Just when the little devils in Gangcun were in panic, thinking that the Eighth Route Army was about to attack Pingjin, no one thought that the Eighth Route Army would fake a shot, bypass Pingjin directly, and capture Shanhaiguan with lightning speed!
Next, the air force escorted, the tanks opened the way, and the artillery drove in one after another, all the way to the hld!
However, this is not over yet. On the northern line, an attack group from the Jinsui base area gathered in Rehe at some unknown time. They captured Chengde in lightning speed, then crossed Rehe and successively captured Pingquan, Lingyuan and other places. Bingfeng pointed directly at Morning sun!
At this time, the little devil finally woke up. The Eighth Route Army's strategic target this time was not North China, but Manchuria!
It's a pity that at this time, the little Japs in North China were basically defeated. The North China Front Army of the Gangcun Japs was reduced to more than 70,000 people in addition to Pingjin City. The Japs in Jizhong and Qilu had been suppressed and eaten by the Eighth Route Army!
Li Yunlong led the Eighth Route Tank Group into two groups, and took away the airports in Pingjin and Tianjin in one wave of raids. The two airports had no time to take off, and more than 70 Japanese fighter planes of various types also became trophies, and Li Yunlong and his troops gathered together. , the little devils surrounding Pingjin were unable to get out, and these two major airports became the frontier airports of the Eighth Route.
Lu Xingguo's Mustang fighter fleet and Jinyang's pilots, with the coordination of Gao Jianwu, arrived quickly in C-47 transport planes, and soon turned this place into a reliable air force base, with more than 200 fighters serving the northern and southern lines. The attack group provided reliable aerial protection!
The brigade commander led the first wave of the 150,000-strong main force of the Eighth Route Army to advance wildly. The follow-up troops of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Regions were more than 300,000 soldiers. An army of 50,000 people, the Eighth Route Army dispatched 500,000 main troops at once!
Coupled with the tank cluster, which was huge for the little devils, and the artillery cluster consisting of hundreds of cannons that appeared in the vanguard, this was another large-scale assembly after the Eighth Route Army's first assembly to attack Yudi.
All kinds of unusual performances convinced the Kwantung Army and the Japs' base camp that this time the Eighth Route Army's target was extraordinary, and it was most likely targeting Manchuria, the heartland of the Japs that had been in business for a long time!
But I understand, I understand, the little Japanese was temporarily disorganized by this wave of attacks. Since the previous defense center was around the Mao Xiong Far Eastern Army, the defense on the southern line was blocked by the North China Front Army. However, I did not expect that the North China Front Army would lose its chain this time. This time the army was defeated like a mountain and could not stop the eight-pronged attack at all.
The entire North China Front was in danger and had no way to protect itself.
The southern barrier of Manchuria was instantly shattered.
hld Although an independent brigade of the Kwantung Army fought hard to defend, it was of no use. Thousands of tanks and artillery fired in unison, and the city wall could not even resist for half a day!
With the cooperation of Bu Tan, the little devil's street fighting also lost its power, and HLD fell again that day. The southern attack group, with the brigade commander as the commander-in-chief and Li Yunlong as the deputy commander-in-chief, left two battalions to clean the battlefield and prepared to attack the enemy. This place was left to the follow-up garrison, but the army did not stop at all and marched all the way directly to the outside of Jinzhou City!
The Western Liaoning Corridor was taken down in one fell swoop. This wave of attacks had a hint of blitzkrieg. The brigade commander's long-term study of large-scale corps operations was very effective!
If it weren't for the needs of the grand strategy, the Brigade Commander and the others might have broken the city that day. After all, they now have more than 50 155mm and 150mm heavy artillery, plus more than a hundred 105mm howitzers. Although the Jinzhou city wall is thick, it can still block the city. How many rounds can this heavy artillery bombard!
At the same time, the Jinsui attack group on the northern line fought all the way to Chaoyang. Although they only brought 75mm mountain artillery and used horses to draw camels on a large scale, they brought a full 5 mountain artillery regiments and equipped each attack group. The super firepower of a mountain artillery regiment could not withstand the bombardment of small towns along the northern line, and the situation was overwhelming along the way, forming a situation where the north and the south were advancing simultaneously.
Under this fierce attack, the Japs' base camp panicked, and the Kwantung Army Japs even panicked!
In order to quickly reinforce the front line and block the Eighth Route Army's attack from Jinzhou and Chaoyang.
The little Japanese Kwantung Army hurriedly transferred all troops from Fengtian to Jinzhou and Chaoyang for reinforcements.
On the northern front, an independent Japanese brigade and more than 10,000 Manchurian puppet troops from Fuxin, as well as an independent brigade composed of gendarmerie brigades from several surrounding counties and Manchurian puppet troops, rushed to Chaoyang day and night;
On the southern front, Shengjing's two Japanese divisions and more than 30,000 Manchurian puppet troops set out at night, almost wiping out Shengjing. Except for the remaining military police brigade of more than a thousand people and the puppet Manchukuo police, Shengjing was suppressed. Time is extremely empty.
At the same time, the Japanese garrison brigades and regiments in Yingkou, Anshan, Liaoyang, Benxi and other places were also reorganized and rushed to assemble near Jinzhou. The Japanese garrison in Ningguta behind Fengtian was also dispatched, except for the military police brigade left to suppress the local area. , all the field troops moved forward to Fengtian to fill the vacancies left by the Japanese garrison in Shengjing and other places after their attack!
For a time, the Kwantung Army's Japs moved most of the main 22 divisions to Fengtian. Two divisions and two brigades of the Puppet Manchukuo Army were assembled on the northern front, preparing to block the Chaoyang front line.
As many as 13 divisions on the southern front gathered in Fengtian. Among them, 7 reorganized divisions were attracted near Jinzhou, as well as the main force of more than 30,000 Manchu puppet troops. Six divisions were assembled around Shengjing to prepare for the southern line with the Eighth Route. Attack the swarm and fight to the death!
But in this way, the Kwantung Army's mobile divisions were all mobilized. Except for leaving 6 divisions in the northern Black Province to defend the Far East Bear, Ningguta in the middle had almost no extra field strength to deal with unexpected events.
Gao Jianwu is in control of the little devil's transfer situation, and he is patiently waiting for the opportunity.
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"Brigadier Commander, seven divisions of Japanese reinforcements have arrived one after another. Should we start serving?" Li Yunlong has been itching to hear the news of the continuous arrival of reinforcements from the Japanese every day, and he has to ask almost every day. Ask when to start.
"Let's do it tonight! Eat the Third Division of the Little Japanese Chariots first!" The brigade commander who always dealt with Li Yunlong did not refuse this time and directly gave the answer.
"Ah? Brigadier, what you said is true. When will we start? I'll go back and prepare right away!" Li Yunlong's mouth nearly burst into laughter when he heard this.
Considering Li Yunlong's big-mouthed nature, the brigade commander did not issue orders at important points throughout the battle. Instead, he ordered the troops to enter a battle-ready state, and the specific combat missions were notified only at short notice, which greatly enhanced the confidentiality of the troops.
More than 400 tanks were dispatched first. This time their original version was different. The T-59 tank that was exploded after Gao Jianwu upgraded to level 7 could not be produced for a while, but the night vision device on it was first exploded by Gao Jianwu. Sets were taken out directly and let Jinyang Heavy Industry assemble them for use on T-34 and Sherman tanks, giving the tanks the ability to fight at night.
This time the target of the tank attack group was the 3rd Little Devil Tank Division, which consisted of the 5th Tank Brigade (8th and 12th Tank Brigade) and the 6th Tank Brigade (13th and 17th Tank Brigade). Regiment) The 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment, the rapid-fire artillery team directly under the division, the 3rd Mobile Artillery Regiment, etc. have about 300 tanks, plus 40 armored anti-tank gun carriages and 12 75mm anti-tank field guns. and 12 howitzers.
There is no doubt that these weapons of the little devil are as useless as a blind man touching an elephant at night and have no field combat capability.
The Third Tank Division of the Little Devils can be said to be the core and main force of the reinforcements! Of course, they were the primary target of the Brigadier's care. Following Gao Jianwu's guidance, the Brigadier decided to deal with them at night.
As the deputy commander-in-chief, Li Yunlong had already seized the command of the tank attack group and charged into the battle, and this time was no exception.
Although he has been prohibited from participating in the battle directly, Li Yunlong set up his headquarters on a tank and followed the tank group to the battlefield to command.
The battle started under the bombardment of two 105mm howitzer battalions. The tank attack group was dispatched with a bang and rushed towards the headquarters of the Third Division of Little Devil Chariots that had just arrived.
"Damn, this is so exciting! Move forward, move forward!" Sitting in the last tank, looking at the flames in the distance, the 105th Howitzer Battalion set the camp of the Little Devil Chariot on fire. Li Yunlong I screamed with excitement!
Since Gao Jianwu introduced tanks to the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong was playing around the tanks like crazy, and Sun Desheng was constantly harassed by Li Yunlong. However, Lao Li seemed to have some knowledge about tanks, but he didn't know anything about them, and he never learned how to drive them. .
Otherwise, there really aren't many people who can stop Lao Li from driving a tank on the battlefield!
"Captain, we can't go any further. Otherwise, I won't be allowed to drive the tank." The tank commander is a soldier of the old independent regiment, and his name is Li Yunlong as before.
"Legitimate? That's when you're in charge of your own life. When labor comes to the battlefield, labor and capital are the biggest!" Li Yunlong's eyes widened.
"Captain, please don't embarrass me. There is a radio in the car. How about I call the chief officer and you tell the chief officer?" The tank commander seemed to be a veteran who understood the game of "who is the biggest". He shut up Li Yunlong with a decisive sentence. When I spoke, I could only watch from the outside as the entire tank group pounced on the little devil.
The Japs camp was in chaos. The violently exploding shells occasionally lifted up vehicles or bodies of Japs. Occasionally, tanks were hit by cannons and were directly torn open. The crispy Japs tanks could not withstand the bombardment of 105 howitzer shells. , but this opportunity is very rare, so each tank team of the Little Devils seizes the opportunity to get on the vehicle and start maneuvering to avoid the artillery attack.
However, the tank attack group, which was charging like an overwhelming sea, began to slow down after approaching the chaotic chariot camp of the little devil. The gunner looked for the target through the night vision scope.
Soon he found a Little Japanese Type 95 tank heading towards him. In the dark night, this little Japanese chariot had no idea that a prey was already targeting them, so it foolishly rushed forward.
"Add 5 to high and low, 15 mi to the left! Release!" the gunner shouted loudly. The gunner of the tank next to him quickly adjusted his angle and then fired violently!
The tank's muzzle was blazing with fire, and a shell hit the Little Japanese Type 95 tank opposite!
Peng's "Little Devil" Type 95 tank was shot in the front, and then exploded with a bang. The top of half of the Type 95 tank was almost lifted off by the shell!
This kind of little devil light tank, commonly known as Doudin, is almost completely defenseless. It rushes out like a headless corpse and then stops after a certain distance. The little devil inside has naturally turned into a pile of meat!
After taking down a small tank in the first firing, the gunner grinned and started looking for the next prey without any unnecessary celebration.
The night vision devices provided by Gao Jianwu were nothing in the time and space he came from, but in this era they are top-notch night-fighting aids, giving the T-34 and Sherman tanks an extra pair of eyes at night. The Japanese tanks were captured one after another and blasted away!
This kind of self can hit the enemy, but the enemy is like a blind man, unable to see himself. Everyone in the tank group was so happy that some ruthless people simply drove the tanks to the two tanks of the little devils, about 300 meters away to "roll call". At such a distance, the little devils could only see their opponents in imitation of Huhu. Many times they are killed without even having time to aim.
The battle was carried out in a one-sided situation. By the time the senior officers of the Little Devil Tank Division realized that the momentum was wrong and wanted to scatter and escape, it was already too late. More than 400 tanks swarmed in and had already surrounded them. Even if you try to escape, you can't find an opening now!
With overwhelming advantages such as numerical superiority, technological superiority, and artillery superiority, the Little Devil's chariot division could not survive even two hours, and was almost completely annihilated!
As for the tank attack group, there were only a few tanks that had to be temporarily withdrawn from the battle due to battle damage and needed to be repaired. Most of them had tracks that were luckily hit by the Japs who fired randomly. Replacing the tracks could restore combat capabilities.
After eliminating the tank division that was the biggest threat to the Japs, the tank cluster was divided into two. One part formed an infantry tank together with the infantry to attack the Japs' reorganized division, and the other part pounced on the detected Japs artillery position like lightning!
According to the strategy that Gao Jianwu negotiated with the brigade commander before the war, after waiting for the Japs reinforcements to arrive near Jinzhou, he would first eat the chariot division that was the most threatening Japs, and then the main force would launch a fierce attack on the reinforcements!
When Li Yunlong commanded his troops to kill the Japs chariot division and reported the battle situation to the brigade commander, the brigade commander was no longer silent except for leaving two attack groups to guard the Jinzhou Japs.
The remaining main forces launched with all their strength and launched a simultaneous attack on the Jaap reinforcements in a stretch of more than 20 kilometers near Jinzhou!
In an instant, artillery, tanks and other heavy weapons opened fire, aiming at the camp location of the imp reinforcements to attack.
The Little Japs, who were totally lacking preparations for night battles, were stunned. The entire army of the two Little Japs divisions next to the Chariot Division was raided, causing huge losses. General Yamada Otsuzo, who was personally commanding the Little Japs frontline headquarters, was about to lose control. , decisively ordered the remaining Japs who had not yet engaged in the battle to retreat twenty miles!
This prevented the entire front from collapsing. After a night of fighting, the Little Devil Chariot Division and the two adjacent reorganized divisions were almost completely wiped out!
The Grand Brigadier and Li Yunlong took the lead in the first battle and gained the opportunity to win!
Yamada Otsuzo was naturally unwilling to fail. On the next day, he ordered the Kwantung Army's small Japanese air force to go out in full force and prepare to bomb the main force of the brigade commander and Li Yunlong's attack group.
However, the Kwantung Army Air Force encountered the prepared air force attack group led by Lu Xingguo. More than 100 Mustang fighter jets faced more than 200 little Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, and directly engaged in a head-on air battle!
Facts have proved that when the eight-way pilots who grew up flew Mustang fighters, they were still invincible against the Kwantung Army's Nakajima-1 flying division, supplemented by Hayate fighters.
Lu Xingguo and the others took full advantage of the Mustang fighter jets. In an aerial battle, they almost completely disabled the Little Japanese Flying Division!
The air battle achieved a brilliant result of 5:1. This battle directly added no fewer than ten ace pilots to the Eighth Route Pilots!
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Let the main force of the Kwantung Army Air Force be dispersed in one fell swoop.
So in the next battle, the Little Japanese ground army division not only had to face the ravages of tank attack groups and artillery attack groups, they also had to face indiscriminate bombings from Lu Xingguo and the others in the air!
The seven divisions that arrived at the Jinzhou front line were almost defeated within three days!
This forced the little devils to further concentrate the troops around Shengjing in an attempt to hold on to Shengjing!
As for Jinzhou, they had lost confidence and allowed the brigade commander and the others to blast Jinzhou away with artillery fire. Then, with the assistance of tanks, the infantry and tanks worked together to kill the little devils in the city one by one!
At the same time, Chaoyang's northern Jinsui attack group also completed the fight against the Japanese reinforcements, captured Chaoyang, and directed its troops towards Fuxin City.
The severe situation allowed the Kwantung Army to squeeze out the last main force and assemble around Shengjing, and reorganized two divisions and one brigade of reinforcements from the little devils stationed on the Goryeo Peninsula to go north to support Starry Night. According to their itinerary, It will take more than a week to arrive at the border of Longchuan County.
Gao Jianwu's intelligence system received the news immediately and knew that the long-awaited opportunity had arrived.
"Gao, we don't agree with your risky plan. Even if you want to launch an attack on the Japs, we should focus on attacking the front lines of Mudanjiang and Jixi JMS and advance slowly. You can get our effective logistical support." General Vasilev, commander of Mao Xiong's Far East After hearing the target of Gao Jianwu's attack, he jumped out and objected.
Because in his opinion, Gao Jianwu's plan to bypass the Black Province, enter directly from Yanbian, and use surprise troops to capture Spring City in the North was a terrible plan.
If only tens of thousands of people like Gao Jianwu entered the heartland of the Kwantung Army, they would probably be swallowed up quickly by the opponent. Gao Jianwu's behavior would simply ruin this partial army.
"Thank you for your concern, General Vasilev, we have our own plan and we will work hard for victory." Gao Jianwu said with a smile.
"When we enter Ninggu Pagoda, our logistics can be completely captured! So please don't worry about us."
This time Gao Jianwu didn't get many good things from Mao Xiong. In addition to 200 trucks, 40 T-34 tanks and 50 76mm howitzers were considered hard goods.
However, Gao Jianwu didn't care very much. Half of the troops he led came from old acquaintances from the original Daqingshan base area. For the convenience of supply, they used almost a full set of Japanese weapons this time.
There are two artillery battalions composed of two 75mm mountain artillery battalions and one 105mm howitzer battalion, plus the two artillery battalions composed of the 50-meter 76mm howitzers brought from Mao Xiong. There are a total of 5 artillery battalions.
Over a hundred artillery pieces of 75mm or above seem a bit weak compared to the southern front, but don't forget, Gao Jianwu is here now.
As a walking arsenal, Gao Jianwu can bring hundreds of new artillery pieces to this rare force every minute.
So it's no surprise that when Gao Jianwu formed this team, he directly asked for 10 artillery battalions.
Even though there are still 5 artillery battalions with only infantry weapons, they have become escorts following the artillery battalions.
Gao Jianwu, who had a plan in advance, declined General Vasilev's advice and led the Eastern Front attack group to unexpectedly break through the weak point of Huichun. The guards of a brigade of the Little Devils were caught off guard and were beheaded by Song Tiecheng's assault brigade. This made Gao Jianwu successfully attacked the main force of the Japs and captured the entire weapons depot.
Successfully added a new 75mm mountain artillery battalion and a 105mm artillery battalion to the Eastern Front Attack Group, as well as a large amount of ammunition supplies.
Not only did the consumption of the entire battle be replenished, there was also a large amount of surplus.
Then they marched more than a hundred miles in a day and night, leaving behind many Jaap strongholds and appearing directly at the foot of Yanbian City. At this moment, Yanbian had just transferred troops, leaving an unsatisfied regiment of garrison defenders, and faced little resistance. The online attack group once again captured this key node city.
After making numerous seizures, the Eastern Front Attack Group stayed here to rest for a day. A battalion of the Anti-Japanese Alliance quickly gathered the old troops and local residents to expand into a reinforced regiment. With Gao Jianwu leaving behind the weapons and equipment of a brigade, their mission Just stick to this point.
The east-line attack group marched along the westward railway line, singing loudly along the way, sweeping away the little devils on both sides of the railway line. For the little devils at the squad level and squadron level along the way, the east-line attack group sent out a An advance team of the main battalion took care of everything, and the team reached Jiaohe River within three days! ,
"Iron Hammer, your goal is to completely capture the Fengman Reservoir. You can't let the little devil jump over the wall and destroy the reservoir power station facilities! This is the power facility we must obtain, so be careful!"
Facing the first target that must be secured, Gao Jianwu was very cautious. He directly sent his trump card to complete the task.
"Understood! We will do our best to ensure that the power station is completely captured!" Song Tiecheng is now very aware of Gao Jianwu's behavior habits and also understands the significance of the power station.
After following Gao Jianwu for a long time, Song Tiecheng understood that power stations are a necessary facility for all factories, which is equivalent to the blood of the factory.
And before going into battle, Gao Jianwu had already designated a combat goal for their assault brigade, which was to seize more than 20 key factories here!
Plump Reservoir is one of them!
Song Tiecheng's assault brigade very carefully sneaked into the vicinity of the reservoir and squatted there for more than an hour to observe.
I found that there were actually not too many guards here. A team of little devils patrolled the dam, and there was another team patrolling the power station around the power station.
There are two checkpoints on the dams at both ends of the power station, each with a team of little Japanese guards stationed there.
This kind of defensive strength makes the assault brigade feel like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
After observing the enemy's situation, Song Tiecheng did not hesitate. With a wave of his hand, the ten combat groups of the first detachment immediately began to split up. They each sneaked into different parts of the power station, waiting for Song Tiecheng to send a signal and attack simultaneously to capture the power station.
