At the foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

When Deng Gong walked into the war room, Division Commander Liu was discussing tactics with Deputy Division Commander Xu.

Although the 20th Division of the Eighth Route Army had tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy equipment such as the 105th Field Division, and even an aviation regiment to assist in the battle, these equipment could not exert its power due to the limited terrain, so it only advanced less than 20 miles after three days of fierce attack.

Seeing Deng Gong coming in, Division Commander Liu and Deputy Division Commander Xu hurriedly got up to greet each other.

The political commissar of the 129th Division, Zhang was not in good health, and in the past few days, due to the tension of the war, the old illness recurred after staying up all night, and he had been sent back to the headquarters hospital for recuperation, and the headquarters temporarily appointed Deng Gong to take over the duties of the political commissar of the 129th Division.

The three of them briefly whispered a few words, and Deputy Division Commander Xu briefly introduced the battle situation to Deng Gong.

Deng Gong smiled and said: "Okay, who dares to say that our Eighth Route Army guerrillas will not attack and resist without fighting?" ”

Division Commander Liu said with a smile: "Those are all slanderous words of ill-intentioned people, and our Eighth Route Army doesn't have to pay attention to them at all." ”

In the Shanxi and Hebei battlefields, there was really such a statement, but it was all rumors spread by the army in order to lure the Eighth Route Army in the battlefield behind the enemy to fight a decisive battle, but the Military Commission and the Second Theater Commander's Department had a positive attitude towards the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and Yan Xishan even encouraged the Jin Sui Army to follow the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army.

Deputy Division Commander Xu also said: "Our Eighth Route Army pursues flexible guerrilla tactics, which is determined by the comparison of strength between the enemy and us and the unique battlefield environment, but if the little devils really think that our Eighth Route Army is unwilling to fight a tough battle, or dare not fight a tough battle, then they are very wrong!" ”

Deng Gong nodded, his face suddenly became solemn again, and said: "However, we have really fought hard in this blockade, and the sacrifice is also a bit big, Division Commander Liu, Deputy Division Commander Xu, do you think you can think of a practical and effective tactic, which can not only effectively delay the marching speed of the army, but also reduce casualties as much as possible?" ”

Deputy Division Commander Xu sighed and said, "It's not easy. ”

This is indeed not easy, if it is only a small-scale blocking war, the Eighth Route Army can play a flexible and changeable tactics and lead the nose of the army, but once the scale of the army reaches the division and regiment level, then the tactics of the Eighth Route Army are a little not very bright, in the face of absolute power, any tactics and strategies are all floating clouds!

The most disadvantageous thing is that the choice of the battlefield is not in the Eighth Route Army.

Division Commander Liu is definitely the premier military strategist in modern Chinese history, but in the face of such a positional war and blocking war with many restrictions, he is also a little shrunken and unable to show it, the only thing to be thankful for is that because of the ammunition supply of the Baoshan Division, the 129th Division's family background is much more solid than before, and it also has the confidence to carry it hard with the army.

"But it can't go on like this." Deng Gong said worriedly, "It's only been three days, and I've already lost nearly two regiments, and if I hold on for ten days, I don't know how many more people will be lost." ”

"You don't have to hold out for ten days." Division Commander Liu waved his hand and said, "If nothing else, the headquarters should have received a telegram from the Baoshan Division." ”

As soon as the voice fell, a staff officer came in and reported: "Report, the headquarters is in an emergency!" ”

Deputy Division Commander Xu said without thinking: "Read." ”

The staff officer immediately read: "Liu, Deng, and Xu of the 129th Division: Your unit's blocking mission has been completed, and you can withdraw from the position overnight and let the army pass, headquarters, Peng." ”

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Pingding County, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Army.

Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo is convening a review meeting of the main officers of the division.

In Kawagishi Bunzaburo's view, the 20th Division should indeed be reviewed, the permanent division of the Imperial Army, nearly 40,000 troops, with combat vehicles, field artillery groups, and even an aviation regiment to help in the battle, but it was still blocked by the Dirt Eighth Road, and for three whole days, it only advanced less than ten kilometers forward!

To sum up, the lessons are nothing more than two points.

First of all, the terrain is unfavorable, the Shanxi-Hebei border is the intersection of the Taihang Mountains and the Jizhong Plain, the terrain is complex and changeable, the highway is winding and tortuous, as long as the Eighth Route Army occupies the hills on both sides of the highway, it can effectively cut off traffic, but the army's combat vehicles, field artillery, and aviation can not give full play to their firepower superiority.

The second is to underestimate the enemy's carelessness, and the 20th Division is indeed a little underestimating the enemy.

Two days before the battle, the forward brigade of the Yue Army did not pay attention to the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side at all, and each time the troops put into the attack were only one infantry brigade, and the result was that the 39th Brigade returned again and again, and it was not until today that the 39th Brigade sent an infantry wing, which occupied more than a dozen hills in a row and advanced the battle line six or seven kilometers.

Before the review meeting was over, the chief of staff, Kizumura Kuzo Daisa, suddenly hurriedly walked in.

"General!" Kimura Hisazo suddenly retracted his feet and said to Kawagishi Bunzaburo, "The forward observation post reports that the Shina army along the Shitai Highway is retreating overnight!" ”

"Huh?" Kawagishi Bunzaburo frowned and said, "Retreat overnight? ”

"General!" Yoshito Takagi said murderously, "Do you want to pursue?" ”

"Nope." Kawagishi Bunzaburo shook his head and said, "The people of Shina have always been cunning, this is probably a trap!" Besides, the combat mission this time is not to destroy the enemy in front of them, but to seize Shimen and Zhengding, reopen the Pinghan line, and order all units to strengthen their vigilance, not to act rashly, and immediately after dawn, call in the aviation to investigate the truth and reality. ”

"Hello." Kimura Kuzo bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

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Shitai Highway, Phoenix Ridge Section.

More than 200 roadside bombs and more than 100 large "mines" have all been planted, and in order not to leave a flaw, Yue Weihan ordered dozens of large trucks of the Baggage Regiment Truck Brigade to gallop back and forth on the road in the Fenghuangling section, so that when the dust in the air is raised and falls back to the ground, it is estimated that the immortals will not be able to see the flaw.

Pi Xiaocheng and Tang Dashan are nervously erecting wires with dozens of technicians.

These dozens of technicians are engineers or senior technicians in major factories in Shimen City and Zhengding County, in the past two days, Baoshan Division is posting announcements in Shimen and surrounding counties, recruiting skilled workers from all walks of life with high salaries, and there are hundreds of engineers and skilled workers who have come to apply, and only these dozens of people have passed the screening for the time being.

The screening work is very important, and Yue Weihan does not dare to be careless in the slightest.

The principle of screening is to rather lack than abuse, the truth is obvious, if the little devil's spies are mixed into the Taihang Arsenal that was built with great difficulty, the consequences will be catastrophic!

Taking a step back, even if the little devil's spies did not sneak into the Taihang Arsenal, but only blended into other factories, the consequences would be quite serious, and once the army was asked to determine the exact coordinates of the factories in the Taihang base area, then as long as the army threw a few heavy bombs from the sky, all Yue Weihan's efforts would probably come to naught.

However, the dozens of people involved in the operation have all passed the screening.

Under the command of Pi Xiaocheng and Tang Dashan, dozens of technicians gathered the leads of more than 200 roadside bombs and more than 100 large mines into one detonator.

After all the installation was completed, Oriental Skyrim also revealed a hint of fish belly white.

At that moment, Yue Weihan and Cao Xinglong led people to withdraw to Jingcheng County, leaving only Tang Dashan and his two guards to stay in the concealed fortifications on the Phoenix Ridge, and these three people had to stay and be responsible for detonating bombs.

When Yue Weihan returned to the headquarters of the county division in Jingcheng County, the sky was already bright.

Seeing Yue Weihan, Liu Yi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Junzao, are you back?" ”

"Hmm." Yue Weihan nodded and asked, "Chief of Staff, are the Special Operations Brigade and the 1st Battalion ambushed?" ”

"The ambush has been laid." Liu Yi nodded and said, "The Tibetan Soldier Cave are two ready-made caves, located in the depths of the foothills of Mianshan Mountain, and the location is absolutely hidden, and it is impossible for the little devil's vigilant troops to go deep there. ”

Yue Weihan said again: "What about the three main brigades? Are you all ready for battle? ”

Liu Yi nodded and replied, "They have all entered the ambush position, and the dry food and ammunition have also been distributed to the individual soldiers." ”

"That's good." Yue Weihan nodded, and said in a cruel voice, "Now wait for the little devil to come and die!" ”

"Oh yes, there's one more thing." Liu Yi said again, "The 181st Division has been stationed in Yuanshi, Lincheng, and Gaoyi counties, and the old boy Shi Yousan also sent a battalion to Shimen, saying that he wanted to receive some military pay and supplies from you. ”

"Ignore him." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said coldly, "There is a guard regiment, it's okay." ”

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Pingding County, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Army.

The chief of staff of the 20th Division, Kimura Kuzo Daisa, strode into the war room, immediately retracted his feet and stood upright, and said to Kawagishi Bunzaburo: "General, the reconnaissance unit reports that all the Tuba Road along the Shitai Highway has been evacuated, and from Pingding County to Niangzi Pass, there are no more armed personnel in China!" ”

"Yo Si." Kawagishi Bunzaburo nodded happily and said, "What about the east of Niangzi Pass, have you found the Shina Political Axe Army?" ”

"Nope." Kimura Hisazo shook his head and said, "The aviation scout reported that from Niangzi Pass to Jingcheng County, the whereabouts of the Zhina Political Axe Army have not been found, and there is a Zhina Political Axe Army active near Jingcheng County, but there are not many troops, at most it is the appearance of two regiments, but the main force of the Baoshan Division does not know where to go?" ”

"Order ......," Kawagishi Bunzaburo ordered indifferently while slowly putting on his military white gloves, "The 39th Infantry Brigade is the vanguard, the 40th Infantry Brigade is the rearguard, and the supplementary corps and all directly subordinate wings will move in the center with the division headquarters, and then request the Aviation Corps to strengthen aerial reconnaissance and report all suspicious phenomena at any time." ”

Although the main force of the Baoshan Division did not know where to go, Kawagishi Bunzaburo was not worried about it.

(To be continued)