Both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army were secretly preparing and planning.
The Eighth Route Army has disclosed a lot of information to the outside world in a more reasonable and implicit way.
On the one hand, the Eighth Route Army especially strengthened the defense of the two fortresses of Datong and Zhangjiakou, built these two cities into special steel fortresses, and continuously stationed troops, making it clear that it planned to garrison Datong and Zhangjiakou for a long time.
On the other hand, because the Japanese troops stationed in Zhangjiakou and Datong counties have been on hold, there are even signs of reduction in troop strength.
The Eighth Route Army thus revealed that its internal troops believed that the Japanese army had no plans to attack Datong and Zhangjiakou in the short term.
In addition, the Japanese army also received news:
The Eighth Route Army held an autumn competition before the end of the year in the Iron Triangle base area, that is, in the stable suburban anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas such as Yangquan, Shouyang, and Mengxian.
Among them, the combat troops participating in the competition include the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle Field Army, as well as elite combat troops from the Taihang base area, and even the Eighth Route Army's base areas such as Jizhong and Southern Hebei.
"General, the Eighth Route Army seems to want to further train its troops and enhance their combat effectiveness through military competitions. Judging from their deployment, the Eighth Route Army does believe that our army will not attack Datong and Zhangjiakou in the short term."
In the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, the Japanese chief of staff analyzed this.
The old Japanese Naosaburo Okabe nodded thoughtfully.
During this period, the Japanese army tried almost every method to convince the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese army only wanted to enter a stable confrontation with the Eighth Route Army and had no plans to attack Datong and Zhangjiakou in the short term.
In response, the Japanese army even deliberately relaxed the vigilance within the occupied areas of major counties and deliberately disclosed information to the outside world, indicating that after the end of the autumn offensive, the Japanese army was severely weakened and it would take some time to mobilize supplies and reinforcements from all parties.
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It is naturally impossible to launch a rash attack on steel fortresses like Datong and Zhangjiakou before being fully prepared.
Not only that, it seems that in order to make the Eighth Route Army completely believe this sign, the Japanese army also specially sent the head of the secret service, Doi Yuan.
Tu Feiyuan was obviously a good Tai Chi practitioner. After arriving in Datong and Zhangjiakou, he immediately sent people to communicate with the Eighth Route Army. In his letter, he even praised the Eighth Route Army's moral spirit and expressed that the Eighth Route Army was a humanitarian force.
Even though we are at war, there is still morality.
The Japanese army hopes to recover the remains of soldiers who died in Datong and Zhangjiakou.
The Eighth Route Army followed Kong Jie's thinking, ostensibly agreeing to the Japanese army, and further promoted the Eighth Route Army's humanitarian spirit in order to undermine the morale of the Japanese army, and win over and stabilize the members of the Japanese anti-war alliance that had been merged into the Eighth Route Army camp.
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But in private, those who need supplies need supplies, and those who need money need money.
In Kong Jie's words, we have a reputation for helping the little devil collect the corpses of soldiers, which also requires manpower and material resources.
A Japanese corpse costs 200 oceans.
Kong Jie was never afraid of the lion opening his mouth.
When Tu Feiyuan heard the news, his old face twitched and he wished he could catch that bastard Kong Jie in front of him and chop him in half.
His soldiers are not golden. If a soldier could be exchanged for 200 oceans, he would have exchanged it himself without Kong Jie having to say anything.
However, in order to stabilize the Eighth Route Army on the bright side and prevent the Eighth Route Army from becoming suspicious, Tufeiyuan started playing Tai Chi with Kong Jie. They sent a letter today and asked someone to bring a message tomorrow. In short, they were bargaining, thinking that Kong Jie would give him
The price offered is really outrageous.
In the end, Kong Jie also waved his hand and said that he would give him a discount.
The corpse of a Japanese soldier only costs NT$50. Is that okay?
It's actually quite expensive.
But for Tu Feiyuan, after nearly three days of back-and-forth Tai Chi practice, he was almost ready to prepare secretly, so he no longer hesitated and readily agreed to cooperate with Kong Jie.
He also made it clear that the handover would take place the next day, with the Eighth Route Army handing over the remaining half of the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, and then Dofeiyuan would send the prepared materials and ocean.
In the Taihang Base Special Experimental Area Headquarters, Kong Jie, who learned the news, smiled contemptuously and said: "If our guess is correct, this old devil Tu Feiyuan will probably run away once he agrees to our conditions.
The smoke bomb deliberately released by the Japanese army has expired, and I think the next step will be carried out soon!"
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan said: "The little devil has been tortured by us a lot in recent years, but he has become more and more shrewd. He also knows how to hide the truth and hide the truth. Unfortunately, he has only learned a little bit from us.
This time we will use the trick. The Japs deliberately spread false information to buy time for secret preparations. So we are deceiving the Japs and preparing secretly.
So far, our troops from all parties have been covertly moved into position one after another.
Next, we are waiting for the self-righteous little devils who think that in their continuous victory and progress, they have fallen into the trap we set for the devils in advance!"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "This is what the art of war talks about using the enemy's humanity.
The enemy will naturally not fall into a trap that is obvious to you, but if you make the enemy believe that they have absolute dominance and advantage, and then use a tempting enough bait, the enemy will willingly fall into the trap.
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Amid laughter, Kong Jie spread out the map and started working on it.
Soon, he used a pencil to draw multiple dots on the map, and then connected the dots into long lines. Soon, a dense network appeared in the area centered on Yangyuan.
"With Yangyuan as the center, Dai County in the southwest, Huashaoying in the east, including Yu County, and Yangyuan itself, these are the baits we use for fishing. These baits must be sufficient and attractive enough.
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"Based on the intelligence we have secretly collected during these days, the Japanese Kwantung Army, including the Central China Front Army and the North Korean puppet troops, have signs of secret mobilization. Judging from the intelligence from all parties, we might as well make a bold guess - if we
If it is the Japanese military headquarters, what route and method will it use to launch attacks on Datong and Zhangjiakou this time?"
Ding Wei on the side took over the conversation and said: "The Japanese have worked hard to convince us that they will not attack Datong and Zhangjiakou in a short time. If they want to launch an attack, it must be a surprise attack.
This is absolutely certain.”
He then analyzed the map: "According to the Japanese army's consistent tactical thinking, once it launches an attack on Datong and Zhangjiakou, I think it is likely that multiple forces will advance at the same time, with the goal of final encirclement, to surround our main force in one fell swoop, or to catch them all in one fell swoop.
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Then the transportation lines in the direction of Xinkou, Daixian, Pinglu, Shanyin, Shuoxian, Yingxian, Yuxian and other places are all excellent ways for the Japanese army to launch force raids.
If the Japanese make more movements and send several lines of troops extending from the direction of Zhangjiakou, they can connect with the troops heading north to form a pincer offensive and strangle our troops trapped in the Datong and Zhangjiakou areas from multiple directions."
Ding Wei's analysis was very pertinent, but as he spoke, no trace of worry could be seen on the faces of Kong Jie, Xu Guoan, Ding Wei, Li Yunlong and other generals.
On the contrary, everyone's eyes were burning, as if they were eager for the Japanese army to launch an attack quickly.
Li Yunlong said cheerfully: "Starting from the outer line of Huashaoying and heading west to the Yangyuan area, this time we Lao Li spent a lot of effort and specially prepared a large amount of supplies and gifts for the little devils.
Just watch, after the Japanese invaders break through the Huashaoying defense line, they will be so greedy for the large amount of captured supplies that they will be able to move all the way westward, and they will not be able to stop at all!"
Ding Wei asked curiously: "Old Li, what you said is so mysterious, what exactly have you prepared?"
Li Yunlong chuckled and said: "During this period, I have been collecting spoiled, moldy, and sprouted grains everywhere. Oh, of course, I have to make a complete show. I also have to put some high-quality good grains on the surface of these grains as a disguise.
How else could you fool this little devil?
There are also old sleeves from your military divisions, big shots, one-on-one, iron cocks, as well as black powder-filled garbage artillery shells and grenade shells, as well as unqualified reloading shells, and shabby clothes replaced by the troops, all
They pulled them all over, almost filling up the supply bases and warehouses from Huashao Camp to Yangyuan.
I even used the refined waste fuel oil and filled the oil depot to the brim.
Just waiting for the devil to take the bait!
You said that after the Japanese broke through the defense line and obtained these seizures, everyone would be extremely happy. The ground was filled with supplies and treasures, and they had to head all the way to Yangyuan with their heads covered!"
Ding Wei immediately came back to his senses and said happily: "Well, Old Li, I really have you!"
Since this battle centered on Datong and Zhangjiakou, the Eighth Route Army used the Iron Triangle Group Army as the main force of the battle, including the pre-war meeting held this time in Kong Jie's special experimental area.
Xu, the old leader of the 771st Regiment, and Cheng, the old leader of the 772nd Regiment, are now the commanders of each military division, and this time they also made a special request to come to help.
It was rare for old comrades to fight side by side again, and everyone was in high spirits.
Hearing what Li Yunlong said, Lao Cheng, who was especially good at living, became anxious at the time: "I say Lao Li, there are so many things, even if they have some minor problems, you can't give them all to the little devil, right?"
Hearing this, Li Yunlong glanced at Lao Cheng and said: "As the old saying goes, if you don't let go of your children, you can't trap the wolf. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't catch the tiger's cubs. The scale of this battle will definitely not be small. There are many opportunities to make a fortune. If you don't catch the wolf in the early stage,
If you are reluctant to invest, how can you make a fortune?
In addition, these grenade shells are of inferior quality. If you pull the match cord, they might explode before being thrown out. Maybe the enemy will fall on it. Even though it is big, it might be used to hit someone on the head, which is better than throwing it at the enemy.
It's even more powerful when it comes out.
It's not even as good as the original border building. Our border building can at least be blown in half! I don't know how you came up with so many of these junk things!
If it weren't for me, your junk stuff would just be piled up in the warehouse, useless."
Lao Qin, who also came to help this time, blushed and said helplessly: "This is just a small workshop. It can't compare with your big machine products, Lao Li. In this way, if you send me a few more trucks of grenades, I will send more
Elites join your follow-up troops!"
Naturally, Lao Li wouldn't do this kind of loss-making business, so he shook his head like a rattle: "Don't, don't, don't, big brother, you can't buy or sell by force!"
Old Xu Le said: "Old Li, didn't I just ask you for some grenades? You are extremely rich now, so you can't dig like an old rich man, right? You're lucky if you don't ask for cannonballs."
When Li Yunlong saw this battle, he saw that they were attacking in groups, trying to defeat the local tyrants!
He quickly changed the topic: "Ahem, Lao Cheng, this is probably the last time we will fight side by side. This time, I invite you to learn how the armored troops fight head-on for free. Watch out!"
It was rare that Lao Li didn't shout like a blind man, and he also knew how to save some face for himself, but it was not a good thing after all.
Lao Cheng didn't take it seriously and said: "I'm talking about Lao Li, isn't it just that after the rockets hit the heavy artillery, and then the tanks, assault guns, and armored vehicles came up and it was over?
This is how I played before when I was in Baoding, why do I need you to teach me?"
Li Yunlong was immediately happy, and he immediately got carried away with his joy and said: "Hey, blind man Cheng, don't be dissatisfied.
What's that to you? It's just a low-level battlefield at most.
Let me take you to play something high-end. This time there is a Type 42 reinforced armored high-end tank, equipped with a new sight and a gun vertical device; the gun is a specially enhanced 85 mm caliber, the armor is fully upgraded to 100 mm, and the armor is sloped.
With the addition of additional armor and the replacement of a high-horsepower diesel engine, the mileage was reduced, but the speed was not reduced, but the weight increased.
In addition, it cooperates with the lightly armored Type 42 medium tank.
There is also the newly entered Type 42 90mm tank destroyer, which was modified from the US Army's 90 anti-aircraft gun.
There are Type 42 122mm self-propelled howitzer trucks, Type 42 light 150mm self-propelled howitzer trucks that are imitated and modified from the Xiaoguizi Type 99 mountain gun, and Type 42 150mm heavy howitzers that are imitated and improved from the Four-year-old howitzer.
How these artillery can build positions and how to carry out coordinated attacks is very particular. If you don't broaden your horizons in actual combat, I'm afraid you will only be a countryman for the rest of your life!"
Li Yunlong said proudly.
"This is because our arsenal has not successfully copied the US-made 155 and Soviet-made 152 howitzers, otherwise these equipment will have to be eliminated and used as scrap metal in the warehouse!"
Lao Cheng was silent. He was really incomparable in this regard. In the end, he could only say sourly: "Li Yunlong, didn't you just get behind Lao Kong and take advantage? If you have the ability, you can develop your own base and build it yourself."
Factory, build your own artillery and armored forces!
It sounds like it's all your fault, but I want to take a closer look this time to see what you can do with this high-end battlefield."
"Hahaha, Old Cheng, Old Cheng, are you feeling sour?"
"Just wait and see, our Lao Li will put on a big show for you this time!"