The 17th Army was not the Central Army, it was originally just a division of the Northwest Army.

This army used to be scattered all over the country, similar to the feudal towns and towns that divided one or two county towns, and it was a local army that obeyed the orders of the preserved fruit, which belonged to the standard miscellaneous cards.

They inherited the advantages of the Northwest Army, their will to fight against Japan was very tenacious, and their internal officers and men were relatively united.

However, miscellaneous cards are always miscellaneous cards, and the troops have always been faced with the problems of inferior equipment and low quality of soldiers.

However, even if it was congenitally deficient, the army still participated in many major battles in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and all the officers and soldiers of the army were heroes who dared to fight and fight.

It's a pity that the hard power is weak, even if he has rich experience in many battles, he has no outstanding performance, and he has not achieved any good results.

The northern defense line of Nakajo Mountain, the field command post of the 17th Army.

"Commander! Don't carry it! The 43rd Army next door is all gone! Let's retreat too! ”

"Our division is now not only under pressure on the frontal battlefield! The side can also be raided by devils at any time! If you continue to fight like this, all the fighters will have to die on the ground! ”

"Can you bear to see those brothers who left their homeland with us to be senselessly killed by the enemy's aircraft and artillery in Zhongtiao Mountain, which is only a river away from home?"

Listening to the persuasion and complaints of his division commander, the army commander Gao Guizi sighed helplessly.

Although the Devil's elite squad did not kill themselves, they were still forced to cut off contact with the three divisions on the front line during the battle.

The corps command was paralyzed, and the defense could only be commanded by the division commanders themselves. In terms of actual effect, the enemy's decapitation operation can be regarded as a success.

Fortunately, he himself is a famous general of the Northwest Army, and his identity and status are all based on real battles.

Coupled with the fact that they were full of grace and authority to their generals on weekdays, they had quite prestige in the army, which made the division commanders firmly carry out their orders.

Otherwise, with the current intensity of the battle, the troops would have left their picks and withdrawn from their positions on their own.

It's a pity that Gao Guizi was still a step too late, and when he finally got out and rushed to the main battlefield, the defeat of the northern defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain was decided, and even if he was possessed by a soldier, he was powerless to return to the sky.

The 43rd Army escaped from the battle, and the devils naturally would not let go of such a great opportunity.

The opponent seized the opportunity to quickly concentrate its forces, and launched a fierce attack on the major positions of the 17th Army on the premise of absolute superiority in combat effectiveness.

The 84th Division was crippled in this way, and its main force, the 251st Brigade, had only 2,000 men. In order to take this position, the enemy used ten heavy guns, more than 20 tanks and more than 2,000 infantry at one time.

Although the fighters, with cluster grenades and explosives packs, piled up several tanks with human lives. However, with far inferior forces and firepower to the opposing side, it is almost impossible to stop the enemy's advance.

If the commander of the 84th Division hadn't urgently ordered the reserves to go up, the position would have been lost long ago!

Seeing that the army commander didn't reply for a long time, Liu Mingxia, the commander of the 94th Division on the side, couldn't sit still at all. He slapped the armrest, stood up from his position, and said in front of everyone:

"Commander Gao! Be merciful. Our division was ordered to come to support, and if I ran out of soldiers, I couldn't afford to take this responsibility! ”

"At the beginning, in order to reinforce the northern defense line, our troops went north to force the Yellow River, and the soldiers were already exhausted from the long march."

"As a result, as soon as they came up, they faced the devil's independent mixed ninth brigade, and the brothers didn't have time to rest and recuperate, and they were directly caught off guard."

"The decline is pushing wave after wave, and now the morale of the troops is very low, and the casualties are very large, and they have completely collapsed! Of the 6,000 people, less than 3,000 remain, please give us a way to live! ”

"Hey!"

Gao Guizi couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, he now regretted that he didn't seriously arrange the guard system of the army command post. If you can keep in touch with the 43rd Army, you won't fall to such a point.

And he knows his own affairs, and it doesn't count if he removes the 94th Division that came to support. There were only two divisions under his command, one 84th Division and one new 2nd Division.

The former is a unit brought out of their hometown, and the overall situation is quite good, and the combat effectiveness and individual quality are also remarkable.

There are three infantry regiments in the division, as well as three battalions directly under the artillery, engineer, and baggage divisions. Plus a search company, a cavalry company, and a guard company, a total of 6,000 people.

With such a configuration, although it is not the top in the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line, it is definitely no problem to rank in the middle.

The situation of the latter is very bad, and at a glance at the name it is clear that it is a newly replenished unit.

Because the materials on Zhongtiao Mountain could not keep up, the conditions were too difficult.

The troops stationed here are not well fed and clothed, and many people die of disease every year, and the soldiers regard this place as a living hell.

Some of the soldiers couldn't hold on, so they secretly crossed the river on the local people's rafts of cattle and sheepskins, threw away their weapons and began to flee.

In this case, the new 2nd Division was not fully staffed at all, and it was basically used to make up the numbers.

A company has a maximum of seventy or eighty soldiers, most of them fifty or sixty, and even thirty or forty men. Once you start a war with the devil, it will be difficult to fill in the line.

With two disabled divisional units and a recruit division for nearly two days, the 17th Army was already very good.

"Prepare to retreat, if Commander Zeng blames me, I will bear it. But the three divisions must alternately cover, and no one is allowed to play tricks at a critical juncture! ”

"If you don't unite at this time, you are likely to be bitten to death by the devil!"

Gao Guizi said this sentence for the 94th Division and the New 2nd Division, after all, the two are not his descendants, and it is inevitable that there will be careful thoughts on the way to retreat.

It's just a matter of rushing supplies at ordinary times, and if any party drops the chain at a critical moment, everyone has no good fruit to eat.

As soon as the words ended, one of the staff officers of the command stood up and offered his thoughts.

Since the other party is an old man of the Northwest Army and a confidant of Gao Guizi, and he is known for his resourcefulness on weekdays, everyone remains quiet and waits for him to express his suggestions.

"Commander, we have not only soldiers, but also family members and civilians. If you carry a batch of cumbersome, there is a high probability that you will be eaten by the devils one by one. ”

"Let's think about it from another angle, we are a miscellaneous card ourselves, not the Central Army. The attitude of the Japanese towards us was not as ruthless as that towards the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Before the battle began, the Japanese army sent someone to contact you, so there must still be room for maneuver."

The more the staff officer spoke, the more excited he became, even ignoring the different expressions of everyone present. A greedy smile appeared on his face, as if a good day had come, and he fantasized about his ascension to the sky.

"As long as we show our attitude, go to the side of Wang Wang. Not only can you have no worries about your life, but you can even be further promoted and make a fortune, and when the time comes, wouldn't it be beautiful to be the commander of a group army. ”

"Now that we've reached the point of PUBG, I don't think so."

Before the other party's words were finished, Gao Guizi pulled out his matching gun and directly killed the staff officer who had followed him for many years.

He was furious, his eyes widening as he scanned the crowd in the command post.

"Those who disturb the hearts of our army! No mercy! ”

"I'm Chinese! Death is a Chinese ghost! Let me be a slave of the Japanese! Can't do it! It's naturally best to get out of danger and go back this time, otherwise I will definitely fight to the end and be loyal to the country! ”

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Command of the North China Front.

Several Japanese combat staff officers were holding on the strategic situation map, and they used their pens to draw red and blue arrows representing the defenders of Nakajo Mountain and their own side.

At present, the fighting on the northern front is basically over, the 41st Division and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade have broken through the defensive line, and the plan to encircle and annihilate the enemy is steadily proceeding.

It's a pity that the other directions are a little less interesting, far from meeting the expected requirements.

The 36th and 37th Divisions were bogged down in a quagmire on the Western Front and were in a state of confrontation with the 80th Army and the 3rd Army. With the support of the Eighth Route Army Air Force, the two sides are fighting back and forth.

The 33rd Division on the Northeast Front gradually fell into passivity, and several tentative attacks were defused by the defenders, and now it can only play a role of containment.

The situation of the 21st and 35th divisions was even more unexpected, they were unable to push one army with the strength of two divisions.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable, although the Ninth Army is a miscellaneous team, but it is a strong force, and it has participated in many fierce battles in Shanxi.

Although after several major battles, the loss of troops was great. However, with the veterans at the grassroots level, the combat effectiveness is still stronger than that of other troops.

Coupled with the continuous support of the 15th Army and the 93rd Army, there is nothing the devil can do for a while.

At this time, Okamura Ninji was full of ambition, he looked at the map in front of him and said to everyone in the headquarters:

"Now that the northern defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain has been pierced by us, as long as the supply line of the preserved fruit troops is cut off, all problems can naturally be solved."

"When the time comes, they won't have enough to eat, and they won't have enough ammunition, so what will they do to fight us!"

"The field air defense weapons supported by the Mongolian army are also about to be put in place, and the air force of the Eighth Route Army will not dare to bomb unscrupulously. When the samurai of the younger country stir up the inside of the enemy, we can reap the fruits of victory! ”

As soon as these words came out, bursts of cheers broke out in the headquarters. Only the chief of staff, Moritake Tanabe, had a solemn face, faintly revealing a trace of unease.

"Your Excellency, I always felt that something was wrong. The air support team sent before has not responded to the message, and I don't know what happened to them. ”

"I now have serious suspicions that there is a mysterious enemy hidden inside Nakajo Mountain, and they can even silently kill a thousand elites of the younger country."

This kind reminder was not taken seriously, and Okamura Ninji just waved his hand disapprovingly, signaling the other party not to think too much.

The poor performance of the air support team in the past made the old devil not have any expectations, and he just made reasonable use of every resource in his hand at the beginning. Coupled with his own stud-like command, which led to a breakthrough in the campaign, he is now in a daze

"Tanabe-kun, the empty team is just an idle move. The victory of a battle still depends on the progress of the frontal troops. ”

"We have already laid down most of the Republic of China, what else can stop the footsteps of our younger country?"

"Next, I'm going to let the Ninth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade take the lead. Send them to cut off the enemy's supply lines and occupy the major crossings of the Yellow River. ”

After someone enlightened him, Tanabe Shengwu suddenly felt that his thinking was much clearer.

Even if there is really a strange army in Zhongtiao Mountain, what can be done, judging from the current intensity of the war, at least tens of thousands of troops can affect the local situation.

As for letting a brigade act first, he had no objection. There can't be anyone who can quietly kill a brigade.

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Southeast of Shanxi, the operational conference room of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"It's really mud that can't hold up the wall! After seven and a half roads, will their Jin Sui army not have soldiers who can fight? ”

"The good situation can be sent away in one wave! What a waste of so many bombs for me! I just let the 1st Air Division rest for a few hours, and the defense line was actually pierced! ”

"Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! ”

The deputy general staff officer and the division commander surrounded the deputy commander-in-chief, and it took a long time for the two to persuade the other party to reluctantly extinguish the fire.

"Hey, aren't we ready to fight the world alone? Neither the Central Army nor the Jin system can be relied on, and the most they can do is to contain the enemy. ”

"Iron still needs to be hard, our fastest troops will arrive at the battlefield in a day and a half, and whether or not they can liberate the whole of Shanxi depends on this war."

Beginning at noon on 7 May, troops at all levels in the northwest and southeast of Shanxi Province marched to Zhongtiao Mountain.

Since the whole province is full of extra-high-tech eyeliner, the comrades can only be broken into pieces and ensure as much concealment as possible in the process of marching. Fortunately, all the troops of the First Army were concentrated in Zhongtiao Mountain, and the whole journey was safe.

After looking at the map, the deputy commander-in-chief said to the two old comrades-in-arms beside him:

"Judging from the information sent back from the front, I think we should attack the 33rd Division in the Gaoping area first."

"The enemy there is a lone army, and there are three corps of preserved troops in front of it. After the 120th Division is in position and stares at the enemy on the Western Front, it is possible to concentrate the forces of the entire 129th Division and eat the enemy in one go. ”

"Now let's compare the speed with the devils, see if they will defeat the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain first, or if we will launch a surprise attack first!"

The camera shifts to a mountainous area somewhere southeast of Shanxi Province.

At this time, Ding Wei was riding a 28 bar, judging from the sweat on his forehead, it must have consumed a lot of physical strength.

The sound of wheezing mixed with the sound of a bicycle galloping, sounded a faint feeling of a tank track running over the ground, not to mention how powerful it was.

"Comrades! Hold on for another half hour. When we get to Changzhuang in front, we can rest for a while and eat today's dinner by the way. ”

After hearing the words of their own regiment leader, everyone did not reply, but gritted their teeth and continued to insist.

I have to say that bicycles are a means of transportation that is very suitable for use in Shanxi, where the road conditions are poor.

When the road is flat, they run on horseback, and although the speed is not as fast as that of horseback, it is better because there are more soldiers who can have one each.

When the road is muddy, he carries it and runs, and consumes six servings of fried noodles for 100 kilometers, and the soldiers say that it is good.

It's worth mentioning that every one of the bikes in the new group has no tires.

This is because the weather is hot and the ground is hot, and even if the gas is not enough, the tire often bursts. The fighters simply removed the tires and rode against the steel rims.

Tomorrow try to be as old as possible

(End of chapter)