After the Battle of Licheng was completely launched, the entire Sanjin Dynasty seemed to have changed.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army, which had been cowering in the mountains and suburbs for a long time and could only use the base areas to open up the soil, barely contend with the Japanese army, now dared to launch a large-scale offensive against Licheng with such confidence.

The land of China.

The whole country is boiling!

Yoshio Shinozuka, the supreme commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi at the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan City, couldn't sit still at all.

He constantly ordered troops from all sides to reinforce in the direction of Lê Thanh.

If the loss of Datong has made the Japanese Empire lose face.

Once the defensive operation of Li Cheng failed, for the Japanese army, both the loss of troops and the morale of the army would be devastated.

This is no longer a shame.

It can even mark the complete defeat of the Japanese army under the Eighth Route Army.

The little devil who is proud and invincible, and is even known as the strongest land soldier on the road, may completely become the laughing stock of the world.

If he really goes to that point, he, Yoshio Shinozuka, as the direct commander in charge of this battle, will face more than just dismissal, even if he commits suicide, it will be difficult to escape his responsibility.

"Bastard, Li Cheng must not afford to lose!"

Thinking of all this, Yoshio Shinozuka was completely out of the way.

On the one hand, reinforcements from all walks of life of the First Army were dispatched to Licheng as soon as possible.

Even some elite Japanese field armies who were originally stationed in Jinnan and were responsible for Changzhi, Yuncheng, Linfen and other important cities also received orders from the First Army Headquarters and rushed to the direction of Licheng for reinforcements.

Even the Eighth Route Army in the Nakajo Mountain base area, Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't take care of it.

Anyway, it's all out of the way, and Yoshio Shinozuka is completely shameless, he lowered his always proud head, and sent troops to the Northeast Army, sent troops to South China, and sent troops to Central China, constantly asking for help.

In a word.

Li Cheng must not repeat the mistakes of Datong.

In this case, under the defense of the Japanese army with all its might, it did greatly increase the pressure on the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army to launch a tough attack on Licheng.

As the tide of battle continued to evolve, troops from all directions, including the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army, crowded towards the Licheng area.

It's like a thousand streams gradually converging into a river.

Seeing that the scale of the battle between the two sides was becoming more and more intense, the Japanese army was quickly mobilized, far more than the First Army stationed in Shanxi.

Including the troops stationed in Mongolia, as well as some mechanized reinforcements from the Japanese army in Central and South China.

Even the figure of the Kwantung Army appeared.

Japanese reinforcements also quickly appeared on various railway lines and highways, and they were drawn in the direction of Licheng.

On the side of the Eighth Route Army, in addition to the main force of the 129th Division operating in the Taihang area, including the guerrilla troops in central Hebei, southern Hebei and Zhongtiao Mountain, and even the western direction of Luxi, were gradually driven into this battle.

A large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army gathered, all the postures they put on illustrated:

The troops of the Eighth Route Army have made up their minds to break through Licheng!

This is not only the Japanese army, but also the surrounding forces, including the Jin Sui army, the Jiang army, and the local national army.

In the direction of Licheng, there are even some heavy howitzers pulled over by the Eighth Route Army, which has spent a lot of effort, as well as a strengthened version of the heavy rocket launcher, which is frantically attacking the city.

That earth-shattering momentum completely subverted the scale of the Eighth Route Army's inherent scale of the Anti-Japanese War.

The Japanese puppet army defending the city was almost frightened and emboldened, and constantly told the most critical situation and asked for help from the outside world.

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"If we continue to fight like this, the bigger and bigger the scale, the situation of this mess will become more and more out of control!"

The former enemy general headquarters, looking at the evolution of the situation through the military map, the boss could not help but be a little worried.

Over the years, the main force of the 129th Division has developed really well, especially the main front-line forces dominated by Kong Jie's team.

But in the final analysis, the background of the isolated Eighth Route Army is really too poor, even after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the elite was constantly transferred to the Pacific theater, and even forced to conduct two-front operations, and even the third line of operations launched against Southeast Asia and other countries.

The emaciated camel was still bigger than a horse.

Judging from the overall background and strength, the troops of the Eighth Route Army are still not the opponents of the Japanese army at present.

In addition, as the deputy chief of the general staff worried, "the operations of Chiang's troops on the frontal battlefield still have our Eighth Route Army to contain the Japanese army in the battlefield behind enemy lines."

But this man's heart is unpredictable, and it may not be the case if it is the other way around.

Once the Japanese army shifted its entire military focus to our Eighth Route Army troops, it would gradually withdraw the main forces of the frontal battlefield behind enemy lines.

Not only will some troops not take the initiative to launch an attack, not to mention containing the Japanese army, they may still clapping their hands in private and watching the development of the war situation, wishing that we and the devils would lose both! ”

This is even more problematic.

Not to mention the current battle, with the large number of Japanese troops gathered, the Eighth Route Army was on the weak side as a whole.

Even if it can win, the Eighth Route Army will definitely pay a heavy price in casualties.

This was completely contrary to the Eighth Route Army's sustained anti-Japanese policy.

The boss fell silent for a while, secretly thinking about how to break the situation now.

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"Lao Kong, we have to speed up, if it's too late, by the time we arrive at the battlefield in Licheng, maybe the city has been breached, and we won't even be able to drink the soup!"

After successfully conquering Datong, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, who led the mechanized combat troops to make a quick detour and moved closer to the direction of Licheng, were already galloping on the way with their teams at this time.

With a variety of mechanized combat vehicles as leg power, the troops move at a very fast speed, far exceeding that of ordinary infantry.

This kind of rapid detour and interspersed speed made the officers and men quite excited, and even sighed that if there were these mechanized combat vehicles in previous years, the rapid interspersed and interspersed operations would definitely be more brilliant.

The surprise attack on Datong has been successfully completed.

It stands to reason that Kong Jie and Li Yunlong have already made great contributions this time, and their main combat tasks have basically been completed.

And just a moment ago, Kong Jie also had a general understanding of the battle situation in the direction of Licheng through the communication departments of all parties.

As Kong Jie replied: "Lao Li, according to the communication from the direction of Licheng, the surrounding area of Licheng at this time has basically become a pot of porridge, and we are afraid that there will be dozens of regiments in the troops invested large and small.

On the Japanese side, the Mongolian Army, the First Army of the Devils, including Central China, South China, and even the Northeast Army of the Devils, have already sent rapid reaction forces to reinforce them.

This movement is getting bigger and bigger! ”

"Haha, that's interesting, this time I have to beat him up!" Li Yunlong couldn't wait to get up more and more.

Kong Jie directly poured a basin of cold water over and said: "Lao Li, it is a real battle on the Li Cheng side, and the terrain and terrain in the Datong direction are also different.

The northern part of Shanxi, especially the area close to Inner Mongolia, is relatively flat, which is suitable for us to carry out mechanized mode operations, but the terrain around Licheng is rugged and there are many mountains.

On the contrary, it is suitable for conventional infantry to carry out operations, and even if our rapid reaction force rushes over, I am afraid it will not be of much help, and there is probably no difference between having it and not having it. ”

Li Yunlong was stunned, knowing that Kong Jie was telling the truth, but he still insisted:

"It's a big deal, let's get on the car and gallop, dismount and fight, and when we get to the place, we will all turn into infantry."

The battle of attacking Licheng and the attention of everyone, Li Yunlong didn't want to miss such a good show.

So Kong Jie then asked: "Lao Li, are you right or wrong about the battle we launched that is getting bigger and bigger?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Yunlong didn't react for a while, and then replied without thinking: "What's wrong with killing devils?"

We've already won a lot of big battles this time.

I heard that the direction of Huangya Cave has completely annihilated the little devils who entered the interior.

The Japanese 36th Division on the outer line of Huangya Cave has also been defeated.

Brigade Commander Chen's side also completed the counter-sweep.

Lao Ding commanded the left-behind troops of our Iron Triangle, and even beat the little devil to cry and cry for his mother.

In addition, we also successfully laid Datong, and stirred the entire northern Jin into a pot of porridge.

What could be wrong with that? ”

Kong Jie let out a long sigh, there were some things he couldn't tell Li Yunlong.

If he told Lao Li that the reason why the battle situation gradually evolved this time was getting bigger and bigger, the winter counteroffensive set off by his own team was actually a fuse.

Then with the detection of the Japanese army's operation against the Huangyadong Arsenal.

At this time, the scale of the operation was actually still limited.

In fact, according to the most secure battle plan, only the fortifications inside the Yellow Cliff Cave need to be built, which is enough to complete the defense of the Yellow Cliff Cave.

Just push the Japanese back smoothly.

However, Kong Jie was not satisfied with this, but proposed to use a large number of rapid reaction forces to quickly detour back to the Northwest Military Region, and then surprise attack Datong with the cooperation of the 120th Division.

The scale of the whole battle is like this, it is magnified step by step and evolves into the current situation.

Thinking of these, Kong Jie suddenly understood how difficult it was to be in the position of the boss.

When a battle is arranged, whether it is won or lost in the end, as the CEO, it is not as simple as winning or losing.

There are even political considerations to consider, as well as longer-term development factors.

Take the 40-year Zhengtai Campaign as an example, even the General Headquarters did not expect that it would eventually evolve into a battle of 100 regiments.

The final result was indeed to break the cage policy of the devils blocking the base area of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and there is never a single one.

After that battle, due to the premature exposure of the strength of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army gradually shifted its military focus to the sweep of the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines.

Even the Nationalist Military Government, which originally provided some support to the Eighth Route Army, completely cut off the supply of military salaries and materials.

As a result, the troops of the Eighth Route Army were once in an increasingly difficult situation.

If it weren't for the variable of Kong Jie, he would have risen rapidly with a team, and with a team as the economic center, he would gradually drive the development of the surrounding base areas.

The drawbacks after this battle brought the hardships of the Eighth Route Army to the troops far worse than now.

...... "Maybe the headquarters is also having a headache about the current situation!" ”

Kong Jie muttered a few words in his heart, and then hurriedly thought of self-comfort:

Whatever, we just launched a winter offensive and made a small suggestion to attack Datong, what does the current situation have to do with me Kong Jie?

"Lao Li, let me give you an analogy!

The current Licheng is like a big piece of fat for our Eighth Route Army troops.

Our troops from all walks of life are advancing towards Li Tong, and they all want to eat it with a piece of meat!

It's just obvious that this wolf has more meat and less meat, and this piece of meat is not so delicious, and the little devils are also increasing their troops, and even the devils in South China, Central China, and Northeast China have been dispatched.

As the situation worsens, all our attacking troops will be forced to evacuate, and no one will be able to eat this meat.

You said that if we rush over now, can we still make a lot of fun? ”

Li Yunlong's mind was also spinning rapidly, and he immediately realized that there was something in Kong Jie's words: "Old Kong, what do you mean?" ”

"As the old saying goes, wool can't catch a sheep, and now this sheep is almost bald, how much hair is left?

If we want to continue gathering wool, we need to find a few more sheep! ”

"Where can I find it?" Li Yunlong asked.

Kong Jiele said: "Lao Li, you are really smart.

Why, this little devil in Shanxi is a devil, so the one in Henan and Hebei is not a devil?

This Licheng is a piece of fat, so those enemy-occupied areas in central Hebei, southern Hebei, and northern Henan are not fat?

If you think about it, at the moment, both the Japanese army and our Eighth Route Army are focusing all their attention on the offensive and defensive battles in Licheng.

At this critical time, Li Cheng actually didn't have much oil and water.

Even if there were, we have so many troops and dozens of regiments to divide, and when it comes to us, I'm afraid we won't even be able to leave some soup and water.

Otherwise, why should we sharpen our heads and lean in? At present, in order to defend Licheng, the devil does not want to repeat the mistake of Datong City, and he is obviously desperate.

If the devil is so desperate, there will definitely be a leak in the original line of defense.

You said that if we take advantage of the fact that the two sides are fighting hotly, we will take the opportunity to take a detour, go south, and make a fortune in the direction of central and southern Hebei, and then directly cross southern Hebei into southern Jinnan and northern Henan, and even enter Luxi in the west.

Isn't this all full of oil and water?

Yuncheng is rich in copper ore, and there are not a few mines where the devils are.

Henan's central army has money and food, and all kinds of military supplies are even more abundant.

In the name of the Japanese company, we sold daily necessities to them in exchange for food and arms, and the market has become bigger.

Wouldn't it be a good thing to even be able to completely squeeze the opium business that the little devil raised by the son of a bitch was running in northern Henan and directly monopolize the market?

The commander surnamed Tang has always loved money like a son! ”

After Kong Jie's words, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but say happily: "Haha, old Kong, you are really a genius!"

I think it's a good idea, so let's do it! ”

After making up their minds, both of them were resolute and resolute personalities, that is, they did what they said, and directly led the rapid reaction force all the way to avoid some blockade lines of the devils and quickly went south.

And under the cover of the comrades in central and southern Hebei, they divided into several routes and advanced in the direction of northern Henan, southern Jinnan, and western Shandong.

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Former enemy General Command.

Thanks to the relatively complete overall communication system built by the headquarters in the past two years.

At present, although the entire battlefield has become a situation of porridge, the headquarters is even a little in a hurry, and it is impossible to carry out effective overall command.

However, with relatively complete communication equipment, the headquarters has a certain understanding of the situation on the frontline battlefield.

At this time, as the situation intensified, the faces of the boss and the deputy chief of staff had lost their initial sadness, and the two generals seemed to have found a strategy to break the situation.

The two of them are studying the military map!

A translator took off his headphones, got up and reported: "Report to the boss, there is news from the Jinan Military Region that not long ago, the two regiment commanders, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, led the rapid reaction force through the southern Hebei base area, and said that they would continue to move south and advance in the direction of northern Henan and western Shandong. ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Some cadres were puzzled: "Aren't Kong Jie and Li Yunlong preparing to make a detour to Licheng?" Why did you still run to northern Henan? ”

The deputy chief of general staff glanced at the boss and laughed: "Boss, it seems that this strategy to break the situation, we just thought that Comrade Kong Jie and Comrade Li Yunlong have already put it into practice!" ”