Especially in the past two years, the economy of the entire occupied area under the jurisdiction of the First Army has been sluggish, the troops' supplies are tight, and logistics supplies are difficult.
Even the Japanese field elites have seen much lower military supplies than in previous years.
There are even cases where troops don't even have enough to eat.
As a result, the Japanese and puppet security forces near Zhongtiao Mountain were living a very comfortable life through private business dealings with the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Not only did they not ask the First Army's Logistics Office for supplies, they even took the initiative to send some urgent supplies from time to time.
After this back and forth, even if the relevant investigation departments of the Japanese army noticed that there must be something fishy, the focus of the current war situation is on the Taihang base area.
As for the southern Shanxi area, the Japanese army just wanted to stabilize the Eighth Route Army, and simply turned a blind eye.
But the kid probably doesn't understand.
There is an old saying in China: A thousand-mile embankment breaks down in an ant nest.
Once this hole is opened, the gradual accumulation of quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes that will be out of control.
The Japanese and puppet security forces, which relied on the Eighth Route Army to live a comfortable life, were gradually corrupted. Once the days passed, they coveted comfort and were afraid of death.
How can we still have the courage and determination to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army?
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385 Brigade base area.
The Japanese and puppet troops, originally dominated by the Japanese Third Mixed Brigade, clamored to completely penetrate the 385th Brigade base area and eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade.
As a result, as the war situation evolved, the Japanese and puppet troops not only failed to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, but the 385th Brigade deliberately showed weakness to the enemy and lured the enemy deeper into the base area. In turn, they were besieged in the base area.
In the end, the Japanese officers, led by Ishikawa, the commander of the Japanese Third Mixed Brigade, even asked the headquarters for reinforcements.
In this battle, the 385th Brigade became famous in one battle and displayed great prestige.
With just one brigade, it was able to hold back most of the Japanese 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades. Not to mention, it also set a trap to trap the three major Japanese mixed brigades in a quagmire. , it is difficult to move even an inch.
When the battle reached this point, the Japanese army no longer cared about their dignity. They just wanted to quickly withdraw their troops to stabilize the security area and reduce the losses and casualties in the battle.
So soon after.
The Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka issued the highest military order of the First Army, ordering all units to evacuate to the nearest county in an orderly manner immediately.
If you can't win, you can't withdraw?
The actual situation is that it is indeed not that easy for the little devils to withdraw.
In recent years, it has grown rapidly in secret, especially after one team rose up first, which has driven the economic and military development of the surrounding Eighth Route Army combat groups.
It brought quite exaggerated changes to the Eighth Route Army troops.
One of the qualitative changes caused by quantitative changes is the equipment situation in the hands of the Eighth Route Army troops.
If the previous Eighth Route Army was a three-gun Tubale Army, even the main force would not be able to carry out a sustained head-on confrontation at all.
Today's Eighth Route Army troops, especially the main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, are mainly composed of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the 386th Brigade and the 385th Brigade in the Taihang Base Area.
In terms of overall equipment, although it is still not as good as the Japanese army, it is completely close to the level of the national army.
As for individual combat groups, such as the First Team, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment, in terms of the firepower configuration of the main elite, it even exceeds that of the Japanese army with the same organization.
...385 Brigade Headquarters.
Sensing signs of Japanese troops retreating, Brigadier Chen issued the order without hesitation:
"Hit, the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog is here. The little devil wants to run away, how can it be so easy? In our base area, since the devil is here, he will have to skin him if he doesn't die!"
"Give the message out immediately. The Japs are about to escape. Stop them at all levels along the evacuation route of the Japs. Our main force eats meat, so we have to let the local troops also drink some soup, right?"
Therefore, the entire process of the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops was more like a feast in which the main force of the Eighth Route Army and local troops participated in the event, eating meat and drinking soup together.
Among them, the main combat force assumes the main combat task of frontal pursuit.
Try to gradually divide and disperse the fleeing Japanese troops.
And once the little devil's team is dispersed, even the elite will have limited troops.
Even the local troops of the Eighth Route Army can go up and take a few bites.
Especially for teams like the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, the surrounding local army troops often follow the main force to drink soup and eat meat. Their equipment level has also improved a lot. Even compared to the main combat units of the Eighth Route Army in previous years, it is no worse. How many.
The little Japanese who had been beaten all the way back complained and complained.
An orderly retreat, and even a gradual collapse trend.
Originally, if only the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade and nearby local troops were entangled, with the strength of the three major mixed brigades of the Japanese army, under the unified command of the old Japanese Ishikawa, it would not be possible to calm down.
At the very least, they can retreat from the big mud ball in the 385th Brigade base area, retain most of their strength, and avoid losing too ugly.
Who knew that the troops stationed in Mongolia who went south for reinforcements were really useless.
A full infantry regiment, plus two cavalry regiments, were unable to deal with it, not to mention the iron triangle of the 386th Brigade.
Instead, the Iron Triangle's reinforcements detoured back to the rear of the 385th Brigade base area, and attacked the 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades from the back.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army troops of the 386th Brigade and the reinforcements of the Iron Triangle attacked from both sides, and the Japanese and puppet troops were completely stunned.
After several battles, the old Japanese Ishikawa looked around and realized that only the main force of his Third Mixed Brigade was withdrawing with him.
The Ninth and Sixteenth Mixed Brigade were divided into other areas by the Eighth Route Army.
At this point in the battle, Ishikawa couldn't care less.
A poor monk will die but a poor Taoist will not die.
He led the main force of his brigade and tried to break through and evacuate along the way.
In addition, he also heard about the battle in the direction of Baode County. The Suzuki Regiment of the Mongolian Army was almost wiped out in the Xiaonan Village area by the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi.
As for the Nishino Regiment, although it lost Baode under the massive attack of the Eighth Route Army, it is said that the main force has basically withdrawn.
Now it's time to die. When they were at the Imperial Army University, the old Japanese Ishikawa and Nishino were very good brothers and sisters.
At present, the junior brother has completely evacuated from the siege of the Eighth Route Army. This is probably based on experience.
Ishikawa immediately displayed the spirit of not being ashamed to ask questions.
Contact the Nishino Regiment Headquarters and ask Nishino Daizuo for advice on evacuation experience.
After the communication ends.
In the afternoon of the same day, Ishikawa contacted the brigade headquarters of the 9th and 16th mixed brigades respectively, and passed on the scriptures he had obtained on how to evacuate.
then……
The little Japs from the three Japanese brigades who were hurriedly evacuating moved quickly.
In order to escape, the Japanese army divided the wounded soldiers and heavy baggage soldiers of the three brigades into nearly a hundred groups, and exchanged the damaged light and heavy machine guns with the parts of the light and heavy machine guns that could not be taken away, so that these machine guns were basically completely scrapped.
Then they were buried in pits on the battlefield or on the roadside, especially the firing pins and hammers, mixed with the rifles, and thrown away in another place.
They also removed all the fuses from the artillery shells, took them away and threw them on the roadside far away, mixed with eggshells. Various types of artillery shells were also mixed together and buried in different places.
The cannons that could not be taken away were half-buried on the road with mantlets attached, blocking the road, and the parts were dismantled and buried elsewhere.
Various bullets and eggshells were buried everywhere.
The mines were buried as they retreated, but the fuses were also removed and randomly thrown into pits on the roadside.
The Japanese took advantage of the evening to make a sudden move, and there were rear-cutting teams sent out from all directions. When they saw the Eighth Route Army coming, they first fired a few shots, and then shouted with a loudspeaker that they wanted to see the person in charge and surrender.
Then he pretended to say that he had important information to report. After delaying for a while, he took the Eighth Route Army to dig for treasures, including all sorts of messy things.
Among the troops of the 385th Brigade, the most fierce, fierce, and fastest pursuit was the troops of Commander Wang.
After all, this man is known as the Madman King.
He is not easy to deal with and easy to fool. If the little devil escapes a little slower, he can catch him with his troops and give him a few mouthfuls.
At the very least, it would take the corpse of Jaap No. 100 to stop it.
As a result, Lao Wang chased and ran into the delaying troops deliberately left behind by the Japanese.
He had just greeted the soldiers, took out his weapon, and was about to take down these little Japs in one fell swoop, but who knew that the Japs on the other side raised the white flag without saying a word.
Each and every one of them obediently threw all their weapons and ammunition on the ground, shouting to surrender.
Then another puppet soldier said that he had important intelligence reports. He said that there were arms and equipment buried along the way that the Japanese army had no time to take away. He said that there were all kinds of treasures.
When Lao Wang heard that there were heavy weapons, he handed over the weapons of the surrendered Japanese and puppet troops and said he would go take a look.
On the way, the Japanese also mentioned that there was a minefield. The soldiers carefully cleared the mines, but found that they were all mines without fuses. They finally dug a pit for supplies. At first glance, they were full of bullets. Then they looked at a pile of eggshells with various bullets mixed together.
Look again, the heavy machine guns and small-caliber rapid-fire cannons found are all inoperable.
Co-authored by the Japanese I met one night, the whole group is a trap!
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Lao Wang was so angry that he wanted to get angry. This little son-of-a-bitch has gone to heaven, and he doesn’t know who he learned this from.
But the Japanese and puppet soldiers who surrendered were honest and expressed their need for humanitarian assistance, food, and medical treatment.
Looking at the Japanese wounded soldiers one by one, some of them saw that they were taking in too much air and not getting out as much, and they might not be able to survive soon.
The Eighth Route Army's tradition of preferential treatment of prisoners must not be lost.
Moreover, these Japanese and puppet troops also honestly chose to surrender and cooperate.
For a while, Captain Wang was filled with anger, but had no place to express it.
Knowing that this was a rogue escape method used by the little Japs, they had no choice but to arrange for the troops to first collect the surrendered wounded Japs and puppet soldiers and bring them back to the base for treatment.
That's not all.
Ishikawa and the old Japanese from the other two brigades also asked officers at all levels to take out all their military rank badges and exchange them with some wounded soldiers.
Every time they encountered an obstruction, they were asked to leave a small group behind. After meeting the Eighth Route Army, the wounded soldiers who had changed their ranks said what kind of officers they were, wanted fair treatment, and wanted to see the unit leaders before surrendering.
As a result, Commander Wang led the besieging troops in pursuit all night and caught a bunch of big fish, including seven or eight big fish from the left alone.
This made Lao Wang extremely happy, and he thought to himself that this was probably not much different from the battlefield observation group where Lao Li defeated the Japanese.
As a result, during the interrogation the next day, Bai was very happy, and his feelings were all the idea of the Japanese officers. These were just the top soldiers at the bottom.
This made Lao Wang very angry and furious.
Commander Wang and the others have never seen this scene before. They are weapons and soldiers.
Just like that, in the end, the little devil actually used some wounded soldiers with fake military ranks and blown-up guns, ammunition and other junk.
After being stunned to contain the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army troops, the old Japanese Ishikawa and others successfully escaped with a considerable part of the main force.
Later at the military summary meeting after the war.
When the commander-in-chief learned about this, he couldn't stop laughing. He laughed and called Commander Wang a rag king who only picked up rags.
Captain Wang, who is known as a lunatic, said helplessly:
"This old devil Ishikawa is really a fucking expert in escaping. If this old boy really wants to escape, he will use all kinds of tricks. He is slipperier than a loach. It's really hard to catch him!"
I have to say that after learning from Nishino, this old Japanese Ishikawa not only mastered the essence of escape, but also became better at it. That is really remarkable.
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But Ishikawa, an old devil, can run fast. The 11th Regiment and the two cavalry regiments of the Mongolian army stationed south do not have this ability.
Especially after the three Japanese brigades that contained the 385th Brigade and the Imperial Japanese Army assisting in the battle quickly withdrew.
The soldiers of the 385th Brigade and the Iron Triangle were full of anger when they saw this big fish slipping. Naturally, they turned their troops around and poured all their anger on the heads of the Mongolian troops.
This time it was no longer a two-sided attack, but the troops were directly and quickly detoured from all directions to form a large river siege.
Even the two cavalry regiments of the Japanese must completely break the legs of all the horses.
Eat it in one go!
Naturally, the First Army couldn't just watch the elite troops stationed in Mongolia go south for reinforcements, so it was stuck here. It quickly dispatched flying troops to reinforce and assist the 21st Wing of the troops stationed in Mongolia to evacuate.
The Little Devils once again demonstrated their greatest advantage in this battle against the Eighth Route Army-the superiority of air firepower.
It's just that the Japanese flying troops couldn't be rampant for long.
It's day and night.
Taking advantage of the changing situation on the battlefield, some flaws finally appeared in the defense of the airport temporarily built by the Japanese in Licheng.
Commando captain Duan Peng and the other half of the commandos, who have been missing on the battlefield between China and Japan, what do you think they did?
After nightfall, the team members smoothly infiltrated into the Japanese airport like ghosts, and then used secretly planted time bombs to park all kinds of advanced Japanese fighter jets and bombers at the airport, including temporary reserves of fuel depots and ammunition depots. Blast it clean.
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The next day.
After hearing the news that the Licheng temporary airport had been destroyed, Yoshio Shinozuka fell into his seat and was dazed for a long time, unable to recover.
This time, he had planned for a long time the operation against the main force of the Eighth Route Army and against the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal. So far, there was no possibility of reversal and it ended in a disastrous defeat.
He was already preparing in his heart how he would be punished after this battle was over.
As for the position of the supreme commander of the First Army in Shanxi, it is time to give it to the newcomers who are more capable than him and better able to deal with these Eighth Route Army.
But are there really such latecomers?
hope so……
Yoshio Shinozuka could only comfort himself secretly.
