Such a strong force seemed to give Lao Wang, Lao Cheng, and Lao Xu a bit more confidence. In Lao Cheng's words: "Although this time our joint detachment was disguised as the Iron Triangle Army, but now, our troops

We have strong soldiers and horses and well-equipped equipment. Even if we bring over Li Yunlong's elite Iron Triangle, I think we won't be short of them!"

Anyway, you don’t have to pay taxes if you brag, you can brag as you like.

In fact, the equipment level of the joint group army strengthened by Lao Wang, Lao Chen, and Lao Xu with special equipment is slightly insufficient compared to the most well-equipped first-tier elite Iron Triangle helmets of the Eighth Route Army.

But compared to other units of the Eighth Route Army, they are excellent.

Including the elite 120th Division, 129th Division, 115th Division, and 101st Division after reorganization.

No wonder Lao Cheng and the other three are so high-spirited.

However, when the Eighth Route Army was reorganized from the Red Army into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, it was initially given only three divisions, namely the 120th Division, the 129th Division and the 115th Division.

Where did this reorganized 101st Division come from?

This is about the 35th Route Army of the former National Revolutionary Army led by Commander Fu who was active in western Inner Mongolia.

In the past few years, Commander Fu had gradually shown a tendency to move closer to the Eighth Route Army after Kong Jie acted as a go-between.

At the beginning, they even made some disguises, and even deliberately staged a few dramas with the Eighth Route Army to create some friction, so that the outside world believed that the 35th Route Army and the Eighth Route Army could not be dealt with.

But with the current situation, in Commander Fu's words, it's too lazy to pretend anymore.

Especially after the Eighth Route Army dispatched aviation units to successfully carry out air strikes on the Xiaori mainland, it can be said that countries around the world were shocked by this.

Commander Fu also fully realized that following the Eighth Route Army's footsteps was an extremely correct path.

In the end, the team was reorganized privately, and with the assistance of the Eighth Route Army, the 35th Route Army was officially reorganized into the 101st Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Of course, externally it is still claimed to be the 35th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

...Lao Wang, Lao Xu, Lao Cheng, including the mobile troops reinforced by Lao Pi and Brigadier Zhang, a total of five reloading detachments.

This time, the firepower configuration and equipment level have been particularly strengthened in order to defeat the so-called Jihadi Army, that son of a bitch of the Japanese.

This Jihadi Army is known as the Japanese mobile elite.

The Iron Triangle Army's mobile troops are absolutely elite.

This is an elite showdown between the two sides.

A battle with the public eye.

It is also a contest between the top combat capabilities of the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army. Amid the inquiries from all parties and allied countries, this is the current situation.

As for the Eighth Route Army, in addition to using the mobile elite composed of five detachments, Lao Wang, Lao Xu, and Lao Chen.

It also includes Fang Zishan’s troops all the way.

This Fang Zishan was naturally the fierce defender who led the Tenth Army of the National Revolutionary Army in a bloody battle in Hengyang City. He blocked the Japanese army for 47 days and wiped out more than 20,000 Japanese troops, but was unable to let the Japanese army cross Hengyang City even half a step.

After Fang Zishan was rescued by a commando sent by Kong Jie.

He was temporarily arranged by Kong Jie to serve as a cadre of the Eighth Route Army and a teacher in the teaching class in the base area.

Originally out of respect for the anti-Japanese generals, if Fang Zishan really didn't want to stay on the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would not stop him after the news passed.

However, the chairman of the committee is generous and feels that with so many talents under his command, it is not a big deal to lose such a fierce city defender Fang Zishan.

After an angry telegram, the tiger general was abruptly turned away.

Naturally, the Eighth Route Army would not waste such a general.

As a result, some of Fang Zishan's old troops who had been rescued by the Eighth Route Army, as well as the Taishan detachment composed of Central Army prisoners of war rescued by the New Fourth Army, all also landed in Jiaodong.

The Eighth Route Army, in line with the principle of employing personnel without suspicion, directly handed over this unit to Fang Zishan's command.

At this point, Fang Zishan had no hope of returning to the National Revolutionary Army and serving the principal again, so she integrated the troops and vowed to lead the team to attack the Japanese invaders and completely wash away the shame of Hengyang City's fall.

In addition, in order to deal with the Japs' mobile troops, the Eighth Route Army's mobile troops also included particularly elite armored troops.

The armored forces this time were some independent assault artillery battalions and anti-tank destroyer battalions drawn from various major military regions.

For defensive warfare, these equipment are useful.

There are also many independent 76, 105, and 150 caliber self-propelled howitzer battalions, as well as 107, 120, and 160 self-propelled mortar battalions.

The tank force is mainly composed of the 97 type modified in the Jiaodong area, the Type 1 medium combat type modified by Ding Wei, and the Type 3 medium combat type modified.

According to the original plan, it was planned to send some reinforcements of the most powerful Type 42 tanks.

It’s just that the Type 42 tank was too highly recognizable, and it could easily be detected by the Japanese army when mobilized over long distances. For the sake of safety, the plan was finally abandoned.

In addition, there was a rather unexpected reinforcement force - the British and American assault groups from the Allied Forces, which also applied to participate in the war. They also strengthened several domestic howitzer battalions and relatively mobile M36 tank destroyers to help out.

The British and American troops were respectively expanded into a reinforced regiment, and Captain Spring of the British Army and Captain Laotuo of the American Army were promoted to major generals respectively, claiming the assault group to the outside world.

As for the reason!

The documentary on the Eighth Route Army was really well shot, and it aroused enthusiastic responses in the Allied countries. It not only boosted morale, inspired more people to join the army and join the mass production movement, but also gave various countries a good start in the major battlefield counterattacks they were preparing to carry out.

Not only that, the reinforcement countries, who realized that the Eighth Route Army was powerful and had excellent tactics, sent troops to participate in the war this time. They also wanted to truly experience the superior tactics of the Eighth Route Army in fighting the Japanese army, and learn from them.

It can be used to better deal with enemies on your own battlefield.

To this end, the United Kingdom and the United States and other countries have especially increased their assistance to the Eighth Route Army. The US military even sent two battalions of the Sherman enhanced M4A3E2 experimental model equipped with a 76mm tank gun to participate in the war.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The British army also sent two Cromwell tank battalions equipped with 76mm anti-tank guns.

They had long discovered this pattern. Instead of spending equipment and materials on their own troops to deal with the Japanese army, they might as well spend some assistance to let the Eighth Route Army contain more Japanese troops. This seemed to be more effective.

As for the Central Army, let alone continuing to increase aid, it would be better if it does not withdraw funding.

After so many years, I don’t know how much aid has been wasted.

Just retreat again and again, hoping that the European battlefield will end soon and the Allied countries will turn around and help other countries' armies.

Under the general trend.

The Soviet army did not want to fight on two fronts, and the Soviet army, which had signed a Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty with Japan in order to temporarily stabilize the Japanese army, could no longer stand it.

If this continues, if the Eighth Route Army, Britain and the United States completely defeat the Japanese invaders, the Soviet side, which did not participate in it, may not get any benefits at all.

As a result, even the Soviet Union gradually gave up its neutral position with the Japanese, began to increase its assistance to the Eighth Route Army, and specially sent Soviet commandos to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in the war against Japan.

The Allied countries specifically stated:

As long as the Eighth Route Army can withstand the enemy's revenge, completely open up the situation in Jiaodong, establish a solid base, and secure the front exit airport that can be used as a springboard at any time to launch attacks on the homeland.

Countries can even further increase assistance in the future.

...As soon as the reinforcements from all walks of life received the order to set off, they immediately started operating under the propaganda of defending Jiaodong. Truck reinforcements were sent out for those who were nearby, and they were transported directly by air for those who were far away. They arrived in batches before the Japs gathered, and then began to familiarize themselves with the fortification defense areas and divide the shooting areas.

Border, replenish combat supplies, rest and wait for the Japanese to take the bait.

Two American heavy artillery brigades, two Soviet-made heavy artillery brigades, three Japanese-made heavy artillery brigades directly under the Ministry of Heavy Industry, as well as the Shandong Military Region Mobile Artillery Detachment and the Jiaodong Coastal Defense Heavy Artillery Regiment (which Ding Wei moved back from Qingdao) all began to secretly move in

In the Haiyang area, prepare to give the Japanese a head-on attack.

"We also airlifted several of our 105mm Type 43 cannon groups and 155mm Type 43 howitzer groups over there. We don't want to leave our children without being able to trap the wolves. This cost will be quite high!"

Although he could not personally participate in this battle, Kong Jie waved his hand and directly supported the Jiaodong Military Region with heavy artillery. In Kong Jie's words:

"Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the little Japanese have been bullying us for so many years, just relying on their equipment advantages. This time, let them taste the taste of the torrent of steel and the despair of being completely crushed in equipment!"

It is destined to be a shocking battle that attracts much attention!

Finally, it officially started in the early morning of the 13th.

Once the battle broke out, it quickly became intense, and time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was around the 20th.

Inside the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone Headquarters.

The fighting in the Jiaodong area was fierce around Haiyang. Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, who were deeply regretful that they could not participate in the war, were also very busy around the military simulation sand table in the headquarters.

After the fighting broke out, the three of them could not see the specific situation.

But battle reports from the front line came out one after another.

On the morning of the 13th, the battle report from the Jiaodong area came:

"The two leading armies of the Japanese army advanced towards the Haiyang area from the directions of Jinan and Weihai respectively, and officially started a confrontation with the blocking forces in the Jiaodong area!"

When analyzing this battle situation, Ding Wei pointedly pointed out: "Judging from the specific situation, the two leading armies of the Japanese seem to be huge and powerful, but they are somewhat testing the truth, and they have not seen the most elite of the Japanese at all.

The bullshit army also has armored units.

It seems that the old devil Okamura is also wary and does not dare to rush in with the mobile main force!"

Kong Jie said: "But the little devils underestimated us. This time we started bombarding the homeland in order to set up this trap in the Jiaodong area.

If the main mobile force of the Japs does not show up, how can we use it at will if we have laid a dragnet?"

This is indeed the case.

Commander Xu and his party, who were commanding in the Jiaodong area, were immediately aware of the Japanese army's probing intentions. Facing the advance of the two Japanese armies, they only launched operations with conventional blocking forces and did not expose too much the firepower deployed in advance.

After the war situation between the two sides gradually became tense.

Okamura, an old Japanese, finally lost his patience. The main mobile force heading north from Qingdao and the cooperating 13th Division advanced at the same time, taking the opportunity to launch a pincer offensive, preparing to eat up the Eighth Route Army troops blocking the way from Jinan and Weihai.

..."Haha, this old boy Okamura can't sit still anymore, the little devil finally got fooled!
To be continued...