Northern Shaanxi.
Qiulin Town.
Jinsui Army Operations Hall.
"How is the current situation of the war?"
The commander of the second theater, Yan Xishan, walked quickly into the operations hall under the protection of several elite guards, looked around at everyone and asked.
"Report to the Commander."
A combat staff officer saluted Yan Xishan: "Currently, the Japanese 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade have withdrawn."
"Oh?" Yan Xishan's eyes lit up slightly, "The Japanese army was repelled by our army?"
"It's not that the Japanese army was repelled, it was that the Japanese army retreated on its own initiative." The combat staff replied: "According to inside information, the Eighth Route Army ambushed the main force of the Japanese 1st Division in northwest Shanxi. It is estimated that the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade will withdraw. Go and reinforce the 1st Division."
"What do you mean?" Yan Xishan suddenly opened his eyes wide, "The Eighth Route Army ambushed the main force of the 1st Division?"
"Yes!"
The combat staff replied affirmatively.
Yan Xishan asked: "Why don't you report such a big thing to me?"
The combat staff officer said with some fear: "Commander, you were taking a nap just now, so... you didn't dare to disturb me."
Yan Xishan glared at the combat staff officer fiercely and asked, "Is there a current war situation in northwest Shanxi?"
"Not yet." The combat staff replied, "But the intelligence department is doing its best to collect intelligence on the battlefield in northern Shanxi."
"How long has the Japanese army been retreating?" Yan Xishan asked.
"About more than 2 hours." The combat staff replied. Without Yan Xishan's order, the Shanxi-Sui army units would not dare to pursue rashly. It would be tragic if they were ambushed by the Japanese army.
"More than 2 hours..."
"Is there any movement from the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi?"
Yan Xishan asked, squinting his eyes and thinking for a while.
"Commander, according to the latest intelligence." The intelligence staff on the side replied, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi is gathering, and the target is unknown."
This time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi did not assemble secretly, but assembled and marched in a swaggering manner.
It was deliberately shown to the Japanese, so the intelligence department of the Jinsui Army also received relevant information.
Yan Xishan narrowed his eyes again: "The Eighth Route Army must be planning to attack Taiyuan and Yangquan to support Li Yunlong in northwest Shanxi."
"Give me the order!"
"The 4th Cavalry Division and the infantry divisions will immediately advance toward Taiyuan."
"If the Eighth Route Army wants to attack Taiyuan, our Jinsui Army will help!"
Yan Xishan spoke in a harsh tone.
Several staff officers looked at each other with surprised expressions on their faces.
Did you hear that right?
Commander Yan actually wants to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army?
If it were before, when the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army were fighting lively in northwest and southeast Shanxi, Yan Xishan would never help anyone.
It feels like you are strong enough to be strong, and the breeze blows on the hills.
Although he failed to reap the benefits, Yan Xishan was happy to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers.
Especially after the Eighth Route Army has grown stronger in the past two years, large-scale battles with the Japanese army have become more frequent.
But this time the Japanese army took the initiative to attack the Jinsui Army, which also angered Yan Xishan.
Since Yoshio Iwamatsu is unkind, don't blame me, Yan, for being unjust!
Even if Taiyuan cannot be captured, Yan Xishan still has to express his attitude. If you dare to attack the Jinsui Army, little devil, then I, Mr. Yan, will not let you, little devil, have an easy time.
"All Jinsui troops attack?" The combat staff officer was slightly stunned.
"What?" Yan Xishan glanced over with sharp eyes and asked, "Is there any problem?"
"no problem!"
The combat staff straightened up quickly, turned around and walked towards the telecommunications room.
…
Southeast Shanxi.
Liao County.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
As soon as the war started in northwestern Shanxi, even the air in southeastern Shanxi was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
At present, the main forces of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade have assembled along Baijin Road and Heliao Highway towards Taiyuan and Yangquan to prevent the main force of the First Army from going north to reinforce the 1st Division.
At this time, the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the First Army were retreating from Luliang Mountain.
The number of Japanese troops stationed in Taiyuan was only over 10,000, and the 37th Division stationed in Yangquan was only about 10,000.
Last time, the Japanese 37th Division was killed by the New Regiment. More than 4,000 people were killed, and they were still combat troops. They killed elites, so the 37th Division only had about 10,000 people.
At this time, the personnel at the Eighth Route Army headquarters were busy, and the radio station in the telegraph room kept ticking.
Telegrams indicating that all military regions were on standby were sent to the headquarters.
However, the head of the headquarters is most concerned about the situation in northwest Shanxi.
"Based on intelligence."
"The Japanese 26th Division and the First Division of the 1st Division have been setting off from Datong for four hours to reinforce northwest Shanxi."
"Li Yunlong arranged for the 2nd Independent Brigade and 2 to 3 battalions to block the Japanese reinforcements."
In the war room, the chief of staff was reporting the current situation to the head of the headquarters.
"How many troops does the 26th Division plus part of the 1st Division have?"
The chief nodded and asked solemnly.
The chief of staff replied: "The strength of the 26th Division is about 15,000 men, and the strength of the first division of the 1st Division is an infantry regiment, plus a heavy artillery regiment, totaling more than 20,000 men."
"Twenty thousand people?"
"Is there a heavy artillery regiment?"
The chief narrowed his eyes, frowned slightly, and said in a worried tone:
"Then this battle..."
Although Li Yunlong sent out the 2nd Independent Brigade and three battalions to block the attack, the enemy had a heavy artillery regiment, plus the artillery regiment of the 26th Division.
That's two artillery regiments, and the artillery firepower of the 2nd Independent Brigade is not strong. How can it withstand the artillery firepower of the Japanese reinforcements?
"If the place where the 2nd Independent Brigade is blocking the attack is not far from the battlefield." The chief of staff stared at the map and said, "Then the artillery firepower of the artillery battalions of the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment should be able to support the 2nd Independent Brigade."
Although the head of the headquarters agreed to Li Yunlong's combat plan.
However, the details of the combat plan must be summarized in thousands of words, and it is impossible to send them by telegram.
Therefore, the head of the headquarters did not know the location of the independent 2nd Brigade to block the attack, and Li Yunlong was planning to use iron rolling tactics to clear out the Japanese in the ambush circle.
Judging from the current situation, the situation of the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army's ambush unit is not particularly good.
Once the Japanese 26th Division and part of the 1st Division break through the defense line of the 2nd Independent Brigade, the Japanese reinforcements can join the main force of the 1st Division.
In this way, it would be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to eliminate the main force of the 1st Division.
after all.
There are nearly 30,000 elite Japanese troops in the encirclement. It is definitely not that easy to eliminate these nearly 30,000 Japanese troops.
Even if there are 30,000 pigs, Li Yunlong and others cannot kill them all in a short time, not to mention that these are nearly 30,000 elite Japanese troops.
Moreover, there were still less than 50,000 people to ambush nearly 30,000 people, and the troops were not that abundant.
Just when the head of the headquarters was worried about Li Yunlong and the others, a headquarters telegraph soldier walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand.
He gave a military salute: "Report to the leader, a new regiment of electrical power!"
"Jie Dian?" The chief was slightly stunned, thinking he heard wrongly, and asked again, "Jie Dian or JD?"
"I'm sorry, chief, I made a mistake." The telegraph soldier said hurriedly, "It's a good news!"
"Good news?"
The expressions on the faces of the chief and chief of staff showed suspicion.
It's only been a few hours since the war started, where's the good news?
"read!"
The chief waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" The telegraph soldier picked up the telegram and read out: "At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, our unit was ordered to ambush the Japanese 1st Division. Except for the more than 5,000 Japanese troops who escaped, after nearly 5 hours of fighting, they completely wiped out 2 people in the encirclement. There were more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and they repelled the Japanese reinforcements and captured a lot of goods. Li Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the enemy in northwestern Shanxi."
"What?" The leader was a little disbelieving, "Is this...the battle over?"
The chief of staff added: "Not only is the battle over, but the Japanese reinforcements have also been repulsed."
There was also a deep sense of disbelief in the chief of staff's expression and eyes.
Even though more than 5,000 Japanese troops escaped, there were still more than 20,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement, and they were all wiped out in a few hours?
Isn't this too fast?
The leader regained his composure in an instant: "Immediately send a telegram back to Li Yunlong, confirm with him, and ask him how he did it?"
The chief of staff drafted a telegram, and after the chief signed his name, he gave it to the telegraph corps for dispatch.
About half an hour later, the telegraph soldier came in again with a telegram and gave a military salute:
"Report to the chief, Commander Li has called back."
This time, the chief personally took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and read it.
After reading the telegram, the commander's face showed the original expression: "So that's it. I asked you how you killed more than 20,000 elite Japanese troops so quickly."
"What is it?" The chief of staff had an extremely curious look on his face. He really couldn't imagine that the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese elites in a few hours.
After a pause, the chief of staff asked again: "Did Li Yunlong call for air support?"
Apart from this, the chief of staff can't think of any other solution for the time being.
Unless Boss Chen provides air support, 30 bombers and 10 fighter planes can kill a full Japanese regiment in a few minutes.
Fifty or sixty fighter jets and twenty or thirty bombers were dispatched, and almost 10,000 Japanese were killed in one round.
Then the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi fired a single blast from hundreds of cannons, and the infantry pressed up and the battle was settled.
This way, it would be possible to resolve the battle within a few hours.
"That's not the case." The chief smiled, "This kid Li Yunlong used the tactics invented by that old devil Neji Okamura."
"The tactic invented by Neji Okamura?" the chief of staff looked stunned, "What tactic?"
The chief asked: "Man, do you still remember the large-scale raid on our Jizhong Military Region launched by Okamura Neji a few months ago?"
"Iron roll mopping up tactics?" The chief of staff showed a trace of recollection on his face first, and then suddenly said, "Li Yunlong used iron rolling mopping up tactics?"
"That's right!"
"Li Yunlong first surrounded the main Japs force of the 1st Division with the main force of infantry, and then used cavalry, tanks and armored vehicles to roll back and forth within the encirclement."
"Although the front was too stretched, more than 5,000 Japanese escaped from the encirclement."
"But the reserve team blocked the gap in time, used more than 800 artillery pieces to bombard them, and then used iron rolling mopping tactics to eliminate the remaining enemies within a few hours."
After reading the telegram, the leader read the contents of the telegram sent by Li Yunlong one by one.
The battle line was too long and the terrain was not suitable for a large-scale ambush. There was nothing that could be done about the enemy running away thousands of people.
The chief and chief of staff did not blame Li Yunlong for this.
Because it was an extremely rare victory to capture the main force of the 1st Division.
The Eighth Route Army used 105 regiments and 200,000 troops to fight in the Hundred Regiments War. After several months of fighting, they only killed more than 20,000 Japanese.
But now within a few hours, more than 20,000 Japanese were killed.
However, even if the firepower of the 105 regiments in the Hundred Regiment War were added up, it would still be far less powerful than the new regiment today.
Moreover, those killed this time were all the elites of the Japanese Army's real Class A divisions. The Japs killed in the Hundred Regiment War were basically Japs from the second-line troops.
"Well done!"
The chief of staff crossed his arms and sounded extremely happy:
"This kid Li Yunlong, although he never went to a military academy, is really talented in fighting. No matter what kind of difficulties he faces, he can always think of a solution."
Not only the chief of staff, but also the operational staff at the headquarters had extremely excited expressions on their faces.
"Yes." The chief nodded, "This boy is really talented in fighting. If this boy had entered Huangpu in the early years, he would have been even more incredible."
"However," the chief of staff said, "Li Yunlong has learned a lot of military theoretical knowledge in the past two years. Combining theory with practice, his military quality is no worse than that of Huangpu students. In addition, in terms of combat record against the Japanese, Li Yunlong is better than most Huangpu students. Life must be strong.”
"That's true..." the chief nodded, "Brother, you immediately draft three telegrams. The first telegram is sent to YA to report on the great victory in northwest Shanxi. The second telegram commends Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, as well as the entire Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi. Soldiers, the third telegram is a clear telegram sent to the military and civilians across the country."
Although they failed to completely annihilate the 1st Division, wiping out the main force of the 1st Division was definitely an incredible victory.
It is worthy of national celebration and vigorous publicity.
"good."
The chief of staff just thought for a moment and had an idea in mind, so he picked up paper and pen and started drafting the telegram.
Seeing the chief of staff acting like a dragon and a snake, the corners of the chief's mouth turned up slightly.
In this battle, Li Yunlong must have done business with Boss Chen again, killing more than 20,000 Japs from the Class A division. No need to guess, the leader knew that the price must be very good.
Coupled with the captured Japanese weapons and equipment, this time the Eighth Route Army was able to increase its strength.
The weapons and equipment of the Japs in the Class A Division are top-notch.
Li Yunlong will take the initiative to hand over half of the weapons and equipment earned from the business to the headquarters.
From this battle, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters will definitely make a fortune.
Thinking of this, the chief smiled and added: "By the way, remember to congratulate Li Yunlong on his fortune."
"Know!"
The chief of staff smiled.
The combat advisers nearby also laughed.
The meme "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is an old tradition of the Eighth Route Army.
A combat staff officer smiled and said: "Then the main force of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade, do you want to withdraw?"
"Yes." The leader nodded, "Immediately order the main forces of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade to withdraw to the base."
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(Something happened at the beginning of this month, which caused my status to be very poor and my updates to be slow. But fortunately, I have gotten over it. I will try my best to resume updating 6,000 words a day next month. I will take about 2 days off every month and write every day. My brain is really tired.)
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