Li Xiazhong had been instigated by the expeditionary army group!

Fortunately, the battlefield itself is not far from Tanzhou, and there are telephone contacts. Chief Xue also has his own people in the city, and soon sent investigators to verify that the battle reports sent back by Li Xiazhong are true. The 40th Division of the little devil The regiment was indeed completely wiped out by the expeditionary army group in less than half a day!

"The expeditionary army group is so strong?" After Chief Xue confirmed the news, he was not happy at first, but a little scared.With such a strong army by his side, if they don't leave, it will be really difficult to sleep and eat.

To him, the little devil is a vicious tiger, but the headmaster's direct line and the expeditionary army group are not another group of hungry wolves.

He didn't want to give up the land he had worked so hard to get.Therefore, all external forces are resisted.

Even if Fang Junchang and the others are just some shabby brands, Chief Xue is not at ease, and will weaken their strength when they find the right opportunity.

When he received the news, he was the only one in the entire headquarters. Looking at the big map on the wall, Chief Xue took down the small flag of the 40th Division, and then stared blankly at the 68th and 116th Divisions near Gao Jianwu. [-] divisions.

If Gao Jianwu and the others can eat up the 68th and 116th Divisions, then
Sparks burst out in Officer Xue's eyes, Li Xiazhong was right, if the expeditionary army group realized what they were bragging about, then my chance would come again!
(End of this chapter)