Southeast of Jin.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The boss was lying on the table, looking at the map with a magnifying glass.

The Japanese army gathered heavy troops to sweep the northwest of Jin, using 3 divisions of the Kwantung Army and 2 divisions directly under the North China Front.

The troops of the First Army of the Japanese Army were not used, and the strength of the First Army of the Japanese Army should not be underestimated.

If the First Army sent one or two more divisions to the north to reinforce it, then the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi would probably not be able to bear it.

Therefore, the 100,000 main forces of the 129th Division in the southeast of Shanxi will go north, not to mention attacking Taiyuan and Yangquan, but at least forming a confrontation with the First Army, so that the devils of the First Army will not dare to reinforce the devils attacking the northwest of Shanxi.

Other than that.

The head of the headquarters is still actively liaising with Governor Wei Lihuang of Henan Province to see if the First War Zone can cross the Yellow River north and take the opportunity to recover Zhongtiao Mountain.

As for the commander of the second theater, Yan Laoxi and Jin Suijun could not be counted on.

But.

The Eighth Route Army didn't expect Yan Laoxi and Jin Suijun to help much, as long as Yan Laoxi and his Jin Suijun didn't engage in friction and didn't stab them in the back.

The plan to go north, the boss and the chief of staff have preliminarily determined, there are two main roads to the north, one is Baijin Road, and the other is Heliao Highway.

Along the Baijin Road to the north can reach Qi County, and then north is the Fenhe Plain and Taiyuan, along the Heliao Highway can attack Yangquan.

At present, the planes of the North China Front of the Japanese Army have been killed by Boss Chen's planes.

Therefore, the main force of the 129th Division can swagger along the main road, and the artillery units do not have to worry about being bombed by the devil's plane.

With the 36th Division in the northwest of Shanxi was heavily damaged by the Eighth Route Army.

The troops of the First Army of the Japanese Army were only the 33rd Division, the 37th Division, the 41st Division, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade, as well as some directly subordinate units and puppet army units.

And now the equipment of the main force of the 129th Division has come up, although the ammunition is not abundant, but it is enough to support 100,000 people to fight a big battle.

In particular, the firepower of the artillery unit has far surpassed that of the Japanese First Army, after all, the artillery of the First Army is less than 4 artillery wings.

The 129th Division has more than 10 artillery regiments, including 2 105-mm howitzer regiments and 1 heavy artillery regiment with 150 howitzers.

105 mm shells and 150 mm shells are more than 2 bases, and due to the commissioning of the 75 mm mountain artillery shell production line, the reserve of 75 mm mountain artillery shells is more than 6 bases.

With neither side having air support and fighting in the field, the main force of the 129th Division fought with the Japanese First Army, and it was difficult to say who would lose and who would win.

Of course.

This time, the Japanese First Army was on the defensive side, and if the 129th Division forced an attack, it would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

"Report chief, a new telegram!"

Just when the boss was analyzing the situation of the enemy and me in his mind, a telegraph soldier came to the boss with a telegram in his hand, and said with a military salute.

"Oh?"

The boss took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and looked at it, and the telegraph soldier turned and left.

The chief of staff, who was sorting out the loss reports of the regiments of the Jizhong Military Region on the other side, raised his head in surprise when he heard that it was the telegram from the new regiment, and then walked quickly to the boss's side.

"Boss, what did Li Yunlong say on the telegram?"

The chief of staff asked in a somewhat impatient tone.

"You're very interested in that kid Li Yunlong?"

The boss smiled slightly, handed the telegram to the chief of staff, and asked him to read it for himself.

"A cadre like Li Yunlong is the treasure of our Eighth Route Army, can I not care about it."

"If there are a few more Li Yunlongs, our Eighth Route Army will be rich."

The chief of staff took the telegram from the boss's hand and looked at it.

The content of the telegram was that Okamura Ninji launched a sweep of the base area in the northwest of Jin Province according to the original plan, and the time was in these few days, and the iron rolling tactics were used to carry out the sweep.

"This must be the information given by Boss Chen."

The moment he read the telegram, the chief of staff guessed the source of this important information.

After a pause, the chief of staff said again: "How do I feel a little familiar with this iron-rolled sweeping tactic?" ”

Although Li Yunlong and the New First Regiment had their own intelligence network in the northwest of Shanxi, they could not obtain information from the North China Front Headquarters.

"It's just familiar." The boss snorted coldly, and said: "Last time, the old devil in Okamura gathered 30,000 Japanese puppet troops to sweep the Jizhong Military Region, and he used this iron-rolled tactic. ”

"Boss, when you say that, I remember, the last time the devil puppet army attacked the Jizhong Military Region, it used this tactic."

The chief of staff said with a frightened face: "Okamura Ningji's tactic is extremely vicious and vicious, if you want to crack this tactic, you can only jump to the periphery of the encirclement before the Japanese puppet army forms an encirclement." ”

The chief of staff, who had superb tactical command ability, saw at a glance the method of cracking the iron rolling sweep.

But the devil puppet army generally attacks suddenly, which will not give you much time to react, and by the time you react, I am afraid that you will already be in an encirclement.

The boss nodded: "Yes, this time the Japanese army swept the Jizhong Military Region, if it wasn't for Boss Chen to provide information in time, the loss of the Jizhong Military Region may not be as big." ”

"That's right." The chief of staff said, "The battle reports of all regiments of the Jizhong Military Region have been counted, and the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment has suffered the largest casualties. ”

In this anti-sweeping operation, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment faced the enemy's iron encirclement, and relied on the strength of a wild wolf regiment and the most primitive cavalry tactics to fight a bloody way out of the Japanese army's iron wall, and successfully completed the task of containing the enemy and diverting the masses.

However, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, a cavalry regiment, also suffered unprecedented losses.

The boss narrowed his eyes and asked, "How many men and horses are left in the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment?" ”

"A cavalry regiment of 1,200 men." The chief of staff sighed, "There are only more than 400 horses left. ”

Cavalry is different from infantry, and the strength of a cavalry of 1,200 men is comparable to the strength of a Chinese cavalry brigade or a cavalry wing of the Japanese army.

The boss was distressed, this time the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment in the three sweeping operations actually lost two-thirds.

The boss sighed: "With only so many people left, it is difficult for the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment to stay in the Jizhong region." ”

After this sweep, the Jizhong Military Region will only become more and more difficult, and the cavalry regiment will not be able to replenish the horses in the Jizhong Military Region, and the troops will only fight less and less, until they are finally completely exhausted.

The chief of staff also understood this truth and suggested: "Why don't you let the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment be reduced to Dalian and incorporated into the Southern Hebei Cavalry Regiment?" ”

"Southern Hebei Cavalry Regiment?"

The boss first thought about it, and then said: "Then the Jizhong cavalry regiment might as well be reduced into a battalion and incorporated into a new regiment, this time in the Xinzhou Campaign, didn't the new regiment capture more than 300 military horses, and Ma Renxing could be given 200 military horses, so that Li Yunlong has 2 cavalry battalions under his command, plus the equipment advantage of Yunlong knife and carbine, these two cavalry battalions can easily defeat a cavalry wing of the Japanese army." ”

When the chief of staff heard this, his eyes lit up slightly:

"Why didn't I think of it, it's still the boss, your brain is spinning fast."

"What's more, Li Yunlong is not short of food, as long as he keeps winning battles, he can fully feed so many military horses."

"Even if the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment is in the hands of Li Yunlong, maybe it can create the glory of the wolf cavalry."

In another time and space, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment was heavily damaged in the May 12 Sweep in 1942.

The cavalry regiment of 1,200 men suffered two-thirds of the casualties, leaving only 400 men and horses, and later the strategy was transferred and incorporated into the South Hebei Cavalry Regiment.

At this point, the history of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment came to an end.

And in this time and space, because of the appearance of Boss Chen, Okamura Ningji used the Jizhong Military Region as a test area for his iron-rolled tactics in order to sweep the northwest of Shanxi, which caused the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment to be severely damaged more than half a year in advance.

Since the cavalry was taken by Commander Ma Renxing to join the Eighth Route Army, the cavalry has fought more than 60 times with the Japanese puppet army, and has made great achievements.

"Only in the hands of Li Yunlong can the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment create more glory."

Immediately afterwards, the chief of staff added.

So far, Li Yunlong has handed over almost 1,000 military horses.

If these military horses are to stay in the new regiment, now the new regiment is probably more than a cavalry brigade.

After the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment joined the new regiment, it was a matter of time before it developed and regained its strength.

The boss's tone was categorical: "Then it's decided, the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment will be reduced to a cavalry battalion and incorporated into a new regiment, with the number of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the New Regiment, and the original 1st Cavalry Battalion of the New Regiment will be the 1st Cavalry Battalion of the New Regiment." ”

"Hmm!" The chief of staff nodded heavily, "But when the anti-sweeping operation in the northwest of Jin is over, the information given by Boss Chen says that the time for the Japanese army to attack the northwest of Jin is in these few days." ”

"In addition, Ma Renxing is the commander of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment after all, let him go to the new regiment to be the commander of the cavalry battalion, I don't know if he is willing?"

Although Ma Renxing is a party member and obeys the command in everything, this is a demotion after all, and I also have to ask the opinion of the head of Ma himself.

The boss nodded and said: "If Ma Renxing is unwilling, let him be the commander of an infantry regiment, and the candidate for the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the New Regiment can be the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion of the original New Regiment." ”

"That's all it can be." said the chief of staff.

Although it is best for this wolf cavalry to continue to be led by Commander Ma Renxing, it also depends on whether he is willing or not.

……

Peiping.

Iron Lion Hutong, headquarters of the North China Front.

Tanabe Moritake and Kuribayashi Tadamichi had already flown to Taiyuan, while Okamura Ninji continued to command remotely in Beiping.

The communications staff officer walked quickly into the commander's office and reported to Okamura Ninji, "Report to the commander, Commander Anan of the 11th Army has replied. ”

"Oh?" Okamura Ninji asked, "How many planes is Commander Anan willing to lend us?" ”

After the planes of the 2nd Flying Division were all destroyed, Okamura Ninji was severely criticized by the base camp, which refused to allocate planes to him, so he borrowed planes from the Kwantung Army, the South China Front, and the Central China Front.

After all, Okamura Ninji is well aware that in modern warfare, the side with air support has an advantage.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji used his connections to borrow planes and pilots from the other six front armies.

The Kwantung Army clearly rejected Okamura Ninji, and as for the reason, Okamura Ninji was also very clear, on the one hand, the Kwantung Army's planes were in North China, and nearly 200 had been lost, and on the other hand, Michiichi Miyano, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, was killed in North China, and General Umezu Mijiro, commander of the Kwantung Army, was extremely dissatisfied with the North China Front.

The commanders of the other front armies all politely refused, because the loss rate of the air units of the North China Front was too high, almost 100 percent, and they were afraid that they would not be able to repay the loans.

Now only the commander of the 11th Army, Anan, has not yet replied.

The communications staff officer said: "Lieutenant General Anan is willing to lend us 2 reconnaissance planes!" ”

At present, Anan Weiji is gathering a large force of about 120,000 people to prepare for the second attack on Changsha, with two flight regiments and a total of more than 100 planes, and he has a lot of money on hand.

Yaga!

Hearing this, Okamura Ningji's face turned dark, and he sent 2 reconnaissance planes to call Hanako?

"Herald!"

Okamura Ninji said with a dark face: "Three days later, the armies of all walks of life will launch an attack on the bandit area in the northwest of Jin, even if there is no air support, the locust army will completely wipe out the eight roads in the northwest of Jin!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer looked stunned and turned to leave.