Two days later, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the remaining mobile troops, in accordance with the instructions of the Yan'an side, to take the stable transportation channel from the Northwest Military Region to the Yan'an side, and rushed to Yan'an to report and wait for the next instructions.

Originally, Li Yunlong was still a little unhappy, and couldn't help complaining: "Let's lead the mobile troops on the front line, this battle is fought well, what Yan'an are you going to?"

If we hurry up and return to Taihang, maybe we can catch up with a few battles! ”

Kong Jie smiled and persuaded: "Lao Li, don't you see that you are shafted again!"

How many of our comrades want to go to Yan'an to study, but they don't have this opportunity! To put it mildly, don't look at the fact that you are now the commander of the new Second Regiment, and you are also the commander of the rapid reaction force directly under Taihang, but you can't stay in this position for the rest of your life, right?

In the future, let alone the rapid reaction force directly under Taihang, it is not clear that our Eighth Route Army will even be able to form its own armored troops.

If you don't have enough resume, will you be embarrassed to be this commander with a shy face at that time? ”

Seeing that Li Yunlong was a little stunned by what he said, Kong Jie hit the railway while it was hot: "What's more, Lao Li, let me tell you the truth, this time Shanxi and Shandong, including the battlefields of central Hebei, how the next battle situation will evolve, we can basically guess it."

Right now, the battlefields everywhere are basically about to be destroyed, and the oil and water have been almost fished out by various troops, even if we rush back now, I'm afraid there will be some soup and water left, so what's the point?

Just returned to his hometown, and our armored troops went to Yan'an to show their faces! ”

After Kong Jie's words, Li Yunlong really didn't complain, but looked excited.

"Haha, Lao Kong, you still understand what you think! Hearing you say this, it's a good thing that let's go to Yan'an this time! ”

"A good thing, it has to be a good thing!" Kong Jie said with a smile.

The two hit it off and immediately began to prepare.

Before leaving, the division commander and a group of cadres from the Northwest Military Region personally rushed to see off the two.

This time, he led the mobile unit to the north, and the operation in the Mengxi area ended smoothly.

Kong Jie and Li Yunlong once again played the demeanor of famous generals and played the prestige of the armored unit of the Eighth Route Army, which shook the world.

Just as the original words of the division commander who enthusiastically pulled Kong Jie and Li Yunlong at the time of parting:

"Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that there are five things in a soldier's family, one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law.

The two of you came to the Mengxi area this time, and it can be said that you have considered all the five things of the soldiers.

It not only struck at the cavalry group in the Baotou area of the Mongolian army, but also successively inflicted heavy losses on the Nanzhi Chariot Cluster, the Heimu Chariot Brigade, and the mobile troops of the 26th Division.

And planned the 35th Route Army to take Baotou, capture Houhe, and feint to attack Zhangjiakou.

In the end, he assisted our 120th Division to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese troops in the northern part of Shanxi, and helped our Northwest Military Region to completely open up the anti-Japanese situation in northern Shanxi.

It seems that these old Liu have regarded you as his own disciples, and he has taught you everything! ”

Brigade Commander Zhang said with a smile: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, I think Lao Liu is here, and it may not be as good as the two of you to cooperate with the command!" ”

As he spoke, Brigade Commander Zhang looked at the regiment commanders behind him with hatred.

"When are you going to fight and give me a long face?"

Then the regiment commander said with a depressed face: "Brigade commander! If we want to talk about this war, we can learn it, but there are some things that we really can't learn.

Not to mention, this Lao Kong and Lao Li ran to our northern Jinbei and Mengxi to fight devils, guess what? People are fighting devils and doing business at the same time, and neither side is delayed! ”

Li Yunlong laughed and said: "That's a must, you go and inquire, when did I, Li Yunlong, do a loss-making business?"

When I came to Mengxi to fight this time, Lao Kong and I inquired in advance, and we heard that there are a lot of good things here, such as all kinds of wool products, what deer antler velvet, milk tea, milk wine, once these various specialties are brought back to Shanxi, they are all sought-after goods.

Since we are here, of course we can't come in vain, this battle has to be fought, and money has to be earned, so if we don't make money, what can we do to buy guns and ammunition, buy food and materials, and supply the war? ”

The cadres clapped their hands and applauded when they heard this, and they all gave Li Yunlong a thumbs up.

Kong Jie went on to talk about the propaganda offensive after the battle:

"No matter when, if our Eighth Route Army wants to fight devils and establish an anti-Japanese revolutionary base area, it is inseparable from the support of the people.

Compared with Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi provinces, and the people in Inner Mongolia know less about our Eighth Route Army, which is easy for the people to have unnecessary misunderstandings about our anti-Japanese armed forces.

Therefore, this time, Lao Li and I led the team to fight because we specially prepared for propaganda work, and arranged a propaganda team for each combat unit.

Every soldier of the propaganda team, backpacks, trucks, tanks, motorcycles, all painted Mongolian and Chinese bilingual, propaganda slogans.

What is the propaganda?

Publicize the 38th discipline of our Eighth Route Army, and publicize the belief of our Eighth Route Army in fighting bravely for the country and the people and for the independence of the nation.

In addition, we also told the local people that this time our Eighth Route Army will not leave, we will recover the lost territory, establish an anti-Japanese revolutionary base on the spot, and create a stable pure land for our local people. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang was amazed when he heard this.

This Kong Jie and Li Yunlong's two teams are really good, these two partners are together, and it is probably not an exaggeration to say that they are peerless.

It is estimated that Yan'an specially asked Kong Jie and Li Yunlong to lead the team over this time, which is also a bit of a test for the two of them.

After a burst of laughter, everyone returned to the topic.

Speaking of the follow-up in northern Jin and Mengxi regions to respond to the operational situation in Shanxi, central Hebei, and Shandong battlefields.

The division commander said that all units of the entire Northwest Military Region would take advantage of the anti-Japanese situation that had been thoroughly opened up by the mobile units led by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong to further expand the results of the battle.

The devils were making trouble in Shanxi, Jizhong, and Shandong, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi were making trouble in the northern Shanxi, central Jin, and Mengxi regions, and engaged in sabotage warfare, so that Okamura, who was sitting in Beiping, couldn't even sleep soundly.

When it comes to the safety of Jizhong, everyone thinks so.

Brigade Commander Zhang said: "The little devil wants to plot against our Jizhong Military Region, that is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, but whether his grandmother's little devil has such a good tooth mouth, it may not be." ”

The operation has gained a lot, and even the equipment of the entire Yanbei detachment has been greatly improved, so the smiling Song detachment leader changed the topic with a smile: "I said comrades, let's say goodbye to Comrade Kong Jie and Comrade Li Yunlong, if this continues, I'm afraid it's dark, let's let the two comrades set off early!" ”

"That's the truth, I almost forgot about the business!"

"Teacher, Brigade Commander Zhang, comrades, take care!"

"Two comrades, take care!"

The generals sent the teams of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong to the periphery of the base area in one breath, and looked at the backs of the group gradually moving away, and suddenly someone breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone turned their heads and looked, it turned out to be the leader of the Song detachment.

Brigade Commander Zhang said happily: "I said Lao Song, what kind of idea are you playing?"

Why is this a little anxious to invite Kong Jie and Li Yunlong to leave? ”

Ahem cough cough –

Captain Song coughed lightly, scratched his head, and said, "Cough, didn't Kong Jie and Li Yunlong leave a lot of armored troops to support us in the battle this time!"

I pondered and talked about it again, and when it came to this topic, what if the two of them were reluctant to go back to these armored vehicles? ”

Fortunately, Captain Song's face was darker, and even if he was embarrassed, he couldn't see the blush at all.

The division commander scolded with tears and laughter: "Look at your kid's little talent, just that tank with two jujubes, do you think people can look at it?" ”

Brigade Commander Zhang echoed: "Old Song, if you want to talk about this matter, your worries are really unnecessary. Kong Jie is a real comrade! Over the years, how much equipment and supplies his team has sent to the surrounding brother troops, you can find out the situation by asking around.

If you want to say that you are close to Zhu Zhechi, this old saying is really good.

During this period of contact, I was also a little surprised to find that not only Comrade Kong Jie was generous, but even Li Yunlong, a kid, was much more generous than before.

You didn't know back then, when crossing the grassland, Li Yunlong, the kid brought the rich group of oil, but even if other groups asked them to borrow two bags of rice, this kid's head could shake like a rattle.

Now this heart is more and more open-minded! ”

Captain Song heard a little aggrieved, "Aren't we also afraid of the poor!" ”

Then everyone talked about the fighter planes captured by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong at the Wuchachagou airfield of the Japanese puppet army, and the generals said that after the battle was over, they must rush to the first detachment to take a good look at the construction of the aviation base.

So this topic unconsciously fell on Kong Jie and Li Yunlong.

……

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When the situation in the base area of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi was very good, on the other hand, the Japanese army lost many battles in the Mengxi area, and the headquarters at all levels were almost blown up because of this.

This confrontation between the two sides.

The so-called armored troops of the Eighth Route Army that appeared in the Mengxi area were like a sharp sword, stabbing the Japanese army in the back.

The tank cluster originally prepared by the Japanese army in Suiyuan, including the subsequent reinforcement of the former Kuroki Tank Brigade, was successively severely damaged by the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The 35th Route Army in the Hetao area and the Eighth Route Army in the northern Jin Dynasty took the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, resulting in chaos in the entire eastern part of Suiyuan, and the Japanese army lost a large amount of territory and suffered heavy losses in its troops.

The most humiliating thing is that the Japanese puppet army in the entire Suidong area was completely frightened by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Japanese army, which was mainly composed of Nanzhi troops, and even shrank in the city in fright, and did not dare to go out of the city for half a step.

Even the reconnaissance troops did not dare to infiltrate outside the city.

In less than half a week, the Japanese headquarters that were attacked by the Eighth Route Army in various places reported that no less than five main forces of the Eighth Route Army appeared.

But this is obviously impossible.

The Eighth Route can't all move the main forces of the Northwest Military Region and Taihang here, right?

Nanji, the idiot, will not mention it for the time being.

As the elite tank of the Kwantung Army, the Black Wood Tank Brigade was still defeated in the hands of the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The Kwantung Army command was furious about this, and later learned that Kuroki had led the remnants of the army back to kill them, and they had regained a lot of territory along the way, and the high-ranking commanders were greatly relieved.

But then came the news that Heimu fell for the tricks of the Eighth Route Army, and the whole army was annihilated, and even Heimu was shattered in this battle.

The continuous defeats cast a shadow on the Kwantung Army and even the entire Japanese North China Front.

In addition, according to the situation detected by the intelligence department of the Japanese army, Zhangjiakou, including the main force of the Eighth Route Army still exists in the direction of Houhe.

Therefore, despite the news from the Hetao area, the main armored force of the Eighth Route Army was withdrawing in the direction of Yan'an through the territory of the 35th Route Army.

However, the Japanese army believed that the Eighth Route had always been tricky, and this so-called evacuation may be a disguise, and perhaps the main armored force of the Eighth Route Army would still stay in the Mengxi area.

In the subsequent military meeting held by the Japanese high-level troops, the topic turned out to be how to eliminate the so-called armored troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Mengxi area.

This time, the Japanese army has thoroughly learned a lesson and no longer dares to underestimate the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The chief of staff of the North China Front said: "Through this large-scale confrontation with the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Mengxi area, we should fully learn the bloody lesson.

Not only in the Mengxi area, but also in the northern part of Shanxi and even in Taihang Zhongtiao Mountain and other Eighth Route Army base areas.

Over the past six months, the so-called mobile units of the Eighth Route Army have been appearing frequently and frequently.

Relying on their superior mobility, these mobile units have carried out long-distance raids, raids, and operations, which have caused great trouble to the public order of our army.

In this regard, I believe that our army can deploy a long-range heavy bomber unit and a medium-sized tactical dive bomber unit in a targeted manner.

In order to deal with the large-scale mechanized interspersed operations launched by the Eighth Route Army.

Targeted strikes were carried out on the assembly areas of the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army, as well as on the marching troops.

In addition, I propose to form two or three armored brigades with a higher degree of armor, higher combat efficiency, and more tacit coordination to hunt and kill the mechanized armored units of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the main armored force of the Eighth Route Army appears, the armored units prepared by our army in advance can quickly rush to the battlefield and annihilate the elite of the enemy army with the elite of our army.

Considering the backwardness of the military industrial base of the Eighth Route Army, even if it is frontal consumption, our army will definitely be able to consume the mechanized armored units of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the confrontation between the armored forces of our empire and the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army has exposed many shortcomings.

Their tanks can be improved under backward conditions like the Eight Roads, so why can't we improve our own tanks? ”

The advice of the chief of staff of the devil made the devil officers nod frequently.

Okamura also has to admit that he underestimated the enemy this time.

If he had arranged for a heavy bomber unit to go over early in the morning in accordance with Kuroki's suggestion, he might not have lost the battle against the armored forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Mengxi area.

For the preparation of armored units, mobile units of the Eighth Route Army, it was time to proceed.

Of course, at the moment, for the old devil Okamura, the most important thing is still to complete the battle plan against the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

In particular, when the Japanese army in northern Shanxi and Mengxi was ineffective, the operation to sweep away Jizhong became more and more urgent.

……

At this time, the Japanese army's sweeping operations in Shanxi and Shandong were still in full swing.

The first army of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi, the newly appointed commander Iwamatsu Yoshio listened to the battle reports from Okamura every day.

The field group headed by the 13th Division has successfully advanced as many kilometers as possible, killed as many enemies as many people as it wanted, and captured as much grain as it wanted.

The field group headed by the Shandong Third Division broke ground in Jiaodong and the Yimeng area to defend the eight-way road, how many kilometers to advance, and what were the results.

Look at the field group of the Shanxi Sixth Division and the Ushijima Manchu Group of the Kwantung Army echoing each other from afar, pressing towards the core area of the Eighth Route Army step by step and narrowing the blockade circle.

The situation seems to be getting better day by day.

It was as if everything was back in 1937, when the Imperial Army had just set foot in Shanghai.

The shadow of Moncey's defeat also seemed to disappear without a trace.

The old devil Yoshio Iwamatsu finally showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"So, holy war! I see hope again! ”

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(End of chapter)