Northern Shaanxi.

The town of Qiulin.

Jin Sui Army War Hall.

"How's the battle going?"

Yan Xishan, the commander of the Second Theater of Operations, walked into the war hall briskly, glanced around and asked, under the protection of several elite guards.

"Report to the Commander."

An operational staff officer saluted Yan Xishan with a military salute: "At present, the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army have retreated. ”

"Oh?" Yan Xishan's eyes lit up slightly, "The Japanese army was repelled by our army?" ”

"It's not that the Japanese army was repulsed, it was the Japanese army who took the initiative to retreat." The operational staff officer replied: "According to the internal intelligence, the Eighth Route Army ambushed the main force of the Japanese 1st Division in the northwest of Shanxi, and it is estimated that the 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade will be withdrawn to reinforce the 1st Division. ”

"What do you say?" Yan Xishan's eyes widened suddenly, "The Eighth Route Army ambushed the main force of the 1st Division? ”

"Yes!"

The operational staff officer replied affirmatively.

Yan Xishan asked, "Why don't you report such a big matter to me?" ”

The combat staff officer said with a little fear: "Commander, you were taking a nap just now, so... Didn't dare to bother. ”

Yan Xishan glared at the combat staff officer fiercely and asked, "Is there a battle situation in the northwest of Jin now?" ”

"Not yet." The operational staff officer replied, "However, the intelligence department is already doing its best to collect intelligence on the battlefield in the northwest of Jin. ”

"How long has it been since the Japanese retreated?" Yan Xishan asked.

"About 2 hours or so." The operational staff officer replied that without Yan Xishan's order, all units of the Jin Sui Army would not dare to pursue rashly, and it would be miserable if they were ambushed by the Japanese army.

"More than 2 hours ......"

"Is there any movement on the side of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin?"

Yan Xishan squinted his eyes and thought for a while and asked.

"Commander, according to the latest intelligence." The intelligence staff officer on the side replied, "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Shanxi is assembling, and the target is unknown. ”

This time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the southeast of Jin Province was not a secret assembly, but a swaggering assembly and march.

deliberately did it for the devil to see, so the intelligence department of the Jin Suijun also received relevant information.

Yan Xishan's eyes narrowed again: "The Eighth Road must make a posture of attacking Taiyuan and Yangquan to support Li Yunlong in the northwest of Jin." ”

"Pass my orders!"

"The 4th Cavalry Division and all infantry divisions immediately advanced in the direction of Taiyuan."

"If the Eighth Route Army wants to attack Taiyuan, our Jin Sui Army will help a bunch of fields!"

Yan Xishan's tone was fierce between his words.

Several staff officers looked at each other, all with surprised expressions on their faces.

Did you hear that right?

Chief Yan actually wanted to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army?

If it was before, the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army fought vigorously in the northwest and southeast of Jin, and Yan Xishan never helped anyone.

There is quite a kind of meaning that you are strong and strong, and the breeze blows the hills.

Although he failed to reap the benefits of the fisherman, Yan Xishan was also willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Especially after the strength of the Eighth Route Army grew stronger and stronger in the past two years, large-scale battles with the Japanese army became more and more frequent.

But this time the Japanese army took the initiative to attack the Jin Sui army, which also angered Yan Xishan.

Since Iwamatsu Yoshio is unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust!

Even if he can't take Taiyuan, Yan Xishan has to show his attitude, little devil, if you dare to attack the Jin Sui army, then I, Yan, will not let you have a good time with the little devil.

"All the Jin Sui troops attacked?" The operational staff officer was slightly stunned.

"How?" Yan Xishan's sharp eyes swept over and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"No problem!"

The combat staff officer stiffened up, turned and walked towards the telecommunications room.

……

Southeast of Jin.

Liao County.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the battle in the northwest of Jin began, even the air in the southeast of Jin was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

At present, the main forces of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade have been massing and moving in the direction of Taiyuan and Yangquan along the Baijin Road and the Heliao Highway to prevent the main force of the First Army from moving north to reinforce the 1st Division.

The 41st Division and the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the First Army were retreating from Luliang Mountain.

There were only more than 10,000 Japanese troops stationed in Taiyuan, and the 37th Division stationed in Yangquan was only about 10,000.

Last time, the 37th Division of the Japanese Army was killed by the new regiment of more than 4,000 people, and it was still a combat unit, and it was the elite that was killed, so the 37th Division only had about 10,000 people.

At this time, the personnel of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army were busy, and the radio in the telegraph room was ticking non-stop.

A telegram from all military districts assembled on standby was sent to the headquarters.

However, the head of the headquarters is most concerned about the situation in the northwest of Shanxi.

"According to intelligence."

"The 26th Division and the 1st Division of the Japanese Army have set off from Datong for four hours to reinforce in the northwest direction of Jin."

"Li Yunlong arranged for the 2nd Brigade and 2 to 3 battalions of troops to block the Japanese reinforcements."

In the war room, the Chief of Staff is reporting the current situation to the head of the headquarters.

"The 26th Division plus the 1st Division, how many troops are there?"

The chief nodded and asked with a solemn face.

The chief of staff replied: "The strength of the 26th Division is about 15,000 men, and the strength of the 1st Division is an infantry wing, plus a heavy artillery wing, totaling more than 20,000 men. ”

"20,000 people?"

"There's a heavy artillery wing?"

The chief's eyes narrowed, his brows furrowed slightly, and his tone was worried:

"So ...... this battle"

Although Li Yunlong sent the 2nd Brigade and three battalions to block the attack, the enemy had a heavy artillery wing, plus an artillery wing of the 26th Division.

That is 2 artillery wings, and the artillery firepower of the 2nd Brigade is not strong, how can it withstand the artillery firepower of the devil's reinforcements?

"If the place where the 2nd Independent Brigade fights is not far from the battlefield." The chief of staff stared at the map and said, "Then the artillery fire of the artillery battalions of the new 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment should be able to support the 2nd Independent Brigade." ”

Although the head of the headquarters agreed with Li Yunlong's battle plan.

However, the details of the battle plan must be summed up in tens of thousands of words, and it is impossible to send them by telegram.

Therefore, the head of the headquarters also did not know the location of the 2nd Independent Brigade to block the attack, and Li Yunlong was ready to use the iron rolling sweeping tactics to clean up the devils in the ambush circle.

Judging from the current situation, the situation of the ambush troops of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province is not particularly good.

Once the Japanese 26th Division and the 1st Division broke through the defense line of the 2nd Brigade, then the Japanese reinforcements would be able to converge with the main force of the 1st Division.

In this way, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army to destroy the main forces of the 1st Division.

After all.

This is nearly 30,000 Japanese elites in the encirclement, and it is definitely not so easy to eliminate these nearly 30,000 Japanese troops.

Even if it is 30,000 pigs, Li Yunlong and they can't kill them in a short time, not to mention that this is nearly 30,000 Japanese elites.

And it was less than 50,000 people ambushed nearly 30,000 people, and it was not so abundant in terms of troops.

Just when the head of the headquarters was worried about Li Yunlong and them, a telecommunications soldier of the headquarters, holding a telegram in his hand, walked in quickly.

snapped a military salute: "Report to the chief, a new regiment of Jiedian!" ”

"Jet?" The chief was slightly stunned, thinking that he had misheard, and asked again, "Rapid electricity or emergency electricity?" ”

"I'm sorry, chief, I was wrong." The telegraph soldier hurriedly said, "It's good news!" ”

"Good news?"

The expressions on the faces of the chief and chief of staff showed suspicious expressions.

It's only been a few hours since the start of the war, where is the good news?

"Read!"

The chief waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" The telegraph soldier picked up the telegram and read it: "At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, our unit was ordered to ambush the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, except for the more than 5,000 Japanese troops who escaped, after nearly 5 hours of fighting, completely annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement, and repelled Japanese reinforcements, captured a lot, Li Yunlong, the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the northwest of Shanxi. ”

"What?" The chief was a little incredulous, "This... The battle is over? ”

The chief of staff added: "Not only is the battle over, but also the reinforcements of the devils are repulsed." ”

In the expression and eyes of the chief of staff, there is also a thick incredulity.

Even if more than 5,000 Japanese troops escaped, there were still more than 20,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement, and they were wiped out in a few hours?

That's too fast, isn't it?

The chief regained his composure in an instant: "Immediately send a telegram back to Li Yunlong, confirm with him, and ask him how he did it?" ”

The chief of staff drew up a telegram, signed his name, and handed it to the telegraph corpsmen to send out.

About half an hour later, the telegraph soldier walked in again with a telegram and gave a military salute:

"Report to the chief, Head Li called back."

This time, the chief personally took the telegram from the telegraph soldier and read it.

After reading the telegram, the chief's face showed such an expression: "I see, I said how to kill more than 20,000 Japanese elites so quickly." ”

"How?" The chief of staff had an extremely curious look on his face, and he really couldn't imagine that the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi had annihilated more than 20,000 elite Japanese troops in a few hours.

After a pause, the chief of staff asked again: "Could it be that Li Yunlong called for air support?" ”

Apart from this, the chief of staff can't think of any other trick for the time being.

Unless it was that Boss Chen who provided air support, 30 bombers and 10 fighters could take out a Japanese full formation in a few minutes.

Fifty or sixty fighters and twenty or thirty bombers were dispatched, and almost 10,000 devils were killed in one round.

As soon as the hundreds of cannons of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin were bombarded, the infantry pressed up and the battle was resolved.

In this way, it will be possible to resolve the battle in a matter of hours.

"Not really." The chief smiled, "Li Yunlong, this kid, this time used the tactics invented by the old devil of Okamura Ningji. ”

"The tactics invented by Okamura Ninji?" The chief of staff looked stunned, "What tactics?" ”

The chief asked, "Man, do you remember the sweep launched by Okamura Ningji a few months ago against our Jizhong Military Region?" ”

"Iron-rolled sweeping tactics?" The chief of staff first showed a hint of reminiscence on his face, and then suddenly said, "Li Yunlong used the iron rolling sweeping tactics?" ”

"That's right!"

"Li Yunlong first surrounded the main force of the devil of the 1st Division with the main force of infantry, and then used cavalry, tanks and armored vehicles to roll back and forth in the encirclement."

"Although because the battle line is too long, more than 5,000 devils have escaped from the encirclement."

"But the reserves plugged the gap in time, using more than 800 guns to bombard it, and then using the iron rolling sweeping tactics to clear out the remnants of the enemy in a matter of hours."

After reading the telegram, the chief read the contents of the telegram sent by Li Yunlong one by one.

The battle line is too long, the terrain is not suitable for large-scale ambushes, and there is no way to run away thousands of people by the enemy.

The chief and chief of staff did not reproach Li Yunlong for this.

Because eating the main force of the 1st Division is already an extremely rare victory.

The Eighth Route Army mobilized 105 regiments and 200,000 troops to participate in the battle, and after several months of fighting, it only killed more than 20,000 devils.

But now, in a matter of hours, more than 20,000 devils have been killed.

However, even if the firepower of the 105 regiments during the Battle of the Hundred Regiments was all combined, it was far from being able to catch up with the strength of a new regiment now.

And what was killed this time were all the elite of the real A division of the Japanese army, and the devils killed in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments were basically the devils of the second-line troops.

"Well done!"

The chief of staff crossed his arms and said in an extremely happy tone:

"Li Yunlong, this kid, although he didn't go to a military school, is really talented in fighting, no matter what kind of difficulties he faces, he can always think of solutions."

Not only the chief of staff, but even the operational staff officers of the headquarters all showed extremely excited expressions on their faces.

"yes." The chief nodded, "This kid is really a bit of a ghost in war, if this kid entered Whampoa in the early years, I'm afraid it would be even more terrible." ”

"Still." The chief of staff said, "In the past two years, Li Yunlong has learned a lot of military theoretical knowledge, combining theory with practice, and his military quality is no worse than that of Huangpu students, and in terms of the record of fighting devils, Li Yunlong is stronger than the vast majority of Huangpu students." ”

"That's..."The chief nodded, "Man, you immediately prepare three telegrams, the first telegram will be sent to YA to report the great victory in the northwest of Shanxi, the second telegram will be sent to Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, as well as all the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi, and the third telegram will be sent to the military and civilians throughout the country. ”

Although the 1st Division could not be completely annihilated, the elimination of the main force of the 1st Division was definitely a great victory.

It deserves to be celebrated and vigorously proclaimed.

"Okay."

The chief of staff thought only a little, and then he had a draft in his mind, so he picked up a pen and paper and began to draw up a telegram.

Looking at the chief of staff's pen, the corners of the chief's mouth turned up slightly.

In this battle, Li Yunlong must have done business with Boss Chen again, killing the business of more than 20,000 devils of the A Seed Division, no need to guess the chief, the price must be very fragrant.

Coupled with the captured devil weapons and equipment, this time the Eighth Route Army can improve its strength again.

The weapons and equipment of the devils of the A division regiment are first-class.

As for the weapons and equipment earned from business, Li Yunlong will take the initiative to hand over half of the weapons and equipment to the headquarters.

In this battle, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will inevitably make a fortune.

Thinking of this, the chief added with a smile: "By the way, remember to congratulate Li Yunlong on his fortune." ”

"Yes!"

The chief of staff smiled slightly.

The combat staff officers next to him also laughed.

Wishing you prosperity is an old tradition of the Eighth Route Army.

An operational staff officer said with a smile: "The main forces of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade, should they be withdrawn?" ”

"Yes." The chief nodded, "Immediately order the main forces of the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade to withdraw to the base area." ”

……

(Something happened at the beginning of the month, which caused the state to be very poor and the update was also very crotch-pulling.) But fortunately, I've survived, and next month I'll try to resume 6,000 words a day, and I'll take about 2 days off every month, and I'm really tired of writing my brain every day. ）

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