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Chapter 547 Chapter 545, The Japs are out

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary! When the headquarters learned that the Japanese did not take immediate retaliatory actions, and even the Japanese in Yangquan City did not mobilize, they knew that things were not simple! So, withdraw the troops, see how the Japanese react, and then make the next response.

It should be said that as the theoretical birthplace of the Eighth Route Army's tunnel warfare and mine warfare and the first place to adopt tunnel warfare, the headquarters leaders are still very confident in the defense capabilities of the Liangjia Village base! Therefore, the team withdrew, relying on the tunnels, relying on the terrain and defense measures we are familiar with, we can do the same in the face of changes.

Meanwhile, at the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka was also making a difficult decision.

The train was blown up at 9 a.m., and Shinozuka confirmed the news at 10 a.m. He also knew that the new recruits on the train were probably dead! So why didn't he send out reinforcements or even a reconnaissance team to check it out? The first reason was that the Hundred Regiments Campaign made Shinozuka Yoshio think that the Eighth Route Army was carrying out some major operation, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

As for the second reason? That is, the Japanese had secretly transferred their troops to Lucheng, Xiangyuan, Wuxiang, Heshun, Liaoxian and other places, and were preparing to use tactics such as "iron wall encirclement and surprise attack" to attack Tongyu, Hongshui, Wangjiayu and other places in the north of Taihang District where the Northern Bureau and the Eighth Route Army headquarters were stationed.

That's right, the Japanese had given up the strategy of looking for the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle, and instead adopted the tactics of attacking key targets, targeting the headquarters and the Northern Bureau. The Japanese themselves did not notice that they had inadvertently given up the plan to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle, which raised the military status and combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army to a certain level.

In the key attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters, Yamamoto Ikki played a huge role. After all, he broke into Mata and was chased for a long time, so he was familiar with the terrain and environment here. For this battle, the Japanese prepared more than 1.2 troops.

Unlike the time Li Yuexuan was familiar with, the Japanese were supposed to launch a surprise attack on February 2, but it was already February 2 and they hadn't launched yet. The reason was that the 8th Division suffered too much loss in the battle at the Arsenal some time ago, so the Japanese were busy for several months and only recently resumed their organization.

However, the organization was restored, not to mention the combat effectiveness, which forced the Japanese to pull the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, the 4th Brigade, and the 110th Division stationed in Shimen as the main force, and let the 36th Division play a supporting role, which was slightly better than the puppet army. However, this delayed the mobilization and the formulation of the attack plan.

Naturally, the Japanese were unable to launch an attack as planned, which was why Li Yuexuan did not want to provoke the Japanese. After all, if you are unsure of something, you need to think twice before you act.

What about today? An explosion on the Shota Line completely put the Japanese in a difficult position! Shinozuka Yoshio is not stupid. He knows that if he doesn't take action as soon as possible, his strategic intention will be exposed! The Eighth Route Army has made a big move in the north, but you didn't move. So where will you act?
"Order: All troops participating in the military operation against the Eighth Route Army Headquarters shall advance the time of attack and launch the attack punctually at 9 a.m. on the 5th!" After thinking for a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka finally gave the order.

"Ha!" The Japanese communications officer received the order and immediately issued an order for a comprehensive mop-up through the radio.

So, while Liangjia Village was waiting for the Japanese to arrive, the Japanese mopping-up teams set out from Liao County, Qin County, Xiangyuan, and Lucheng according to the original plan.

The Japanese thought their actions were very covert, but the headquarters had already noticed their movements, but they just couldn't figure out their attack direction. Now that the Japanese moved, the leaders of the headquarters analyzed their combat objectives through their marching tracks. "Ha, the Japanese think that I transferred the independent regiment away, and that we are short of manpower, so they want to attack our headquarters? No problem, let's play hide-and-seek with the Japanese and move the headquarters and organs in advance! We will also transfer the main force to the outside to attack the Japanese's transportation lines, leaving the New 1st Brigade, the Second Division, and the Third Division's core regiments to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese!"

"By the way, we also need to strengthen the defense of the arsenal. Let's transfer another battalion from the Special Forces Regiment! As for the specific response, the main force of the Third Division must continue to fight on the front line of Licheng..."

The headquarters made targeted arrangements based on the situation on the ground, and then the real action began! In Liangjia Village, after a day and a night of transportation, all the seized production materials had been sent to Liangjia Village. Li Yuexuan took Xiao Fengyun and the others to look at the various materials and carefully put them into storage.

Then, Li Yuexuan took out the drawings he had drawn in the past few days, assigned the workers and technicians brought from the headquarters arsenal to their posts, and started producing mortars.

Seeing Li Yuexuan put into production in the blink of an eye, both Captain Guo and Captain Kong were relieved. Led by Comrade Peregrine, I believe we will soon have new mortar equipment! Well, this time the work was not in vain! Then, they heard about the attack of the devils...

"What's going on? We killed so many Japanese soldiers here, but the main force of the Japanese went to attack our headquarters! Peregrine, do you think the headquarters can hold on this time?" In the east wing, several cadres of the guerrillas gathered together to discuss things happening in the south.

"You're asking me? I don't think there's a problem!" Li Yuexuan glanced at the comrades around him and said, "Zheng Changfeng is here, he knows how strong the defense of Yixiantian is! So there won't be any problems at the arsenal! As for the safety of the headquarters, although the Japanese have a lot of people this time, they are not familiar with our base after all, and they can be ambushed and blocked very easily! Moreover, since the headquarters knows about it, just move away, instead of staying there waiting for the Japanese to attack!"

"Since the headquarters and the arsenal are not in danger, the Japanese will have to attack the civilians this time just like they did last time! And it just so happens that we are strengthening our construction for the civilians and the militia. Even if the Japanese attack the village, they won't gain much advantage. At most, we will lose some houses, which is not a big deal!"

"If you want to support the headquarters? Then let's continue to make trouble on the Shota Line! That's right, the headquarters can't take care of us, so we just fight on our own! For example, disperse our artillery and bomb the strongholds and stations along the Shota Line, and run away after the bombing! The special forces should not be idle either, and those railway bridges that can be bombed should also be blown up... In short, paralyzing the Shota Line is great!"

"I just don't believe it. Without the Zhengtai Line to transport supplies to the Japanese, how can the Japanese hold on to their accumulated combat supplies? And based on previous anti-mopping-up battles, someone may have tried to sabotage the Baijin Railway!"

"In short, we now have the initiative! We can calm down and focus on production, or we can take the initiative to attack the enemy's transportation lines! The transportation lines are just weak at this time, so we can disperse and fight, and divide the troops into dozens of attack groups. Each attack group only needs to kill a dozen enemy soldiers, and the accumulated results will be considerable..."

(End of this chapter)