The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 981
...The headquarters of the 26th Infantry Regiment of the 11th Division of the Mongolian Army.

The commander of the regiment, Ping Cun, was roaring furiously. He was about to go crazy with anger. He thought that the joint first army going south to deal with the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area would be smooth sailing, and he would make great contributions by doing so.

However, after arriving at the defense area of ​​the Iron Triangle of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Everything changed, and it became the exact opposite of what he expected.

First, the two cavalry regiments that rushed forward were the first to fall into the iron triangle base area.

He thought it was just an accident. Although the cavalry unit had a high mobility advantage, its firepower configuration was still much worse than that of the elite infantry.

Perhaps it was the trick of the Eighth Route Army that fell into the trap of the rugged mountainous area.

After he led his elite 11th regiment and officially entered the defense zone of the Iron Triangle.

He originally thought that it would be easy for an elite infantry regiment like himself belonging to the Kwantung Army to defeat those Eighth Route Army troops with outdated equipment and scarce ammunition.

As a result, the two sides were just a face-to-face confrontation.

Colonel Hiramura was completely dumbfounded.

——The rifles are 1-style, medium-sized, or even American-made Garand semi-automatic rifles; the machine guns are crooked, Czech-style, or even American-style M2 light machine guns; the heavy machine guns used by people are [-] style, and even the M[-] heavy machine gun.

Small-caliber artillery, such as 50mm mortars and 60mm mortars, are directly distributed to the squad, plus submachine guns, grenades, and sniper rifles, all of which are not lacking.

The firepower crushed him almost from the beginning to the end. The imperial army fought.

When it comes to the formation of the company, even equipment such as the [-]-type mortar and the [-]-type infantry artillery have been pulled out.

If it wasn't for the uniform of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, Pingcun even wondered if this was an absolutely elite unit of the Central Army in the national army, secretly pretending to be an Eighth Route Army unit.

Is this the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment?
As for the scarcity of ammunition of the Eighth Route Army in my impression, it is even called the Eighth Route Army with three guns.

Many of the Eighth Route Army, even the main combat troops, carry a pitifully small amount of ammunition per capita. Even the Eighth Route light and heavy machine guns have very limited bullets, and they often dare not vent their firepower casually on the battlefield.

However, the current situation is.

At the beginning of the confrontation between the two sides, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side kept bursting with light and heavy machine guns, roaring wildly, and the artillery shells on the opposite side continued to bombard the Japanese camp as if they didn't want money.

Is this still the Eighth Route Army?
God the Eighth Route Army! ! !

After just over an hour of confrontation, the front troops initially counted the casualties and made a report, and the vanguard troops suffered more than 200 casualties.

Hearing that, Pingcun felt his heart bleed.

He believed that it was all the fault of the First Army, and that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army could be developed, and it must be inseparable from the First Army and the security forces stationed in Shanxi.

"These stupid guys, who have been stationed in Shanxi for so many years, have been dealing with the Eighth Route Army troops in the occupied areas.

But in the end, not only failed to eliminate these Eighth Route Army, but also allowed these Eighth Route Army to develop their equipment level to such a terrifying level, they are simply a group of incompetent waste! "

As time passed, the battle between the two sides quickly became fierce.

At this time, the so-called reinforcements of the 11th Regiment of the Mongolian Army stationed in the south seemed like a joke at this time.

It's more like his 11th regiment just blindly plunged into the trap of the Iron Triangle of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

While Hiramura was terrified, he also realized that if this mighty Eighth Route Army unit was not wiped out in time, it would surely become a serious problem for the empire.

As a warrior of the empire, he plucked up his courage and continued to fight against the enemy tenaciously. At the same time, he contacted the headquarters of the First Army, hoping that the third, ninth, and No.16 brigades on the nearest battlefield could come in time for reinforcements, and cooperate with his own troops to eliminate the Eighth Route Army's iron army. triangle force.

Fortunately, they didn't come at all.

Not a single troop came.

The head of the third mixed brigade, Ishikawa Brigade, even clamored to unite with the other two mixed brigades to destroy the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

then……

The three mixed brigades fell directly into the base of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Instead of destroying those Eighth Route Army, they fell into a quagmire and even asked the headquarters for help in embarrassment.

"If Major General Ishikawa could adopt my suggestion and unite with our troops to take the lead in destroying the Iron Triangle Eighth Route Army troops, how could we end up in such a situation?"

Pingcun scolded endlessly, and pushed all the faults on Ishikawa.

Then came the news.

The First Army Command issued an order to evacuate the entire army.

As an escape expert, Shi Chuan may not have performed very well when attacking the Eighth Route Army, but in the process of evacuating, he was a blockbuster.

Directly and far away from other combat troops, he took the lead with the main force of his third brigade and withdrew to the nearest county seat.

Subsequently, the No.16 Brigade also ran away in the ninth immediately following.

It happened that the 11th regiment of the Mongolian Army was left behind, and the two sides didn't even say hello at all, nor did they say they were advancing and retreating together.

After the three major mixed brigades of the Japanese army withdrew first, pressure from all sides of the Eighth Route Army came, all of which fell on the troops stationed in Mongolia going south.

Pingcun was beaten so hard that he could hardly breathe.

..."General, if the third and ninth No.16 mixed brigades were not incompetent, if they could withdraw from the base of the 385th brigade in time and unite with our troops to take the lead in defeating the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, how could this battle be lost so muddled?
Their first army withdrew as soon as it said it would, and never cared about the life and death of our troops stationed in Mongolia.

General, our troops are now under siege by the Eighth Route Army! "

Full of anger and depression, Pingcun naturally had no way to complain to the headquarters of the First Army, so he directly contacted the headquarters of the 26th Division, and directly complained to his old superior, the commander of the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Harem Chun.

Harem Chun was naturally furious.

Send your own troops to reinforce your first army. Your first army is not effective in fighting. It's fine if you can't cooperate with my 11th regiment to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

Regardless of the life and death of their allies, the third, ninth, and No.16 brigades suddenly chose to withdraw.

Almost when the three major brigades of the First Army were trying to evacuate to the nearest county, the 11th Regiment of the Mongolian Army still had two cavalry units, and they were still trying to move closer to the third brigade!
Isn't this your typical sell-mate?
When he thought of this, Lieutenant General Jun Jun, who was full of anger, couldn't care less. When he was talking to Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, he didn't even care about Yoshio Shinozuka's face, and severely reprimanded the Third Brigade Ishikawa et al.

Just after Shinozuka Yoshio comforted Harem Jun with kind words, and said that he would definitely assist the 11th Wing to make a strategic transition.

The senior officers at all levels of his First Army also quarreled thoroughly.

Shi Chuan heard that the villain in Pingcun was the first to file a complaint against himself at the headquarters, which was fine, so he immediately complained to the headquarters.

He also said that if the combat effectiveness of the garrison in Mongolia hadn't been broken, and the troops of the Audio-Technica could not be stopped, they would have seen the troops of the Audio-Technica detour to the back of the 385th Brigade.

The Third and Ninth No.16 Brigades would not be flanked back and forth when they were evacuating, resulting in heavy casualties.

The two sides complained to each other like this, and Yoshio Shinozuka was a little at a loss for a while.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides attacked each other with guns and sticks.

I don't know who it was, and suddenly the 36th Division was also drawn into the camp being criticized.

I think that if the 36th Division hadn't been ineffective in fighting this time, instead of successfully following the plan, it would have taken the lead in destroying the Huangyadong arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, encircling the point to fight for reinforcements, and would have been defeated by the Eighth Route Army and retreated first.

This battle will not be so miserable.

Jing Guanren, the commander of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, was also very angry when he learned of this.

"These bastards were all defeated by the Eighth Route Army anyway, so how can they have the face to criticize others? There is an old Chinese saying that laugh at a hundred steps with fifty steps.

It's just self-deception and self-humiliation. "

At this time, the senior officers of the Japanese army were arguing fiercely.

Putting blame on each other, no one wants to take the blame for this defeat.

The 16rd, 385th, and No.[-] mixed brigades of the Japanese army, the Japanese and puppet troops, quickly withdrew from the base of the [-]th brigade, and withdrew to some nearby counties, towns and towns, and could not hold on.

The soldiers did not continue to pursue and forcibly launched a tough battle, but temporarily blocked the Japanese and puppet troops in counties and towns.

That night!

The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the city were worried, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would attack the city at night, so the devils in the county and the city defense troops of the puppet army basically did not dare to close their eyes all night, and kept guarding the fortifications of the city gate.

It was not until dawn the next day that the Eighth Route Army launched a night attack, and the Japanese and puppet troops breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, just after dawn, the headquarters of each city received the news that Shimen and HD were in a sudden emergency, and a large number of main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army appeared under the city, and they were forcibly attacking the city.

Yoshio Shinozuka was taken aback when he heard about this at the headquarters of the First Army. He couldn't figure out why these main forces of the Eighth Route Army who were still near Yangquan were silent overnight. I crossed the heavily guarded Yangquan, and went back to Shimen and HD.

And just a few days ago, a large number of offensive troops of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared near Licheng, the base camp of the 36th Division.

This made the Japanese army immediately vigilant, thinking that the Eighth Route Army might use the tactic of drawing wages from the bottom to attack Licheng to completely overturn the situation of the war.

As a result, a large number of main forces of the Japanese army advanced in the direction of Licheng to defend Licheng.

The military value of Licheng is too important. Once Licheng is lost, it will be a fatal blow to the 36th Division.

The remaining main force of the 36th Division stationed in Changzhi also moved closer to Licheng at the same time.

But who would have expected that at this juncture, the Eighth Route Army made a feint and did not take the lead in attacking Licheng, but launched an attack on Shimen and HD instead.

As for how the main force of the Eighth Route Army bypassed the heavily defended Yangquan and appeared in HD and Shimen.

On the one hand, this is naturally because a large number of the main force of the Japanese army was deployed to deal with the Taihang base area this time, resulting in the emptiness of troops in the rear.

On the other hand, I have to thank the Yangquan Iron Triangle—Chuan Dao, Qian Dekai, and Miki Ichiro.

If you want to say that since conducting business with the Eighth Route Army in private, you have made the most money, and it belongs to the Yangquan Iron Triangle.

The phenomenon that the front is tight and the rear is tight is vividly reflected in the hands of these three talents.

Even the First Army set off such a large-scale operation against the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area this time.

In Yangquan.

The Yangquan Audio-Technica and the Eighth Route Army's private business contacts have not been interrupted.

Especially at this juncture.

What is this called? Golden ten thousand taels as soon as the war breaks out.

Since the rapid rise of the Iron Triangle in Yangquan, coupled with the rapid rise of other Japanese and puppet military officers in Yangquan to join the same camp, the entire Yangquan has basically fallen into the control of this group.

In addition, the main force of the field army was transferred to the base areas of the Eighth Route Army to fight.

When the Eighth Route Army sent a businessman who was in frequent contact with Qian Dekai and his party, saying that a caravan wanted to pass the checkpoint, the three of Kawashima agreed without any hesitation.

Therefore, the soldiers passed the blockade of Yangquan smoothly, then passed through Jinzhong, and quickly detoured to the vicinity of HD and Shimen.

In addition, before the battle between Shimen and HD with a feint, the Eighth Route Army naturally had to prepare.

The Eighth Route Army troops on the Jizhong side had already learned the news in advance, including Ding Wei's old Jizhong 28th Regiment, which had close contacts with a team, also participated in the battle.

What are you doing?
Jizhong troops suddenly launched a large-scale assault operation, and even took the initiative to attack the devil's public security area.

This abnormal action of the Eighth Route Army troops in central Jizhong made the Japanese army quickly vigilant. The Japanese field army stationed near Shimen immediately transported the combat troops to the central Jizhong area through the convenient transportation line of Zhengtai Railway to prevent the Eighth Route Army from making trouble.

As a result, several military trains were on the way, and in the middle of the night, they were bombed by the Eighth Route Army troops in ambush, and the railroad tracks were directly blown off.

Then, before the Japanese reinforcements arrived at the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army in central Jizhong, they received an emergency telegram saying that a mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army had appeared in the direction of Shimen, the base camp, and was attacking the city.

The little devils panicked, and only then realized that they had been hit by the Eighth Route Army's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

After hastily repairing the trains and rails, and preparing to return all the way, I discovered that a large number of rails along the way were missing.

These damn Eighth Route Army's raids at night caused the Zhengtai Railway to be paralyzed again.

The devil officer who led the team was so angry that his eyes were burning, and before he had time to give the order to let the soldiers leave the train compartment, the sound of artillery broke the dead silence of the night.

A large number of flickering shells streaked through the air and smashed heavily on the transport train.

boom -

Commander Jizhong Lu personally arrived with the elite combat troops of Jizhong...

……

At this time, the entire Taihang area, including the Licheng area, Shimen, HD, and even the Jizhong area, was completely smashed into a pot of porridge.

The border area between northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia is no exception.

The Japanese army has received relevant news that the Yan'an garrison of the Eighth Route Army is cooperating with the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. Two days ago, it took down a major transportation hub and is rapidly advancing towards the Hetao area, the defense area of ​​the National Army's 35th Route Army...

(End of this chapter)