At this time, several winds were still blowing in order to advance northward.

In particular, the Eighth Route Army in North China launched an operational plan to cover the northward advance on the one hand, and to counter the August Storm operation of the New Fourth Army in the autumn of the South on the other hand.

In order to advance to the north this time, the main elites of the major core base areas of the Eighth Route Army were basically secretly transferred to the area of Mengdong.

However, in order to completely paralyze the judgment of the Japanese army, in North China, the main forces of the eastern Hebei base area and the main force of the Shandong Military Region were not transferred much.

remained in North China and was responsible for containing the Japanese army.

At the same time, several active offensives will be launched according to the original plan to respond to the August Storm operation this time, and push the counteroffensive operation of the August Storm operation to a climax, so that the little devils cannot detect the flaws.

Today, the eastern Hebei military force, including the Shandong Military Region, has grown with the development of the industrial system, the consolidation of the base area, and the growth of the troops.

The base area already has perfect fortifications and supporting lines of communication, and there are also a large number of newly organized troops -- military industry, various types of private economy, as well as the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and a large number of prisoners of war and young men rescued by the Eighth Route Army, including the people who have actively joined the army and the local army units that have been selected, and new units have been quickly formed to quickly enrich the follow-up defense forces in the base areas.

Provide a steady stream of troop output for northward advance operations.

The veterans who have been trained for a long time have long been eager to try, just waiting to kill the devil and have a good time.

Those battle-hardened commanders held their breath even more, just waiting for the devil to step into the base area, and let the little devil have no return.

However, at the August Storm Operation Mid-Term Operational Plan meeting held by the former enemy command.

When the deputy commander-in-chief introduced the situation, he deliberately said that the situation was more serious: "The Japanese army has pressed the border with heavy troops this time, including the Kwantung Army that has been reinforced by the south, there are five divisions and regiments, and the defensive pressure in the base area is very great. ”

To deliberately put it more seriously, it is for fear that the commanders and fighters in these base areas will be paralyzed and careless, and they will be proud and underestimate the enemy.

In addition, the northward advance operation is a classified plan.

The non-core base area leaders, or the military commanders of the middle and high-level who participated in the northward advance operation, are not known for the time being.

The commanders of some units, including the eastern Hebei and Shandong military regions, were bent on fighting a few tough battles, and even killed all the Kwantung Army that had gone south to reinforce him.

They swore an oath, were full of self-confidence, and were eager to try, but in fact they did not know that the main elite of the Eighth Route Army in North China had been transferred to the eastern Mongolian region.

It is precisely because they do not know this situation that in the battle against the Japanese army, they can let go of their hands, throw off their arms, and be as confident and courageous as in the past.

How can this make the little devil see the flaw?

Of course, the core command knows the specific situation.

Now, the main elite of our Eighth Route Army in North China is not there, and it is definitely impossible to fight the devil.

Then carry out a sabotage war against some of the devil's main communication lines, lead the little devil's nose, no matter how powerful the Kwantung Army is, don't you start acting as a traffic policeman when you arrive in North China?

In order to set the August storm operation into a higher wave.

The main forces of the Jidong and Shandong Military Regions that remained behind planned several offensives soon after.

Of course, it is not a frontal field attack with the elite of the Kwantung Army of the devils.

That's a fool's job.

The little devil has such a long front in the entire North China region, and the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Kwantung Army seem to be a lot, but in fact, they can't even see a ripple when they spill into it.

Then the principle of the campaign is very simple:

"The devil's main attack direction, let's rely on the fortifications in the base area to set up echelons, resist and drag it out! Even if it is dragging logistics, it can completely drag the little devil to him.

The weak places of the devils are interspersed with encirclement and annihilation, encirclement points to send reinforcements, to completely muddy this trip, you have me, I have you, completely entangled.

Now our vast base area has been connected as a whole, the communication system has been updated, and there are a large number of mechanized combat clusters, like wolves circling around the devils.

Although the lions (the main force of the eight roads) are not there, our wolves can bite the devils! ”

This is precisely where the confidence of the commanders of the Eighth Route Army of the Eastern Hebei and Shandong Military Regions lies.

In addition, there is the support of the expanded air fleet of the various aviation bases.

The devils also do not have any advantage in the air force.

The pre-war deployment was sufficient, which is also the reason why Commander Chen and Commander Lu still had the leisure to play cards with Kong Jie and them in the logistics department.

It is just by taking advantage of this opportunity to give the newly formed troops in the base areas the opportunity to hone their training, otherwise how can they take charge of themselves in the future?

On the other hand, the Kwantung Army that the devil went south to reinforce this time.

The entire five elite divisions and regiments full of more than 100,000 elite Kwantung Army, after going south to reinforce North China, it was really like what the commanders of the Eighth Route Army said, like a pebble thrown into the vast lake, and disappeared after only a few ripples.

It's a pity that after these devil elites arrived in North China, they actually followed these stupid North China Front Army to become traffic policemen.

Today, the railway line here was destroyed by the Eighth Road, and tomorrow the highway line there was completely blown up by the Eighth Road.

The commanders of the Kwantung Army were full of anger for this, and they had no strength but could not find an opponent.

So the impatient officer stepped forward.

——The Yamada Division of the Kwantung Army that went south to reinforce this time.

The Yamada Division received an order to rush to the Shimen area to assist in the defense and beware of the troops of the Eighth Route Army in the central and southern Hebei areas.

The original person in charge of garrisoning the Shimen area was the Iinuma Guard Division of the Japanese North China Front.

This benevolent brother is a master of survival, he has fought many battles with the Eighth Route Army, mostly defeated, and when the Japanese troops on other roads suffered heavy casualties, he slipped fast enough to basically save the main force.

And the old devil Harada is basically all the way.

You are willing to fight with the Eight Roads, anyway, I will honestly stay in the county seat, and make a fortune in a muffled voice.

After garrisoning Shimen, Iinuma Mamoru Mori, who deeply felt that the Eighth Route Army could not be provoked, issued a policy of shrinking:

Relying on the steel fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack in Shimen, it could not be defended, and all its forces were concentrated in the main county towns and communication lines in the surrounding area, even if the Eighth Route Army was shouting and aggressive on the outer line, it simply turned a blind eye.

In the days when the old devil Yamada arrived at Shimen, he often found out the news, and even the transport troops of the Eighth Route Army swaggered past the transportation road not far from Shimen.

That gesture was simply rampant.

"When has the Empire been bullied to such an extent by these damn Eight Paths?"

Yamada was furious about this, but he led the troops to help this time, and the garrison commander in the Shimen area was Iinuma Mamoru Ren.

What's the bottom line?

The family not only has a land, but also a production base of considerable scale, which is basically self-sufficient.

Yamada still has to rely on others to replenish war supplies!

There is nowhere to send out the nameless fire, so the old devil Yamada wants to take the Eighth Route Army to show his Kwantung Army's heavenly might, and also slap his face with practical actions, so that Mamoru Iinuma knows how humiliating it is to be a shrunken turtle.

Soon after, Yamada found out important information:

Julu County was besieged by the Eighth Route Army not long ago, and the Eighth Route attacked the communication lines around Julu County, and the entire county was basically surrounded into a dead city.

If the reinforcements do not arrive, even if the Eighth Route does not break through the city, the defenders in the city will probably be forced to surrender because they run out of ammunition and food.

In fact, the Julu County Garrison Headquarters had conveyed a request for help to the Shimen Command many times, but Mamoru Iinuma had always turned a blind eye and did not order reinforcements to be sent.

Yamada, who couldn't look at it, offered reinforcements.

Mamoru Iinuma said that guarding the stone gate is the top priority, and with the situation in Julu County, the fortifications are not strong in the first place, and the defensive forces are not many, so if the Eighth Road wants to break the city, there is no need for such trouble.

"But why did they surround the giant deer, just besiege but not attack?"

Iinuma Mamoru said firmly: "It's just a trap deliberately set by the Eight Roads to lure the enemy into attacking!" ”

If he had just come to Shimen, Yamada might have believed what Mamoru Iinuma said.

But over this time, there have been too many similar situations.

Once or twice, it can be said that this Iinuma Shou has a degree of defense, and he can gain insight into the tricks of the Eighth Route Army, but this time there are too many of them, where is this situation, it is clear that the old devil of Iinuma Mamoru is afraid of war, and he does not dare to fight with the Eighth Route Army at all.

Yamada was furious because of this, and even angrily scolded Mamoru Iinuma, and then said that he would never sit idly by and watch the imperial army troops perish, and would definitely send reinforcements.

Yamada, who held the power of the army, did what he said, and soon sent a mechanized squadron to strengthen armored vehicles and light tanks, and cooperated with the forward reinforcement brigade to prepare to reinforce Julu County.

As a result, not long after the devil's reinforcements set off from the city gate, the news reached the Jizhong Military Region.

It was three hours ahead of the time when the little devil arrived in the area of Julu.

This is precisely the power of the communication system of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, which are now connected together.

After learning the news, the command of the Jizhong Military Region quickly issued an order:

The 26th Field Regiment of the Jizhong Left-behind Defense Force was responsible for blocking the Japanese army.

As for what is so strange about this field 26th regiment, it will be sent by the command to deal with such an elite mechanized combat unit as a devil, not to mention it for the time being.

But say over time.

Yamada's mechanized combat unit only arrived more than ten kilometers away from Julu County, and then collided with the 26th Field Regiment of the Eighth Route Jizhong.

The two sides immediately deployed their troops and engaged in an encounter.

At that time, the environment in which the two sides were fighting was relatively empty, which was indeed suitable for the deployment of mechanized combat units.

In order to give full play to his own mechanized superiority, the devil commander who led the team immediately ordered a detour to the enemy and seize the unnamed hillside of the commanding heights shortly after the two sides clashed.

Who knew that the 26th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army also carried a certain amount of mechanized combat troops, and it also launched a roundabout attack against the devil's team.

At the core of the two sides - the nameless slope.

A main company of the 26th Field Regiment of the Eighth Route Army faced a squadron of the Kwantung Army of the devils.

Due to the dense vegetation on the hillside and the sudden encounter between the two sides, it was simply too late to deploy superior firepower.

After the handover of troops between the two sides, a white-knuckle battle was directly launched.

This is a very rare, closer to the traditional, almost cold weapon period after the Japanese army had an absolute firepower suppression advantage in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and the timeline of the Anti-Japanese War was stretched to the present period, and the Eighth Route Army could suppress the Japanese army with the help of firepower superiority.

Bloody vs. bloody confrontation!

A contest between courage and courage!

Encountering on a narrow road is destined to be a tough battle between you and me.

The sonorous and powerful bayonet duel, the dangerous life-and-death struggle, and the thrilling flesh-and-blood battle.

Even on this cruel battlefield where thermal weapons occupy the absolute main theme, a tragic song is still played.

The two sides fought desperately.

As a result, the elite squadron of the Yamada Division of the Kwantung Army, which claimed to be the flower of the imperial army, was completely defeated by the Eighth Route Army in a frontal white-knuckle battle, and the little devils were scattered to the ground, and their fleshy bodies were covered by dense vegetation.

The sharpness was lost, and the remaining devils were directly frightened, and the eight roads gave them heavy blows in the white-knuckle battle they were proud of, how could they have the courage to continue fighting, and the remaining less than 1/3 of the devils fled like crazy.

The defeat was like a mountain.

After the Nameless Slope was captured by the Eighth Route Army, with the help of the condescending artillery suppression advantage, the Devil's artillery squadron was quickly defeated by the 26th Regiment Artillery Battalion, and those armored vehicles and light tanks were also lost.

The self-propelled guns of the 26th Regiment of the Eighth Field Army are simply the nemesis of the armored vehicles of the devils.

At this point, Yamada's reinforcements were completely defeated, and if these Kwantung Army little devils didn't run fast enough, they would even be wiped out by the whole army outside Julu County.

Under the chain effect.

The defenders of the Japanese puppet army, who were still holding on to Julu County, were also frightened after hearing the news, and directly abandoned the city and ran away.

The unexpected gain made the Eighth Route Army stunned.

When he was defeated, the Asayama Shaozo who led the team hurriedly called for air support.

As a result, the air support was driven away by the Eighth Route Army Air Force halfway, but the Japanese army was attacked by the Eighth Route Army Air Force, and the casualties increased a lot.

Yamada, who was sitting in Shimen, had been waiting for the news of the triumph of reinforcements, but what he was waiting for was an urgent call for help.

The air reinforcements also failed to arrive smoothly, so Yamada was so anxious that he could only hastily arrange a mechanized unit to rush to reinforcements.

As a result, on the way, they were blocked by the anti-tank destroyer unit of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and not only failed to successfully reinforce the Asagama Brigade, but suffered heavy casualties and fled in disarray.

In the end, the Asama Brigade fled all the way back to Shimen in disgrace, and less than one-fifth of the nearly 2,000-strong team remained, and all kinds of mechanized vehicles were lost.

Harada, who originally wanted to use this operation to make a good start for the Kwantung Army to reinforce the south, successfully got off to a good start.

Mamoru Iinuma, the commander of the Shimen garrison who learned the news, drank wine and hugged the beauty on the other, and his words were full of mockery:

"Now Yamada-kun should understand who is the fool, right?"

(End of chapter)