Just when the Sword Squadron and the Rocket Artillery Battery of the Independent Regiment carried out the operation.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang have led a new regiment of nearly 50,000 elite troops that has already been assembled to leave the base area in northwestern Shanxi and arrived in the Wutai Mountain area last night.
This time we went to attack the Japanese 37th Division and 33rd Division.
The new regiment did not carry artillery with a caliber above 105 mm.
Because the troops were traveling through mountainous roads this time and were attacking over long distances, without roads, artillery with a caliber above 105 mm simply could not be carried away.
Moreover, they don’t carry much ammunition, and they don’t have a car camp to provide logistics.
Fortunately, you can call Boss Chen to airdrop supplies on the battlefield at any time.
In addition to weapons and ammunition, the combat supplies airdropped on the battlefield also include self-heating canned meat, canned fruit, medical supplies, medicines and other supplies.
All in all, in terms of logistical supplies, Boss Chen has made good arrangements for you.
Li Yunlong just needs to go all out to fight the Japanese.
Since it was outside the scope of the base area in northwestern Shanxi, the march of large troops might be detected by Japanese aircraft.
Therefore, the troops slept during the day and marched quickly at night.
Moreover, when sleeping during the day, whether it is a mule and horse transport team, cavalry or infantry, they must do a good job of concealment to avoid being discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance planes.
After marching more than 60 kilometers in a hurry last night, after a day's rest, the commanders and soldiers of the new regiment suddenly regained their energy.
The Eighth Route Army has always been known as having iron legs. Marching 60 kilometers in one night was nothing to the Eighth Route Army.
After nightfall, the battalions of the new regiment began to march rapidly to the designated position.
At a hillock, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others got off their horses, looked at their watches with flashlights, and said, "According to the battle plan, Lao Kong and Lao Ding should have already taken action."
"Yeah." Wang Dehou smiled slightly, "Waiting tomorrow morning, the Japanese army will find out that they were fooled. The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army did not go to attack Taiyuan, but went to the First Division."
Wang Dehou also had to admire Li Yunlong's skill.
First, he ordered the distribution of ammunition to the entire regiment for pre-war mobilization to attack Taiyuan.
While Pangolin, a senior Japanese agent, sent out false information, Okamura Neiji mistakenly believed that the Eighth Route Army was going to launch a full-scale attack on Taiyuan.
Wait until tomorrow morning, Okamura Neji will definitely say that he was fooled.
However, it was impossible for Neji Okamura to guess Li Yunlong's true combat intention.
Unless, like Boss Chen, Okamura Neiji also planted high-level spies at the headquarters of the New Regiment and the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
"The movement of our Eighth Route Army this time is quite big."
Watching the soldiers walking along the mountain road with guns on their backs, their waists bulging with grenades, bullet bags and dry food bags.
Deputy Captain Xing said with emotion.
"Isn't that true?" Wang Dehou said, "Our 80,000 main troops in northwest Shanxi were all sent out, and the 129th Division also dispatched 140,000 main troops."
Although the main force of the 129th Division has reached more than 200,000, the headquarters has left tens of thousands of main troops in the base area.
Xing Zhiguo added: "The scale of this army is too large, and one thing that's not good about it is that it's too troublesome to hide."
"That's true." Zhao Gang smiled and said, "If there is just a regiment of more than 1,000 people marching urgently, you only need to send a few scouts to explore the road ahead. Logistics support and emergency preparedness are not needed."
"But with nearly 50,000 of us, we have to consider more things."
Wang Dehou said: "Such as judging the enemy's situation, campaign intentions, troop numbers, marching routes, division of combat stages, logistics support, emergency preparedness at each stage, and reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, etc."
This is a large and detailed battle plan, and it would be very difficult for Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou to prepare it.
However, with the head of the headquarters and the division commander assisting them, a detailed battle plan was drawn up.
After formulating the battle plan at the headquarters this time, Li Yunlong also saw the level of the headquarters chief and division commander, and saw his own shortcomings.
A person with high emotional intelligence says that in the military field, Li Yunlong still has a lot of room for improvement.
"What's this scale like?"
Li Yunlong said in a disdainful tone:
"I dare to bet you that if things continue at this rate, within one or two years at most, there will definitely be a large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people between our Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army."
"That's when the real big scene happens."
"This battle, regardless of victory or defeat."
"Everyone from the soldiers to the commander-in-chief must gain experience in large-scale corps operations, lest the large corps lack combat experience and suffer big losses at the hands of little devils."
Zhao Gang nodded with a pleased expression.
This kid Li Yunlong has made really fast progress and already has a strong strategic vision.
Among the tens of thousands of people in the new regiment, Li Yunlong has made the fastest progress.
In fact, Li Yunlong has a strong learning ability, but he used to think that he could win the battle without studying, so he looked down on intellectuals.
However, after Boss Chen appears, if Li Yunlong does not learn to improve, Boss Chen will cut off his assistance.
That's why Li Yunlong's potential was unleashed.
Li Yunlong looked calm and got on his horse: "Give me the order to speed up!"
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at the same time.
Peking.
Iron Lion Alley.
Japanese Army North China Front Headquarters.
The intelligence staff officer of the North China Front Command quickly walked into the operations hall with a folder in his hand.
I saw only a few combat staff working on the map with pencils and scales based on intelligence.
The intelligence staff quickly walked up to Okamura Neiji and paused: "Report to the commander, the intelligence department has just received the latest news that there is something abnormal in the main force of the Eighth Route Army of the 129th Division in Southeast Shanxi!"
Okamura Neji frowned: "What's the abnormal situation?"
The intelligence staff lowered his head and replied: "In the past two days, the main units of the 129th Division began to distribute ammunition and dry food, and many soldiers in the army received a steel helmet."
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Okamura Neji cursed angrily:
"Is it possible that your intelligence department, with its limited capabilities, can only obtain this little information?"
"Hi!"
The intelligence staff officer suddenly lowered his head with a bitter expression.
Is it because our intelligence department doesn’t want to get more detailed information? It’s really impossible!
Since the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army drove the Japanese army out of southeastern Shanxi, the agents and spies sent by the Japanese army to the Eighth Route Army base areas in southeastern Shanxi have basically disappeared.
The agents and spies who have finally broken into the Eighth Route Army cannot be easily activated, otherwise there is a risk of being exposed.
Okamura Neiji glanced at the intelligence staff member with an expression of hatred, and waved his hand to signal him to go down.
The intelligence staff member suddenly lowered his head, turned around and left quickly.
Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe said: "Your Excellency, General."
"Although the intelligence department did not obtain more detailed information, it has been confirmed from the side that the Eighth Route Army is indeed conducting major combat operations."
"And the Eighth Route Army's target for this major combat operation is very likely to be Taiyuan's First Army."
Okamura Neiji nodded, judging from the fact that the information from the pangolin and the intelligence department confirmed each other.
The Eighth Route Army's attack on Taiyuan was basically a stone hammer.
Moreover, the First Army Headquarters also sent a telegram. Recently, many unidentified people suspected of being Eighth Route Army scouts have appeared around Taiyuan.
At this time, maybe the main force of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has begun to move north to Taiyuan, and the main force of the New Regiment in Northwest Shanxi has already moved south to Taiyuan.
Okamura Neji is under great pressure.
After a pause, Okamura Neiji looked at Tanabe Moritake and asked: "How is the assembly situation of the 1st Division, 21st Division, 35th Division, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and the troops stationed in Mongolia?
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"Report to Your Majesty the General!"
Moritake Tanabe replied:
"Reinforcement troops from all walks of life have been assembled. Are they moving closer to the First Army in advance?"
Okamura Neji thought about it carefully and said: "There is no need to rush."
In the opinion of Okamura Neiji, Taiyuan has sufficient troops and combat supplies, which are enough to last for a month under the attack of the Eighth Route Army.
Within a month, the reinforcements had crawled to Taiyuan.
Okamura Neji was also afraid that this was a plan by the Eighth Route Army to encircle the point and provide reinforcements.
As long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army did not appear around Taiyuan, Okamura Neji would not send reinforcements.
Tanabe Moritake asked again: "In addition, the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 37th Division of the First Army have been assembled. Should we let the 33rd Division and the 37th Division rush to Taiyuan first to resist the Eighth Route Army's attack?
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"The 33rd Division and the 37th Division are temporarily stationary and are gathering and on standby." Okamura Neiji said.
In this battle, since the Eighth Route Army's combat intentions were known in advance, Okamura Neji prepared a central deployment strategy.
That is, the Eighth Route Army encircled and attacked Taiyuan. The main force of the Japanese army launched a counter-encirclement against the Eighth Route Army encircling Taiyuan from all directions.
If such a strategic goal can be achieved, even if the Eighth Route Army cannot be eliminated through internal and external cooperation, it can still severely damage the Eighth Route Army.
Naturally, the 33rd Division and the 37th Division cannot go to Taiyuan first.
"Hi!"
Tanabe Shengwu suddenly lowered his head.
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Northwest Shanxi.
The sword squadron and rocket launcher unit cooperate with each other.
The enemy's hidden outposts and strongholds were quickly eliminated.
After killing the eyes of the 1st Division, the cavalry battalion of the New Second Regiment, the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment, and the rocket launcher units of the three regiments headed straight towards Datong.
Datong.
The division headquarters of the Japanese 1st Division.
Division commander Mitsuo Nakazawa, wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general, was analyzing the current battle situation at the division headquarters with several combat staff.
Mitsuo Nakazawa has learned that the Eighth Route Army is about to mobilize heavy troops to attack Taiyuan.
At the same time, the North China Front Army Headquarters has given the order to the 1st Division to assemble and stand ready to go south to reinforce the 1st Army.
"His Excellency, the Head of the Reporting Division."
An IT communications staff officer walked in quickly and reported:
"The commander of the North China Front, General Okamura Neiji, called and ordered our troops to remain assembled and on standby and not to go south for the time being."
"knew."
Mitsuo Nakazawa waved his hand, signaling the communications staff to leave.
The communications staff officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and left quickly.
Looking at the back of the communications staff officer leaving, Mitsuo Nakazawa looked relaxed.
The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army finally stopped fighting Datong and went to fight Taiyuan.
Although the Eighth Route Army will definitely send troops for reinforcements to prevent the 1st Division and the troops stationed in Mongolia from going south.
But the Eighth Route Army troops fighting for reinforcements were certainly not Li Yunlong's main force.
Since it was not the main force of the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't it be easy for the 1st Division to pull up the heavy artillery regiment and defeat the blocking Eighth Route Army?
This chapter has been completed!