After the deputy chief of staff introduced all the situation of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong, Okamura Neiji stood up again.
"Everyone knows the enemy situation..."
"Time is tight, so I won't waste any time talking to you, and will directly assign combat missions." As he spoke, he walked to the map hanging on the wall, picked up the baton, and said with a serious face: "The mopping up troops are divided into three groups."
"Launch attacks all the way from the direction of Wangdu County, launch attacks all the way from the direction of Mancheng, and launch assaults all the way from the direction of Shunping."
"The mopping up troops attacking from the Shunping direction must fight quickly and seize Chenjiazhuang as quickly as possible to block the Eighth Route Army's only retreat to the mountains."
"Cooperate with the left and right mopping up troops, and attack all the Eighth Route Army blocked by us outside the mountain from both inside and outside."
"The middle route mopping up force consists of a main brigade, a baggage and supplementary regiment, an artillery regiment, a chariot brigade, a cavalry brigade, and an engineering brigade, with a total of fifteen thousand people."
"The two sweep forces on the left and right respectively have a main brigade, a heavy infantry brigade, two field artillery brigades, a heavy artillery brigade, a chariot brigade, a cavalry brigade, and an engineering brigade, with a total of 11,000 people. "
"All participating troops will replenish their baggage and ammunition tomorrow and carry ten days of combat supplies with them. They will move to their respective offensive positions before dark and launch the attack on time at eight o'clock the day after tomorrow."... Tens of thousands of Kwantung troops were transferred to the front line to replenish ammunition supplies. No matter how careful Okamura Neiji was, he could not hide it from the eyes of the Eighth Route Army scouts.
At eight o'clock that night, the Duer Regiment headquarters received the news.
"Lao Li, Xiao Huang, Okamura Neji's mopping up plan is almost exactly the same as our previous judgment... We even skipped the step of adjusting the plan and started the counter mopping up directly according to the original plan." Kong Jie looked happy after reading the information road.
Huang Yu read the intelligence at the same time and pointed to Shunping County on the map for analysis: "There are fifteen thousand Japs attacking Shunping."
"They are also equipped with the most heavy weapons. They must be the commandos in the hands of Neji Okamura. He wants them to seize Chenjiazhuang.
"Captain, Commander Li..."
"In this counter-mopping operation, let's swallow up the 15,000 Kwantung Army first." Li Yunlong shook his head: "I have no problem."
"As long as I go to the battlefield, I can fight anyone..." Kong Jie shook his head: "The 15,000 Kwantung Army has almost caught up with a second-class division of the Japs."
"Since the establishment of the Yizhong base area, there has never been such a large-scale annihilation war."
"The fighters are inexperienced and the pressure must be very high."
"To ensure that the normal battle is foolproof, the blocking force must find a way to eliminate a few more Japanese."
"Xiao Huang..."
"In this way, the pressure on you and the 26th Regiment to stop the attack will be greater." Huang Yu answered confidently: "Old rivals are extremely jealous when they meet..."
"I heard that the little Japs who attacked Junpei were all from the second wave of reinforcements from the Kwantung Army."
"When we were in Baoding, I just didn't fight them enough."
"Now take the initiative to hit our guns."
"This time, no matter what, we have to decide the outcome with them."
"Tell the commander of the little Japanese division that you want to take revenge and avenge your shame in the next life, right?"... The Zhang family rushed to the front line. Before dawn, an inexplicable pressure came from the enemy-occupied area.
"Captain Huang, the little devils are out..." Li Zhi, the commander of the 26th Regiment, suddenly reported, his words were trembling and he was very nervous.
It's not his fault. There are dark little devils everywhere within his field of vision. The roaring tanks lined up in a row, puffing out black smoke, and slowly advanced towards the forward position.
Behind the chariot are infantry, and behind the infantry are artillery pulled by cars, including field artillery and heavy artillery with barrels thicker than their heads.
The cold and dark barrel reflected the cold light under the sunlight, which was scary to look at. The entire team of little devils was like a dark cloud, pressing towards them, making people feel breathless.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A row of rapidly advancing tanks suddenly stopped and fired a row of artillery shells at the front position at the entrance of the village.
Dust was flying and smoke was billowing. The sandbags on the position were like paper lake toys, blown to pieces in an instant.
Huang Yu frowned at the same time. He thought that the Kwantung Army had just arrived and would send troops to test it out.
He would have the opportunity to pull out the tiger's teeth, take the opportunity to eat the Japanese probing troops, and get a good start. As a result, the Kwantung Army on the opposite side did not follow the routine, and regardless of whether there were people on the front line, they came up and bombarded them with tanks. It was clear that they wanted to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer.
Immediately order: "Let all troops stationed at the forward positions retreat to the tunnel."
"The Japanese are so ruthless. They send out tanks as soon as they come up and don't give us any chance."
"The troops can only give up their superficial positions and use the second set of combat plans. They rely on the tunnels to fight for a while and then retreat. This will make the Japanese think that our tunnels are just that, and they will underestimate us."
"Boom, boom..." After five rounds of tank cannon shells, the forward position was filled with smoke. The parked tanks suddenly accelerated, spitting out black smoke, like a row of knights armed to the teeth, thrusting straight into the front. position.
Hundreds of Japanese infantrymen followed the tank, rushing towards the forward position to show their prestige.
The division commander, Lieutenant General Sakuragi, was observing the battlefield with a telescope. Seeing that the attacking troops were unstoppable, as if they were in a deserted land, their expressions were not as good-looking as they had imagined.
He now wants the Eighth Route Army to appear in the forward position to block the attack. If he wants to wash away the humiliation brought to him by the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong, his opponent must show up and join the battle. Only when both sides fight together can he have a chance.
If the Yizhong Eighth Route Army had been hiding and being a coward, even if they fought all the way to the hinterland of the Yizhong base and successfully seized Chenjiazhuang, they would have no chance of revenge.
At this moment, his idea was destined to be impossible to realize. The attacking troops were less than fifty meters away from the Eighth Route Army's forward position. Unfortunately, the area was still filled with smoke and not even a single gunshot was fired.
The brigade commander on the side can't control that much. Seeing that his subordinates successfully captured the Eighth Route Army's forward position without any casualties, his face suddenly lit up with joy, and he immediately reported the good news to Lieutenant General Sakuragi.
"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army blocking the road must have been scared away by our tank troops."
"The offensive troops have captured the Eighth Route Army's forward positions. I suggest that they take advantage of the victory and continue to attack the Chen family's blocking position."
"Strive for two victories in two battles, take down Chen Jiachong's blocking position together, and open the channel for our offensive base area in the center of the wing." Sakuragi Zhongzuo could not find a reason to refuse.
They even felt that the faster the attacking troops advanced, the less time the Eighth Route Army would have to react. Maybe the Eighth Route Army defending the main position behind would not even have a chance to retreat, and would have to fight the attacking troops desperately, and then the chance of revenge would come.
