The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 1162 The Unlucky [-]th Division of the Kwantung Army
Just as the base areas of the Eighth Route Army were becoming more stable and the troops were further growing.

The situation on the Japanese military side is also quietly reversing.

First, the Eighth Route Army troops took the initiative to withdraw, which was completely beyond the expectations of the Japanese army.

However, although the Eighth Route Army retreated, after withdrawing from some key counties, towns and towns, they built fortifications outside major base areas. It seemed that they were preparing for war. As for whether they were going to carry out the next decisive battle, it was difficult for the Japanese army to judge.

Today's Eighth Route Army troops, especially the anti-Japanese armed forces dominated by elite Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, are so powerful that they cannot be ignored by the Japanese army.

After the end of the Eighth Route Army's autumn offensive, the Japanese army, which suffered a disastrous defeat in all aspects, has realized that the single strength of the Japanese North China Front Army may no longer be enough to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, although the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they did not successfully complete the siege of the Eighth Route Army in North China as planned.

However, the Japanese army was worried that the Eighth Route Army would take the opportunity to launch another offensive, so the reinforcements did not choose to withdraw immediately.

Instead, they stationed themselves in North China to assist the North China Front Army and the Eighth Route Army in entering a confrontation.

The interesting thing is.

In order to carry out a military blockade of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, the Japanese army built a large number of highway lines, railway lines, as well as bunkers and gun towers. Now, most of them have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

After the Eighth Route Army carried out additional repairs, it was used as a fortification to resist the Japanese counterattack.

In Kong Jie’s words: “Given the little Japs’ tendency to retaliate, when we retreat, no matter what the reason is, we cannot reveal any flaws. Once there are any flaws, the Japs will definitely counterattack.

Of course, conversely speaking, we can also use the trick. During the retreat, we should not evacuate all at once, but use the fortifications, strongholds, and turrets along the way as flesh and blood mills to bleed the little devils.

Only when the little devil is thoroughly beaten to the point of pain and fear, will the little devil be honest and no longer dare to dream of invading our base area.

This year we can also live a steady life. "

As a result, in the Eighth Route Army base area, especially in the outer area, something strange happened like this:
In the past few years, the Japanese used to blockade the Eighth Route Army base areas and block some stronghold blockhouses on the main communication lines. People who came and went were afraid to avoid them.

Now, instead, they live in the Eighth Route Army troops.

The common people coming and going suddenly felt that these gun towers and strongholds became friendly.

When passing back and forth, when the trading caravan passed by, I felt relieved.

Although the comrades of the Eighth Route Army refused to accept them alive or dead, the common people would always show some kindness and leave some fruits and food for the soldiers.

These artillery strongholds, which were originally used by the Japanese to block the Eighth Route Army base areas, have now become excellent defenses used by the Eighth Route Army soldiers to resist Japanese invasion of the base areas.

The little devils can only live in some important towns and counties, guarding some major transportation lines, and no longer dare to enter the Eighth Route Army base areas at will.

Soon after.

The Japanese army held a summary meeting for public security clearance.

This meeting was unique. It was held directly in Peiping. It was directly chaired by Junroku Hata, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese China Expeditionary Force. Umezu Umejiro of the Kwantung Army and Naosaburo Okabe of the North China Expeditionary Force attended with a group of generals.

The Kwantung Army was divided into groups, each dressed in high spirits.

The same goes for the officers sent from Central China. They all look majestic, as if they were still in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War!

Only the North China Expeditionary Force was particularly different. Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, and Dohashi, the commander of the 12th Japanese Army in Shandong, entered the venue with a group of bandaged officers. This one is wrapped around the neck, the other is wrapped around the head, as if each has just experienced a bloody battle.

Those who didn’t know thought the Eighth Route Army had invaded Peiping!
As soon as a group of people came in, they said that they should be responsible for the tragic defeat and that they would lead their subordinates to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army base area to wash away the humiliation of the Imperial Army.

As the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Naosaburo Okabe said nothing and looked a little ugly.

How long has it been since the previous commander Okamura Neiji was transferred to Guadalcanal and Naosaburo Okabe took office, less than two months ago.

The North China Front Army experienced a series of disastrous defeats, especially in this autumn offensive. The Eighth Route Army was so rampant that it besieged Taiyuan, broke into Datong, attacked Zhangjiakou, besieged Baoding, broke through Jinmen, and approached Peiping...

This series of offensives left the North China Front in a state of disarray.

As the person in charge of North China, Naosaburo Okabe naturally has the primary responsibility.

Now these Japanese officers no longer care about their dignity.

The old devils Yansong and Doqiao had made up their minds to use this miserable method to win the sympathy of officers from Central China and the Kwantung Army, and they had to find ways to get reinforcements from all sides.

Strive to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the future confrontation with the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area and regain the game.

After the meeting officially begins.

Lieutenant General Inoue, the commander of the Japanese division of the [-]th Division of the Kwantung Army, was the first to speak. With anger in his words, he was the first to attack the Japanese commander stationed in the Mongolian army.

This time his [-]th Division went south and experienced a series of battles that were simply inexplicable.
——The situation at that time was this. The main force, led by the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army Commander He, was fighting with the troops led by the Japanese commander Qita outside Yanqing County.

Both sides carried out shelling and air strikes.

But the two parties were like rabbits, they were so arrogant that they immediately avoided it.

As a result, the second echelon that rushed over for reinforcements, the [-]th Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army, was inexplicably subjected to an air attack by the Eighth Route Army.

They had probably been in the Northeast for a long time, and when they rushed here they launched a large-scale march. Especially when they saw the Imperial Air Force flying overhead and contacted them, they marched confidently and boldly.

But they never expected that the empire's aviation fleet would run away at the speed of light.

Then the large-scale march was bombed by the pursuing Eighth Route Army Air Force.

Just like that, the Ten Dead Divisions of the Kwantung Army were known as the elite Class A divisions of the Japanese. They could be seen everywhere from the early days of the Anti-Japanese War and the Battle of Songhu.

This time, there was not even a shadow of the Eighth Route Army, and they were bombarded indiscriminately by the Eighth Route Army aviation unit.

The casualty figures are quite exaggerated, with more than 2000 people.

If the Japanese commanders at the grassroots level hadn't reacted quickly, and the little Japs were running around in such a hurry, hiding in nearby valleys and woods, the entire No. 14 Division of the Japanese might not have been successful. He died first, and the whole army was destroyed in the wild.

Not only that.The Japanese's various mechanized combat vehicles, artillery trucks and other standard equipment suffered heavy losses.

At that time, even the Eighth Route Army's air force taking off from the Zhangjiakou temporary airport was surprised. Starting from the siege of Taiyuan, the air force gradually launched attacks. The Japanese troops in North China marched during the day. Basically, regardless of whether there were air reinforcements, they paid great attention to dispersed marches and field air defense.

At the first sign of any disturbance, they dispersed and took cover to hide from the air raids. Everyone learned how to do this.

The main reason is that one is the Eighth Route Army's smoke bomb tactics, which made it difficult for the Japanese army to distinguish between the enemy's and our own air forces. If they accidentally admit their mistakes, the entire army may be severely damaged.

The other is that with the increase in the frequency of sorties by the Eighth Route Army Air Force, the intensity and accuracy of air strikes have increased.

As long as the Japanese commanders are not transformed from pigs, they all know that marching together will result in death by bombing. No one wants to be bombed as soon as they go out.

Unexpectedly, the troops from the Kwantung Army would appear in a group march in such a clear manner, and all kinds of artillery vehicles, tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks would appear in such dense clusters.

The Eighth Route Army Air Force's Type 97 ground-attack rocket attack aircraft, Type 99 multi-seat ground attack aircraft, Pei-98 bombers, mosquito bombers, Type 97 dive bombers, 95 light explosions, [-] light explosions for bombing in turn, and [-]s for students. fighter jets and some trainer aircraft all fired with live ammunition.

Even the escorting P38 fighter jets and Lawu fighter jets came and fired at low altitudes, which made them go crazy.

In this way, the Inoue Division moved south in high spirits to reinforce the North China battlefield.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army lost more than 100 men before even seeing the position, damaged more than 3 transport vehicles, and had some heavy firepower. Although the Inoue Division was an elite A-type division of the Japanese army, with a full strength of nearly 2000 people, More than [-] people will not break their muscles and bones, but they cannot withstand such consumption!

The old devil Inoue, whose heart was pounding and bleeding, was even more wailing.

Many of the elite veterans of his Fourteenth Division were also killed in this battle.

Not to mention the loss of a large number of artillery and mechanized vehicles.

"Since entering China, this is a huge loss that has never been seen in the combat history of our 14th Division!"

Later, the disgraced old man Inoue came to the temporary headquarters of the Mongolian Army with a bandage, only to find that Nanada and others were drinking leisurely. He was so angry that he turned over the table. If Nanada hadn't been higher in rank than him, I almost drew my sword and killed someone.

Commander Nanada was still a little puzzled and asked what was going on.

Inoue asked: "Excuse me, Commander, how could such a large-scale Eighth Route Army air force appear in this place? Our unit was bombed and suffered heavy losses. Why do you still have the heart to drink here? Have you forgotten the great achievements of the Japanese Empire?" ?"

Qita said: "We had known for a long time that there would be an air strike after the Eighth Route Army's shelling. All the troops and equipment were hidden in the bunkers. Except for a few unlucky ones who ran slowly and were injured by shrapnel, there was almost no loss.

Mr. Inoue, when you came here, did you see any warriors escaping from the bunker outside our headquarters?
How many casualties did you suffer, dozens of people or a few trucks? "

"..." Inoue said with red eyes: "Preliminary statistics show that more than 100 trucks and their supplies, as well as camel-borne artillery, were damaged, and nearly two brigades were injured or killed. The losses are very heavy!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was stunned.

A Japanese major general next to Qita couldn't help but said: "Don't the general know that the Eighth Route Army has an air force? Are they all gathering on the roadside to eat and being bombed by the Eighth Route Army? It is simply unbelievable...

Or is it that the general's troops have been fighting so many security battles with the guerrillas in the Kanto region that they have even forgotten basic field air defense?Still walking in a dense march, waiting for the plane to come and standing still, watching the bombs fall? "

Inoue: "..."

"Baga!"

He was so ashamed and angry that he could not wait to rush forward and fight the Japanese major general.

There was a scene in the meeting where Inoue attacked the officers stationed in the Mongolian army.

In this regard, Commander Nanada just said coldly: "Inoue-kun, I think your Kwantung Army is not as superior and powerful as you think. I suggest you fight within the Kwantung, especially in the North China and Taihang areas. Before the Eighth Route Army fights, first understand your opponent well.

The Eighth Route Army here is not as easy to deal with as the anti-union guerrillas in the Northeast. "

Inoue suppressed his anger and expressed to Hata Junroku: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I apply to lead our [-]th Division to be stationed in North China to assist the North China Front in dealing with the Eighth Route Army.

I heard that among the Eighth Route Army units, the Eighth Route Army in North China is the most powerful, and among the Eighth Route Army in North China, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, especially the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area, is the most rampant.

Among the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, I heard that the Eighth Route Army field group soldiers wearing steel helmets called the Iron Triangle were the most powerful.

In this case, I am willing to issue a military order to the Commander-in-Chief, and I will definitely wipe out this damn Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, and completely suppress the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army that dares to be hostile to our Empire of Japan.

With elites fighting elites, if the most elite so-called steel helmet soldiers of the Eighth Route Army can be wiped out in one fell swoop, I think the morale of the Eighth Route Army will be greatly reduced, and there will be nothing to fear! "

The idea is indeed a good one, but the Japanese officers in Central and South China don't have any special expressions.

But the Japanese officers in North China looked at Inoue like an idiot.

Hata Junroku even showed a worried expression.

But Lieutenant General Inoue was absolutely convinced that the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army was indeed the elite of the Japanese army. If even the 14th Division could not kill the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers, no one would really be able to count on it.

As for the officers in North China.

"The Eighth Route Army is not easy to deal with, especially this helmeted soldier, who is extremely cunning and powerful. In the past few years, we have not thought about annihilating this team, but we have never succeeded..."

Following Hata Junroku's gaze, the Japanese officers on the North China side quickly avoided his gaze and lowered their heads.

Junroku Hata shook his head helplessly, and then thought that the Kwantung Army, which had never been frustrated, came with vigor, which might be the opportunity to defeat the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers.

So he specially warned: "Inoue-kun, I can agree to your request, but there is a prerequisite. As Nanada-kun said, I hope that before dealing with the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers, you will have a thorough understanding of your opponent and the Eighth Route Army." A special force.

In addition, it is necessary to conduct a thorough analysis and understanding of all the battles in which our army fought and lost against the Eighth Route Army in the past two years.

Then make subsequent plans. "

"Hi!"

Inoue responded, there is also solemnity in the dark colors, and the Eighth Route Army troops with aviation power cannot be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)