Speaking of which, there is also a reason for the scarcity of mechanized combat vehicles of this devil's North China Front.

Originally, this little ghost country of bullets, don't look at the boasting to the outside world, but the domestic military resources are very limited, coupled with the large number of Japanese troops, on the whole, the degree of mechanized subordination of the troops is very low.

At the beginning, in order to deal with the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army tightened its belts in all aspects and scraped together several mechanized combat units.

Among them are the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army, the Morita Division, the Harada Division and the 106th Mobile Division.

After the battles around Datong and Zhangjiakou ended, the 14th Division and Morita Division were almost completely wiped out, and a large number of mechanized combat vehicles that were originally attached to them naturally entered the pockets of the Eighth Route Army.

The Harada Division and the 106th Division also abandoned many mechanized vehicles on the way to retreat in disarray.

At this time, the shortage of mechanized combat vehicles of the Japanese army in the operation blocked by the Eighth Route Army was instead the appearance of a large number of mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army, which caused the battle situation between the two sides to have an unexpected reversal for the Japanese army.

The Imperial Japanese Army, which had always boasted of being well-equipped and having a very high degree of mechanized combat, was defeated by the mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army.

This has simply become a big joke in the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield.

In the end, in order to slap the swollen face and fill the fat man, many so-called mechanized troops that stabilized their strongholds actually used bicycles and motorcycles to make up their numbers.

You can fully imagine that kind of picture, a Japanese army rushed out, claiming to be a mechanized combat unit of the imperial army, but at a glance, there were only some broken motorcycles and some old-fashioned bicycles, which was simply ridiculous.

And the Kwantung Army, which went south to reinforce this time.

In order to form two mobile units, the Jihadist Army and the Inoue Armored Army, a large number of mechanized vehicles were not hesitated.

And this Inoue Fangzuo's armored corps is not called a division to the outside world, but it is actually a complete armored division drawn from the Kwantung Army, plus several independent armored wings in North China, which is actually the strength of an armored army.

One activity is in Mengxi, the other is in eastern Hebei, the main force is equipped with a large number of boat and bridge equipment and secretly assembled under the Okamura banner, and even the jihadist army is secretly assembled under the Okamura banner as a surprise soldier to outflank him.

In this way, the few mechanized combat vehicles left in the North China Front Army were completely emptied.

So much so that when the Japanese army in North China and the Eighth Route Army clashed, as the old devil Okabe said, the imperial army fought in an ox cart, and the Eighth Route fought in a car.

Fortunately, the old boy Okamura was not ambiguous, and under the all-out attack of the Japanese Sixth Front Army, coupled with the roundabout assistance of the Devil's Jihadist Army and the Armored Army, he finally succeeded in taking Changsha.

In fact, when the national army had not noticed these strange boat and bridge equipment carried by the so-called jihadist army and armored army units of the devils, the scouts of the New Fourth Army had already discovered the situation.

When these strange equipment were tested, the New Fourth Army had been paying attention to reconnaissance, but they didn't know where the devils were going to be used.

In particular, when the devils were testing in the waters around Nanjing, the intelligence officers of the Eighth Route Army also secretly recorded the image, and it would be absolutely appropriate if this kind of equipment was to be equipped on a large scale in the Lianghuai and Huang floodplains and the water network area south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that after the report, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army did not have this kind of equipment, and only a detachment experimentally had a certain wading ability in tinkering with tracked all-terrain tractors, which could not be compared with the amphibious tanks specially designed by the devils.

The headquarters called back and only continued to pay attention, trying to send a special team to find a way to steal a few back.

At that time, there were too few amphibious tanks equipped in various countries, and they were all used as auxiliaries, and only the amphibious armored vehicles equipped by the US military were put into the battlefield on a large scale.

Kong Jie also made a batch and found that he couldn't use it for the time being, so he just used it for testing.

When he received this video, Kong Jie was also very surprised, he didn't expect that the little devil would even be dispatched with such a sharp weapon, it seems that the devil's intention to attack Changsha is very resolute.

As a friendly army, even if it was only in name, the Eighth Route Army also conveyed the secret message to the Ninth War Zone as soon as it received the relevant information.

It's just obvious that this information doesn't seem to have aroused special alarm in the Ninth War Zone, and the news is like a mud cow entering the sea, and there is no response.

In the end, Xue Boling carelessly lost Changsha, seeing that the defense of Changsha City was already gone, he had no choice but to lead the remnants to retreat to the Guiliu area, preparing to regroup and fight again.

At that time, the news of the loss of Changsha City came out, and the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield was completely turbulent, and even the Allied countries were shaken.

Before the Fourth Battle for the Defense of Changsha broke out completely, the propaganda of the Nationalist Army to the outside world could be described as full of vows, and it was needless to say that there were inspiring slogans such as "vowing to live and die with Changsha," and all the officers and men were united in their hatred of the enemy.

Even the chairman of the committee sitting in Chongqing was still waiting with anticrative expectations for the good news from Xue Boling to attack the Japanese invaders!

The result was a big surprise, Xue Boling was defeated, and the defeat was complete, and Changsha City, which had been stationed in the hands of the national army for many years, also completely fell in less than a month.

As for the reasons for the defeat of the national army, there are too many, but it is undeniable that Xue Boling was negligent in defense because of carelessness, or overconfidence in his Heavenly Furnace tactics.

In the face of the defeat of the Chinese army in the Battle of Changsha, the Allied countries were also caught off guard.

Chennault, the commander of the Allied Air Force in China at the time, had previously served as an air force adviser, mainly helping the Central Army to build China's air force.

After receiving the news of the continuous defeat of the Ninth Theater of the National Army, he was also anxious for a while.

Now, the fate of his motherland and China can be said to be tied together, and in the face of such a formidable Japanese army, if the Chinese army is completely defeated and the Japanese army is freed, the pressure on his motherland to fight will definitely increase.

So Chennault couldn't sit still and took the initiative to apply for air support from the Eighth Route Army to reinforce the Ninth Theater.

In order to secure more reinforcements, Chennault also made a special contact with his old friend Doolittle.

Of course, this so-called old friend became famous in World War I after Doolittle completed the bombing mission, and Chennault took the initiative to win it, after all, they were all compatriots.

Prior to this, Chennault's reputation was much more prominent than Doolittle's.

This Yankee has indeed made a lot of contributions to the construction of China's air force, and he also thinks that one day he can be called the father of China's aviation.

Coincidentally, Doolittle also wants to become an immortal hero in the construction of China's aviation forces!

As everyone knows, Doolittle is also real, and he turned his head and told Kong Jie about Chennault's entrustment to himself, and Lao Kong instructed Doolittle to say that the current construction of our Eighth Route Army's aviation unit has indeed made some progress, but the overall strength is still very weak, and in addition, it is necessary to defend the production base, defend Yan'an, defend the Taihang base area, provide support for operations in North China, and then reduce the maintenance and repair of fighters.

After all this is counted, only two or three squadrons of aircraft are left to support.

As for the fighters produced during this time, what has been consumed, it is not qualified, and there are a lot of reasons to prevaricate in the past, after all, our Eighth Route Army will definitely not fall into the well and stand by and watch, but the air firepower reinforcement in our hands is limited, and there is no way to do it.

Chen Chennault was helpless in the end, and it was good to be able to win a little bit.

In the subsequent discussion of the actual situation, even Doolittle said: "The fighting national army in Changsha has failed, and the limited air firepower reinforcement can only play an auxiliary role in the war, but cannot play a decisive role."

Our fighters are used to attack, not to cover the defeat and escape of the troops, Kong, you China has an old saying that helping the good does not help the inferior, I think all countries have put their bets in the wrong place, and the key to finally turning the tide of this battle is still on your Eighth Route Army. ”

"Haha, why don't we and Lao Du pee into a pot, this Lao Du talks, our Lao Li loves to listen to it from the bottom of his heart!" Li Yunlong on the side laughed happily.

The other side.

According to the No. 1 operational plan secretly drawn up by the old devil Okamura after he took over as commander of the Sixth Front Army, the task of opening up Changsha in the first stage has been completed.

The next step is to hit the Guiliu area.

As for the battle in the Jinghan area, Okamura also had a headache when it came to fighting in this area.

Under the supervision of Shunroku Hahata and Okabe, the operations of the Japanese army, mainly the North China Front, in the Jinghan area have been completely shattered.

Yoshimoto Sadachi had just taken over the post of commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, first attacking Xi'an and then Yan'an, which seemed to be majestic, but it was also a grasshopper after the autumn that could not jump for a few days.

First of all, the national army in the Yan'an area originally sat on the mountains to watch the tiger fight, and many places bordering Yan'an that they abandoned were all taken over by the counterattack force of the Eighth Route Army.

By the time the general realized that the situation was wrong, it was wishful thinking to regain these territories from the Eighth Route Army.

With the cover of these peripheral areas, the construction of the production base and defense system in the Yan'an area is smoother.

The construction of infrastructure on the front line of confrontation with the national army was also carried out quickly, and the perfect garrison conditions even frightened the national army.

In this regard, the national army heard that there seems to be an infrastructure unit in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, which is simply an infrastructure maniac, building bridges and roads, pulling out houses and building houses, and it is simply omnipotent.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army began to be stationed for a long time on defense.

There is probably only Yangquan in the west direction, and the area around Shouyang is still calm under the "special security" of the old devil Harada.

As an old profiteer, Harada is different from ordinary devil officers, and when he fights everywhere, his materials can be sold better, not only for his own people, but also for the Eighth Route Army.

When Yoshimoto came to power, he looked down on Harada, Ishikawa and others, but Okabe did not agree to replace them, and Okabe thought that if he failed again, he would have to rely on them to stabilize the Eighth Route Army, and by the way, he continued to collect supplies from Shanxi in the form of business dealings.

Harada also doesn't look down on this Commander Yoshimoto from the Kwantung Army, he has all wiped out the 14th Division, how many of these generals who are pampered in the Northeast have combat effectiveness?

When they come one by one, they are coaxed, and when they leave, they may be as depressed as a soup chicken!

What holy war army, armored army, in the end is estimated to be defeated and retreated, and even the spies sent by Tu Feiyuan to inspect the resale of materials were sent to the military justice department by the old devil Harada in the name of fornicating the eight routes.

The old Harada devil who has money and power and troops is so willful and rampant.

This old boy turned Iinuma Mamoru and the two mixed brigade commanders who guarded Dezhou and Liaocheng into a community of interests, and unconsciously, although Harada was not a commander, he had successfully recruited a large number of members of the community of interests in the First Army and the Twelfth Army.

In Harada's words: In this way, our business can be carried out more steadily, and the law is not responsible!

As for other directions, the major base areas of the Eighth Route Army, all the troops, the main forces, and the local armies, including the militia units, were all engaged in the battle, further reducing the scope of activities of the First Army of the Devils.

In particular, on the periphery of the highlands west of Taiyuan City, troops of the Eighth Route Army appeared again, and the whole of Shanxi changed overnight, and the regular troops of the 120th and 129th divisions of the Eighth Route Army were everywhere recovering lost territory.

The Japanese puppet army riding cattle and horses was beaten and screamed by the Eighth Route Army in a car.

Soon after, the tide of the war in the Mengxi area also began to reverse, after Inoue Yoshisa's armored army was transferred, after the Eighth Route Army's military production capacity increased and the new equipment was sent to the 35th Army, the Eighth Route Army cooperated with the 35th Army to immediately prepare to start a counterattack.

A certain large-scale puppet army unit in the Jiaodong area of Shandong Province has secretly surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, preparing for a battlefield uprising, and assisting the Eighth Route Army in recovering the Jiaodong area in one fell swoop.

Preparations have been made to complete operations in the areas of the Beijing-Pu Line and the Pinghan Line in the direction of North China, Central Hebei, Southern Hebei, and Eastern Hebei, and immediately after the end of the summer harvest, a counterattack was launched against the main forces of the Kwantung Army that had penetrated deep into the base areas.

Undercurrents began to surge throughout the base areas behind enemy lines, and the arrival of the storm awaited the last opportunity.

- Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

When discussing what this east wind was in the headquarters, Li Yunlong took the lead in expressing his opinion: "The equipment and weapons reinforced by the Allied countries this time can be regarded as the east wind, and as soon as this east wind arrives, we will be able to launch an offensive!" ”

Ding Wei put forward a different view: "If I want to say that the Japanese army wants to completely penetrate our mainland communication line, it doesn't count just to capture Changsha, and it is estimated that we have to completely open up the Guiliu area, and when the Japanese army launches an operation in the Guiliu area and engages the national army, our opportunity will come completely." ”

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Let's talk about how to ask for more assistance from the negotiators of Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other allied countries!" ”

Ding Wei said with a smile: "Lao Kong, Lao Li and I listen to you about this, who made you an expert in this area!" ”

Li Yunlong nodded in rare agreement.

Kong Jie said: "Then let's look at the level of assistance from the allies to launch a counterattack." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Yunlong asked.

Kong Jie said: "It's simple, first launch a counterattack in Shanxi, and drive the devils back to a few isolated big cities; If the Allies are willing to add money, the North China side will immediately launch a counterattack; Add more money, hehe, Shandong will also toss him. As long as the money is in place, the devil will be all broken, hahaha-"