The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1045
In the west of Mengxi, the decisive battle between the Southern Tank Brigade of the Mongolian Army and the armored troops directly under the Taihang Army of the Eighth Route Army ended in a complete defeat of the Devil's Tank Brigade.

Not only that.

Commander Fu, who is good at stealing chickens, took advantage of the fact that the most elite chariot group of the devils in western Mengxi was completely defeated by the Eighth Route Army, and when the Japanese cavalry group in Baotou and the 26th Division in Datong rushed to reinforce, he took a mixed formation from the 35th Route Army. The mobile force raided Baotou, the base camp of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia.

After the news spread, it was just as Commander Fu and his chief of staff speculated.

The armored troops of the Eighth Route Army became famous in this battle.

Not only the entire North China, but even the entire Chinese battlefield, and even countries around the world expressed their amazement at this.

Even the U.S. soldiers who were far away in the Pacific battlefield, who were still in a bitter battle, couldn't help but feel relieved when they heard the news from the international side. Then they were secretly happy, and then they were grateful, thanking the Eighth Route Army for fighting on the Chinese battlefield. It can be said that this powerful victory by the Chinese Communist Party indirectly reflected their operations in the Pacific battlefield.

U.S. Aviation Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, who stayed in a team as a guest, was also filled with emotion after hearing the news.

He even stated in public that the Eighth Route Army is the most amazing army he has ever seen.

Of course, there are joys and sorrows for some.

The news that the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army completely defeated a group of Japanese tanks in the Mengxi area was explosive.

The news spread quickly, and under the special propaganda offensive of the Eighth Route Army, it was not only in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, but also in the territory of the Jinsui Army in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, and even in enemy-occupied areas.

The news spread quickly.

It also logically stimulated the enthusiasm of anti-Japanese armed forces in various places.

Because of this, the common people knew that the Eighth Route Army had won another big victory, and they all clapped their hands and cheered, and their support for the Eighth Route Army was even deeper in their hearts.

The young people who rushed to the base areas of the Eighth Route Army to actively join the army were wave after wave.

The reinforcements of the Chinese army from various countries in the world have also gradually tilted towards the Eighth Route Army. Many overseas Chinese compatriots also actively extended a helping hand to the Eighth Route Army and donated various anti-Japanese materials.

This is a series of good effects brought about by the Eighth Route Army after winning battles and gaining a reputation.

So far in the past few years, Jiang Jun's various slanders against the Eighth Route Army's so-called swimming without fighting have also been self-defeating.

In the end, which troops are sincerely fighting against Japan, and which troops are really capable of resisting Japan, fighting devils, and winning battles, the hearts of the common people are like a mirror.

The little devil was naturally worried.

The newly appointed commander of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu, frowned and locked himself in the room when he was free, and then began to scold his mother.

Who do you scold?
He scolded Yoshio Shinozuka, the former Commander of the First Army.

It was this bastard who left him such a big mess.

As a result, he has just taken office, and every day is like sitting on pins and needles, and he can't even sleep well for a night because of the disturbance by the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu is obviously an old guy who can throw the pot away. He thinks that if Yoshio Shinozuka hadn’t been able to eliminate the Eighth Route Army before it became stronger when he took office again, which led to the Eighth Route Army’s growth step by step, how could it have evolved into what it is today? What about the situation?

And the most worrying one was Neiji Okamura, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army Dispatch to North China.

Okamura is suffering.

I thought that a group of chariots was improvised in the west of Mengxi, with the skills to guard against the 35th Route Army, and to be alert to the disturbances of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi at any time, and to be able to cope with the final sweep of Jizhong after the battle broke out. Department coup.

The coup turned out to be a foolish one.

With the defeat of the Nanzhi Brigade and the sudden appearance of the Eighth Route Army in the Mengxi area, this armored force rose rapidly.

The entire Mengxi area became turbulent.

An armored brigade was severely damaged. Although the Japanese army suffered a lot of losses, it would not depress the Japanese army in China.

What Okamura is most worried about is that after the Eighth Route Army defeats the Nanzhi Brigade, his overall deployment will be affected, and it will affect his follow-up plan to sweep up the Eighth Route Army's battle against the Jizhong Military Region.

With this in mind, Okamura did not dare to delay. On the one hand, he ordered the 26th Division and the troops stationed in Mongolia to immediately strengthen their military defenses, and they must keep an eye on the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army troops in northern Shanxi.

"Stabilize the situation in northern Shanxi and western Mengxi at all costs!"

What are you doing?
Buy time for the final battle to wipe out the Jizhong Military Region.

So far, the old devil Okamura is still playing the big game, and he can smash the dream of the Eighth Route Army's logistics troops to fight in the Jizhong Military Region in one fell swoop.

In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, after barely stabilizing the situation in northern Shanxi and western Mengxi, Okamura immediately issued an order to urge the third, sixth, and No.13 divisions and the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army's Nishidaoman division to strengthen Attacks on the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army moved quickly.

Among them, the Third Division was strengthened to the Shandong battlefield, and assisted the Japanese First Army units stationed in Shanxi in a large-scale change of defense to the Shandong theater, and carried out a comprehensive military blockade and sweep against the Eighth Route Army base in Shandong.

As for the old elite Sixth Division of the Japanese army, because they are good at fighting in the mountains, and this little devil has defeated the main force of the Jinsui Army in Shanxi, they are especially familiar with the Shanxi battlefield.

Therefore, Gangcun was dispatched to the Shanxi battlefield to cooperate with the Japanese 12th Army troops originally stationed in Shandong who were transferred to the Shanxi battlefield, and launched a sweeping raid against the Eighth Route Army based mainly in the Taihang base area.

Compared with the third and sixth divisions, the 13th Division seems a little ordinary at first glance, but Okamura has the most trust in the head of the 13th Division, Bun Taiichiro.

He entrusted Bun Taiichiro with the task of finally completely clearing the Jizhong area.

Among them, the Shanxi battlefield is naturally the most attention-grabbing battlefield right now.

The Shanxi area, especially the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area, is also the most difficult bone for the Japanese army to crack. Including the Kwantung Army’s Nishidaoman Division, which was reinforced this time, they were all transferred to the Shanxi battlefield by Okamura to deal with the Taihang Eighth Route Army troops. .

The devils pressed heavily on the territory, and for a while, even the relatively stable Taihang Eighth Route Army bases, the soldiers felt the oppression of the mountain and the rain.

A team headquarters is located in the compound.

Political Commissar Li Wenjie is chatting with Doolittle.

As Kong Jie's tacit partner, Li Wenjie is very aware of the importance Kong Jie attaches to the U.S. military aviation lieutenant colonel in front of him, and he is even more aware of Kong Jie's long-term intention to retain this aviation talent to develop the aviation industry of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, during the temporary stay of Doolittle in a team, Li Wenjie took good care of him.

In addition, they are all cultural people. During the mutual exchanges, Li Wenjie really admired the professional knowledge of Doolittle, an aviation lieutenant colonel, in the aviation field.

Doolittle was also full of surprises at the young man in front of him.

As Doolittle lamented:

"Political Commissar Li, it's hard to imagine what kind of environment and experience can create a military talent like you. You must know that even in my country, military accomplishments and long-term vision can reach your level. Even if they are not veterans of the battlefield, most of them are middle-aged people over 40."

Li Wenjie said a few words modestly with a smile, and then used Kong Jie as a shield:

"The lieutenant colonel is joking, he is far worse than my brother!"

At this time, the news that the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army led by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong had defeated the Japanese tank group in the western Mengxi area had spread.

Before the news came, Doolittle only knew that Kong Jie seemed to have been transferred to other places by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters to fight.

It never occurred to him that during the few days he had been in a team, Captain Kong led the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army to another famous victory.

In addition, Doolittle heard that the first armored unit of the Eighth Route Army, the first armored corps, was created by Kong Jie.

A team is its cradle.

This naturally made Doolittle admire Kong Jie a little more.

After the news of the heavy Japanese troops pressing down on the border, Li Wenjie called a meeting of military cadres at the headquarters. During the meeting, Li Wenjie did not treat Doolittle as an outsider, and even invited Lieutenant Colonel Du to participate in the military analysis.

In Kong Jie's words:

"When the Yankees are here, you have to make them feel at home. Even if it's a military operation, if it's not a core secret, you can still let them participate!"

"With more sense of participation, there is also a sense of belonging!"

then……

When it was learned that the Japanese army was heavily suppressing the border, a complete blockade of the base area where a detachment was located was carried out.

"According to the information sent back by our intelligence personnel and the situation detected by the outside investigators, the devils have mobilized a large-scale force this time, only targeting our team, and the devils have added a new elite field division in the Yangquan area. Regiment—the Sixth Division.”

"In addition to the original security forces of the Japanese army in Yangquan."

"The Japanese army launched a big raid against our base area, this time the force is unprecedented!"

After this analysis was settled, the expressions of the cadres at all levels participating in the meeting on the side of the team were quite calm. They have not experienced any big storms in these years, and the situation is even more exaggerated and difficult than it is now. .

It's been a long time coming.

On Doolittle's side, except for Dolittle who was honest and steady and didn't show much expression, the changing expressions of the rest of the American pilots who followed Doolittle were wonderful.

A young pilot couldn't help but speak in worry:
"My God! So many Japanese troops are coming, everyone, have you all thought about how to deal with this difficult battle?"

"Soldiers come to block!"

"Water and earth cover it!"

"It's not a big deal. This little devil conducts big sweeps against our base areas every year. If not ten times, there are eight times. This time, the scale is a little bigger. Let's kill his mother to have a good time!"

The cadres responded one by one with a calm expression on their faces.

The American pilots watching this scene were a little dumbfounded.

They really couldn't figure it out, these activities were in the outskirts of the mountainous area, isolated and helpless, surrounded by the Eighth Route Army of powerful enemy troops.

How do these hearts grow? Don't they know what it means to be afraid?

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan even made a joke at Doolittle: "Lieutenant Colonel, please rest assured that we have already made preparations for this Japanese attack. Of course, if the situation really gets bad, we will We will take the lead in ensuring your safety and escort and transfer you in advance.”

Some American pilots who said this were a little embarrassed.

Doolittle replied as if he had been insulted: "Mr. Chief of Staff, what you say is simply the greatest insult to my personality.

We are soldiers, soldiers fighting against the Japanese army, and you are also Chinese soldiers fighting against the Japanese army. Right now, we are on the same front.

Even the glory of soldiers will never allow us to abandon our comrades in arms! "

"It's just a pity that our Eighth Route Army doesn't have any planes that can be provided to you, Lieutenant Colonel, for combat!" Xu Guoan said.

Doolittle said, "What plane do you want?
Even with only one rifle, we can still kill the enemy! "

In this regard, Doolittle was moved again. He had heard a lot of history and stories about the team during the days when he was in the team.

I heard that when a team was first formed, the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment had not yet formed, and the equipment was pitifully poor. There were not many light machine guns in total, and two rifles could not be carried by two people. It was just an old sleeve, Hanyang Made, it is simply junk from the last century.

Just like this, each person is not loaded with a few bullets.

What's more, when going to the battlefield, they can only use kitchen knives, sickles, and red cherry guns as weapons, and some don't even have weapons, so they simply fight directly to snatch the little devil.

These histories made Doolittle and his party respectful while sighing.

They thought, if they were put in the same situation, could they do better than the Eighth Route Army soldiers with pure beliefs and no fear of sacrifice?
The answer is: I'm afraid not!
At this moment, Doolittle just felt a little pity, "These damn Japanese bastards, if you can give us some planes, even a few fighter jets, we will definitely let these little devils have a taste of it!"

The cadres of a team are so extravagant.

Just like a joke made by Chief of Staff Xu Guoan: "Whenever we have such an air force, let alone bombing Tokyo, we can go to blow up the devil's Taiyuan City and give him the devil's headquarters." If it exploded, it would be very exciting!"

As the old saying goes, nothing happens without a book.

Just when Xu Guoan, Li Wenjie, and Doolittle were wondering when the Eighth Route Army would be able to have its own fighter jets.

Zhejiang, Quzhou area.

Duan Peng, the captain of a commando team, originally led the commando team members to continue to search for scattered US pilots in the Quzhou area and continue to carry out rescue missions.

It took nearly a week for Duan Peng and his party to successfully rescue two more American pilots, one of whom was rescued from the kid's barracks by robbing the camp at night.

After that, there was no news about the US military pilots.

Duan Peng originally planned to go to the Shandong area to investigate the location of the secret prisoner concentration camp of the Japanese army in accordance with the order given by Kong Jie.

But then unexpectedly learned the news that the Japanese army intends to occupy Quzhou Airport.

Since it involves the airport, it is naturally related to the plane. Duan Peng and the team members made a total calculation.

"So far, our Eighth Route Army basically has all the little devils, but this plane has not landed yet, and the old regiment leader has talked about it many times."

Speaking of this, Duan Peng changed the subject: "Comrades, just ask everyone, do you dare to fight with me, hijack a few planes for him to go back, and show our old regiment leader?"

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(End of this chapter)