As time goes on, what will happen in the end?
On the side of Brigadier Zhang of the 358th Brigade, the main force of the 716th Regiment cooperated with the troops outside Taiyuan Beiguan to attack Iinuma Mamoru's troops. In the Nanguan position, only the troops directly under the brigade headquarters and the 715th Regiment remained, as well as several main regiments and a few more. A new regiment is formed as a reserve team.
Deputy Commander Xiao personally took the supplies to the Nanguan position to take a look. The two of them looked at it for a long time. The enemy's situation was very strange. No matter how they attacked, they were all perfunctory. What kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?
They studied from day to night.
This brother's army took action against the Niudao Manchu Division in the Huangyadong area.
The number of air reinforcements from the old Japanese Harada troops has decreased, but their reinforcements from Yuncheng have already arrived. Is there no reason not to launch a strong attack?
At this time, Lao Zhang asked the chief of staff: "Old Zhou, you have been studying for a long time. What are these devils doing? Do they want to attack at night?"
At this time, the leader of the 715th regiment came in with a pot: "Deputy division commander, chief of staff, and old brigade commander, dinner is ready. Today we will cook canned radish and stew sweet potato vermicelli; there will also be pumpkin, millet porridge, and multigrain steamed buns. "
Brigadier Zhang couldn't help complaining: "I've been eating this dish every day since the beginning of Operation Tianbeng. I almost vomited after eating it."
Lao Xiao said happily: "Just be content. Where did you get such good food in the past?
When a team of canneries and compressed biscuit factories built with their assistance are built, we will also have canned beef to eat, and the Japanese canned food will almost become water canned food. "
Lao Zhou said, “By the way, Yamato cooks cans!
The railway line and transportation line on the south side of the Tongpu Line are seriously threatened by us. The Japanese supply is definitely not very sufficient. Some of them were destroyed by your raid in the early stage. Now there is another Harada division. The Japanese will definitely not last long enough to confront us. They will definitely A general offensive was launched within these two or three days.
The commander of the 715 regiment said, "Chief of Staff, are you saying that the Japanese are paralyzing us with a feint attack, and then suddenly change the rhythm of the attack and launch a strong attack? Do you want us to launch another wave of sneak attacks tonight to disrupt the Japanese rhythm?"
Brigadier Zhang said: "This Harada suffered a great loss from Lao Kong in Xinxiang, and this time he received a slap in the face from us. He must be on guard. This little devil is not just a fool, but also has a lot of anger."
The leader of 715 asked: "Then what should we do?"
Brigadier Zhang said, "No matter what kind of medicine he sells in the gourd, we have been holding down the Japanese here for a few days. We have made enough benefits and it is time to prepare to go home and rest."
A sudden artillery attack will be launched tomorrow night, and our troops will take the opportunity to cover and evacuate alternately.
Never mind what medicine the devils sell, we are no longer working on fortifications, does it have anything to do with us?
Tell the soldiers to be vigilant. If we persist for one more day, we will retreat and turn back into Luliang Mountain. I will give everyone a big watermelon! "
Lao Xiao smiled and said: "Yes, we have made enough benefits and have to go back to rest for the time being. It depends on what the Japanese will do next.
There is still half a month before the winter wheat harvest. When the Japanese are mobilized, we will come out to fish for them. Next, it will be the home ground of the 129th Division. "
Brigadier Zhang said: "I don't know how well Kong Jie and his friends took the lead in fighting the main force of the Sixth Division headquarters, and whether the casualties were serious."
Lao Zhou smiled and said: "According to the headquarters communication, they carried out the first phase smoothly, and the second phase was gradually carried out.
By the way, speaking of Lao Kong, we need to learn a lot about this kid’s business acumen.
The small counties we temporarily occupied in Yuncheng and Linfen outside the Luliang Mountains probably won't last long, so we might as well take the opportunity to sell them to the nearby national army. Hehe, they shouldn't refuse this great opportunity to regain lost territory.
Looking back, we might be able to contain the strength of the Japanese army. "
Brigadier Zhang laughed and said: "This is a good idea. I will have extra income before I leave!"
And actually.
Brigadier Zhang and the others are really worried too much.
The Japs did not launch a large-scale attack, but kept feigning attacks. They were simply afraid of being beaten. The order from their superiors to reinforce Taiyuan had to be implemented, so the thunder was loud and the rain was light.
Just like that, for several days in a row, the Japanese army basically had no large-scale attacks.
Brigadier Zhang and his party found it boring, and then gradually withdrew the main force from the position according to the plan.
As a result, the strength of the defensive position was greatly weakened.
At first, the old Japanese Harada noticed this situation and was still wary of whether it might be a trap of the Eighth Route Army.
One of the brigade commanders he belonged to said: "General, judging from the intensity of firepower on the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions in the past few days, the Eighth Route Army's troop strength seems to have been reduced a lot.
Could they have secretly withdrawn their main force from their position? "
In this regard, the old Japanese Harada insisted: "Idiot, this is absolutely impossible. The Eighth Route Army mobilized all its troops to surround Taiyuan City, how could they evacuate so easily?
This is definitely a trap of the Eighth Route Army. Those Eighth Route Army commanders are all very cunning. We must not take it lightly.
Tell the frontline combat troops that if the enemy does not move, I will not move. Never attack rashly and fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army! "
"Hi!"
The leader of the Japanese Brigade was speechless and had no choice but to comply.
How funny was it until later?
Even the few troops who stayed in the position were preparing to evacuate. Seeing that the strength of the Japs far exceeded our own defenders dozens of times, they did not dare to launch an attack, and they did not even have any reconnaissance troops.
The battalion commander leading the team couldn't help but curse a few times, and finally said helplessly: "Comrades, let's fight one more time. After this battle is over, we will all evacuate according to the orders of our superiors."
"Damn it, this battle was really outrageous. There were only a few regiments of our remaining troops left. We were so frightened that the two Japanese divisions plus several brigades did not dare to move in the fortifications outside the city. .”
"If this battle is reported out, I'm afraid the little devil's face will be completely lost!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu in the city still asked the headquarters to constantly urge Haradabe to seize the time to attack every day.
This old boy is really worried that the Eighth Route Army will suddenly attack Taiyuan City.
finally.
Under pressure from all parties, Harada decided to organize a decent attack.
He almost racked his brains for deployment, held many military meetings, and finally formulated what he thought was a sophisticated attack plan.
Only then did the Japanese reinforcements launch a large-scale attack.
As a result, the attack went smoothly beyond the expectations of all Japanese officers, and news continued to come in one after another.
"General, the First Vanguard Brigade has breached the Eighth Route Army's outer positions!"
"General, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade has successfully broken through the core defense area of the Eighth Route Army!"
"General, under the firepower of our heavy artillery regiment, the enemy's position was a sea of fire. According to reports from the forward observation posts, they detected that a large number of soldiers from the Eighth Route Army were completely killed on the fortifications..."
The successive successful breakthroughs made Harada a little confused.
When did the Eighth Route Army become so vulnerable?
After the main force of the Japanese army had fully occupied the southern position outside Taiyuan City, the defenders in the city also opened the city gate under the order of Iwamatsu Yoshio, cooperated inside and outside, and prepared to attack from both sides to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army on the position!
Then, the two sides met smoothly and met each other.
Surrounded by guards, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the commander of the Japanese Division, Lieutenant General Harada, stared at each other blankly.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, our unit has successfully broken through the Eighth Route Army's defense line and fully occupied the Eighth Route Army's positions. The crisis in Taiyuan City has been completely resolved. Please give your instructions, Commander!"
Iwamatsu Yoshio did not speak, but with a dark face, he personally inspected the southern position of the city that had been unable to be conquered for a long time.
When he saw the steel defense-like fortifications and the Eighth Route Army's exquisitely constructed and well-equipped warriors on all fronts, he couldn't help but sigh.
No wonder the reinforcements have never been able to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense lines. The Eighth Route Army's fortifications are too strong.
Coupled with the powerful firepower configuration of the Eighth Route Army.
This place is simply like a slaughterhouse that stretches outside the city and is impossible to cross.
This made Yoshihiro Iwamatsu's original anger calm down a little. Perhaps it was not due to the incompetence of Harada's command.
When faced with such a powerful opponent, there is nothing anyone can do.
But at this moment, he suddenly found that the bunker was full of dummies, made of rough straw, wearing military uniforms and military caps, with a wooden gun on hand, let alone looking at them from a distance. When I walked closer, at first glance I thought it was a real person lying down!
Only under the bombardment of artillery fire, the scattered straw debris exposed the identities of these dummies.
Iwamatsu Yoshio suddenly became angry?
"Baga, Harada-kun, didn't you say that it took several days of non-stop attacks to break through the Eighth Route Army's position with difficulty?
Tell me, where is the Eighth Route Army?
In such a large-scale battle, there were not even a single corpse in the Eighth Route Army's many bunkers. Why were they all dummies?
Did you struggle with a line of defense made of air for several days and suffer heavy losses? "
Harada's old face twitched hard.
He had noticed this situation as early as after taking the position, and he also realized that he had been deceived by the Eighth Route Army in the past few days.
The Eighth Route Army had already secretly withdrawn the main force, but left these dummies behind, but they scared him so much that he did not dare to move for several days. It was really embarrassing.
Harada couldn't let such a huge shame stick to him.
In response to this, he secretly arranged for his subordinates to make some arrangements.
He quickly responded: "General, calm down, the Eighth Route Army is indeed very cunning. After I mobilized heavy artillery for a fierce attack, the Eighth Route Army must have noticed the strong firepower of our imperial troops. In order to avoid casualties, the Eighth Route Army withdrew the main force in advance!"
"General, please look, in addition to these dummies, we also killed a lot of Eighth Route Army soldiers!"
Following what Harada pointed out, Yoshio Iwamatsu did indeed see the bunker, as well as many corpses wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms lying on the fortifications.
The war reporters accompanying the army also took out their cameras and took pictures constantly.
Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't say anything more, he just looked at the corpses carefully a few times as he passed by, and even picked up the right hand of one of the corpses and put it to his nose and smelled it.
Then he walked past Harada without saying a word.
After the reporters left, Iwamatsu immediately called Harada. He could no longer suppress his anger and couldn't help but cursed: "Harada, do you know what you are doing?
I can tell at a glance whether the Eighth Route Army soldiers you mentioned were true or false. Although their clothes were from the Eighth Route Army, many of them were obviously heavy smokers.
The Eighth Route Army has always been very disciplined, so how could there be so many heavy smokers? "
Harada knew that the secret was revealed, so he no longer concealed it. He said in a passionate voice: "General, I have no choice but to do this!
The Eighth Route Army's equipment is well-equipped and its combat effectiveness is too strong. Didn't the Kwantung Army reinforce the Ushijima Manchu Division? This time they were almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in the Huangyadong area.
We cannot put all our troops into this battle.
I also want to avoid sacrifice and preserve the strength of our First Army.
so……"
He lowered his voice and said, "General, these dummies are currently only known to the soldiers of my guard brigade. In addition, if we put the soldiers of the Imperial Army who died in the battle and put them into the clothes of this dummy, wouldn't they be the real Eighth Route Army?" ?"
Iwamatsu sneered: "Harada-kun, you are really clever!"
"General, I am also thinking about our First Army and you!"
He focused on the second sentence.
The meaning couldn't be more obvious.
I am embarrassed, and I am also embarrassed by the First Army. I am embarrassed by your First Army Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu.
Moreover, when Taiyuan City was besieged this time, no one expected that the Eighth Route Army would eventually withdraw its main force with such a huge momentum.
But you, Yoshio Iwamatsu, felt like you were facing a formidable enemy. You were so frightened that you asked for help everywhere, and even interfered with the battlefield where the Sixth Field Division and the Kwantung Army Ushijima Division were located.
This seems like a complete joke.
If all parties knew that the crisis in Taiyuan City was not resolved by your First Army yourself, but by the Eighth Route Army's initiative to evacuate.
A few lines of positions and a bunch of dummies scared the reinforcements away from attacking.
I'm afraid it would be a great shame!
Harada will be subject to military punishment by then, and the old Japanese soldier Yan Song will not be able to escape either. Maybe both of them will be sent to the reserve force.
Harada rushed back to reinforce Taiyuan City, wasn't it because of your commander Yoshio Iwamatsu's face?
In the end, Iwamatsu, who had been thinking over and over again, could only sigh helplessly and glared at Harada: "I don't know about this matter, you can figure it out yourself, I just want the result!"
Harada immediately promised: "Hey, Commander, please rest assured, I will get things done."
So not long after, a report published by a Japanese newspaper came out.
The headline is:
"Lieutenant General Harada rushed to the rescue and severely damaged the Eighth Route Army to save Taiyuan!"
The content is so detailed! There are even photos and detailed reports from military reporters.
Said: Taiyuan City was completely besieged by the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In an urgent situation, the commander of the Harada Division was ordered to lead the reinforcements to form a coalition army. In a desperate battle day and night, he successfully defeated the elite main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army and fought with the people in the city. The defenders of the First Army attacked from inside and outside and won the final victory in one fell swoop!
What gorgeous military coverage!
The old Japanese soldier Yan Song, who had read the internal newspaper in advance, couldn't help but frowned, and then asked Harada who was standing aside: "Is such a report a bit exaggerated?"
Harada replied with a smile on his face: "The general filtered it, so how could he exaggerate? I think he controlled all the words very well!"
Having said that, lying about military exploits is an old tradition of the First Army!
As for the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
After hearing such a report from the Japanese military newspaper, the commanders including the teacher, Brigadier Zhang, and the other commanders also looked astonished, and then couldn't help laughing.
Brigadier Zhang also said with a smile: "In order to obtain more international reinforcements and to continue to maintain the self-righteousness of the little devil, I think we should also publish some reports that echo this report of the little devil!
How to respond specifically?
Why don't we just do a report on this siege of Taiyuan City.
Of course, I think the specific battle damage situation can be arranged as 2 to 1. We have twice the casualties and the little Japanese have half the casualties. Is this okay? "
The generals all laughed, thinking that Brigadier Zhang's method was credible.
Although the battle loss ratio between the 120th Division and the Japanese army was about 1:5.
But the publicity cannot be too exaggerated.
After all, the trees are beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy them!
Now is not the time for the Eighth Route Army to rush to promote its one-strong family.
(End of chapter)
