In the end, the Japanese Sixth Field Division, lured by the fake airport built by the first team, went deep into the first team's base area and successfully fell into the ambush battlefield set by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.
Of course, from the perspective of Lieutenant General Guancun, who was full of arrogance and thought that the Sixth Division was the elite of the empire, this was not a lone expedition.
You must know that he has a strong field division under his command.
A few years ago, field divisions like Guancun looked down upon these beggar-like Eighth Route Army troops struggling to survive in the mountainous areas of the occupied areas.
Let alone a field division, a Bantian regiment dared to march sideways in the Eighth Route Army base area.
So Guancun never thought that he would fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.
There was no such thing as a lone force going deep. His Sixth Division was just taking the lead in advancing, preparing to completely break through the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle defense line.
In one fell swoop, this Eighth Route Army unit was wiped out, causing the Commander a headache.
Not to mention that there are a large number of reinforcements surrounding his Sixth Division.
The 12th Army units on the Shanxi battlefield.
The former First Army troops staying in Shanxi
Air reinforcements arriving at any time.
And the Kwantung Army Ushijima Division fighting in the Huangyadong area not far away...
Until the vanguard force of the Sixth Division successfully destroyed the so-called secret aviation base of a unit of the Eighth Route Army, they were attacked by an inexplicable big explosion, and more than half of the vanguard force was directly destroyed.
Guancun pretended to be calm on the surface, but in his heart, his original decision to take the lead in attacking the Iron Triangle base area was immediately abandoned.
He pretended to be calm and chose to evacuate.
As a result, the evacuation of the troops did not go smoothly. First, they were entangled by the sudden appearance of mechanized combat troops from the Eighth Route Army.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of ambush positions preset in advance appeared on the Eighth Route Army along the route where his Sixth Division was evacuating.
At this point, after contacting the information about the fake airport, Guancun still didn't understand that he had been tricked by the Eighth Route Army again. This so-called fake airport was simply a cover to trick him into leading the army deeper.
Guancun, who originally thought that even if he could not penetrate the defense of the Eighth Route Army base area, could easily evacuate, he was completely confused.
As his sixth regiment encountered difficulties in evacuating, for a while the entire team seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to move even an inch.
Even the hidden and safe route of his Sixth Division to the secret aviation base of the First Division was constantly blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops during the evacuation process.
It was obvious that during the Sixth Division's first advance, the Eighth Route Army deliberately opened its mouth and gave the Sixth Division maximum convenience in order to encourage the Sixth Division to fall into a trap.
Lieutenant General Guancun was frightened and angry at the same time, but he still couldn't figure out what the Eighth Route Army was going to do.
At the moment, the imperial troops are taking the initiative to launch an unprecedented large-scale sweep. Instead of passively defending or seeking to break out like in previous years, these Eighth Route Army actively set traps. Is it possible that they really have such determination and strength and are ready to eat up his empire's first enemy in one fell swoop? Sixth Division?
In response, the old devil's mouth was full of ridicule.
As everyone knows, in the eyes of the Eighth Route Army commanders, the Sixth Division at this time was a big fish that had been caught in the net and could not survive much.
The next step is how to close the network.
"We must not let this old devil escape!"
The former enemy general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, with a sentence from the deputy commander-in-chief, directly set the tone and goal of the entire military meeting.
The teacher's commander personally spoke and said: "The 120th Division did a good job this time. First, we had a dike breaching operation in front of us, and the combat operation to siege Taiyuan City is in full swing.
As the protagonist of this Shanxi battlefield, our 129th Division cannot be idle.
Since their 120th Division can prepare for a dike breaching operation, we cannot fall behind them.
We should also plan a special operation with sufficient weight! "
The generals immediately began to discuss the matter.
The old brigade commander suggested with a smile: "Our 129th Division's operation this time will start with the anti-mopping operation in the base area and develop into an unprecedented defensive offensive and defensive operation.
At the moment, I think that we can severely damage or even completely annihilate the Sixth Field Division, which was the first to penetrate deeply into the Japanese army, as the climax of our combat operation!
Our Chinese culture regards the sky as the big one. I think this battle plan might as well be called Operation Skyfall! "
"Haha, this name is interesting and very domineering, but it sounds much more generous than his 120th Division's dike-breaking operation!" Brigadier Chen of the 385th Brigade, who has always been close to the old brigade commander, wished he could wear a pair of trousers, he immediately agreed. .
Other generals also applauded, and the name of this special large-scale combat operation was decided.
The deputy chief of staff said: “Since it is Operation Skyfall, we must first poke a gap in the sky.
I think the battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Sixth Field Division was where this gap lay.
The encirclement and annihilation war with the goal of annihilating an almost full elite field division of the Japanese army was the first time in the combat history of our Eighth Route Army!
After the battle has completely begun, our outflanking troops must be decisive and carry forward the spirit of the Long March. Firstly, they are not afraid of hardship, secondly, they are not afraid of fatigue, and thirdly, they are not afraid of sacrifice. They pursue him from multiple directions and catch him, and cannot let the Japanese escape easily.
The blocking troops who ambush in advance must defend resolutely. They cannot set up a single-line defensive position. They must block at multiple levels and at multiple levels. We must flexibly take advantage of the terrain of our home field and cooperate with the pursuing troops to attack the fleeing Japanese.
When the two parties cooperate, don't rush in. Wherever there are Japs, just rush.
Even in an encirclement and annihilation war, we must pay attention to a fighting method. We must distinguish the battlefield pattern, block the head, cut off the tail, and hit the center to avoid casualties of our troops as much as possible.
The troops at the defensive key points cannot move lightly without special orders or special circumstances to prevent the Japanese from using decoy troops to attract attention, seize key points, and open gaps when they break through in batches. "
After all, the target is also a nearly full field division of the mighty Japanese army.
The Eighth Route Army commanders have always despised their opponents strategically, but they will definitely pay attention to their opponents tactically.
One team has a one-team style of play, responsible for engaging the enemy on the front line, and will serve as the absolute main force in the annihilation of the Sixth Division.
However, the headquarters will also comprehensively consider all other factors in this battle to encircle and annihilate the Sixth Division.
Including how to cooperate with a team to cut off all retreat routes of the Sixth Division, and how to block the Japanese reinforcements that reinforce the Sixth Division, so that the Sixth Division can completely become an isolated force.
The Eighth Route Army has always been a force that emphasizes joint operations and teamwork, not heroism.
Even if a team can inflict serious damage on its own, or even completely wipe out the Sixth Division, other brother troops will have to follow and join in the fun.
Even if you're not helping out, if you, Kong Jie, eat meat, you have to let your old comrades drink some soup too, right?
This is called deep comradeship!
Then we talked about the specific deployment coordination issues of each brigade.
All brigades have developed well in the past two years, and the 129th Division has even launched many new infantry brigades.
The new brigade commanders rushed to talk about the forces under their command that can be mobilized to assist in combat operations. That is called arrogance. I have 5,000 and you have 8,000. Not to mention how arrogant they are.
This was unthinkable a few years ago. At that time, even though there were so many troops, there was not so much equipment.
It would be good if a force of five thousand men could produce two or three thousand guns.
What are you using to beat the Japanese?
Let alone a large-scale battle like the one currently preparing to encircle and annihilate a Japanese field division.
The heavy wheat ears were always humble and had their heads lowered. The old brigade commander never preached anything, but he still became the protagonist of the scene after the quarrel among the new brigade commanders.
Everyone's eyes focused on him, and the deputy commander smiled and asked:
"Chen Shukang, stop hiding it and talk about the situation of your 386th Brigade!"
"Eh!"
The old brigade commander responded, held his eyes, and then said with a smile: "Comrades, I'm really sorry, and I'm ashamed to say that so far, in our 386 brigade defense area, we have been able to mobilize a lot of resources to participate in The main combat force in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Sixth Division.
I mean, the main combat force does not include our well-developed local army and militia forces... only about 50,000 troops! "
"More than fifty thousand???"
The originally noisy meeting suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Many of the brigade commanders' eyes widened, as if they had seen a ghost.
Even the deputy chief of staff who asked the question had a look of astonishment on his face.
What's going on with Chen Shukang?
When did your 386th Brigade advance to such a scale under your nose? Why didn't I know the situation in advance?
The deputy chief of staff noticed the boss's expression and quickly gave the old brigade commander a wink. Then the old brigade commander smiled and explained:
"Reporting to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, this is indeed my fault. I haven't had time to report the relevant situation to the headquarters in detail."
"what is going on?"
"The situation is like this. Just in the morning, Kong Jie called me specifically. He reported on the phone, hehe, I'm sorry, brigade commander, this time the troops mobilized by our Iron Triangle seem to be much higher than expected. few."
The brigade commander vividly imitated the situation at that time:
"I just asked, what do you mean?"
"Then Kong Jie said, reporting to the brigade commander, in order to assist us in this battle, the newly established First Brigade specially reinforced three regiments to our Iron Triangle, with a total of more than 6,000 troops, entering the Iron Triangle defense area.
In addition, the new Brigadier Fan of the 10th Brigade entered the defense area with two regiments of 4,000 people.
In addition, we have 2,000 people in the special agent group of the 129th Division Headquarters and 3,000 people in the special agent group directly under the headquarters.
As well as four regiments supported by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and one special agent regiment directly under the military region, with about 8,000 people.
In addition to the five elite main regiments specially mobilized by our team this time, a total of 15,000 troops, as well as Li Yunlong's new second regiment and Ding Wei's new regiment, while ensuring the defense of our base area, 10,000 troops assisted in the battle. Left and right troops.
That's nearly 50,000 people.
This does not include the local troops and militia forces from all parties who actively assist in the fight.
In addition, the Huasheng Company Militia Group has mobilized a total of 6 fire line groups, and has made up its mind to ensure logistics. The base area will be mainly handed over to the defense of the brothers. All elites in the entire defense area of our Iron Triangle can launch a full-scale counterattack.
Please give instructions, Brigadier! "
"Yes!" the old brigade commander said happily: "Not to mention you guys, I was also a little dumbfounded at the time. On the one hand, I felt that this kid Kong Jie had developed so fast with the Iron Triangle in recent years.
On the other hand, I lamented that this boy Kong Jie is really very proud. I haven't received any news from my side yet, including the reinforcements from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei area and the surrounding base areas, all of which he called for.
That's it, including the 771st and 772nd regiments of our 386th brigade, the newly formed fifth regiment, the 17th regiment and other main regiments, they haven't even had time to mobilize yet! "
After the brigade commander said this, the other brigade commanders in the conference room just felt stunned.
Suddenly he felt ashamed for the previous quarrel.
The deputy commander-in-chief couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Chen Shukang, Chen Shukang, we really have you. You only have one unit of the 386th brigade. Isn't this scale larger than an army?"
"Ashamed, ashamed!" The old brigade commander looked modest.
Then everyone figured out the situation of the Japanese Sixth Division.
According to the intelligence collected by the Eighth Route Army.
The Sixth Division came to sweep the Iron Triangle base area. There were originally two infantry brigades, and a mechanized mixed brigade was strengthened later.
There are four infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, one armored regiment, one mechanized regiment, one artillery regiment, one heavy artillery regiment, as well as the fourth mixed brigade of the local First Army and a left-behind regiment to assist; The Tanaka Mixed Brigade of the Twelfth Army is responsible for maintaining the communication lines near Yangquan. In addition, there are three mixed brigades of the puppet army.
There are four infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and one heavy artillery regiment used for the advance sweep attack. The offensive formation is two main regiments, launching a pincer offensive assault. The cavalry regiment is in the center, and one main regiment presses behind. The left-behind wing of the 4th Brigade was on guard on both sides.
The mobile troops of the Tanaka Brigade in the rear protected the communication line, and the two traitor mixed brigades took the lead.
The number of Japanese and puppet troops who have now penetrated deep into our Iron Triangle base area and fallen into an ambush area is less than 20,000 in total.
"Roughly estimated, in our encirclement and annihilation campaign against the Japanese and puppet troops with the Japanese Sixth Division as the main force, the strength ratio between the two sides is almost 3:1.
I have to say that this is a rare large-scale and prosperous battle since our Eighth Route Army faced off against the Japanese and puppet troops!
We have three times the strength of the enemy. It may not be impossible to carry out this encirclement and annihilation campaign perfectly.
However, we still have to be cautious. After all, the fish caught in the net is too big, and we must not take the risk of capsizing the boat. "
The deputy chief of staff analyzed the situation and said.
Then, the generals held some discussions on the deployment of this large-scale ambush. Finally, the deputy chief of staff made the decision, and his domineering voice spread throughout the conference room:
"You son of a bitch, the 6th Field Division. This executioner was present in the massacre. The blood debt must be paid with blood. There is nothing to say. Kill him. The blood of our compatriots will not be shed in vain!
Okay, let’s all make preparations according to the battle plan! "
"yes!"
The generals responded in unison, and each took their combat missions with them and left the headquarters...
(End of chapter)
