As soon as the division commander opened his mouth, he carried a head on two shoulders, and the 120 command headquarters suddenly exploded, and the generals at all levels opened their mouths one after another.

"Division commander, you just give the order, we can fight the battles that the 129th Division can fight!"

"The battle that their 129th Division can't fight, we are still not ambiguous!"

"Why are you being compared to them?"

The division commander smiled, what he wanted was this effect, the healthy competition among the internal generals, which was very necessary.

"Then tell me how we are going to fight?"

Brigade Commander Zhang of the 358th Brigade, who is a fierce general, was the first to speak: "Hehe, division commander, this question is simple, I will answer it."

This time, since we want to play the prestige of our 120th Division, if we want to fight, we can't be petty, we have to beat him big!

His 129th Division is capable, and he is fighting Datong and Licheng, some time ago, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, two stinky boys, led mobile troops, and almost hit the headquarters of the old devil in Nagang Village, Beiping.

Speaking of which, these two stinky boys are indeed a bit excessive, their hands are stretched too long, and the little devils in their own defense area are not enjoyable enough, and they even went to our Jinbei and even went to Mengxi to fight devils.

Then we can't let them compare, we have to pick a target with enough weight this time...... Well, I think Taiyuan City is good, so it's better to beat him in Taiyuan! ”

Taiyuan City, that is the lair of the first army of devils.

Since the fall of Taiyuan, the Japanese army has been heavily stationed in Taiyuan, and the Chinese army wants to regain Taiyuan, but they dare not think about it at all.

Even Chief Yan could only throw away his homeland in disgrace, and honestly gave up Taiyuan City, and even the great Taiyuan Arsenal was given to the little devil in vain.

The matter of beating Taiyuan was occasionally mentioned when Li Yunlong was bragging.

"What give me a division, our Lao Li will give you all the Taiyuan hugs!"

But the actual situation is that the fortified Taiyuan City that is guarded is not something to worry about.

The division commander was obviously very satisfied with Brigade Commander Zhang's courage: "Tell me what you think!" ”

Brigade Commander Zhang looked around for a while, and then said loudly: "Comrades, I said that I would fight Taiyuan, don't think I'm bragging, this is not my nonsense in a moment of excitement, but I have been thinking about this battle for a long time."

Hehe, do you think our 358 Brigade is still the previous 358 Brigade?

Since Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the mobile troops to attack Datong, we have been training for a long time with the rapidly growing mechanized combat units and artillery units that have relied on the family background of the 26th Division of the Devil to capture the 26th Devil's Division.

After the end of the armored force operation in the Mengxi area this time, we have gained a lot of benefits, like my 358 brigade, it's not that I brag to everyone, I have formed an armored corps!

Of course, this is also learned from Kong Jie's kid, saying that it is an armored corps, but in fact there is only one ninth company of armored soldiers, which is completely to scare the little devils.

But we really have everything now, mechanized combat units, including elite armored units, and artillery units, we have what the little devils have.

It may not be possible to conquer Taiyuan City, but we can surround Taiyuan by surprise, I think it is still possible! ”

Today's 358 Brigade is also strong and strong, not only has the economic level of the troops improved a lot, but the level of equipment is not to mention.

Coupled with the arrival of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, in the process of coordinating with the 358 Brigade many times, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong ate meat, and they didn't let the 358 Brigade drink soup, so they still ate meat.

Today's 358 Brigade, armored corps, mechanized artillery units, and specially built semi-mechanized heavy troops, there is no shortage of them.

also has the confidence to besiege Taiyuan City.

Sure enough, as soon as Brigade Commander Zhang said this, the cadres didn't feel that Brigade Commander Zhang was bragging, but they just felt that now that the equipment level of the troops has risen, they dare to even think about such a battle as the attack on Taiyuan City, and the team is really getting stronger and stronger.

"It's just a siege of Taiyuan City, if it's just a siege but not an attack, we won't be able to get any benefit in the end, so this action must have his purpose!"

For what purpose?

Brigade Commander Zhang, who had already been confident, analyzed: "Kong Jie, this kid has played a good hand! After the large oil fields in the EEDS basin attracted the attention of the Japanese army in large quantities, a considerable part of the Japanese troops originally in the Mengxi area of northern Shanxi Province were transferred to the EEDS area.

The solid fortifications we specially built in EEDS are dragging the little devils step by step.

The last position is all lost, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to be able to contain a considerable part of the main force of the devils in the EEDS area.

In this way, the Japanese army's original blockade of our base areas in the northern part of Jinbei will greatly decline in troops, and the defense line from northern Jinbei to Taihang will also be weakened.

At this time, the Japanese army that was originally sweeping in the Taihang area can be said to be empty, and we can cross the defense line at any time to launch a surprise attack on the back of the Japanese army, so that the devil is careless. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang's idea was: "We can wait for the situation in the Taihang area to gradually fall into a stalemate, and the Japanese army cannot easily withdraw from the battle."

Led the mobile troops, crossed Luliang Mountain, and unexpectedly appeared on the periphery of Taiyuan City.

In addition, the covering troops launched a sabotage war against Yuncheng and Linfen, and the devils in these two places, on the side of the Yellow River and near Zhongtiao Mountain, we will surprise the devils from the back and move all the results of their painstaking business for several years to him.

I heard that in the area of Zhongtiao Mountain, Wang Huaibao's kid led the four independent regiments to fight well, and it is said that a regiment is about to develop into a brigade, and there are several counties under the jurisdiction of the underground.

Before we raid the Japanese army in Zhongtiao Mountain from the back this time, we will say hello to Wang Huaibao's side first, it is best to cooperate with each other, and the little devil who hit him will be running around at both ends, and he can't take care of it.

After the siege of Taiyuan, we should make as much trouble as possible, and it is best to pull out our mechanized artillery units directly, and the 89-type 150 mm cannon will also be unveiled, so that the little devils will know that even if it is an artillery match, our Eighth Route Army is not worthy of them.

Even if you bluff, you have to bluff the little devil, so that the devil really thinks that we are determined to attack Taiyuan City.

Hehe, it's really this time......"

Brigade Commander Zhang said confidently: "Taiyuan City is so surrounded, and there is a fire in the backyard of the little devil, what is this like, it is like stabbing a hornet's nest."

Those hornets that flew out of the honeycomb still had to fly back to save their families?

The final result, I estimate that the core area of Taiyuan City is too important for the Japanese army, and it is heavily guarded, so we can't defeat it.

In fact, we are not rushing to take Taiyuan.

There is no need to take Taiyuan City, only need to occupy one or two highlands outside the city, take a few photos of Taiyuan City, as long as this report is issued, you believe me, it will definitely detonate public opinion.

Then contact the previous team and let them spread some false news.

The real and fake news is distributed in a mess.

The importance of Taiyuan to the Japanese army is self-evident, and the old devil will never dare to gamble.

For us, there is a lot of oil and water to be fished in Taiyuan City, but the airport deployed by the devils outside the city, as well as a large number of surrounding enterprises, mines, production bases, prisoner of war camps or something, this is all fat on our lips, and we can eat it as much as we want.

Before the main force of the devil returns to Taiyuan, this piece is chaotic, let's have the final say!

This move actually has a bit of a meaning of encircling Wei to save Zhao, after Taiyuan City is besieged, it will definitely have an impact on the combat units of the Japanese army in the Taihang area.

No matter how many troops the devil will call back to rescue Taiyuan, it will reduce the pressure of our comrades in the Taihang area to a certain extent. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang's strategic vision is quite forward-looking:

"Especially this time, the Japanese army on the North China side did not come from the same system, including the Sixth Division that was fighting in the Taihang area, and the Ushishima Manchu Division of the Eastern Army, which originally did not belong to the North China Front sequence.

In this case, once the little devils of the First Army cause a disconnect in the forces when they return to Taiyuan, our opportunity will come.

Maybe you can catch a few big fish that are lone and eat them in one go! ”

When it came to this, Brigade Commander Zhang's suggestion was quite tempting, and the division commander didn't say a word, but immediately made a decision and finalized this combat plan.

Then, a group of cadres discussed the specific details of how to besiege Taiyuan City.

Follow-up operational arrangements were also made quickly.

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The other side.

Taihang area.

In accordance with the operational plan formulated by the deputy commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of general staff and his entourage to lure the enemy into the depths of the Kwantung Army's Ushijima Manchu Division into the Huangyadong fortification group and then carry out a war of annihilation, is being rapidly implemented.

At this time, the old devil Ushijima Man, who was good at mountain warfare, was leading the elite of the Kwantung Army in mountain warfare, interspersed around the mountain roads.

Knowing that the Sixth Division and the troops of the 12th Army were constantly being blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army on the roads along the way, and suffered heavy casualties, this old devil not only raised his head proudly.

In his opinion, "if you want to deal with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which are good at guerrilla warfare in the mountains, you have to find a way to kill them in the field of mountain warfare that they are best at!" ”

This old devil who does not take the usual road is very confident, and he believes that he can completely break the deployment of the Eighth Route Army by leading his troops to intersperse in the mountains and not taking the main road.

In addition, Ushijima Man, an old devil, also has a lot of information at hand.

A piece of information still comes from the Yamazaki brigade, which has long been lost in history and was directly killed by Kong Jie in the battle of Lijiapo.

The other is the relevant information accumulated when the First Army tried to attack the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

Some relevant information about the Huangyadong area.

Including the terrain around Huangya Cave, as well as the approximate deployment of the Eighth Route Army, etc.

Not bad.

The old devil Ushijima is full of ambitions, and this time to assist the North China Front in the battle, in order to demonstrate the military might of the Kwantung Army, he has long thought that he must fight a big victory with the attention of the public.

Such a small fight is not on the table at all, and he can't look down on the Iron Triangle Force and the base of the Eighth Route Army.

In Ushijima's view, this time he led his troops to carry out the best mountain operations, and the most valuable goal was nothing more than one, that is, the largest military production base of the Eighth Route Army - Huangyadong Arsenal.

Long before the May Day Sweep was launched, Okamura Ninji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in North China, made it clear at the meeting:

The Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army was listed as the most important military target of this campaign along with the Jizhong Military Region.

The Jizhong Military Region is too far away, and the Ushishima Manchu Division can't reach this dish at the moment, so the most suitable target is the Huangyadong Arsenal.

According to the map, Ushijima Manbi took the relevant map drawn by the Japanese intelligence department about the Huangyadong area of the Eighth Route Army, and led his troops back and forth in the mountains to avoid some military blockades and defensive positions along the way of the Eighth Route Army.

This old devil also took it seriously, the mighty troops were interspersed in the mountains, but at a glance, it was quiet, almost no flaws were exposed, and not a single soldier or equipment was left behind in the whole march.

This is much more powerful than the small mountain force of the Yamamoto Special Forces.

No wonder the deputy chief of the general staff bluntly said that this old devil Mitsuru Ushijima has a few brushes in mountain warfare.

Under the leadership of Ushijima Man, the Japanese army really came to the periphery of the Huangyadong area in this way.

Then the battle broke out.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army who blocked the attack showed a fierce momentum and a desperate posture, probably trying their best to prevent the Japanese troops from approaching the Huangyadong area.

Lieutenant General Ushijima was overjoyed, and it seemed that his guess was correct.

The Eighth Route Army is currently busy with anti-sweeping operations in various base areas, and the Huangyadong Arsenal may not have deployed too many troops.

For him, this is the perfect opportunity.

The two sides fought fiercely for less than 20 minutes, and the Eighth Route Army was forced to retreat due to its absolute inferiority.

Ushijima led his troops in fierce pursuit, and soon after a new discovery was made, according to the discovery of the front-line reconnaissance troops, they followed the evacuated eight roads all the way, and found a mountain road that seemed to be able to enter the interior of the Yellow Cliff Cave.

It was a real bonus.

According to Ushijima's knowledge of the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal, the Eighth Route Army's arsenal is located inside the mountains of Huangyadong.

And the topography of this Yellow Cliff Cave is very peculiar.

Prior to this, the Japanese attacking troops wanted to enter Huangyadong, and they could often only take the road of a line of heaven, which was a steep terrain and easy to be ambushed by enemy troops.

I never thought there would be a convenient path to enter.

"General, it seems that God intends to give you this earth-shattering military feat!"

The subordinates were patting their asses on the side.

But Ushijima is not stupid, he doubts this, "The Eighth Route Army is so cunning, how can it show such flaws?" We must not be careless, and then fall into the treacherous scheme of the eight roads! ”

But the final goal, the Huangyadong Arsenal, seemed to be close at hand, and just stopped there, Ushijima Man was naturally unwilling, he turned his head to the adjutant and asked, "Which army is the closest Imperial Association army to us?" ”

"Report to the general, it's Yan Sanfu's troops of the Eighth Mixed Brigade!"

"Roar!" Niu Daoman nodded, he had heard of Yan Sanfu, he had been cooperating with the North China Front Army to sweep behind enemy lines and help maintain law and order all these years, and he had been very active.

Many other Imperial Allied Army troops were severely suppressed by the Eighth Route Army.

Only this Eighth Mixed Brigade became more and more lively, and for this reason it was quite valued by the Japanese command.

After pondering for a while, Niu Chengman immediately ordered, "Order Yan Sanfu to lead his Imperial Alliance troops closer to our department!" ”

"Hey!"

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(End of chapter)