Regarding this battle, at the pre-war military meeting, Ding Wei put forward the following tactical ideas:

"In the past, when we fought ambush warfare, the ambush troops would often seize the nearby high ground and condescendingly fight the devil's troops.

But this time, we dispatched a large-scale armored force, so we can't continue to use this method of play.

Armored vehicles, tanks and other mechanized combat vehicles are not suitable for driving on narrow hillsides, which will greatly limit the mobility of our mechanical vehicles.

So let's just do the opposite.

Get out of these hills and drive the devils over, their infantry can go up, but a large number of armored vehicles, motorcycles, trucks, tanks, towed artillery and baggage cannot be carried in the first place.

Even if they move up, where do they put it?

These isolated hills are the graves we have prepared for the devils, and when the devils go up, our heavy mortars and aerial bombs will blow up accurately, and there will be no place to hide.

First divide the devils, eliminate small troops, drive some of the devils to the isolated hillside, and finally encircle and annihilate them one by one, so that they will not be able to escape. ”

In this regard, the generals have expressed their agreement, this is the most appropriate way to play in combination with the local terrain.

……

The other side.

I have to say that the devils have been operating in Datong and Zhangjiakou for many years, and they are very familiar with the terrain here, and on the relevant military operation maps they draw, they even marked in detail every valley and every stream, and the terrain of each place has long been well remembered.

Even the forward troops of the 14th Division from outside this pass were familiar with the road conditions here, and this time they did not leave any reserves, and directly attacked the blockade line of the Eighth Route Army with part of their troops, and the main force made a detour from one side.

Then, this roundabout force directly collided with the joint defense line formed by the Eighth Route Army and the Allied commandos that were originally on the battlefield.

As soon as the devil came up, he used the second-gun combat vehicle to carry out limited artillery bombardment, but then he was followed up by the howitzers of the Eighth Route Army and dispersed.

Sakamoto, who led the troops to evacuate in a hurry after losing the battle with the armored vehicle units of the Eighth Route Army, saw that the artillery preparation could not be done, so he could only charge the defensive line head-on, trying to break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army responded calmly and repelled the devil's repeated charges, and the casualties on the Japanese side spread rapidly, and the front of the position was full of devils' tank wreckage.

At first, the Allies saw a large-scale tank attack, and it seemed that the mountains were full of tank attacks, and this scene brought a strong visual shock, and many foreign soldiers and reporters exclaimed, could this be the whole of Japan's tanks?

Panic began to appear in the hearts of the people.

The strength of the Japanese army in the Pacific theater and the Southeast Asian theater made the gringos feel uneasy.

But as the battle situation evolved, they soon discovered in shock that the Japanese tanks were so vulnerable that they were destroyed like tofu scum under the anti-tank defense lines built by the Eighth Route Army.

In the end, if there was no order to attack, even these foreign soldiers would have rushed forward with eagerness.

Soon after, the mobile assault artillery unit and anti-tank destroyer unit of the Eighth Route Army arrived, and the old devil Inoue had no tricks, and he originally tried to break through, but was repulsed by the Eighth Route Army.

Even Inoue's most relied on large-scale chariot troops suffered heavy casualties in successive encounters.

The encirclement of all lines built by the Eighth Route Army was like a steel barrier, which could not be broken at all.

The main force of the Devil's Chinese Army also sent troops to assist in the flanking attack, but they were helpless.

In addition, the main force of the Chinese army was also divided by the mobile forces led by generals such as Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, and even it was difficult to protect itself.

All of a sudden, the forward combat units of the Inoue Division and the Chinese army could not take care of each other, and they were almost in a mess.

In desperation, sitting in the temporary headquarters, Inoue was already embarrassed and frightened, so he had no choice but to give an order to hold on to the danger and wait for help.

In order to prevent the troops from being interspersed and divided by the mobile units of the Eighth Route Army, and especially to prevent their own infantry from being attacked by the enemy's armored forces, Inoue, who was familiar with the terrain and topography of this area, immediately ordered all troops to move to the highlands and hills in various places, and to build fortifications with the help of the condescending terrain to build fortifications to resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, everything was as Ding Wei expected at the pre-war military meeting.

The troops of the 14th Division divided into units, occupied some mountainous heights, and quickly built anti-tank fortifications and artillery positions.

As for whether the troops gathered in various mountains, forests and highlands on a large scale would be hit by the air fire of the Eighth Route Army, this old devil Inoue had actually considered this.

But at this moment, is there a better way for him to keep his entire squad in the face of a clear superiority in the enemy's mobile forces?

As for air fire strikes.

Inoue could only pin all his hopes on the Empire's air firepower reinforcements.

In a telegram sent to the General Headquarters, Inoue made it clear: "Our troops were besieged by a large number of the enemy's main forces, and were forced to occupy the high ground and hold on to it according to the danger, but at any time after the arrival of reinforcements, the enemy troops could be flanked inside and out.

In addition, I appeal to the Imperial Aviation Command to ensure air supremacy in the area of engagement, drive away enemy fighters, and ensure the safety of our combat units! ”

In response to Inoue's appeal, the commander of the Japanese army's aviation command, the commander of the Devil's Aviation, swore that he would definitely destroy the aviation units of the Eighth Route Army, seize air supremacy, and cooperate with the ground field troops.

And at this time, over time.

The Japanese air force seemed to be going very smoothly in the struggle for air supremacy.

According to the plan of the little devils, the first day was a wave-like feint to lure the aviation units of the Eighth Route Army into battle.

The effect was also wonderful, and the Japanese aviation command quickly obtained relevant information and learned the specific location of the various airfields exposed by the Eighth Route Army.

Then, at night, he contacted the field troops closest to the exposed airfields and launched a strong attack on the airfields of the Eighth Route Army.

The troops of both sides engaged in offensive and defensive battles around the airfield at night.

The next day, just at dawn, the Japanese attacking troops at night quickly withdrew, and the Japanese army officially invested a large number of aviation units to launch an air attack on the exposed Eighth Route Army airfield, and incidentally bombed the Eighth Route Army troops defending the airport.

Then, the Japanese army's specially formed flight units searched back and forth in the airspace, targeted and strangled the remaining aviation units of the Eighth Route Army, or dared to leave the airfield to counterattack.

Under this series of attacks, the Japanese aviation units seemed to have the upper hand.

Sure enough, a considerable number of airfields of the Eighth Route Army were destroyed one after another, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army defending the airfields also fled and evacuated in confusion under the air raids of the Japanese army.

Junroku Hata and Okabe, who heard the news, were immediately overjoyed, and they felt a vicious breath.

Soon after, Beiping was completely lively.

The old devil Harada made a special report that a considerable number of fighters of the Eighth Route Army were captured at Yangmingbao Airport, and a batch of heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army was captured at Xinkou.

There was also special news from the aviation command that everything was going smoothly, and that it had destroyed five exposed airfields of the Eighth Route Army, blown up a considerable number of enemy fighters, and dealt heavy blows to the enemy's guarding troops.

The air supremacy around Datong and Zhangjiakou basically fell into the hands of the empire.

After the results of the battle are reported.

In order to hype up the military might of the Japanese army, Hata Junroku, who had been defeated for a long time, immediately decided to drive over the captured planes of the Eighth Route Army and transport heavy artillery to them, and held a meeting to display the results of the crackdown on bandits and public order at the civilian airport in Beiping, and invited reporters from all walks of life and puppet government personnel at all levels in Peiping to come and watch.

At this time, it is necessary to completely wash away the decline of the Japanese army in the past two years, which has often been thwarted at the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

In order to further win over these puppet forces and suppress the arrogance of the anti-Japanese armed forces.

At the exhibition meeting, the old devil Okabe was still cheeky and bragged, saying that the imperial army fought bravely and was invincible.

He pointed to the heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, field artillery, guns, ammunition and shells under the stage and said: "These are the trophies of the imperial army, the holy war has ushered in a new stage, and our army is ready to clear the law and order in North China in one fell swoop and build the royal paradise." ”

Then, Yan Junroku, Okabe, and other high-ranking officials personally led a group of reporters to visit these weapons and equipment, and constantly reversed black and white, slandering the Eighth Route Army's resistance behind enemy lines as bandits that disturbed public order in North China.

These old devils declared: "We are not aggressors, but at the request of Chairman Wang of the Nanjing Republic of China Government, we have come to maintain law and order, build a circle of common prosperity, and build backward China into a modern country." ”

As he spoke, the devil also took out a stack of photos and distributed them, saying: "The Eighth Route Army's indiscriminate bombing, air raids on the imperial army's humanitarian hospitals, settlements, and facilities for refugees are really brutal!" ”

However, this fake is fake after all, and the hypocritical face is easy to be pierced by others after all.

Then a reporter from a neutral country came up with a series of photos he had taken, which showed the dire life of the Chinese people under the rule of the Japanese army.

Slap in the face.

Okabe and Junroku Hata could only vaguely confuse the topic of Fang Cai.

Then he continued to preach the power of his imperial army and the victory of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the meeting was only halfway through.

One after another, the news that stunned Tian Junliu's post came one after another.

"Sir, the armored troops of the 14th Division have been severely damaged by the chariot units of the Eighth Route Army, and they are currently under full siege by the Eighth Route Army, and they are blocked in the Yangyuan area!"

"Your Excellency Commander, just a few minutes ago, the aviation units of the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched an all-out attack, and the number of enemy fighters and the intensity of the air raids were so great that, according to the reports of the front-line aviation reconnaissance units, it greatly exceeded the detection and prediction of our army's intelligence department, and the field units of all walks of life were attacked by the air fire of the Eighth Route Army one after another, and the casualties and losses are now expanding dramatically!"

"Report to the commander, the 14th Division has received news that the battle situation ahead is urgent, a large number of fighters of the Eighth Route Army have appeared in the sky to launch air raids, and the field troops that were originally guarding the highlands, mountains and forests have been dealt a tragic blow......

"Sir, our army's front-line airfield was raided by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and more than ten fighters that had not yet taken off were all destroyed!"

"Sir, the Morita Chariot Division, which was originally scheduled to go south, was intercepted by the 35th Route Army of the National Army and is in a bitter battle!"

"Sir, there is news from the 14th Division on the front line, and it is not the 35th Route Army of the National Army that is fighting against it at all, but the Iron Triangle Field Army of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Sir......

"Your Excellency the Commander......"

When the old devils Junroku Hata and Okabe walked out of the headquarters, they even stumbled a little, and the originally bright sky always felt a little dim in their sight.

One by one, the reporters gathered around.

"Your Excellency Commander, is there another good news from ahead?"

"Is it your Japanese army that has achieved any results?"

"Has the holy war really reached a new stage, and has the situation been completely reversed by your Japanese army?"

Junroku Hata, Okabe: "......"

The two gloomy old devils were no longer in the mood to entertain these reporters, so they left in a hurry after a few perfunctory words.

……

But it was said that the Eighth Route Army was here.

After the first day of the confrontation between the 14th Division and the 14th Division began, it quickly attracted the attention of the allied forces, and some high-ranking officers from Britain, the United States, and other countries immediately organized an officer tour group and rushed to Datong overnight to watch the battle, thinking that they would establish confidence in the victory of the unit commanders, come and see how the Eighth Route Army fought, and by the way, transport a batch of supplies to support the actions of the Eighth Route Army.

Jiang Jun also cheekily sent a group of people to watch, in addition to the expeditionary force, General Sun, General Gui, General Song and other famous generals in Chiang's army arrived one after another.

The generals of the Eighth Route Army expressed unabashedly.

"The goal of this campaign is to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division of the elite Kwantung Army in one fell swoop in the middle of the two major clusters of the Japanese army!"

The voice fell, and a room gasped.

Whether it was the British and American generals or the officers of the Jiang army, they all stared at each other and listened to the domineering words.

"These officers of the Eighth Route Army are not afraid to flash their tongues when they say big things!"

On the side of Chiang's visiting group, many officers, especially some of the generals who had escaped, looked even more disdainful, insisting that the Eighth Route Army was purely bragging, and that they would never be able to do this.

"That's the elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army, and it's a field division that is almost full! Besides, there are two main clusters of the flanks that can be reinforced at any time, and the Japanese aviation is not vegetarian! ”

Under such conditions, the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army surrounded and annihilated the devils.

In the eyes of the officers of Chiang's military, it was simply a fantasy.

Then, the news of the first day of the confrontation came out.

The main forces of the forward of the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army were subjected to artillery shelling and were heavily damaged.

The visiting officers were a little surprised, they did not expect that the first battle of the Eighth Route Army would go so smoothly.

By the second day, the chariot units of the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army were defeated by the chariot units of the Eighth Route Army.

When the news came, the visiting officers were even more surprised.

Subsequently, the Japanese flying units were fully dispatched and launched air strikes on the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the combat area, and destroyed many airfields exposed by the Eighth Route Army in one company.

Many visitors sighed and regretted it.

Some of the fleeing generals on the general's side breathed a sigh of relief, and then watched the Eighth Route Army sing all the way, but they felt that there was no place for their old faces.

Until the third day, the aviation units of the Eighth Route Army also made a full-scale attack, concentrating almost all of their firepower in the Yangyuan area, and the troops had dispersed and were stationed in the sky above the 14th Division on the high ground of the mountains......

(End of chapter)