Okamura, who has always had the potential to be a gambler, said this time that he didn't dare to gamble with his own life.

The propaganda offensive of the Eighth Route Army was so loud that it wanted to attack Beiping directly.

This even led to the anti-Japanese armed forces lurking in many of the Japanese occupation areas to be ready to move, and the Japanese army had to strengthen the management of law and order internally while resisting the surprise attack of the Eighth Route Army on the outside line.

For the sake of the safety of his base camp, Gangcun Ningci specially ordered that the Zhengben Division, which was stationed in the area from Shimen to Baoding and had been in charge of the section of the Pinghan Railway Line and the Zhengtai Railway Line, should strengthen vigilance and defense, and must not let any of the eight roads pass through the defense area.

In addition, ensure the defense of Shimen and Baoding.

The old devil who received the order did not dare to delay.

At present, the Eighth Route Army suddenly approached Baoding, and it was menacing, and he had to reinforce the main force of the division in the direction of Baoding to repel the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, Brigade Commander Chen, who sent the armored battalion to fight, had already taken this into account.

There were too many factors in the defeat of Datong, and in the end, the troops also spent a lot of manpower and material resources, time and cost, and finally succeeded in taking it.

Such a victory is difficult to replicate in a short period of time

Therefore, the attack on Baoding is just a sheep attack, in fact, it is a thunderstorm and a small raindrop.

The main thing is to scare the little devils.

Who let with the destruction of Datong City, coupled with the Eighth Route Army gathering in Licheng, captured Xinxiang in one fell swoop, surrounded Kaifeng, and went straight to Zaozhuang, which completely scared the little devil.

The current image of the Japanese army is, to put it mildly, quite a bit of a rumor.

Therefore, this time, the effect is particularly obvious.

The main force of the sheep suit pushed in the direction of Baoding, which immediately frightened the devils, and even attracted most of the main forces of the Japanese army's main division to the Baoding area.

After the Japanese army gathered, the soldiers shook their guns, turned their troops, and suddenly attacked the Shide line, that is, the railway line from Shimen in Jidi to Ludi Dezhou.

As soon as this railway line was struck, it immediately bluffed the little devils.

The devil was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack Luxi along the Shide line, so he hurriedly sent troops to the Shide line to help.

But in fact, Brigade Commander Chen and Commander Lu are not stupid, and the Luxi side has already strengthened the defensive strength of the defense line after Li Yunlong and Kong Jie invaded one after another.

At this time, it will definitely not please you to forcibly attack the past.

Therefore, the two commanders made a surprise attack on the Shide line, on the one hand, to cover Li Yunlong's operations on the Luxi side and contain the Japanese troops on the Luxi side.

On the other hand, it was to lure the troops of the main division over, and then set up an ambush in the middle, taking the opportunity to give this little devil a wave of ruthlessness.

Just a day or two ago......

With the complete end of the defense of Huangya Cave, the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, as well as the new 5th Regiment and the 17th Regiment, the main forces of the 386th Brigade have been re-engaged in the operations of all sides after being replenished and recuperated.

With the reinforcements of these troops, the operational pressure in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army was greatly reduced.

Iron Triangle Temporary Joint Command.

Ding Wei, who proclaimed himself the title of Ding Million, saw that the Japanese army had all shrunk to the county towns and towns and continued to fight in the base areas, and I am afraid that there would be no greater achievements.

At present, if we want to achieve new results, we can only further expand the battlefield and send troops to the outside world.

Therefore, after Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, Li Wenjie, and Xu Guoan discussed, they immediately decided to draw out a part of the elite from the troops in the Iron Triangle, and then use the remaining various mechanical vehicles in the base area to temporarily form a mixed mechanical force to reinforce in the direction of central Hebei.

The commander was Shen Quan, commander of the 3rd Independent Regiment.

Before leaving, Ding Wei mobilized all the soldiers, and he stood on the high platform and shouted loudly: "Comrades, I'm afraid you don't know yet.

During this period of time, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, especially the Eighth Route Army of Taihang, especially our Iron Triangle Eighth Route Army, have already made a name for themselves in the entire North China and even the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield.

I've heard that there are a lot of devils and second devils in the enemy war zone, but when you hear about our Iron Triangle number, you will even be scared.

As long as it can be linked to our iron triangle, it must be elite.

This time, we will fight across regions and provinces, and we must not lose the face of our Iron Triangle, if we want to fight, we must play brilliantly, and if we want to fight, we must play the majesty of our Taihang Iron Triangle!

Everyone is the most elite soldier in our Iron Triangle, and will be equipped with the most sophisticated equipment, after the cross-regional battle, we must let the brother troops and ordinary people in the central and southern Hebei sides take a good look at the strength of our Iron Triangle troops.

Okay, I won't say anything more.

Just one sentence, I will wait in the base area for the news of our comrades' defeat of the Japanese invaders and the complete victory! ”

"Let's go!"

Under Ding Wei's mobilization, the soldiers set off one by one as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

Shen Quan is responsible for leading the team.

At this time, the direction from central Hebei to southern Hebei had already been penetrated by Kong Jie's mechanized combat troops who had gone south.

In addition, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in central and southern Hebei also launched local counteroffensives and local sabotage operations against the Japanese army.

The entire central and southern Hebei region has long been a pot of porridge.

Shen Quan led the troops to see the seams, and even followed the route of his old regiment commander Kong Jie and his party to the south, which had broken the route of the Japanese defense line along the way, and then hit in the opposite direction.

In this way, the troops spent more than a day, fought several victories along the way, and successfully rushed to the area of Jizhong after defeating several Japanese puppet army troops.

Sun Zhenguo, commander of the first battalion of the new regiment who was accompanying him, immediately suggested: "Old Shen, news has come from our vanguard unit that the armored battalion of the 385th Brigade and the comrades of the Jizhong side have already opened up with the devil troops in the middle of the Shide line.

Let's take the opportunity to rush over! Maybe you can even sneak up on the devil's back! ”

Sun Zhenguo's suggestion was actually very reasonable, at this time, the location of Shen Quan's troops was quite close to the Shide line.

Shen Quan shook his head slowly, and said: "Old Sun, let's fight all the way, although the process is quite smooth, but the movement is not small, do you think the original division will not receive the news?"

Once the Japanese army arranges the guard troops in the rear in advance, or even sets up an ambush in advance, we may fall into the enemy's trap if we rush over it so rashly. ”

"This ......"

Sun Zhenguo hesitated, this is indeed possible.

"Old Shen, what do you mean?"

Shen Quan pondered for a moment, suddenly showed a little evil smile, and said: "It's better to divide into two roads, make a big show all the way, make the movement as loud as possible, and clearly tell the little devils that we will take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack from their backs, and unite with the armored battalions of Jizhong and the 385 Brigade to flank the front and rear."

The other way is our real main force, advancing in the direction of Baoding and Shimen.

As the old saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating.

Although the trick of striking the east and the west has already been used badly, as long as the timing is in place, it is still a fresh trick, and it will be eaten all over the world! ”

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What else can Sun Zhenguo, who suddenly came back to his senses, say?

They all came out of a trench, no wonder Lao Shen became the commander of the third independent regiment in this leap!

After the two agreed on their minds, they immediately split into two ways.

A company led by Sun Zhenguo, with the cooperation of local troops, disguised as the main force advancing from the Iron Triangle base area, approached the Shide line.

Shen Quan led a special reinforced regiment, nearly 3,000 troops, and quickly interspersed in the direction of Shimen and Baoding.

The headquarters of the Japanese army's main division.

The main force of the main division in front and the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong intensified the fighting around the Shide Line area.

However, news suddenly came from the direction of Jinan that a unit of the Eighth Route Army had broken through from the direction of Shanxi and was rapidly moving north, approaching the Shide line.

"General, judging from the direction of the Eighth Route Army's breakthrough, it seems that they are coming towards the back of our army!"

"Baga, these damn Eighth Route Army are really rampant!"

The old devil scolded and scolded twice, and the chief of staff on the side suddenly reminded: "General, this Eighth Route is from Shanxi, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, so you must not guard against it!" ”

In this regard, the original deeply agrees.

He then began to scold the incompetence of the First Army in Shanxi.

"If it weren't for these incompetent and stupid guys, how would they let these eight-way break into our army's defense zone?"

After scolding for a while, in desperation, the original had to arrange some guard troops to guard the back of the defense area.

Fighting between the two sides soon began.

In order to completely paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army, Sun Zhenguo led his troops to launch a rather fierce attack on the Japanese defense line.

Under the roar of the artillery, the little devils who fought the defense were buzzing.

The devils in Jizhong deeply realized the power of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.

The old devil was even more secretly glad that he had the foresight and prepared sufficient rearguard forces in advance, so as not to let this cunning Eighth Route Army take the opportunity to sneak attack.

At this time, the attention of the Japanese army has basically been drawn to the Jizhong troops in the direction of the Shide Line that are engaged with it, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army from Shanxi on the back.

The two sides are fighting fiercely.

"Your Excellency the commander of the reporting division, Shimen is in an emergency, and it is being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Your Excellency the division commander, Baoding is in an emergency, the Eighth Route is attacking the city, and the defense line outside the city has been lost!"

"Nani?"

The old devil is stupid, how is this possible?

The reconnaissance system of the Japanese Empire was not vegetarian, and these Eighth Route Army, which advanced from the Jizhong side, originally attacked Shimen and Baoding under false pretenses, and then suddenly attacked the Shide line, causing the two sides to be entangled in the Shide line and fighting fiercely.

If these Eighth Route Armies were mobilized, they would certainly not have escaped the reconnaissance of the Japanese army.

So where did the Eighth Route Army, which suddenly appeared in Shimen and Baoding, come from?

Could it be the Eighth Road that came from Shanxi?

Yes, it must be this Eighth Route Army, they split into two routes, one way to sneak attack the back of his main division, and the other way to sneak attack Shimen and Baoding in a roundabout way.

"Bastard!"

Zhengben scolded loudly, thinking back on what happened during this time, and he couldn't shake off the humiliation that arose.

I think that his main division guarded the area of SJZ and Baoding, and he guarded it well, and even received praise from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

Originally, it was all very good.

Until the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi appeared like a nightmare.

First, the interspersed troops from the Shanxi battlefield attacked HD, and then attacked Shimen, and in the confrontation between the two sides, the vanguard troops of the main division were almost defeated at the touch of a button, and were beaten by the other side.

Then there was trouble on the Eighth Road in Jizhong, and the old devil sent troops to sweep up, but he was beaten again and returned in defeat.

The mobile force he sent to Licheng for reinforcements was ambushed by the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi on the way and was almost completely annihilated.

Then the so-called rapid reaction force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army crossed the border and beat him again.

And now, the Eighth Route Army troops in Hebei, the Eighth Route Army advancing in Shanxi, are attacking the Shide Line again, and raiding Baoding and Shimen.

The more I think about it, the more depressed I become, and I'm the soft persimmon, and I'm an eight-way way to pinch it?

In addition, after each defeat, the losses were quite heavy.

The Chinese say that bandits are like combs, soldiers are like shaves, and officials are like shavings.

This Shanxi's Eighth Road is even more ruthless, once the battle is won, not to mention the demolition of the stronghold, even the foundation can be cut for you, and they will do everything possible to expand the results of the capture.

It's even more terrifying than the bandits, locusts, and locusts that cross the border.

Zheng Ben had seen with his own eyes that the warriors of the Hundred and Tenth Empire who had been wiped out had even been stripped of only a piece of crotch cloth.

This even made the original fox wonder, the reason why the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi was able to develop so rapidly was really related to such a thrifty and economical style that would never let go of a drop of oil and water?

In the direction of Kaifeng, the Harada Division is still urgently asking for help every day, saying that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area is about to break the city.

But it's been broken for several days, and there is still no movement.

The Gujing Division in the southwest of Lu is also in a hurry every day, saying that Zaozhuang is about to be unable to withstand it, and until now, it is still well guarded!

Zhengben, who thought through this, immediately realized that in the face of such a fierce Eighth Route Army.

Can't beat it, can't he still hide?

He understood why these eight roads in Shanxi could be like entering a no-man's land, interspersed with various defense areas.

This is clearly the inaction of the troops along the defensive line, unwilling to pay the price to block desperately, and even deliberately disperse these difficult Eighth Route Army to other defense areas to share the losses.

Damn it, these imperial disgraces! ”

Feeling the resentment of His Excellency the commander of his own division against those imperial moths who were not in good hands, the chief of staff on the side hurriedly asked: "General, are we going to attack on all fronts and desperately destroy these eight routes?" ”

"Nani?"

Zhengben turned his head, glanced at the chief of staff, and reprimanded: "Stupid, if we run out, who will be responsible for the security of the entire Shimen Baoding area?" Who will defend the security of the rear command?

Notify all departments and immediately shrink from the board...... Advance strategically, abandon the defensive line as appropriate, preserve the living forces, and turn from offensive to defensive with the help of fortifications, strongholds, and city gates. ”

Plainly.

Since you can't beat it, just mess up!

These eight roads were interspersed all the way from the defense area of the First Army, and the First Army could not stop them.

His main division can't stop these eight roads, and it makes sense to think about it.

On the side, the chief of staff of the devil was silent with interest......