On the evening of November 6, 1939, with Liu Yimin's order, the Eighth Route Army Teaching the First Brigade, the New First Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, the New Eighth Brigade, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, and the Eighth Route Army Teaching the First Brigade, the New First Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, the New Eighth Brigade, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, and the Eighth Route Army Command Brigade in Southwest Lu.

The 2nd Garrison Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, and the Heavy Brigade of Luxi all took action and moved to the preset battlefield under the cover of night.

Although Cao County was occupied by the Japanese army, the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade and the Second Lu Xi Garrison Brigade, as well as the Cao County Brigade, various district squads, and militia were all circling around the devils. 1. The so-called occupation of the little devils is actually the area around Cao County and the traffic line leading to Longhai Road. The rest of the area was under the control of the Eighth Route Army and local armed forces, and it was very convenient for the troops to move at night.

There is the old road of the Yellow River in Cao County, which belongs to the sand area, with both yellow sand and lakes and swamps, and the terrain is complex. Liu Yimin was determined to destroy the main force of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army on the north side of the Yellow River, because this was a fertile field and very suitable for teaching the 1st Brigade's mechanized group movement.

The Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, which was tasked with frontal blockade, deployed defenses along the border between Dingtao and Caoxian, and adopted the method of small units to resist and lead the Japanese troops into the encirclement. The New 1st Brigade commanded the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade to conceal on the west side of the road from Cao County to Dingtao and Cao County to Heze, and the New 4th Brigade commanded the New 8th Brigade to conceal on the east side of the two highways, teaching the 1st Brigade to take charge of the intermediate assault mission, and the Cavalry Brigade to take charge of the task of cutting off the enemy's rear road behind the enemy. The three air defense regiments of the air defense brigade and the artillery brigade of the 1st Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade Artillery Regiment commanded by Li Chang formed three artillery groups to undertake the task of covering the battlefield and covering the enemy with artillery fire.

Yochi Fujii, who gave orders in the county seat of Cao County, never dreamed that the knife was already on his neck!

That night, after listening to the Japanese army's war report broadcast and Tada's radio speech on the radio, Fujii Yoshio again sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio, commander of the 15th Division, asking him to form a garrison unit in Shanxian with a part of the Heavy Wing and three brigades of the divisional supplementary team, to protect the logistical supply line, to establish a defensive line between Shanxian County, Cao County, and Feng County, and to form maintenance committees at all levels. The main force of the 15th Division and the 1st Brigade of the Mixed Division will march towards Chengwu from the front tomorrow, and the 7th Brigade of the Mixed Brigade will respond from the right flank in a roundabout way to capture Chengwu, and then march in the direction of Dingtao and Heze, and plan to capture Dingtao and Heze in response to the 38th Division. The mixed 5th Brigade moved closer to the 38th Division and became the general reserve of the campaign.

After sending the telegram, Fujii Yochi summoned the chief of staff, the commander of the 38th Infantry Regiment, the commander of the sub-infantry wing, the 38th Field Artillery Wing, the 38th Search Wing, and the 38th Engineer Wing to check the preparations for tomorrow's operation.

The combat effectiveness of the 38th Division has indeed improved, and judging from the reports of various units, the combat preparations have been fully done, and Fujii Yochi is very satisfied.

This time, Yochi Fujii was determined to perform a miracle in order to repay His Majesty the Emperor and Commander Tada for their kindness to him.

I heard Fujii Yotomo say on the map: "Tomorrow's battle must be won by surprise." Otherwise, the dirt eight roads will flee again. The reason why the imperial army has not been able to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in an organized manner is that they are well-informed and have tunnels, and they can slip away at any time. Therefore, the battle of tomorrow will require surprise attacks. Ladies and gentlemen, it is more than 30 kilometers from Dingtao to Cao County, and the infantry can be reached in 6 hours by forced march. However, Dingtao is already the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's base area in southwestern Lu, and it is very close to Heze, where the Eighth Route Army's southwest Lu branch and military region are located. We must avoid the main road and move quickly, otherwise, when we arrive at Dingtao, the Eighth Route Army will either be ready for battle or flee every day."

The officers nodded yes.

Fujii Yochi's method was very strange, he left the Lifting Wing and an infantry brigade of the 230th Wing to guard Cao County and protect the lines of communication, and let the six infantry brigades of the 228th Wing and the 229th Wing act as a brigade, and set off quietly at four o'clock in the morning, avoiding the main road, and outflanking Dingtao County from both flanks. Wherever the crane gun was fired first, it meant that there was the Eighth Route Army, and all six infantry brigades rushed in the direction of the gun. The remaining two infantry battalions of the 230th Wing were all organized into a rapid mobile force by car, and the combat convoy, the search wing, and the 38th field artillery wing were organized into a rapid mobile force, and then advanced along the road to Dingtao after dawn.

In Fujii Yotomo's mind, Hua first let the infantry of the two wings move, and the Eighth Route Army would find out, and he would also think that if the Japanese army did not march by road, it would not lay a large number of mines on the road, and his rapid mobile troops could rush to Dingtao County at the fastest speed and blitzkrieg the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southwest Lu.

Dingtao County must have the main force of the Eighth Route Army in southwest Lu, and Fujii Yochi firmly believes in this.

Fujii Yotomo wanted to use two infantry wings to attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army and cover his combat operations of blitzing Dingtao with a rapid mobile force. In the past Chinese language on the art of war, it was a secret crossing of Chen Cang. If we use the German tactics of the capture of Bolan, it is a blitzkrieg.

After the deployment, Fujii Yochi gave a special explanation to the infantry 230 who would support the middle line operation in the direction of Shanxian today

Wing Commander, let the troops take a break, nourish their physical strength and energy, and go straight to Tao County tomorrow.

That night, Yotomo Fujii had a dream that when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom in Ueno, Tokyo, he received a notice from the emperor.

His wife folded her hands together and kept murmuring, "Amaterasu, you've finally opened your eyes!" It's finally the Fujii family's turn to get ahead! Fujii Yochi looked at his wife's actions, felt his eyes sour, turned around and blew his nose, and then he was busy dressing up and trimming his mustache neatly, and then rushed to the palace gate to wait for the summons. While waiting for the summons, Yochi Fujii met Seishiro Itagaki. Fujii Yochi wondered in his heart, didn't Lieutenant General Itagaki apologize for his guilt a long time ago? How could it be here? After a while, Gu Shoufu and other Japanese lieutenant generals who were killed and hanged by the Eighth Route Army arrived one by one, and Fujii Yochi was scared and came over.

After waking up, Fujii Yochi was in a trance and looked at his watch, it was already 2 o'clock at night.

Fujii Yochi also didn't feel sleepy, so he simply got up and washed, and called the Shinto monks who accompanied the army to realize his dream.

After hearing this, the senior monk folded his hands and lowered his eyebrows to tell Fujii Yotomo, saying that this was a dream of great luck and good fortune, indicating that His Excellency the general would succeed in the battle today and avenge the generals who had broken jade.

Fujii Yotomo thinks about it, this is also the truth, the dispatch of such a huge force by the Great Japanese Army has already scared the courage of the Eighth Route Army, and Liu Yimin is now afraid that he is hiding like a mouse in the Lunan area, busy transferring and transferring again. The Eighth Route Army in southwest Lu lacked heavy weapons and had limited combat effectiveness, and one of its own divisions had stood out alone in Cao County for so long, and the Eighth Route Army only dared to fight ambushes and guerrillas, and did not even dare to fight a frontal blockade, indicating that the Eighth Route Army here was not Liu Yimin's main force. If it is done well, today's war may still be able to capture the director of the Southwest Lu Administration and the commander of the military region of the Eighth Route Army! Then make a fortune!

Yochi Fujii, who was happy in his heart, finally stayed up until four o'clock in the morning and gave the order to leave. The 228th and 229th Wings of the Japanese Army, which had long been shrunk around the county seat of Caoxian, left the camp and headed north under the cover of night.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Fujii Yochi received a report from the 228th and 229th Wings, which were progressing smoothly and were not harassed by the Eighth Route Army.

Fujii Yochi became more and more sure in his heart. However, Fujii Yochi did not go crazy, but strictly ordered the 228th Wing and the 229th Wing to speed up, pay attention to the search, and strictly prevent the ambush of the Eighth Route Army.

After giving this order, Fujii Yochi himself laughed, how could the Eighth Route Army think that he would start to act at Ling Key, even if he wanted to ambush, it would have to be after dawn.

Fujii Yotomo's judgment was indeed accurate, and at seven o'clock in the morning, the 228th Wing and the 229th Wing successively reported that they had encountered the Eighth Route Army alert unit in the northern part of Cao County and the border area of Dingtao.

There was a fight.

Fujii Yochi immediately called to ask for the details of the report, whether the Eighth Route Army had artillery, whether it used Japanese-style weapons or miscellaneous weapons of China, the size of the blocking force, and whether the resistance was resolute or not.

The 228th and 229th Wings reported that the Eighth Route Army had grenadiers and used Japanese-style weapons.

It is likely that the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Lusinan Army was hidden between Heze and Dingtao, and adopted the tactics of blocking layers to prevent the 38th Division from capturing Heze. Maybe the Eighth Route Army still wants to lure the 228th and 229th Wings, which are not equipped with combat vehicles and heavy artillery, into an ambush circle!

Fujii Yochi knew the approximate size of the Eighth Route Army in southwest Lu, which was one or two brigades, as well as some local armed forces and militias. With such forces, if they engage head-on, Fujii Yochi is not afraid, they are not the opponent of the 38th Division, which is equipped with a field artillery wing and a combat convoy.

Overjoyed, Yochi Fujii immediately ordered the 230th Wing, the 38th Field Artillery Wing,

The 38th Wing of the Search Brigade, the 38th Engineer Wing and the divisional convoy were dispatched to reinforce the 228th Brigade and the 229th Brigade to fight, smash the resistance of the Eighth Route Army, and conquer Dingtao County in one fell swoop.

After thinking about it, this battle cannot be a rout. There is a saying in the Chinese country that wildfires are not burned and the spring breeze blows and grows, if the Eighth Route Army escapes, it will not be long before they ambush and attack the imperial army.

Yochi Fujii temporarily decided to change the battle plan and ordered Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the 15th Division, to leave the mixed 1st Brigade and the 7th Brigade to attack Chengwu, and the 1st Division and the 5th Brigade quickly advanced along Caoxian and Chengwu to reinforce the 38th Division to fight, and annihilated the main force of the Eighth Route Army's Southwest Lu Army in one fell swoop.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Fujii Yochi, out of caution, informed the Japanese planes at Shangqiu Airport to immediately dispatch to reconnoiter the enemy situation between Cao County and Dingtao and cover the battle.

Fujii Yochi was originally going to command with the army, but now he has a different identity, not only is he the commander of the 38th Division, but also the commander of the Japanese army's Luxinan Group, so he can only sit in Caoxian County and command. As for the former enemy command of the 38th Division, the infantry commander of the 38th Division, who operated with the 230th Wing, undertook the task.

The actions of the Japanese army all fell into the eyes of the scouts of the Eighth Route Army, and then reached the ears of the brigade commanders and Liu Yimin through telegraphs.

Liu Yimin carefully planned... It's been so long, and it's been the morning of November 7th.

At this time, the units of the Eighth Route Army had already moved in place last night, and the Japanese army was ignorant and crashed into the net without knowing it.

It's just that Liu Yimin didn't expect Fujii Yochi to come up with such a trick, so that the two infantry wings would operate in large groups first and at night, and organize a rapid mobile force to try to blitzkrieg Dingtao. Therefore, when it was reported that the Japanese infantry secretly launched an operation, Liu Yimin was puzzled and didn't know what Fujii Yochi wanted to do. It wasn't until the news that the Japanese Army's No. Concave Wing was dispatched by car that Liu Yimin suddenly realized that Fujii Yochi, an old devil, was a fast learner, and he actually wanted to use his small division and regimental combat team and cars to play mechanized blitzkrieg.

In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Zhangwan, the sound of radio announcements and telephone calls came and went, and Feng, deputy chief of the staff office, led the staff officers to work intensively in front of the map, constantly answering reports and conveying orders.

Liu Yimin's tone of voice became brisk: "Political commissar, Lao Cai, it seems that we are going to make a fortune today, needless to say, the 38th Division, I can't even take the 1st Division and the 5th Brigade to clean up!" ”

Cai Zhong said impatiently: "You hurry up and fight, Jizhong, southern Hebei, Hebei Lubian, southeast Lu,

Lunan, Luxi, Southern Hebei, Jiaodong, Jiaolai, Qinghe, and Suwanbian are full of devils sweeping DNG, and I don't know how many people will die and how many houses will be burned every day! How can a 38th division offset our losses? ”

Luo Ronghuan measured the map for a long time, looked up and said, "Don't think about the 15th Division and the mixed brigade, let's kill the 38th Division first." As soon as we strike, the Japanese planes will pounce, and it is impossible for our air defense brigade alone to cover the battlefield. Quick decision, steamed bun is steamed bread when you eat it in your mouth! ”

Liu Yimin couldn't imagine that Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong both had this attitude, and after a little thought, he knew that the two old guys couldn't stand being stabbed by the rampant Japanese army.

Liu Yimin stopped talking, stayed in front of the map, and watched the wind mark the progress of the Japanese army on the map.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, four Japanese bombers that took off from Shangqiu Airport flew to the Qinggangji area and began to bomb the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army.

At half past eight o'clock, Chen Shiqu, commander of the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade, who was responsible for the frontal blockade, reported that the tank and automobile units reinforced by the Japanese army had rushed to the Qinggangji area and asked for encirclement.

Dear book friends: Good evening. Your support is the driving force for Shanren's creation, please subscribe and vote more, thank you!!