At this time, the entire Three Jin war situation showed the following parts:
The first part is inside Huangya Cave. More than 3,000 elite members of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army were completely trapped in Huangya Cave by the collapsed Yixiantian Canyon Passage.
The Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army relied on the topography of the mountains inside Huangyadong to start a battle.
Since the Yixiantian Canyon passage was completely isolated, the Japanese troops who entered Huangya Cave were isolated and helpless. The Japanese had to frequently carry out air fire reinforcements from the nearby temporary airport in Licheng to the interior of Huangya Cave.
The Japanese army had at least nearly one squadron, which was almost firmly contained in the inner area of Huangyadong.
This has been a rare situation for the Japanese army since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.
The Japanese flying troops, which had absolute air supremacy, were tightly restrained by the Eighth Route Army troops on the ground and did not dare to completely withdraw from the battlefield.
This virtually shares the pressure of the Japanese's aerial firepower reinforcements on the battlefields in other areas.
In addition, more than 100 members of the China-Destroying Airborne Forces led by Japanese Lieutenant Commander Masashima Shimada also successfully parachuted into the mountains inside Huangyadong, waiting for opportunities to carry out sabotage and sneak attacks.
The second part is the combat area outside Huangyadong, which is isolated by the collapsed Yixiantian Canyon channel. The elite of the 36th Japanese Division outside Huangyadong, as well as the 3rd, 9th, and 16th reinforcements who arrived later.
Some elite members of the mixed brigade fought along the way with the Eighth Route Army troops who were reinforcing Huangyadong.
The third part is in the eastern part of Taihang, the 385 brigade base area.
Mainly based on the Japanese Third Mixed Brigade, including part of the field troops of the Ninth and Sixteenth Mixed Brigades, plus the North China Security Army, nearly 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops continued to advance into the hinterland of the 386 Brigade base area to conduct sweeps.
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Brigadier Chen, who controls the overall situation, is a very experienced angler.
Even if the Japanese army penetrated all the way, half of the big fish's mouth was already hanging on the hook.
Brigadier Chen still waited calmly, the moment when the big fish finally bit the hook and was hung tightly on the hook.
Only then will he launch the final decisive battle with the power of thunder and unleash his full strength.
The fourth part of the battlefield is also the latest battlefield to occur.
That was in the base area of the 386th Brigade and the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle, which launched a major winter counterattack this winter and occupied a large number of quasi-security areas that originally belonged to the Japanese army.
The Japanese 26th Division stationed in Datong and the cavalry group stationed in Datong cooperated with the First Army stationed in Shanxi to quickly move southward and went straight to the northern Shanxi Iron Triangle Defense Zone in the north direction of Taihang.
Two fully-equipped Japanese cavalry regiments, plus a mechanized combat unit from the Japanese 26th Division, took the lead in approaching the outer defense zone of the Iron Triangle.
Immediately, with lightning speed, they launched a fierce attack on the area occupied by the three Iron Triangle regiments during the winter counterattack.
The four parts mentioned above are four parts of the battlefield that can be easily analyzed on the surface.
It was also at this moment that it appeared on the huge military combat map hung on the wall of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. The staff worked on the map, gradually presenting an intricate overall situation.
"Right now, the battlefields in the four parts are basically stable.
Inside Huangya Cave, the more than 3,000 Japanese troops are just turtles in a urn. It is only a matter of time to eliminate these little devils.
In the battle outside Huangyadong, our army used guerrilla tactics to contain the main force of the Japanese army, and temporarily fell into a stalemate.
Don’t worry about Brigade 385, Lao Chen is still preparing to make a fortune quietly!
The 386th Brigade Defense Area is also well prepared.
As for the defense areas of Ding Wei, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, Ding Wei had already reported two days ago and had prepared the overall layout.
Now only the direction of the Northwest Military Region is left, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie finally implemented the plan to surprise the Japanese army in Datong.
Boss, we can now say that we are firmly on the Diaoyutai!"
The commander-in-chief nodded with a smile on his face.
If this battle around the Huangyadong Arsenal goes well, it may be possible to break through the Japanese army's increasing military blockade of the base area since the Hundred Regiments War.
In order to improve the increasingly difficult predicament of the base area.
This is just like the Battle of Shota that was launched to break the vicious cage policy of the little devils. If it is not broken, it cannot be established.
Only by completely breaking all the Japanese tactics can the Eighth Route Army move towards a brighter future.
However, the battle situation is always changing rapidly.
Many times, non-human resources can control it.
As the situation continues to evolve.
What were originally four local battlefields on the surface soon evolved into more than a dozen or even dozens of battlefields of various sizes.
The defense area of the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle.
Ding Wei, this is a master who is not afraid of anything, and is very capable of causing trouble.
Li Yunlong and the generals at all levels of the team led by Kong Jie and the new second regiment were deeply influenced by the two regiment leaders.
Everyone is afraid that the world will not be in chaos.
When Ding Wei proposed at the temporary joint headquarters: "The little Japs from the First Army will join forces with the Japs stationed in the Mongolian Army to go south this time, preparing to attack our Eighth Route Army base area from both sides.
We must do a good job of defense, but we must not lose our spirit.
Can a battle without even an attack be considered a battle?"
In this regard, Shen Quan, the leader of the Third Independent Regiment, deeply believed: "The best defense is offense. In the Battle of Cangyunling that year, several of our regiments directly launched a frontal attack, catching the Japanese by surprise. Turned the tide of the war!"
"Old Shen said it well!"
Ding Wei nodded and continued: "So, what I mean is that this time we have a division of labor and divide our defensive force into two parts, one is the defensive force and the other is the offensive force.
The members of the offensive force must be veterans with rich combat experience and experience in intermittent combat.
Regarding this, I had an idea. Our defensive force is defined as a bear force. Bears represent the earth, they are thick and strong, and their defense is the most powerful.
As for the offensive force, it is defined as a wolf force. The wolves are cunning and fierce, closely coordinated and united, and are most suitable for attacking."
Xu Guoan, the chief of staff of a team, was surprised when he heard this: "Old Ding, this is very interesting, but how to distinguish the offensive troops from the defensive troops?"
"I've thought about this a long time ago. It's very simple. Let's just draw some marks on the left side of the soldiers' helmets to distinguish them.
Just use a white marker and simply draw an ear. The wolf's ears are pointed and the bear's ears are round.
Whether it is an offensive force or a defensive force, you can tell it at a glance!
When fighting across regions, we can also use this to prove the identity of our troops and avoid misunderstandings with friendly troops."
Ding Wei said with a smile.
This idea was indeed a good one, and the cadres nodded one after another, indicating that they would make preparations later and allocate troops suitable for the attack from the team.
At this time, Lei Dasheng, leader of the Independent Regiment, spoke again:
"Comrades, I have one more suggestion. I think our offensive force should not just be a regular penetration force, but also a mobile combat force with high-speed mobility and suddenness.
We have to show you little son of a bitch what our Eighth Route Army’s mobile defensive operations are.
Our defense cannot be static. We cannot stay on the same position and be bombarded by the Japanese indiscriminately.
Call out our mobile combat units, whether they are cavalry units, bicycle units, or mechanized combat units, all of them are sent out to harass and attack the Japanese from all directions.
At the same time, reinforcements can be sent to local battlefields at any time.
Then it won’t be us who are in a hurry, but his little devil!”
Everyone immediately agreed, and everyone brainstormed and thought of any good ideas that could be put into practice.
Just like that, each clever plan was implemented one by one after discussions among the cadres.
Immediately afterwards, the evolution of the battle situation was beyond the expectations of all parties.
It even exceeded the expectations of Ding Wei and his team as the initiator...
First, the cavalry units and mechanized combat units of the Mongolian Army were the first to arrive at the area occupied by the Iron Triangle Winter Offensive and directly launched a surprise attack.
According to the original plan of the Japanese, with the help of the mobility of the mobile troops, they suddenly launched an attack on the outer garrison locations of the three Eighth Route Army combat groups in the Iron Triangle.
It will definitely catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise.
As a result, the agility displayed by the Eighth Route Army troops greatly exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army.
Facing the thunderous offensive of the mobile troops of the Little Japanese Army stationed in Mongolia, they originally occupied a large number of strongholds with the help of the winter offensive. The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers in the artillery tower responded extremely quickly.
After dispatching corresponding troops to block the attack along the way, we successfully gained a certain amount of time.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers who were originally defending strongholds and gun towers evacuated from the gun towers in various strongholds without any delay.
Avoid being completely trapped and eliminated by the Japanese offensive troops.
The occurrence of this situation actually greatly exceeded the expectations of the Japanese military command department.
Especially the cavalry of the Mongolian army that quickly moved south, and the Japanese soldiers of the mechanized combat unit.
In the past two years, what they have been hearing is how rampant and cunning the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang Base Area are.
Especially the iron triangle in the northwest of Shanxi is so powerful and difficult to deal with.
To put it a bit exaggerated, the equipment level of the three regiments in the Northwest Iron Triangle, especially the Eighth Route Army’s First Anti-Japanese Independent Detachment in Northwestern Shanxi.
I heard that it has surpassed the elite combat troops of the empire.
Regarding this, the officers of the Mongolian Army have never been willing to believe it.
It's not like they haven't dealt with the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi. The Eighth Route Army's equipment is obviously backward, ammunition is scarce, and their equipment level is very different from that of the Imperial Japanese Army.
However, what the officers of the First Army said was true.
In addition, the First Army was defeated many times at the hands of the Taihang Eighth Route Army.
The name of the Iron Triangle has even spread among the troops stationed in Mongolia.
So this time we went south to reinforce the First Army and fight the Eighth Route Army in the Iron Triangle for the first time. Although the Japanese officers stationed in the Mongolian Army did not believe in evil, they did not believe that such a powerful Eighth Route Army unit existed.
However, for the sake of safety, this attack is still relatively cautious.
After all, the commander of the First Army, His Excellency Yoshio Shinozuka, is not a vegetarian.
Even your Excellency, the Commander, has a headache over this iron triangle.
Maybe the Eighth Route Army here is really different.
The result...
After the cavalry and mechanized combat troops of the Mongolian Army launched a surprise attack.
In the eyes of the Japs stationed in Mongolia, these Eighth Route Army iron triangle should be extremely powerful and have a very tenacious will to fight.
They actually abandoned all kinds of fortifications, including strongholds, gun towers, and villages and towns.
Escaped?
The little devil stationed in the Mongolian army was stunned, and then laughed sarcastically.
What a bullshit Eighth Route Army Iron Triangle, it’s nothing more than that.
The First Army was frightened to death by such Tubal Road. It is really an insult to the majesty of the Japanese Empire.
Seeing that the offensive was overwhelming, the mobile troops of the Mongolian Army took advantage of the momentum and quickly occupied the strongholds, gun towers, towns and villages that the Eighth Route Army had voluntarily abandoned in the Iron Triangle.
At this time, from a general point of view, the Eighth Route Army, which seemed to be an iron triangle, could not stop the offensive of the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia and was forced to withdraw completely.
The little Japs stationed in the Mongolian Army easily captured all the large base areas that the Eighth Route Army's winter offensive in the Iron Triangle had captured.
We have just entered the war and achieved such fruitful results.
The Japanese officers stationed in the Mongolian Army had their tails raised to the sky.
After the news spread to the surrounding Japanese-occupied county headquarters.
These Japanese officers, who often dealt with the Eighth Route Army in the Iron Triangle, had faces full of astonishment, but they did not hesitate. They quickly dispatched security forces to assist the Mongolian troops stationed in the south and take over the villages, towns and strongholds abandoned by the Eighth Route Army.
As subsequent reinforcements from the Mongolian Army gradually arrived.
These strongholds, villages and towns, which are closest to the Iron Triangle base area, have become the most convenient transportation hubs and logistics transfer stations for the Japanese army.
Of course, the little devil is not a fool, and he also doubts that the Eighth Route Army abandoned the strongholds captured during the winter offensive so easily.
Are there any traps?
Therefore, after reoccupying these strongholds and gun towers, the Japanese army also conducted internal security inspections, but no problems were found.
It seems that it is still the same artillery tower they were familiar with in the past, but it has been specially fortified by these Eighth Route Army troops.
On the contrary, it facilitated the Japanese defense.
In addition, the war situation was tense and the stronghold was reoccupied, so the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the artillery tower did not think much about it.
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Shanxi North Iron Triangle Provisional Joint Command.
It was learned that all frontline troops had voluntarily withdrawn from the strongholds occupied by the winter offensive in accordance with the combat plan.
The little devils stationed in the Mongolian Army have also been fully stationed in those areas.
Ding Wei, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, ordered with excitement:
"Comrades, the time has come. Tomorrow we will put the Japanese mobile troops into the base area and lock all the roads that the mobile troops can pass through.
Our offensive troops took the opportunity to detour back to the outside line and first knock down all the forts and villages in the strongholds occupied by the Japanese.
The Japanese cavalry and mobile troops will be completely trapped in our base area. I want to see how the little Japanese can escape.
Wait until the Japanese mobile troops stationed in Mongolia are completely destroyed.
Let's fight a good defense and annihilation battle for the little devil.
Even if the devil wants to run away this time, humph, it won’t be that easy!”