The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 994 Kong and Li join forces, double stars gather! (Ask for votes, more than a thousand plus more hehe)
As the Kwantung Army marched northward, advancing towards Beiping, it gradually fell into the large-scale encirclement set up by the Eighth Route Army in multiple directions.

Until the moment when the battle between the two sides completely started.

The vanguard of the Hirano Brigade of the Kwantung Army, which continued to approach Beiping, was the first to be ambushed by soldiers from Jizhong and the 385th Brigade along the way.

In this regard, Hirano Taier was quite calm. He had expected the ambush along the way by the Eighth Route Army.

If it hadn't been for the Eighth Route Army's aggressive capture of Baoding and Shimen and its approach to Beiping, there would never have been Commander-in-Chief Okamura's mission to ask for help and lead his own troops to Beiping for reinforcements.

This is also the opportunity he had dreamed of fighting against the Eighth Route Army again and avenging his shame.

The two sides are fighting in full swing.

Taier Hirano was both surprised and delighted by the excellent equipment and strong combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army troops in the ambush.

He immediately adjusted his center of gravity, and gradually moved the main force of the entire brigade closer to the vanguard, in an attempt to defeat the Eighth Route Army troops that were blocking along the way.

As soon as the main force of the Hirano Brigade was mobilized, attacks from other directions followed.

First, the combat troops in central Hebei and southern Hebei that quickly bit up from the back of the Japanese army.

Immediately afterwards, in the direction east of the Hirano Brigade, Shen Quan also led the reinforcement group to advance quickly and close the encirclement.

The Eighth Route Army offensive forces from the three sides seemed to have a tacit understanding. They moved at the touch of a button, and the advancing troops in the three directions quickly formed an overall encirclement.

Even the last gap to the west of the Hirano Brigade was quickly completely blocked by some local army units in the nearby base area.

Until the rear guard troops, as well as the garrison troops on the left and right wings, communicated that they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army troops.

Only then did the old devil Taiji Hirano wake up suddenly, he had already fallen into the encirclement.

Shocked and furious, Hirano realized the crisis of the situation. The Eighth Route Army had clearly come prepared. He hadn't even reached Beiping yet, and he was completely encircled on the way.

Facing the heavy encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, for the Japanese Hirano Brigade, of course, they cannot sit still and face enemies from all directions at the same time.
We should concentrate our forces, choose a direction, and break out with all our strength.

Taiji Hirano naturally chose the north direction for this direction, and continued to move closer to Beiping.

Brigadier Chen and Commander Lu had expected this.

"Once the little devils of the Hirano Brigade jump over the wall in a hurry, the defensive troops in the north will definitely suffer the most pressure!"

The commanders quickly adjusted their policy.

"Delay! We don't want to be able to completely stop this Kwantung Army's advance, we just need to delay the advancing speed of this Kwantung Army as much as possible, and wait until our troops in the east, west, south and south directions completely bite up.

It is impossible for the devils to maintain a complete formation all the time. Once they are divided by our army, this opportunity will come. "

In terms of blocking the pace of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army have a lot of experience.

As long as the terrain along the way and the various traps and mines at hand are used well, excessive casualties of the troops can even be avoided, and the Japanese army can be stopped just by using various means.

In this regard, the troops in Jizhong and the soldiers of the armored battalion sent by the 385th Brigade are full of confidence.

In the words of Commander Lu: "As early as half a year ago, since we cooperated with a team in the military industry, our main force has basically eliminated the production of old-fashioned landmines and changed them to directional anti-personnel mines.

This time we moved all the property there, even with the anti-personnel mines planted on the ground, it would be able to hold him back for at least a day or two.

What Kwantung Army elites, we have to let them know that outside the pass they can brag about being elite, but in this pass, they are shit! "

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On the way of the little devils of the Kwantung Army of the Hirano Brigade advancing towards Beiping, when the first directional anti-personnel mine exploded, it took the lives of seven or eight little devils in an instant.

Taiji Hirano finally realized that he was in big trouble.

This terrifying directional anti-personnel landmine, which can spray new weapons such as marble fragments, has also encountered him in the defense zone of the Iron Triangle.

That was the first time he encountered this kind of landmine, and he was shocked by it.

He originally thought that it was a special landmine newly developed by the Eighth Route Army, and the number should not be too many, but now it seems that the Eighth Route Army that blocked it along the way may have a large number of such landmines.

Moreover, in addition to trigger detonation, this directional anti-personnel landmine can even be detonated remotely.

The Japanese army tried to send engineers to clear mines, but it was also possible to be poisoned by the Eighth Route Army. It was really hard to guard against.

After suffering many times, the little devil realized that this kind of directional anti-personnel landmine was more weird and more harmful than conventional landmines.

But it is more aimed at infantry with flesh and blood, and its power is not enough to threaten the armor with strong protection capabilities.

So Hirano Taiji immediately ordered to mobilize several armored vehicles of the team to advance all the way to open the way for the infantry.

It's just that his little devil can think of this, so how could the commanders of the Eighth Route Army not think about it?
While laying directional anti-personnel mines, some anti-tank mines will also be mixed in.

That is also a type of powerful landmine developed by a team first, which is specially aimed at the armored vehicles of the devils. With a huge shock wave, it directly tears the weak bottom armor of the armored vehicles of the devils.

boom -

Looking at the armored vehicles that were blown up or even torn apart, the devil officers finally felt desperate. No matter what means they used to break the situation, these cunning Eighth Route Army would always fall into new traps.

As a unit closely following the pace of a unit, almost the second batch of military-developed units, the Jizhong combat units are quite well equipped.

The little devils have them, whether it is machine guns or artillery, basically the troops in Jizhong have them.

That fighting power is really not an exaggeration.

Blocked by various methods of the Eighth Route Army along the way, the Hirano Brigade was forced to slow down in its attempt to break through the encirclement in the direction of Beiping.

The Eighth Route Army troops chasing from the other three directions took the opportunity to bite up.

The unlucky Hirano Brigade soon fell into a situation surrounded by siege, and the casualties continued to spread.

In particular, these Eighth Route Army units are well equipped, far surpassing the Northeast Anti-United Forces that Taier Hirano had dealt with.

In desperation, Taiji Hirano had no choice but to request tactical guidance from the General Headquarters of the Japanese Dispatched Army in North China.

Beiping, the headquarters of the Japanese Army's North China Expeditionary Army.

When Okamura received Hirano's newsletter, he was depressed.

What is this called!Originally, Beiping was in an emergency, so he temporarily mobilized the Hirano Brigade to reinforce Beiping, but luckily, the reinforcements didn't come, and now he asked for help instead!
However, the situation was urgent, and the survival of the Hirano Brigade, which was not far from Peking, was directly related to the defense of Peking, so Okamura dared not be careless.

Wait until after considering the combat troops that may be reinforced by the surrounding roads.

Okamura was even more depressed.

It seems that the No.12 Army in Texas is the most suitable.

The commander in charge of stationing in Dezhou did not fight well, and even lied about the military situation, claiming that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was attacking Dezhou frantically.

As a result, he happened to hit the bullet hole, and was fired directly by the angry Okamura. Okamura even scolded the other party for losing the face of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire. He should have committed suicide by caesarean section.

For this reason, Okamura killed chickens and respected monkeys, and notified the whole army of the embarrassing deeds of Dezhou Dazuo.

But in fact, Gangcun did not consider two points.

First, the Colonel stationed in Dezhou was actually very wronged.

First, the mechanized combat troops of the Eight Routes quickly broke through the defense line, which directly disrupted the defense deployment of Dezhou, causing the troops in Dezhou to disperse and it was difficult to protect itself.

In addition, part of the troops went to Licheng, and some reinforcements went to Jizhong, what can he do if he doesn't ask for help?
If you want to say that the battle is not effective, you should start with the first army. The first army is the direct line of your commander-in-chief Okamura, so you don't start with your own people, which is somewhat partial.

Second, the Japanese army commander is also quite resourceful. He has made a lot of money in China over the years. In order to save his life, his boss and some backgrounds of the [-]th Army have done a lot of work.

Usually these people are people in a chain of interests.

Naturally, the bigwigs behind him couldn't sit idly by.

At any rate, you are also a commander, and you are still the commander of our [-]th Army. Even if you, Okamura, are the commander-in-chief, you have some privileges in wartime.

Before going to the court-martial, Dezhou Commander is not what you Gangcun wants to deal with, anyway, you have to ask me about the Twelfth Army!

Moreover, the war is urgent, and Texas also needs officers who are familiar with this area to command operations.

In the end, Okamura's order to notify the three armed forces and punish Dezhou Colonel through the General Command was severely discounted.

The commander of the No. 12 Army of the Japanese Army told Okamura that a temporary change of generals is a taboo on the battlefield, and all punishments must wait until the end of the battle.

He recommended Dezhou Dazuo to continue to command the troops, and to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

And as Shen Quan led the reinforcement regiment to withdraw from the Dezhou defense area, it went west to encircle the Kwantung Army Hirano Brigade.

The crisis in Texas is largely resolved.

No one could have imagined that the slap in the face came so quickly. As the commander-in-chief, Okamura had to rely on the Dezhou Colonel who was originally ordered by him to commit suicide if he wanted to rescue the Hirano Brigade.

The siege of the Hirano brigade was the opportunity for Dezhou Dazuo to stand up.

The No.12 Army not only needs to rescue, but each brigade has to send out mobile troops to join the Dezhou Dazuo's troops to form a strengthened mechanized wing, paired with Luxi's mobile heavy artillery wing, and go to reinforcements with great fanfare according to Gangcun's order , rushing and hitting.

Okamura also understood the mind of the Twelfth Army.

This Dezhou Colonel, who has committed crimes and performed meritorious service, may really be able to fight bravely.

He just turned a blind eye.

As for the Twelfth Army, people's calculations are also very loud.

It doesn't matter if the reinforcements are ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way and suffer heavy losses, even Dezhou is lost.

Credit goes to winning.

For losing Yougangcun's telegram order, the responsibility lies with Gangcun, not the Twelfth Army.

The faction dissatisfied with Gangcun is even planning secretly. This time, the North China Front Army has suffered successive defeats. As the commander-in-chief, Okamura has made great mistakes.

Saving the life of Dezhou Colonel this time can not only damage the dignity of Okamura, but also reflect the unclear rewards and punishments of the Commander-in-Chief. a straw.

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the other side.

Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi, has not been very happy these few days.

He never expected that he would launch a sneak attack on the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army and a raid on the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area.

How did it evolve into the current situation!
Not to mention the disastrous defeat of the First Army.

The city of Datong was broken, and the Mongolian army obviously wanted to blame all the blame on his first army.

Then Licheng was besieged, and the Kwantung Army, Central China, and South China sent troops to reinforce them one after another. As a result, the rear was in a hurry.

People can also say that it's all because of you Yoshio Shinozuka asking for help blindly, which caused a vacancy in our defense line, which allowed Eight Routes to take advantage of the loophole.

Now, even Peking is in a state of emergency, and the safety of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is threatened.

The Hirano Brigade of the Kwantung Army, which sent reinforcements to Peiping, was even more encircled.

Since then, Shinozuka Yoshio has no extravagant hopes for his future.

Now he only wants to be able to take the blame and make meritorious deeds, and quickly make some achievements.

In order to reduce his responsibility, he hastily mobilized his troops, approached the Hirano Brigade with great fanfare, and attacked the blockade of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army encircled the Kwantung Army Hirano Brigade on all sides in the Baoding area, and the Japanese army quickly sent reinforcements from Dezhou and Shanxi. It soon became the most anticipated battle in Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong.

As the battle continued, the commotion became louder and louder.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army attacked from all directions, wandering around in almost every area including Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, and Shanxi, including the areas occupied by the devils.

The propaganda offensive that accompanied the campaign started worked wonders.

The effect of this kind of publicity is much stronger than that of newspapers. In this era, the news is blocked, all kinds of rumors are flying everywhere, and all kinds of newspapers are flying all over the sky.

When ordinary people everywhere witnessed the Eighth Route Army chasing the devils with armored vehicles, tanks, and cars, they would be shocked, not to mention how happy they were!

One spreads ten, ten spreads one hundred, and before long, the whole of China will probably know how powerful the Eighth Route Army is.

No, the battle ahead is in full swing, and the troops in the base area in the rear are almost constantly being rushed to the base area these days, and the passionate young people who insist on participating in the eight-way fight against devils are overwhelmed.

As time went on, the battle gradually ended.

The invincible Japanese Kwantung Army's elite Hirano Brigade was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Even with reinforcements from all sides, even with non-stop aerial firepower reinforcements, they were still severely injured and fled.

This news is enough to break out.

Not long after, the news came again.

The two mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army, one from north to south, and the other from south to north, continued to push horizontally in a destructive manner, causing the Japanese army to fragment the entire Northwest, Southwest, Central and West areas of Shandong. All traffic lines were completely paralyzed.

They supported the Eighth Route Army troops in various base areas and launched a crazy attack on the various defense areas of the Japanese army in Ludi.

The Japanese and puppet troops retreated steadily, and the so-called security and stability existed in name only.

The entire central and western Shandong region was almost turned upside down.

The ghosts and puppet troops in the counties, towns, towns, and base areas were completely beaten into shrinking turtles, and they stayed behind closed doors.

Until about ten o'clock in the morning on the eleventh.

The two groups of lions have successfully joined forces in the Luzhong area.

Kong and Li join forces, double stars gather!
The breaking news that the Eighth Route Army's mechanized combat troops defeated the Japanese army once again spread everywhere...

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