On the top of the mountain.
The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Watching the tanks, armored vehicles and cavalry rolling back and forth in the encirclement, they were like iron rollers harvesting the lives of the Japanese.
Until a few hours later, there were not many Japs alive.
Although there are still sporadic battles breaking out, there are not many anymore, and it won't be long before the battle is completely over.
It was still dark at this time, and I looked at the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the ground and the dense shell craters in the field of view of the artillery team.
Li Yunlong was filled with pride and emotion, but unfortunately he only had limited ink in his stomach. He couldn't even read a sentence of other people's poems, let alone his own poems.
"This rolling iron sweep tactic is really powerful."
Looking at the huge battlefield, Ding Wei commented: "Okamura Neji, this old devil, is quite powerful."
The battle, which was expected to end in half a day to a day, was almost over in just a few hours.
At first.
Both Ding Wei and Kong Jie had doubts about this tactic. After all, it was the first time for Li Yunlong to use this tactic, but they still believed in Li Yunlong unconditionally.
To be honest, Li Yunlong himself was a little discouraged by this tactic, but fortunately the result did not disappoint him.
Although there were casualties in the cavalry, tanks and armored vehicles, and some of the armored vehicles and tanks were destroyed by the enemy's flesh bombs, the casualties were within an acceptable range.
The armor protection of tanks and armored vehicles is very good, and the casualties of tank soldiers and armored soldiers are not large.
The tanks and armored vehicles destroyed in the battle can be reported to Boss Chen for reimbursement.
The most important thing is that in the battle with the Type A Division, the cost of heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery doubled.
Moreover, by destroying or capturing a Japanese car, tank or armored vehicle, the new group can obtain a car, tank or armored vehicle.
This business is customized according to the standards of the second-line division. If you destroy or seize one Japanese car, tank or armored vehicle of the Class A division, you can obtain two cars, tanks or armored vehicles.
The same applies to cannons with a caliber below 150 mm. If you destroy or capture a Japanese 75 mm mountain cannon, you can obtain two American 75 mm mountain cannons.
In the field of vision of the artillery team, they looked at the burning and destroyed Japanese cars, tanks and armored vehicles.
There are still some tanks and armored vehicles that have not been destroyed and can still be used after being captured, and there is still business in the captured ones.
The Japanese cars that had not been destroyed were all filled with combat supplies.
The corners of Captain Li's mouth turned up slightly. This battle made the new regiment make a fortune!
After hearing Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong came back to his senses and asked: "Old Ding, what did you just say?"
"Let me tell you," Ding Wei said, "Okamura Neji, this old devil, is quite powerful. There are not many people who can come up with this kind of tactics that can make me feel powerful, and this old devil Okamura is one of them."
Ding Wei is also an arrogant person.
However, looking at Li Yunlong's silly expression just now, he couldn't help but curl the corner of his mouth slightly.
This guy still has the same moral character.
Now he is commanding the 50,000-strong main force of the Eighth Route Army in combat. In addition to aircraft, he also has tanks and heavy artillery. He can destroy and seize some pots and jars, which will give this guy a lot of fun.
No matter how rich he is, this kid may never change his stubbornness in his bones.
"This old devil Okamura Neji is nothing."
Captain Li said in a disdainful tone: "No matter how powerful this old devil is, he still won't be fooled by us. Maybe that old devil Okamura Neji is really Boss Chen's senior agent."
Of course, Li Yunlong was joking.
Okamura Neiji, this old devil, still has some skills, otherwise he would not be able to become the commander of the North China Front Army. He even later became the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he was hired by Principal Chang as the secret military advisor of the national army.
However, it is also true that Okamura Neji is being fooled right now.
Kong Jie curled his lips: "If it weren't for the weapons, ammunition and intelligence provided by Boss Chen, Lao Li, how would you fight against Okamura Neji?"
"Ningji Okamura has nearly 200,000 elite Japanese troops in his hands."
"snort."
"As for your former Shinichi Regiment, Neji Okamura randomly sent out a second-line division and wiped you out."
"I said you are a fool." Li Yunlong scolded, "Who the hell are you from? How can you demoralize your damn enemy and destroy your own prestige?"
"Old Li." Kong Jie hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that..."
At this moment, a telegraph reporter came over with a telegram in his hand and gave Li Yunlong a military salute:
"Report to the head of the regiment, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, 2nd Independent Brigade telegram."
Li Yunlong took the telegram, read it, and said: "The 2nd Independent Brigade has evacuated from the ambush position to a safe area."
Although the equipment of the 2nd Independent Brigade has been strengthened, it mainly uses Japanese weapons and equipment, and its artillery firepower is not strong. It is definitely no match for the 26th Division.
What's more, there is a heavy artillery regiment in Datong.
At the beginning, the mission of the 2nd Independent Brigade was to hold off the 26th Division for a few hours.
However, there were some changes in the battlefield situation here. The Japanese escaped with thousands of people and headed towards Datong, so the 2nd Independent Brigade had to evacuate.
"Since there is no independent 2nd Brigade to block the attack." Zhao Gang put down the telescope and said: "Calculating the time, the 26th Division should be arriving soon, right?"
The straight-line distance of the entire ambush battlefield is approximately 7 kilometers.
However, the road is not a straight line and has many curves, so the total length exceeds 10 kilometers.
The New Regiment could have retreated now, but Li Yunlong was reluctant to part with these captures.
It is estimated that only half of the more than 800 trucks of the 1st Division arrived. A few trucks were destroyed, but about half of the trucks were not destroyed.
These trucks are filled with combat supplies.
In addition, the weapons and equipment of the soldiers of the 1st Division are also among the first-class in the Japanese army. After cleaning the battlefield, these weapons, ammunition, and combat materials are transported back and can equip tens of thousands of militia troops.
Why tens of thousands of people?
Because a few militiamen and one gun are enough.
"It should be here soon." Li Yunlong looked at his watch with a stern look on his face, "Let's go meet the 26th Division for a while."
After speaking, Li Yunlong led everyone down the mountain, and then the former enemy headquarters also began to move.
…
After receiving the order from the North China Front Army Headquarters.
The commander of the 26th Division, Kuroda Shigenori, led the 26th Division, Suzuki Regiment and 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment on a rapid march.
It took a full four hours and we were finally approaching the ambush site.
There were still six kilometers to go from the ambush site.
Kuroda Shigenori and Nakazawa Mitsuo were sitting in an armored vehicle. At this time, the armored vehicle was parked on the side of the road. A combat staff officer reported to Kuroda Shigenori:
"Reporting to the division commander, the 1st Infantry Battalion found an enemy ambush position 2 kilometers ahead. However, the enemy has already left. Major Yamada, the captain of the 1st Battalion, judged that the enemy has been away for more than 2 hours and has no less than 5,000 troops."
After Mitsuo Nakazawa returned to the airport by plane, he caught up by car.
The command of the Suzuki Regiment and the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment was taken back from Kuroda Shigenori.
In order to prevent being ambushed, Kuroda Shigenori sent an infantry brigade to explore the road ahead.
According to the fighting habits of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese all knew that in addition to retaining reserves, the Eighth Route Army would also send troops to block attacks.
With such a large formation, the Eighth Route Army must send its main force to block it.
"The eight-pronged blocking troops have left? What's going on?"
Mitsuo Nakazawa frowned suddenly, and there was an unpleasant feeling in his heart. Could it be that the battle was over?
Have the soldiers of the surrounded 1st Division been wiped out?
"Don't worry Nakazawa-kun."
Seeing this, Shigetori Kuroda comforted him: "It's possible that the blocking Eighth Route Army heard the arrival of our 26th Division and ran away in fright. After all, it's only a mere 4,000 or 5,000-number Eighth Route Army. How could it possibly block the front of the 26th Division?" ?”
At noon yesterday, Kuroda Shigenori was still telling Mitsuo Nakazawa that once the 1st Division encounters any situation in northwestern Shanxi, the 26th Division can reinforce it at any time.
Unfortunately, Kuroda Shigenori was right, and the 1st Division needed reinforcements from the 26th Division the next day.
Kuroda Shigetori was also extremely wary of Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi.
It's such a cold day that people can freeze to death outside, but the Eighth Route Army can actually dispatch 50,000 people to ambush?
Just outrageous.
Seeing that Mitsuo Nakazawa still looked gloomy, Kuroda Shigenori said again:
"There are at least 20,000 Locust Army soldiers in the ambush circle. These Locust Army soldiers are the most elite warriors in the empire."
"I believe they will not be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army so easily."
"Nakazawa-kun, you have to cheer up and lead the locust army of the 1st Division to rescue them."
Kuroda Shigenori thought to himself, even if there were 20,000 pigs, it would be impossible to kill them all so quickly, right?
What's more, they are the elite among the more than 20,000 elite soldiers of the Locust Army.
One of the three Japanese reconnaissance planes heading to the battlefield was shot down, and the other two reconnaissance planes had already fled for fear of being shot down.
Therefore, neither Nakazawa Mizuo nor Kuroda Shigenori knew that the battle was coming to an end.
Mitsuo Nakazawa glanced at Kuroda Shigenori speechlessly. He stood and spoke without pain in his back. The people in the ambush circle are not the soldiers of your 26th Division. If they were the soldiers of your 26th Division, you would be more anxious than me.
"Kuroda-kun." Mitsuo Nakazawa said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense and move on."
At this moment, two telegraph soldiers carrying a radio on their backs came to the armored vehicle and reported to Kuroda Shigentoku:
"Division Commander, North China Front Commander Nei Okamura wants to speak to you personally."
"Nani?" Kuroda Shigenori was suddenly startled. It was rare for General Okamura Neji to speak to the division commander Lieutenant General in person.
Kuroda Shigenori immediately stepped out of the armored vehicle, picked up the microphone with one hand and put it to his mouth, and the receiver with the other hand to his ear:
"Moxi Moxi, General, I am Kuroda Shigenori, commander of the 26th Division!"
"Kuroda-kun, where are your troops?"
"Were they blocked by the Eighth Route Army?"
The deep and rich voice of Neji Okamura came from the receiver, but because of the distance, the signal was not very good and the voice was intermittent.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Interceptor Force was frightened away after hearing that our division came for reinforcements."
"Currently, the vanguard of our division is less than 7 kilometers away from the battlefield."
"Our division is clear! Unimpeded!"
Kuroda Shigenori's back was straight and his attitude was very respectful.
Even his immediate superior, Lieutenant General Amakasu Jutaro, the commander of the Mongolian Army, was respectful when facing Okamura Neji.
"Yoshi!"
Okamura Neji said:
"Order your division to rush to the battlefield immediately, but you must pay attention to reconnaissance and don't fall into an ambush by the Eighth Route Army like the 1st Division."
"Hi! Hi!"
Kuroda Shigenori suddenly lowered his head twice at the radio station until he could no longer hear the sound in the receiver, then handed the receiver and microphone to the telegraph soldier.
"What did Commander Okamura say?" Mitsuo Nakazawa asked.
"Commander Okamura ordered our troops to rush to the battlefield immediately." Kuroda Shigenori replied.
Then, Kuroda Shigenori looked at the communications staff officer on the side and said coldly: "Instructions, the 1st Infantry Battalion speeds up and must pay attention to reconnaissance to avoid being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army."
"Hi!"
The communications staff member suddenly lowered his head.
…
Kuroda Shigenori and Okamura Neji don’t know.
The conversation they just had had been monitored by the new group's radio station.
Because the two old devils spoke in Japanese and did not use code words, and they were very close to the headquarters of the new regiment.
Although the soldiers of the New Regiment monitoring the radio were not very good at Japanese, they could roughly understand what the two old devils said.
The telegraph soldier immediately reported the situation to Chief of Staff Wang Dehou.
Then, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong: "Captain, the telecommunications unit just monitored the radio conversation between North China Front Army Commander Okamura Ningji and 26th Division Commander Kuroda Shigenori."
"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he asked, "Have you heard any valuable information?"
"That's not true." Wang Dehou said, "Oh, by the way, Okamura Neji and Kuroda Shigenori don't seem to know that the main force of the 1st Division has been eliminated, and the 26th Division continues to reinforce. Kuroda Shigenori said on the radio, It’s less than 7 kilometers away from us.”
Li Yunlong took the map from Huzi's hand and looked at it, and quickly found the current location of the 26th Division on the map.
"Here." Li Yunlong clicked on the map, "The 26th Division should be here. Are the artillery groups ready to welcome the 26th Division?"
In this battle, 5 regiment-level artillery units alone were used.
They are the heavy artillery battalion, 1st artillery battalion and 2nd artillery battalion of the New Regiment, as well as the artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment and the artillery battalion of the New Second Regiment.
There are more than 200 mountain guns, howitzers and artillery pieces of 75 mm or above, and more than 600 60 mm and 82 mm artillery pieces.
This artillery fire density is not even worse than the European battlefield.
After the battle to ambush the main force of the 1st Division, it was no longer possible to ambush the 26th Division. However, Li Yunlong had already ordered all units to prepare to face the 26th Division.
If it were just the 26th Division, there would be no need for such a large formation.
In addition to the 26th Division, the Japanese troops who came for reinforcements also included the heavy artillery regiment of the 1st Division, the Suzuki Regiment, and the thousands of Japanese who escaped.
In order to buy time for the troops to clean up the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army had to fight with the remnants of the 26th Division and the 1st Division.
"All artillery groups have been prepared."
Wang Dehou nodded:
"The 10 battalions of our regiment have already moved forward, and the observers of each artillery group have arrived at the commanding heights of nearby mountain peaks to guide each artillery group to fire."
"Once the Japs from the 26th Division appear, they will be directly exposed to our artillery fire."
"very good."
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction. With Boss Chen reimbursing the shells, the artillerymen only had to fire with all their might.
(End of chapter)
