As time passed rapidly, the Japanese Major repeatedly ordered the communication troops to get in touch with the main combat elites in the rear.
Knowing that the main elite force was rapidly approaching Huangyadong, the major was excited but also a little anxious.
Right now, the main target of the surprise attack—the Eighth Route Army's largest Huangyadong arsenal—is very close at hand, right behind this narrow canyon passage.
Delay will lead to change.
But the Japanese Major also knew the cunningness of the Eighth Route Army troops.
The terrain in this area is steep and it is very easy to set up an ambush. If you fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army, you will be doomed.
After waiting in secret for more than 20 minutes, the Japanese Major learned that the main combat elite was getting closer and closer, and finally no longer hesitated.
He ordered to send out a reconnaissance team to approach the Yixiantian Canyon.
On the other side, when the Japanese reconnaissance team sneakily emerged from the empty reconnaissance area outside the Yixiantian Canyon, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had been lurking on the slopes on both sides of the canyon immediately discovered the situation.
This is also a small group of Eighth Route Army scouts, probably only one or two squads strong.
Not long after these Eighth Route Scouts discovered the Japanese reconnaissance team.
The Japanese scouts also discovered the Eighth Route Army scouts lurking in the mountains on both sides of the canyon.
The eyes of both parties crossed each other in this time and space, and they seemed to be stunned.
The Japanese scouts who took the lead to advance forward to test whether there were any Eighth Route Army traps along the way could not help but feel their hearts sinking, fearing that there really was an ambush set by the Eighth Route Army here.
But the expressions of the Eighth Route Army scouts who were on guard here seemed to change drastically in an instant.
After the two sides got close, a small-scale firefight soon began.
The Japanese reconnaissance team that was the first to advance were all elite and carried a considerable number of Type 89 grenades.
The Japanese grenadier soldiers immediately set up their formation, and after five or six grenade launchers quickly adjusted, they launched a bombardment directly at the Eighth Route Army lurking on both sides of the mountain.
The equipment of the Eighth Route Army scouts opposite seemed much cruder.
There seemed to be only sporadic rifle fire to barely fight back.
The cautious Japanese Major held up his binoculars to observe the situation in the rear area. He noticed that the Eighth Route Army troops who used the mountains to block the attack had very few troops and looked a little panicked.
In addition, the opponent's equipment was poor. During the confrontation between the two sides, the Eighth Route Army was almost suppressed and beaten by the imperial squad.
This confrontation lasted less than ten minutes.
The Eighth Route Army reconnaissance force, which was absolutely no match for them, hurriedly evacuated under the fierce bombardment of the Japanese reconnaissance unit.
The Japanese Major who witnessed all this quickly analyzed it.
The adjutant on the side was the first to express his opinion: "Your Excellency, Major, it seems that the security force deployed here by the Eighth Route Army was suddenly raided by us. With insufficient strength and poor equipment, it was forced to evacuate.
I suggest that we immediately seize the time to attack, penetrate the first line of sky passage, consolidate the defensive positions on both sides of the first line of sky, prepare in advance for the arrival of the subsequent main combat troops, and consolidate the advance passage."
After the Japanese Major was silent for a moment, he finally nodded.
He is also aware of the urgency of the current situation. As soon as the gunfire is fired here, the Eighth Route Army troops in Huangya Cave will definitely receive the news as soon as possible.
Soldiers are very fast, and if the delay is too long, the Eighth Route Army may have moved their arsenal in advance.
After thinking of this, the Japanese Major no longer hesitated. He immediately issued an order: "Immediately convey the news to the headquarters. Our department decided to quickly pass through the sky and launch an assault at the core of the Eighth Route Army's arsenal.
Request the main combat troops to follow up immediately.
In addition, convey to the headquarters that our department may discover the important military construction of the Eighth Route Army in Huangyadong at any time, and request the aviation department to mobilize air firepower reinforcements at any time."
This is the cunning point of the little Japanese. The mobile combat force approaching Huangyadong is led by the Japanese Major. In addition to the regular infantry, there are also artillery observers specially arranged by the headquarters to accompany them.
Then configure the corresponding communication system, which can be used as a guide at any time to guide the Japanese's aviation firepower to carry out targeted bombing of the internal area of Huangya Cave.
After the Japanese Major's order was issued, the Japanese scouts confirmed that all the Eighth Route Army troops on both sides of the canyon had escaped.
Only then were two military vehicles assigned to the reconnaissance team, amidst the roar of the engines, taking the lead to advance through the Yixiantian Canyon towards the interior of Huangya Cave.
The rest of the main mobile force, led by the Japanese Major, rode in dozens of military vehicles and hung more than 200 meters away from the rear, slowly driving in.
The next journey was uneventful, and the process of advancing into Huangya Cave was so smooth that even the Japanese Major found it a bit incredible.
The operation of the vehicles did not encounter those unknown landmines that worried the Japanese army the most.
There was total silence along the way, and there was no attack from even half of the Eighth Route Army.
But even so, out of the awareness of the Eighth Route Army's consistent cunning, the Japanese reconnaissance team led by the leader still moved slowly.
After walking this long and narrow canyon passage for nearly ten minutes, the entire mobile unit finally passed through the canyon passage.
Looking back, I looked at the sky that had appeared behind me, and looked at the increasingly narrow and steep sky.
Feeling deeply impressed by the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, the Major could not help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, we were not ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
"Your Majesty, Major, it seems that our guess is correct. This surprise attack came suddenly and the Eighth Route Army was unprepared for it. That's why we were able to enter Huangya Cave so smoothly!"
"吆西!"
The Japanese Major nodded. This is probably the only explanation for the current situation.
Then, the next action seems to become easier.
The Japanese Major immediately ordered that a certain amount of defensive troops be left on both sides of the canyon passage to consolidate the security of the entire canyon passage and ensure that when the subsequent main combat troops pass through this canyon passage, they will not encounter the Eighth Route Army.
The Lord uses the terrain to launch an ambush trap.
Even on the mountains on both sides of the entire narrow canyon passage, the Major also sent a certain number of scout troops for surveillance and reconnaissance to ensure the smoothness of the entire canyon passage.
At first glance, the entire Huangyadong canyon passage seems to have fallen so easily under the control of the Japanese army.
When the news that the mobile unit successfully captured and controlled the Yixiantian Canyon Passage was transmitted to the rear headquarters.
The Japanese officers at the headquarters were also a little surprised.
According to the situation deduced by the staff department before the start of this battle, the Japanese officers believed that at least a quite fierce confrontation would break out in the area of the sky at the only entrance to Huangya Cave.
One of the Japanese staff officers directly pointed out: "The terrain of the entire Huangyadong is very strange. This line of sky canyon passage is almost the only entrance. It was precisely because of the characteristics of this terrain that the Eighth Route Army hid the arsenal.
Within the mountains of Huangyadong.
Therefore, this one-line sky canyon passage is definitely a top priority for the defense of the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal.
Maybe the Eighth Route Army will arrange heavy defense here, and our army wants to successfully enter Huangya Cave.
I am afraid that the fierce battle in Yixiantian is unavoidable. We must attack fiercely and break through the Yixiantian Canyon channel in the shortest possible time, completely trapping the Eighth Route Army in Huangya Cave!"
Therefore, the Japanese military command took the lead in dispatching mobile combat troops.
The original purpose of the operation was to take the lead in launching an attack into the Yixiantian Canyon and hold back the Eighth Route Army defenders defending the line.
The news coming now made the Japanese officers a little dumbfounded.
Who would have thought that the Sky Canyon Passage, which they thought was the focus of the Eighth Route Army's defense, would be captured so easily?
For this reason, after learning the news, a Japanese staff officer in the headquarters even boldly proposed:
Could this be a trap deliberately set by the Eighth Route Army?
But if it was really a trap, how could God throw such an important thread to you so easily?
The Japanese officers also hesitated, and then felt a little humiliated.
As one of the officers said: "Since when did we become so afraid of the Eighth Route Army?
Have we seen too little of the corruption and incompetence of the Chinese military?
Since the beginning of the war against China, we have been attacking cities and plundering territory on the frontal battlefield, singing loudly all the way. Those Chinese troops who tried to resist were all blocking the car with their arms, and soon they lost their armor and were defeated.
Do we easily defeat those incompetent Chinese troops, but do we still have to worry about whether it was a trap deliberately set by them?"
This...
Everyone was speechless for a moment, but what he said was indeed true.
It is also true that in these years on the battlefield behind enemy lines, the Japanese army suffered too many losses at the hands of the Eighth Route Army and was deceived too much, so much so that they are now winning the battle so easily that they are questioning its authenticity.<
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The order from the headquarters was issued quickly.
The main force to reinforce Huangyadong will advance rapidly. After the mobile force controls a line of sky, it can take the lead in trying to launch an attack on the core arsenal area of the Eighth Route Army.
The purpose of the little devil is also very clear. It is to use this mobile force that is the first to rush forward to catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise. It is best to completely disrupt the entire defense inside Huangyadong.
In this way, when the main combat force arrives, there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Coupled with the cooperation of the aviation unit, air fire reinforcements can arrive at any time.
As long as there are accurate guidance from artillery scouts, it is completely possible to complete the targeted destruction of various important military facilities of the Eighth Route Army inside Huangyadong.
In this way, it will be just around the corner to destroy the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal and destroy the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements in the Taihang Base Area.
What a beautiful wish!
But it all soon became more and more questionable...
After successfully leading the mobile troops through the canyon passage and entering the interior of Huangya Cave, they looked at the complex terrain of rolling mountains, criss-crossing ravines, and intertwined mountain roads.
The Japanese major who led the team was somewhat confused.
We are not here for tourism now. If we take the wrong path, we can go back and slowly find and test another path.
If you take the wrong path, you may fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army.
Or it could be staggered from the location of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal, which would be embarrassing.
At this time, the Japanese Major began to feel lucky that he had managed to win over the Eighth Route Army traitor Chen Yongchun in advance before the surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal.
He immediately called the map soldiers, and then asked which mountain road he should take next to advance to the core of the Eighth Route Army's arsenal as quickly as possible.
As a result, the map soldier standing in front of the Japanese Major was also confused. He hesitated for a long time and couldn't explain why.
"Baga!"
The Major angrily rebuked that it was unforgivable that there were such unprofessional people in the Japanese team.
The young Japanese soldier carrying the marching map in his bag hurriedly explained: "Sir, the map Chen Yongchun drew for me is completely different from the internal terrain."
At this point, for fear that the major would not believe it, the little devil quickly unfolded the map Chen Yongchun drew for him, and then pointed out several mountain roads on the map.
"Sir, please see, according to the map given by Chen Yongchun, these mountain roads can originally lead to the area where the Eighth Route Army Arsenal is located.
But the current situation, you see, these mountain roads are obviously blocked by mountains, there is no passage at all!
I wonder if this map was drawn by Chen Yongchun?"
"Asshole, call Chen Yongchun over to me immediately!"
"Hi!"
After a while, Chen Yongchun arrived, but the paper failed to cover the fire after all.
Seeing Chen Yongchun hesitating in front of him, the Japanese Major was furious and fired his bow left and right. Two slap marks soon appeared on Chen Yongchun's face with two crisp sounds.
"If you dare to deceive the imperial army, you will die for your work!"
The frightened Chen Yongchun covered his face, knowing that something had happened, but he still tried his best to quibble in order to survive:
"Taijun, there are some errors in my map, but I know the road here, and I can show you the way!"
This Chen Yongchun is completely treating a dead horse as a live doctor.
But one dares to say it, and the other dares to believe it.
The Japanese Major suppressed the anger in his heart, and finally realized that entering the Huangya Cave requires a guide who is familiar with the situation. If he really killed Chen Yongchun, there would be no one to lead the way.
So it was like a blind man leading a blind man.
Chen Yongchun took hundreds of little devils and wandered around the mountains inside Huangya Cave...
Outside line of Huangya Cave.
The Japanese army's elite troops drawn from the 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades are rapidly advancing towards the Huangyadong area.
Naturally, the Eighth Route Army would not sit idly by and immediately mobilized the main combat forces, including local troops and even militia troops, to rely on the large guerrilla area outside Huangyadong to launch guerrilla operations and continuously block the Japanese army.
In addition, many Eighth Route Army troops quickly moved closer to the Huangyadong area in an attempt to reinforce the defense operations of Huangyadong.
In the little devil's opinion, this is the war response that the Eighth Route Army should have.
I don’t have any particular suspicion.
In the 385th brigade base area, the Japanese and puppet combat troops, mainly the Japanese third brigade, even if they mobilized some of their elite troops to move closer to the Huangyadong area, the remaining troops still pushed towards the central area of the 385th brigade base area in an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity.
Completed the sweep of the 385th Brigade base area.
Brigadier Chen is like a senior fisherman, continuing to show weakness to the enemy, gradually luring the enemy deeper, and with absolute patience, waiting for the best time to take action...