1037 Three-front battle, the arrogant Japanese invaders
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They were also fighting under constant consumption. Why, after six consecutive days, the Japanese were exhausted, their tanks were severely damaged, and their fuel supplies were insufficient.
However, the armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly launched a full-scale counterattack are still basically undamaged?
Perhaps the answer to this question can be given at the military meeting held by the Eighth Route Army six days ago.
Those who participated in the meeting at that time included Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and generals at all levels in the Northwest Military Region.
The topic of the meeting was directly proposed by the teacher.
"How to cripple or even destroy the Japanese Nanzhi Armored Brigade?"
The soldiers analyzed the strength comparison between the enemy and ourselves from various perspectives, as well as the many situations that can be expected once the war breaks out.
Kong Jie was the first to propose: "The strength of the Japanese chariot brigade, or chariot group, cannot be underestimated, especially in a vast and flat combat terrain like Western Inner Mongolia.
It can even be said that we currently do not have any mobile force that can engage in a head-on confrontation with the Japanese tank group and achieve a complete victory.
So we have to find a way. There are two ideas here.
One is to drag the Japanese armored troops until they have lost all their energy, and until the Japanese troops are exhausted and their horses are exhausted. At this time, the Japanese mechanical vehicles are basically worn out and need to be repaired.
The other one is difficult to deal with with one fist, so we have to find a way to break him into five fingers.
The Japs' armored cluster is powerful. In addition to their equipment advantages, it also has their mobility advantage. We can only find a way to completely separate the Japs' armored cluster.
Only then can we find opportunities to defeat them one by one.
The tactic of roundabouts, outflanking and elimination is our old tactic, and it is also applicable here."
Brigadier Zhang added: "In addition, we must consider the Japanese air power. The Japanese and puppet military airport in Wuchagou is not far away, and Japanese fighter jets may arrive at any time. This is also a troublesome matter."
It's just that the so-called troublesome things Brigadier Zhang said seemed not difficult to solve in the eyes of Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, and they even showed bright smiles.
Brigadier Zhang was a little confused, so he asked Li Yunlong: "I said Li Yunlong, what, did I say the wrong thing?"
Li Yunlong hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, no, Brigadier, what you said is absolutely right!"
"Then why are you laughing?"
"Old brigade commander, let me give you some data!"
In the end, Kong Jie smiled and explained: "Since our first team established a solid base, the Japanese army has sent at least a dozen aircraft to conduct reconnaissance over our first team every month.
The Japanese conduct air raids from time to time, at least three to five times a month.
According to the results reported by the Japanese flying troops, they basically blow up the fortifications of our team every month, and there are no less than dozens of camps.
In addition, there are dozens of factories, factories, and some military bases."
Brigadier Zhang nodded, feeling a little heartbroken listening to this data.
If you say so, this team may be losing a lot of money every month!
Kong Jie changed the subject and then asked:
"So, old brigade commander, based on the battle situation reported by the Japanese, how much loss do you think our team will suffer every month due to the Japanese air raids?"
There was something in the words, and Brigadier Zhang realized something was wrong, "Kong Jie, stop beating around the bush!"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Okay, let me tell you straight. In fact, the specific losses of our team are not even 1/20 of the results reported by the little devil.
Why?
The Japanese indeed blew up a large number of factory construction, military construction, and even some communications departments and headquarters of our team.
But in fact, they were all given to the little devils for them to blow up.
At least 90% of them are camouflaged air defense fortifications specially built by our team, including fake factories, fake headquarters, fake various military bases, etc.
We will give the little devil as much as he wants to blow up these camouflage fortifications.
Of course, it has never been our style to be beaten unilaterally. The Japanese planes flew to the head of our team's base and bombed it, so naturally we had to fight back.
For this reason, under the air defense system specially built by our team, even if the Japanese attack frequently, at least three to five planes will crash into the mountainous area every month."
"In the end, we used a bunch of fake fortifications, which was just a waste of manpower and material resources. It's amazing that some bricks, mud, and the like can replace several Japanese planes. Old brigade commander, tell me, I made a profit.
Or lose it?"
Brigadier Zhang: "..."
In the end, Brigadier Zhang only said: "No wonder the little devils in your surrounding area, I heard that the more they fight, the poorer they become!"
Back to the topic at hand.
Kong Jie said: "We want to start the weekly strategy, extend the timeline to the sixth day, or even the seventh day, and bring down all the Japanese soldiers and tanks, then we must have a bait, and a bait of sufficient weight.
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For the Japanese armored brigade, there is nothing more exciting than an armored unit of the Eighth Route Army.
Then we can just build a special armored force.
It's just armored vehicles and tanks. Give the kid whatever he wants."
"Lao Kong, what do you mean?"
"It's very simple. According to the current industrial production capacity of our team, it is not possible to independently produce tanks and armored vehicles.
But if you just use wheels, iron frames, and wood to build some movable camouflaged so-called armored vehicles, it would be easy.
As long as these vehicles are dropped into the western Inner Mongolia area, once discovered by the Japanese army, the Japanese will definitely move out in large numbers to destroy our armored forces.
At that time, we will use these camouflaged armored vehicles as the biggest bait to lure the Japanese armored brigades to encircle and suppress us.
Then use small groups of armored troops to continuously harass the Japanese army and lure the Japanese to the nodes we designated.
As a result, the Japanese mobilized a large number of troops, including air power and tanks and chariots, plus a large consumption of manpower and material resources.
We only need to provide a small supply of sneak attack troops.
The consumption of fuel and the loss of mechanical vehicles will also be much smaller compared to the Japanese army's huge group of mechanized vehicles."
Brigadier Zhang nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:
"As for the final counterattack, how will you deploy it?"
Kong Jie said: "It's simple. All our main combat vehicles are fully camouflaged.
We have already made preparations for this. In the current season, the area in western Inner Mongolia is basically a green grassland.
We have specially prepared a lot of grass-colored camouflage nets, and all movable vehicles and equipment are fully camouflaged. When specific operations are carried out, the scouts will cooperate.
It shouldn't be difficult to avoid the aimless searches of Japanese reconnaissance planes on that vast plain grassland.
In addition, we will place some disguised mechanical vehicles around the hiding area of our mechanical vehicles at any time.
This is the most brilliant method of disguise:
Use more conspicuous targets to cover the targets you really want to hide.
The Japanese pilots saw the dark armored vehicles on the green grassland at a glance from above. Would they still carefully search other areas that were obviously grass-colored plains?"
"In addition, we can deploy our troops in batches in advance on the predetermined node defense line.
When the last batch of troops retreats to the node, it will be transferred and maintained immediately.
The waiting node troops will continue to attack, which will not give the Japanese army any chance to breathe.
In fact, it is a disguised wheel tactic.
The Japanese thought they were always chasing one of our armored units, but in fact they were multiple armored units.
We can evenly spread the physical energy consumption of the soldiers and the functional loss of the tanks.
But the little devil can't do this, and he will be brought down by us sooner or later.
In this way, many important nodes have left troops. When we launch a full-scale counterattack on the sixth day, our troops at these nodes will all be connected. By then, the little devil will discover in horror that a dense network has been invisible.
They surrounded."
After Kong Jie said this general tactical idea, Brigadier Zhang stood up and said:
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
"In this way, by the time we launch a full-scale counterattack on the sixth day, the little Japanese will have unknowingly fallen into our trap of division and encirclement.
On the other hand, during the continuous harassment of the Japanese troops, the soldiers were already exhausted and the tanks had also suffered considerable losses.
Under the circumstances, we suddenly launch a general offensive. No matter how powerful the enemy's chariot troops are, there is nothing he can do."
The political commissar added with a smile: "This is not over yet! Our division commander has contacted the 35th Route Army one day ago.
Then Fu Yisheng is still following the old path, fighting jointly with our Eighth Route Army and supporting each other, no problem, but the premise is that our Eighth Route Army can take advantage first and give the 35th Route Army an opportunity to take advantage of the loophole.
Once the main force of the Japanese armored brigade is completely held back by us.
The 35th Route Army has been bullied so much by the Japanese armored forces these days. With Commander Fu's temperament, if we support the elites of several regiments here, the 35th Route Army will probably directly steal the Japanese retreat.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese army will definitely care about its head and not its tail.
Don’t worry about winning this battle!”
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In the end, after the fighting broke out between the two sides, for six consecutive days, although the evolution of the entire battle was slightly different from what Kong Jie and other generals predicted in some small aspects, the big aspects were basically the same.
As expected, the Japanese army was attracted by the large number of Chinese armored units that appeared in the target area, and then heavily mobilized to encircle and suppress them.
When it was learned that the target area was the mobile unit of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Mechanized Combat Force that made a surprise attack on Datong and penetrated the Luzhong area in Xixi.
The Japanese soldiers were shocked at first, and then their eyes turned red.
Nanji Rokuro, who personally led the armored brigade to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Mobile Force, and the commander of the Japanese Major General Brigade, said this vow when reporting the situation to the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Neiji:
"We will definitely be able to eliminate the Eighth Route Army's mobile units in one fell swoop, restore the military's prestige, and eliminate major troubles for the Japanese Empire!"
The 26th Division was ordered to coordinate with the Nanzhi Armored Brigade to flank the Eighth Route Army's armored forces. The newly appointed commander of the Japanese Division believed that it was a complete accident that the Eighth Route Army's mobile troops attacked Datong, causing the 26th Division's home base to be captured by surprise.
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Now that he has taken over the command of the 26th Division, he will definitely destroy this damn Eighth Route Mobile Force in one fell swoop this time and avenge the sacrifice of the Imperial warriors of the 26th Division.
And this is just one scene of the arrogance of high-level Japanese commanding officers on the battlefields of northern Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia.
The Japanese military is much more than that.
This time, in order to cooperate with Okamura Neiji, he swept the Shandong and Shanxi battlefields and wiped out the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region in one fell swoop.
The Japanese China Expeditionary Force dispatched three additional elite field divisions: the 3rd, 6th, and 13th.
At the same time, the General Headquarters of the Japanese China Expeditionary Force also coordinated the Kwantung Army and supported a Ushijima Division.
There are four major field groups in total.
Among them, the third field division of the Japanese army often participated in large-scale battles. During the Sino-Japanese war, this division was present in many battles since the outbreak of the Songhu Battle.
The various arms of this division have strong cooperative combat capabilities. They are very good at fighting tough battles and frontal battles, and can coordinate well with neighboring troops.
This sixth division is even more arrogant. It is not only good at frontal combat, but also good at detours. It is especially familiar with the terrain in Shanxi and even has a proud record of defeating the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Division commander Sekimura Kazuo is even more cynicical towards local security forces, such as Yubei, SJZ division commander and Dezhou Colonel, and does not even restrain himself in public.
He made it clear that he was a scum of the Japanese Empire and had lost the face of the soldiers of the Japanese Empire.
As for the 13th Division, it seems not as dazzling as the 36th Division.
As the division leader, Buntaichiro is also relatively low-key.
The combat style is very stable. Although it is not outstanding in all aspects, it is not bad at all. As a veteran main force, its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
When analyzing these major field divisions that Xiaojiazi added, the deputy chief of staff once made it clear:
"Although from the intelligence information on the surface, the third and sixth divisions are stronger, I think this 13th division may be the most troublesome!"
In addition, the Kwantung Army's Udo Mansan Division.
To describe it accurately, this is like a surprise military division, which usually does not show off its prowess, but is proficient in mountain warfare.
The division commander Ushijima Mitsuru was open-minded and eager to learn, steady and prudent, and had no leaks. He was a very difficult person to deal with.
This guy had won many battles against the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance. He had a well-founded fighting style, never greedy for merit and rash advancement, focused on stability, and was proficient in various mountain tactics.
This is also the reason why the Japanese command headquarters dispatched additional Ushidao Manchu Division to assist in dealing with the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.
In addition to these four field divisions, there are also the troops of the First Army stationed in Shanxi and the Japanese Twelfth Army stationed in Shandong.
The forces mobilized by the Japanese this time are unprecedentedly massive.
According to the division of combat areas, the Japanese army is roughly divided into three regional battlefields.
Northern Shanxi and western Mongolia are one area, and the main battles are between the Eighth Route Army of the Northwest Military Region, the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area, and the mobile troops led by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, and the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia and the Nanzhi Armored Brigade.
One battlefield in Shanxi mainly focuses on the confrontation between the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area and the Japanese army in Shanxi, including the Japanese army originally stationed in Shandong that was transferred from the Gangcun war zone.