Until as time goes on, what happened in the end?

On the side of Brigade Commander Zhang of the 358th Brigade, the main force of the 716th Regiment cooperated with the troops outside the North Pass of Taiyuan to fight the troops of Iinuma Mori, and the troops directly under the brigade headquarters and the 715th Regiment were left in the Nanguan position, as well as several main regiments and a few new regiments as reserves.

This deputy division commander Xiao personally took the supplies to the Nanguan position to take a look, the two of them looked at it for a long time, the devil's situation was very strange, how to attack was perfunctory, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

They went from day to night and were always studying.

This brother's unit made a move against the Ushishima Manchu Division in the Huangyadong area.

The number of air reinforcements from the old devil Harada's troops has decreased, but the reinforcements they brought from the city have already arrived, so there is no reason not to launch a strong attack?

At this time, Lao Zhang asked the chief of staff: "Lao Zhou, you have also been studying for a long time, what kind of reputation are these devils doing, do they want to attack at night?" ”

At this time, the commander of the 715th regiment walked in with a pot: "The deputy division commander, the chief of staff, and the old brigade commander, it's time to eat, today it's still a canned radish Yamato, stewed sweet potato vermicelli; There are also pumpkin millet porridge and multigrain steamed buns. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang couldn't help but complain: "This dish has been eaten every day since the beginning of the Tianluo operation, and I am about to vomit." ”

Lao Xiao Le said: "You are content, where did you have such good food in the past?"

When the canning factory and compressed biscuit factory they helped build are completed, we will also have canned beef to eat, and this big and boiled canned food is about to become canned water. ”

Lao Zhou said, "By the way, Yamato boiled canned food!"

This little devil is seriously threatened by us on the railway line and communication line on the south side of the Pu line, and the supply of the devil is definitely not very sufficient, and some of it was destroyed by your surprise attack in the early stage, and now there is another Harada division, and the devil will definitely not be able to confront us for long enough, and he will definitely launch a general attack in the next two or three days.

The commander of the 715th regiment said, "Chief of Staff, you mean that the devil is making a feint to paralyze us, and then suddenly change the rhythm of the attack and launch a strong attack?" Do you want us to launch another wave of sneak attacks tonight to disrupt the rhythm of the devils? ”

Brigade Commander Zhang said: "This Harada has suffered a big loss from Lao Kong in Xinxiang, and this time he has been beaten by us again, so he must be on guard, this little devil is not muddy, but also angry." ”

The commander of the 715 regiment asked: "Then what should we do?" ”

Brigade Commander Zhang said, "No matter what medicine he sells in his gourd, we have been holding back the devils here for a few days, and we should go home to rest after we have reaped enough benefits."

Tomorrow night, we will launch a rapid artillery attack, and our troops will take the opportunity to evacuate under alternate cover.

No matter what medicine the devil sells, we are no longer in the fortifications, does it have anything to do with us?

Tell the soldiers, be vigilant, hold on for another day and we will retreat, turn back into Luliang Mountain, and I will send a big watermelon to each person! ”

Lao Xiao smiled: "Yes, we have enough benefits and have to go back to rest for a while, it depends on how the devil goes next."

There is still half a month before the winter wheat harvest, and when the time comes, when the devil is mobilized, we will come out to catch him again, and then it will be the home of the 129th Division. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang said: "I don't know how Kong Jie and the others took the lead in fighting with the main force of the Sixth Division Headquarters, and the casualties are not large." ”

Lao Zhou said with a smile: "According to the communication of the headquarters, the first phase of them is going smoothly, and the second phase is gradually carried out.

By the way, speaking of Lao Kong, we have to learn both of this kid's business brains.

Outside Luliang Mountain, the small county towns temporarily occupied by Yuncheng and Linfen are estimated to not be able to hold on for long, so it is better to take the opportunity to sell them to the nearby national army, hehe, this is a great thing to regain lost territory, they should not refuse.

If you look back, you may be able to contain the strength of the Japanese army. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang smiled and said, "That's a good idea, there is extra income before leaving!" ”

And actually.

Brigade Commander Zhang: They are really too worried.

The little devil did not launch a large-scale attack, but kept feints, purely because he was scared, and the order issued by the superior to reinforce Taiyuan could not but be carried out, so the thunder was loud and the rain was small.

In this way, for several days, the Japanese army basically did not attack on a large scale.

Brigade Commander Zhang and his entourage felt bored, and then gradually withdrew the main force from the position according to the plan.

As a result, the strength of the defensive position was greatly weakened.

At first, the old devil Harada noticed this situation, and was still wary of whether it would be a trap for the Eighth Route Army.

A brigade commander said: "General, judging from the intensity of firepower on the defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army in the past few days, it seems that the strength of the Eighth Route Army has decreased a lot.

Could it be that they have already secretly withdrawn the main forces from their positions? ”

In this regard, the old devil Harada insisted on it: "Stupid, this is absolutely impossible." The Eighth Route Army mobilized troops to besiege Taiyuan City, how could it be so easy to evacuate?

This is definitely a trap for the Eighth Route Army, and the commanders of the Eighth Route Army are all very cunning, and we must not take it lightly.

Tell the front-line combat troops that if the enemy does not move, I will not move, and we must not attack rashly, and fall into the trap of the Eighth Road! ”

"Hey!"

The commander of the devil brigade was speechless and had to respond.

Until later, how funny was it?

Even the small number of troops left in the position at the end were ready to evacuate, and seeing that the strength of the little devils far exceeded their own defenders by dozens of times, they did not dare to attack, and they did not even have a reconnaissance force.

The battalion commander who led the team couldn't help but curse a few words, and finally said helplessly: "Comrades, let's fight again, after this battle is over, we will evacuate all according to the orders of our superiors." ”

"Damn, if you want to say that this battle is really outrageous, there are only a few regiments left in our left-behind troops, and they are so frightened that the two divisions and regiments of the devil plus several brigades and regiments dare not move in the fortifications outside the city."

"If the battle situation this time is reported, I'm afraid the old face of the little devil will be lost!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio in the city still asked the headquarters to constantly urge Harada to seize the time to attack every day.

This old boy was really worried that the Eighth Route Army would suddenly storm Taiyuan City.

Finally.

Under pressure from all sides, Harada decided to organize a decent attack.

He racked his brains almost to deploy, held several military meetings, and finally formulated what he thought was a sophisticated offensive plan.

Only then did the Japanese reinforcements launch a large-scale offensive.

As a result, the attack went smoothly beyond the expectations of all the Japanese officers, and news continued to come.

"General, the First Vanguard Brigade has broken through the outer position of the Eighth Road!"

"General, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade has successfully broken through the core defense area of the Eighth Road!"

"General, under the fire bombardment of our heavy artillery wing, the enemy's position is in flames, according to the forward observation post, they detected that a large number of soldiers on the side of the Eighth Route Army were completely killed on the fortifications......

The successive smooth breakthroughs made the old devil Harada a little wrong.

When did the Eight Roads become so vulnerable?

Until the main force of the Japanese army has fully occupied the position in the south of the city outside the city of Taiyuan, the defenders in the city also opened the city gate under the order of Iwamatsu Yoshio, and the inside and outside should be combined, and they are also preparing to attack from both sides to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army on the position!

Then, the two sides met smoothly and met each other.

Surrounded by guards, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, and the commander of the Devil Division, Lieutenant General Harada, both stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and they both looked at each other in a daze.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, our department has successfully broken through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army and fully occupied the position of the Eighth Route Army, and the crisis in Taiyuan City has been completely resolved, please instruct Your Excellency the Commander!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio didn't speak, but with a black face, he personally inspected the long-lost position in the south of the city.

When he saw this steel-like fortification, as well as the Eighth Route Army's exquisitely constructed and well-equipped warriors on all fronts, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

It is no wonder that the reinforcements have never been able to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army, and these fortifications of the Eighth Route Army are too strong.

Coupled with the strong firepower configuration at hand of the eight roads.

It's like a slaughterhouse outside the city, and you can't cross it.

This calmed down the original anger in Iwamatsu Yoshio's heart a little, and perhaps it was not Harada's incompetence.

When encountering such a tough opponent, no one can do anything about it.

But at this moment, he suddenly found that the dark fort in the position was full of dummies, rough straw, and then wore a military uniform and a military hat, and put a wooden gun in his hand, not to mention looking at it from a distance, even if he walked closer, at first glance he really thought it was a real person lying on his stomach!

It was only under the bombardment of artillery fire that scattered straw debris revealed the identities of these dummies.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was suddenly angry?

"Yaga, Harada-kun, didn't you say that after several days of non-stop attacks, it was difficult to break through the position of the Eighth Route Army?

Tell me, what about the Eighth Route Army?

In such a large-scale battle, there is not a single corpse in so many dark forts of the Eighth Route Army, how can they all be dummies?

Have you fought a line of defense made of air for days and suffered heavy losses? ”

Harada's old face twitched fiercely.

As early as after taking the position, he was aware of this situation, and he also realized that he had been fooled by the Eighth Route Army in the past few days.

Balu had already secretly withdrawn the main force, but left these dummies, but he was so scared that he didn't dare to move for several days, which was really a shame.

Harada can't let such a big shame stick on himself.

In this regard, he secretly arranged his subordinates, but made some arrangements.

He hurriedly responded: "The general is angry, the Eighth Route is indeed very cunning, after I mobilized the heavy artillery to carry out a firepower onslaught, the Eighth Route must have sensed the strong firepower of our imperial troops, and in order to avoid casualties, the main force was withdrawn in advance!" ”

"General, please look, in addition to these dummies, we have also killed a lot of the Eighth Route Army!"

As Harada pointed out, Iwamatsu Yoshio did see the bunker, as well as many corpses wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army lying on the fortifications.

The war correspondents accompanying the army also took out their cameras and kept shooting.

Iwamatsu Yoshio didn't say anything more, just took a few closer looks at the corpses as he passed by, and even picked up the right hand of one of the corpses and put it on his nose and sniffed it.

Then he walked past Harada without saying a word.

After the reporters left, Iwamatsu immediately called Harada, who could no longer suppress his anger and couldn't help but scold: "Harada, do you know what you're doing?"

I can tell at a glance whether the Eighth Route Army you killed is true or false, although the clothes are from the Eighth Route Army, but many of them are obviously big smokers.

Eight Roads has always been disciplined, how can there be so many big smokers? ”

Harada knew that he was exposed, and he no longer hid it, he said with emotion: "General, I am also helpless!"

The Eighth Route is well-equipped and its combat effectiveness is too strong, didn't the Kwantung Army reinforce a Ushijima Manchu Division? This time, it was almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in the Huangyadong area.

We can't put all our forces into this campaign.

I also want to avoid sacrifice and preserve the strength of our First Army.

So ......"

He lowered his voice, "General, these dummies are currently only known to the soldiers of my guard brigade, and in addition, we will change the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who died in battle into the clothes on this dummy, aren't they the real Eighth Route Army?" ”

Yan Song sneered: "Harada-kun, you are really good at being clever!" ”

"General, I'm also thinking about our First Army, for your sake!"

He focused on the second sentence.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

I am disgraced, and I am also losing the face of the First Army, and I am losing the face of the commander of your First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu.

Moreover, Taiyuan City was besieged this time, and no one thought that the Eighth Road was so powerful that it finally took the initiative to withdraw the main force.

You, Iwamatsu Yoshio, are like a great enemy, and he is so frightened that he asks for help everywhere, and even interferes with the battlefield where the Sixth Field Division and the Ushijima Manchu Division of the Kwantung Army are located.

It's like a complete joke.

If you let all parties know that the crisis in Taiyuan City was not resolved by your First Army alone, but by the Eighth Route Army taking the initiative to withdraw.

Several lines of positions, a bunch of dummies, frightened the reinforcements did not dare to attack.

I'm afraid it's really a great shame!

At that time, Harada will be punished by the military, and the old devil Yan Song will also not be able to escape, maybe both of them will be sent to the reserves.

The people Harada rushed back to reinforce Taiyuan City, and it wasn't for the face of your commander Iwamatsu Yoshio!

In the end, Iwamatsu, who had been thinking about it for a long time, had to sigh helplessly, and glared at Harada fiercely: "I don't know about this matter, you can do it yourself, I just want the result!" ”

Harada immediately promised: "Hey, please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, I will get things done." ”

Soon after, a report published by a Japanese newspaper came out.

The headline is:

"Lieutenant General Harada rushed to the aid and hit the Eighth Road to save Taiyuan!"

How detailed the content is! There are even photographs and detailed reports from military correspondents.

Said: Taiyuan City was fully besieged by the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, 100,000 urgent, the commander of the Harada Division was ordered to lead reinforcements to form a joint army, and successfully defeated the elite main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army under the decisive battle of fighting day and night, and attacked the defenders of the First Army inside and outside the city, and achieved the final victory in one fell swoop!

What a gorgeous military report!

Yan Song, an old devil who had read the internal newspaper in advance at that time, couldn't help frowning, and then asked Harada on the side: "Will it be an exaggeration to report like this?" ”

Harada replied with a smile: "The general is filtered, how can he say too much?" I think all the words are very well controlled! ”

Having said that, lying about war exploits is an old tradition of the First Army!

As for the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

After hearing such a report from the Japanese military newspaper, the commanders of the teacher and Brigade Commander Zhang were also stunned, and then couldn't help laughing.

Brigade Commander Zhang also said with a smile: "In order to win more international reinforcements, in order to continue to maintain the self-righteousness of the little devil, I think we should also send some reports to echo each other with this report of the little devil!"

How do you echo that?

Why don't we also make a report on the siege of Taiyuan City.

Of course, I think the specific battle damage situation is almost 2 to 1, let's arrange a 2 to 1, we have twice the casualties, and the little devils have half of the casualties, this is finally okay, right? ”

The generals all laughed, thinking that Brigade Commander Zhang's method was credible.

Although the battle loss ratio between the 120th Division and the Japanese army this time was almost 1 to 5.

But the propaganda can't be exaggerated.

After all, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it!

Now is not the time for the Eighth Route Army to rush to publicize the independence of one family.

(End of chapter)