"In the autumn of 40, in order to break the cage blockade imposed by our Japanese Empire on the Taihang base area. The Eighth Route Army carried out a large-scale sabotage war mainly aimed at destroying the Zhengtai railway line.

In order to strengthen the momentum of resistance against Japan, the Eighth Route Army called it the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

At the end of the same year, Yamazaki led his troops to break into the hinterland of the Taihang base of the Eighth Route Army by mistake, and accidentally discovered an area with quite strange terrain. ”

Kitagawa recounts the situation at that time:

Then, the Yamazaki Brigade was unexpectedly ambushed by the troops of the Eighth Route Army in a particularly peculiar crack-shaped canyon terrain known as the First Line of Heaven.

It was finally wiped out by the Eighth Route Army near Lijiapo. ”

But on the eve of the Yamazaki Brigade, Yamazaki ordered the Communications Department to convey a message to the command department, which was particularly emphasized.

According to the map, that unique narrow canyon is located 45 kilometers north of Licheng County, and in that area, according to our army's later exploration, there is a unique terrain called Huangya Cave, which should be behind that line.

As Yamazaki-kun judged in the communication, he thought that there must be a hole in the rear of the canyon. ”

"General, later our army's intelligence department made a special investigation into the situation of the enemy in that area.

In addition, you should also remember this incident, in order to specifically investigate the information related to that line of heaven, Yamamoto-kun also specially sent a special investigation team of the special team to enter the first line of heaven for investigation.

Later, we were sure that behind the canyon, there was a secret arsenal of the Eighth Route Army hidden in Huangya Cave.

That is, our ultimate combat goal this time, the largest arsenal built by the Taihang Eighth Route Army. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded.

This is indeed the approximate process of the Japanese intelligence department, which gradually found out the exact location of the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

Kitagawa sighed with emotion: "Now that I think about it, Yamazaki and Yamamoto-kun are worthy of being the warriors of our empire, this is the extremely valuable military intelligence that they finally won for our empire with their precious lives!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it seemed to pull a certain string in Yoshio Shinozuka's heart.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was still a little hesitant, gradually became firm.

He was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Kitagawa-kun, what you said is right, it seems that in the dark, Yamamoto-kun and Yamazaki-kun also hope that we will completely inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army with a subversive battle!

This time, our army has been preparing for a long time, and finally the operation against the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army - it is inevitable! ”

Beichuan nodded heavily, what he was most afraid of was the entire First Army, and even His Excellency the Commander had completely lost confidence in destroying the Eighth Route Army.

It was undoubtedly a terrible disaster.

And now, looking at the regained fighting spirit of His Excellency the Commander, victory seemed to be within reach, and Beichuan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the two old devils began to follow the military operation map and continued to plot the battle plan against the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

Kitagawa, chief of staff of the devil, reported on the current battle situation:

"General, everything is as you expected, this time, with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which is dominated by the first independent detachment in the northwest of Shanxi, it will take the lead in defeating the big strongholds of our army in Yangguan, Pingbei and Hanoi.

Our First Army also adjusted its strategy of coping with the local offensive of the Eighth Route Army, and even took the initiative to abandon some small and medium-sized strongholds in quasi-security areas and remote towns and villages.

A large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army did not stop marching and continued to advance in the direction of our army's quasi-security zone.

And firmly occupied the original strongholds, fortifications, towns, and villages of our army.

A considerable number of troops of the Eighth Route Army are gradually leaving their solid base areas and moving in the direction of our army's quasi-security zone.

This has led to a relatively empty state of strength in many of the Eighth Route Army's base areas."

"Roar!" Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, and asked again: "The Eighth Route should not have noticed the flaws in our army's defense, right?" ”

Beichuan was convinced: "General, please rest assured, this is absolutely impossible, when the Eighth Route attacked our army's strongholds and towns on the outer line, our defenders also made stubborn resistance.

All appearances show that it is only because the offensive momentum of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, and the defensive strength of our army is insufficient.

Only then was it forced to abandon the towns and strongholds on the outer line, shrink the troops, and concentrate on the defense of the main county seats, townships, and other security areas.

It is impossible for the Eighth Route to detect that it is because the elite combat units of our army, which were originally stationed in the security area, were secretly transferred to Changzhi, which led to the weakness of the defensive force.

In addition, in order to be especially wary of those spies and spies of the Eighth Route Army, which are simply pervasive.

The elite combat units transferred by our army to Changzhi were divided into eight batches, and it took nearly two months for all of them to complete the transfer and deployment. ”

Hearing Kitagawa's affirmative words, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction.

And what do these words mean?

It is impressively clear that the local offensive launched by the Eighth Route Army against the major quasi-security areas of the Japanese army was able to go so smoothly.

Perhaps there was an element of a conspiracy deliberately set up by the Japanese army.

I have to say that the Japanese army's secret deployment this time was quite shrewd.

played a good show of hiding from the world and secretly Chen Cang.

In this regard, in the meaning of Kitagawa, it is said:

"This damn Eighth Road, that damn Kong Jie, do you really think that my Great Japanese Empire is so weak?

Even if the Pacific War broke out, even if our army needed to fight on two fronts, our dignified Japanese Empire was not something that could be provoked by these mere dirt roads.

The time can even be extended to a few months ago, when a detachment of the Eighth Route Army took the lead in launching a counteroffensive against our army's quasi-security zone by taking advantage of the harsh winter environment.

If it weren't for the general, you would have given instructions in secret.

Even if a detachment of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack, the main combat force of our army still did not move.

How could the Eighth Route Army detachment be able to defeat the four towns and three towns? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand disapprerovingly: "If Kong Jie is not removed, he will definitely become a big problem for my empire."

And when this operation was successfully completed, the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army was defeated, and the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area was severely damaged.

Then I will look back and destroy the team to eliminate the hatred in my heart! ”

It turns out that all this is a shocking conspiracy carefully designed by the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka and Kitagawa a few months ago.

As early as a few months ago, Kong Jie led a detachment to launch a local counteroffensive against the Japanese army in winter.

The First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi.

In fact, under the order of the commander Yoshio Shinozuka, some elite troops were secretly transferred to the direction of Changzhi.

Among them were the elite combat units of the Japanese army mixed into the 3rd, 9th, and 16th brigades of the separate brigades.

In addition, mainly some mechanized combat squadrons.

Yoshio Shinozuka, who spent a lot of effort, put together nearly six mechanized combat squadrons, with a total strength of about 1,200 people.

This can also explain why, in the northwest area of Shanxi, Kong Jie led a team to launch a winter counteroffensive, and with the help of a mechanized combat unit built by a team, he successfully defeated some mechanized combat squadrons of the Japanese army.

In the entire northwest area of Shanxi, there were almost no mechanized combat units of the Japanese army.

Because the little devils transferred a considerable part of the mechanized combat units in advance.

After that, a detachment took the lead in the operation of a local counteroffensive against the Japanese army.

Even if it lost strongholds, towns, and villages, the Japanese army never withdrew a few elite mixed brigades to reinforce them.

Even the elite of several divisions and regiments have always stood still.

The little devil deliberately took the plan as he could, concealed the world, and would rather abandon considerable strongholds, towns and villages as bait in order to completely paralyze the judgment of the Eighth Route Army.

In this regard, Kong Jie also sensed some unusual meanings - although the winter counteroffensive could be completed so smoothly, it should be attributed to the proper use of tactics, as well as the courage and unity of all the soldiers.

But sometimes, Kong Jie also felt that this winter counteroffensive was really going too smoothly.

Even if the strength of this devil's first army declines due to some factors, it will not be decadent so quickly!

Although the little devils seem to be deliberately publicizing to the outside world, they deliberately shrink the strength of the outer line in order to avoid unnecessary losses and concentrate their forces on defense.

At the same time, it is also to survive this winter, and then wait until next spring to launch a retaliatory sweep of the Eighth Route Army base area.

Everything seems very reasonable.

But Kong Jie always felt that something was wrong.

I just haven't been able to figure out what the hell it is.

With the help of these appearances, it took almost two months.

The little devil of Darkness Chen Cang finally completed the transfer of troops.

On the side of the Eighth Route Army, even with a fairly dense intelligence network, it still failed to detect the covert transfer of these elite combat units of the Japanese army.

The only thing is that:

The accident of the sneak attack on the artillery test site and processing plant in Santai Township.

"These damn dirt roads!"

Yoshio Shinozuka scolded angrily, the artillery test site was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, which was completely unexpected by this devil commander.

This strengthened Yoshio Shinozuka's determination to destroy the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal.

…… Until two days before the Spring Festival.

Under the careful deployment of Yoshio Shinozuka and Kitagawa, the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, and some of the elite combat units of the 3rd, 9th, and 16th Brigades and regiments that were originally scattered in various quasi-security areas, secretly moved to the vicinity of Changzhi.

And with the absolute elite of the First Army originally stationed in Changzhi - the main combat unit of the 36th Division, smoothly rendezvous.

Also arriving at the same time were six elite mechanized combat squadrons.

At this time, the strength of the elite combat units of the Japanese army, which was secretly gathered in Changzhi, was unprecedentedly strong.

And for this dangerous intelligence news.

Due to the strict military blockade carried out by the Japanese army, and during this period of time, all units of the Eighth Route Army have been carrying out local counteroffensives against the quasi-security areas of the Japanese army.

Under the focus bias.

The Eighth Route Army was unaware of the secret transfer of elite units of the Japanese army.

Japanese Command.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Kitagawa have made war deductions based on the military map in front of them, and they have reached the core part.

"General, at present, the elite of our army that is ready to be used for this operation has all been assembled in the central part of Changzhi to stabilize the area of public security, and the news has been absolutely blocked.

In a short period of time, even if the Eighth Route Army has many eyes and ears, it will not be able to detect the news.

Licheng is in the northeast of Changzhi, and the Huangyadong Arsenal on the Eighth Road is 45 kilometers north of Licheng. ”

Then, Beichuan took out a wooden ruler and a pencil and marked the approximate area of the west direction of Li Cheng on the map, drawing an arc.

"Here, 30 kilometers west of Licheng County, the eastern mountainous area of Taihang Mountain is the defense area of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, general, if we directly express our intention to attack the Huangyadong Arsenal, even if our army has assembled a considerable number of main combat troops in Changzhi this time.

Once it advances in the direction of Huangya Cave, it will definitely be detected by this 385th Brigade, and the Eighth Road will definitely block it.

In this way, the suddenness of the sneak attack on the Huangyadong Arsenal will be lost, even if the Huangyadong Arsenal can be defeated.

Those cunning Eighth Route Army will definitely buy enough time in the blocking along the way to transfer the equipment of the arsenal in advance.

Then this plan to destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army will end in failure. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded slowly, his gaze became deeper, and he walked around the map, and then, he pointed directly at the area where the 385th Brigade was located with his finger, and said categorically:

"Yes, if you want to destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal, you must first send a considerable number of troops to carry out a sweep in the east of Taihang Mountain to contain the troops of the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade.

This time the advantage is in our first army.

The elite troops that our army secretly transferred to the central part of Changzhi are not collected by the intelligence of the Eighth Route Army.

Then according to the battle plan we planned earlier:

Directly dispatched troops from the central part of Changzhi, went north, and swept the eastern mountainous area of Taihang Mountain, where the 385th Brigade was located.

Of course, it was not the elite combat units of the 36th Division of our army that were dispatched, but the elite combat units of the 3rd and 9th Brigades, including the 16th Brigade, which were secretly transferred to Changzhi.

Of course, we must loudly raise the banner of our 36th Division!

In this way, the Eighth Route will definitely make an erroneous judgment through the strength of the troops sent by our army from Changzhi.

It is believed that the main force of the 36th Division of our army stationed in Changzhi has poured out.

At this time, it was an excellent opportunity for the main force of our 36th Division to take the opportunity to move to the northeast and quickly move closer to Huangya Cave. ”

As the narration progressed, Yoshio Shinozuka's expression became fluttering.

Time seems to have returned to two or three years ago, when he led the First Army with Yoshio Shinozuka and fought the entire Eighth Route Army of the Three Jin Dynasty and retreated, and could only be forced to shrink in the limited mountainous area to survive the period of invincibility.

He spoke a little faster:

"The three mixed brigades contained the combat units of the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade from the front, and launched a surprise sweep.

With a more realistic combat method, the Eighth Route Army was completely convinced that our army's operational intention was aimed at sweeping the base area of the 385th Brigade.

The main force of the 36th Division, which was originally stationed in Changzhi, secretly approached the Huangyadong area in the northeast.

At the same time, the Liuzhi Mechanized Combat Squadron, with more rapid mobility, took the lead in launching an assault on the Huangyadong Arsenal.

In addition, considering the unique terrain of the first line of heaven, it is especially suitable for defense, in order to prevent the dog of the Eighth Route Army from jumping over the wall in a hurry, it directly blew up the first line of heaven canyon and blocked the road for our army to enter the first line of heaven.

At the same time, our army carried out aerial fire reinforcement with a flying squadron, and cooperated with mechanized combat units to raid the Huangyadong Arsenal.

Strive to control and completely destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army in the shortest possible time. ”

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