In the Mengxi area, the decisive battle between the Southern Chariot Brigade of the Mongolian Army and the armored corps directly under the Taihang of the Eighth Route Army ended in a complete rout of the Devil's Chariot Brigade.

And that's not all.

Commander Fu, who is good at stealing chickens, took advantage of the fact that the most elite chariot cluster of devils in the Mengxi area was completely defeated by the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese cavalry group in Baotou and the 26th Division in Datong were hastily reinforced, and attacked Baotou, the base camp of the Japanese army in Mongolia, with a mixed mobile unit of the 35th Route Army.

After the news spread, as Commander Fu and his chief of staff speculated.

The armored units of the Eighth Route Army became famous in this war.

Not only the whole of North China, but also the entire Chinese battlefield, and even all countries in the world expressed their amazement at this.

Even the US soldiers who were far away in the Pacific Theater and were still in the midst of a bitter battle could not help but feel relieved when they heard the news from the international side, followed by a snickering of joy, and then a sense of gratitude, thanking the Eighth Route Army for this powerful victory on the Chinese battlefield, which can be said to be an indirect reflection of their operations in the Pacific Theater.

After hearing the news, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, a lieutenant colonel of the US military aviation who stayed in the detachment as a guest, was also full of emotion.

He even said in public that the Eighth Route Army was the most amazing unit he had ever seen.

Of course, some people are happy and some are worried.

The news that the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army had completely routed a Japanese tank cluster in the Mengxi area was explosive.

The news spread quickly, and under the specially intensified propaganda offensive of the Eighth Route Army, it was not only in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, but also in the territory of the Jinsui Army in the Guotong Region, and even in the enemy-occupied areas.

The news also spread quickly.

It also naturally stimulated the enthusiasm of the anti-Japanese armed forces in various localities.

Therefore, when the common people knew that the Eighth Route Army had won another big victory, they all applauded, and their hearts supported the Eighth Route Army even more.

The young people who rushed to the base area of the Eighth Route Army to actively join the army were even more wave after wave.

The reinforcements of the Chinese army from various countries in the world have also begun to gradually tilt towards the side of the Eighth Route Army, and many overseas Chinese compatriots have also actively extended a helping hand to the troops of the Eighth Route Army and donated various anti-Japanese materials.

This is a series of good effects brought by the Eighth Route Army after winning battles and completely building its reputation.

In the past few years, Chiang's army has also been self-defeating in its various slanders against the Eighth Route Army's so-called guerrilla but not attack.

In the end, what troops are truly able to resist Japan, and what troops are truly able to resist Japan, fight devils, and win battles, the hearts of the common people are like mirrors.

The little devil was naturally worried.

The newly appointed commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu, frowned and locked himself in the house when he was fine, and then began to scold his mother.

Who do you scold?

scolded the previous commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka.

It's this bastard who left him with such a big mess.

As a result, he has just taken office, and every day is like sitting on pins and needles, and he can't even sleep well all night when he is troubled by the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Iwamatsu is obviously an old guy who can shake the pot, he thinks that if it wasn't for Yoshio Shinozuka when he was re-appointed, he failed to eliminate the Eighth Route Army before it became stronger, which led to the growth of the Eighth Route Army step by step, how could it evolve into today's situation?

And the most sorrowful is the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army's North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ninji.

Okamura's heart is bitter.

I thought that it would be a clever move to temporarily put together a chariot cluster in the Mengxi area, to guard against the 35th Route Army, to be able to be vigilant against the commotion of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi at any time, and to be able to respond to the final sweep of the Jizhong side after the battle broke out.

As a result, the trick turned out to be a stupid trick.

With the defeat of the Nanzhi Brigade, with the rapid rise of this armored unit that suddenly appeared in the Mengxi area with the Eighth Route Army.

The entire Munsi region became unstable.

An armored brigade was heavily damaged, and although the Japanese army suffered a lot of losses, it did not make the Japanese army in China unable to recover.

Okamura is most worried that after the Eighth Route Army defeats the Nanji Brigade, it will affect his overall deployment and his follow-up sweep plan against the Eighth Route Army in the Jizhong Military Region.

Thinking of this, Okamura did not dare to delay, on the one hand, he ordered the 26th Division and the troops stationed in Mongolia to immediately strengthen the military defense, and be sure to keep an eye on the 35th Route Army and the troops of the Eighth Route Army in northern Jin.

"At all costs, we must stabilize the situation in the northern part of Shanxi and Mengxi!"

What for?

Gain time for the final operation to sweep away the Jizhong Military Region.

At this point, Okamura, an old devil, is still playing a big game of chess, and he can sit and wipe out the dream of the Eighth Route Army's logistics troops fighting the Jizhong Military Region in one fell swoop.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, after barely stabilizing the situation in the northern Jinbei and Mengxi regions, Okamura immediately issued an order urging the 3rd, 6th, and 13th Divisions, as well as the reinforced Ushijima Manchu Division of the Kwantung Army, to strengthen the offensive on the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese army quickly moved into action.

Among them, the 3rd Division was strengthened to the Shandong battlefield, assisted in the large-scale transfer of Japanese troops originally stationed in Shanxi to the Shandong Theater, and carried out a comprehensive military blockade and sweep against the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong.

As for the veteran elite Sixth Division of the Japanese army, because it is good at mountain warfare, and this little devil has defeated the main force of the Jin Sui Army head-on in Shanxi, he is especially familiar with the Shanxi battlefield.

Therefore, he was transferred to the Shanxi battlefield by Gangcun to cooperate with the 12th Army troops of the Japanese army originally stationed in Shandong who were transferred to the Shanxi battlefield to carry out a sweep against the Eighth Route Army, which was mainly based on the Taihang base area.

Although the 13th Division seemed a bit mediocre compared to the 3rd and 6th Divisions at first glance, Okamura trusted the commander of the 13th Division, Buntaiichiro, the most.

He handed over the combat mission of finally and completely leveling the central Hebei region to Buntaiichiro.

Among them, the Shanxi battlefield is naturally the most eye-catching battlefield at the moment.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, especially in the area of the Taihang base area, are also the most difficult bones for the Japanese army to gnaw, including the Ushijima Manchu Division of the Kwantung Army that came over this time, all of which were transferred to the Shanxi battlefield by Okamura to deal with the troops of the Taihang Eighth Route Army.

The devils pressed the territory with heavy troops, and for a while, even in the relatively stable base areas of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang, the soldiers also felt more or less the oppression of the mountain rain and the wind full of buildings.

A detachment command is located in the compound.

Political Commissar Li Wenjie is chatting with Doolittle.

As Kong Jie's tacit partner, Li Wenjie is very aware of Kong Jie's importance to the US military aviation lieutenant colonel in front of him, and he is even more aware of Kong Jie's long-term intention to retain this aviation talent in order to develop the aviation career of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, during Doolittle's temporary residence in the team, Li Wenjie took good care of him.

In addition, they are all cultural people, and in the mutual exchanges, Li Wenjie really admires the professional insight that Doolittle, a lieutenant colonel of aviation, has in the field of aviation.

Doolittle was also full of surprise at the young man in front of him.

As Doolittle lamented:

"Political Commissar Li, it's hard to imagine what kind of environment and experience can create a military talent like you, you must know that even in my country, in terms of military attainments, in the long-term vision, those who can reach the realm of you, even if they are not veterans on the battlefield, most of them are middle-aged people over 40 years old."

Li Wenjie smiled and said a few words modestly, and then used Kong Jie as a shield:

"The lieutenant colonel is joking, and my brother is far worse than me!"

At this time, the news of the defeat of the Japanese tank cluster by the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army led by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong in the Mengxi area had spread.

Before the news came, Doolittle only knew that Kong Jie seemed to have been transferred to fight elsewhere by the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

He never imagined that in the few days he had been in the team, Captain Kong would lead the armored troops of the Eighth Route Army to fight a great victory that moved the world.

In addition, Dulittle heard that the first armored corps of the Eighth Route Army, the first armored corps, was created by Kong Jie.

A team is its cradle.

This naturally made Doolittle have a little more admiration for Kong Jie.

After the news of the heavy Japanese army pressing the border, Li Wenjie convened a meeting of military cadres at the headquarters, during which Li Wenjie did not treat Doolittle as an outsider, and even invited this lieutenant colonel Du to participate in military analysis.

In Kong Jie's words:

"When the Yankees are here, they have to make people feel at home, even if it is a military operation, if it is not a core secret, they can also be involved!"

"With more participation, there is also a sense of belonging!"

Thereupon......

When it was learned that the Japanese army was heavily pressurized, a complete blockade had been carried out on the base area where the detachment was located.

"According to the news sent back by our intelligence officers, as well as the situation detected by the external investigators, the devil used a large-scale force this time, just against our team, and the devil added an elite field division in the Yangquan area, the sixth division."

"Plus the original security forces of the Japanese army in the Yangquan area."

"The Japanese army launched a sweep against our base area, and this time the strength is unprecedented!"

After this analysis was settled, the expressions of the cadres at all levels who participated in the meeting on this side of the team were quite calm, and everyone had not experienced any storms and waves in recent years, and it was even more exaggerated and difficult than now.

It's been a long time coming.

On Doolittle's side, except for Doolittle being honest and steady, he couldn't see too many looks, and the other U.S. military pilots who followed Doolittle had a wonderful ever-changing face.

A young pilot couldn't hold back his worries and said:

"Oh my God! So many Japanese troops are coming, everyone, have you all figured out how to deal with this difficult battle? ”

"Soldiers are coming!"

"The water comes to cover the earth!"

"It's not a big deal, this little devil conducts a big sweep against our base every year, not ten times, but eight times, this time it's a little bigger, just let's kill his mother!"

The cadres responded one by one, their faces showing calmness.

These U.S. military pilots were a little dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

They really couldn't understand that these activities were isolated on the outskirts of the mountains, and the Eighth Route Army was surrounded by strong enemy troops.

How long are these hearts, don't they know what it means to be afraid?

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan even made a joke at Dulittle: "Lieutenant Colonel, please rest assured, we have already made preparations for this attack of the Japanese army, of course, if the situation is really bad, we will take the lead in ensuring your safety and escort you in advance." ”

Some of the U.S. pilots were embarrassed by these remarks.

Doolittle replied as if he had been insulted by something: "Mr. Chief of Staff, your statement is simply the greatest insult to my character.

We are soldiers, soldiers fighting against the Japanese army, and you are also Chinese soldiers fighting against the Japanese army, and at the moment, we are on the same front.

Even the glory of a soldier will never allow us to abandon our comrades! ”

"It's just a pity, our Eighth Route Army doesn't have planes to provide to you for the time being, Lieutenant Colonel, for combat!" Xu Guoan said.

Doolittle said: "What plane do you want?"

Even if we only have one rifle, we can still kill the enemy! ”

In this regard, Doolittle sighed again, in these days of a team, he has heard a lot of history and stories about a team.

I heard that when the detachment was just formed, the combat effectiveness of the whole regiment had not yet been formed, and the equipment was poor, there were not a few light machine guns in total, and two people could not carry a rifle.

That's it, and everyone doesn't have a few bullets.

What's more, when you go to the battlefield, you can only use kitchen knives, sickles, and red cherry guns as weapons, and some don't even have a weapon, so they simply fight directly to grab the little devil.

These histories made Doolittle and his entourage awe-inspiring at the same time.

They thought about it, if they were put in the same situation, would they be able to do better than these soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were pure in their beliefs and were not afraid of sacrifice?

The answer is: I'm afraid not!

At this moment, Doolittle just felt a little pity, "These damn Japanese bastards, if you can give us some planes, even a few fighters, we will definitely let these little devils taste amazing!" ”

The cadres of the team are not so extravagant.

Just like a joke by Chief of Staff Xu Guoan: "One day we have such an air force, not to mention what Tokyo is going to bomb, if we can run and blow up the devil's Taiyuan City and blow up the devil's headquarters, it will be very happy!" ”

As the old saying goes, no book is made without coincidence.

Just when Xu Guoan, Li Wenjie and Doolittle and their entourage lamented when the Eighth Route Army would be able to have its own fighters.

Zhejiang, Quzhou region.

Duan Peng, the leader of the commando team, originally led the commandos to continue to search for the scattered US pilots in the Quzhou area and continue to carry out rescue missions.

It took nearly a week for Duan Peng and his entourage to successfully rescue two US pilots, one of whom was rescued from the camp of the little devil at night.

Since then, there has been no news about the US pilots.

Duan Peng originally planned to follow Kong Jie's instructions to explore the Shandong region to investigate the location of the secret prisoner concentration camp of the Japanese army.

But then I unexpectedly learned that the Japanese army intended to occupy Quzhou Airport.

Since it involves the airport, it is naturally related to the aircraft, and Duan Peng and the team members are combined.

"So far, some of the little devils have basically all of our Eighth Route Army, but only this plane has not landed, and the old regiment commander has been talking about this many times."

Speaking of this, Duan Peng changed his words and said: "Comrades, let me ask you, do you dare to have a big vote with me, hijack him a few planes to go back, and show our old regiment leader?" ”

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(End of chapter)