A burst of autumn rain and a burst of coolness. A burst of autumn rain and a burst of coolness.
Sitting on the horseback, Kenji Doichi felt an obvious chill. He couldn't help but tighten his woolen coat.
Damn winter! It's coming soon.
If it was before, he should be happy.
Because winter is not good for the activities of the Eighth Route Army. They lack winter clothing and cannot be active in winter.
but now……
He no longer dared to think so.
After his defeat in the last battle in Changping, his assessment of Tubal Road involuntarily changed greatly.
Tubal Road is no longer what it used to be. It is no longer the Wuxia Amen of the past.
Tubal Road now has relatively sufficient weapons and ammunition. There are even heavy artillery and tanks.
Obviously, this is a very bad sign.
The Japanese army suffered continuous heavy losses, which was the beginning of all kinds of bad things.
Now, the Japanese army has begun to implement a basic strategy for Tubal Road activities. It is to eliminate them immediately when they are discovered.
Do not give Tubalu a chance to grow.
For example, this time, Tubal Road appeared in Guyuan.
Dohi Enkenji personally led an infantry brigade to exterminate the Tobal Road.
Any fire is dangerous.
Especially Guyuan.
It connects the Central Plains and beyond the Great Wall.
If Tubal Road is allowed to gain a foothold here, the consequences will be disastrous.
An infantry brigade...
It is not an independent mixed tour group.
It is a regular two-armed brigade with more than 7,000 people.
There is also an artillery brigade.
Equipped with twelve 75mm field guns.
Such a large number of troops, led by Doihara Kenji himself, was quite embarrassing for Doibalo.
Even if the equipment and ammunition of Tubal Road are improved, it should be 100% reliable.
In Guyuan, there are at most a thousand people on Tubal Road.
There can't be more.
Because there isn't much of a population there at all.
Tubal Road cannot gather too many troops.
The sparse population outside the Great Wall is the fatal injury to the Tubal Road development base area. Until now, there has been no Tubal Road base area outside the Great Wall.
"Report!"
The staff officer caught up from behind and handed Doihara Kenji a telegram.
It is a battle status report from the North China Front Army Headquarters.
The Japanese army successfully recaptured Baoding.
This is what Kenji Doihara expected.
Baoding must be conquered.
It is related to the Ping-Han Railway and the 200,000 Japanese troops!
If this node is not opened up, all Japanese troops in the entire Jin Province and the Japanese troops in southern Hebei Province will gradually wither.
This is something that the base camp absolutely cannot bear.
Therefore, after Okamura Neiji took office, his main task was to restore traffic.
I dare not mention restoring other strongholds. Let’s restore transportation first.
Several main divisions transferred from the Kwantung Army were divided into two groups and attacked along the Ping-Han Railway and Jin-Pu Railway.
One is to regain Baoding.
One is to regain Cangzhou.
These two railway nodes have been occupied by Tubal Road for more than a month.
For more than a month, the railway transportation of the Japanese army was completely interrupted, which caused great pressure on the Japanese army at the end of the railway.
It was for this reason that the 108th and 109th Divisions had to retreat.
Without enough supplies, even the most elite divisions are useless.
"Did you encounter fierce resistance?"
"No."
"Where's Tubal Road?"
"They fled without a trace. Only the guerrillas were active nearby."
"idiot……"
Kenji Doihara cursed secretly.
This is the result he least wants to see. There is no head-to-head confrontation on Tubal Road!
They retreated decisively.
There was no chance for the Japanese army to encircle and annihilate them.
As a result, the Japanese army's strategic purpose was not achieved. At most one-third of the combat plan was completed.
What about temporarily resuming rail traffic?
If the main force on Tubal Road is not eliminated in one day, the railway lines will not be safe.
There are already many heavy weapons on Tubal Road, which can easily cut off railway traffic. The railway may be blown up at any time.
Under this background, it was impossible for the Japanese army to carry out large-scale transportation.
What if it gets bombed?
Who dares to guarantee the safety of railway lines?
Don't forget. There are already tanks and heavy artillery on Tubal Road in the North China Plain.
Once tanks and heavy artillery appear, who can stop them?
A squadron? A group?
Only jade pieces.
Even ordinary stations can't stop it at all.
Even if an independent mixed brigade is stationed in Baoding, it can temporarily ensure the safety of Baoding. But, what about other places?
The railway line is so long, where can the Japanese army have so many troops?
Therefore, Tubal Road must still be eliminated.
The active forces of Tubal Road must be completely eliminated to finally eliminate the danger.
The question is, where will Tubalu retreat to?
The answer is ready to come out.
It's certainly not far from the railway line.
Perhaps Tubal Road is not far away, waiting for the Japanese invaders to arrive.
This is what Tuba Road is best at luring the enemy deeper into.
As long as several divisions of the Japanese invaders are separated, they are likely to be divided and surrounded. Then they will take over all at once.
To be honest, no Japanese army in a regiment dares to act alone easily. They are worried that they will fall into the encirclement of Tubal Road and die.
How did Sakata United die?
How did the Kasahara Alliance die?
They were all surrounded by Tubal Road and beaten to death.
Facts have proved that now, a Japanese regiment is absolutely unable to withstand the siege of Tubal Road. The final result will be that everything is shattered.
Think about the past...
What a great day!
A large group of Japanese troops can go on a rampage.
In many cases, a squadron of Japanese troops could move unimpeded and were not afraid of being surrounded by Tubal Road.
Forget the past……
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, there was a faint sound of gunfire.
It seems that the vanguard troops were attacked. It may have been the guerrillas from Tubal Road.
Don't take it seriously.
This is the norm.
There will definitely be harassment from Tubal Road along the way.
However, Doihara Kenji didn't take these things to heart. He didn't care about these Doihara guerrillas at all.
"boom……"
Suddenly, a muffled sound came.
Kenji Doihara opened his eyes involuntarily, with a look of surprise on his face. Is this a mortar?
No way……
Do the Tubal guerrillas have mortars?
In other words, what we encountered were not the guerrillas from Tubal Road at all?
"Da da da……"
"Pa bang bang..."
Immediately, gunfire broke out.
However, the Japanese army launched a counterattack. The offensive was very fierce.
What Kenji Doihara brought this time were the two regiments of the 14th Division that he originally commanded.
He is very clear about the combat effectiveness of his division.
Under the fierce attack of the 14th Division, no Tubal Road could withstand it.
Sure enough, after a while, the gunfire gradually stopped.
It is estimated that Tubal Road was expelled or eliminated. I hope it is the latter...
Unfortunately……
The final result was not satisfactory.
Soon after, intelligence feedback came back. The Japanese army had indeed encountered the guerrillas on Tubal Road.
The opponent is not wearing a military uniform. He must be a guerrilla.
But the firepower was very strong. There were even mortars. After a battle, the Japanese army lost more than fifty people.
The so-called losses are those who were beaten to death. Other injuries are not included for the time being.
However, this is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that Tubal Road disappeared without a trace, not even a body was left behind.
There were just shell casings all over the ground.
Dohi Madoka Kenji personally came up and carefully inspected the battlefield.
frown.
So many bullet casings?
Just a guerrilla?
"count."
"Tie!"
Soon, the results were calculated.
There were actually more than 800 bullet casings. They were all 7.62 mm. They were judged to be bullets for the Soviet-made Mosin-Nagant rifle.
The cartridge case of this model is not surprising. There are many rifles of this type in northern China.
It's strange that there are so many bullets on Tubal Road.
Not a guerrilla?
A guerrilla actually fired more than 800 rounds of ammunition?
Including some bullet casings that may not have been found, maybe more than a thousand rounds. It seems that this Tubal guerrilla group is very rich!
A single attack consumes thousands of rounds of ammunition.
No wonder he was able to kill more than fifty imperial troops...
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General..."
"explain."
"According to frontline reports, the Tubal guerrillas have a longer range..."
"How far?"
"More than two hundred and fifty meters."
"Nani?"
Dohi Madoka Kenji frowned again.
The guerrillas on Tubal Road opened fire from more than 200 meters away?
This is a bit abnormal!
In the past, Tubal Road was always very close. Only when it was close could casualties be caused to the Japanese army.
If you shoot from a distance, you won’t know where the bullet will go.
The guerrillas on Tubal Road didn't have any marksmanship training. They didn't even have enough bullets for actual combat, so how could they be used for training? So their marksmanship was very poor.
The so-called sparrow war is just harassment. It cannot hit the target at all.
But this time, so many were killed.
The more I think about it, the more something feels wrong...
What do these Tubal guerrillas have to rely on? Do they dare to confront the Japanese army in such a big way?
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, sporadic gunshots were heard from the side and behind.
Immediately, the gunfire became increasingly intensive.
"boom……"
There was also the sound of mortars.
Then came the Japanese grenade counterattack.
After about five minutes, the sound of gunfire gradually stopped. It was obvious that the Tubal guerrillas had withdrawn.
"Is there any body left behind?"
"No……"
"idiot!"
Doichi Madoka Kenji frowned deeply.
Are all his subordinates useless? He didn't kill a single Tuballu?
Those are guerrillas!
No one was killed?
In other words, not many were killed. All the bodies were taken away.
idiot!
accurate.
"How many casualties did we have?"
"Twenty-seven people from Jade..."
"idiot!"
Kenji Doihara cursed again.
Twenty-seven more were lost.
Including the injured, there must be more than fifty!
hateful!
One attack caused dozens of casualties. If there were several more attacks...
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, there were sporadic gunshots again.
It seems very far away.
The Japanese army immediately launched a counterattack.
Then……
There's no after that.
No gunshots were heard from Tubal Road.
It was all Japanese troops who were firing.
Soon after, the Japanese gunfire stopped.
The battle report is coming up.
Not many people died. Only five died. They were all beaten to death from a distance.
The sharpshooters of Tubal Road fired from a long distance. After killing the Japanese soldiers, they immediately fled. By the time the Japanese army counterattacked, the Tubal Road guerrillas had no idea where they had gone.
"idiot!"
Kenji Doihara wanted to slap his subordinates.
They are all a bunch of trash!
Even the harassment from Tubal Road was unbearable.
But there is no better way.
In the end, we had to order the nearby puppet troops to come to help in the battle and use the puppet troops to block the guerrillas on Tubal Road.
If people must die, then let the puppet soldiers die.
They deserve to die anyway.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps, but it was Deputy Chief of Staff Matsumoto Nakazuo who hurriedly arrived.
"Your Mightiness……"
"explain."
"It's clear. The entire Panasonic Cavalry Brigade has been destroyed."
"Nani?"
"They lost contact when they attacked Guyuan County. None of them came back."
"idiot……"
Kenji Doihara scolded his mother again.
Damn it, someone is hiding it from me, the head of the Intelligence Section of the base camp!
A cavalry brigade was completely wiped out near Guyuan, but no report came.
Want to die?
You dare to hide such a battle report.
The other Japanese soldiers didn't know this situation and rushed forward rashly. They were just seeking death!
Before, I thought it was an infantry brigade being attacked.
Unexpectedly, there was actually a cavalry brigade that was all dead. This is the most terrifying thing.
What does it mean?
This shows that Tubalu in Guyuan may be extremely powerful.
Those who can destroy a Japanese cavalry brigade are definitely not ordinary people. The strength of Tubal Road may be very powerful.
"Contact the North China Front Command immediately."
"Tie!"
Through the radio, Kenji Doihara quickly contacted Miyano.
Miyano was also surprised.
The Japanese cavalry outside the Great Wall also lost a brigade?
No one alive?
It seems that the situation is serious!
It is very likely that the main force of Tubal Road is already stationed in Guyuan!
At least there is a group.
There were at least two thousand people.
This is troublesome.
Tubal Road took the lead and occupied Guyuan, so it must have built relatively complete fortifications.
Two alliances may not be able to win.
If there are other Tuba Road gatherings, the two regiments may even be in danger.
what to do?
what to do?
The offensive force must be increased.
Since two regiments are not enough, then two more regiments will be added. They will still be commanded by Tohi Maron Kenji.
Neji Okamura will not object. He also hopes to have a good relationship with Kenji Doihara.
Doihara Kenji personally participated in the battle, which means he has first-hand intelligence. This will be very beneficial to Okamura Neji's future strategic planning.
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General..."
"What's up?"
"There is a call from the North China Front. The 151st and 152nd Wings are both under your command. You can mobilize them at any time."
"Youxi..."
Tufei Yuanxian Er is full of ambition.
With four regiments in hand, that is a complete division!
I think back then, when he swept across the Central Plains, it was just a division.
Although the strength of Tubal Road has skyrocketed, it is impossible to attack with one division.
Immediately ordered the other two regiments to advance together and surround Guyuan.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
There were sporadic gunshots again, but Doihara Kenji no longer paid attention.
let's hit!
let's hit!
What use can you guerrillas serve?
At most, they can just kill some useless puppet soldiers.
Kill them without wasting food.
When we get to Guyuan, you Tubalu must get out! Otherwise, I will wipe out all of you there.