Kong Jie has always been meticulous in his work, with troops and horses still intact, intelligence going first, infiltration troops going first, and all aspects of military preparations and blockade going first.
After deciding to divide the troops into two groups with the troops in the northern Henan base area.
Kong Jie led the combat troops who advanced eastward from the northern Henan region and attempted to advance from the junction of Henan and Shandong to southwest Shandong. They were divided into two groups again.
Along the way, a rapid reaction force composed of a large number of mechanized combat vehicles was pushed straight up. In the middle, it was divided into multiple mechanized combat forces, and then converged in a designated area, or dispersed again to attack.
In this way, the combat area is expanded and the results are expanded. At the same time, beware of the Japanese aerial firepower for concentrated strikes.
There was a lot of commotion, and the Japanese troops in southwest Shandong have repeatedly asked for help from the outside world.
Southwest Shandong Province continues to be in emergency!
It attracted the attention of many Japanese and puppet troops.
On the other hand, in the north of Henan, various activities of the Eighth Route Army troops are still going on vigorously.
A few days ago.
When Kong Jie led the rapid reaction force all the way south, he first united with the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area and defeated the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Brigade.
Successfully taking advantage of the collapse of the Japanese defense in Xinxiang, a convoy disguised as the Japanese army captured Xinxiang in one fell swoop.
Afterwards, Captain Kong decisively ordered the pursuit to take advantage of the victory, and at the same time united with some surrounding local army units and even militia units to increase their momentum and bluff the Japanese army into not daring to counterattack.
The troops from all walks of life successfully arrived outside Kaifeng City.
And the Kaifeng defenders, as well as the remaining soldiers of the Japanese Harada Division who finally retreated into Kaifeng, were completely trapped in the city.
When the forward observation post reported back, there were a large number of Eighth Route Army armored vehicles and tank units driving back and forth outside Kaifeng City.
Feel the tremendous pressure brought by these steel torrents.
Old Japanese Harada has no doubt that even if he still has three to five thousand troops under his command, as long as he dares to leave the city, he will definitely be crushed to pieces by the opponent.
After relying on the armored troops to successfully frighten the little Japs.
Kong Jie repeated his old tricks and learned the method of transporting troops in Datong, using various transport vehicles to continuously transport the Eighth Route Army troops in northern Henan to outside Kaifeng.
These troops then took over Kong Jie's team and continued to surround the Japanese and puppet defenders in Kaifeng.
Time is passing rapidly...
Harada, the old Japanese soldier, became even more panicked when he learned that there were more and more Eighth Route Army troops outside the city, and even various numbers were given out.
In particular, the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army continued to cooperate with local troops in the northern Henan base area to carry out massive raids on communication lines and strongholds outside the counties.
All lines in northern Henan are in emergency!
!
Harada's headquarters was almost flooded with telegrams asking for help.
The fourth cavalry brigade, the largest mobile force of the Japanese army in northern Henan, was almost completely wiped out. It hunkered down and stayed in the county seat.
Without the support of mobile reinforcements in various places, all defense lines were quickly paralyzed.
The Eighth Route Army also carried out a raid on the Longhai line near Kaifeng, and only needed to pay part of the food supply to ask the victims to carry food and other supplies.
The land of northern Henan was almost full of Eighth Route Army transport teams and the victims who were transferred with the transport teams. The Japanese in the counties and towns along the way could only watch helplessly, not even daring to go out.
Before leaving, Kong Jie also used the large amount of captured daily tickets to purchase a brigade of weapons and ammunition from the Central Army in central Henan, as well as a year's worth of food for three divisions.
Including trucks, fuel and other military supplies.
What makes Captain Kong really admire is that these national army troops are really brave no matter how much money they have. As long as the price is right enough, they will sell it!
At this point, Harada Division Commander was really panicked.
The Eighth Route Army outside the city is about to advance to the gate of Kaifeng. The outer advancing strongholds are gone, and the production base is gone. Kaifeng, which is located on the plains, is almost undefendable. Several parts of the city walls have been blown down by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire. .
Only then did he remember that he had done a lot of bad things in northern Henan.
If the city is destroyed, will I end up like what happened to Suzuki Ozuo, the captain of the Suzuki Regiment of the Mongolian Army, who was publicly tried in the Eighth Route Propaganda newspaper?
Being shot by the Eighth Route Army in humiliation?
When he thought of this, Harada trembled in his heart.
Yoshio Shinozuka is so incompetent, why did he let the main force of the Shanxi Eighth Route Army come here?
The chief of staff and a group of officers beside him looked at their division commander, all of them were confused and confused.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the fortress city of Datong has been lost.
Judging from the posture of the Eighth Route Army, it is clear that they want to attack Kaifeng. Can we, the defeated generals, hold on? "
Harada also looked ashen for a while. He was silent for a long time, and suddenly a plan came to his mind. He quickly asked the intelligence department to check the Eighth Route Army numbers in the battle reports that appeared on the battlefields in northern Hebei, southern Hebei, central Hebei, and Shanxi.
After a quick investigation, Harada immediately ordered:
"From now on, call me every half hour to the headquarters of each dispatched army.
It is said that the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the 386th, and the 385th Brigade and other main forces have broken through the Shanxi defense line and gone south, arrived in Kaifeng, and surrounded me in Kaifeng.
The Eighth Route Army has set up a temporary general command post outside the city, and is giving overall command to the Eighth Route Army's Chen Department in southern Hebei and Yang Department in northern Henan to attack the city frantically.
Our department is willing to defend Kaifeng and serve the Emperor!
Please send troops and reinforcements quickly, request air fire reinforcements, and request airdrop material reinforcements! "
"Hi!"
As grasshoppers tied to the same rope, the other Japanese officers quickly took action.
Just leave it at that.
The troops in the northern Henan base area, after Kong Jie led the mechanized combat troops to leave, launched a fierce attack on Kaifeng City. It was originally intended to cover the northward movement of Kong Jie and his troops, but the final effect far exceeded Kong Jie's expectations.
After the urgent news from the Harada Department was conveyed to the headquarters of various Japanese dispatched troops.
Not to mention the whole of North China, even the troops dispatched by Central and Southern China, including the Northeastern Army, were shocked when they learned the news.
The Japanese army had no idea what was going on.
Just one day ago, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, including the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in central and southern Hebei, were still near Licheng, and they were ready to fight Licheng decisively.
After the Japanese troops from Central China, the dispatched troops from South China and the reinforcements from the Northeastern Army arrived near Licheng, those cunning Eighth Route Army troops dispersed in a flurry, leaving the Japanese reinforcements empty-handed.
Then, the Eighth Route Army took advantage of the chaos to launch local attacks on various defense lines of the Japanese army, and began interspersed infiltration operations.
The Japanese army was very busy, trying to make up for the defences.
Although he was a little embarrassed, he could manage it.
But then the news came that the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the 129th Division, including the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei and northern Henan, suddenly appeared under the city of Kaifeng and launched a siege offensive against Kaifeng.
The Japanese army was completely confused.
It was a shame that the city of Datong was destroyed. It took a lot of effort to save Licheng without causing Licheng to repeat the mistakes of Datong and lose its last fig leaf.
Now the Eighth Route Army besieged Kaifeng again.
Is it possible that this shameful history must repeat itself again?
In terms of importance, Kaifeng is not much smaller than Licheng Datong.
The Japanese command headquarters was originally very skeptical. How could the main force of the Eighth Route Army appear from Licheng in northern Henan in one day?
Even if the entire army were Scuds, it wouldn't be such an exaggeration!
What's more, the Japanese defense line is still there in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain. The Japanese headquarters stated that it has not found a large number of Eighth Route Army troops moving south.
The main force of the tens of thousands of troops in the Eighth Route Army couldn't first go around from Licheng to Jinan, and then from Linan to Kaifeng, right?
The authenticity of the information cannot be judged at this time.
However, the Sonoda headquarters was steadfast in this regard. Naturally, the Japanese army could not sit back and watch Kaifeng City be breached, and had to quickly issue an order for reinforcements from all parties to try to converge in the direction of Kaifeng.
At this time, the attention of all parties involved in the Japanese and puppet forces was firmly attracted to the direction of Kaifeng.
…
The advance assault force sent by Kong Jie successfully captured some Japanese train stations in northern Henan, and immediately destroyed the Japanese communication stations, paralyzing the Japanese local communication system.
Use the cover of the big noise caused by all parties.
The soldiers got on the train heading towards Zaozhuang, and there were troops disguised as Japanese troops. When passing some stations, they easily got through.
The little devils even guarded the smooth progress of the train along the entire railway line.
then……
Under the attention of all parties, the main force of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Kaifeng was still in full swing, and Japanese reinforcements from all sides were rushing towards Kaifeng.
The mechanized combat vehicles led by Kong Jie went on a rampage and advanced all the way to southwestern Shandong.
Then, more than 2,000 main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army, carrying a rather exaggerated firepower configuration, appeared outside Zaozhuang like magic soldiers descending from the sky.
Then the siege started without hesitation.
The Japanese officers guarding the city were almost scared out of their wits when they looked at the large number of main forces of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly came to the city.
Even if he were to kill him, he would not have thought that the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared under the city would be riding his Empire of Japan train, coming all the way from northern Henan in such a swagger.
The siege of Zaozhuang officially started.
The Japanese and puppet troops guarding the city hurriedly defended. However, the firepower configuration of this Eighth Route Army unit that appeared like a ghost far exceeded the imagination of the Japanese army.
There were even 105mm heavy artillery that were transported by trains by these Eighth Route Army troops, and then dragged all the way to the outside of Zaozhuang by tractors for bombardment.
Kong Jie specially assigned some heavy rocket launchers to this combat force. After a round of shelling, the Japanese's wooden and stone turret stronghold was directly blown to pieces.
Even some concrete bunkers were directly destroyed.
Zaozhuang is in emergency!
!
The news spread quickly.
The Japanese troops in southwestern Shandong rushed to reinforce Zaozhuang, but in the middle of the battle, they were directly defeated by the mechanized combat troops led by Kong Jie who were approaching Zaozhuang in a unilateral crushing formation.
When armored vehicles and tank units belonging to the Eighth Route Army appeared outside Zaozhuang with roaring sounds.
The frightened Japanese garrison officers, whose expressions changed drastically, quickly sent a request for help to the headquarters of each dispatched army, and they expressed exactly the same expression in the communication.
The main combat force of the Taihang Eighth Route Army appeared at the gate of Zaozhuang and was frantically attacking the city.
"Which main force?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, they have a large number of mechanized combat vehicles. They are also wearing uniforms, even steel helmets, and field boots. They should be the combat troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi!"
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"General Shinozuka, may I ask what is going on?"
"Your Majesty Commander, can you give me a suitable explanation?"
The headquarters of the First Army was almost filled with telegrams, and the telephones of the First Army were almost exploded with questions.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who had already been in the commotion of the Eighth Route Army and had not slept for several nights. His eyeballs were bloodshot and his whole face was described as dry, and he roared hysterically:
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"Baga, this is absolutely impossible. How could the main force of the Eighth Route Army appear in Licheng, Kaifeng, and Zaozhuang now?
How can you conclude that they must be the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi Province?
Are they all ghosts? "
…
In the roar of filial piety from the commander of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka.
There were many brave generals in the Eighth Route Army, and they decided to add fuel to the fire to the little devils.
First came news of the siege of Kaifeng.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese troops in the direction of Zaozhuang were also completely besieged in the city!
385 Brigade.
Brigadier Chen couldn't sit still and cursed at the regimental commanders: "Look at the 386th Brigade, look at Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, the little devil's rear area has almost been penetrated by them!
I don't think I can count on you.
If we want to give our 385 brigade some credit, I, as the brigade commander, have to go out in person! "
Brigadier Chen did what he said without any hesitation. He sent an armored barracks consisting of some armored vehicles he had accumulated over the past year to the direction of Jizhong.
Then they merged with the troops in Jizhong and tried to advance in the direction of Baoding.
In the words of Brigadier Chen: "If we want to attack, let's attack the big one. The city that can be compared with Datong, Licheng, Kaifeng, and Zaozhuang is the most suitable target for our attack, and that is Baoding!"
This is not over yet, after the military offensive begins.
The propaganda campaign immediately followed.
Since it is a publicity campaign, there is no need to pay taxes for bragging.
From Taihang area to Datong, from Datong to Licheng, from Licheng to Kaifeng, from Kaifeng to Zaozhuang...
Under this series of almost irregular fireworks-like offensive.
——The Eighth Route Army is preparing to launch a full-scale counterattack. It will first attack Datong, then Kaifeng, advance to Zaozhuang, take Luzhong to the north, and push Baoding to the east. The three armies will gather together, push directly to Peiping, and capture Gangcun alive!
This was enough to shock the entire North China, even the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield, and even the Eighth Route Army's winter propaganda offensive, which attracted worldwide attention, spread quickly with the exaggerated speed of the spread of the plague.
So that...
Beiping.
The Supreme Commander of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in North China, Okamura Neiji, picked up the report published by the Eighth Route Army. After reading this content, he was first furious and then felt full of shame.
Finally, there was actually a chill coming from the bottom of my heart.
At present, the battlefields between all parties are intensifying, and the situation has completely turned into a mess.
Just by dispatching troops to North China, he was already unable to control the situation.
Soldiers never tire of deceit.
Could it be that the Eighth Route Army's unusually fierce counterattack was, as the propaganda said, really heading towards the base camp of the North China Expeditionary Army...
