The heavens begin with the bright sword

Chapter 56

"Little devil is undeterred. He regards my base area as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh." The brigade commander pointed to the map and said in a deep voice: "The tactics such as encirclement with iron walls and cannibalization advance that the little devil carefully built in the past few times have been smashed and disintegrated by our army. Our army has paid a heavy price in the early stages of the battle. This time we must gain insight into the enemy's tactical layout in advance, and strive to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war. According to the intelligence from the inside, the devil's tactics against our Taiyue Military Region this time are Neiji Okamura developed a new method of warfare—the iron roll sweep. It is reported that the Japanese army dispatched one part each of the 37th and 62nd divisions, the remnant of the 69th division, and its affiliated puppet troops, totaling more than 2 people. people."

While talking, Chen Geng marked the locations of these divisions on the map.

"The 37th Division is stationed in Yuncheng, headed by Yuichiro Nagano. Although there is an infantry brigade under his command, the 225th, 226th, and 227th regiments are respectively stationed in Kumamoto, Capital City, and Kagoshima in mainland Japan. The 37th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery, the 37th Regiment of the Engineers, and the 37th Regiment of the Supplies participated in the battle, and they obviously came for our base.” The chief of staff introduced the details of the various units of the Japanese army, After finishing the lecture on the 37th Division, he pointed to the location of the 62nd Division and said: "The commander of the division, Yoshio Hongo, took the 4th and 6th Brigades of the Mixed Brigade as the backbone in North China in May this year, and was in charge of the 63rd and 64th Infantry Brigades. The brigade and the artillery unit are stationed in Yuci. It is a third-rate security regiment. When we fought Qinyuan last time, the 62nd Division sent a regiment of devils to support it. .”

"In the end, it's our old opponent." The chief of staff pointed to the 69th Division stationed in Linfen. The last time they fought against Qinyuan, half of the division fell into Chen Geng's hands. The army fought back frantically in the Linfen area, and the situation of the 69th Division was not easy. Instead of struggling to support it in Linfen, it might as well be dispatched to solve the serious troubles of the Taiyue Military Region first.

"The devils have only deployed eight divisions in North China, and they are stationed in Shanxi, adding up to less than five divisions. Otherwise, the little devil thinks highly of us. The good guy directly mobilized three divisions to encircle us too Yue District." Chen Geng said with a smile: "How is it, do you feel any pressure?"

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover." Li Yunlong stood up and said in a loud voice: "Brigade Commander, you can go directly to the task, and give the main attack task to our independent regiment, and make sure to come back with a good start."

"You sit down for me."

"Yes."

"The little devil has a total of [-] to [-] troops, and our military region has nearly [-]. It seems that we have the upper hand in terms of military strength." The political commissar said in a deep voice: "But considering the equipment of both sides and the quality of soldiers, the combat effectiveness of each army is not balanced, etc. For this reason, I think we should not go head-to-head with it, but should take advantage of our numerical advantage and continue to use guerrilla warfare tactics to deal with the enemy. It is the enemy's engineering and artillery regiments that are troublesome in destroying the enemy in mobile warfare."

"But this is the devil's last madness." Chen Geng held the horsewhip, full of confidence, and said: "Let's say it's smashing the enemy's sweeping plan this time, even if you drag the little devils, they won't be able to jump for long."

"There is another hidden danger." The political commissar frowned and said, "In this big sweep, perhaps apart from some support from brother troops, we can't count on the assistance of friendly troops."

"Not only can't be counted on, I'm afraid we have to guard against them." The chief of staff sighed softly, and said: "Now that the international situation is becoming clearer, everyone knows that Japan's defeat will happen sooner or later. Some bad thoughts will naturally begin to recover."

Chen Geng was helpless when he heard the words, but he still said: "I will send a few letters to the surrounding friendly troops. I am not afraid that they will watch the fire from the other side, but I am afraid that they will take advantage of the fire."

With big bosses coming forward, the generals of the friendly forces will naturally restrain themselves a bit. Small frictions may not be stopped, but big moves should still be pushed back.

mid-September.

Okamura Ningji, who has been holding back for a long time, is now ambitiously mobilizing more than 3 troops, more than [-] more than expected. Fortunately, the extra troops are all puppet troops, and they use the method of long-distance raids and joint attacks , A brutal sweep was launched against the Beiyue District of the Taihang Mountains.

The Japanese army formed three echelons, arranged in three lines in a 20-kilometer-deep area, and swept from north to south with a comb formation and rolling tactics.

The combat room of the brigade headquarters.

"The little devil's strategic goal is very clear!" Chen Geng pointed to the advancing troops of the little devil on the sand table, and said in a deep voice: "They just want to drive us all the way to the Yellow River, let us fight against the water, and then roll from south to north Sweeping back to sweep away the troops that I might break out of, this is not far from our pre-war deduction, this is the so-called Iron Rolling Sweep."

"The name is resounding, but I just don't know what the actual effect will be." The political commissar looked like he was sure of winning, and was obviously very satisfied with his pre-war layout. Report, after all of us are wiped out, I am afraid that we will be underestimated by establishing a mountainous Communist suppression experimental area in the Taihang Mountains."

The Taiyue Military Region has a long-standing awareness of the devil's strategy, and has deployed it in advance. Each division has formulated a corresponding anti-sweeping plan, and the main force will be assembled for training and preparation before the war.

The basic combat plan for this anti-sweep clearly pointed out that: 1/3 of the basic corps should be dispatched in conjunction with the people's armed forces to persist in guerrilla warfare in the hinterland, and the main force should be transferred to the outside to destroy the enemy's main traffic lines, capture strongholds, and cooperate with the hinterland anti-sweep.

The devils wanted Tie Gun to mop up, and the three echelons laid out were clearly structured, and Chen Geng quickly calculated the enemy's combat strategy.

The first-line troops split up and attack together, looking for my main force to fight;
The second-line troops "choosed and mopped up", burned villages and looted supplies;
The third-line troops dispersed to "clear and suppress", and captured my scattered personnel and small groups of troops.

In response to the devil's third-line forces, the Taiyue Military Region naturally made an instinctive decision to avoid a decisive battle with its main force. The three ace regiments of the four military regions, the main force, the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment, took companies as units. Dispersed and adhered to the guerrilla warfare on the inside, the main force of the core regiment was transferred to the outside line, and the tactics of close cooperation between the inside and outside line were adopted to smash the Japanese army's raid.

Zhang Xiu's New Sixth Regiment remained at the brigade headquarters as a mobile unit, and it needed to be moved there.

October [-]st.

Following the bombing of the devil's planes, the Japanese army, which had built an "iron rolling" blockade in the Miangami area, began to move forward.

In the entire Taiyue Military Region, the army and the people stepped onto the battlefield together.

New Sixth Regiment resident.

"Commander, why isn't our main attack this time?" Li Huaizhong and the others were unhappy, watching the brother troops go out to drink and eat meat one by one, but they were still stationed at the brigade headquarters to drink the northwest wind.

Zhang Xiu also let out a long sigh, and said, "What can I do? I also want to go out to fight, but the commander doesn't agree. I don't dare to fight with the commander. Why don't you go to the next meeting for me?"

"Ahem." Li Huaizhong didn't answer the question, changed the subject, and said, "I heard that the frontline troops fought fiercely, especially the brothers from the independent regiment. First, it was a classic lure and ambush, annihilating the devils in a squadron, and then The chief of staff, Zhang Dabiao, used himself as a bait, pretending to be surrounded by a large group of devils in the mountains. As a result, his heart blossomed. He held his position for four hours and finally waited for reinforcements from the first and fourth battalions. Commander. I wonder if he can't get through the bridge, blow up all the bridges on the road that the little devil must pass, and just guard the commanding heights and the road pass. There is also Commander Kong."

"Commander Zhang, the brigade commander is calling you over!" the correspondent of the brigade headquarters shouted at Zhang Xiu from a distance.

The eyes of the cadres of the whole regiment brightened. Is this a combat mission?
Everyone is gearing up, already impatient.

　PS: Thank you for the reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)