Ding Wei smiled and said: "Lao Li, don't complain. After the heavy rain, we have a headache, and the little devils have an even bigger headache. We are in the base area after all, and our level of mechanization is not high, so the impact is relatively small."
Li Yunlong said: "I just feel a headache. After this heavy rain comes, it would be great if it can only affect the Japanese and not our troops' transportation and operations."
"Hey, Lao Li, your idea is good, and we may not be able to do it!"
As soon as Kong Jie spoke, he immediately attracted the attention of Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.
"Lao Kong, do you have an idea again?" Li Yunlong asked in surprise.
Kong Jie smiled and didn't reply. Instead, he shouted out the door: "Monk!"
In the yard, Monk Wei quickly brought a few soldiers and some equipment in.
At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, and only the drizzle was still falling. The yard was also covered with dirt roads, and the same mud was unbearable.
Even the headquarters of Kong Jie and the other two people were in a mess due to the mud marks one after another on the ground as everyone came and went.
The monk directed the soldiers to move. Each of the soldiers was pushing a wheelbarrow. There were hooks on both sides of the wheelbarrow. On both sides of the hooks, there were two large bags of something packed in strong sacks. I don't know what they were.
I saw a soldier taking off the sack from the hook on the left side of the wheelbarrow, then opening the mouth of the sack, grabbing the two corners at the end of the sack, and pulling hard, causing stones to scatter on the ground.
Several soldiers immediately stepped forward and used the shovels in their hands to level the larger stones and lay them down to pave a road.
Several other soldiers poured the contents of several other sacks hanging on the wheelbarrow onto the pavement paved with stones. It turned out to be some gravel.
In this way, five or six soldiers, in a short time, paved a gravel road that was seven or eight meters long and more than one meter wide.
The yard, which was originally a bit muddy, was immediately paved with a gravel path to avoid the mud, making it much more comfortable for people walking on it.
Kong Jie promptly explained: “After such a stone road is quickly constructed, no matter how muddy the road is, our bicycles, modified motorcycles and other vehicles can pass it.
If the road is extremely muddy, you can also lay sleepers and wood.
In addition, these materials are not disposable and can be recycled and used continuously after we use them up quickly.
In order to prevent our various combat vehicles from being unable to pass after encountering muddy mud roads.
Lao Li, Lao Ding, what do you think of this idea? "
Ding Wei, who was the first to recover, nodded and said with emotion: "Okay, Lao Kong, I'm really curious about how your head grows.
Heavy rains have been falling these days, and the roads along our base area are so muddy and muddy that it’s difficult even for people to walk on them, not to mention driving on them.
Using this method, although it will not be so convenient, it can still solve a lot of troubles.
In this way, our heavy weapons, our artillery, and all kinds of vehicles can be transported. It may be a little slower, but it is still much better than the Japanese being completely blocked by the muddy road and unable to move even an inch.
When the Japanese trucks, cars, armored vehicles and tanks were all stuck in the mud and unable to move, our heavy weapons and various combat vehicles were all transported to the front line using these gravel roads.
After the battle broke out, the level of mechanized combat between our two sides was directly reversed. I saw enough of the little devil to drink a pot! "
Kong Jie smiled and said: "So even God is helping us!
The so-called Operation Skyfall, if it lacked the element of this day, I think it would be less interesting! "
Soon after, the light rain gave way to a downpour.
No longer as ambitious as before, the old Japanese Guancun, who was hiding from the rain in a temporary tent, looked as old as an old man in his twilight years.
He looked at the pouring rain with some sadness, and for a moment he felt confused.
"The rain is really heavy. The troops can only take shelter temporarily and cannot continue marching!" The Japanese chief of staff came in the rain and reported the situation helplessly.
Guancun nodded and said: "Then wait until the rain subsides and continue to retreat to the outside!"
"Fortunately, this heavy rain will not only torture us, but the enemy will also be greatly affected." The Japanese chief of staff said with relief.
"How are the logistics going?"
"Please rest assured, general. Although our army has lost a lot of food and grass due to its hasty evacuation, fortunately we are well prepared. There are large amounts of food stored in advance by Kawashima and others at the strongholds along the way, which can continue to supply the troops."
"吆西!" Guan Cun nodded, finally feeling better.
In Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
The heavy raindrops pitter-pattered down, making Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the Japanese First Army in the headquarters, equally distraught.
At this time, the old devil was cursing Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's North China Front.
He didn't have the guts to scold Okamura in front of his face, but he still had the guts to complain in private.
Not long ago, the Niudao Manchu Division advanced towards the Huangyadong area of the Eighth Route Army. The battle was in full swing. The Sixth Division was deeply trapped in the Iron Triangle base of the Eighth Route Army. The Thirteenth Division was advancing towards the Jizhong Military Region. The Third Division in Shandong Region The regiment and the First Army were also conducting a large-scale sweep of the Eighth Route Army in the base area.
The Eighth Route Army troops, dominated by the 120th Division in the northern Shanxi region, suddenly appeared in large numbers around Taiyuan and launched an attack on the peripheral defenses of Taiyuan.
Yoshio Iwamatsu thus reported to the general headquarters that the Eighth Route Army had a tendency to besiege Taiyuan City.
But Okamura, an old devil, was very confident about this. He even comforted Yansong, saying that the Eighth Route Army could never really attack Taiyuan, but it was just a superficial battle to encircle Wei and save Zhao.
In the end, in order to stabilize people's hearts, Okamura mobilized some troops to return to Taiyuan.
But it was obvious that he didn't take Taiyuan's siege to heart at all.
Northwest Military Region Command.
The teacher laughed and said, "You kid, you are looking down on us! What do you mean, do you really think we are just making trouble and don't dare to plot Taiyuan?"
The subsequent thunderous operation began quickly.
The Japanese troops rushed to Taiyuan reinforcements from the north and south of the Tongpu Line, and then were blocked by the Eighth Route Army troops along the way.
The 120th Division officially invested in the second phase of troops, blocking Japanese reinforcements through wide minefields, destroying railways, roads, and other methods. At the same time, it sent interleaved troops to cooperate with the base area troops around the Tongpu line to attack the Japanese rear, and carried out a large-scale raid.
Not only that.
The teacher has long heard about the power of a commando team.
As early as when Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the mobile troops to surprise Datong, the teacher specifically asked Kong Jie to help the 120th Division to build a secret combat force similar to an assault force.
This time it really came in handy.
The teacher has been thinking about the plan to attack the Japanese Mingbao Airport.
This Mingbao Airport was once destroyed by a team of assault troops. At that time, even the fuel reserves at the airport were blown up. The Japanese suffered a lot of losses as a result, and even Commander-in-Chief Okamura, who was far away in Peiping, was furious.
After fully learning their lesson, the Japanese army especially strengthened the defense of Mingbao Airport. The defenses were extended to ten kilometers away and a number of permanent aircraft forts were built.
But this time, because the whole of North China was fighting everywhere, it was almost a mess, and the Japanese troops were stretched thin.
The large number of troops originally used to defend the airport were subsequently redeployed and were simply not enough to carry out a large-scale defense.
The defensive circle shrank back.
The teacher formulated a combat plan, using the special operations force as the special artillery guidance force, and then using the long-range howitzers of the 120th Division Mobile Force to remotely attack airport camps and runways.
When the Japanese guard troops go to drive away the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops, they will then use mobile troops to defeat the enemy in a roundabout way.
At this time, the secret infiltration force conducted a surprise attack on the airport through a secret passage built secretly by the local armed workers team.
What does the teacher want to do?
Not only must he capture the Japs' airport, but he must also steal all the Japs' planes.
Kong Jie and Li Yunlong set an excellent example in this regard, which made these commanders realize that directly blowing up the Japanese airport would be such a waste. They had to learn from Li Yunlong and Kong Jie who knew how to live, and try their best to The Japanese plane was captured directly.
In Yan'an, the leaders were overjoyed when they learned that the Eighth Route Army also had an aviation unit. They couldn't help but watch the video of the aviation unit recorded by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong every few days.
International reporters came and played it again.
Some international friends are here, let’s play it again.
Returned overseas Chinese compatriots have come and played it again.
Simply the best greeting gift.
The teacher was thinking that he would have to come here all of a sudden.
For this reason, he had been planning for more than half a year, and this passage secretly built by the military workers behind enemy lines had been prepared for a long time.
In addition, before this official operation, the teacher specially invited some professional pilots from a team, including some pilots who drove a team of aviation units to launch the first air raid against the Japanese army.
It also included some American pilots who came to help.
The noodles are quite good.
As long as the operation goes smoothly, all the Japanese planes at Mingbao Airport will be flown away for him!
Fermented by various factors.
Only then did Iwamatsu curse Okamura.
Yansong stared at the map every day, anxious. First, the mobile reinforcements on the north side of the Tongpu Line were blocked in the northern hills and could not be reinforced in time.
Then the western fortress of Taiyuan City was captured by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army even used the heavy artillery fortifications specially prepared by Shinozuka Yoshio in the early stage to continuously bombard the outer city fortifications of Taiyuan.
The fortification group in the east of the city was raided by the Eighth Route Army, losing half of its position and was in a bitter battle.
The mobile troops on the south side of the Tongpu line joined the Jinzhong reinforcements, but were blocked on the plain south of the city, and Suqian Airport was lost.
The mobile troops dispatched to counterattack in Taiyuan City were defeated in the south of the city and had no choice but to retreat into the city. Two armored trains were lost. These armored trains and the freight and passenger trains at the stations outside the city were all driven away by the Eighth Route Army. They lay across the Waiguan position in the south city, artificially increasing Reinforcement attack difficulty.
The situation at that time was:
The northern part of Taiyuan City is a hilly terrain, so it is easier to insert Yangqu into the northern part of Taiyuan to block Japanese reinforcements.
The high ground in the west of the city was far away from the city and had to cross the Linfen River. It was a Guxuan stronghold. The 120th Division asked the original commander of Taiyuan City Defense, Fu Yisheng, to borrow information and send elite troops to conduct a surprise attack through the secret passage originally designed by the Shanxi-Sui Army. .
The purpose of doing this is to lay a nail in the west of Taiyuan City, so that the siege troops can advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
In particular, there are ten-year-old 120mm cannon squadrons and Type 45 heavy cannon squadrons on the heavy artillery positions in the west of the city. They are hidden in the fortifications and can be used to bombard Taiyuan City by turning around.
The artillery firing range is far enough to cover most of the core area where the Japanese army is located.
At the same time, the aviation team of the independent detachment, with the assistance of a signal light from a base area, launched an air attack on the Dongshan Fortress of Taiyuan City at night, using heavy bombs to attack the Japanese artillery positions.
Cooperating with a mobile unit of Ding Wei and troops directly under the 129th Division, they raided the Dongshan position.
The Japs were heavily guarded there, so there was no need to knock them all down. They only needed to blow up the Japs' fortress heavy artillery positions, occupy the high ground near Wusu Airport, and cover the 120th Division's mobile troops for a sneak attack on the airport.
In this way, there are Eighth Route Army targets in the east, west, and north of the city; after the troops in the south of the city have evacuated the airport, they will feign an attack on the south of the city and set up blocking positions to block Jinzhong reinforcements. They can get artillery support from the highlands east of the city.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army's blocking position in the north of the city is in a hilly area. Multiple lines of defense can be set up using the undulating hills, which is not a problem.
However, the area south of the city is a large plain. Brigadier Zhang asked Kong Jie for defensive methods in advance. Kong Jie thought about it and found that in addition to laying out a large number of minefields, setting up real and fake fortifications, and digging positions with special engineering vehicles.
You can also learn from Lieutenant General Huang Wuwo, who was born in the civil engineering department and was known as the flesh and blood mill during the Songhu Battle, and used all available resources at hand to build extra defenses.
“Take all the transport trucks from Japanese industrial and mining companies, passenger cars from passenger transport companies, train carriages from Taiyuan Station, and mobile armored trains that were captured outside the city to the position to form a steel defense line.
Of course, the engine and other accessories were all removed when there was time, leaving an iron carriage filled with sandbags as a bunker.
After our fortifications are built, we have fortifications in the open plain area, and the little Japanese have a clear view, so this battle will be easier to fight. "
After listening to this, Brigadier Zhang praised Kong Jie for his brain, which is not something ordinary people can develop.
So in the south of the city, the direction that the Japanese thought could be used as a mobile breakthrough and would never be completely blocked by the Eighth Route Army, was actually completely cut off!
According to this idea, not long after, the Japanese army encountered the enemy on three sides in Taiyuan City, and half of the Dongshan fortification group was captured by the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese heavy artillery position was blown up, and the two sides faced each other across the hill. For the time being, no one could do anything about the other.
Pity the Japanese troops in Taiyuan City. All retreat routes were completely blocked, and reinforcements did not arrive. Taiyuan City became an isolated city.
The Japanese and puppet troops in the city were panicked for a moment, and no one knew what other methods the Eighth Route Army had not used before.
Under such an offensive, not to mention Yansong and Okamura, it is estimated that the Japanese Emperor will be sure that the Eighth Route Army is going to attack Taiyuan!
Japanese First Army Headquarters.
Old Japanese Yansong watched the Eighth Route Army approach the outer city little by little. There were Eighth Route Army extension fortifications everywhere outside the city. The artillery fire became more and more intense, and more and more numbers appeared.
In particular, the radio sector is monitoring more and more communication signals.
This all shows that the Eighth Route Army's siege headquarters at all levels have been put in place one after another.
The storm is about to come and the wind is filling the building.
Iwamatsu Yoshio's heart was also completely disturbed...
