With the order of Nakazawa Sanfu, the wings of the 1st Division began to march from Datong to the northwest of Jin.

But.

Mitsuo Nakazawa was still very cautious, and the troops of the headquarters of the 1st Division and the headquarters of the division and regiment, as well as the heavy artillery wing, did not move in Datong.

The 49th Infantry Wing of the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 7th Infantry Wing and the 57th Infantry Wing of the 2nd Infantry Brigade set off for Datong.

In addition, there was the 1st Field Artillery Wing, the 12th Mountain Artillery Wing, the 1st Cavalry Wing, the 1st Engineer Wing and the 1st Baggage Wing.

As for the two infantry wings assigned to the 1st Division by Okamura Ninji, only one infantry wing has arrived in Datong at present, and the other infantry wing is not in place.

The first batch of eight wings, under the leadership of Chief of Staff Xinye Ichihuo Dazuo, headed for the northwest of Shanxi.

Nearly 30,000 elite troops of the Japanese army lined up in a long line on the road.

The 1st Division has more than 800 vehicles and a wide range of heavy weapons.

In addition, there were more than 60 tanks and armored vehicles, although the number of tanks did not reach the size of a tank wing, but this class was already considered very luxurious in the Japanese army.

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

"Report to the Commander."

With a telegram in his hand, the communications staff officer walked into the war hall quickly, bowed his head to Okamura Ninji and reported:

"The commander of the 1st Division, Lieutenant General Mitsuo Nakazawa, sent a telegram."

"The 49th Infantry Wing, the 7th Infantry Wing, and the 57th Infantry Wing, the 12th Mountain Artillery Wing, and the First Engineer, Cavalry, Artillery, and Baggage Wing, the main forces of the First Division, have set off from Datong to the northwest of Shanxi."

"Oh?" Okamura Ninji asked in a surprised tone, "Didn't the troops of the headquarters of the First Division, the 6th Heavy Artillery Wing and the Suzuki Wing go to the northwest of Jin?" ”

"Hey!" The communications staff officer bowed his head in response.

"Could it be that Lieutenant General Sanfu Nakazawa has sensed something?" The deputy chief of staff has a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Probably not." Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake shook his head, "If Lieutenant General Nakazawa Sanfu sensed something, he would definitely not send the main force of the First Division to the northwest of Jin, I guess it should be that Lieutenant General Nakazawa Sanfu In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, as long as the main force of the First Division arrives in the northwest of Jin and has a firm foothold, the rest of the troops can arrive 100% safely." ”

"That means that Lieutenant General Nakazawa Sanfu does not feel that it is absolutely safe on the way to the northwest of Jin." ”

"Your Excellency Commander, will you send a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter again along the road from Datong to the northwest of Shanxi?"

"As soon as an anomaly is detected, notify the ground forces immediately."

"Yes." Okamura Ninji nodded, "Immediately send all reconnaissance planes to escort the main force of the First Division." ”

The 1st Division is currently the only trump card in Okamura Ninji's hands that can suppress the new regiment.

Therefore, every move of the 1st Division must be made to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

As for the fact that Nakazawa Sanfu will not go to the northwest of Jin for the time being, he is just afraid of death.

There are already several lieutenant generals who died in Shanxi, and several of these lieutenant generals with broken jade were killed due to the leakage of their whereabouts.

Moreover, there is intelligence that almost all of these lieutenant generals died at the hands of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

And the northwest of Jin is the territory of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and he, the lieutenant general of the first division, will have good fruits to eat when he burns and loots on other people's territory?

If he didn't confirm that he was 100% safe, Mitsuo Nakazawa would definitely not go to the northwest of Jin.

Instead, he commanded the 1st Division remotely in Datong.

"Hey!"

Yusue Seizan suddenly bowed his head.

With the order of the North China Front Command, the reconnaissance planes of the First Army quickly took off and headed in the direction of northwest Shanxi.

……

On the vast Chinese battlefield, after several years of military confrontation, more than one million Japanese troops were pinned down in the Japanese-occupied areas and were unable to launch a new offensive.

The strategic concept of exchanging space for time put forward by the Chinese Nationalist Government in the early days of the war showed its effect to a certain extent.

After four or five years of war, the Japanese army stationed in China had begun to show signs of decline.

Although the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Shanxi Province has made a lot of noise.

However, in the overall pattern of the eastern strategy, the second theater of the Chinese battlefield is just a small chess piece, and the northwest region of Shanxi Province is not very conspicuous on the military situation map of the second theater.

Li Yunlong's new 1st regiment, Kong Jie's independent regiment, and Ding Wei's new 2nd regiment did not have a formal establishment on the troop establishment table of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government.

There is not even a number, and theoretically speaking, these three regiments are armed outside the battle sequence of the national army.

Who would have thought that Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were holding back a big move?

Northwest of Shanxi.

The headquarters of the new regiment was also the general headquarters of the campaign.

As soon as the telegrapher received a telegram, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou quickly took the telegram from the telegrapher's hand.

"Is it a telegram from the Sword Squadron?"

Li Yunlong asked.

And last night, at least a few hundred fighters were frostbitten, and the fighters ate and drank Lazar in the ambush position, eating a mouthful of snow with a mouthful of canned food, and the conditions were extremely difficult.

If the devils of the 1st Division do not come within three days, then the Eighth Route Army will at least be frostbitten by a few thousand soldiers.

The difficulty of this super-large ambush battle was somewhat beyond Li Yunlong's imagination.

There are advantages and disadvantages to ambushing in heavy snowy weather, and the advantage is that the soldiers can better conceal themselves and avoid the reconnaissance of the Japanese reconnaissance planes in the sky.

The disadvantage is that the cold weather is also a great test for the fighters.

Moreover, the ambush terrain selected by Li Yunlong is not the condescending terrain of Pingxingguan, and of course it is not the terrain of Pingchuan, but the high and low rolling hilly area.

Most of the fields on both sides of the road were empty, and the ambush troops of each battalion were in ambush two kilometers away from the road.

This section is not the area where the devil scouts focus on reconnaissance, so it is easy to avoid the reconnaissance of the scouts of the 1st Division.

As for the devil's reconnaissance plane, it is even more difficult to detect ambushes on the ground.

The concealment of our army began in the Red Army period and reached its peak in the development of the Volunteer Army.

The Volunteer Army can even make 300,000 troops escape the reconnaissance of the US army, and suddenly appear on the battlefield, giving the US army a big surprise.

Now, Li Yunlong is also preparing to give a big surprise to the Japanese troops of the First Division.

"Not a telegram from the Sword Squadron." Xing Zhiguo shook his head, "It's a telegram from the head of the headquarters, asking if the First Division is starting from Datong. ”

The Sword Squadron was arranged near Datong, carrying a radio station.

As soon as the 1st Division departed from Datong, the Sword Squadron immediately sent a telegram.

Now there are two divisions of the Japanese army stationed in Datong, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people, and the defense is extremely tight, and only the masters of the sword squadron can complete the infiltration task, and ordinary scouts cannot.

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, stared at the map, and said:

"Call back to the headquarters, the first division has not set off from Datong for the time being."

Although Li Yunlong was a little disappointed in his heart, his expression and eyes were still calm, as the commander-in-chief of the 50,000 army, he must not panic at this time.

"Yes!" Wang Dehou hurriedly drafted a telegram, and after Li Yunlong signed it, he asked the telegraph soldiers to send it out.

"Captain, it's time for breakfast."

Guard Huang Erhu walked to Li Yunlong's side with a box of canned beef.

Since cooking on a fire will cause smoke, and the smoke will attract the attention of the devil's reconnaissance plane, the combat personnel will all eat canned food.

Li Yunlong stared at the map without raising his head, and said, "Let's put it aside." ”

At this moment, the coder translated a telegram, turned around and saluted Wang Dehou, and handed the telegram to Wang Dehou.

Wang Dehou picked up the telegram and glanced at it, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Regiment commander, sword squadron leader Duan Peng sent a telegram that the first division has been dispatched!" ”

"Oh?" Li Yunlong's eyes flashed: "The son of a bitch has finally come out." ”

Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang on the side also curled the corners of their mouths slightly, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the devils of the 1st Division come out and enter the ambush circle, this battle will be half won.

Wang Dehou: "But..."

Li Yunlong's eyes condensed slightly: "But what?" ”

Wang Dehou said: "According to the reconnaissance of the Sword Squadron, the devils who set off from Datong this time are not all the men and horses of the First Division, and the heavy artillery wing of the First Division is still in Datong. ”

"There is another infantry wing that has not set off yet, and it is estimated that the division headquarters of the first division is still in Datong."

"The Sword Squadron only saw 3 infantry wings, 2 artillery wings, 1 cavalry wing, 1 engineer wing and baggage wing departing from Datong."

Kong Jie smiled coldly: "The old devil of Sanfu Nakazawa is quite cautious. ”

"The first division has only come out partially." Ding Wei asked, "Are we still fighting this battle?" ”

"We've got everything done." Li Yunlong's tone was categorical, "Two tables of guests are also eating, and one table of guests is also eating, fuck it!" ”

"I'm also in favor of fighting this fight." Zhao Gang agreed, "Although the division headquarters and the heavy artillery wing did not come, how to say it, this is also the main force of the first division, and there is only one chance." ”

Kong Jie, Wang Dehou, Xing Zhiguo and others all nodded, their eyes fierce.

The pants are all off, don't you shoot like a shot?

Xing Zhiguo asked: "Regiment commander, did you order the artillery units to set up all the artillery?" ”

In this battle, the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment used almost all the artillery.

Incomplete statistics, including 60 mm and 82 mm mortars, a total of more than 800 guns, of course, most of them are 60 mm and 82 mm mortars.

In the last victory of the anti-sweeping operation, more than 100 thickened pillboxes and artillery towers were killed, and more than 1,000 machine guns were earned, half of which were handed in, and at least half of the three brothers were used to replace artillery, and the artillery firepower of the three regiments was greatly enhanced.

However, all the cannons are in a dormant state, so as not to be detected by the devil's reconnaissance planes.

"There's no hurry." Li Yunlong looked at his watch, "The devils of the First Division will not be able to arrive here at least in the afternoon, and it will be easy for us to expose the artillery so early." ”

Xing Zhiguo nodded.

Not surprisingly, today's devil's plane will come again to conduct reconnaissance.

Li Yunlong's tone was a little pity: "Since the devil's heavy artillery wing didn't come, then our heavy howitzer battalion won't show up." ”

Pull heavy howitzers out of the base, just just in case.

If nothing else, as long as the devil's heavy artillery wing enters the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army, the devil's artillery will not even have a chance to set up artillery.

……

In the morning and at noon, the devil's reconnaissance plane reconnoitred along the highway three times.

After making sure that there was nothing abnormal, the devil's reconnaissance plane left the northwest of Shanxi.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the 1st Division appeared, and the first to appear was the 1st Cavalry Wing of the 1st Division.

The devil cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Wing wore yellow tweed fur coats, fur, and carried 44-type infantry rifles and 32-type cavalry knives at the waist.

The devil's cavalry walked very slowly, advancing carelessly.

Although the 1st Cavalry Wing was responsible for the search and advance, the devil cavalry behaved leisurely.

Scouts and reconnaissance planes have repeatedly reconnoitred several times, what can happen?

What's more, in this snowy weather, who would dare to come to the Locust Army to ambush the First Division?

With the wind, the song of the Japanese cavalry came: Looking at the morning glow, the ups and downs are incomparably mountains and rivers, our elite army is mighty, and all the allies are Kangning, full of glory, Kwantung Army.

Although the 1st Division is now subordinate to the North China Front, the devil cavalry still sings the military song of the Kwantung Army.

There are even devils singing and drinking a little wine there.

The cavalry wing was followed by the 1st Infantry Wing of the 49th Infantry Brigade Regiment.

Except for the wing commander who rode in an armored car, and the group leader and squadron leader who rode on horseback, the vast majority of the devil infantry was on foot.

Compared with the devils of the second-line division, the devils of the first division seemed very casual when walking, and did not always maintain the same tapping sound.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Devil Wing of the First Division is definitely several times that of the Devil Wing of the Second Division.

Not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but also in terms of personnel's individual soldier quality, tactical coordination, and other aspects, the devils of the first division and regiment crushed the devils of the second-line division in all aspects.

After that, the 1st Wing of the Baggage Corps, 72 75-mm mountain guns and field guns were dragged forward by 94 trucks, each truck was loaded with weapons, ammunition and various war materials.

The devil's marching procession stretched out a long line of six or seven kilometers on the highway, like a march of thousands of horses.

……

The General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Front.

The lookout posts on the hilltops used walkie-talkies to send news that the devils of the 1st Division were not aware of the danger at all.

Far from being aware of the danger, the devils seemed to feel very comfortable.

"Report to the regiment commander, the devil's vanguard cavalry has entered the ambush circle."

After summarizing the situation from the lookout post, Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong:

"In this position, the strength is about one cavalry wing, which should be the 1st cavalry wing of the 1st division of the Japanese army."

"Here."

After finishing speaking, Wang Dehou pointed out the location of the 1st Wing of the Japanese Cavalry on the map.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others looked at the map.

The position of the 1st Wing of the Japanese Cavalry was at the mouth of the ambush circle, and on both sides were the ambush sections of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the Division.

Once all the devils have entered the ambush circle, the two battalions of this division will tie up the mouth tightly, and then close the door and beat the dogs.

Li Yunlong's expression was satisfied, and he ordered: "You can order the heavy artillery battalion, the 1st artillery battalion, and the 2nd artillery battalion to start setting up artillery!" ”

The devil's cavalry had just entered the ambush circle, and there were 7 wings of the devil behind him.

(End of chapter)