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Chapter 190 Changes in North China
Taking into account the infiltration of the Japanese, the specific overall combat plan was only known within a limited range of the Guosu War Zone, thus greatly preserving the core secrets.

The First War Zone mobilized the remaining troops stranded in the north one by one and began to assemble in divisions and brigades to the east of Lingchuan.

This side exposed its flaws without any scruples, and the Japanese aerial reconnaissance planes discovered traces. The Japanese large forces moved as soon as they heard the news. The 10th Mixed Brigade in the direction of Lingchuan, the 10th Infantry Brigade of the th Division on the southern line of Huixian, and the rd Infantry Brigade of the th Division in Linzhou immediately formed a V-shaped encirclement and began to encircle.

However, what the Japanese did not expect was that the main force of the Eighth Route Army Taiyue Military Region suddenly rushed out from Lingchuan. The Independent Regiment, 772nd Regiment, New 16st Regiment, 17th Regiment, 107th Regiment and the th Artillery Battalion of the Military Region, under the personal command of the brigade commander, surrounded the Japanese Fourth Brigade in the mountainous area around Xiangmu River overnight!
The general offensive was launched in the early morning of the next day. The brigade commander commanded the artillery battalion and the 16th, 17th and 771st Regiments to encircle and annihilate the 22th Brigade Command and the 3nd Regiment, while the Independent Regiment and the New st Regiment once again encountered their old enemy, the rd Regiment!

In this battle, the brigade commander's artillery battalion had 6 107mm artillery guns, and each main regiment had 2 107mm artillery guns. In addition, each battalion was equipped with 6 82mm mortars as standard. Facing the 8th Brigade's 8 mountain guns, 12 field guns, and Type infantry guns, the brigade commander was able to concentrate such powerful artillery firepower to fight a powerful battle!

As soon as the 107 guns were fired, the first round of overwhelming rockets fell on the Japanese artillery positions. The six 6 guns swept the ground in a blanket manner, directly wiping out the artillery battalion of the 107th Brigade cleanly and efficiently.

Without waiting for the Japanese to react, each regiment launched a general attack. The 107mm artillery and mortars aimed at the Japanese regiment artillery squadron and battalion artillery team and began to bombard. At the same time, the infantry battalion on the front line also aimed at the Japanese and began to charge. The Japanese themselves had no fortifications to rely on and occupied several hilltops to try to resist, but they were facing the main force of the Taiyue Military Region, which had been equipped with a quarter of 56 semi-automatic and half MG3 machine guns.

This was the first time that the Japanese encountered a full-scale attack by the re-equipped main force of the Eighth Route Army. In terms of infantry firepower, they no longer had any advantage. In terms of grenade launcher bombardment, their effective range and power were already far behind those of the Eighth Route Army.

In terms of total troop strength, the brigade commander also achieved a 2 to 1 advantage this time, so after the general offensive began, it was unstoppable. In less than half a day, more than half of the Japanese Fourth Brigade suffered casualties. When the Japanese fighter planes flew over, the brigade commander hid the artillery battalion in the mountains and forests. On the ground, the Eighth Route Army was already engaged in a melee with the Fourth Brigade. In addition, the air defense company of the Taiyue Military Region also appeared on the battlefield for the first time. After shooting down two Japanese fighter planes, they never dared to fly in the airspace below 1000 meters again.

The Japanese air support from Yuncheng was no longer of much use.

The battle lasted until dusk. By this time, the preserved fruit army that showed up to lure the enemy had already received new orders to move south with all their strength, and arrived just in time when the Taiyue Military Region was cleaning up the battlefield.

The brigade commander gave the captured rations directly to the friendly forces of Guosu so that they could have a full meal. After resting for 2 hours, the army continued to move south and attacked the Japanese's Zhongtiao Mountain defense line.

The five main regiments of the Taiyue Military Region lined up in a row, directly opening a gap more than 20 kilometers wide, and on the third day they joined forces with the Guosu support troops that crossed the river and launched a fierce attack!
After wandering for several months, this group of preserved fruit soldiers, with less than 4 soldiers left, were finally sent across the Yellow River.

Although these remnants of the army were pale and thin, they had persisted in Taihang Mountains for so long that their fighting spirit was much higher than that of other troops in Guofu.

Later, after resting and replenishing, this unit became the main force of the First War Zone and gave the Japanese Operation No. 1 a "surprise". However, these were changes that Ren Zhong could not have predicted.

He only knew that the second and third battalions of the independent regiment were assigned to Kong Jie, and after adding a local guerrilla battalion, the new second and first regiments were formed. The 16th regiment stayed in Zhongtiao Mountain together to open up the Zhongtiao Mountain base.

Li Yunlong took the First Battalion, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao back to Heyuan and Anping, and rebuilt the Second and Third Battalions by absorbing the local county brigade and district squadron. Considering the importance of the Heyuan base, the brigade commander also approved the establishment of a supplementary battalion under the independent regiment, and asked Zhang Dabiao to form a defense team for the Heyuan base. The strength exposed by the Taiyue Military Region this time will definitely make the Japanese conduct a full investigation.

Heyuan was the main supplier of weapons for the Taiyue Military Region. Even if the Japanese could not find the specific address of the arsenal, they would definitely know the fact that there was a huge arsenal hidden in Heyuan.

However, there are main forces such as the 358th Regiment, the Independent Regiment, the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment nearby. The Japanese are temporarily unable to do anything in this mountainous area where the road only leads to the county town.

Heavy weapons cannot enter the mountains, and they are no match for the independent regiment and the 772nd and 771st regiments, the ancestors of mountain warfare equipped with superior infantry weapons. Even a division will be useless.

After all, as for the brigade, the brigade commander had just demonstrated how to quickly annihilate a brigade. If the Japanese sent a brigade deep into the Heyuan mountainous area, the brigade commander would teach them how to repeat the successful example.

After the brigade commander's strong encirclement and killing of a brigade, the Japanese North China Front Army Staff finally realized the huge risk of continuing to disperse, encircle and mop up, and began to fully withdraw troops from the mountainous areas back to the transportation lines. The expansion plan of Operation No. 3 has basically failed at this point.

Although it seemed that they had taken over Ji Zhong as they wished and drove the eight main regiments of Ji Zhong out of the base.

However, the main force of Ji Zhong was still there. They simply retreated to the mountainous area on the edge of Taihang Mountains for rest and replenishment.

Especially in terms of weapons, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters had a grand plan to launch the Hebei-Central Campaign immediately after the main force of the Japanese army retreated. Therefore, in addition to making every effort to replenish their weapons, they also prepared to let them take a batch of machine tools back to realize the production of light weapons.

In order to strengthen their strength, the headquarters temporarily transferred all the weapons from the Heyuan base. Even the newly expanded troops of the independent regiment had no time to be equipped. Instead, 8 107mm mortars, 800 56 and a half rifles, 40 82mm mortars, 80 grenade launchers and 80 machine guns were provided to the eight main regiments in Ji Zhong in priority.

Although each regiment in Ji Zhong was only given a small amount of weapons, it increased their firepower several times!
You have to know that in terms of heavy firepower, their main regiment originally had no more than two mortars, and each company had only one or two machine guns and grenade launchers. Compared with the Taihang and Taiyue headquarters, the gap was too big.

Now, each regiment can be allocated at least one 107mm firearm, five 5mm mortars, 82 machine guns, and 10 100mm rifles. The firepower is unprecedentedly strong.

This made the morale of the Ji-Central Military Region quickly recover from the frustration of losing the base. Everyone was shouting and waiting for the main force of the Japanese to retreat, and they would rush back to their hometown!

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