The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1033 Kong Jie and Li Yunlong played and arrived in northern Shanxi
During the battle of besieging Licheng, Liao County, She County and other five cities, the little devil was quite depressed as if he shot himself in the foot with a stone.

It is really that the concrete fortifications built by the cautious Japanese army are too stable, and it is very difficult to attack them by force.

The devils were also cunning. Seeing that the strong attack could not stop and the casualties continued to spread, they chose the method of encircling but not attacking, trying to cut off water and food, so as to force the Eighth Route Army in the fortifications to run out of ammunition and food.

According to the relevant investigations of the Japanese army, they believed that in the five cities of Licheng, Liaoxian, and Xiangyuan, the Eighth Route Army left behind a large number of elite main forces for defense, so that the fortifications were so impenetrable that they could not be breached by force.

Then, this large number of main forces means that there are many mouths to eat, and the food and water reserves are limited after all.

As long as the siege lasts long enough, these Eighth Route Army might be able to starve to death of thirst and win without a fight.

With this in mind, the Japanese and puppet troops who besieged the five cities patiently played a war of attrition with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

On the defensive position of the Eighth Route Army in Shexian County.

The battalion commander of an independent regiment was cooking lunch with the soldiers.

The specially built smoke-free stove, and the hoarded canned food and some dried vegetables are cooked in a pile, and a pot of beef soup full of fragrance is made, and the soldiers are almost drool-worthy. .

Yilian Changle said: "Battle Commander, didn't you just eat beef the day before yesterday, why are you eating canned beef again today? Wouldn't this be too extravagant?"

There is nothing wrong with what you say.

A few years ago, according to the harsh environment of the Eighth Route Army fighting behind enemy lines, let alone eating canned beef, it was considered good to smell something meaty for half a year.

In the end, guess what the first battalion commander said?
The first battalion commander smiled indifferently, and said cheerfully, "It's over after eating. In order to build long-term defensive fortifications, when the main force of our regiment was still there, we stored enough food and water for a regiment to last for two weeks.

But how many people do we have now?
Hey, the strength of a battalion is not enough. Even if we soldiers let go of our stomachs, we can eat him for at least two or three months with the food and water we hoard.

For two or three months, this battle was already fucking over.

Tell me, what are these things left for?If it is broken again, wouldn't it be a waste? "

The soldiers echoed and laughed. After lunch began, the soldiers held bowls and ate one by one, while looking at the Japanese and puppet soldiers not far from the fortification from time to time, who were still on guard.

The devils and the puppet army probably never dreamed of the Eighth Route Army in the fortifications that they thought were close to running out of ammunition and food.

But people have plenty of food and water, and the daily life is nourished and happy, what a joy!
Of course, in order to paralyze the judgment of the Japanese and puppet troops, the commander of the first battalion specially told the soldiers to make some false appearances.

What illusion?

Let the little devils and the puppet army think that the Eighth Route Army on the fortifications is already so hungry that their eyes are staring at gold stars, and they will soon be unable to hold on.

What are you doing?
It's better to fool the little devil up and launch an attack, so that we can continue to kill devils!
In fact, Kong Jie, who proposed to build slaughterhouses in Licheng, Shexian, Lucheng, Xiangyuan and other cities to eliminate the vital forces of the Japanese army, also considered the situation that the five cities would be besieged by the Japanese army in turn.

So when the channel was opened early in the morning, the soldiers promptly followed the command of the headquarters and hoarded a large amount of water and food.

In addition, the main force was secretly transferred, and some elites stayed behind to contain the Japanese army with the least amount of troops and the least consumption.

In addition, since it is a slaughterhouse, if the devils do not take the initiative to attack, the effect of such a slaughterhouse will not be so obvious.

Therefore, the slaughterhouse built according to Kong Jie's vision is definitely not limited to Licheng and other five cities.

In the following, during the sweeping of the Eighth Route Army bases by the Japanese army, slaughterhouses like Licheng, Shexian, and Liaoxian sprung up one by one like bamboo shoots after a rain.

It was an elite combat force that used the terrain to quickly intersperse and detour to the important transportation routes behind the Japanese army.

Although the devils used novel sticky tactics, it was still quite difficult to stop the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army from interspersed operations.

After the soldiers successfully penetrated to the rear of the Japanese army's sweep, they directly cut off the important transportation line of the devils, and then built solid fortifications at the pass of the line.

What are you doing?
Wait for the devils to attack, and then start the massacre with the help of solid fortifications.

It was not until the Japanese army sent a large number of artillery attacks that they evacuated in time.

In the end, the Eighth Route Army paid relatively small casualties in return for the large casualties of the Japanese troops who had to fight the route.

At first, the devil officers in the headquarters were still unclear about the intention of the Eighth Route Army's move. They thought it was the same as usual, to interrupt his Japanese army's transportation line and prevent the Japanese army's logistics supply.

But soon, the Japanese army realized that this did not seem to be the case.

Sometimes, the Japanese army's transport troops passed by not far away, but the Eighth Route Army was completely unmoved, just to set up an ambush on the mountain road that the main force of the devils must pass, and then launch an ambush.

It seems that he is rushing to destroy his Imperial Japanese Army.

This situation was noticed by the Japanese army, and after the statistics of the casualties reported by many parties, it was only in the Yangquan area. In less than three days, the Japanese army alone suffered more than 1000 casualties.

Don't underestimate the more than 1000 people, this is not a small number.

You must know that in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the national army mobilized tens of thousands of troops, and the two sides fought. The national army was defeated in less than a month, and the number of Japanese casualties was only a few hundred.

This is already worth several times the casualties of the devils in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

And this is just less than three days.

"Bastard, these goddamn eight ways are really rampant, they seem to come here with the purpose of destroying us!"

One of the devils came to this conclusion, which made all the devils officers who participated in the meeting gasp.

That seems to be the case.

During this period of time, the Eighth Route Army continued to attack with solid fortifications, or ambushed and attacked midway, causing their Japanese casualties to rapidly expand.

These eight routes don't care about resources, gains or losses in any position, let alone victory or defeat in front of them.

They seem to have only one purpose:
Kill, kill more Japanese soldiers!
In this way, the two sides fought until the fifth day. With the shocking statistics of casualties, many Japanese and puppet troops were beaten with fear.

The officers of the second-rate army even hurriedly asked them to retreat as soon as possible if they encountered Eighth Route Army troops along the way, and they must find ways to bypass and avoid them whenever they encountered Eighth Route Army positions, and they must never confront them.

Gradually spread all over the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla areas and slaughterhouses outside the base areas. For a while, the Japanese and puppet soldiers retreated.

at this time.

As the war between the two sides continues.

The sticky tactics proposed by the old devil's chief of staff, Tanabe, gradually became weak as time went on.
The old devil's abacus was well played.

It's a pity that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

In the guerrilla areas of the Eighth Route Army and the outer lines of the base areas, most of the fortifications built were masonry structures left over by the Japanese army, or structural fortifications mixed with concrete like bean curd dregs.

Such fortifications naturally cannot stop the Japanese aircraft and artillery.

Under the devil's sticky tactics, the Eighth Route Army was indeed constantly retreating under the joint operations of armored forces, infantry, air force, and various arms.

Only after gradually approaching the center line area of ​​​​the Eighth Route Army base area.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Taihang base area, specially built concrete fortifications that are quite solid.

The defense system of the entire base area is extremely complete.

Even if the devils cooperate with armored forces and air forces, they still cannot easily break through the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army was forced to attack again and again, but most of them ended in defeat and suffered heavy casualties.

So far, the battle has gone on to the sixth day.

……

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Boss, it's already the sixth day!"

The deputy chief of staff spoke with burning eyes, and then said with emotion: "Don't tell me, Kong Jie's eyes are really unique, this kid has summed up a special set of theories for the Japanese army's mopping up.

Long-term practice has proved that when the Japanese army raided our Eighth Route Army base areas, it was because they wanted to leave their stable security areas and enter our suburbs and mountainous areas.

Therefore, the Japanese army was often unable to guarantee the logistical supply of large-scale mopping up troops.

This means that the Japanese army's sweep cannot last.

Generally speaking, it lasts for about a week, because this is the longest time their soldiers can carry the food.

After this time, due to insufficient logistical supplies, the devil's large-scale troops could only choose to retreat.

The raid by the Japanese army can be called a weekly raid.

In this regard, Kong Jie believes that our Eighth Route Army used to have backward equipment and basically did not have enough strength to launch a counterattack, so forget it.

Today, our equipment has developed and our troops have grown stronger, and we already have the strength to counterattack the Japanese army to a certain extent.

So for the Japanese army's big raid, what we have to consider is not only the issue of anti-sweeping, but also whether we can directly defeat the Japanese army's thinking with an active attack! "

"For example, we can drag the Japanese army in enough depth to attack the Japanese army on Sunday. When the devil's edge is exhausted and the time has passed to about the seventh day, the Japanese army's logistics has basically bottomed out, and we can only The moment of being forced to retreat.

At this juncture, it was an excellent moment for us to take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and defeat the Japanese army in one fell swoop. "

The boss nodded.

Then everyone's topic changed from the current military success or failure to the political effect.

The political commissar pointed out sharply: "This rare large-scale sweep by the Japanese army is actually not only a military contest between China and Japan, but also a political game.

It is no exaggeration to say that this battle is not only related to the military success or failure of our two sides, but also related to the general trend of the Japanese army and our Eighth Route Army in the whole of Shanxi, Shandong, and even the whole of North China.

If the Japanese army wins this battle, the arrogance of the Japanese army will rise again, the rear will be stabilized, and the security area will be much more stable as a result.

This has a positive effect on the Japanese battlefield in China and in the Pacific Ocean.

But if we win, if we can still play beautifully.

This is not only a military victory, but also a political win-win.

On the one hand, we can expand our international influence and get more international support.

On the other hand, as far as Shanxi is concerned, the current situation is also very complicated. The 35th Route Army in northern Shanxi and the Jinsui Army in western Shanxi have actually long held a wait-and-see attitude.

We won, and with the victor's attitude, the Jinsui Army, including the 35th Route Army, might come over to cooperate with us on our own initiative.

But if we are really defeated, don't expect others to have any good intentions. It's not bad if we don't come over with the little devil and step on us! "

In this regard, the deputy general manager, the chief of staff, and the political commissar have special ideas.

There are many factions in Jiang's army, but they are far less stable than they appear on the surface.

Right now, the contradiction between China and Japan is temporarily greater than everything else, so they can unite and make a common external.

In this regard, some scholars have even studied that if the Sino-Japanese War had not broken out, it would still be a question of whether Jiang's troops could be successfully unified, or they would collapse themselves.

So whether it is the 35th Route Army in northern Shanxi or the Jinsui Army in western Shanxi.

In fact, they are all like shrewd investors, who may change and bet according to the direction of the wind at any time.

The former Eighth Route Army may not have the capital to become such an investee, but now it has the opportunity.

If this battle can be won, it will smash the devil's sweep and hit the Japanese army hard in one fell swoop. From a larger perspective, this can even establish the absolute military status of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and even Shandong in one fell swoop.

The boss still wants to have a drink with Commander Fu and walk the road together!
At this time, the deputy chief of staff brought up another topic: "Calculating the time, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have already led mobile combat troops to the northern Shanxi area!"

The boss nodded, with a little more worry on his face: "Whether we can defeat the Mongolian Army and open up the passage from Inner Mongolia to the Northeast is very important to our Eighth Route Army.

I don't know if the two boys Kong Jie and Li Yunlong can successfully complete the task this time! "

The deputy chief of staff laughed: "Boss! Just relax your mind!
If you want to say that Li Yunlong was the only one who went there alone, it's really a bit suspenseful and worrying.

Fortunately, with Kong Jie following him, we can all see Comrade Kong Jie's progress over the years. To put it in a heartfelt way, that is really rapid progress. Sometimes I feel ashamed!

Let's just sit and wait for them to send us a bigger surprise! "

At this time, the protagonists mentioned by the boss and the deputy chief of staff, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, had indeed led the mechanized combat troops directly under Taihang half a day ago, smoothly along the secretly opened transportation channel, under the cover of comrades in the border area, Arrived in the northern Shanxi area...

(End of this chapter)