…It wasn’t until the main force of more than a dozen regiments of the Eighth Route Army suddenly arrived in Licheng that the Japanese and puppet defenders in Licheng looked for help from all sides with a look of shock.
The news was quickly passed to the Japanese North China Front Headquarters.
When Lao Guizigangcun learned the news, just as the Eighth Route Army base was in full swing to celebrate the wedding of Kong Jie and others, the Japanese army took the opportunity to deploy troops and prepare to destroy the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Station in one fell swoop. He was secretly happy and angry.
Calm down and relax.
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the main force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly mobilized in large numbers. It has already arrived in Licheng and is launching a crazy attack from all directions!"
"Nani?"
Okamura was stunned when he suddenly heard the news. He felt like he was in a dream, maybe he didn't wake up at all.
Siege Li City?
These damn Eighth Route Army, how dare they?
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. The Eighth Route Army is celebrating its victory in the base areas. Outside each base area, there is a solid military blockade of our empire. The Eighth Route Army has long been a turtle in the urn. How could they suddenly appear in Licheng and mobilize their main force in large numbers?" p>
Okamura tried his best but couldn't figure out the reason.
But the facts are right in front of us. Licheng is once again surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army from all sides, and is now in crisis.
The current situation is very passive for the Japanese army.
This time Licheng was besieged, which was different from the last time Licheng was heavily besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army's surprise attack came too suddenly. The Japanese army hardly noticed any disturbance in advance. Licheng, which was already heavily surrounded by troops, did not have enough time to wait for reinforcements from all fronts to arrive just like last time. p>
The most important thing is that your North China Front was almost defeated by the Eighth Route Army last time, and reinforcements from all fronts in Licheng came over to help wipe the mess.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army still escaped. The Eighth Route Army also used the guise of besieging Licheng to attack defense areas in northern Henan, western Shandong, and central Shandong, causing turmoil in the entire North China and even the Japanese-occupied areas in central China.
This time, Licheng was once again surrounded by heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army.
The little devils in other areas will naturally not rush over to help. They even want to sit back and watch the fun.
The Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Neji Okamura, is an incredible warrior.
You can’t even deal with the mere Eighth Route Army, right?
Okamura is so depressed. It is certain that he will deal with the Eighth Route Army, but definitely not now, but after completing this secret deployment.
Now the Eighth Route Army suddenly took action and took the initiative to launch an attack. For the Japanese army, it was somewhat caught off guard.
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In fact, the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to quietly complete the siege of Licheng this time started with the team's external business.
Just like it was in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Before the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain broke out, the Japanese army had penetrated Zhongtiao Mountain through thousands of holes through business dealings with the Chinese army.
The Japanese caravans coming and going could even freely enter and leave the National Army defense area in Zhongtiao Mountain, which was like entering an uninhabited land.
With the help of caravans, the Japanese army arranged a large number of spies and scouts to enter the National Army defense area to conduct reconnaissance. Even before the battle began, the Japanese army had already thoroughly understood the intelligence of the entire Zhongtiao Mountain National Army.
Including the position deployment map, and even what the national soldiers in each position eat for lunch every day, the Japanese can know immediately.
It’s not surprising that the Chinese army lost so miserably in the final battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The Japanese army even considered every detail of every aspect of the battle before the battle.
However, the little devil never expected it.
Things are changing, and the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on Licheng this time is similar to the way the Japanese army used caravans to infiltrate and spy on the Chinese army in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.
With the development of a team's business over the years, it can be said that the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas have been almost penetrated.
None of the Japanese around the Iron Triangle Base Area, including the Taihang Base Area, don’t know that the team leader Kong Jie is the walking God of Wealth.
No one has trouble with money.
Coupled with the frequent business dealings between the two parties, they became familiar with each other after going back and forth.
Before the battle started, Kong Jie had already arranged everything.
On the surface, the corresponding caravans were arranged as usual and entered the Japanese-occupied area in a swaggering manner.
The Japanese and puppet troops stationed there have long been accustomed to this, and they were released directly after a brief interrogation.
If the passing businessman looks familiar, or if he stuffs a few silver coins with him, the Japanese and puppet soldiers who are responsible for guarding the checkpoint will give him a green light and let him go directly.
Occasionally encounter some accidents, in the words of Captain Kong: "As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem!"
Money ability exerts great power.
The checkpoints and strongholds guarded by Japanese and puppet troops along the way are basically unimpeded.
Of course, the targets selected by each caravan were some security forces originally located in Shanxi. As for the security forces temporarily transferred from the Shandong defense zone, they first tried to conduct infiltration and reconnaissance, so as not to easily alert the enemy.
Coupled with the intelligence returned by the Eighth Route Army this time, the Japanese army has just been stuck in the gap between the security forces in Shandong and Shanxi areas.
The morning the fighting broke out.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as caravans, and under the cover of Japanese and puppet army officers who usually had business dealings, they passed the defense line without any danger.
Subsequently, the main force participating in the battle will continue to be disguised as a caravan to enter.
At first, the Japanese and puppet troops didn't think much about it. The explanation given by the first team was that they had been hoarding a lot of goods recently and they took advantage of the opportunity to make a few transactions.
Until the caravans continuously passed through the Japanese defense line, there were even dozens more caravans at one go.
Only then did the Japanese officer stationed on guard realize that something was not right.
But it's too late.
The soldiers disguised as a caravan suddenly took action, quickly took out the firearms hidden in the vehicles, and took the lead in attacking the Japanese and puppet troops stationed there.
The Japanese and puppet troops were caught off guard. They were originally some second-rate combat troops of the security army. How could they be the opponent of the main force of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly attacked.
The defense lines that were originally solid and even made of concrete structures were directly exploited by the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The fighting between all parties broke out in an instant, and it did not last long before the entire defense line was easily broken through by the Eighth Route Army soldiers disguised as caravans.
At this point, the fun has just begun.
The main combat forces involved in the raid on Licheng included, in addition to the seven or eight main combat groups of the 386 Brigade, some main combat groups of the 385 Brigade, and the cooperation of some local military units.
After the Japanese defense lines on all sides were successfully broken through by the Eighth Route Army with the help of caravan disguises, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army on all sides followed the original battle plan, left corresponding troops behind, and took over the breached Japanese defense lines.
The rest of the main force quickly advanced toward Licheng along the designated route.
All this happened so fast, it was simply shocking.
The Eighth Route Army's goal this time is very clear, which is to go straight to Licheng.
Under the thunderous action of all parties, the Japanese army was caught off guard. The Japanese never expected that the Eighth Route Army, which was still celebrating its victory in the base area, would suddenly appear near Licheng like a magic weapon descending from the sky.
The leakage of intelligence led to fatal flaws in the Japanese army.
At the moment, when the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are attacking Licheng, it is the time when the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and Shanxi are changing defenses.
At this time, nearly 1/3 of Shanxi's security forces had left their original security areas and headed for Shandong.
The corresponding security forces from Shandong have not yet had time to arrive at the security areas in Shanxi.
This resulted in this brief gap of empty military strength.
But the Eighth Route Army just caught the flaw.
The failure of the Japs this time can be entirely attributed to the failure of intelligence.
The other is the corruption of the underlying security forces.
This old devil Okamura is probably thinking hard, but he can't figure out how the Eighth Route Army troops, who have always been poor and beggar-like, suddenly turned into rich men.
You can even use money and business to corrupt his security forces.
..."Baga, bastards, these damn silverfish are simply a disgrace to our Japanese Empire, they all deserve to die!"
Within the headquarters, after the relevant departments investigated the situation and reported to Okamura.
I learned that the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to quietly besiege Licheng with heavy troops was all because of the poor defense of the underlying security forces. The Eighth Route Army troops disguised themselves as caravans and successfully broke through the defense line and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
Old Guizi Gangcun was so angry that he wanted to behead all the officers of the Imperial and Imperial Alliance Army who were having illicit affairs.
This also strengthened Okamura's determination to conduct an all-round exchange of security forces in Shandong and mountainous areas.
At the moment, for Okacun, the most important thing is how to resolve the crisis in Licheng again.
The Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked, and the terrain of Licheng was very unique, being surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Although such terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the main transportation channel is completely cut off, it can easily become an isolated city.
The advantage is that you can defend the entire city with the minimum number of troops, especially when facing the Eighth Route Army troops with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.
It is precisely with this in mind that in order to completely cut off the harassment of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese 36th Division placed its logistics center in Licheng.
I thought that this impregnable fortress would never be threatened by the Eighth Route Army troops.
Not long ago, the Eighth Route Army went crazy and gathered a large number of main forces towards Licheng. The Japanese army from all fronts rushed to Licheng for reinforcements, although they were passive.
However, this old man in Gangcun still had a small calculation and believed that Yili City was a fortress that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, within a certain period of time, he could completely block the attack of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
If we can use Licheng to firmly hold back the main force of the attacking Eighth Route Army, we will definitely be able to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop after the follow-up reinforcements encircle them.
It is a pity that the Eighth Route Army did not fall for this trick at all. Instead, it feinted a shot. Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the main force that originally besieged Licheng suddenly transformed into beasts and dispersed in all directions to attack.
Lao Guizigangcun's wishful thinking failed again.
He never expected that the Eighth Route Army would come towards Licheng again.
What he didn't expect was that he especially strengthened the military blockade of the Eighth Route Army base areas and even built special fortifications made of concrete, but he failed to successfully stop the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a moment.
By the time the news came, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army from all sides had basically cut off all the transportation arteries around Licheng and were approaching the city.
In Kong Jie’s emotional words:
"Maybe this is the power of money!"
"The devils used blockades to surround our base area on three levels inside and outside like an onion, but we just used these bills, which have no actual value, to get through the border easily. This time, the little devils
It was defeated by internal decay!”
Before the attack began, Kong Jie sent a caravan to continue infiltrating toward Licheng according to the old pattern. The Japanese and puppet troops did not notice much about this.
After these caravans sneaked into Li City, they turned into commandos hiding in secret.
After the establishment scale of a team was expanded again, the commando team also expanded further.
The commando team led by Duan Peng and Ye Min became the commando team directly under the branch, and also trained commando teams of each regiment.
Although the quality of the assault team is not as good as that of the assault team, every one of the team members is one of the best.
In addition, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army, who had a long-term plan, took the opportunity to lurk many underground members in Licheng when they besieged Licheng last time.
Although the Japanese army finally lifted the crisis of Licheng's siege, many intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to infiltrate.
Finally, after the battle to attack Licheng began, the commandos, as well as the intelligence personnel who had already secretly conducted intelligence work in Licheng, cooperated inside and outside to raid the Japanese and puppet guards at the city gate at night.
There were also corresponding personnel who created chaos in the city, causing a fire in the backyard of the Japanese army, making it difficult to protect everything.
As a result, although Licheng's defense was impregnable on the surface, it was already full of crises internally.
After Licheng fell into crisis.
The Japanese army couldn't sit still, especially since the Eighth Route Army's attack seemed to have been prepared all the way and was overwhelming. There were quite a lot of internal forces in Licheng, and many puppet generals even defected before the battle, catching the Japanese off guard.
Okamura hurriedly gave the order.
The Japs from Shexian, Lucheng, and Xiangyuan rushed to Licheng for reinforcements.
Each department's blockade line strengthens defense and does not allow any Eighth Route Army troops to pass.
"Licheng is determined not to make any mistakes. To delay the attack of the Eighth Route Army troops, we must insist on the deployment of security forces in the two districts in order to smoothly implement the follow-up combat plan!"
At the headquarters, Okamura kept issuing orders. At this moment, the old devil no longer had the calmness he had in the past few days.
The sudden movement of the Eighth Route Army was directed at Licheng, disrupting his original deployment.
The security forces in Shandong and Shanxi had not completely completed the change of defense, and the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked at this juncture.
And when we came up, we rushed to the Japanese army's logistics hub-Fortress Leicheng.
Okamura has some numbness, these Eighth Route Army troops are so difficult to figure out.
At this time, he also realized that the peace in the Eighth Route Army base area and the celebrations everywhere, including the collective military wedding of Kong Jie and others, might be just a cover to spread suspicion.
"Damn, these cunning bastards!"
Okamura cursed, and he could only try his best to stabilize the situation and try to continue to control the dominance...