Now the entire military region is developing rapidly. Although the industry has just started, the foundation has been established. In terms of agriculture, while ordinary people are planting food crops, many people are also planting fruits and vegetables on newly opened land. The products in the base area are becoming more and more abundant, and the economy is naturally becoming more and more stable.
But just the same, there is no crude oil in the Taihang Mountains.
There is an oil field in Yanchang, which is now under the control of our party, but the annual output is less than 1,000 tons, and there is no professional oil refining equipment. On weekdays, they use local oil refining methods, and the finished product can even be used by the people in the border area to light a lamp at night. Not enough.
Liu Yu bought airplanes and tanks before and planned to practice them first, but he didn't know that the fuel consumption would be so high. However, the last bilateral trade contract did not include refinery equipment.
"Send a telegram to Johnson and ask him to help buy several sets of second-hand oil refining equipment and mining equipment and send them to Yan'an so that they can make use of the Yanchang oil field." Liu Yu touched his chin and thought.
Wu Hongbo still frowned: "How long will it take? It takes at least a month to transport the equipment of a refinery, another month to set up, and a lot of time to debug. By that time, the equipment in our warehouse will The oil is long gone!”
Liu Yu thought for a while and walked to the combat map.
Old Song and Old Wu looked at each other, walked to his side, and looked at the map.
Lao Song asked: "Old Liu, do you want to take action against the Japanese?"
Liu Yu nodded and said: "Isn't it that the logistics are almost overwhelmed? Then while we still have some reserves, we will beat the little devils so hard that they will not dare to cause trouble to us in a short period of time!"
"Fight Yuci! Let those American pilots fly bombers to blow up the Wusu Airport in Taiyuan first, and then let the armored soldiers also move to temporarily form an armored battalion to cooperate with the 122nd Division's attack, and strive to annihilate 37 soldiers in one battle division!"
Old Song looked at the map, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "I agree, I will go to the headquarters for instructions later."
"Still asking for instructions? Asking for instructions is nothing! After you ask for instructions, what if the headquarters disagrees?" Liu Yu rolled his eyes, "The area along Zhengtai Road is originally the combat area we are responsible for, and we are the highest command unit! Besides, The Japanese Kwantung Army is now being suppressed and attacked by the Soviets at Nomenkan. This is our best opportunity. If we still want to fight in the future, it will be difficult!"
"Let the staff formulate a combat plan immediately, and then hold a combat meeting!"
Lao Song: "But mobilizing troops to fight without authorization is against discipline. If the organization blames us, we will all suffer!"
Liu Yu looked unconcerned: "It's not that serious. I know the deputy commander. As long as you can win the battle, he can forgive you no matter how big the trap is!"
Seeing that Old Song wanted to persuade him again, Liu Yu interrupted directly: "Okay, okay, whatever happens, I will bear the responsibility alone. I won't be able to trick you, Old Song!"
"What do you mean by this?" Old Song's expression changed, "Isn't that a person who is buried in Tai? Why do you mean you have to bear the burden alone? I, Old Song, am that kind of person?"
Liu Yu was speechless and realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Fortunately, Wu Hongbo stood up in time to smooth things over and said: "Since the two leaders have decided to fight, let's fight! It's just a matter of asking for instructions. We are of one heart and one mind. If anything happens, we all will handle it together!"
Old Song rolled his eyes at the two of them, turned around and left.
"What are you doing?" Liu Yu asked.
Lao Song didn't look back and said casually: "Don't you want to hold a war meeting? I'll make a call!"
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Yuci is the easternmost part of the Jinzhong Basin, which is also the end of the Jingxing Grand Canyon in the Taihang Mountains. It just blocks the intersection of the 122nd Division's westward attack. Without capturing Yuci, Liu Yu will not be able to get involved in Jinzhong. basin.
According to Liu Yu's memory, there will be an armistice in Nomenkan in at most half a month, and then the two sides will sign the "Japan-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty", so Liu Yu also seems a little anxious.
As soon as he had this idea, he asked Tang Tianji from Shouyang to send scouts to investigate the situation of the Japanese troops in Yuci and Taiyuan.
Then he directly called all cadres at regiment level and above to hold a pre-war meeting. The meeting lasted for one day. The next day, all the troops in the military region were assembled in Shouyang. Of the three guard regiments, except for the first guard regiment which continued to guard Tumen Pass, the remaining two regiments all moved to Shouyang as battle reserves. At the same time, more than 3,000 people from the recruit training camp who had completed training also arrived at Jingxing. If fighting broke out in the direction of Tumenguan, they could make up for the battle losses there in time.
On the third day, September 3, at 5:30 in the morning, just after dawn, two B17 bombers from Longwangshan Military Airport carried a total of 14 tons of bombs and flew directly to Taiyuan Wusu Airport under the escort of 20 P40s. .
At 6:10, two bombers, controlled by American pilots, accurately dropped bombs on the runway of Wusu Japanese Airport, completely paralyzing the airport and destroying more than a dozen aircraft.
At the same time, the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division, led by the temporarily formed tank battalion, boarded 500 Renault trucks owned by the military region and temporarily equipped with steel plates to act as armored vehicles, and drove straight along the Shitai Highway. The defense line of the 226th Regiment of the 37th Division north of Yuci, followed by the 731st Regiment of the 366th Brigade on foot.
In this battle, Liu Yu's request is one word, quick! First, use the "bankrupt version of lightning tactics" to open a gap between Yuci and Taiyuan. The 364th Brigade will establish a defense line on the spot to block the Japanese 41st Division in the direction of Taiyuan. Then the 366th Brigade cooperated with artillery, aviation, and armor to besiege the 37th Division!
He was so stupid that a brigade dared to surround a Japanese division and fight. Liu Yu was the only one in China who could do such a crazy thing.
In this regard, Liu Yu said that the 37th Division only has 3 infantry regiments, and the 366th Brigade also has 3 infantry regiments. The remaining auxiliary arms such as artillery are not inferior to the Japanese, or even stronger than the Japanese, and there are also divisional artillery regiments. , aviation, armor, etc., if he still can't defeat a C-type division, Wang Zhitao might as well go home and take care of his child!
In recent months, the 122nd Division, or the Eighth Route Army Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region, has been in the limelight. It has established an industrial base and opened a technical university. Of course, Shinozuka Yoshio wants to get rid of Liu Yu quickly to avoid this. The tail of the detachment is too big to fall off.
However, the Kwantung Army fell into a state of comprehensive disadvantage, causing most of North China's resources to be tilted toward Nomenkan, and the supply of military supplies to Shanxi has been completely cut off.
Even the soldiers he lost after the last attack on the 129th Division have not been replaced. There are still two regiments of the 36th Division that are in a semi-disabled state.
Even after three reconnaissance planes were knocked down by anti-aircraft firepower from the Yangquan Industrial Base a while ago, Yoshio Shinozuka was unwilling to even send planes to bomb.
Under such circumstances, Yoshio Shinozuka certainly did not dare to attack Liu Yu rashly.
But he never expected that if he didn't make trouble for Liu Yu, Liu Yu not only didn't burn incense, but actually dared to wave a sword at him.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, the 364th Brigade of the 122nd Division, with the cooperation of the armored battalion and the remaining 50 Hawker-3 fighter jets of the aviation force, penetrated the entire 226th Wing's defense line in just one hour, leaving an independent regiment to deal with the remaining enemies. , the remaining two regiments rushed out of the Taihang Mountains and went straight to Wusu Village!
The 731st Regiment of the 366th Brigade that followed up turned south and attacked Yuci County.
Although the Hawker-3 is somewhat outdated for air combat, its biplane's powerful low-altitude and low-speed performance makes it very enjoyable to use for ground attacks!
The 226th Wing was stunned.
First there were heavy artillery groups blasting away like plows, then tanks on the ground cleared the way, and planes in the air strafed back and forth!
Is this the fucking Eighth Route Army? !
Not to mention the 226th Wing, even Yoshio Shinozuka was confused when he received the news. In fact, he was confused when he was bombed at Takesu Airport. After reacting, they quickly ordered the 239th Regiment of the 41st Division deployed in Wusu to enter combat readiness. They were to defend Wusu without taking a step back. At the same time, the remaining two regiments of the 41st Division scattered around Taiyuan were mobilized for reinforcements. Yuci.
Moreover, he also ordered the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, Linfen 36th Division, Shuozhou Independent Mixed 9th Brigade currently stationed in Xinkou, as well as the 20th Division and the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade in Yuncheng to station The 4th Cavalry Brigade in Datong all sent troops to reinforce Yuci.
Faced with Liu Yu's active attack, Yoshio Shinozuka was both frightened and angry. What was frightening was that the 122nd Division actually turned into a monster silently. It was shocking that there was only one artillery regiment in the past, but now Even aircraft and tanks were brought out.
As for the anger, he thought Liu Yu was going to attack Taiyuan. If the Zhengtai Railway was the egg of the First Army, then Taiyuan was the heart of the First Army.
Being cut off from the Zhengtai Line has turned the First Army into a eunuch. It usually does not dare to make any big moves. If Taiyuan is defeated again, the First Army can be disbanded on the spot.
Yoshio Shinozuka said: Liu Yu, you are so stupid, you dare to attack Taiyuan with just one division. Are you good at fighting? Is there any use for you to know how to spank? The battle depends on who has more troops and is stronger. I will mobilize the entire First Army to destroy you!
