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Chapter 234: Battle outside the Great Wall (crazy request for monthly tickets)

Having completed the production of new things, Ren Zhong now had to focus on the battle situation.

By now, he found that others were unreliable and that he had to rely on the Eighth Route Army's own strength in the end.

In his plan, he originally hoped that the First War Zone would share some of the suppression of the Japanese troops.

Now it seems that they were too careless. The Japs did not act according to their own script. Faced with hundreds of thousands of troops, they still attacked as usual!

He didn't even consider whether he could win or not, even if all the 100,000 troops were thrown in two directions in Jin.

Even though they gathered tens of thousands of people, the Japanese still launched an attack on the Guosu First War Zone. The final result was almost the same as in historical time and space. The Guosu First War Zone now had no combat effectiveness at all and collapsed at the first touch!
It is exactly the same type of mud as in history, which cannot be helped at all!
This made Ren Zhong somewhat worried.

Without the First War Zone's threat to the Japanese on the flank, after these Japanese have eliminated the First War Zone, will they cross the Yellow River and launch an attack on Shanxi?

You have to know that there are tens of thousands of Japanese devils here. Taihang is facing a large army of Japanese devils, so it must be a bit difficult to deal with them now.

The brigade commander will gain some advantage against another large Japanese army, but not too much.

According to Ren Zhong's estimation, the brigade commander had defeated the Japanese's morale through guerrilla warfare, and then found a suitable terrain to lure the Japanese into the trap and then find a way to annihilate them!

Even though there are more than 5 Japanese troops along the way, the current brigade commander has strong soldiers and horses under his command. It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that we can wipe out these 5 Japanese troops in one bite.

But after planning and dividing this group of Japanese devils into several parts, that may not be the case.

The brigade commander was very experienced in taking down a division at a time. Last time, he had to be ordered to escape. This time, the Japanese had survived the initial stage of the explosion of Shanxi's military industry and even produced a battalion of tanks. The Japanese were so angry that they came with all their might. The brigade commander did not need to hold back and had to find a way to keep all of them.

As long as we defeat this group of Japanese soldiers, I believe that the Japanese will not be able to organize any mopping-up operations for a long time.

As long as the Eighth Route Army in Jin is given another half year to capture the area, the entire Eighth Route Army in Jin will surely make a huge new leap forward.

Apart from anything else, just heavy weapons like tanks can produce at least several tank battalions!

The brigade commander never dreamed that he would be able to command a tank battalion into battle so soon.

Therefore, the news that Li Yunlong and the brigade commander sent directly to the Border Region Staff Headquarters was all good news. Ren Zhong didn't have to worry at all.

As for the Zhengtai Line, the division commander personally commanded the Taihang main force. The division commander also hid a tank battalion, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese central army at the critical moment. Now he only commanded the Type C Regiment to surround the Japanese advance route and continue to bleed them.

It seems that everything is under control and Ren Zhong doesn't need to worry too much.

On the grassland, the main force now consists of seven and a half troops.

The Saibei Military Region has 5 main regiments, including 2 Type A regiments, 2 Type B regiments, and 1 cavalry regiment.

As for the Suimeng Autonomous Army, there was 1 Type A regiment, 4 Type B regiments, and 4 cavalry regiments.

The border area specially strengthened two artillery regiments, each with two 2 artillery battalions and one mountain artillery battalion. In terms of artillery, they were not inferior to the Japanese army.

However, on the grassland, the artillery strength of the 7.5 Route Army is much weaker. Most of the reinforcements given to the 7.5 Route Army now are frontline support artillery such as mortars, and they dare not strengthen the heavy artillery.

After all, on the grassland, the Seventh and a Half Route now has nearly 100,000 troops. With the increased heavy artillery firepower, no one can predict what the Seventh and a Half Route will do next.

Ren Zhong knows Qiluban better than Qiluban does. He is the kind of person who wants to transform into a dragon when faced with stormy weather.

Therefore, we can strengthen our light weapons to improve their individual combat capabilities, but when it comes to heavy weapons, we should not give the Seventh Route Army any illusions at all.

Now why not a single 107 fire has been sent to Qiluban? This is the restriction that Ren Zhong has placed on the King outside the Saiwai. He analyzed Qiluban's character to Staff Officer Ye and found that they can share hardships, but they cannot be given too much room for development.

Beyond the Wall.

The Japanese Kwantung Army successfully crossed the border along the Pingsui Line.

The Jin-Cha-Ji side did not carry out guerrilla warfare at any time like they did against the Japanese armies in the center and south. For them, the order from the headquarters was to cover the rear.

They now occupy the remote counties on both sides of the Pingsui Line, and the Japanese have no time to clear them out.

Therefore, the main forces of Jin-Cha-Ji are currently resting in these remote counties. Since the military industry in their bases has been almost completely destroyed, the current supply of weapons and ammunition mainly relies on the Wutai base, which is relatively poor.

At least in terms of heavy weapons, the main force regiment of Jin-Cha-Ji was equipped with the least 107 artillery battalion and mountain artillery battalion.

This means that their ability to attack is now the worst among the major bases.

Therefore, when the Japanese Kwantung Army went out of the border, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters chose to let them give up the road and retreat to both sides to rest.

In particular, the troops that retreated to the vicinity of the Wutai base for rest and recuperation have now begun to comprehensively strengthen their firepower equipment from the grassroots companies to the main regiments of the military region.

According to the headquarters' plan, this time they must be equipped with at least 4 Type A regiments and 10 Type B regiments so that they can take on the important task of cutting off the Kwantung Army's retreat.

the other side.

Naosaburo Okabe, the commander of the Japanese attack group outside the Great Wall, frowned at the smooth entry of the troops into the Wumeng.

In his original idea, he would have to fight hard to get out. But he encountered nothing along the way.

Even scattered guerrilla units are few in number.

This is a bit strange.

Okabe Naosaburo absolutely did not believe that the Eighth Route Army on the Pingsui Line was completely wiped out and had no ability to launch an attack.

On the contrary, according to the intelligence at hand, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area suffered basically no losses.

On the contrary, in the next wave of counterattacks, they occupied quite a few cities. Although they were marginal mountain cities, we couldn't take the time to encircle and suppress them now.

But according to the advance on the central and southern lines, shouldn't the Eighth Route Army have defended the route strictly and dragged their march through the mountainous areas along the Pingsui Line?

This is what Naosaburo Okabe doesn't understand the most.

It is also what he is most worried about.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Naosaburo Okabe stretched his troops' alert circle very wide, and every day he sent out the cavalry to patrol far away, at least within a ten-kilometer radius, to ensure that there were no eyesores.

On the prairie, the view is vast and this is indeed effective. A cavalry squadron can guard a large area.

However, the Japanese did not know this, but the moment they set foot on the grassland and began to attack, their every move was seen by the Grassland Allied Forces scouts.

"Commander, the Japanese patrol's horse hooves just passed by the front, and now there is no trace of them." On the grassland, a patch of dry yellow grass was lifted up, revealing a head covered with dry grass. It looked around and reported in a low voice into the walkie-talkie.

"Received. Continue to hide." Soon, a message came from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

Then the grass closed again.

With the help of hidden observation posts dug underground, the Saibei Military Region has set up a complete reconnaissance network on the front line to keep a close eye on the Japanese's every move.

By dusk, the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment had spread out in the areas where the Japanese had patrolled, waiting to hunt down the Japanese patrols again!

The sniper lying in ambush on the grassland waited patiently for the Japanese patrol.

They formed teams of several horses each, separated by a distance of 100 meters or two, to ensure that if they were attacked there would be a chance for one of them to escape and report back.

For the guerrillas in the past, this trick of the Japanese devils was really difficult to crack.

After all, relying on the aiming of the Type 38 rifle, the sniping range is generally only two to three hundred meters. Now that the Japanese have separated, they are at least four to five hundred meters apart, so it is unlikely that they can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

But now it’s different. With the help of the quadruple scope, many soldiers with good marksmanship are selected to be trained as snipers.

There are at least five or six sharpshooters lying in ambush in this area.

Sure enough, the Japanese patrol came back again after a while.

This time, the snipers from the Saibei Military Region were not polite. They aimed at the Japanese soldiers approaching them and fired at them almost at the same time. A squad of Japanese soldiers howled miserably for a few times before falling silent.

"Comrades, attack!" Huang Shouhui, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, waved his hand, and the soldiers who had been waiting impatiently mounted their horses and began to charge towards the target Japanese devils.

After rushing into the Japanese camp about five or six kilometers away, the army stopped and waited for the brothers in the artillery battalion to start frantically setting up 107 artillery positions, and then constantly adjusted the angles based on the positions reported by the lurking scouts.

Less than ten minutes later, a whole battalion of eighteen rocket launchers opened fire in succession, and rockets flew towards the Japanese camp.

At the front line, lurking scouts risked sticking out half of their heads to observe every move of the Japanese camp.

Soon, rockets whizzed through the sky.

It seemed that almost all of these rockets fell on the Japanese camp, setting their tents and other equipment on fire. The Japanese artillery and baggage were even worse off, as a lot of ammunition was ignited by the rockets, causing a series of deafening explosions.

The scouts stared closely at the losses in the Japanese camp, began to report the results of the battle, and corrected and guided the second round of attack.

Less than ten minutes later, rockets once again hit the chaotic camp of the Japanese, covering all the Japanese who had escaped the net!

After two rounds of attacks, the Japanese cavalry brigade took the lead in rushing out in the direction of the rocket attack.

However, this time they encountered an elite cavalry regiment from the Saibei Military Region.

Hearing that the Japanese cavalry brigade was attacking, everyone was extremely excited. They loaded their 56 semi-automatic rifles or 56 submachine guns with bullets, lined up to meet the Japanese cavalry, and in the dark, they could not see their faces, just aimed at their shadows and opened fire!
The Japanese didn't expect that a cavalry duel would be so unethical. The cavalrymen rushing in the front didn't react in time, and nearly a squadron of Japanese were wiped out in one encounter.

The remaining Japanese soldiers saw that the situation was not good, stopped their horses from charging, and began to take out their Type 38 rifles, preparing to fight back, but it was too late. The mortar company under the cavalry regiment aimed at the place where the Japanese cavalry gathered and began to bombard.

Although it was not very clear, the black shadows of the Japanese soldiers flying one after another still looked beautiful under the moonlight!
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