Kong Jie then got angry.
After the drought spread, the entire northern Henan Province was starved to death. Chiang Kai-shek claimed that it was already allocating food to the affected people.
However, what Kong Jie and his troops saw along the way south were still filled with mourning victims and corpses. It was like a hell on earth, desolate.
For this reason, most of the materials and food that the soldiers brought along were distributed to the victims along the way, but in the end it was a drop in the bucket and could not solve the fundamental problem.
But how can these bastards from the Central Army who have done nothing have any extra food to do business with?
And they also charge day tickets.
It is true that the front is tight and the rear is tight, and the country is in dire straits.
It was clear that they recognized money rather than people. If the Japanese army had spent money to buy this batch of food, they would probably still deliver it to others.
The disaster in northern Henan has become increasingly serious.
Up to and down the first team, including the entire Taihang, Taiyue and other base areas, until now, even if the front is still fighting, the rear has never stopped receiving and resettling the victims who have escaped.
Kong Jie originally thought that with these efforts, coupled with the relief provided by the Central Army in northern Henan, the people affected by the disaster would have a much harder life, at least they would survive, even if they did not have enough to eat.
After all, northern Henan is a place run by the Japanese army and the Central Army, not a team's territory. No matter how long Kong Jie stretches his hands, he can't control so much.
until……
The advance reconnaissance force sent by Kong Jie detected that at the junction of the defense areas of the Central Army and the Japanese Army, there was an endless stream of caravans going back and forth, and the official roads were wide open, as if the opposition between the two sides had never existed at all.
For caravans coming and going, the armies of both sides even let them pass directly without any inspection.
It simply shocked Kong Jie and his group of soldiers.
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.
"Captain, I finally understand why the little devil has been running rampant on our Chinese soil for so many years.
Among them, there must be these bastard officers who enrich their own pockets and whose consciences are completely eaten by dogs.
The defense of the Central Army was simply broken. After the investigation, I even thought that if the Japs were willing, they could directly break through the opposite defense line at any time. "
The company commander on the side teased: "Don't worry, the little devil won't do this.
The Central Army is so good. If the Japanese want supplies, they will give them to them. If the Japanese want food, they can pull it over with trucks at any time. If the Japanese want all kinds of rare mineral resources and wood, they will transport them continuously from the rear without saying a word.
At most, the devils can spend some money and save an unknown amount of time and manpower.
Isn't this much better than occupying the opponent's territory? "
Kong Jie felt angry in his heart.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, get ready and launch the attack on time tomorrow morning!"
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There were advance reconnaissance troops conducting investigations in advance and planning their route.
There are also disguised caravans all the way, almost unimpeded as advance informants to detect information.
The next day, Kong Jie led the rapid reaction force to advance smoothly.
What shocked Kong Jie was:
In this area of northern Henan, the Japanese and the Central Army have been fighting for more than a year. The war is not going well, but transactions are very frequent, and the defense is also very lax.
It seems that the ancients said that those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black, which is indeed true.
After having been in contact with these Central Army troops who were lining their pockets for a long time, even this little devil in northern Henan seemed to have begun to enjoy this nourishing and lazy life.
Perhaps they are used to bullying the Central Army, but the little devils here are still very rampant.
The Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army was the first to learn that Eighth Route Army troops were attempting to move south.
The leader of the Japanese Brigade did not hesitate and rushed towards Nanle County with his main force, intending to destroy the Eighth Route Army heading south in one fell swoop.
Kong Jie's way of coping is very simple.
First, a cavalry unit was used to lure the enemy deep, and more than 3,000 Japanese cavalry were lured into the preset ambush circle. Then, the reinforced armored unit was directly used to detour and cut off the retreat of the Japanese cavalry brigade.
The Eighth Route Army field troops in the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Border Region cooperated with this battle.
The Japanese cavalry troops were trapped in a limited space for maneuver, and the back route was forcibly cut off by the armored troops, causing the horse's legs to be directly interrupted.
In recent years, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Border Region, who had long been simmering with anger after fighting against the Japs in northern Henan, took the opportunity to use a preset ambush formation to launch an attack on the Japs cavalry units in the ambush circle. .
Under layer after layer of encirclement.
Facts have proved that once there are too many infantry, the cavalry can still be completely trapped.
In this way, this executioner who committed the tragedy in northern Henan was once the famous Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army in northern Henan, and was almost completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army troops.
After paying a heavy price in casualties, more than a thousand Japanese cavalry broke out, and the soldiers who were killed and went crazy pursued them all the way.
So a scene like this appeared in this wide plain area:
A very embarrassed Japanese cavalry unit was on the run. The surrounding troops wearing earth-gray Eighth Route Army uniforms were just infantry. After being pursued and intercepted layer by layer, they actually frightened the little Japanese soldiers on horseback to retreat when they saw them. He turned around and ran away.
There were even times when only a few hundred Eighth Route Army infantrymen were intercepted.
It was a shame that a few hundred little devils dared to chase tens of thousands of Central Army troops.
At this moment, it seems to be happening again.
It's just that the roles of the two sides have been reversed. This time, the Eighth Route Army is taking the lead.
After cooperating with the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers from Shanxi, Hebei, and Luyu to complete the encirclement of the Japanese Cavalry Fourth Brigade, Kong Jie led the rapid reaction force to continue advancing without stopping.
After hitting the defense line set up by the Japanese army again along the way, Kong Jie had a try attitude and asked the leading vehicle to disguise itself as a Japanese transport convoy.
The soldiers all hid inside the carriage, and the drivers all put on Japanese military uniforms and disguised themselves as Japanese caravans.
As a result...a miracle really happened!
!
The Japanese guard troops along the way did not conduct any special searches, and even expressed their welcome in Japanese to the successful return of their convoy.
At this time, Kong Jie, who was wearing a Japanese Showa military uniform and carrying the rank of Shaozuo, asked in Japanese and learned that at the moment, the Japanese officers belonging to the Harada Division of the Japanese Army had been doing business for a year. Everyone is making a lot of money, and it’s a great Chinese New Year.
The army officers all went to Xinxiang to drink and celebrate.
At this time, I am afraid that not even a Japanese official can be found in the entire defense zone.
This left Kong Jie speechless.
I originally thought that the first army led by the old Japanese Yoshio Shinozuka, that is, the security army, was not as good as the Class A division, and could only be regarded as a second-rate combat force.
But compared with the current Japanese troops, who are simply inferior, the First Army can be considered an elite.
Thinking of this, Kong Jie suddenly felt that he had wrongly blamed those officers of the Central Army who were lining their pockets.
These similarly corrupt Japanese officers seem to be no better off!
With emotion, Kong Jie naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity. Using the disguise of a caravan, Kong Jie and his team of quick reaction troops entered the Japanese defense zone openly and openly.
Then, like wolves entering the flock of sheep, they started a one-sided massacre.
When it comes to the military quality of the little Japs here, compared to the Japs in the First Army, it's really not that bad.
Not to mention the overall lax defense, after the battle started, the reaction, coordination ability, and equipment level were all very poor.
In addition, the soldiers successfully entered the core of the Japanese defense area and avoided the Japanese fortifications on the outside that were easy to defend and difficult to attack. The leading infiltration troops penetrated in advance and took the lead in destroying the important counterattack firepower points of the Japanese.
The battle lasted less than five hours.
Kong Jie originally thought that it would take a lot of effort, but Xinxiang, an important area occupied by the Japanese army, was completely defeated.
A large number of Japanese officers who were having a celebration banquet in Xinxiang, including the Japanese division leader Harada Kumayoshi, still didn't understand what was going on!
The troops were disabled, the garrison was lost, and Xinxiang was also lost.
If the guards hadn't reacted quickly enough to evacuate the empire's "elite officers" from the cover of Xinxiang in time, Kong Jie might have killed these hundreds of Japanese officers.
The Harada Division of the Japanese Army in Northern Henan was originally a Category B division, although it ranked relatively low. Later, as elites were continuously transferred to the Pacific battlefield, they were gradually reduced to a C division.
The entire division has only three infantry regiments, plus one engineer regiment and one artillery regiment, a total of five regiments. They are responsible for stationing in Xinxiang and Kaifeng areas to guard against the Eighth Route Army guerrilla troops and the Central Army troops.
Originally, even if it was only a second-rate combat force, with the help of the relatively stable defenses in Xinxiang, it would not be easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army.
After all, he has done too much business with the Central Military Army over the years, made too much money, and enjoyed too much, and he has slowly become rotten.
This time, Kong Jie happened to bump into him and took advantage of the loophole.
If Xinxiang is a big city, it can be said that there are more than 10,000 combat troops. They were completely disabled and the city was lost. The materials that were originally hoarded in Xinxiang have been doing business for more than a year, and they have earned a huge amount of wealth. .
Quan made a wedding dress for Kong Jie!
When the soldiers came to report, "Commander, the gold bars and silver dollars that were taken out of the Japanese treasury were loaded into several carts, and there was too much material and equipment for us to take away."
Kong Jie felt that the current battle was a bit unreal.
Could such a ragtag group of people be able to occupy half of our land in China and defeat the Central Army to this point?
It seems that after the outbreak of the Pacific War and the war in Southeast Asia, the military quality of the little Japanese in China has declined significantly as their elites have been continuously removed.
But the Eighth Route Army is becoming stronger with each passing day.
Under the circumstances of one and the other, the gap is particularly obvious.
After taking Xinxiang, Kong Jie did not stop. On the one hand, he passed the news to the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Border Region, asking the brother troops in Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu to quickly send troops to take over Xinxiang, and at the same time transport a large amount of captured equipment and materials back.
On the other hand, after quickly gathering troops, they advanced towards Kaifeng with the cooperation of the local Eighth Route Army troops.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops, which had been defeated from all defense lines and withdrew from Xinxiang in embarrassment, only had a total of three to four thousand troops left. Under the leadership of Harada Xiongyoshi, they hurriedly returned to Kaifeng.
Seeing the heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army pressing in, Harada Xiongyoshi quickly asked the headquarters for reinforcements.
The Japanese officers, who had long been grasshoppers on the ship, were a little worried.
"Sir, our unit did not fight well this time, resulting in heavy casualties. Even Xinxiang was completely lost. If the superiors find the blame after a thorough investigation, then we will all be doomed! Even if we commit suicide by caesarean section, it will not work. Maybe we can still It will affect our family!"
"General, please come up with an idea quickly!"
"General..."
Looking at the anxious expressions of his subordinates, Harada Xiongyoshi scolded: "Baga, why are you panicking?
Is it our fault that we failed in this battle and lost the city?
Judging from the intelligence, it was a rather large and powerful mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army that attacked us.
Such troops have only appeared in Shanxi. What does this mean? This shows that the First Army must have fought poorly and the Eighth Route Army troops sneaked over from their defense area.
The First Army is so powerful that it is no match for them, so what can we do? "
"This time, all units of our army fought bravely, and the warriors of our empire fought to the death and refused to retreat. However, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was too well-equipped and had too powerful firepower. They even despicably used special gas to attack our army.
Those damn Central Army troops took the opportunity to sneak attack and attack from both sides, which led to the final defeat of our army. "
"However, colleagues, we, the warriors of the Japanese Empire, have no fear. Even if we are forced to retreat to Kaifeng after a deadly battle, we must hold on to the last city and wait for reinforcements!"
Harada's face didn't turn red, and his heart didn't beat. He said with dignity.
The other Japanese officers immediately came to their senses and echoed:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, is wise, long live the Empire of Japan!"
"Long live!"
"円西!" Harada Xiongji nodded with satisfaction, "Tell the Communications Department to ask for reinforcements from various headquarters at least three times an hour! Kaifeng is in emergency. The main force of the Eighth Route Army is pressing heavily on the border and the attack is fierce. Our troops I can’t resist it anymore!”
"Hi!"
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At the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the translator put down his earphones and replied loudly:
"Reporting to the boss, Li Yunlong received a call from his department, saying: We have penetrated into the core areas of western and central Shandong. The enemy's defense is very lax and the troops are extremely dispersed. They can be broken with just one poke. Countless enemy materials, army cars, tanks, and armored vehicles have been seized along the way. More and more, and cooperating with local combat troops to massively break through the Japanese defenses, we are further expanding our results, and are going south to try to join forces with Kong Jie's troops!"
"Okay, well done!"
The boss's originally worried heart was relieved and he couldn't help but give a few words of praise.
Then more exciting news came:
"Reporting to the command, Captain Kong Jie of the detachment sent a message saying: Our unit followed the road built by the Japanese army and merged with the troops in the northern Henan base area. After comprehensively defeating the Japanese 4th Cavalry Brigade and successfully attacking Xinxiang in the south, we seized a large amount of supplies and ammunition and are moving to Advance to Kaifeng.
We are traveling unhindered on the land of northern Henan! "
As soon as the translator's voice fell, the entire command center could hear it...
