This is the obvious flaw that may exist in the troops of the Eighth Route Army discovered after in-depth research by a group of old devils such as Junroku Hatara and Okabe before the prelude to the battle between Datong and Zhangjiakou began.

-- Datong and Zhangjiakou were originally firmly controlled by the Japanese army, and they were far away from the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous areas of the occupied areas.

In the past, when the Japanese army launched a sweep against the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, there were problems such as excessively long transportation lines and difficulties in logistical support.

However, the battle around Datong and Zhangjiakou this time was far away from the solid anti-Japanese revolutionary base of the Eighth Route Army, so there was also such a problem.

Hatatakeroku believed: "First, in order to defend Datong and Zhangjiakou, the logistics line of the Eighth Route Army must be lengthened.

Second, with so many troops defending by the Eighth Route Army, the materials are definitely not what the small-scale transport teams used to be able to satisfy.

Hoarding in advance, or large-scale transportation, will leave traces, and as long as the Empire's intelligence system is operational, no matter how cautious the Eighth Route is, it will not be possible to cover all the transportation routes.

Even if the Empire's flying units spread out according to the expected bombing targets and eventually bombed some of the wrong targets, there will always be the right time, and the worst can interfere with the material transportation channels of the front line and rear of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Road is defending according to the danger this time, this mountainous and dangerous place, the road is rugged and narrow, and the Eighth Road has not occupied these places for a long time, even if the Eighth Road builds a large number of fortifications, I am afraid that the logistics supply warehouse will not have time to build.

How long can this single supply line survive the Empire's artillery blockade and air strikes?

In particular, the Empire strengthened its night fighters and night bombers, as well as radar planes, and at night it was also possible to dispatch air teams to attack the mountain supply lines of the Eighth Route and drop time bombs or air-dropped mines everywhere.

As long as the narrow mountain road collapses in a few places, a transportation line can be blocked in a short period of time, how can the troops fighting in the mountains of the Eighth Route be able to quickly replenish supplies and transfer heavy weapons?

In addition, most of the railway lines and transportation lines in the rear of the Eighth Route were built with the troops of our Imperial Japan, and we sent air forces to attack and sabotage them, and it was impossible for the Eighth Route to be prevented. ”

Speaking of which, Junroku Hata is also swearing.

"This time, let's defeat Balu on the usual methods of Balu, I want to see how he Kong Jie breaks the game!"

Looking at the falling snow, he even smiled.

"Let's go down, the colder it gets, the thicker the snow. With the logistics supply of the Eighth Route Army not available, there is a shortage of materials, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, sooner or later it will be completely dragged down!

The Chinese have an old saying that a monk can't run the temple if he can run, and even if he can't take advantage of this opportunity to destroy the aviation force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, he can completely drag down the main force of the Eighth Route Army with the help of logistics and annihilate it in the Datong and Zhangjiakou areas in one fell swoop.

Perhaps this battle can even reverse the entire North China front in one fell swoop, and in recent years, our imperial army has gradually moved towards a declining unfavorable situation. ”

And what is the actual situation?

As time went on, the fighting between the two sides escalated.

Fighting broke out one after another, and it quickly fell into a stalemate.

Lao Yang led his troops to fight several bloody battles with the Japanese army, and he has been defending Zhangjiakou to the death.

The commander of the old Song and Song detachments was responsible for guarding the mountainous areas of Guangling, Wei and Yi counties, and like nails, they were firmly nailed to the same place, and they fought with the troops dominated by the Japanese Ushijima Manchu Division, forcing the Japanese reinforcements to suffer great obstacles.

Lao Deng originally stationed troops near the Huashao camp, and when the main force of the devils in Yanqing County advanced to the periphery of Zhangjiakou, he deliberately exposed the flaws, and let the devils divide their troops to attack and defeat the Huaxiao camp, and then quickly evacuated according to the plan.

After Kong Jie and the others made a sneak attack on the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army that attempted to attack Yangyuan from the north, Lao Deng waited for the opportunity to recapture the main force and defend the Huaxiao Battalion, which was empty, and directly cut off the back road of the 14th Division of the Devils.

Mr. Nie personally led the main force to confront the devils in the Baoding area.

At the same time, other newly formed mobile units secretly built fortifications behind Zhangjiakou and stood by to prepare for the frontal battlefield at any time.

At this point in the battle, the Japanese army suddenly discovered that the surprise attack that was originally prepared to be launched around Datong and Zhangjiakou had inexplicably trapped all the combat units.

In particular, the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army, which was a sharp knife unit, was ambushed by the heavy artillery units of the Eighth Route Army under the snowy night, and before it had time to gain a firm foothold, it was completely torn apart by the troops of the Iron Triangle Field Army that attacked from all directions.

When Inoue, the old devil who was still arrogant, turned around, he found out in despair that the sneak attack that was originally aimed at Yangyuan fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army so stupidly.

His 14th Division had just fallen into the Yangyuan area, and then the retreat of all parties was completely blocked.

It was only at this time that the elite and amazing combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army Iron Triangle completely broke out.

If reinforcements do not arrive, it is only a matter of time before the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army is slowly divided and eaten away by the Eighth Route Army.

As for the problem of the logistics shortage of the Eighth Route Army, which the little devils are worried about......

Ahem...... Let's just talk about Guangling and Weixian, what are the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of the original Daqingshan Detachment doing?

- After repelling another wave of Japanese attacks, the Japanese soldiers were exhausted and had to retreat to rest as the snow fell heavier and heavier.

Old Song, who had a dark face, smiled brightly, beckoned some cadres and began to prepare lunch.

Before the official start, Lao Song still shouted: "When this batch of materials was specially sent to the troops, Li Yunlong's big head bragged to me about what kind of high-tech, what it was called self-heating canned food, as well as self-heating rice, and self-heating potato flour or something.

I want to see what kind of high-tech this kid Li Yunlong is talking about. ”

Some cadres who know how to process these self-heating rice and self-heating canned food quickly operated, only to see everyone tear open the simple package, and then take out some rice prepared in advance in the package, take out the potato flour and put it in the box, and then put it on the top of the heating device, and the inside is equipped with a small package of quicklime for heating, and then mix it with a little water.

A cadre said proudly: "Hehe, you soil buns, let me give you the principle of popular science heating pack, this heating bag is filled with quicklime, quicklime meets water, then a chemical reaction will occur, and then quickly release heat, the heat generated can be used to heat food, to achieve the effect of self-heating!" ”

As for where to find water, it's snowing in the sky! Grab two handfuls at random, turn them into water, and you're here!

Slippery –

Everyone was talking and laughing, and there were cadres who had already completed the steps, and the heat quickly released after the quicklime met the water boiled the water, and the steam rose out to make a sizzling sound.

The soldiers moved their hands closer, and the temperature immediately came from the heating device.

Due to the cold weather, the corners of everyone's mouths were filled with white mist when they spoke, and they waited expectantly for the food to be heated.

It turned out that once the battle around Datong and Zhangjiakou escalated, a large number of combat troops needed a large amount of material supply, and the problem of logistical supply difficulties caused by it had long been considered by Kong Jie and other generals.

And these foods, which are specially developed and produced by the production plants in the base area and invented by Kong Jie, can be self-heating, light in weight, and easy to carry, are the ways to cope with this difficulty.

At the pre-war logistics preparation meeting, Kong Jie said:

"The newly produced self-heating food can allow our soldiers to eat a hot meal in the cold winter, so as to quickly restore the exhausted physical energy.

As for these self-heating foods, we have distributed them to the front-line troops for seven days, which is rich in variety and enough to provide nutrition.

In addition, there are multigrain noodles and multigrain steamed buns that can be stored for a long time in winter, which only need to be heated and steamed in the latest natural gas tank, and you can eat them immediately.

After we sealed it, we put it in the ice cellars set up along the way, and the troops retreated to the designated position, took it out and ate it, and the logistical problem was naturally solved.

Anyway, at the beginning in the direction of Datong and Xinkou, we used fortifications to consume the devil's shells, and waited until we retreated into the depths of the mountains and the place where the devil's heavy artillery could not be transported, and then fought with the devils.

After the escalation of this battle, the Japanese army may even move out the seven-year 305mm howitzer, which is almost a strategic heavy artillery is not a joke, we can't touch this mold.

In the direction of Zhangjiakou, we have extensively distributed anti-tank trenches and fortification groups, resisted step by step, and finally retreated into the permanent fortification group; we have already deployed antiaircraft artillery units to cover the heavy artillery units, comprehensively absorbed the experience of Baoding's positional warfare, and used one defensive position after another to consume the morale of the devils.

The supplies were also stored in advance, and logistics were not a problem.

As for our busy transportation lines, which transport steel and concrete, even if the devils are attacked by air raids and special service attacks, these are just fishing bait. ”

So just when the old devils such as Junroku Hata and Okabe thought that the logistics supply of the Eighth Route Army was in short supply, and the soldiers were still starving and freezing in the icy and snowy environment.

The real situation is that the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army can eat hot meals at almost every meal, and there is even no shortage of vegetables and meat.

However, the Japanese soldiers who were constantly attacking outside the fortifications, and the Japanese soldiers, who were more physically exhausted, could not even eat a few hot meals, and could only make do with some cold canned food or some dry food to satisfy their hunger at each meal.

And the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army, which fell into Yangyuan, had no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground.

The main force of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has been quickly stationed on the west side of Yangyuan to prevent the devil's mobile troops from bypassing Xinkou and outflanking Shuozhou from turning around to reinforce Yangyuan.

The main force of the 386th Brigade was placed in the rear of the Huashao Battalion, and together with Lao Deng's troops who had recaptured the Huaxiao Battalion, they formed an iron wall to block the devils from entering the strategic reserve and reinforce Yangyuan.

What's the point?

The key is that all these combat units, under the name of the 35th Army of the National Army, have turned all the areas around Yangyuan upside down.

So much so that the old devil Okabe in Beiping, in addition to being angry, also brought the ancestors of Commander Fu to greet them again.

General Okabe's angry teeth itched, this damn Fu Yisheng, the acting is really good, even the Japanese army really thought that the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army had a gap for a long time, there was a contradiction, and they were hostile to each other.

At this time, the battle situation gradually became clear, and the Iron Triangle Army of the Eighth Route Army, which was stationed in Xinkou and helped to encircle the 14th Division of the Central Eastern Army, the main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the main force of the 35th Route Army, have all been exposed.

Seeing that the battle situation was scorching and the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army, which was completely besieged in Yangyuan, was in danger, he did not dare to delay any longer and quickly issued an order.

The newly expanded Morita Chariot Division, with the assistance of the Kwantung Army, made a rapid assault from the Mengdong region to the direction of Houhe, so as to make the next offensive in the direction of Guisui and prepare for the operations in Zhangjiakou and Datong.

As for the 35th Route Army, which was originally aimed at the Mengdong area, the Japanese army was still afraid, but now that they have received information, the main force of the 35th Route Army has appeared in the Yangyuan area, there is nothing to worry about.

In this way, a large number of Japanese troops, mainly the Morita Chariot Division, quickly moved south and advanced in the direction of Datong and Zhangjiakou.

Hetao area.

Headquarters of the 35th Route Army of the National Army.

When the front-line reconnaissance intelligence came, and it was learned that the Japanese army was rapidly advancing in the direction of Houhe, Commander Fu, who had been waiting for a long time, was overjoyed.

"His grandmother's, but it's finally our turn!"

"Brothers, this fake 35th Route Army has made a name for itself in the Yangyuan area, our genuine 35th Route Army can't be robbed of the limelight, pass on the order to me, all front-line combat officers, give me the area I am responsible for, let go of a devil, Lao Tzu will try to ask them!"

"Yes!"

……

The speed of the old devil Morita is also extremely fast, this guy is very rampant, since the main force of the 35th Route Army is not at home, how can any force be able to stop his pace?

It took less than half a day to attack, and then directly launched a fierce attack, and Kuroda smoothly commanded the troops to lay down Houwa.

Then according to the original plan, they advanced to Guisui.

It was only then that he suddenly received news that it was not the 4th Cavalry Division, the most elite of the 35th Army of the National Army, besieging the Inoue Division, but a mixed cavalry and armored division of the Eighth Route Army in disguise.

Thanks to the cover of the night, they have been well disguised.

The front-line reconnaissance unit of the 14th Division was also discovered by the situation.

Even those surrounding units that claimed to be the 35th Route Army of the National Army, and even fought in the uniforms of the National Army, were found by the reconnaissance units of the Japanese army to be dressed up by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

"Baga, it's this set of !! again"

Lieutenant General Morita was completely stunned, so it seems that the main force of the 35th Army is not in Yangyuan, so where else can it be?

A speculation that made him a little collapsed instantly came to his mind - could it be that the 35th Route Army was waiting for him halfway?

If Commander Fu could hear the voice of this old devil, he would definitely reply with a smile: "Congratulations on your dog's day, you answered correctly!" ”

"Attack!"

In the Supreme Headquarters of the 35th Route Army, Commander Fu resolutely issued a combat order.

The field units of the 35th Route Army, the major armored units, and the mobile units, including the specially built aviation units of the 35th Route Army, launched an all-out attack on the Japanese army, mainly the Kuroda Tank Division, in the middle of the road......

(End of chapter)