Yoshio Shinozuka was well aware of what the retreat meant at the moment.

This not only means that he has been planning for a long time this time, but also united with the southbound army stationed in Mongolia to deal with the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army and the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area.

It also means that after the end of this battle, the international situation will be extremely unfavorable for the Japanese Empire.

It also means that this operation did not bear fruit.

As the commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi over the years, his career as Yoshio Shinozuka will also be affected.

No one knows how long he will remain in the post of commander of the First Army.

Perhaps because of the fiasco in this battle, he will soon be transferred.

After a long sigh of relief, Yoshio Shinozuka leaned back in his chair a little dejectedly, and after deciding to give up for a while, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

With such a difficult opponent, he has already tried his best, but he is helpless.

Then wait for the next more clever commander to take over!

I don't want to admit defeat, but that's the way it is.

And just when Yoshio Shinozuka had the idea of retiring......

The fighting continues.

In the Huangya Cave, in the complex terrain surrounded by mountains, more than 3,000 elites of the 36th Division who were completely trapped in the mountains of Huangya Cave were still in a bitter battle.

In order to ensure the survival of this force, which penetrated deep into the Huangyadong of the Eighth Route Army and was most likely to complete the task of destroying the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, which was of high military value.

The devils temporarily built the airfield in Licheng, and the flight troops that are dispatched at any time, the main direction of reinforcement has always been here.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka also had the last extravagant hope.

In any case, this time, his First Army joined forces with the Mongolian army to set off an operation against the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area, and the starting goal was also the most obvious goal on the surface, that is, to destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

If this military objective can be accomplished, even if the First Army retreats completely.

It can still be counted as a victory in this battle to a certain extent.

Maybe he can embellish the propaganda again, and he can still publicize it to the outside world, which is a victory for his great Japanese empire.

Reversing the unfavorable side of the international form against the Great Japanese Empire.

Two days ago, the Japanese troops trapped inside the Yellow Cliff Cave also sent out a communication saying that they had become closer and closer to the hinterland of the Yellow Cliff Cave.

It is even very likely that it is near the core area of the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka, who learned the news, more and more full of expectations.

Maybe, maybe, they can do it.

The flight units that are reinforcing at any time, as well as the airborne troops that have successfully penetrated the Huangya Cave by using airborne.

and the imperial elite of the 36th Division, which is constantly advancing towards the core area of Huangyadong.

The tripartite forces, even if one of them succeeds, can defeat the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, that is victory.

For this reason, Yoshio Shinozuka directly issued a supreme command order through the headquarters, ordering the combat troops that entered the Huangyadong to destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army at all costs.

However, is it really as simple as the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka imagined?

At this moment, in the Yellow Cliff Cave......

Since the more than 3,000 elites of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army entered the interior of Huangya Cave, the only retreat behind them, the passage of the Heavenly Canyon was completely blocked by the bleached rubble.

Their nightmare officially began.

As soon as the head poked out from the entrance of the first-line heavenly canyon passage, it ushered in the fierce bombardment of the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

There was no time to marvel at the strength of the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

The devil officer who led the team hurriedly led his troops to quickly hide in the mountains, trying to take advantage of the cover of the terrain and terrain to avoid the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army.

But then, the nightmare intensified.

In the entire Huangya Cave, there are endless mountains, vast terrain, and complex terrain, but no matter where this little devil is hiding, it seems that it can always be easily detected by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and then launch a surprise attack.

After a burst of raids, there was another artillery attack.

In this way, after three times and two times, more than 3,000 devil elites were blown up, and there was not much room for fighting back.

It was even forced to disperse the main forces to advance.

This is completely the home of the Eighth Route Army, the time and place are favorable, and the Eighth Route Army occupies a whole, how to fight this battle?

Whether it is troops, equipment, or tactics, none of them are the opponents of the Eighth Route Army.

The only thing the little devils rely on is probably the flight unit that may be reinforced at any time in mid-air.

After the bombing, looking at the smoke left by the bombs on the hill where the Eighth Route Army was attacking, the little devils who relied on the terrain to fight were full of anticipation.

I was glad that the air combat units of the Great Japanese Empire were strong and mighty, and the artillery on the side of the Eighth Route Army must have been destroyed.

Who knew that as the mountain wind blew and the smoke cleared, the little devils had just launched an attack, and the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side hit again.

"Damn, didn't the bombing just now destroy the artillery of the Eighth Route?"

The devil officer who led the team scolded angrily, and at this time, with the confrontation between the two sides, the distance of the Japanese army advanced again, and he looked through the binoculars, only to find in a shocked face:

The Eighth Route Army actually hid almost the entire body of the cannon in the mountain, and he only saw the exposed and faint cannon port, as well as the specially reinforced bunker fortifications around the gun port, which seemed to be reinforced concrete buildings.

In addition, these artillery fortifications were built on the slope of the mountain.

The bombs dropped vertically by Japanese planes had to be reached at a rather tricky angle in order to hit these artillery bunkers.

Even so, it would have been difficult to destroy these exceptionally strong bunker fortifications directly if the bombs had not landed on the same point every time.

In addition, compared to the infantry guns carried by the Japanese army at the moment.

With the help of the condescending terrain of the mountain, the Eighth Route Army could easily project shells into the low-lying area where the devils were.

However, the elevation angle of the devil's infantry artillery is very limited, and it is difficult to find the angle to hit the artillery fortifications of the Eighth Route Army of the opponent, let alone how to counterattack.

"Bastard!"

The devil officer who led the team scolded angrily: "These cunning dirt roads, have they hollowed out this mountain?"

Do you want to hide all the artillery offensive in the mountains of this big mountain? ”

Congratulations to this little devil, you got it right!

At the beginning, it was suggested how to build the entire Huangyadong mountain fortifications to protect the safety of the Huangyadong Arsenal with permanent fortifications.

In addition to considering the multi-line fortifications and wrapping arches for the entire Huangya Cave, Kong Jie considered.

At the same time, it also takes into account how to make use of the topography of the Huangyadong mountains.

This reminded Kong Jie of the film and television dramas he watched in his previous life, my regiment leader, my regiment.

At that time, the cunning little devils they faced were almost hollowed out of the mountains on the other side of the river, and a very exaggerated number of pillboxes were created as a chain of fortifications.

The whole mountain is a fortification for little devils, how can this battle be fought?

In this regard, although the defense of the mountains of Huangya Cave is not so exaggerated, it also has applications in this regard.

When he first proposed how to use the topography of the mountains of Huangya Cave to defend and place the artillery group, Kong Jie jokingly said:

"If it weren't for the urgency of time, the mountains inside the Yellow Cliff Cave might all be used as the fortifications of our Eighth Route Army.

In order to achieve the purpose of solid defense, we just learn from the pangolin, and it may not be impossible to hollow out the entire mountain. ”

The cadres present at the meeting were a little stunned when they heard this.

Good guys, can this fortification be deployed like this?

Kong Jie smiled at everyone: "Don't look at me like that, the production capacity of our arsenal has increased a lot, and we still have the equipment and tools to dig caves."

Is there any fortification that is stronger than the mountain itself?

Even if the devil's plane comes, I'm afraid I can only stare dryly. ”

Later, in the construction of the artillery group fortifications inside the Huangya Cave, the soldiers did borrow Kong Jie's suggestion, and everyone built a channel-propelled artillery group fortifications with the help of the mountain.

What does that mean?

It is to dig a cave in the slope of the mountain, which is used to store the artillery for war, and the number does not need to be too much, just one or two.

Such small artillery group fortifications can be set up at all angles to ensure that once the Japanese army appears, it can hardly find any dead corners and can avoid the bombardment of artillery fire.

Then, at the entrance of the cave, a horizontal artillery extension channel was created that extended out of the hole.

When the little devil appears, he pushes out the artillery, and then bombards the target condescendingly, and if the devil's bomber arrives, it will drag the artillery back to the cave in time.

It was not so easy for the Japanese planes to destroy the artillery.

If the devil infantry wanted to come up, they were a certain distance away, and there were so many fortifications along the way.

Even if the devil rushes up at all costs, trying to knock out the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army and occupy the high ground at the same time.

There was the blocking of the fortification groups along the way, and by the time the devils attacked, the artillery positions had already been transferred in advance.

In addition, most of the infantry fortifications set up along the route are very hidden with the help of mountains.

The first line is earth and sleepers, stone-reinforced firing points, light and heavy machine guns, mortar fortifications all have bunkers, and trenches are all reinforced.

The devils rushed up, and the fighters didn't even have to poke out to shoot.

There are so many machine gun nest firing positions, and the devils don't know where to hit if they want to.

The infantry artillery and mountain artillery that the devil pulled up with great difficulty, if you want to destroy these strong fortifications, you must bear the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army on your head, and you must accurately send the shells to the fortifications.

When the Japanese army took a fortification at a heavy cost, they would find that there were countless more such fortifications waiting for them behind.

Just so many charges, these more than 3,000 devils are elite.

Soon only about 2,000 people remained.

The devil officer who led the team finally realized that whenever he ran into the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army, he must not forcibly attack and occupy it, and it was the wisest move to immediately turn his troops around and make a detour.

Anyway, their task is to destroy the core arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

There is no need to waste energy in entanglement with the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the outside line.

So the little devil who thought he was clever in learning, but whenever he encountered the attack of the Eighth Route Army, he immediately turned around and withdrew from the other direction.

Anyway, the mountains of the Yellow Cliff Cave are very unfamiliar to them, and since they are headless flies, how can they care which direction they hit them?

Chen Yongchun, a traitor to the Eighth Route Army who led the team, was directly killed as early as a day earlier.

The devil Shaozuo saw it thoroughly.

This traitor has made everyone miserable.

This bastard doesn't know anything about the topography inside the Yellow Cliff Cave.

Since entering the Yellow Cliff Cave, he has been running aimlessly with the imperial troops.

There are even devil officers who believe that the battle has been fought so far, and the imperial troops have suffered such heavy casualties, all of which are caused by this Chen Yongchun.

This Chen Yongchun must have been the death of the Eighth Route Army, deliberately luring everyone into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.

The unlucky Chen Yongchun just died like this, as a dog, he should have the consciousness of being beaten to death by the dog owner at any time.

In this way, the Japanese army encountered the attack of the Eighth Route Army and the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately turned around and continued to advance.

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The little devil didn't realize it.

In the misty lake, they are actually already moving in the direction that the Eighth Route Army deliberately guided them.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army used fixed-point attacks to draw a set route for the ants with mothballs, and let the ants follow this route all the way.

When he saw the devil completely leave the last area and observe with a telescope on the fortifications not far away, the corners of his mouth were full of smiles:

"It's done, the combat mission of our outer line defense area has been successfully completed, and the little devil is about to enter the middle line, and our established artillery coverage area is over."

"Haha, this time we have to take a good look at the excitement, look at our heavy artillery fortifications, the shocking scene brought by the bombardment of the little devils."

"Li Yunlong is back, I have to blow it to him."

Temporary Command of the Middle Line.

As soon as the devil was driven from the outer line defense area to the middle line defense area by Commander Cheng and his entourage, the scouts reported the news in time.

"Report to the regiment commander, the little devil has come in from the east and has entered the second-line defense area of our central line, and the 17th regiment has rushed over and continues to induce the devil to enter our final shelling area."

Head Xu nodded, and his eyes also showed a strong expectation.

"Next, it's time for our 771st Regiment to appear, be sure to ensure communication with the artillery regiment, once the devils have all entered the shelling area, they will convey the news to the artillery regiment at any time!"

"Yes!"

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Shimada Shozo was walking through the mountains and forests with his fire-fighting airborne troops who had successfully parachuted into the mountains of Huangyadong.

Several times he heard the sound of fierce gunfire that seemed to be coming from a short distance.

"Fight, fight hard, the more fierce you fight, the more we can find flaws and defeat the command organ of the Eighth Route Army! Destroy the Eighth Route Army's arsenal! ”

Shimada Shozo thought secretly.

After more than 3,000 elite Japanese troops entered the interior of Huangya Cave, they continued to fight with the Eighth Route Army, and there was a lot of movement.

This is a side cover for the covert infiltration and sneak attack of this small group of devil special operations forces in front of him.

Not long ago, with the help of the coordinates of Shimada Shozo's airborne troops, the flying unit sent by the devils successfully destroyed two military bases of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.

This made Shimada Shozo feel more and more at the cleverness of his former captain Daizo Yamamoto to build a special operations force.

Infiltrate and lurk with small groups of surprise troops, leading artillery strikes or aerial bombardments.

This is a great tactic in the true sense of the word.

It is also equipped with a surprise attack mode that is airborne.

Shimada is confident that no Chinese army will be able to withstand such an attack.

While in reverie, the scout hurriedly returned and reported:

"Report to the chief, the military base of the Eighth Route Army has been discovered again one kilometer away, and the preliminary judgment is that it seems to be a processing plant of the Eighth Route Army."

"Nani? Found again? ”

Shimada is a very cautious and suspicious guy, and his personality is almost the same as that of Yamamoto Kazuki.

They walked through the mountains and forests, and they discovered many military bases of the Eighth Route Army so easily, and they had successfully guided air fire reinforcements to destroy two bases of the Eighth Route Army.

But I found another one in front of me.

Is the Eighth Route Army really stupid enough to deploy the density of these military bases so densely and so easily detected?

In addition, in the previous two bombings, the Eighth Route Army did not seem to have any special means of counterattack.

What's going on here?

Out of hesitation in his heart, this time, Shimada Shozo did not give an order, and immediately reported the specific coordinates of the discovered processing plant to the flight team.

Instead, an order was issued to send a small group of scouts to secretly lurk and touch the mirror at the discovered Eighth Route Army processing plant.

He wanted to see for himself what was going on here.

Until ten minutes later......

"Sir, look, that's the case!"

As the scout said, as far as Shimada could see, the so-called processing plant of Nuoda seemed to be just an empty shell, and the processing plant built of ordinary earth and stone structures really looked like that at first glance.

If you look closely, it's not bullshit.

"Bastards, these cunning dirt eight roads!"

Shimada Masazo was angry, on the one hand, angry at the cunning of the Eighth Route Army, and angry at his previous deception.

The reason why these empty shell sub-structures exist is simple.

It is clear that these cunning dirt roads are deliberately located in these mountains to mislead the Japanese army into attacking false camouflaged targets.

And not so long ago.

The deputy chief of the General Staff, who was sitting in the headquarters of the Great Rear, also received the news.

The hinterland of the mountains was shelled twice by the Japanese army, and the shelling site seems to be some camouflage military bases built by Shi Dahu and them in camouflage.

"Interesting, it seems that Kong Jie's guess is good, it should be a small force of devils who have come in!"

A staff officer said with a look of surprise: "We have arranged so many lines of fortifications, and there are light and dark sentinels along the way to be vigilant and reconnaissance at any time, how did this little devil get touched?" ”

The deputy chief of general staff thought for a while and said with a smile: "Perhaps, as Kong Jie speculated, it was really the devil who landed through the plane." ”

The cadres nodded, and they couldn't help but be a little afraid.

Fortunately, there are these disguised military bases, which expose these little devils in advance.

Fortunately, this defensive deployment also has the means to target the sneak attack of these small Japanese combat units.

Otherwise, once this devil is allowed to touch the core arsenal or near the headquarters, and then guide the plane to bomb, the consequences will be really unimaginable......