The 6th Division of the Japanese Army was temporarily attached to the army headquarters.

This old devil Guan Cun made up his mind this time to completely destroy the secret aviation base of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time, take the opportunity to tear a gap in the Iron Triangle defense line and completely inflict heavy damage on the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Not long ago, news came from the front-line headquarters that the vanguard troops had successfully touched the periphery of the secret airfield of the Eighth Route Army and were ready to launch an attack at any time.

Nearly half an hour has passed now.

Guan Cun, who was sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai platform, even convulsed and thought that the good news from the front was about to come.

After eliminating the secret aviation base of the Eighth Route Army and completing the combat mission specially assigned by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, his Sixth Division can completely let go of its fists and feet to have a real contest with the Iron Triangle Force of the Eighth Route Army.

Then the news came back.

But it was not the good news that Lieutenant General Sekimura was expecting.

"Nani? The vanguard troops were hit by an unexplained explosion in the airfield area of the Eighth Route Army, suffered heavy casualties, and were being forced to retreat? ”

"Bastard, what about Yamaguchi? How exactly did this idiot command? ”

"Sir, according to the report of the front-line troops, Yamaguchi Daisa has been shattered in the big explosion!"

Hearing this, Guan Cun was stunned, the expected good news did not come, on the contrary, his vanguard force of two or three thousand imperial elites was hit hard by the Eighth Route in a single face.

Even his general, Yamaguchi Daisa, was killed on the spot.

This battle is really confusing, how is it fought?

Soon after, another piece of news came from the front-line troops that made Guancun a little frightened.

"Your Excellency Dazuo discovered the secret of the fake airfield of the Eighth Route Army before the jade shattering, and it seems that they are so-called planes made of some thin iron shells, parked at that airport, and used to paralyze the judgment of our empire.

At that time, His Excellency Dazuo was determining the matter, and the big explosion suddenly occurred, and unfortunately the jade shattered! ”

"Fake Airport ???"

Guan Cun's jaw of surprise was about to fall to the ground, originally he was still trying to comfort himself, even if the vanguard troops suffered heavy casualties and the advance was unfavorable, at least they completed the task assigned by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and successfully blew up the secret aviation base of the Eighth Route Army.

But if it is really like the situation of Yamaguchi Daisa's investigation, this so-called Eighth Route Army aviation base is simply a fake base and a fake airport built by the Eighth Route Army.

Then he Guan Village can be said to steal chickens and rice.

I'm afraid I'm going to become the laughing stock of the entire Imperial Army.

"Bastard!"

Sekimura was still in a rage, but bad news followed.

The reconnaissance units that Sekimura ordered to spread in the north and south directions of the main force suddenly received news that they had discovered the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army, which were rapidly detouring.

In the report, the reconnaissance unit claimed that they had seen a large number of mechanized combat vehicles of the Eighth Route Army from a distance, including some military trucks and various types of military motorcycles.

Looking at the direction, he was quickly making a detour to the flank of his Sixth Division.

Because these Eighth Route Corps chose a long and circuitous route and moved quickly and covertly, when the Japanese discovered it, the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route had already detoured from the outer line to approach the center line of the Sixth Division.

Looking down, the mobile combat units of the Eighth Route Army, which were rapidly rounding around from the north to the south, had almost formed a semi-encirclement posture against the Sixth Division.

Guan Cun, who learned the news, was shocked.

"What the hell do they want to do with these damn eight roads?"

The chief of staff of the devil guessed with some uncertainty: "General, shouldn't the Eighth Road have eaten the guts of an ambitious leopard and want to form an encirclement of our army and encircle and annihilate our army in one fell swoop?" ”

Guan Cun sneered: "It's just a dirt road, they really dare to think about it!" ”

The chief of staff of the devil was worried: "General, the situation seems to be worse than we expected. Judging from what we have detected, the Eighth Route still has a certain number of mechanized combat units on hand.

According to the speed of maneuver of these troops, if our troops cannot retreat in time, it is very likely that the enemy's retreat route will be completely cut off.

The Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, especially the detachment led by Kong Jie, should not be underestimated in combat effectiveness, and once their mobile troops complete the detour to our army's flank, our army will probably fall into passivity.

I suggest that we first retreat 50 kilometers outward, get rid of the blocking and detour of the Eighth Road, and at the same time ensure that our logistics line is secure. ”

Guan Cun nodded: "Yanxi, no matter whether the so-called secret aviation base of the Eighth Route Army destroyed by us is true or not, this information was sent by the North China Front, even if it is responsible, it belongs to the North China Front, and it belongs to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and it has nothing to do with our army."

Our Sixth Division has succeeded in destroying the secret aviation base of a unit of the Eighth Route Army in accordance with the order of his commander-in-chief.

The next step is to follow our plan. ”

Guan Cun did not choose to continue to break through in the direction of the airport, and the big explosion from the direction of the airport wiped out most of his vanguard in an instant, and this old devil who also hit him was a little frightened.

The old guy decided to go steady.

"This risky thing can't all be done by our Sixth Division, his First Army and Twelfth Army are originally local troops, what are they going to eat?"

In addition, I heard that the Ushijima Manshi Regiment has successfully entered the mountains inside the Yellow Cliff Cave of the Eighth Route Army along the trail.

Guan Cun also wanted to go and see the excitement.

At this point, the two sides seem to be in a race.

The Sixth Division retreated in a straight line, while the circuitous troops of the Eighth Route Army made a curved detour from both flanks.

If it was the same speed, it was obviously impossible for the Eighth Route to make a long detour to compare with the Japanese army.

Until the clash between the two sides suddenly broke out on the left and right flanks of the rearguard units of the 6th Division.

One of the battles was on a relatively open area.

When a large number of mechanized combat vehicles of the Eighth Route Army surged out, what caught the eyes of the Japanese infantry was the modified military vehicles, military motorcycles, including armored vehicles, tanks, and various self-propelled guns of the Eighth Route Army.

On the other hand, the rear guard of the Japanese army was only a few light infantry.

The artillery on hand was also mostly some small-caliber grenadiers and mortars.

After the battle began, the combat effectiveness of the two sides was not at the same level at all.

This time, the Eighth Route Army, in coordination with the 1st and 2nd Independent Regiments, secretly withdrew the armored elite of the base area from the north and south of the airport to the mechanized combat units that secretly withdrew from the base area after defeating the two tank units of the Japanese army from the direction of Inner Mongolia.

On the Mengxi battlefield, even the elite chariot units of the devils are no match for a team of modified armored troops.

Not to mention the light infantry of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army at the moment.

Seeing that a large number of modified combat vehicles of the Eighth Route Army were surging towards the line, the loaded vehicle artillery bombarded incessantly, a heavy machine gun roared, and the artillery fire in the rear covered the coordinated artillery bombardment.

With a face-to-face effort, the left and right flank guards of the Sixth Division were almost directly defeated.

The news reached the provisional command of the 6th Division:

A large number of mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared and launched tank raids on the left and right flank covering units, and the enemy had a considerable number of combat vehicles, even including armored vehicles and tank vehicles.

Lieutenant General Sekimura, who was sitting in the military tent, could not sit still at all.

The chief of staff of the devil was also stunned, and he immediately scolded: "General, the situation doesn't seem to be quite right, according to the information from the headquarters, didn't the main armored force of the Eighth Route turn to the direction of Yan'an after withdrawing from the Mengxi area?"

However, judging from the current confrontation, it is clear that the Eighth Route Army still has a considerable number of armored vehicles in its hands.

Where exactly did these vehicles come from?

Could it be that the main armored force of the Eighth Route that withdrew from the Mengxi region, that is, the armored unit of the Eighth Route Army that successively defeated the two tank units of our empire, secretly withdrew to the Taihang area? ”

Sekimura was also taken aback by the chief of staff's reasoning.

If that's the case, I'm afraid the battle situation will be a little worse.

Although his Sixth Field Division is known as an elite, the number of armored combat vehicles in the unit is not large, and only an extremely limited number of armored vehicles and combat vehicles are organized into squads to cooperate with the infantry to carry out some sweeps.

There are not many anti-tank combat forces prepared by the various sweeping units.

And the combat effectiveness of the armored elite of the Eighth Route Army, which once appeared in the Mengxi area, was so strong that even Guan Cun, who heard the news, was amazed.

Able to defeat the elite of the Empire's two-way chariots in a row in an open terrain like the Mengxi region.

The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's elite armor should not be underestimated.

Realizing this, Guan Cun hurriedly made many arrangements, on the one hand, he directly contacted the General Headquarters and held him accountable in the communication:

What is going on with this armored elite unit of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared in the Iron Triangle area?

On the other hand, there is an urgent call for air reinforcements.

If the armored elite of the Eighth Route is really withdrawn, the regular infantry may not be the opponent of these armored forces, and can only call in bombers to help.

Finally, the retreat continues.

It's just that this time the retreat has become a bit urgent, and the entire Japanese Sixth Division has significantly accelerated its pace.

The resistance battle of a detachment of soldiers along the way also officially kicked off.

Due to the entanglement of the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army after taking the lead in a detour, the speed of the withdrawal of the Japanese Sixth Division slowed down.

The main forces of the 1st and 2nd Independent Regiments also took the opportunity to complete the detour of the 6th Division.

and launched a surprise attack on the 6th Division directly from the flanks.

Under the continuous involution, the combat effectiveness of several main regiments of a team is really not boastful, and the level of equipment is even more exaggerated, far exceeding that of the brother units in other base areas in the same period.

Take, for example, the artillery of the stalwarts.

Like Lei Dasheng's Independent First Regiment, Wang Leihu's Independent Second Regiment, and Shen Quan's Independent Third Regiment, not to mention the old main regiment of these teams, it is appropriate to have an artillery battalion.

Pull out one casually, and dare to face the toughness of the artillery battalion owned by Chu Yunfei's 358 regiment, without falling behind.

That's not all.

There is an artillery battalion in the regimental headquarters, and the battalion headquarters below there even has an artillery company.

This is far from being comparable to Chu Yunfei's 358 regiment.

Even the sixth regiment that was pulled up at the end, the commander of the sixth regiment could show a mouthful of white teeth, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, our regiment developed late, and there is no artillery, but the devil's infantry artillery and the 41-style mountain artillery or something, it's no problem to pull out a dozen or so."

Where did it come from?

Don't mention it, it's all a mess of two regiments and three regiments that they don't want, and they threw it to our regiment after they were eliminated.

The old head is eccentric, the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands are full of meat, but our six regiments have the most humble life! ”

Shen Quan sneered at this: "Lao Xing, it's okay to say what you said in our detachment, if you go out, don't talk nonsense, otherwise I'm afraid of causing public outrage, and it's not good that other regiment commanders can scold with red eyes."

As far as your six regiments are concerned, it's not bragging, just pull it out, no matter which brigade you go to, it's the absolute main regiment, what are you not satisfied with? ”

In addition to the heritage of each regiment.

Kong Jie also prepared some secret weapons for the little devil this time.

What weapons?

One is a mine projectile specially launched by a military production plant, the weapon can throw a large number of mines onto the devil's retreat route, or into the devil's camp, all of which are delayed self-destruction and trigger mines.

Under the resistance of a detachment of officers and soldiers, the entire base area was like a quagmire where it was difficult to move an inch, and the strength of the Japanese army was on a large scale, and it was impossible to withdraw quickly.

During the day, the little devils may be able to watch out for a thing or two.

But once it was night, the vision was blocked and the sky was dark.

The soldiers threw mines into the devil's temporary camp from a distance, and several exploded from time to time at night, which could even frighten his little devil into not daring to move in the camp.

Even the old devil Guan Cun could only stay in the camp honestly, and the chief of staff of the devil still told the guards that it was necessary to conduct a detailed investigation of the area around the headquarters to ensure the safety of the division commander.

The soldiers used this method to attack, even if they couldn't inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army, don't let the devils be terrified all night, they can't even sleep well, and their physical strength can't be recovered at all.

Then they took the opportunity to carry out some night raids and feints, constantly depleting the physical strength of the Japanese army, wearing down their will, and weakening the overall strength of the Sixth Division.

Another secret weapon is the tank turf modified engineering vehicles, digging trenches and anti-tank trenches can be completed quickly, taking advantage of the cover of night, the soldiers can easily build quite a lot of fortifications in the area of preparation.

The little devils stationed in the camp at night only heard some jingling sounds, and they didn't dare to attack casually, for fear of falling into the trap of the Eighth Road.

By the time he evacuated the next day, the devil commander was directly dumbfounded.

On the originally familiar evacuation route, a large number of fortifications appeared.

With the help of these offensives, the Eighth Route launched layers of blockades, making it difficult for the Japanese army to move an inch.

The third secret weapon is the vehicle-mounted rocket launcher, which made its first large-scale appearance, as well as an improved flying thunder cannon, as well as a radio jamming vehicle.

How exaggerated are these weapons?

Once the devil's vigilance is not in place and is approached by the Eighth Route Army, the entire camp where the devils are partially stationed can be directly covered by artillery fire in a short time.

Even the ashes of the little devil were raised to him.

Under the effect of the radio jamming vehicle, the communication system at the grassroots level of the Japanese army fell into chaos, and coupled with Shi Dahu's camouflage bureau, all kinds of true and false communication information were complicated, which made the little devils of the communications department have big heads.

In many cases, critical communications simply cannot be delivered in a timely manner.

As a result, although the troops of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army were strong and strong, after the troops were dispersed, some units were like headless flies crashing into the mountains for a while.

The officers and men of the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to seek flaws in the battle.

(End of chapter)