September 17, 1941, Boling Defense Line in the Dayun Mountain area.

"Call me!"

With an angry shout, the guns of Hanyangzao and the Czech style resounded through the mountains and forests, and the devil infantry walking at the front of the line was shot and fell to the ground before they even had a chance to react.

Grenades and mortars followed, with the former flying from all directions in an effort to maximize the damage. The latter focused on the counterattack troops that had just been organized by the grassroots officers, making the Japanese army completely a lamb to the slaughter.

This was a perfect ambush battle, and the soldiers from the ninth war zone once again took advantage of the terrain to take out more than twenty devils.

Looking at the gray-faced warriors of his younger country, the commander of the Sixth Division, Kanda Masasang, took a deep breath, and he only felt a burning anger in his heart.

"Yaga! What to chase! Are you all pigs with no memory? ”

"Everybody stop! Troops at all levels immediately counted losses! Damn the rats of the Republic of China, if they have the ability, they will roll out of the mountains, and they are obviously preserved fruits and the troops are loading the Eighth Route Army! ”

"As a man, he actually attacked from behind, why didn't he want to fight us head-on! Are Xue Boling's soldiers all worms like you? ”

It is clear that this is not the first time that the 6th Division has been ambushed.

hit the wall several times, which has made the devil lieutenant general lose a little of his senses, and actually said crazy things to make the other party give up the advantageous terrain.

The anger of the commander of his own division made the staff officers tremble. No one dared to go up and report the casualty statistics, for fear that a big fight would be fought because of something inappropriate.

Considering the safety of the troops, the chief of staff of the 6th Division, Ishimaru Renhachi, reluctantly stepped forward alone.

"Kanda-kun, you don't have to blame yourself for losing. We are all to blame for the secret services that killed a thousand knives in the field where we are now! ”

"We have incorrect information, there are simply not two regiments of the enemy in this mountainous area. In my experience, at least tens of thousands of people have fought with us in recent times. ”

"Let's go, the samurai can't stay where they are for too long. This is the enemy's guerrilla zone, and no one knows when the damned guerrillas will launch a new offensive. ”

"The big war is coming, we must preserve our strength."

It seemed that the persuasion of Major General Devil had worked, and Kanda Masa rubbed his old face vigorously, and then pulled out his general sword and ordered to move on.

The Dayun Mountain area north of the Xinqiang River is a high-quality guerrilla battlefield behind enemy lines that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Although the altitude here is not very high, it is better because of the steep mountains and dense forests, and it is easy to get lost if you don't know the terrain.

In addition, there was a secret passage in the mountains to the front-line positions of the 9th Theater of Operations, and even over the mountains you could go directly to the occupied areas controlled by the Japanese 11th Army.

If the devils want to attack Tanzhou on a large scale, then before the official start of the battle, the guerrillas arranged by Xue Boling in the mountains must be cleared.

Otherwise, the preserved troops would have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to break into the empty rear of the Japanese army, and directly come to the third company with the quality of ambushing, breaking roads and blowing up bridges, and cutting off grain roads.

In such an important strategic area, Anan Weiji, as the commander of the battle, naturally would not let it go.

Only by eliminating the hidden danger of the flank, the plan to attack Tanzhou can continue, after all, he doesn't want to experience the feeling of a backyard fire.

After thinking about it again and again, the old devil chose the sixth division with the strongest combat effectiveness and fighting will from among the three A divisions.

In everyone's expectation, Kanda Masang only needed three days to end the battle, after all, there were no troops in Central China that were the opponents of the First Division.

Guerilla? It's not a trivial matter of holding a handle.

On the first day of entering the mountain, the soldiers of the Ninth War Zone gave a vivid lesson to the devils. One by one, they seemed to have incarnated into the Eighth Route Army, leading the enemy by the nose from beginning to end.

The terrain of Dayun Mountain is complex, the roads are rugged, and the width of the battlefield is very limited. When the 6th Division attacked, it could only advance slowly in squadrons.

Considering the overall superiority of the Japanese army in firepower, the guerrilla squads of Guoguo brought the regular troops who came to support them, and constantly carried out surprise attacks and flanking attacks at the battalion and company level, focusing on the infantry that was out of touch with the artillery.

Moreover, the small units of the Ninth Theater were neither war-loving nor greedy for merit, and comprehensively implemented the 12-character guerrilla policy learned by stealing teachers: the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is stationed and we disturb, and the enemy is tired and we fight.

Every time you kill a wave of enemies, you immediately run away, and you don't give the devils a chance to fight back.

If the enemy is determined to pursue them, direct them to the vicinity of your own fire points and fortifications.

As the second phase of the Boling defense line, the entire Dayun Mountain is full of various fortifications. If it weren't for the fact that the Sixth Division's ability to attack fortified positions was too strong, the Ninth Theater could even have the confidence to fight positionally.

After nearly ten days of pulling, the entire Sixth Division was physically and mentally exhausted. Even though a wing of soldiers had been lost, the devils did not even touch the hair of the guerrillas.

Just as Kanda Masasa and Ishimaru Renhachi were about to set off, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind them.

"Lieutenant General Kanda! Major General Ishimaru! A new order came from the command! ”

"Commander Anan Weiji asked our Sixth Division to return immediately, and after a short rest, we will immediately participate in the next river crossing operation."

"In the telegram, the commander also specially told one thing! He asked us to retreat alternately with the 40th Division, so as not to prevent Xue Boling from increasing troops to block Dayun Mountain. ”

"Hey, okay!"

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On September 17, the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Although the trouble of the henchmen in Dayun Mountain has not been dealt with, they can still cut off their supply lines at any time. But the fighting in the mountains had delayed the battle by a week, and if it continued to wait, the troops would have lost the opportunity completely.

The difficult mountain battles made Anan Yuji more determined in his strategy.

The terrain around Tanzhou is very complex, and it can definitely be called a typical case of easy defense and difficult to attack.

It is close to the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake on the left, the Mufu Mountain and Lianyun Mountain on the right, and there are four rivers of Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River and Liuyang River as a natural defense line.

Previously, Okamura Ninji had to let several divisions fight together in the Makufu Mountain and Lianyun Mountain, which eventually led to the failure of the entire battle.

Abandoning the complex mountainous terrain and killing Tanzhou from the relatively flat hilly area is the king.

"Pass my orders!"

As soon as these words came out, the devils in the war conference room immediately put down the work at hand, and everyone focused their eyes on their own commander.

"The telegram ordered the 4th Division and the 26th Brigade to attack south from Xinkaitang! The 3rd Division, attacking south from the area of Wujiang Bridge! ”

"The 6th Division, the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 62nd Independent Infantry Brigade are attacking south from Xitang! The 40th Division and the 35th Division, attacking south from Baiyangtian! ”

"The 63rd Independent Infantry Brigade with a mountain artillery squadron and a part of the Marine Corps will land in the Qingshan area on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River from Yueyang tonight by boat, and outflank the retreat of the Ninth Theater from the flank!"

The above-mentioned operational instructions seem cumbersome, but to put it bluntly, they can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the five divisions attacked south with all their might, and directly rushed to Tanzhou.

Judging from the map, Anan Weiji actually deployed nearly 150,000 troops in an area of just 20 kilometers.

Putting aside artillery, just three Category A with one Category B and one Division Regiment of Category C alone is not a formidable enemy that can be resisted by a single war zone.

After all the staff officers left, the chief of staff, Isamu Kinoshita, and the deputy chief of staff, Akizaburo Futami, both had solemn faces.

"Your Excellency, the spy network we arranged in the Ninth War Zone of the Republic of China has been destroyed, and it is very likely that Xue Boling has already seen through our intentions."

"Look at this battle, is it better to think in the long run."

After hearing the words of his subordinates, Anan Wei showed a puzzled expression.

A day ago, he also received information about the interception of the 74th Army from the preserved fruit, why was Neiying suddenly caught?

Now that the five divisions are in place, if the army is withdrawn, the Eleventh Army will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire sending army. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and made the final decision:

"The plan remains the same, the whole army will attack at four o'clock tomorrow morning!"

"The battle strength is 150,000 against 120,000! The advantage is mine! ”

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September 17, 1941, Ninth Theater Command.

"Brother Boling, this Anan Weiji really made a small move behind his back."

"If you hadn't asked the chairman to ask Boss Dai to personally verify the information, we might have been blinded by the fake news released by the enemy."

"The two divisions of the Eleventh Army in Dayun Mountain have been turned around by our guerrillas and the Fourth Army!"

Hearing the words of his chief of staff, Xue Boling nodded slightly with a smile on his face, but the pride of the past has long been gone.

Among the commanders of the war zone in the preserved fruit, his record and strength can definitely be among the best.

Before this battle, he had already won the victory of Wanjialing and the first Battle of Tanzhou, and his personal prestige and regional prestige were about to reach their peak.

But the successive victories of the Eighth Route Army in North China sounded the alarm for the high-level of the preserved fruit. If we don't show some achievements, I'm afraid that if it is not the people's will, they will completely fall to the "friendly army".

What's more, compared to a certain commander surnamed Peng, his exploits seem to be a little inadequate.

Xue Boling, who became serious, was definitely not to be underestimated, he first asked his chairman to dispatch military commanders to collect intelligence on the Japanese army, and then he saw through the enemy's conspiracy as if he were peeling back the cocoon.

Before attacking Dayun Mountain, Anan sent spies to release a large amount of false information in an attempt to convince the high-level leaders of the Ninth War Zone that they had divided three divisions into the southward expansion plan.

If it was Xue Boling, who was a light enemy, it was very likely that he would send the defenders along the Xinqiang River to strengthen the defense of Dayun Mountain, which would cause the first line of defense to collapse quickly.

But now he not only won the first game, but also used the tactics he learned along the way to the fullest.

"Pass my order to let the guerrillas withdraw deep into the mountains and continue to engage the enemy. As soon as the battle begins, cut into the hinterland of the devils! ”

"Inform the Fourth Army and tell them to withdraw from Dayun Mountain as soon as possible and return to the south of the Xinqiang River to rest as soon as possible. The enemy could launch a general attack at any time, so that they were ready for battle. ”

"Secretly inform the commanders of the 10th and 74th armies to come to me, and I have important things to explain to the two of them. This must not reach the ears of the fifth person, and I'm not sure if there are any spies inside the war zone. ”

After giving one order after another, Xue Boling walked into the military map by the wall.

Anan's tactics seem to be ferocious, and it is very likely that the troops will be defeated head-on by gathering troops in a group, but there are obvious loopholes in this kind of operation.

If you want to annihilate the enemy's main force in a structured way, you should coordinate multiple forces to encircle it on a large scale.

According to military common sense, the diameter of the encirclement at the level of the annihilation army cannot be less than 70 kilometers, and multiple encirclements must be implemented.

For example, in Operation Barbarossa, the most common pincer offensive of the German 3rd Panzer and Motorized Units, they would advance at least 150 kilometers on the flank each time before starting to make dumplings.

Such an exaggerated stroke can annihilate tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of woolly bear troops in a war.

On the other hand, the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, with five divisions crammed into an area of 20 kilometers, did not have any possibility of outflanking at all.

Hunan is not France, and Xiangjiang is not the Ardennes Forest, and there is absolutely no possibility of the sickle plan being replicated on the battlefield of the Republic of China.

The opposing forces have tanks and a large number of artillery, and the values of breakthrough and soft attack must be very strong, and they can definitely cause large casualties in a short time, and even penetrate one or two riverbank defense lines in one go.

But it is easy for your side to retreat, and it is impossible to annihilate all the living forces.

In a sense, Anan Weiji's tactics were completely restrained by Xue Boling's Eight-Character Pocket Array and Heavenly Furnace Array.

The principle of the former is very simple: when the Japanese army concentrates superior forces to attack, the troops at all levels in the Ninth Theater will avoid the edge, and at most deploy a part of the troops to delay in the front, delaying the advance of the Japanese army.

At the same time, the main force in the theater of operations was spread out on two wings like a figure-eight, like a big open pocket.

Waiting for the Japanese to fully enter the huge pocket formation, the troops on both flanks will shrink rapidly, maneuvering and interspersing to divide and eat the enemy.

The latter is an upgraded version of the former, which is to form a circle like a heavenly furnace at the end of the figure-eight pocket.

If the enemy penetrates deep into the battle formation, we will close the lid of the furnace from the perimeter and divide it into a net inside the furnace. No matter how hard the enemy's bones are, he will be forcibly cremated!

When the depth of the enemy's attack is shallow and the encirclement posture is not sufficient, the figure-eight pocket formation is used.

Once the enemy can cross the Liuyang River and invade Tanzhou, he can carry out street battles and use the Heavenly Furnace tactics.

After making sure that there was no problem with his deployment, Xue Boling said to the chief of staff beside him:

"The core of our tactics this time is very simple, which is to retreat and fight for the outside wing. Except for the troops I have arranged on the frontal battlefield, no one is allowed to carry the line without reason! ”

"If you lose your land, you will lose your land! Save people and lose land, people and land survive! The people of Hunan are still waiting for the news of our triumph! Let them see the backbone of our Chinese! ”

As the title suggests, there is only this chapter in the second Battle of Tanzhou, which is equivalent to me fighting from God's perspective.

Mainly considering that the pressure from the devil is too great, it is very likely that I will not be able to hold it if I don't play in person.

In the outline, there will be three major battles at the same time.

Each one affects each other more or less, after all, the battlefield is not too far away, and the enemy is the same force.

There is another chapter in the evening, probably three thousand words. However, it may be late, so it is recommended to wake up.

(End of chapter)