The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Until the continuation of time, what happened to the final situation?
On the side of Brigadier Zhang of the 358th Brigade, the main force of the 716th Regiment cooperated with the troops outside Taiyuan Beiguan to attack the troops guarded by Iinuma. In the Nanguan position, only the troops directly under the brigade headquarters and the 715th Regiment remained.

Deputy Commander Xiao personally took the supplies to the Nanguan position to have a look. The two of them watched for a long time. The devil's situation was very strange. No matter how he attacked, it was perfunctory. What kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?

They have been studying from day to night.

This brother army attacked the Udo Manshi regiment in the Huangyadong area.

The number of air reinforcements from the old devil Harada's troops has decreased, but the reinforcements from Yuncheng have already arrived, so there is no reason not to launch a strong attack?

At this time, Lao Zhang asked the chief of staff: "Old Zhou, you have been studying for a long time. What are these devils doing? Do they want to attack at night?"

At this time, the head of the 715 regiment came in with a pot: "Deputy commander, chief of staff, and the old brigade commander, dinner is ready. Today is boiled canned radish and sweet potato noodles; there are also pumpkin millet porridge and miscellaneous grain steamed buns."

Brigadier Zhang couldn't help complaining: "I've been eating this dish every day since the Tianbeng operation started, and I'm about to throw up."

Old Xiao said happily: "Just be content, where did you get such good food in the past?

When a team of cannery and compressed biscuit factory that they assisted in the construction is completed, we will also have canned beef to eat. "

Old Zhou said, "By the way, Yamato cooks canned food!
The railway line and traffic line on the south side of the Tongpu Line are seriously threatened by us. The devil’s supplies must not be sufficient. Some of them were destroyed by your raid in the early stage. Now there is another Harada division. The devil must not last long enough to confront us. They must launch a general attack in two or three days.

The head of the 715 regiment said, "Chief of staff, are you saying that the devils are feinting to paralyze us, and then suddenly change the attack rhythm and launch a strong attack? Do you want us to launch another wave of sneak attacks tonight to disrupt the rhythm of the devils?"

Brigadier Zhang said: "This Yuantian suffered a lot from Lao Kong in Xinxiang, and this time he is being scolded by us again. You must be on guard. This little devil is not made of mud, and he is also very angry."

The head of the 715 regiment asked, "Then what should we do?"

Brigadier Zhang said, "No matter what kind of medicine he sells in the gourd, we have been here to contain the devils for a few days, and when we have earned enough benefits, we should go home and rest.

Tomorrow night, we will launch an artillery attack, and our troops will take the opportunity to alternately cover and evacuate.

Regardless of what medicine the devil sells, we are not working in the fortification anymore, does it have anything to do with us?
Tell the soldiers to be more vigilant, and if we persist for another day, we will retreat, turn around and enter Luliang Mountain, and I will give everyone a big watermelon! "

Old Xiao smiled and said: "That's right, we've earned enough benefits to go back and rest for a while, and we'll see how the devil goes next.

There is still half a month before the harvest of winter wheat, and when the devil is transferred, we will come out to grab him, and then it will be the home field of the 129th division. "

Brigadier Zhang said: "I don't know how Kong Jie and the others fought against the main force of the Sixth Division's headquarters first, whether the casualties were serious or not."

Lao Zhou said with a smile: "According to the communication from the headquarters, the first stage is going smoothly, and the second stage is gradually carried out.

By the way, when it comes to Lao Kong, we have to learn from this kid's business mind.

We are outside Luliang Mountain, and the small counties temporarily occupied by Yuncheng and Linfen will not last long in our hands. Why don't we take the opportunity to sell it to the nearby national army?

Looking back, it might be possible to contain the power of the Japanese army. "

Brigadier Zhang laughed and said, "That's a good idea. There will be extra income before I leave!"

And actually.

Brigadier Zhang and the others really worried too much.

The little devil did not launch a large-scale attack, but kept feigning attacks, purely because he was afraid of being beaten, and the order from his superiors to reinforce Taiyuan had to be carried out.

Just like that, for several days in a row, the Japanese army basically did not have any large-scale offensives.

Brigadier Zhang and his party found it boring, and then gradually withdrew the main force from the position according to the plan.

As a result, the strength of the defensive position was greatly weakened.

At first, the old devil Harada noticed this situation, and he was still wary of whether it might be a trap of the Eighth Route Army.

A brigade leader said: "General, judging from the intensity of firepower on the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions in the past few days, the strength of the Eighth Route Army seems to have decreased a lot.

Have they already withdrawn the main force secretly? "

Regarding this, the old devil Yuan Tian insisted: "Idiot, this is absolutely impossible. How can the Eighth Route Army mobilize troops to encircle Taiyuan City, how can they evacuate so easily?

This is definitely a trap of the Eighth Route Army. The commanders of the Eighth Route Army are all very cunning. We must not take it lightly.

Tell the front-line combat troops that if the enemy does not move, I will not move, and must not attack rashly, and fall into the trap of the Eight Routes! "

"Hi!"

The head of the devil brigade was speechless and had no choice but to agree.

Until later, how funny is it?

Even the small number of troops who stayed in the position at the end were about to withdraw. Seeing that the strength of the little devils was dozens of times greater than that of the defenders, they did not dare to attack, and they didn't even have any reconnaissance troops.

The battalion commander who led the team couldn't help cursing a few words, and finally said helplessly: "Comrades, let's fight again. After this battle is over, we will all evacuate according to the orders of our superiors."

"Damn it, if you say that this battle was really outrageous, there are only a few regiments left in our left-behind troops. We were so frightened that the devils, two divisions and several brigades, dared not move in the fortifications outside the city."

"If this battle is reported, I'm afraid the little devil's old face will be lost!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu in the city still let the headquarters keep urging the Harada Department to seize the time to attack every day.

This old boy is really worried that the Eighth Route Army will suddenly storm Taiyuan City.

at last.

Under pressure from all parties, Harada decided to organize a decent attack.

He almost racked his brains to deploy, held many military meetings, and finally formulated what he thought was a sophisticated attack plan.

Only then did the reinforcements of the Japanese army launch a large-scale attack.

As a result, the smoothness of the attack exceeded the expectations of all Japanese officers, and news continued to come in one after another.

"General, the First Pioneer Brigade has broken through the Eighth Route's outer line!"

"General, the [-]th Cavalry Brigade has successfully broken through the core defense area of ​​the Eighth Route!"

"General, under the firepower of our heavy artillery regiment, the enemy's position is in flames. According to the report from the forward observation post, they detected that a large number of soldiers from the Eighth Route Army were completely killed in the fortifications..."

Successive successful breakthroughs made the old devil Harada a little confused.

When did the Eight Routes become so vulnerable?

After the main force of the Japanese army had completely occupied the southern position outside the city of Taiyuan, the defenders in the city also opened the city gate under the order of Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Then, the two sides met in such a smooth manner and met face to face.

Surrounded by the guards, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the First Army, and Lieutenant General Harada, the commander of the Devil Division, stared at each other blankly.

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander. Our troops have successfully broken through the Eighth Route Army's defense line and fully occupied the Eighth Route Army's positions. The crisis in Taiyuan City has been completely resolved. Please give your instructions, Commander!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't speak, but just inspected the long-unbeaten south of the city with a dark face.

He couldn't help sighing when he saw the fortifications like a steel defense line, and the Eighth Route Army's exquisitely constructed and well-equipped fighters.

It's no wonder that the reinforcements have never been able to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line. These fortifications of the Eighth Route Army are really too strong.

Coupled with the powerful firepower configuration at hand by Balu.

This place is like a slaughterhouse lying outside the city, which cannot be crossed at all.

This calmed the original anger in Iwamatsu Yoshio's heart a little bit, and perhaps it wasn't because of the incompetence of Harada's command.

No one can do anything against such a powerful opponent.

But at this moment, he suddenly found that the bunker was full of dummies, rough straw, and wearing a military uniform and a military cap, and put a wooden gun in his hand. Let alone looking at it from a distance, even if he walked up close, he really thought it was a real person lying on his stomach at first glance!

It was only under the bombardment of artillery fire that the scattered straw debris exposed the identities of these dummies.

Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly became angry?

"Baga, Mr. Harada, didn't you say that after several days of non-stop attacks, it was difficult to break through the Eighth Route Army's position?

Tell me, what about the Eighth Route Army?

In such a large-scale battle, there was not a single corpse in so many bunkers of the Eighth Route Army. Why are they all dummies?

Did you battle wits with a line of defense made of air for a few days, and suffered heavy losses? "

Harada's old face twitched fiercely.

He had noticed this situation as early as after taking the position, and he also realized that he had been fooled by the Eighth Route Army in the past few days.

Eighth Road had already withdrawn the main force secretly, but kept these dummies, but he was so scared that he dared not move for several days, it was really embarrassing.

Harada couldn't let such a big shame be attached to himself.

In this regard, he secretly arranged for his subordinates, but made some arrangements.

He quickly responded: "General calm down, the Eighth Route Army is really very cunning. After I mobilized the heavy artillery to attack, the Eighth Route Army must have noticed the strong firepower of our imperial troops. In order to avoid casualties, the main force was withdrawn in advance!"

"Look, general, besides these dummies, we also killed quite a few Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Following what Harada pointed out, Yoshio Iwamatsu did indeed see the bunker, as well as the corpses lying on the fortifications in uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.

The war reporters accompanying the army also took out their cameras and kept shooting.

Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't say anything more, just looked at these corpses carefully when passing by, and even picked up the right hand of one of the corpses and put it on his nose to sniff.

Then he walked past Harada without saying a word.

After the reporters left, Yansong immediately called Harada, he could no longer suppress his anger, and could not help cursing: "Harada, do you know what you are doing?
I can tell at a glance whether the Eighth Route Army you mentioned is true or false. Although the clothes are from the Eighth Route Army, many of them are obviously heavy smokers.

Balu has always been strictly disciplined, how could there be so many heavy smokers? "

Harada knew that he had revealed his secrets, and he no longer concealed it, he said emotionally: "General, I have no choice but to act!

The Eighth Route Army is well-equipped and its combat effectiveness is too strong. Didn't the Kwantung Army reinforce a Udoman division?This time, they were almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in the Huangyadong area.

We can't use all our troops in this battle.

I also want to avoid sacrifice and preserve the strength of our First Army.

so……"

He lowered his voice, "General, only the soldiers of our security brigade know about these dummy. In addition, we put the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who died in battle into the clothes of this dummy. Aren't they the real Eighth Route Army?"

Yan Song sneered: "Harada-kun, you really know how to play tricks!"

"General, I am also thinking of our First Army, and of you!"

He focused on the second sentence.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

I am ashamed, and it is also the face of the First Army, and the face of Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of your First Army.

What's more, Taiyuan City was besieged this time, and no one imagined that the Eighth Road's momentum would eventually take the initiative to withdraw the main force.

You Yoshio Iwamatsu, however, felt as if you were facing a great enemy, and you were so frightened that you asked for help everywhere, and even interfered with the battlefield where the Sixth Field Division and the Ushishimaman Division of the Kwantung Army were located.

This seems like a complete joke.

If you let all parties know that the crisis in Taiyuan City is not resolved by your First Army itself, but by the Eighth Route Army's voluntary withdrawal.

A few lines of positions, a bunch of dummies, scared the reinforcements from attacking.

I'm afraid it will be a great shame!

At that time, Harada will be punished by the military, and the old devil Yan Song will also not be able to escape. Maybe both of them will be sent to the reserve.

Harada rushed back to reinforce Taiyuan City, isn't it for the face of your commander Yoshio Iwamatsu!

In the end, Yansong, who was thinking over and over again, had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and gave Harada a hard look: "I don't know about this matter, you can figure it out yourself, I just want the result!"

Harada immediately assured: "Hey, please rest assured, Commander, I will take care of the matter."

So not long after, a report published by a Japanese newspaper was freshly released.

The headline is:

"Lieutenant General Harada rushed to the rescue and severely injured the Eight Routes to save Taiyuan!"

How detailed the content is!There are even photos and detailed reports from military reporters.

Said: Taiyuan City was completely besieged by the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. The head of the Harada division was ordered to lead the reinforcements to form a joint army. Under the decisive battle day and night, they successfully defeated the elite main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
What a gorgeous military report!

The old devil Yan Song who had read the internal newspaper in advance couldn't help but frowned, and then asked Harada at the side: "Is it a bit exaggerated to report like this?"

Harada replied with a smile on his face: "The general filtered it, how could he exaggerate? I think you can control all the words very well!"

Having said that, lying about military exploits is an old tradition of the First Army!

As for the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

After hearing such a report from the Japanese military newspaper, the commanders of Teacher Zhang and Brigadier Zhang were also surprised, and then they couldn't help laughing.

Brigadier Zhang also said with a smile: "In order to win more international reinforcements, and to maintain the self-righteousness of the little devil, I think we should also publish some reports to echo the report of the little devil!
How to respond specifically?
How about we make a report on the siege of Taiyuan City.

Of course, I think the specific battle damage situation is about 2 to 1. Our casualties are doubled, and the little devil's casualties are half. Is this all right? "

The generals all laughed, thinking that Brigadier Zhang's method was credible.

Although the battle loss ratio between the 120th Division and the Japanese army this time is almost 1:5.

But the publicity should not be too exaggerated.

After all, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it!

Now is not the time for the Eighth Route Army to rush to promote the dominance of one family.

(End of this chapter)