However, the 27 planes that were captured in good condition, everyone had to bring them back anyway, anyway, there were more than 30 people in this company who could fly planes (including special forces who learned to fly airplanes, and there were also pilots who changed careers to be special forces, and the number of pilots in the 15th Army Flying Regiment was now much more than that of airplanes, and the pressure of competition for posts was also very great), just sit in and drive back to Luoyang, although most of the models of these planes are relatively new, and everyone does not know their accurate performance parameters, but even if the range is not enough, It is also possible to transfer through several field airfields in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region. In fact, these planes had already been refilled with fuel as early as evening for tomorrow's use, and there was no need to worry about the range at all, in fact, the Type 95 fighter they knew was the shortest range among these aircraft, which was enough to fly to Luoyang in one go, not to mention the other two models.

After the friendly troops of the 129th Division rushed to Yangmingbao Airport, they conveyed to them the order of the commander of the 15th Army, and then the people who could fly the plane took other Jishu-type special forces to drive the newly captured Japanese plane back to Luoyang, while Xiong Dali and other combat-type special forces were ordered to go to Baoding, and the task was to cooperate with the main force of the 94th Division of the 15th Army, which was rapidly moving north along the Pinghan Line.

Although the surprise attack on Yangmingbao was a complete victory in history, because no one could fly the plane, he had to blow it all up, and Hu Weidong took precautions and laid chess pieces here in advance, and finally succeeded in capturing a full 27 Japanese planes, including 6 reconnaissance planes of the Type 97 Headquarters, 9 Type 97 light bombers, and 12 Type 95 fighters. And the blow and support to the Japanese army in Xinkou in this battle were also greater than the surprise attack in history.

In order to eliminate this serious threat, the two divisions of the Japanese army responsible for protecting the security of the Pingsui Line were ordered to go deep into the hinterland of the Jinsui Border Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region to carry out "sweeps". In the face of the Eighth Route Army, whose strength was at least equivalent to that of 43 years in history (Note 1), this mere 50,000 or 60,000 people was too few, and although the elite field divisions were very combative. However, they are seriously inexperienced in the so-called "law and order rectification war" of such devils, and now there is no puppet army to lead the way, and the marching speed has dropped again and again after entering the mountain. They were often blown up by seemingly ubiquitous landmines, but the party organizations in the border areas had a certain degree of precaution because Hu Weidong had repeatedly pointed out the brutality of the Japanese army at the Lanzhou Conference, and the guerrillas and the common people suffered at least much less human losses than the devil's sweeps in history because of the timely warnings.

Just when the main force of the devil entered the mountain, the main force of the three integrated divisions of the Eighth Route Army rushed to the line of the Pingsui Railway, which was empty, and in front of the 200,000 wolf-like Eighth Route Army, the little troops left by the two divisions could not resist at all, so they had to send a telegram to the main force in the mountains to seek reinforcement, but where could they withdraw back in a hurry? As a result, in just half a month, hundreds of strongholds of the size of devils on the Pingsui Line were uprooted. A large amount of military supplies hoarded by the Japanese army also fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. If it weren't for the fact that the main force of the Japanese army advancing west on the Xinkou front line immediately drew out two permanent divisions and regiments to the east to rescue, and the two devil divisions that had just arrived in Pingjin were transferred to Xinkou, forming a trend of east-west flanking, forcing the main force of the Eighth Route Army to destroy the part captured that was inconvenient to carry and leave the railway line immediately, the devil's losses this time would have been even greater. But even so. In this short period of time, the Japanese army was still wiped out by the Eighth Route Army with more than 9,000 people, and lost more than 12,000 tons of military supplies, including more than 3,000 tons of weapons and ammunition, and at least 2,000 tons of materials were captured and taken away by the Eighth Route Army, not including the thousands of railroad tracks (almost 10,000 tons in weight) that were pried away by the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas. Moreover, during this period, the Japanese army in Xinkou also fell into the dilemma of insufficient troops for a time. Let Xinkou's two or three hundred thousand breathe a rare sigh of relief...,

However, due to the ravages of Japanese planes and the tenacity of the Japanese defenders, the Eighth Route Army also paid a great price in this month's anti-sweeping operation, and the casualties of the regular army alone exceeded 7,000, and the losses of the guerrillas and the people in the base areas were by no means a small amount, but in any case, the first anti-sweeping operation in the history of the Eighth Route Army could be regarded as a brilliant victory, and the value of the captured military supplies was greater than the number of enemies killed, and more importantly, the military and civilians in the two border areas gained valuable anti-sweeping experience. As a result, the idea of people's war has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people

After suffering this big loss, the devil obviously learned to behave, and no matter when it was there, the Japanese troops stationed on the Pingsui line were no less than 50,000 people, but in this way, the devil could not draw many troops to sweep the base area, although throughout the entire North China battlefield, the Japanese army still occupied a clear advantage

At this time, the Japanese North China Front Army already had 8 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of no less than 250,000 troops, of which 1 was in the Pingjin area, 1 was taken away by Gu Zhifu, who went south without authorization, and the other 6 were directly or indirectly thrown into the Xinkou battlefield. Among them, the 5th Division, which had strengthened the tank wing and the field heavy artillery brigade before the war, was responsible for the main attack, another special division was responsible for covering and supporting, and one permanent division was responsible for protecting the south of the 5th Division, in case the 15th Army, which the Japanese army was most afraid of, suddenly posed a deadly threat from moving north from Nakajo Mountain, and the other three divisions were responsible for protecting the supply line of Pingsui, two of which did not dare to leave the railway line under any circumstances, and the other one division was used as a mobile force in case of emergency

In addition, the Japanese base camp also formed a garrison corps in Mongolia with a three-unit division and 5 independent infantry brigades under its jurisdiction to fill the gap between the Kwantung Army and the North China Front, and at the same time monitor the direction of Outer Mongolia, Ningxia, and Suiyuan, and support the Japanese army in Pingjin if necessary (so the devil dared to leave only 1 division in the Pingjin area).

Note 1: In 1943, the Eighth Route Army had more than 300,000 troops, and the quality of its soldiers had improved a lot after many counter-sweeps, but the current Eighth Route Army was much stronger in terms of weapons, especially ammunition and heavy equipment, which was enough to balance the relative shortage of troops. It should be explained here that in addition to the 115th Division, the other three divisions of the Eighth Route Army at this time also replenished some artillery from the 17th Route Army and part of the Northeast Army that were captured by the elimination of Sheng Shicai, as well as the uprising, and the 115th Division also gave some support in the period after the armistice between the two parties and before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, so that the number and quality of artillery of those three divisions also reached at least the average level of the non-descendant units of the Central Army (that is, the teaching corps and those Central Army units other than the integrated divisions) (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )