Facing a truly elite team equipped with a large amount of American equipment.
For the first time on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese felt the despair of being crushed by the Chinese army.
Facing a field army with extremely sophisticated equipment, extremely powerful firepower, and even sharper and more powerful combat capabilities.
They retreated from the hinterland of the first team's base area and formed a counter-encirclement towards the county town in an attempt to intercept the main force of the 123rd Independent Regiment. The three-layer blockade set up along the way was almost collapsed when encountering the attack of the main force of the 123rd Regiment.<
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"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, after the Fifth Battalion encountered the Eighth Route Army troops, the two sides fought for less than ten minutes before breaking through the defensive line.
The Fifth Brigade suffered more than 300 casualties!"
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army troops evacuated from the county seat have broken through the second blockade of our army's reverse encirclement."
"...Sir, the Eighth Route Army has now broken through the third blockade of our army and is escaping towards the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's first team base!"
A series of messages were quickly passed through the former enemy combat headquarters to the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi in Taiyuan City.
Then take into account the time it takes to transmit information.
This means that the Japanese army's mopping up troops formed a counter-encirclement towards the county town and raised the blockade.
The Eighth Route Army that snatched the Japanese crops in the county took less than an hour to break through three Japanese blockades.
The self-righteous blockade of the Japanese army was as fragile as a piece of tissue in front of this real main force.
It seems like it will break with just one poke.
"These stupid fools! What on earth are the fighting troops at the front doing? With 20,000 Imperial Japanese Army troops plus Imperial Alliance Army troops, surrounded by heavy troops, even a small Eighth Route Army can't stop it?" p>
Inside the headquarters.
The Japs Commander Yoshio Shinozuka looked livid in silence.
Beichuan, the Japanese chief of staff on the side, couldn't help but get furious.
"General, please calm down. I will send someone to inquire about the specific situation of the battle between the two sides!"
So far.
The Japanese army's attempt to sabotage the Eighth Route Army's Autumn Harvest Operation failed.
In the agricultural area in front of a team, the Japanese army was ambushed by a trap set by Kong Jie, causing more than 3,000 casualties.
The main force of the 123rd Independent Regiment took advantage of the Japanese army's mopping up troops to be restrained by a group of local army and militia forces, and seized a large amount of farmland in the occupied area by the Japanese army.
Preliminary estimates indicate that one team harvested tens of thousands of acres of Japanese crops.
Even one acre of land can only produce two to three hundred kilograms of grain.
The crops harvested can produce at least several million kilograms of grain.
The two-front battle planned by Kong Jie this time.
The plan to protect the autumn harvest while grabbing Japanese crops was a fruitful plan.
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Half a day later, the Japanese mopping up troops had slowly retreated to some relatively stable strongholds, towns and counties.
Through the investigation of the intelligence department, within the headquarters, the Japanese Chief of Staff Beichuan finally understood the specific process of the confrontation between the Japanese army and the main force of the 123rd Regiment.
Kitagawa, who rushed to the headquarters to report the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka, spoke heavily:
"General, according to the investigation by the relevant departments of our army, the situation of the confrontation between our Imperial Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army that sneakily attacked our army's crops has been clarified."
"According to the memories of a major who participated in the war."
"The two sides encountered each other in the mountainous area and immediately opened up their positions. According to the situation at the time, the two armies were facing a face-to-face confrontation and fighting a positional battle."
"In such a battle, our army has always been invincible on the battlefield against China. With our army's more sophisticated equipment and artillery advantages, we can often hit more with less and comprehensively suppress the Chinese army."
"But..."
Beichuan sighed, as if he couldn't believe the fact:
"In this confrontation, the situation between the two sides was completely reversed. It was true that the battle was a positional battle, but our army's superiority in firepower was completely suppressed by the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army."
"The Type 89 grenade equipped by our Imperial Japanese Army, according to the memories of the troops at the time, was knocked down by the opponent's artillery fire one step ahead of schedule before it could lock on to the enemy's machine gun fortifications."
"The hostile Eighth Route Army troops seem to be using American 60mm mortars, which can crush our army's grenade launchers in all directions, both in terms of power and range.
In addition, the enemy's artillery tactics are very mature, and their artillery scouts can detect targets even faster than the imperial soldiers."
"In the exchange of artillery fire, our army fell into a disadvantage after just one encounter!"
"As for the duel between infantry, it seems to be the same. The Eighth Route Army unit is equipped with a large number of American semi-automatic rifles, and their rate of fire is much better than our army's bolt-action rifles."
"Furthermore, those Eighth Route Army troops are all well-trained, and their marksmanship is quite sophisticated. Their overall level is as good as the elites of our empire."
"In such a confrontation, our army set up a regional blockade, and the enemy's Eighth Route Army concentrated its efforts to attack one point, and then the other side broke three blockades in a row."
"The battle situation ahead was rapidly collapsing. By the time our imperial flying team arrived, it was already too late, and all the enemy troops had disappeared into the vast mountains."
After Yoshio Shinozuka listened to Kitagawa's narration in silence.
He focused his attention on the base area where one team was located on the map display.
That area has been circled by the Japanese staff in the most eye-catching red color, as shown in the picture.
It seems that this moment is used to remind Yoshio Shinozuka of his hatred for the first team.
"Mr. Beichuan, it seems that this Eighth Route Army unit that attacked our crops is the real elite in Kong Jie's hands."
"Yes, General, this cannot be false. We were deceived by Kong Jie's deception before."
Beichuan then made his own analysis: "Perhaps when our army was advancing into the hinterland of the first team's base, the so-called main force of the first team of the Eighth Route Army encountered along the way was just the local army of the Eighth Route Army under the jurisdiction of the first team. p>
Logically speaking, the equipment of the main force of the Eighth Route Army is average. The local army has always been the three-gun Tubal Army with scarce ammunition and backward equipment.
But this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army even displayed a large amount of American equipment.
Then it is easy to understand that the equipment of the local army to which they belong has been improved."
After the analysis, Kitagawa and Shinozuka Yoshio were silent together.
This Eighth Route Army unit and Kong Jie's difficulty once again gave the two old Japanese a headache.
Beichuan changed the topic and temporarily transferred this hot topic:
"General, this detachment of the Eighth Route Army has become a complete mess now. If we can't destroy it in one fell swoop without using great determination, there is actually no need for a small-scale attack."
"And now, I think our priority is how to get through this winter."
"Since the beginning of this year, the drought in the areas occupied by our army has become increasingly serious, a large number of farmland has severely reduced production, and the military food supply of our imperial troops is also facing severe challenges."
When this issue was mentioned, Beichuan became extremely angry:
"Originally, there were military rations transported by train from other provinces, plus large-area crops planted under centralized planning and management by our army in the suburbs.
Although this year's military ration supply is tight, it is not difficult.
As a result, the military rations transported by the train were ambushed and plundered many times by this team led by Kong Jie. Now even the farmland crops that our army concentrated on planting have been mostly plundered by this damn team.
According to the data reported by various counties and preliminary statistics, the farmland in the area occupied by our army was raided by the Eighth Route Army this time, and the crops snatched by the Eighth Route Army may exceed 20,000 acres..."
Beichuan didn't say the rest, but the meaning was obvious.
At present, too much food has been robbed by the Eighth Route Army. If the Japanese army wants to make good this winter, they may have to think of ways to deal with food.
Facing Kitagawa's sad face, Shinozuka Yoshio was silent for a long time.
The whole room could hear a pin drop for a moment...
A long while.
Yoshio Shinozuka slowly said, "Today, this Eighth Route Army unit has become the biggest cancer in the entire northwestern Shanxi.
You are absolutely right in saying something.
For today’s team, it’s no longer helpful to fight in small quarrels.
Only a powerful enough blow can destroy it in one fell swoop."
Beichuan said: "So... General, do we still need to wait until the final big sweep plan starts?"
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded: "A small impatience will ruin a big plan!"
"Hi!"
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A team's base area.
Kong Jie, the instigator of the gnashing of teeth between the two old Japanese soldiers Shinozuka Yoshio and Kitagawa, was sitting in the yard at the moment, crossing his legs and listening to the reports of the returning regiment leaders.
Lei Dasheng, acting commander of the First Independent Regiment, took the lead in reporting: "Reporting to the commander, during this operation of going deep into the Japanese rear areas to seize Japanese crops, our First Regiment successfully completed its mission.
According to preliminary statistics, the Japanese army harvested nearly 6,000 acres of crops, including millet, rice, wheat, sorghum, corn and other crops."
"Old Lei, if you say so, your first regiment is not as good as our second regiment this time. Our second regiment harvested at least 8,000 acres of crops this time!" Wang Leihu, leader of the second independent regiment, said cheerfully.
They lost 2,000 acres of land and stole the limelight.
Lei Dasheng said rather unhappily: "It's not up to our group, simply because the county our group is responsible for has few people.
There are not as many fellow villagers who came to help as your second group, otherwise our first group would definitely not lose."
The group leaders were like offering treasures, you and I were talking one sentence at a time.
The entire report was conducted in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.
Political commissar Li Wenjie on the side smiled again and said: "Comrades, in addition to the crops we grabbed from the Japanese army, there is also good news!
This time our team's Autumn Harvest Defense Battle went quite smoothly.
Our team cultivated a large amount of wasteland and planted crops on and off the ground, and basically there was no loss.
By the end of these two days, the autumn harvest will be almost complete.
From now on, we will just guard the full granary and live a comfortable life."
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan, who is usually responsible for the military training of the entire detachment, added:
"This is not over yet. In this Autumn Harvest Defense War, in addition to robbing the enemy's food, we also harvested our own food.
Our various arms have received further practical training and have greatly accumulated combat experience.
Even our local army and militia troops have made great progress in this actual combat. This is another great progress our troops have made in military training."
Bang bang bang bang——
Thunderous applause sounded, and bright smiles filled the faces of every cadre.
Kong Jie finally concluded: "After the autumn harvest has ended successfully, the weather is getting colder day by day. Winter is an important time for our Eighth Route Army's winter study.
The weather is too cold, and military training will be reduced accordingly. For the time being, we will devote more time to cultural studies.
Improving the cultural level of the army is equivalent to improving the soft power of the entire army.
It is also an important way to improve combat effectiveness.
In particular, our cadres must always learn and make progress.
How do you say this?
This commander's commanding art is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat!
If you don’t seize the time to study, the little devil will study hard every day, and you will regret it when we meet again!"
Hear the words.
The heads and political commissars of each regiment all had dark faces.
I'm done thinking, now I'm going to be caught by the old group leader to learn from you.
Captain Kong’s reputation as the “learning madman” of the entire team has long since spread like wildfire.
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Within the Japanese-occupied area.
After all, the little devil failed to do anything to the common people who helped a team to collect.
Under the propaganda of the propaganda department of a team that broke into the enemy's war zone.
After the Japanese army's massive raids failed miserably, even the crops in the occupied area were robbed of most of the crops by a detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the news spread quickly.
The people all applauded privately.
The common people who ran to the farmland area to help the Eighth Route Army grab grain that day returned home and even gave themselves a thumbs up, bragging to their wives, children and mothers about their glorious achievements.
The morale of the Japanese and puppet troops suffered a huge impact.
Coupled with Kong Jie's planning at the headquarters: "The news of our victory this time needs to be publicized. I told you how powerful these small advertisements are. As long as we post enough in the streets and alleys, we will not be afraid of the Japanese."
The soldiers didn't believe it.
In addition, these days, most soldiers serve just to eat, and what they fear most is starvation.
The Japs' food was robbed and the raid failed. It is easy to think of the question of whether the Japs have enough food to survive this winter.
Let's throw this issue out and let rumors spread in the areas occupied by the Japanese.
What are you talking about?
It’s just that there is not much food left in the Japanese army’s granary. This winter, the Japanese and puppet troops may have to go hungry during the New Year!”
Listen, what a loss!
One week later.
The dark-faced Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the leaflets torn from the streets placed on his desk.
I read the content that made me hate it: "The Japanese army is short of food and cannot survive this winter" and "the Japanese army has exhausted its strength and will perish sooner or later."
For a moment, I felt that my qi and blood were so stagnant that it was impossible to clear them.
"This damn Kong Jie is playing these damn tricks again!"
After getting angry, Yoshio Shinozuka called Kitagawa to discuss strategies to deal with the matter.
Finally, the order was issued from the headquarters:
"All security forces strengthen public security management in counties, towns, and towns, and prohibit the posting of all leaflets with illegal content in the management area.
In addition, each regiment and group held military meetings to convey orders to commanders at all levels and be sure to appease the morale of the troops they led.
I would like to advise the soldiers not to believe the rumors. The Japanese Empire has abundant supplies and will never let the soldiers fight on an empty stomach."
On the other hand, Yoshio Shinozuka could only ask for help from other garrison troops with a low face, hoping to add some food reinforcements from other jurisdictions.
At the same time, in the counties and towns in the occupied areas, some taxes were increased, military rations were collected, and warehouses were filled...