…… The command of the 26th Infantry Wing of the 11th Division of the Mongolian Army.

Wing Commander Hiramura was angry and filial, he was almost mad with anger, he thought that this time the southward United First Army would have smooth sailing against the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area, and he would make a great contribution to it.

However, after arriving at the defense area of the Iron Triangle of the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

All of this changed, and it became the opposite of what he had expected.

First, the two cavalry wings that took the lead in breaking through were the first to fall into the Iron Triangle base area.

He thought that this was just an accident, although the cavalry unit had a high mobility advantage, but the firepower configuration was still much worse than the infantry elite.

Perhaps it was because of the tricks of the Eighth Route Army that he fell into the trap of the rugged and difficult mountainous area.

After he led his elite 11th Wing and officially entered the defense zone of the Iron Triangle.

He originally thought that the elite infantry wing of the Kwantung Army like himself would easily defeat those units of the Eighth Route Army that were outdated in equipment and scarce in ammunition.

As a result, the two sides only had a face-to-face encounter.

Hiramura Daizuo was stupid.

- The rifle is a Type 38, medium formal, and even American-made Garand semi-automatic rifle; The machine gun mounts are crooked-handled, Czech, and even American-style M1 light machine guns; Heavy machine guns are Type 92 at home, and there are even M2 heavy machine guns.

Small-caliber artillery, similar to 50 mortars, 60 mortars, was directly distributed to the squad platoon, plus submachine guns, gun grenades, sniper rifles, there was no shortage.

The firepower pressed his imperial forces almost from beginning to end.

When it came to the company formation, even equipment such as 82 mortars and 92 infantry guns were pulled out.

If it weren't for the fact that the person on the opposite side was still wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, Hiramura even wondered if this was the absolute elite unit of the Central Army in the National Army, secretly pretending to be a unit of the Eighth Route Army.

Is this the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment?

As for the scarcity of ammunition in the impression of the Eighth Route Army, it is even called the Eight Route Army with three guns.

Many of the Eighth Route Army, even if they are the main combat troops, carry a pitiful amount of ammunition per capita, and even the light and heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route are equipped with very limited bullets, and they often dare not vent their firepower at will on the battlefield.

However, the current situation is.

At the beginning of the confrontation between the two sides, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side suddenly burst into light and heavy machine guns, roaring wildly, and the shells on the opposite side were more like continuous bombardment of the Japanese camp without money.

Is this still the Eighth Route Army?

God, the Eighth Route Army!

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In just over an hour of fighting, the forward troops made a preliminary count of casualties and made a report, and the vanguard troops suffered more than 200 casualties.

Hiramura's heart was bleeding when he heard this.

He believed that this was all the fault of the First Army, and that the development of the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was certainly inseparable from the First Army and the troops of the Public Security Army stationed in Shanxi.

"These stupid guys, who have been stationed in Shanxi for so many years, have been dealing with the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas.

But in the end, not only did they fail to eliminate these Eighth Route Army, but they actually made these Eighth Route Army develop their equipment level to such a terrifying level, they are simply a bunch of incompetent waste! ”

As time passed, the fighting between the two sides quickly heated up.

And the so-called reinforcement of the 11th Wing of the Mongolian Army stationed in the south at this time seemed like a joke at this time.

It's more like his 11th Wing blindly plunged headlong into the trap of the Iron Triangle of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

While Hiramura Dazuo was terrified, he also realized that if this powerful Eighth Route Army unit was not eliminated in time, it would definitely become a big problem for the empire.

As a warrior of the empire, he mustered up the courage to continue to fight the enemy tenaciously, and at the same time contacted the headquarters of the First Army, hoping that the third, ninth, and sixteenth brigades on the battlefield could be reinforced in time to cooperate with his own troops to eliminate the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.

It turned out to be good, but they didn't come at all.

Not a single unit came over.

The commander of the Ishikawa Brigade of the Third Mixed Brigade even clamored to unite the other two mixed brigades to annihilate the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

And then......

The three mixed brigades and regiments directly fell into the base area of the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, but not only failed to destroy those Eighth Route Army, but fell into the quagmire, and even asked the headquarters for help in shame.

"If Major General Ishikawa can take my suggestion, unite with my department, and take the lead in eliminating the Eighth Route Army troops in this iron triangle, why would he end up in such a situation?"

Hiramura scolded angrily and put all the blame on Ishikawa's head.

Then came the news.

The command of the First Army issued an order for the withdrawal of the entire army.

As an expert in escape, Ishikawa may not have performed well when attacking the Eighth Route Army, but in the process of evacuation, it was a blockbuster.

Directly and far away from other combat units, he took the lead in taking the main force of his third brigade and withdrew to the nearest county seat.

Subsequently, the 9th and 16th brigades that followed closely behind also ran.

However, the 11th Wing of his Mongolian army was left behind, and the two sides didn't even say hello at all, nor did they say that they were advancing and retreating together.

With the evacuation of the three major mixed brigades of the Japanese army, the pressure from all sides of the Eighth Route Army came to the face, and all of them pressed on the Mongolian troops stationed in the south.

Hiramura was beaten to the point where he was almost out of breath.

...... "General, if it weren't for the incompetence of the 3rd, 9th, and 16th Mixed Brigades, if they could withdraw from the base area of the 385th Brigade in time and unite with our troops to take the lead in defeating the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, how could this battle be so defeated?"

They withdrew as soon as the First Army said they would withdraw, and they didn't care at all about the life or death of our troops stationed in Mongolia.

General, our department is now under siege from all sides by the Eighth Route Army! ”

Hiramura, who was full of anger and depression, naturally couldn't complain to the headquarters of the First Army, so he directly contacted the headquarters of the 26th Division and complained directly to his old superior, Lieutenant General Harem Jun, the division commander of the 26th Division.

Harem Jun was naturally furious.

I sent troops to reinforce your First Army, but your First Army was not effective in combat, and it was okay if you failed to cooperate with our 11th Wing to defeat the Eighth Route Army.

Completely ignoring the lives and deaths of the allies, the third, ninth, and sixteenth brigades suddenly chose to evacuate.

Almost when the three major brigades of the First Army were trying to evacuate to the nearest county town, the 11th Wing of the Mongolian Army and two cavalry units were still trying to move closer to the direction of the Third Brigade!

Isn't this typical selling teammates what?

As soon as he thought of this, Lieutenant General Jun Harem, who was full of anger, couldn't care so much, and when he talked to the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, he didn't even care about Yoshio Shinozuka's face anymore, and severely reprimanded Ishikawa and others of the Third Brigade.

Just after Yoshio Shinozuka comforted Harem Jun with kind words, and said that he would definitely assist the 11th Wing in a strategic transfer.

The senior officers of his First Army at all levels also had a complete quarrel.

When Ishikawa heard that the villain of Hiramura had sued first and sued himself at the headquarters, he paid it back, and he immediately complained to the headquarters.

He also said that if it weren't for the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army, it failed to stop the troops of the Iron Triangle, and saw the team of the Iron Triangle detour back to the back of the 385 Brigade.

The 3rd, 9th, and 16th Brigades were not to be flanked by the front and rear during the evacuation, resulting in heavy casualties.

The two sides complained to each other like this, which made Yoshio Shinozuka a little overwhelmed for a while.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides attacked each other with guns and sticks.

I don't know who suddenly pulled the 36th Division into the camp of being attacked.

It is believed that if it were not for the ineffective operation of the 36th Division, not only did it fail to succeed in destroying the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army according to the plan, but it was also defeated by the Eighth Route Army and took the lead in retreating.

This battle will not be so miserable.

The commander of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, Jing Guancheng, who learned of this, was also angry enough, which was really a disaster.

"These bastards, in short, were defeated by the Eighth Route Army, how can they still have the face to accuse others? There is an old Chinese saying that you can laugh at 50 steps and laugh at 100 steps.

It's just self-deception and self-humiliation. ”

At this time, the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army were arguing with each other.

Blame each other, and no one wants to bear the big black cauldron of this defeat.

The Japanese puppet army units, mainly the 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades of the Japanese army, quickly withdrew from the base areas of the 385th Brigade and withdrew to some nearby counties and towns.

The fighters did not continue the pursuit, forcibly launched a storm, and only temporarily blocked the Japanese puppet army in the county seat and township.

It's night!

The Japanese puppet army defending the city was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack the city at night, so throughout the night, the devils in the county town and the city defense army of the puppet army basically did not dare to close their eyes, and they have been guarding the city gate fortifications.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that the Eighth Route Army launched a night attack, and the Japanese puppet army breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as dawn came, the city headquarters received news that Shimen and HD were suddenly in an emergency, and a large number of the main combat forces of the Eighth Route Army appeared under the city, which were forcibly attacking the city.

The headquarters of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, who learned of this, was also bluffed, he couldn't figure it out anyway, how could these main forces of the Eighth Route Army, which were still near Yangquan, quietly cross the heavily guarded Yangquan overnight, and detour back to Shimen and HD.

And just a few days ago, a large number of offensive troops of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared near Licheng, the base camp of the 36th Division.

This made the Japanese army immediately vigilant, believing that the Eighth Route Army was likely to attack Licheng with the tactics of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle to completely turn the tide of the war.

As a result, a large number of the main forces of the Japanese army advanced in the direction of Licheng to defend Licheng.

The military value of Li Cheng is too important, and once Li Cheng loses, it will be a fatal blow to the 36th Division.

The remaining main force of the 36th Division stationed in Changzhi also moved closer to the direction of Licheng at the same time.

But who would have expected that at this juncture, the Eighth Route Army just dangled a shot, and instead of taking the lead in opening up Licheng, it launched an attack on Shimen and HD.

As for how the main force of the Eighth Route Army bypassed the heavily defended Yangquan and appeared in HD and Shimen.

On the one hand, this is naturally because a large number of the main forces of the Japanese army were deployed to deal with the Taihang base area this time, resulting in the emptiness of the rear forces.

On the other hand, I have to thank the Yangquan Iron Triangle - Kawashima, Qian Dekai, and Miki Ichiro, the three brothers.

If you want to say that since you have done business with the troops of the Eighth Route Army in private, the most profitable is the Yangquan Iron Triangle.

The phenomenon of tight food in front and tight in the rear is vividly reflected in the hands of these three talents.

Even the First Army launched such a large-scale operation against the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area.

On the Yangquan side.

The private business contacts between the Yangquan Iron Triangle and the Eighth Route Army have not been interrupted.

Especially at this juncture.

What is this called, the war is a thousand taels of gold.

Since the rapid rise of this Yangquan Iron Triangle, coupled with the fact that other Japanese puppet army officers who pulled Yangquan quickly joined the camp of the same stream, the entire Yangquan has basically fallen under the control of this group.

In addition, the main force of the field army was transferred to the base area of the Eighth Route Army to fight.

When the Eighth Route Army sent merchants who were in frequent contact with Qian Dekai and his party to say that a caravan wanted to pass the checkpoint, the three Kawashima agreed without any hesitation.

As a result, the soldiers successfully passed the blockade line of Yangquan, and then passed through Jinzhong, and quickly detoured back to the vicinity of HD and Shimen.

In addition, before this battle of the false one-shot raid on Shimen and HD, the Eighth Route Army naturally had preparations.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army on the Jizhong side had already learned the news in advance, including the 28th Regiment of Jizhong, Ding Wei's old unit, which had close contacts with a detachment, which also participated in the battle.

What for?

The Jizhong troops suddenly launched a large-scale sabotage operation, and even took the initiative to attack the security area of the devils.

The Japanese field army stationed near Shimen immediately transported the combat troops to the area of central Hebei through the convenient transportation line of the Zhengtai Railway, and the Eighth Route Army was prevented from causing chaos.

As a result, several military trains were halfway through, and in the middle of the night, they were blasted by the troops of the Eighth Route Army who were secretly ambushing, and the railroad tracks were directly blown off.

Then, before the reinforced Japanese troops had successfully arrived at the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, they received an urgent telegram saying that a mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army had appeared in the direction of Shimen, the base camp, and was attacking the city.

The little devils panicked, and then realized that they had fallen into the Eighth Route Army's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

When the train and tracks were hastily repaired and ready to go all the way back, they found that a large number of rails were missing along the way.

These damned Eighth Route Army's sabotage operations at night caused the Zhengtai Railway to be paralyzed again.

The devil officer who led the team was so angry that his eyes erupted with fire, and before he could give the order to let the soldiers leave the train carriage, the sound of artillery broke the dead silence of the night.

A large number of flaming shells streaked through the air and smashed heavily on the transport train.

Boom –

Commander Lu personally arrived with the elite combat troops in Jizhong......

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At this time, the entire Taihang region, including the Licheng area, Shimen, HD, and even the Jizhong region, was completely beaten into a pot of porridge.

There are no exceptions to the border between northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.

The Japanese army has received relevant news that the Yan'an garrison of the Eighth Route Army is uniting with the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army to take a major transportation hub two days ago, and is rapidly advancing towards the Hetao area and the defense area of the 35th Route Army of the National Army......