Speaking of the arrogance of the commander, in addition to the invincible commander of the 6th Field Division of the Japanese Army, Kazuo Sekimura, there is also Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, the commander of the Kwantung Army's Ushijima Manchu Division, who assisted the North China Front in the operation this time.

When it comes to rampant, this guy is inferior to Guan Cun.

Ushijima Man, who has always believed that the Kwantung Army is the most elite ace unit of the Japanese army, can look down on the North China Front as a colleague?

He didn't even pay attention to the dirt roads that survived in the cracks of the occupation zone.

Having said that, although this old devil is rampant, he does have some real skills, and this Ushijima Manchu Division of the Kwantung Army has conducted many mountain battles in the northeast.

In particular, the old devil Ushijima is particularly good at conducting mountain warfare commands.

After assisting the North China Front Army to enter the Shanxi battlefield.

This old devil is completely unusual, others take the avenue, he takes the trail, others take the trail, he wants to take the mountain road.

Ruoda was stunned by the field division under his leadership, jumping up and down the mountains around Taihang like a group of wild monkeys.

The intelligence department of the Eighth Route Army naturally did not eat dry food, and after the appearance of this mountain field lion regiment of the devil, the relevant intelligence news was transmitted to the former enemy's general headquarters as soon as possible.

When analyzing the Ushijima Manchu Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the deputy chief of the General Staff pointed out sharply:

"This little devil is out of the ordinary! It seems that they are preparing to engage us in some mountain warfare in the mountains.

It's interesting to say.

Generally speaking, there are basically no devil officers of the North China Front who are willing to fight with our Eighth Route Army in the mountains.

Why?

Fighting in the mountains, our Eighth Route Army played guerrilla warfare, movement warfare, and annihilation warfare, which was the ancestor of the little devils.

But this Kwantung Army division is the head of the group, and this is obviously to compete with us in the field we are best at. ”

The teacher raised his eyes, his face was calm, but his words were very domineering.

"Then eat him, in the field of mountain warfare that this little devil thinks he is good at, eat him!"

The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile: "Judging from the relevant intelligence transmitted from the front, this Kwantung Army unit is indeed good at mountain warfare.

According to our front-line reconnaissance, after such a large group of devils entered the mountainous area, they were able to march on the ground as if they were marching on the ground, not to mention, they could also ensure the logistics of the troops and even the transportation of baggage and heavy weapons.

I have to say that Ushijima is still a bit of a level old devil.

Not only that, this little devil is also very vigilant, and while sweeping and advancing in the mountains, the alert force can even spread dozens of miles outward.

Our reconnaissance unit was noticed by the little devils as soon as they appeared.

To be honest, such a well-equipped, large-scale army, good at mountain warfare, and unconventional devil field division has been wandering around the mountains, and the threat to us is really not small.

It will be very difficult for us to concentrate our forces to completely eat this field division of the devil in a mountainous environment. ”

That being said, there was more of a confident smile on the face of the deputy chief of the General Staff.

This is the consistent self-confidence and calmness of the generals of the Eighth Route Army.

As the fingers of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff swam, he finally pointed out a point on the operational map:

"Huangya Cave, speaking of which, I have to mention Kong Jie's suggestion, especially the absolutely stable permanent fortifications built in Huangya Cave.

On the one hand, it is a permanent fortification, and on the other hand, it is also an absolute killing battlefield that we can use to completely annihilate the enemy.

If you want me to say that we want to defeat the devil's Ushijima Manchu division group jumping up and down in the mountains at the lowest cost, the best way is naturally to lure this little devil into our Huangya Cave fortification group.

As long as you can put this devil into it, it will be a turtle in Wengzhong.

He's a monkey, and he can still subdue him! ”

The cadres laughed and agreed.

Then there is the conundrum ahead.

"How can we lead this Kwantung Army Ushishima Manchu Division to our Huangya Cave fortification group?"

The deputy chief of the general staff smiled lightly: "Does this still need to be attracted?"

For the Japanese army, our output is amazing, the technology is exquisite, and the Huangyadong Arsenal, the largest military production base of the entire Eighth Route Army, is the best bait in itself.

Even if you don't do anything, as long as you put it in front of the little devil, I'm afraid the little devil will come over one after another! ”

"Of course, we still have to use our brains when it comes to specific operations, and it is best to try to conduct a few local battles with this Ushijima Manchu regiment in the mountains, and then pretend to be defeated and retreat, and lure the devil to our preset area step by step.

We can't take the initiative to throw the trap out, we have to let the little devil take the initiative to find the opportunity to attack the Yellow Cliff Cave.

Once this flaw is discovered by the devil, do you think that the old devil Ushijima will miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to smash the Huangyadong Arsenal of our Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop? ”

As they spoke, everyone laughed.

In other words, I am afraid that they can't resist such a big temptation.

In order to defeat the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army racked their brains.

In the defense of Huangya Cave not long ago, the little devil finally returned with a feather, which is also an indelible scar in the devil's heart.

Especially in the past six months, under the deliberate propaganda of the relevant propaganda departments of the Eighth Route Army.

The Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, the largest military production base behind enemy lines, is called a loud one.

Reports, photos and videos of the large amount of production equipment of the Huangyadong Arsenal, as well as batches of guns, ammunition and other munitions transported abroad, even flew all over North China.

Don't say it's the little devil's eyes that breathe fire.

Jiang Jun was terrified.

If it is said that in the past, the Eighth Route Army, which was backward in equipment and scarce in ammunition, was not to be afraid.

Once it has a stable military production base such as the Huangyadong Arsenal, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will inevitably undergo a complete transformation.

Even the old devil Okamura pointed out in the pre-war combat meeting that the destruction of the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army could even be listed as one of the most important strategic goals this time.

It is an equally important strategic-level objective with the destruction of the Eighth Route Army's logistics forces and the Jizhong Military Region.

……

Compared with the arrogance and rampant of Ushijima Mitsuru Kazuo Kazumura, the commander of the Devil Division, Bun Taiichiro, who led the 13th Field Division of the Japanese Army, was more steady and cautious.

He led his troops to assist the North China Front in sweeping the Eighth Route Army against the Jizhong side.

All the way is steady and steady, step by step, never suspicious, lone in-depth.

Thanks to the steady command of the old devil Bun Taiichiro, although the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the central side of Hebei Province used the tunnel warfare in full swing to cause a lot of trouble to the Japanese army.

However, the casualties inflicted on the 13th Division were very limited.

In the process of leading the army to advance, the old devil Wen Taiichiro also successfully occupied many territories in Jizhong, and also captured a large number of crops from the Eighth Route Army troops along the way.

Compared with the 6th Division's inability to move an inch against the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle Defense Area in the Yangquan direction, as well as the arduous fierce battle between the 12th Army and the 1st Army in the Shandong and Shanxi battlefields.

The record of the 13th Field Division led by Buntaiichiro is dazzling.

A large number of captured crops were used by the little devils of the 13th Division on the spot, and at this time, all kinds of crops were basically mature, and they could be directly incorporated into logistics as military rations for this operation.

There is even a surplus of food that can be used to support other combat units in the vicinity.

Especially when the logistics lines of other combat units were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and food shortages began to appear in the troops.

In this regard, although Wen Taiichiro is quiet on the surface, he is still a little ambitious in his heart.

It has to be his 13th Division!

If you count on the other troops, I am afraid that the emperor's face will be lost.

In this way, Wen Taiichiro, who was particularly proud, led the 13th Field Division and continued to advance step by step towards the Jizhong Military Region, and at the same time waited for the reinforcements agreed upon on the Shandong and Shanxi battlefields to form the final encirclement of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

But how, in reality?

Soon, the old devil Wen Taiichiro realized what is called the absolute cunning of the Eighth Route Army.

About two weeks later, the soldiers of his 13th Division began to suffer from large-scale stomach aches due to the large amount of food they had captured from the Eighth Route Army.

Others even began to show symptoms of nutritional deficiencies, and some even fainted due to lack of energy during long marches.

The most exaggerated, a large number of soldiers even began to have constipation, which could not be pulled out at all.

This scared Buntaiichiro, what is the situation?

He hurriedly asked the military doctor to find out the reason, and finally learned that most of the so-called crops of the captured Eighth Route Army were some coarse grains such as black rice, buckwheat, sorghum, and soybeans.

If you eat these whole grains for a short time, there is no problem, but if you eat them for a long time, they will be difficult to digest, which will lead to stomach problems and insufficient nutrient supply.

If the human body wants to be full of nutrients, maintain energy supply and health, it must be supplemented with coarse grains and fine grains.

It was only at this time that the old devil Wen Taiichiro realized that in the process of advancing towards Jizhong, the crops of the Eighth Route Army that they had captured a large number of them seemed to be all coarse grains.

"Damn, there's not even a fine grain!"

"General, do you think this will be the coarse grain deliberately left to us by the cunning Eighth Route Army? Are they going to use this trickery to destroy the health of our soldiers? ”

Hearing this, Buntaiichiro was silent, and the answer was already about to come out.

These damn cunning dirt eight roads are simply bad conscience!

Jizhong Military Region.

Knowing that the Japanese army, which had been advancing, had health problems due to the continuous use of coarse grain captured along the way, Commander Lu laughed out loud at the headquarters.

"Haha, he's a good Kong Jie! This trick is really amazing, the little devil probably never dreamed that the crops they seized from us were simply left by us to harm his little devil! ”

The health of the enemy troops was damaged, and the morale of the comrades on the Jizhong side was greatly boosted.

Commander Lu was even more ready to wait for the final decisive battle to begin.

……

After the pressure from the old devil Okamura, the Japanese master regiments began to speed up the process of operation.

In addition to the operations in Shandong, Shanxi, and central Hebei, the Japanese army specially transferred troops in the northern Shanxi and Mengxi areas and continued to advance to the EEDS basin.

What for?

Looting large oil mines, which were particularly scarce for the Japanese army.

At this point, under the deliberate multi-party propaganda and camouflage layout of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army has completely believed that there is indeed a large oil mine with amazing reserves in the EEDS Basin.

The battle to defend the EEDS large-scale oil mine broke out as scheduled.

The old devil Okamura even banged on the table at the General Headquarters every day, waiting for the good news from the EEDS Basin, it was best that the empire could completely control the large oil mine, so as to continue the war, and perhaps change the crisis of the holy war gradually declining.

Gamblers have always believed that they can completely turn the tables and change their lives against the sky in the next hand!

As a result, the battle in the Mengxi area around the EEDS basin soon became a new round of confrontation between the Japanese army and the Chinese army on the North China front.

The main participants were the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, Commander Fu, who was stationed in the Hetao area, also commanded the 35th Route Army to participate in the battle.

Since he really felt the strong combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army and the expected trend in the future, Commander Fu and the Eighth Route Army have become more and more interested in joint operations.

This time, the Japanese army went straight to the so-called large oil fields in the EEDS Basin, and the battle between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army was shocking, and the 35th Route Army naturally had an opportunity, and Commander Fu would not let go of such an excellent opportunity.

In addition, the 120th Division also sent a top-secret communication to Commander Fu.

In this communication, Commander Fu learned that the so-called EEDS large-scale oil mine was a conspiracy against the Japanese army from beginning to end.

This moved Commander Fu at the same time because the Eighth Route Army did not treat himself as an outsider.

I even made up my mind to accompany the Eighth Route Army to perform this big show, and with the help of the so-called large-scale oil mine built by EEDS, I had a good time pitting the little devils.

Of course.

On the surface, the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army still carried out the illusion of discord proposed by Kong Jie.

After the confrontation between the two sides around the large EEDS oil mine intensified, and the scale investment was also increasing, a large number of Japanese troops were pinned down in the EEDS area.

This greatly reduced the operational pressure of the Eighth Route Army troops on the northern Shanxi side.

Command of the Northwest Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.

Master He is very unhappy!

"This little devil is too disagreeable, the main force of our 120th Division is still in front of them, and his little devil has actually invested his troops in the EEDS basin again.

What does that mean?

This clearly doesn't take our 120th Division into account.

This time, the 129th Division made a big fuss in the entire Shanxi region, and as a brother unit, of course, we must not lose our prestige.

At the beginning, it was to fight Datong, to penetrate the Luzhong and Luxi regions, and to besiege Licheng, and during this time, the 129th Division fought a lot of big battles that attracted worldwide attention.

But what about us?

Our 120th Division doesn't even have a decent battle, can this be like words?"

(End of chapter)