On August 24, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters began counting from the first good news it received.
All enemy strongholds in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei including Luling, Beiyu, and Imperial Capital were completely annihilated. All railways, roads, bridges, bunkers, and wires were destroyed, and the Jingxing Coal Mine was destroyed.
The 120th Division completely wiped out Jingle, Dongkang, and Jiahui defenders, and captured more than 10 Japanese soldiers.
Occupying Kangjiahui, they repelled more than 2,000 reinforcements from Xin County and Jingle on the east and west sides. In this battle alone, more than 1,000 enemy troops were killed and injured.
Don't look at the fact that the Heguan Group has the smallest results. That's because the main force of its troops has been transferred to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Military Region.
There were not many people left in northwest Shanxi, but they still pulled out the poisonous thorn in the Xinjing Highway in the base area in northwest Shanxi.
But the highlight was still the 129th Division. This army with the smallest number of people, the worst equipment, and the most scarce supplies simply wiped out all the enemies defending the section from Yuci to Yangquan.
Conquered 10 strongholds, large and small, and 3 county towns, annihilated more than 4,000 enemy troops, and eliminated the headquarters of the Japanese independent fourth brigade.
Although there are still several units of the independent mixed fourth brigade outside, they are no longer in name only.
In just four days, a super-large battle that swept across North China was turned into a results report meeting by the commanders and soldiers.
They all worked hard to improve their performance, for fear of letting the Japanese escape and causing an involution.
The iron barrel array that the Japanese had worked so hard and deliberately to build was cut into pieces.
It was originally required that the total number of troops dispatched by each ministry should not be less than 22 regiments. As a result, according to this statistics, there are 30 regiments on the Zhengtai Line, 12 regiments on the Tongpu Road, and 15 regiments on the Pinghan Line...
Good guys, 105 groups, when did we have so many people?
Forget it, let’s just name it Hundred Regiments War.
At the same time, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Peng, who had not slept for several days and nights, frowned deeper.
This raid went surprisingly smoothly.
Not only because of the excellent weapons provided by Zhu Han, the offense became unfavorable.
More importantly, the number of enemies in strongholds throughout Jin Province simply does not match the original intelligence, and large-scale attrition has occurred in many places.
Since these people didn't disappear out of thin air, they must be hiding somewhere.
Combined with the previous intelligence, this old boy Yoshio Shinozuka must be planning an arsenal.
But did he discover the Shitouqiao Arsenal?
Where will he send his troops from?
They had no choice but to withdraw all the regiments of the 386th Brigade regardless of the fatigue of the soldiers and use them as reserves again.
Intelligence is a really important thing.
With it, the battle may not be won.
But without it, it's really easy to lose.
Regardless of the current stage of the Hundred Regiment War, whether it is the scale of the battle, the number of enemies wiped out, or the results of the battle, it is undoubtedly the best in China.
Once it is publicized, it will definitely be a victory that shocks the whole world.
But as commanders who take one step and see the next, how could they not know that all this is false.
If the Eighth Route Army can continue to develop at this momentum, in another year or two, without them, just grab any soldier who has fought in China for half a year, and they can defeat the Japanese.
This is a complete crushing of national power.
But once the reverse is reversed, as Zhu Han said, the flames of the Eighth Route Industrial Construction were extinguished by the Japanese with a basin of water as soon as they were ignited, then their current achievements, no matter how brilliant they are, will still be short-lived.
Shitouqiao Arsenal is a light in the hearts of all the soldiers and civilians of the Eighth Route Army.
Although the soldiers in the past were brave, they mostly wanted to avenge their families and compatriots.
But now, the entire army is showing confidence in victory.
From commanders to ordinary soldiers.
Everyone is full of confidence and ready to teach the Japanese how to behave!
Such morale, such confidence, and even such domineering power are all given by the arsenal.
Xiao He can be successful, and Xiao He can be defeated.
It is a rare good thing to have morale rise, but if we fail to hold on, the Japanese will destroy the factory.
Even Zhu Han died.
Let’s not talk about the Japanese side first.
The morale of the Eighth Route Army alone is not as simple as returning to the starting point!
Moreover, this battle has exposed the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
Guobo was originally flirtatious with the Japanese, but alienated from him.
I am afraid that the Guo army will become more passive in resisting the war, and the Japanese who have withdrawn their hands will focus all their energy on fighting against the Eighth Route Army.
At that time, the enemy's rear becomes the front line, with no aid from outside and no supplement from inside.
Eighth Route is in danger!
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In the same two days, the rescue calls at the Taiyuan headquarters of the Japanese First Army were almost overwhelmed.
All transportation nodes are "reported for repair".
All railway lines were disrupted.
Requests for "tactical guidance" were everywhere.
Before Shinozuka Yoshio could figure out what was going on, the Japanese stronghold where he originally requested "guidance" directly became "lost contact".
In particular, according to reports from soldiers who retreated from Jingle and Xinxian, the Eighth Route Army possesses a large number of automatic weapons with excellent performance and unusually sufficient ammunition.
This caused Yoshio Shinozuka, whose brain was almost overloaded, to shut down immediately.
Where did the Eighth Route Army get so many automatic weapons?
For example, the 120th Division of the Heguan Group, with 13,000 people in the division, can't even muster 4,000 thermal weapons.
Even if the light and heavy machine guns of their entire division were combined, it would be impossible to achieve such results.
Moreover, just a few excellent weapons would never be able to reverse the fighting power between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army in an instant.
Unless...unless their ammunition supply far exceeds that of the Japanese army, and the fight directly becomes a crushing match!
How could he not have imagined that it must be the new eight-way ammunition that he had discussed with Jingguan Ren before.
But the more the only explanation was, the less he dared to continue thinking about it.
The bullet is new, which must prove that the weapon using it is brand new.
Could it be that Eighth Route Army has been able to create automatic weapons with excellent performance?
And the output is huge, otherwise the Eighth Route Army would not have such ferocious firepower.
Think about it again, county towns like Yangquan and Yuci could not survive the Eighth Route Army's two-day attack.
This cannot be achieved by relying on light weapons and taking human lives.
Could it be that the Eighth Route Army is now able to produce its own heavy weapons? !
It’s scary to think about it!
I had clearly guessed that the number of Eighth Route Army soldiers would be much higher than originally estimated.
I have clearly received intelligence before and know that they will make big moves in the near future.
But like a fool, I underestimated the fighting power of the Eighth Route Army and didn't take it seriously.
This alone is enough for the old guys at the base camp to make a fuss about.
If we had known this, we should have mobilized heavy troops to raid the Eighth Route Base Area as soon as possible.
While sweeping, scout the arsenal's location.
Even if the factory cannot be destroyed, at least it will cause some trouble for its production!
Damn it!
If it weren't for that guy Jingguan Ren's arrogance, he thought the Eighth Route Army couldn't make a good gun...
If I weren't too greedy and wanted to use the Eighth Route Army Arsenal as bait to catch all the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi Province...
"Bagaya Deer!"
Yoshio Shinozuka threw the cup in his hand to the ground and yelled like crazy:
"I haven't lost yet!"
"Such an advanced factory has consumed all your hard work, hasn't it? I don't believe you can build a second one! As long as I destroy it, you, the Eighth Route Army, will lose!"
"Major General Tanaka, have the troops been assembled?"
Chief of Staff Tanaka Takayoshi immediately saluted:
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, according to your order, let the Imperial Army follow the Imperial Association Army to move boldly, and let them change into the clothes of the Imperial Association Army, disguised as a transport team and move quietly, from the 36th, 37th, 41st Division, Independent The mixed 9th brigade will deploy troops separately."
"Right now, the strength of the two regiments is about 7,000 imperial troops, 12,000 imperial associate troops, and a field heavy artillery regiment from the second field heavy artillery brigade. They have been assembled and are waiting for your dispatch at any time!"
"吆西! Order Jingguan Ren to lead the troops from Jincheng and Changzhi! Attack the Eighth Route Army arsenal with all our strength. We cannot let the momentum of the Eighth Route Army continue under any circumstances!"
"Target! Huangyan Cave Arsenal!"
"Hi!"
At the command, all the Japanese commanders in the command room bowed their heads and saluted.
