The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 991 The three armies gather to attack Beiping...

Kong Jie has always been careful in his work, without moving troops and horses, intelligence first, infiltration troops first, and military preparations and blockades in all aspects first.

After the troops in the northern Henan base area decided to divide into two groups.

The combat troops led by Kong Jie to advance eastward from the northern Henan area, attempting to advance from the junction of Henan and Shandong to the southwest of Shandong, were divided into two groups again.

All the way is a quick-response force composed of a large number of mechanized combat vehicles, directly pushing up all the way, and in the middle, it is divided into multiple mechanized combat forces, and then converges in the designated area, or disperses the attack again.

In this way, the combat area is expanded and the results of the battle are expanded, while at the same time beware of concentrated strikes by the Japanese air firepower.

There was a lot of commotion, and the Japanese army in the southwest direction of Shandong had asked for help from the outside world many times.

Southwest Lu is constantly in a hurry!
It attracted the attention of many Japanese and puppet troops.

On the other hand, in the north of Henan, various activities of the Eighth Route Army troops are still going on.

a few days ago.

When Kong Jie led the quick-response troops all the way south, they first united with the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area and defeated the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Brigade.

Taking advantage of the collapse of the Japanese defense in Xinxiang, the convoy disguised as the Japanese army captured Xinxiang in one fell swoop.

After that, Captain Kong decisively ordered to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and at the same time united with some surrounding local army units, even militia units, to increase their momentum, so that the Japanese did not dare to fight back.

The troops from all walks of life arrived outside Kaifeng smoothly.

And the Kaifeng defenders, as well as the remnants of the Japanese Harada Division who finally retreated into Kaifeng, were completely trapped in the city.

When the front observation post reported back, there were a large number of armored vehicles and tank units of the Eighth Route Army moving back and forth outside Kaifeng.

Feel the great pressure brought by these steel torrents.

The old devil, Harada, had no doubts that even if he had three or five thousand troops under his command, as long as he dared to leave the city, he would definitely be crushed to pieces by the opponent.

After relying on the armored troops to successfully bluff the little devil.

Kong Jie repeated his old tricks, learning the method of transporting troops in Datong, and using various transport vehicles to continuously transport the Eighth Route Army troops in northern Henan to the outside of Kaifeng.

Then these troops replaced Kong Jie's team and continued to encircle the Kaifeng Japanese and puppet defenders.

In the rapid passage of time...

The old devil Harada learned that there were more and more Eighth Route Army outside the city, and even all kinds of numbers were typed out, and he panicked even more.

In particular, the mechanized units of the Eighth Route Army continued to cooperate with the local troops in the northern Henan base area to carry out sabotage campaigns against the communication lines and strongholds outside the counties, with a great momentum.

The whole line of Henan is in a hurry! ! !
The telegrams for help almost filled Harada's headquarters.

The [-]th Cavalry Brigade, the largest mobile force of the Japanese army in northern Henan, was almost completely wiped out.

Without the support of mobile reinforcements everywhere, the defense lines were quickly paralyzed.

The Eighth Route Army also carried out raids on the Longhai Line near Kaifeng. It only needed to pay a part of the food, and the victims could be asked to carry food and other materials.

The Eighth Route Army's transport team and the victims transferred with the transport team were almost everywhere in northern Henan. The devils in the county towns along the way could only watch helplessly, not even daring to leave the door.

Before leaving, Kong Jie also bought weapons and ammunition for a brigade and food for three divisions for a year from the Central Army in Central Henan by using the large amount of daily tickets seized.

Including trucks, fuel and other military supplies.

What makes Captain Kong really admire is that these national army troops really have the courage to sell them as long as the price is right enough!

At this point, Division Chief Harada really panicked.

The Eighth Route Army outside the city is about to advance to the city gate of Kaifeng. The outskirts of the advance base are gone, and the production base is gone. Kaifeng, which is located in the plain, is almost defenseless. .

It was only then that he remembered that he had done many bad things in Northern Henan.

If the city breaks down, will I end up being tried by a public trial like what was published in the newspaper of the Eighth Route Propaganda before, and the commander of the Suzuki Regiment of the Mongolian Army, Mr. Suzuki?

Was shot to death by the Eighth Route Army in a humiliation?

Thinking of this, Harada trembled in his heart.

Yoshio Shinozuka is too incompetent, why did the main force of the Shanxi Eighth Route Army come here?
The chief of staff and a group of officers beside him looked at their division commanders, all of them confused and flustered.

"Your Excellency, Commander, this fortress city Datong is lost.

Looking at the posture of the Eighth Route Army, it is clear that we are going to attack Kaifeng by force. Can we defeated generals hold it? "

Harada's face was ashen for a while, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly he thought about it, and quickly asked the intelligence department to check the numbers of the Eighth Route Army in the battle reports that appeared on the battlefields in northern Henan, southern Hebei, central Hebei, and Shanxi.

After a quick investigation, Harada immediately ordered:
"From now on, give me a call to each dispatched army headquarters every half hour.

It is said that the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the 386th, and 385th brigades have broken through the Shanxi defense line and went south, arrived in Kaifeng, and besieged Kaifeng in groups.

The Eighth Route has already set up a temporary general command post outside the city, and is currently commanding the Eighth Route’s South Hebei Chen Department and Northern Henan Yang Department to attack the city frantically.

Our department is willing to stick to Kaifeng and serve the emperor!

Please dispatch troops to send reinforcements as soon as possible, request air firepower reinforcements, and request airdrop material reinforcements! "

"Hi!"

It was also a grasshopper tied to the same rope, and the other devil officers moved quickly.

That's it.

On the side of the troops in the northern Henan base area, after Kong Jie led the mechanized combat troops to leave, they launched a fierce attack on Kaifeng City. The original purpose was to cover the northward movement of Kong Jie and his troops, but the final effect far exceeded Kong Jie's expectations.

When the urgent news from the Harada Department was conveyed to the headquarters of the Japanese dispatched troops.

Not to mention the whole of North China, even the troops dispatched from South China, including the Northeast Army, were shocked when they heard the news.

The Japanese army did not understand what was going on at all.

Just a day ago, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, including the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the central and southern Hebei provinces, was still near Licheng, and they were posing for a decisive battle in Licheng.

After the dispatched troops from Central China and South China and the reinforcements from the Northeast Army arrived near Licheng, those cunning Eighth Route Army dispersed in a rush, leaving the Japanese reinforcements in vain.

Then, the Eighth Route Army took advantage of the chaos and launched partial attacks against the Japanese defense lines, and the interspersed infiltration operations began.

The Japanese army was very busy, tearing up and defending everywhere.

Although a little embarrassed, it can barely cope.

But then the news came that the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the 129th Division, including the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei and northern Henan, suddenly appeared under the city of Kaifeng and formed a siege attack on Kaifeng.

The Japanese army was completely confused.

The destruction of Datong City is a shame. It took a lot of effort to keep Licheng, and it didn't cause Licheng to repeat the same mistakes of Datong and lose the last fig leaf.

Now the Eighth Route Army has besieged Kaifeng again.

Is it possible that this shameful history must repeat itself again?

In terms of importance, this Kaifeng is not much smaller than Licheng Datong.

The Japanese Army Command was also very skeptical at first, how could the main force of the Eight Routes appear in Northern Henan from Licheng in one day?

Even if the whole army is scud, it wouldn't be such an exaggeration!
What's more, in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army's defense line is still there. The Devil Command stated that it did not find a large number of Eighth Route Army going south.

The main force of the tens of thousands of troops on the Eight Routes couldn't first detour from Licheng to southern Hebei, and then from Linan to Kaifeng, right?

The authenticity of the intelligence cannot be judged at the moment.

However, the Sonoda Headquarters vowed to this. Naturally, the Japanese army could not sit back and watch Kaifeng City be breached, so they had to quickly issue an order to let reinforcements from all sides try to converge in the direction of Kaifeng.

At this moment, the attention of all parties of the Japanese and puppet troops was firmly attracted to the direction of Kaifeng.

……

The advance assault force sent by Kong Jie successfully took down some railway stations of the devils in northern Henan, and destroyed the devils' communication stations immediately, paralyzing the Japanese army's local communication system.

With the help of the cover of the big noise made by all parties.

The soldiers got on the train to Zaozhuang, and there were troops disguised as Japanese troops. When passing through some stations, they easily got away with it.

The little devils even guarded the smooth progress of the train along the entire railway line.

then……

In the midst of attention from all directions, the main force of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Kaifeng was still in full swing, and reinforcements from all sides of the Japanese army hurried towards Kaifeng.

The mechanized combat vehicles led by Kong Jie went on a rampage and advanced all the way to the southwest of Shandong.

Then, more than 2000 main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, carrying a rather exaggerated firepower configuration, appeared outside Zaozhuang City like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

Then the siege battle started without hesitation.

The ghost officers guarding the city were almost scared out of their wits when they saw the large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army suddenly approaching the city.

Even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared below the city would come all the way from northern Henan on the train of his Great Japanese Empire.

The siege of Zaozhuang officially started.

The devils and puppet troops defending the city hurriedly defended. However, the firepower configuration of this Eighth Route Army unit that appeared like a ghost far exceeded the imagination of the Japanese army.

There were even 105mm caliber heavy artillery, which were transported by these Eighth Route Army troops by train, and then dragged by tractors all the way to the outside of Zaozhuang City for bombardment.

Some heavy rockets specially assigned to this combat unit by Kong Jie were bombarded by a round of shelling, and the devils were just a stronghold of wooden and stone artillery towers, which were directly blown to pieces.

Even some concrete bunkers were directly bombed down.

Zaozhuang urgent! ! !
The news spread quickly.

The Japanese troops in Southwest Shandong rushed to reinforce Zaozhuang, but in the middle, they were directly defeated by the mechanized combat troops led by Kong Jie who were approaching Zaozhuang in a unilateral crushing formation.

When armored vehicles and tank units belonging to the Eighth Route Army appeared outside Zaozhuang City amidst the roar.

The officers of the Japanese defenders, whose complexion changed drastically after being bluffed, quickly sent a call for help to the dispatched army headquarters, and they expressed exactly the same in the communication.

The main combat force of the Taihang Eighth Route Army appeared under the city of Zaozhuang and was attacking the city frantically.

"Which main force?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, they have a large number of mechanized combat vehicles, and they wear unified military uniforms, even steel helmets, and field military boots on their feet. They should be the combat troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi!"

……

"General Shinozuka, may I ask what is going on here?"

"Your Excellency, can you give me a suitable explanation?"

The telegrams almost filled the headquarters of the First Army, and the telephones of the First Army almost exploded with questions.

Already in the midst of the turmoil of the Eighth Route Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, who hadn't closed his eyes for several nights, his eyeballs were bloodshot, and described as boring, roared hysterically:

"Baga, this is absolutely impossible, how could the main force of the Eighth Route appear in Licheng one moment, then Kaifeng the next moment, and go to Zaozhuang now?

How can you conclude that they must be the Eight Routes in Shanxi?

Are they all ghosts? "

……

In the roar of Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Devil's First Army.

There are many brave generals on the side of the Eighth Route Army, and they decided to add fire to the little devils.

First came the news of the siege of Kaifeng.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army in the direction of Zaozhuang was also completely besieged in the city!

385 Brigade.

Brigadier Chen couldn't sit still, and yelled at the regiment leaders: "Look at the 386th Brigade, look at Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, the rear of the little devil is almost penetrated by them!

I don't think I can count on you.

I want to give our 385 brigade an air of embarrassment, but I, the brigade commander, have to play in person! "

Brigadier Chen, who did what he said, was not ambiguous at all. He sent an armored battalion composed of some armored vehicles he had accumulated over the past year to the direction of Jizhong.

Then join the troops in Jizhong and try to advance in the direction of Baoding.

In the words of Brigadier Chen: "If you want to hit us, hit the big ones. The ones that can be compared with Datong, Licheng, Kaifeng, and Zaozhuang are the most suitable targets for our attack, and this is Baoding!"

This is not over yet, after the military offensive begins.

The propaganda offensive immediately followed.

Since it is a propaganda offensive, there is no need to pay taxes for bragging.

From Taihang area to Datong, from Datong to Licheng, from Licheng to Kaifeng, from Kaifeng to Zaozhuang...

Under this series of almost irregular fireworks-like offensives.

——The Eighth Route Army is preparing to launch a full-scale counter-offensive. First go to Datong, then take Kaifeng, advance to Zaozhuang, take Luzhong to the north, push Baoding to the east, gather the three armies, push directly to Beiping, and capture Gangcun alive!

This was enough to shake the entire North China, and even the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield, and even the Eighth Route Army's winter propaganda campaign, which attracted worldwide attention, spread rapidly at an exaggerated speed like the spread of a plague.

so that...

Peiping.

The Supreme Command of the Japanese Army Dispatched in North China, the Supreme Commander Neji Komura picked up the report published by the Eighth Route Army in his hand. After reading this content, he was first furious, and then felt full of shame.

In the end, unexpectedly, there was also a chill from the bottom of my heart.

Right now, the battlefields of all parties are intensifying, and they have completely become a mess.

It's just that he dispatched troops to North China, and even has a tendency to be unable to control the situation.

Soldiers never tire of deceit.

Could it be that the Eighth Route Army's unusually fierce counterattack is just like the propaganda said, it really came to the base camp of the North China Dispatch Army...

　...I have to gradually write smaller in the future, and I feel like I will be stupid if I write like this again!Forehead! ! !

　　
　
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