World War II District Governor's Department
A staff officer hurriedly came over and reported to Lao Yan: "Sir Yan, it's bad, something happened at the Hecun Arsenal."
When Lao Yan heard this, his expression paused: "What happened?"
"When Takeda Senju was chasing the Eighth Route Army, Japanese scouts discovered the Hemura Arsenal. Takeda Senju sent people to capture the arsenal," the staff officer replied.
"Snapped!"
Lao Yan couldn't control his emotions and slapped the table: "This is impossible, how is this possible? How can the Hecun Arsenal be found by Japanese scouts if it is so secretive?"
The loss of Taiyuan Arsenal was the pain in Lao Yan's heart.
Without the arms supply from Taiyuan Arsenal, Lao Yan could only rely on small arsenals like Hecun Arsenal to provide arms and weapons.
Small arsenals such as the Hecun Arsenal are the last weapons and ammunition for the Jinsui Army to come to support, so there is no room for loss.
"Do you want to generate electricity for Commander Bo and tell Commander Bo about this?" The staff officer looked at Lao Yan, "Commander Bo's current troops don't have..."
"No." Lao Yan interrupted with a wave of his hand.
Bo Zuoyi's side is going to do something big. Now the army is recharging its strength and waiting for danger. It cannot move easily.
Otherwise, if the army divides and moves, the Japanese will be disturbed, great achievements will not be obtained, and great fighter opportunities will be lost.
"Are we going to let the Japanese take away all the machine tools from the Hecun Arsenal?" the staff officer said.
"If Hiroshi is able to kill Takeda Chiju, then just send electricity to Hiroshi and let him snatch the machine tools back." Lao Yan said, "Anyway, according to the plan, the Eighth Route New Regiment will be here soon. Lure Takeda Senju to the designated location."
The staff officer didn't say anything more, but retreated.
"Takeda Chiju, just wait for me, you will soon taste the power of our Jinsui Army!" Lao Yan slammed his fist on the table.
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After another day of running, the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment finally arrived at the designated location.
Looking at the beautiful scenery of the setting sun slowly setting over the mountains and the silver-covered land being dyed bright red by the burning clouds, Li Yunlong smiled and said, "This day has finally come."
"Yes, next, we only need to sneak away at night, and the rest is the work of the Jinsui Army." Kong Jie also breathed a sigh of relief.
You can't lure Takeda Senju to this designated position. If you don't let the Jinsui Army and Takeda Senju fight, it will be difficult to make a fortune later.
"Send power to Bo Zuoyi, he can work now." Li Yunlong said to the radio soldier.
"Yes." The radio soldier responded and immediately generated electricity.
"Commander Bo, a telegram has arrived from the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army." An officer from the Jinsui Army handed the newly arrived telegram to Bo Zuoyi.
Boyi took the telegram and looked at it. There was only the word "big" on it.
This was also an agreement made with the Eighth Route New Group in advance. If they succeeded in attracting Takeda Chiju's army to the designated position, they would send a telegram with the word "big" to Hirosakuyi.
On the contrary, if the new regiment's operation does not go smoothly, a "small" telegram will be sent.
This is also to prevent the Japanese intelligence department from intercepting the telegram and learning the contents of the joint operations between the Jinsui Army and the New Regiment.
"Send the order, and the entire army will set off immediately according to the original plan." Hiroshi immediately ordered, "Before dawn, we must arrive at the location specified in the plan and surround Takeda Senju!"
"Yes." The officer quickly sent the order.
Bo Zuoyi burned the telegram in the stove, clenching his fists: Finally, he waited for this moment!
The Eighth Route New Regiment has finished its work, and now it’s time for the Shanxi-Sui Army.
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"Division commander, there is a telegram from the intelligence department of the headquarters." A staff officer took the newly arrived telegram and handed it to Takeda Chiju.
Chiju Takeda took a look at the telegram. The intelligence department said that it had intercepted a telegram sent by the Eighth Route Army to the Jinsui Army. The content of the telegram was one word: big.
The intelligence department suspected that this was some kind of military signal agreement between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, and asked Takeda Chiju to be careful.
"What do you think this big character means?" Takeda Chiju raised his head and asked the staff.
"Division commander, I don't know." The staff officer shook his head, "The enemy is too cunning. There is only one word, so no one can make a judgment."
"Send the order and send more sentries at night to strengthen the alert." Takeda Qianju couldn't think of anything.
"Ha Yi." The staff officer went to deliver the order.
Takeda Senju turned his attention to the map again. On the map, the main force of the Jinsui Army was not far from Takeda Senju.
In the communication between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, this big character must be that they are conveying some kind of message.
For example, they are very likely to unite to attack Takeda Chiju.
To be honest, Takeda Chiju was eager for the opponent to attack immediately. After chasing for several days, Takeda Chiju really didn't want to run anymore.
Takeda Qianju carefully checked the map and found that the place where he was currently stationed was a very favorable defensive position.
Even if the Jinsui Army and the New Regiment join forces to attack, they will definitely not gain any advantage.
This means that even if the Eighth Route New Regiment joins forces with the Jinsui Army, they will not attack now.
At least it is safe tonight, or it will be safe until the large army leaves this place.
Takeda Senju's army and the Japanese soldiers of the other three brigades quickly settled down.
Although the Japanese soldiers are in good physical condition, they are not invulnerable after marching for several days in a row.
The camp was quickly picked, the Japanese soldiers ate and took the time to rest and sleep.
Of course, the number of patrols and sentries has increased a lot, almost like buckets.
With such a tight defense, even if Tubalu New Group had wings, they would not be able to sneak in and cause damage.
As Xinyi Tuan expected, each Japanese regiment carried its own baggage and food supplies.
But without exception, the baggage and food supplies of each Japanese regiment were placed in dry and non-humid places.
These dry and not humid places were manipulated in advance by Zhou Weiguo's special forces.
Time passed by and Chiju Takeda also got into the tent to sleep because he was too sleepy.
In the entire Japanese camp, except for patrols and guard sentries, most of the Japanese soldiers were asleep.
Although patrols and sentries were alert, their vigilance was in vain.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Suddenly, there was a sudden explosion in the camp where the supplies and supplies were placed.
Some explosions were so powerful that the ground shook like an earthquake. They were the explosions of baggage ammunition.
Although some explosions were not big, they quickly triggered huge fires and quickly engulfed the food, grass and baggage.
The sudden attack confused the Japanese patrols and guard sentries.
They obviously defended so tightly, why did they still attack.
"Quickly put out the fire!"
"Baga, put out the fire quickly!"
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The Japanese soldiers who were awakened hurriedly put on their clothes and came out to put out the fire.
But either I can only stand by and watch, or I can only stare.
A loud explosion means that the ordnance has been blown up. It doesn't mean much whether we can save it or not.
The small explosion caused a raging fire.
In this cold and freezing place, the troops mainly rely on boiled snow water for drinking water.
The snow on the ground could not save the raging fire.
Takeda Qianju was also awakened. He ran out of the camp and ran to a nearby explosion point.
There was an arms explosion here. The ammunition of one of his regiments was blown away, and there was only a huge pit on the ground.
Around the edge of the pit, there are body fragments of the victims everywhere. The exact number of Japanese soldiers who were killed by the bombing is currently unknown.
"Baga, what on earth is going on?" Takeda Chiju was extremely shocked.
Did such a tight defense allow a new group from Tubal Road to infiltrate and destroy it?
"Division Commander, all the places where our army's baggage and supplies are stored have been attacked. Our supplies of food, grass and ammunition are gone." The Japanese officers reported to Takeda Senju.
"Impossible, this is impossible, we are so tight in defense, it is impossible for the new group of Tubalu to penetrate, impossible!" Takeda Chiju can't accept this cruel fact at all.
The army's food, grass and baggage were gone. Wouldn't this be the same as the big bear in Pinggu?
It's a shame to fall into the same pit a second time! This is stupid!
"Division commander, I checked the scene. The explosives were placed in advance." A Japanese engineer inspected the scene and reported to Takeda Senju.
"Were the explosives placed in advance?" Chiju Takeda suddenly understood when he heard this.
The new regiment on Tubal Road kept running, and Takeda Senju led his army to chase after them.
The purpose of this Eighth Route New Group must be to attract Takeda Senju's team here.
Because Takeda Senju's army will camp here, the food, grass and baggage must be placed in a dry and non-moist place.
But the new group sent people in advance to set up traps in these dry and moist places.
Takeda Chiju's military dogs are gone, so he cannot detect the trap in time.
Now, these traps were activated at the same time, destroying all the army's baggage and food at once.
Perhaps the destruction of Pinggu Daxiong's supplies of food and grass in the past was also caused by such a routine.
Despicable, this Tubalu New Group is really despicable.
"Division Commander, it's not good, it's not good, Division Commander." A reconnaissance officer hurried over.
"Why are you panicking?" Takeda Chiju looked over. Could it be that the new group from Tubal Road took the opportunity to attack?
"The main force of the Jinsui Army is approaching. They have formed an encirclement on the outside, and the encirclement is being compressed." the reconnaissance officer replied.
"Baga, I understand!" Takeda Chiju jumped to his feet, he understood everything.
The Eighth Route New Regiment led Takeda Senju here and destroyed the food and fodder of Takeda Senju's army, and then the Jinsui Army quickly outflanked it.
This was to take advantage of Takeda Senju's army's loss of food, grass and ammunition to besiege Takeda Senju for several days, and then win without a fight.
The message intercepted by the intelligence department yesterday had a big word in it.
This must be the signal for the start of the operation agreed between the Eighth Route New Regiment and the Shanxi-Sui Army.
"Division commander, what should we do now?" The Japanese officers all looked at Takeda Senju with the same hatred.
The food and supplies were burned, and all the Japanese officers were very angry and angry.
But they didn't panic for the moment.
Ammunition and provisions were burned, and the troops still carried some of the ammunition they could carry for combat.
As for food, the troops still have enough dry food for one day and will not starve to death for the time being.
The fighting power of the imperial army is still there, and even if the enemy comes to kill them at this time, it is not impossible to deal with them.
"After daybreak, we attack quickly and try our best to tear apart the Jinsui Army's encirclement. It is best to get supplies from the Jinsui Army." Takeda Chiju was angry, but he quickly calmed down, "If we can't get supplies from the Jinsui Army, Once we get supplies, we break out, quickly find nearby reinforcements, and then fight again after replenishing supplies."
Fortunately, the current army and the Pinggu Big Bear were different back then.
Pinggu Daxiong has no close support, he is alone.
"Ha Yi!" The Japanese officers all nodded.
At this time, no one questioned the possibility of tearing apart the encirclement of the Jinsui Army.
The Jin-Sui army was nothing more than a defeated general.
It is nonsense to take advantage of the fact that our army is short of food and ammunition.
"Division Commander, would you like to tell the headquarters about our current situation?" Someone still interrupted.
"Yes!" Takeda Chiju said directly, "Immediately send power to the headquarters, tell the headquarters about our current situation, and let the headquarters order our close support to be ready to respond to us at any time."
"Division commander, if the headquarters knows about this, they will definitely curse..." someone said.
Takeda Qianju interrupted: "It is certain to be scolded, but the lives of the army are more important."
"Hai."
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Looking at the shining fire on the horizon in the distance, Li Yunlong, who successfully received Zhou Weiguo, once again praised the merits of Zhou Weiguo's special team, and then came to Bo Zuoyi: "Commander Bo, you also saw that Takeda Senju's food and grass supplies have been burned. Okay, now it’s up to you, the Jinsui Army, and my new regiment won’t take credit from you.”
"Captain Li, thank you." Bo Zuoyi expressed his thanks and asked Li Yunlong: "Captain Li, I have a question. Can you help answer it?"
"What doubts?"
"Destroy the Japanese army's food and baggage, and then we will join forces. Was your brigade commander the one who came up with this plan?" Bo Zuoyi asked.
On that day, Bo Zuoyi first communicated with the deputy commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army. There was no chance for joint operations.
After the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade appeared, the opportunity for joint operations came immediately.
Bo Zuoyi was deeply impressed by the 386 brigade commander. One of the three heroes of Huangpu was originally trained by the entrusted garden director as his successor.
But Bo Zuoyi did not think that this plan was thought up by the 386th Brigade Commander, but came from the strategic master of the 18th Group Army.
The 386 brigade commander is just a cover for this person.
Bo Zuoyi really hopes to make friends with such a strategic master.
"That must have been our brigade commander's idea. How could I, Li Yunlong, have such ability?" Li Yunlong said directly, "The previous battle at Wang'er Mountain was also our brigade commander's idea. I, Li Yunlong, was just an errand boy. "
"Captain Li, then I congratulate you for having a powerful superior." Seeing Li Yunlong say this, Bo Zuoyi could only express regret. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army was unwilling to let outsiders know their true identity as strategic masters.
"Haha." Li Yunlong chuckled and said, "Commander Bo, I won't bother you. I'll take my troops to rest first. The soldiers are too tired after being chased by the Japanese for several days."
"Okay, okay." Bo Zuoyi nodded, "Captain Li, when I kill the Japanese, I'll treat you and your brigade commander to a drink when I get the chance."
Bo Zuoyi still hopes to have the opportunity to get to know the strategic master of the 18th Group Army through Li Yunlong and his brigade commander.
"Okay, Commander Bo, I'll wait." Li Yunlong responded and quickly withdrew with his team.
"Li Yunlong, don't we go farther?" Kong Jie asked suspiciously when he saw that Li Yunlong did not go far with his troops.
"The Japanese will definitely break out of the encirclement tomorrow. We won't leave for the time being. Let's take a look first." Li Yunlong said, "If Commander Bo's troops cannot withstand it and the encirclement is torn open, we have to help drive the Japanese back."
Li Yunlong would not be able to make a fortune without letting the Jinsui Army completely besiege Takeda Chiju.
If the Jinsui Army's defense line is really torn apart, Li Yunlong will not hesitate to lead his army to attack for the sake of the overall situation.
"Yeah." Kong Jie also nodded.
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"Commander Bo, do you really believe that this plan was thought up by the 386th Brigade Commander?" After Li Yunlong left, someone asked Bo Zuoyi.
"Let's talk about this later." Bo Zuoyi stopped the topic and said, "Gather the division-level officers together. I want to hold an emergency meeting."
"yes."
Soon, the division-level officers arrived.
Hiroshi's words were sonorous: "Everyone, you have all seen the flickering fire in the sky. The Eighth Route Army has burned Takeda Senju's food and supplies. Next, it depends on your performance."
Division-level officers are gearing up:
"Don't worry, Commander Bo, I will never let a Japanese pass through my defense area!"
"If the Japanese want to pass through my defense area, they will have to step over the corpses of all our soldiers!"
"Go ahead and fuck that little devil!"
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Seeing that the morale of the generals was very high, Bo Zuoyi said calmly: "You should not be careless. The Japanese will definitely attack as soon as the day breaks. I can say with certainty that tomorrow will be our most difficult moment. , because the Japanese will attack with all their strength. If they break the encirclement and want to encircle them again, it will be impossible. But if we withstand the Japanese crazy attack tomorrow, then our chances of winning will be greatly increased. First Not to mention that the enemy's food and grass are gone, their reserve ammunition has been destroyed, and tomorrow's high-intensity battle will almost consume their ammunition. Their next combat effectiveness and firepower will not be strong, which is equivalent to having their teeth pulled out. tiger."
As soon as Bo Zuoyi finished speaking, the generals all spoke solemnly:
"Commander Bo, if the Japs' baggage is still there and their cannons still have shells, we really don't have enough confidence in whether we can hold the line of defense. But now the Japs have no cannons and shells, and their planes can't come either. , I’m really not afraid of them anymore.”
"That's right, Commander Bo, I admit that the Japanese soldiers are very powerful in combat, but what they are stronger than are their aircraft and cannons. Now their aircraft and cannons have misfired. We just need to stop them. We can do anything."
"It's just that the Japanese don't have cannons and planes, they are already tigers with their teeth pulled out. If you can't stop them at this time, you will be ashamed to wear a military uniform!"
"Commander Bo, I am willing to issue a military order. If the Japanese can break out from under my nose, I will come to see them."
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"Everyone, I believe in you." Bo Zuoyi said sonorously: "Whether our Shanxi-Sui Army can stand up depends on this battle. We share life and death, honor and disgrace!"
"We share life and death, honor and disgrace!" The generals all roared.
