That is to say, the 62nd Division did not mobilize the main force of the ambush in the eastern mountainous area and returned to the battlefield in Hubei County. It's just that some Japanese troops who are the backbone of the army were transferred. In this way, it is equivalent to throwing this Japanese puppet army alone in the eastern mountains of Hubei. Of course, being alone is not advantageous in terms of strategic posture, at least in terms of strategic posture.

However, the chief of staff of the 62nd Division insisted that it was impossible for the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army to be able to eat these thousands of Japanese puppet troops who had already seized advantageous terrain. Although the puppet army from the Jin Sui Army is not strong in combat effectiveness as a whole, there are still certain methods in defense.

In addition, although part of the Japanese army was withdrawn, a complete infantry brigade was still retained in the eastern mountainous area, and reinforced artillery provided fire support and supervised the battle, even if 10,000 roads were taken, it was estimated that it would not be helpless. At that time, as long as you can solve this aspect of Hubei County, you can free up your hands and turn around and go back to rescue them.

On the battlefield of Shanxi, the Imperial Army resisted the attack of more than ten times the strength of the eight routes with a small squad and a small number of puppet troops on more than one occasion. It's just that the Japanese staff officers who formulated this plan forgot that their squad could resist the attack of a battalion on the Eighth Route.

That's not because they can fight, it's because of the lack of support firepower and the shortage of ammunition, and even * don't have many eight-way, unless they use people to pile up, those reinforced concrete bunkers. And this kind of battle, generally Balu will think that this is more than worth the loss, and attack the opponent's strengths with their own shortcomings, and often give up.

The Eighth Route Army has always been calculated in wars, and battles in which the amount of ammunition captured is less than the amount consumed are usually considered to be a loss and will not be fought easily. And because of the lack of ammunition, what is even more lacking is the offensive weapon, so it is generally not easy to fight the offensive battle. Some units do not have a few machine guns in a regiment, how can this attack be fought?

Removing the layer of turtle shells that often made Hachiro helpless, their squad would be swallowed to the point that there would be no scum left. But this staff officer didn't think of this, but stubbornly thought that since the Eighth Road sometimes, he couldn't help a team. Then thousands of days of puppet army together, the Eighth Road is even more helpless.

And on the side of Hubei County, Li Ziyuan was bold enough to stick to the county seat. This is a department that has always been capturing Li Ziyuan, but has never been able to catch Li Ziyuan. This time, Li Ziyuan was finally caught, and the 62nd Division, which was too excited, thought that this kind of operation would definitely solve the problem by itself, and it would definitely be resolved quickly.

Even the Japanese puppet army, which was left behind to help in the eastern mountains, was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. But as long as they can hold on for some time, they will be able to buy enough time for this side to solve the problem. When the time comes, the troops encircling and annihilating Li Ziyuan will advance eastward quickly, and they can also outflank the back road of the Eighth Road. At that time, the main force of the Eighth Route in the Taihang Mountains will be completely defeated in one go.

In fact, this judgment of the 62nd Division cannot all be wrong, but it is a little too wishful thinking. The development and change of the entire battle plan were carried out according to one's own expectations. The changes in the opponent have never been calculated into the evolution of the enemy's situation and the battle situation.

It's just that the 62nd Division made an error in judgment and wishfully believed that the Eighth Route would not fight such a hard-fought battle. will think that he has solved the convulsion, and suddenly stuck to the county seat of Li Ziyuan's department, which can be said to be a pinch. Even if there is an abnormality in the eastern mountainous area, it can be quickly rescued at any time.

But he didn't expect that the chief of staff, who took over as the commander of the Taihang Military Region, really grasped the fighter this time, and really came out once. And this battle not only failed to solve Li Ziyuan's department, but he was also tossed by Li Ziyuan, almost half of the casualties. When there was a problem on the eastern front, there was simply no way to send reinforcements.

After Li Ziyuan dragged away most of the surrounding Japanese puppet troops, the military region commanded the main force to seize the fighters. The strength of the 11 regiments was concentrated, with the cooperation of the 1st Independent Regiment of the Ludong Army Division, which was held on the inner line, and the 13th and 14th regiments of the 3rd Division, which were transferred to support Ludong. launched an attack on the Japanese puppet army that was originally on the front line of the ambush Qiaokou and was preparing to ambush Li Ziyuan's department.

These Japanese puppet soldiers think that what they are doing is very hidden. But this is the old base of the entire Ludong Eighth Route Army, where can the Japanese puppet army with 3,000 young people avoid the eyes of the Eighth Route Army? Although they were very hidden, they did not even alarm the surrounding people during the ambush. However, the day after the Japanese puppet army arrived here, the Ludong Army Division received information.

Li Ziyuan transferred most of the Japanese puppet army to the west and completely isolated the Japanese puppet army. With the ability of the chief of staff who is currently serving as the commander of the military district, will it not be able to grasp this fighter there? If it weren't for the delay in mobilizing troops, I'm afraid that the eastern mountainous area of Hubei would have started long ago.

Just when Major General Nakajima Tokutaro launched a general attack on Hubei County. The Japanese puppet army that was ambushed there was also facing a general attack on the whole front by the main force of the military region. The main force of the military region was under the command of the Ludong Army Sub-district with the strength of three regiments, and cooperated with the Ludong Independent Regiment and the local armed forces in Hubei and Ludong counties to pinn down and besiege more than 800 Japanese troops.

With most of the troops, the artillery of the military region was reinforced, focusing on the puppet security independent division on the southern front, as well as two Japanese squadrons. Under the siege of the main force of the military region, after eight hours of fierce fighting, except for more than 300 Japanese troops under the cover of artillery fire, they desperately tore a hole in the local armed positions in the northwest and fled to Pingchuan.

The puppet security independent division was completely annihilated by the main force of the military region in the Qiaokou area. The division commander of the division was killed, three regiment commanders were killed, one was wounded and one was captured, most of the more than 3,000 puppet troops were captured, and a small part was killed. Most of the materials carried by the Japanese puppet army were captured by the main force of the military region.

During this battle, more than 100 light and heavy machine guns were captured by the main force of the military region. The seized ammunition and other supplies were piled up. Only 1,000 Type 38 rifles manufactured in Japan were seized, as well as a large number of Jin-made rifles and Jin-made 79 rifles. Two Jin-made Trinity old-fashioned mountain guns, and two Jin-made mortars.

More than half of the Japanese troops involved in the ambush suffered casualties, and a reinforced heavy machine-gun squadron was completely annihilated. The Japanese army participated in the battle, one squadron of mountain artillery, one independent mortar, and one wing artillery squadron were also all eliminated. It's a pity that the Japanese army blew up most of the mountain artillery before they fled, and the troops of the military region only captured one Type 94 mountain cannon and two mortars.

In this battle against the Japanese puppet army, the artillery handed over by Li Ziyuan last year can be said to have played a decisive role. Several clusters of the Japanese puppet army were scattered by these artillery. No matter how stubborn the puppet army resisted, as soon as the shells landed, they surrendered as soon as they came.

The puppet army was defeated first, and the remaining Japanese army, which was divided into two parts, became a lonely tree. The 13th Regiment, which was the first to start, after touching the artillery in a beautiful night raid, the strength of resistance also dropped significantly. Without artillery support, it was obvious that the Japanese were struggling to support.

At this time, compared with the July 7 Incident and when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, both the quality of officers and soldiers had a relatively large decline. In particular, the quality of the 62 nd Division, which was originally an independent mixed brigade and expanded into a division and regiment, has declined even more sharply.

Graduates of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school are no longer allocated at the moment. In the divisions and regiments that have been repeatedly mobilized, most of the officers are very old reserve officers, and the soldiers are mainly reservists who have re-enlisted. Not only is they a little older, but with the drag of their families, their desperate heart is far less than that of those young soldiers back then.

Although the decline in military quality is not too much, after all, the strictness of the training of the Japanese army is one of the best in the world. But as I get older, I have more worries. And those reserve officers, it is difficult to force this group of old birds to fight to the death on the battlefield.

The second battalion of Li Ziyuan's headquarters successfully attacked Changzhi Airport and blew up seven Japanese fighter-bombers at Changzhi Airport. So that the Japanese army lost ground fire support, and then lost air support. The most critical thing is that at the beginning of the battle, the artillery unit of the military district inadvertently blew up the Japanese radio station with a missed shell.

As a result, after the Japanese army was surrounded, all communication with the outside world was completely cut off. Not to mention the Japanese puppet army in Hubei County, they are no longer able to rescue under the situation that they are difficult to protect. Even if you haven't been tossed by Li Ziyuan, I'm afraid you can't get in touch.

As soon as this side started, the other Japanese puppet troops around who did not retreat heard the news. Wang Tieshi's headquarters in the north immediately retracted the whole line back to Ludong County at the first time. As for the enemy in Huguan in the south, the originally slow attack speed suddenly turned into a full-speed retreat. It took three days to walk from Gaoping to Huguan. When retreating, it took one day to withdraw to Gaoping.

After the main force completed the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese puppet army in Hubei, it quickly went south and planned to give full play to the spirit of continuous combat. However, only one regiment of the puppet army of the department was captured, and most of the main force of the puppet army of the department slipped back. The speed of the retreat of the puppet army was so fast that even the local armed forces in Huguan who were responsible for blocking it did not react in the slightest.

As for Li Ziyuan's department, after highlighting the county seat of Hubei, it only shook a shot to the west. After advancing ten kilometers in the direction of Changzhi with great fanfare, Li Ziyuan turned around and quickly transferred to the southeast. When the main force of the military region ended the battle, Li Ziyuan had already crossed the Pingchuan line, entered the border area between Hubei and Huguan, and set up a radio station to communicate with his superiors.

After getting in touch with the military region, I knew that the Japanese puppet army that had entered the Ludong sub-district was all but one that was annihilated. The rest had all withdrawn from the base area, and Li Ziyuan led the troops back to their original station. The sweep launched by the Japanese army in the Ludong area during the Spring Festival ended in such a hurry.

Seeing Li Ziyuan, the commander of the military region hammered this guy in the chest fiercely: "You kid is really capable, with such a small number of troops, he actually tossed such a big movement." Good guy, the entire Japanese puppet army in the southeast of Jin has been mobilized by you. Usually you kid can toss, but no one can see that your kid can toss so much. ”

"You kid, these two dozen Hubei counties, the results are almost greater than the more than ten regiments I have concentrated. On this day, as soon as the puppet army entered Ludong, they were tossed back by you again. It also created fighter planes, so that the main force of the military region achieved such great results. I look at this time, I will give you a big credit, who else is not convinced? ”

"In this battle, your kid fought so beautifully. Two dozen pots in the north county, how did you kid come up with it. Dare to hide and wait in a palm-sized village under the noses of thousands of puppet soldiers for thousands of days. It's not just boldness, it can be summed up. ”