Southeast Shanxi.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
The boss was lying on the table, looking at the map with a magnifying glass.
The Japanese army assembled heavy troops to sweep northwestern Shanxi, using three divisions of the Kwantung Army and two divisions directly under the North China Front Army.
The troops of the Japanese First Army were not used, and the strength of the Japanese First Army should not be underestimated.
If the First Army sends one or two more divisions to the north for reinforcements, then the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi may not be able to hold it.
Therefore, the 100,000 main force of the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi will go north. Not to mention attacking Taiyuan and Yangquan, they will at least form a confrontation with the First Army so that the Japs in the First Army will not dare to reinforce the Japs attacking in northwest Shanxi.
in addition.
The head of the headquarters is still in active contact with Chief Wei Lihuang of Henan Province to see if the First War Zone can cross the Yellow River north and take the opportunity to regain Zhongtiao Mountain.
As for the second theater commander Yan Laoxi and the Jinsui Army, they can't be counted on.
but.
The Eighth Route Army did not expect Yan Laoxi and the Jinsui Army to be of any help. As long as Yan Laoxi and his Jinsui Army did not cause friction or stab each other in the back.
The boss and chief of staff have initially determined the plan to go north. There are two main roads going north, one is Baijin Road and the other is Heliao Highway.
You can go north along the Baijin Road to Qixian County, and further north to the Fenhe Plain and Taiyuan. You can attack Yangquan along the Heliao Highway.
At present, the Japanese North China Front's aircraft have been killed by Boss Chen's aircraft.
Therefore, the main force of the 129th Division can march arrogantly along the road, and the artillery troops do not have to worry about being bombed by Japanese planes.
As the 36th Division was severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi.
The only remaining units of the Japanese First Army were the 33rd Division, the 37th Division, the 41st Division, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade, as well as some directly affiliated troops and puppet troops.
Now the main equipment of the 129th Division has arrived. Although the ammunition is not abundant, it is enough to support 100,000 people in a major battle.
In particular, the firepower of the artillery unit has far exceeded that of the Japanese First Army. After all, the artillery of the First Army only had less than 4 artillery regiments.
The 129th Division has more than 10 artillery regiments, including two 105mm howitzer regiments and a 150-mm howitzer heavy artillery regiment.
105mm artillery shells and 150mm artillery shells are more than two base figures. Due to the commissioning of the 75mm mountain cannon shell production line, the reserve of 75mm mountain cannon shells has exceeded six base figures.
When both sides had no air support and were fighting in the field, it was hard to say who would win when the main force of the 129th Division fought with the Japanese First Army.
certainly.
This time, the Japanese First Army was on the defensive side. If the 129th Division forced an attack, it would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
"Report to the chief, a new telegram!"
Just as the boss was analyzing the situation between us and the enemy in his mind, a telegraph soldier came to the boss with a telegram in his hand, gave a military salute and said.
"oh?"
The boss took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and read it. The telegraph soldier turned and left.
The chief of staff, who was sorting out the loss reports of various regiments in the Jizhong Military Region at the desk on the other side, raised his head in surprise when he heard the telegram from the new regiment, and then walked quickly to the boss.
"Boss, what did Li Yunlong say in the telegram?"
The chief of staff asked in a somewhat impatient tone.
"Are you very fond of that boy Li Yunlong?"
The boss smiled slightly and handed the telegram to the chief of staff for him to read.
"Cadres like Li Yunlong are the treasures of our Eighth Route Army. How can I not be interested in them?"
"If there are more Li Yunlongs, our Eighth Route Army will be rich."
The chief of staff took the telegram from the boss and read it.
The content of the telegram was that Okamura Neiji launched a raid on the northern Shanxi base area in the past few days according to the original plan, and carried out the raid with iron-rolling tactics.
"This must be the information given by Boss Chen."
The moment he read the telegram, the chief of staff guessed the source of this important intelligence.
After a pause, the chief of staff continued: "Why do I feel a little familiar with this iron-rolling sweep tactic?"
Although Li Yunlong and the New Regiment had their own intelligence network in northwestern Shanxi, they could not obtain intelligence from the North China Front Army Headquarters.
"You're familiar with it." The boss snorted coldly and added: "Last time that old Japanese from Okamura gathered 30,000 Japanese puppet troops for a mopping up operation in the Central Hebei Military Region, he used this iron-rolling tactic."
"Boss, when you said that, I remembered that the last time the Japanese and puppet troops attacked the Jizhong Military Region, they used this tactic."
The chief of staff said with fear on his face: "This tactic of Neji Okamura is extremely vicious. If you want to break this tactic, you can only have all the soldiers and civilians jump to the outside of the encirclement before the Japanese and puppet troops form an encirclement."
The chief of staff, who has superb tactical command skills, could see the solution to the iron rolling sweep at a glance.
However, the Japanese and puppet troops usually attack suddenly and will not give you much time to react. By the time you react, you may already be surrounded.
The boss nodded: "Yes, this time the Japanese army raided the Jizhong Military Region. If Boss Chen hadn't provided timely information, the losses to the Jizhong Military Region might have been huge."
"By the way," the chief of staff said, "the battle reports of all the regiments in the Jizhong Military Region have been completed, among which the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment suffered the most casualties."
In this anti-mopping operation, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment faced the enemy's iron wall encirclement. They just relied on the strength of a wild wolf regiment and relied on the most primitive cavalry advance tactics to break out of the Japanese army's iron wall. The bloody road successfully completed the task of containing the enemy troops and transferring the masses.
However, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment also suffered unprecedented losses.
The boss narrowed his eyes and asked, "How many troops are left in the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment?"
"The cavalry regiment originally had 1,200 troops." The chief of staff sighed, "Only more than 400 troops are left."
Cavalry is different from infantry. The strength of 1,200 cavalry is equivalent to that of a Chinese cavalry brigade or a Japanese cavalry regiment.
The boss was heartbroken. In this third raid, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment actually lost two-thirds.
The boss sighed: "With so few troops left, it will be difficult for the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment to stay in the Jizhong area."
After being swept away, the Jizhong Military Region will only become more difficult. In addition, the cavalry regiment will not be able to supplement horses in the Jizhong Military Region, and the troops will only become smaller and smaller until they are finally completely wiped out.
The chief of staff also understood this truth and suggested: "How about the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment be reduced into a large company and incorporated into the Jinnan Cavalry Regiment?"
"Jinan Cavalry Regiment?"
The boss looked thoughtful at first, and then said: "Then the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment might as well be reduced to a battalion and incorporated into the New Regiment. In this Xinzhou battle, didn't the New Regiment capture more than 300 horses? They can be distributed to Ma Renxing. 200 horses, so Li Yunlong has two cavalry battalions under his command. Coupled with the equipment advantages of Yunlong swords and carbines, these two cavalry battalions can easily defeat a Japanese cavalry regiment."
When the chief of staff heard this, his eyes lit up slightly:
"Why didn't I think of that? Boss, you think so fast."
"More importantly, Li Yunlong has no shortage of food. As long as he keeps winning battles, he can feed so many troops."
"Even the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, in the hands of Li Yunlong, might be able to recreate the glory of the Wolf Cavalry."
In another time and space, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy losses during the May 12th raids in 1942.
Two-thirds of the 1,200-man cavalry regiment suffered casualties, leaving only 400 men. Later, the strategy was transferred and incorporated into the Jinan Cavalry Regiment.
At this point, the history of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment came to an end.
In this time and space, because of the appearance of Boss Chen, Okamura Neiji used the Jizhong Military Region as a test area for his iron-rolling tactics in order to sweep northwestern Shanxi, causing the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment to be severely damaged more than half a year in advance.
Since being led by Captain Ma Renxing to join the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry has fought against the Japanese and puppet troops more than 60 times and has made great achievements.
"Only in the hands of Li Yunlong can the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment achieve greater glory."
Then, the chief of staff added another sentence.
So far, Li Yunlong has handed over almost 1,000 military horses.
If all these troops and horses were to stay in the New Regiment, the New Regiment might now be more than a cavalry brigade.
After the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment joins the new regiment, it is only a matter of time before it develops and regains its strength.
The boss’s tone was decisive: “Then it’s settled, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment will be reduced to a cavalry battalion and incorporated into a new regiment, with the designation of the 2nd Battalion of the New Regiment Cavalry, and the original cavalry battalion of the New First Regiment will be the 1st Battalion of the New Regiment Cavalry. .”
"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded heavily, "But we have to wait until the counter-mopping operations in northwestern Shanxi are over. The information given by Boss Chen said that the Japanese army will attack northwestern Shanxi within these few days."
"In addition, Ma Renxing is the commander of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment after all. I wonder if he would be willing to serve as the commander of the cavalry battalion in the new regiment?"
Although Ma Renxing is a party member and obeys all orders, this is a demotion after all, and the opinion of Captain Ma himself must be asked.
The boss nodded and said: "If Ma Renxing is not willing, let him be the commander of an infantry regiment. The candidate for the 2nd Battalion of the New First Regiment Cavalry can be the former deputy battalion commander of the New First Regiment Cavalry Battalion."
"That's all it can do." said the chief of staff.
Although it is best for the Wolf Cavalry to continue to be led by Captain Ma Renxing, it also depends on whether he is willing.
…
Beiping.
Iron Lion Alley, North China Front Army Headquarters.
Moritake Tanabe and Tadamichi Kuribayashi have flown to Taiyuan, while Neji Okamura continues to conduct remote control from Peiping.
The communications staff officer quickly walked into the commander's office and reported to Neji Okamura: "Report to the commander, Commander Anami Ekichi of the 11th Army has responded."
"Oh?" Neji Okamura asked, "How many planes are Commander Anan willing to lend us?"
After all the aircraft of the 2nd Flying Division were killed, Okamura Neiji was severely criticized by the base camp. The base camp refused to allocate aircraft to him, so he borrowed aircraft from the Kwantung Army, South China Front Army, Central China Front Army and other front armies.
After all, Okamura Neiji knows very well that in modern warfare, the side with air support has an advantage.
So Okamura Neiji used his connections to borrow aircraft and pilots from the other six front armies.
The Kwantung Army clearly rejected Okamura Neiji. As for the reasons, Okamura Neiji was also very clear. On the one hand, the Kwantung Army's aircraft had lost nearly 200 in North China. On the other hand, the Kwantung Army's chief of staff, Miyano Michichi, was killed in North China. Killed, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Yoshijiro, was extremely dissatisfied with the North China Front.
The other commanders of the front armies declined politely because the loss rate of the aviation unit of the North China Front Army was too high, almost 100%, and they were afraid that they would not be able to repay the loan.
Now only the commander of the 11th Army, Anan Weiji, has not replied.
The communications staff officer said: "Lieutenant General Anan Weiji is willing to lend us two reconnaissance aircraft!"
At present, Anan Weiji is gathering a large force of about 120,000 people to prepare for the second attack on Changsha. He has 2 flying regiments with a total of more than 100 aircraft on hand, and he is very rich.
idiot!
Hearing this, Okamura Neji's face darkened. Why was he sending beggars to two reconnaissance planes?
"Send the order!"
Neji Okamura said with a dark face: "Three days later, armies from all walks of life will launch an attack on the bandit areas in northwestern Shanxi. Even without air support, the locust army will completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi!"
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer turned around and left with a serious look on his face.
