In front of everyone is a map that has been in hand for a long time, a detailed map of puppet Manchuria.

Before the battle started, intelligence went first, although the entire puppet Manchuria was built like an iron bucket by little devils, there were still flaws.

It is difficult for a large main force to get in.

It is not difficult for a small infiltration force to infiltrate.

In particular, after the officers of Harada and Tanaka in North China and some officers of the Kwantung Army reached a business cooperation, the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to send some caravans, and naturally smoothly arranged some secret intelligence reconnaissance squads to advance into Manchuria in advance.

Therefore, for Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and other generals, although they are new to Manchuria, they are quite familiar with the relevant intelligence information in Manchuria.

For this final battle, Kong Jie has been planning for many years.

Even the specific distribution of the Kwantung Army of the devils in Manchuria, the names of the commanders and division commanders of each devil, and even what their personalities are, are all clearly recorded.

Li Yunlong held the map and couldn't help but scold: "This bitch-raised Kwantung Army, the entire puppet Manchurian fart is bigger, and it is stunned to divide more than ten provinces.

This little devil is really interesting, is this really our Kanto as their land? ”

Ding Wei was working on the map with a pencil and a ruler on the side, and in accordance with the operational plan for several stages proposed by the headquarters, he strung together some of the final predetermined targets and connected them into a line.

"Once our northern attack group successfully defeats the fortress group dominated by Hailar, we will gain a firm foothold in the puppet Manchurian province of Hung Yen.

Then, after our 120th Division as the main force of the middle road advance troops successfully captured Qiqihar, they gained a firm foothold in Longjiang Province.

Finally, after the southern attack group with the 129th Division as the main force successfully recovering Chifeng and other places, it opened up a solid base in the Rehe area.

In this way, our three-way advance troops rely on the Daxing'an Mountains, which lead from north to south, and can be connected by Hailar, Qiqihar, Chifeng and other places to establish a stable western fortress group.

With the east and west as the boundary, the entire puppet Manchuria is directly divided into two parts, we occupy the topographical advantage of the Great Khing'an Mountains, which can be attacked and retreated, and defended, and the western region is adjacent to many base areas in North China.

The follow-up combat units of our Mengdong base areas, including Jireliao and other base areas, can follow up at any time.

In this way, a complete confrontation with the Kwantung Army in eastern Manchuria was formed! ”

What a beautiful blueprint, with Ding Wei's narration, the dawn of victory seems to have been completely revealed, and the cadres are all excited.

Li Yunlong was even more cheerful: "If we really come to this point, let's open up a communication line from the western part of the puppet Manchuria to our important base areas in North China in the rear, and completely connect the base areas behind enemy lines in North China with the base areas in the western part of puppet Manchuria to form a whole."

At that time, it will not be a confrontation situation, and the Kwantung Army in eastern Manchuria will be completely compressed by us to the most remote corner, backed by Soviet territory.

There is a tiger in front and a hungry wolf in the back, and I see where his little devil is still running. ”

"Puppet Manchurian base in the west! Lao Li's name is good! Kong Jie opened his mouth to praise, "Speaking of which, in order to completely build the entire puppet Manchuria into a steel fortress, the devil has always placed important military defense in the west, on the one hand, to guard against the Soviet side, and on the other hand, to guard against the northward advance of our Chinese troops."

It's a pity that it was self-defeating, after the western defense line of the puppet Manchuria was broken by us in one fell swoop, we took advantage of the situation to enter, and the solid defense line that this devil originally built in the west can be regarded as cheap for us.

As long as we operate properly, the final situation expected by Lao Li and Lao Ding may not be reached! ”

"At present, our first phase of the offensive has been achieved, and we have successfully broken through the western defense line of the Kwantung Army.

In accordance with further orders from the Northbound Joint General Command.

Our tripartite attack group continued to advance towards the target area as originally planned.

In order to achieve the judgment of paralyzing the Japanese army, cover the surprise attack of our northern attack group to the farthest part of the Kwantung Army's Hailar fortress group.

Headquarters Instructions:

The second phase of the offensive was carried out by the attack group with the 120th Division as the main force on the central line, which was launched first and rapidly advanced in the direction of Qiqihar.

Immediately afterwards, the attack group with the 129th Division as the main force on the southern front advanced to Chifeng and Chengde.

However, our northern attack group, which is mainly composed of mechanized combat elites, will take action a little late for half a day, and at the same time will advance secretly, and try to make a detour of the mobile troops back to the direction of Hailar without alarming the Japanese army. ”

Speaking of this, Kong Jie arranged again: "Although there are attack groups on the central and southern lines to cover them, most of our mechanized combat elite will be on guard if there are no little devils."

Lao Li, let's arrange another camouflage force, make a big fuss, make the movement as loud as possible, and assist the attack group on the central and southern lines to advance, so that the little devils can believe that our elite of mechanized combat is still in this area. ”

Li Yunlong nodded in response, and added with a smile: "Lao Kong, do a full set of tricks, I'm afraid that such a camouflage force can't fool the little devils, why don't I arrange a few more small mechanized combat troops, make the movement bigger, scatter the attack, and raid some of the Japanese army's pivotal defense lines from multiple directions." ”

Kong Jie said thoughtfully: "From the perspective of local operations, although our mechanized elite attack is rapid and its combat power is amazing, it is not enough to pose too much threat to the core defense line of the Japanese army due to the small number of troops.

But it can distract the Japanese army.

Including the main force of mechanized warfare that we secretly went north and advanced towards the Hailar fortress group, we can also use several small mechanized combat units to cover.

Even if the Japanese army receives the news that a small mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army is advancing in the direction of Hailar, I am afraid that in a short period of time, we may not be able to guess that our real intention is the Hailar fortress group! ”

"Haha, that's what I meant!" Li Yunlong said.

Lao Li, who hadn't fought a tough battle for a long time, couldn't sit still for a long time, and then proposed:

"Lao Kong, let's say okay, for this battle plan to finally advance northward, we have held back for so long, and we have been hiding the elite snow of our Iron Triangle Group Army.

Why?

Isn't this the tough battle right now?

The opportunity has finally come, I don't think it's interesting for us to stay in this headquarters, there are not many of us Lao Li in this headquarters, and there are not many of us Lao Li.

I suggest that we disperse a few of them, lead the attacking troops in each section, set up temporary sub-point headquarters, and use a close communication system to keep in touch with each other at all times.

In this way, we can have a better insight into the overall situation and make the most correct and flexible command. ”

Kong Jie smiled: "Lao Li, after saying so much, I still don't understand the little Jiujiu in your heart?" Don't you just want to lead the charge and get past the addiction of killing devils!

I can agree to the establishment of the headquarters of each section.

But you have to have someone watching, or Lao Zhao will follow you, or none of us will be at ease.

You should also take it easy, command and command the battle at the forward observation post, and you will have it after a while, you can't hold up the machine gun, and really charge into battle with the front-line soldiers, right? ”

Ding Wei echoed: "That's it! I said Lao Li, in the past, you led a regiment by yourself, but it was far away from the headquarters, and the communication was backward, so no one cared about you what you wanted.

But now it's different, our Iron Triangle Army is a whole.

Lao Kong and I still want to fight a tough battle and make military achievements! You can't spoil another pot of soup because of your rat, it doesn't matter if you make some mistakes, if you don't do it, you will be blinded by all the achievements of our entire team! ”

"Eh, what Lao Ding said is reasonable!" Kong Jie said with a smile.

Li Yunlong agreed: "Okay, okay, I know, you two don't be verbose, you should be our old Li who has studied for nothing all these years, and you don't even understand this truth?" ”

Kong Jie and Ding Wei were still not at ease, until Zhao Gang agreed with a smile and promised to see Lao Li.

……

On the western inner line of puppet Manchuria, from Jinxi to Bingcheng, the Kwantung Army, which had retreated from the western defense area, regrouped and defended on this defensive line under the command of Lieutenant General Kita Makoto, commander-in-chief of the western defense line.

The old devil Kitacheng was defeated, and the western defense line was almost immediately collapsed under the rapid offensive of the Eighth Route Army.

This was supposed to be such a humiliating fiasco caused by a combination of many factors.

But in order to save the face of the Kwantung Army as a whole, naturally there has to be someone to blame, so the blame for the loss of the western defense line is basically smashed on Kitakoto's head.

Umezu Mijiro, who was sitting at the General Headquarters, was constantly reprimanded on the phone.

In the end, he expressed the hope that Kitacheng could make meritorious service and hold the defense line from Jinxi to Bingcheng and prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to advance to the inner line.

Kita Makoto was depressed, but he had no choice but to cheer up and secretly vowed to stick to the inside line.

17th.

In the morning, the fighting around the western line of defense had just ended.

Afternoon.

The Eighth Route Army pursued the victory.

The commander of the 120th Division served as the commander, and the combat sequence of the troops included the three main field brigades of 358 and 359, and was also incorporated into the Lao Song Detachment, the Lao Yang Detachment, the Lao Xu Rapid Reaction Armored Cluster directly under the General Headquarters, the Lao Lu Armored Detachment of the Jizhong Military Region, the Wang Huaibao Mountain Combat Cluster, the Lao Wang Field Detachment, and the Central Heavy Artillery Cluster directly under the General Headquarters.

In addition, three independent field brigades of the Jizhong Military Region and five independent field brigades of the Luliang Military Region were additionally strengthened, and the joint central line combat group advanced rapidly.

Soon arrived at the old devil Kita Makoto concentrated his forces and further garrisoned Jinxi to the inner line of defense of Ice City.

The two sides once again engaged in a fierce confrontation.

With the help of superior firepower and troops, the Eighth Route Army fought the Kwantung Army in unspeakable pain.

Under the fierce battle of just an hour.

The Japanese on the inside line replaced the defending troops in eight rounds.

The speed of casualties is too fast, one round of defending troops is on top, and the large-caliber heavy artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is covered, and the casualties can be more than half in a blink of an eye, so the wounded soldiers can only be replaced in a hurry and the second round of defensive troops can be replaced.

Several rounds of troops were replaced, and the Japanese defenders were wounded and killed.

Kitacheng even gritted his teeth in desperation and sent all his reserve troops up, and even his own guard troops were not left behind.

In terms of the solidity of the fortifications, the inner line fortifications from Jinxi to Bingcheng are actually far inferior to the main defensive line fortifications in the west.

There were not many anti-aircraft and anti-artillery fortifications.

The devil did not expect that the Eighth Route would suddenly attack Manchuria, let alone that the Eighth Route would have such an exaggerated firepower configuration.

"Your Excellency Commander, if the reinforcements don't arrive, our defense line will be completely lost!"

In the urgency of 100,000, Kitacheng continued to ask the General Headquarters for help.

The attack of the attack group on the central line of the Eighth Route Army was particularly fierce, and the speed of advance was even more rapid.

Although the Kwantung Army was strong as a whole, it was unable to quickly assemble forces for key defense in a short period of time, so that it fell into disadvantage at the middle line node and was embarrassed to defend.

Umezu Mijiro also had to hastily transfer troops from the northern and southern districts to reinforce the central defense line.

Fierce fighting is raging between the two sides.

Commanded by the commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the combat sequence of the troops includes the 386 Brigade, the 385 Brigade, and the 15 main field regiments formed by the two brigade base areas, Lao Wang Mobile Detachment, Lao Cheng Mobile Detachment, Lao Xu Mobile Detachment, Lao Fan Detachment, Lao Qin Detachment, and Lunan Lao Yang Detachment; The Lao Pi detachment was additionally strengthened, and the Lao Zhang Field Detachment, the right-hand man of Commander Yang in northern Henan, and the southern attack group formed together after running-in training, the battle in the direction of Chifeng suddenly broke out again.

The mechanized combat units of the Eighth Route Army were even more ready to drill into the cracks, and raided in all directions in the defense area in the west, which was already close to being broken.

The entire central and southern lines of the western defense zone of the puppet Manchuria were completely fought.

Umezu Mijiro originally had a certain degree of luck, believing that the Eighth Route Army had set off Operation August Storm in North China, and such a big battle, there should not be much main force to suddenly advance north this time.

But with the gathering of information on the battle situation on the front line.

The number of elite troops advanced by the Eighth Route Army in this raid was gradually revealed.

At first, when the first attack on the western defense line was taken, the Japanese detected that the Eighth Route Army had dispatched more than a dozen regiments, accompanied by the advance of mechanized armored units.

Although there are a lot of troops, it is not too exaggerated,

After the western defense line was lost, the main force of the Eighth Route Army pursued the victory and fought until the defense line from Jinxi to Bingcheng.

At this time, the strength of the Eighth Route Army had reached more than 50 regiments.

"At least 50 main regiments, with nearly 200,000 troops, and they are also the most elite combat units of the Eighth Route Army, both in terms of equipment level and combat effectiveness!" After analyzing it, the chief of staff of the devil reported to Commander Umezu Mijiro with some trepidation.

When the Eighth Route Army was first established, it was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Eighth Route Army had three divisions and only more than 40,000 troops.

It's only a long time coming, and the situation is out of control!

"Eighth Road, this is pulling all the main forces from North China?"

Umezu Mijiro was a little confused, and then couldn't help but scold: "But if the Eighth Route really transfers all the main forces here, what is North China doing?" Who the hell is that idiot in Okamura fighting against? ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

After the news reached the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army in Nanjing, Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the devils, flatly denied it, and showed great anger.