Naturally, they came from those strongholds and gun towers that the soldiers voluntarily abandoned and evacuated, and even some villages and towns.
Do you really think that all the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers in the Iron Triangle are cowards? Faced with the offensive of the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia, they will be forced to abandon the territory they finally won during the winter offensive and run away in embarrassment? p>
Big mistake.
That is by no means the Iron Triangle's combat style, and the current retreat is nothing more than a deliberate empty-city tactic to lure the enemy deeper.
The Japanese never dreamed that the Eighth Route Army had voluntarily abandoned the strongholds and artillery towers thrown to them, including the traps hidden inside some villages.
The trap is hidden underground.
It is not easily detectable with the naked eye.
Ding Wei had already had the idea of using these captured strongholds, gun towers, and villages to set up traps, especially after he found out that the Japs in Licheng were planning to attack the Huangyadong Arsenal and deal with the Taihang base area.
The three team leaders, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, thought about it.
The kid will most likely make a fuss about the territory gained during the Iron Triangle Winter Offensive.
Therefore, the three group leaders made preparations for a rainy day early in the morning.
What are you doing?
Arrange some secret traps in advance in the captured strongholds and towers, including some villages and towns.
What kind of trap can be done so that even if all Eighth Route Army troops are withdrawn, they can still threaten the little devils who reoccupy strongholds, gun towers, and villages at any time?
Naturally, it’s a different kind of mine trap.
As early as when I was studying tactics on how to deal with the little devils.
Kong Jiejiang insisted:
Mine warfare is one of our most effective methods to deal with the Japanese. If used well, it can severely damage the Japanese army without spending a single soldier.
On the premise that we have sufficient ammunition and sufficient production capacity, we should give priority to using this to deal with the little devils.
After all, we can avoid the casualties of our soldiers to the greatest extent.
No matter how precious these ammunitions are, they are not as valuable as the lives of our soldiers.
It's just that traditional mine warfare may no longer be able to effectively deal with the little devils.
Traditional landmines often can only sit back and wait for the enemy to enter the minefield, whether it is hanging mines, stone mines, chain mines, or various cleverly set mines.
After all, it is necessary for the little devils to take the initiative to break into the base area and break into the guerrilla zone before they are likely to be attacked by landmines.
Most of them are passive and lack active aggression.
Later, Kong Jie found Dong San, who is now the director of a team of explosives factories and has always been known as the explosive king of the Eighth Route Army.
Kong Jie said that it is necessary to break through the limitations of traditional landmines that lack active offensive capabilities and transform them into more advanced mines that can even actively attack.
In the future, explosives factories will focus on the research and development of landmines that can be detonated remotely, as well as the development and production of special landmines such as time bombs.
As the Eighth Route Army's explosives king, Dong San lived up to expectations. Later, he developed many special landmines that were detonated remotely using wires.
When these landmines are handed over to frontline combat troops for use.
Dong San even patted his chest and said proudly:
"As long as there are enough wires to conduct current, mines can be detonated in a direction at any time and blasted at fixed points even from ten to eight kilometers away.
In addition, we have made a special device for this remote detonation mine.
To a certain extent, if the depth of burial underground is more suitable.
It is basically impossible to detect it with traditional mine detectors."
Just like that, with the support of these new remotely detonated landmines, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei hit it off with their plan to make a fuss about the evacuated empty stronghold towers and even villages.
At this time, from the surface, the stronghold towers that the Japs had easily captured from the Iron Triangle, including some villages, were peaceful.
The Japanese also doubted whether there was a trap in the evacuation of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese engineers also brought mine detectors with them and entered the stronghold in advance to conduct inspections in the village. They found that there were no traps.
The Japanese commander breathed a sigh of relief and then took over the stronghold gun towers again.
And below the ground that the little devil could never imagine.
The wires buried under the ground, like specially elongated earthworms digging holes, extend under the ground to the outside of the stronghold village.
There are some stones piled up at the end, or they extend under the roots of trees.
After all, there are some special marks that can provide insight.
It's just that the little devil doesn't know all this.
Afternoon.
After re-occupying all the strongholds, gun towers and villages captured by the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle Winter Offensive, the Japanese troops took a short rest.
Then launched an attack on the Iron Triangle base area.
The first offensive method implemented by the Japanese was still the mobile troops stationed in Mongolia to assist the First Army in moving south, including cavalry, some car squadrons, and armored units.
Now the Japanese dare to take the lead in advancing with mobile troops, naturally because after the Japanese reoccupied a large number of forward strongholds, they used these strongholds to extend forward and serve as transfer stations and logistics stations.
At the same time, as the backing of the vanguard force that can attack and defend at any time, it gives the entire Japanese army a more stable offensive.
In the eyes of the Japanese officers, even if they cannot defeat them, they can withdraw from the Eighth Route Army's base areas at any time.
Then just rely on the advancing stronghold close to the Eighth Route Army base area to fight.
When we set out, we were kindly reminded by the security army officers who are familiar with the Iron Triangle’s combat style and powerful combat effectiveness.
However, the Japanese officers stationed in the Mongolian army were quite disdainful.
In their opinion, after this first battle, there is no difference between these so-called Eighth Route Army troops in the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle and the Tubal Army troops in the Northwest Military Region that they knew in the past!
They are just vulnerable!
Two Japanese cavalry regiments, with more than 3,000 elite Japanese cavalry, divided into more than a dozen teams at a very fast speed and headed straight for the base areas of the three regiments of the Iron Triangle.
The two Japanese cavalry captains had their own wishful thinking.
With the help of the cavalry's mobility and sudden offensive, they can launch surprise attacks on the Eighth Route Army base areas from multiple directions regardless of priority, which will surely catch the Eighth Route Army by surprise.
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At the very least, it can contain the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army.
The main force that follows up can wipe out the emerging Eighth Route Army troops in one fell swoop.
What a wonderful idea!
It can only be said that these little devils stationed in the Mongolian army are still too young and have never suffered any losses at the hands of the Iron Triangle.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon.
The Japanese's multiple cavalry troops advanced all the way, and it was as if they were entering uninhabited territory. After entering the outer defense zone of the three Iron Triangle regiments, they occupied more than a dozen villages in one breath.
But when they arrived, the villagers who had received the news in advance seemed to have fled. Looking at the messy village, they even had no time to take away many livestock and supplies.
The Japanese officers leading the team laughed proudly.
"These stupid and cowardly Chinese people!"
"Sir, what are we going to do next? Do we have to wait for the arrival of the main force?"
The officer leading the team shook his head, and the words he spoke immediately almost represented the psychology of the Japanese officers who were rushing in from all directions:
"The Eighth Route Army is so vulnerable. There is no need to wait for the arrival of the main force, and we can accelerate forward. If we can be the first to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the first victory will be ours!"
"Hi!"
Seeing that the victory of defeating the Eighth Route Army was easily available, the Japanese officers could not help but take advantage of it.
After the order was issued, the cavalry units continued to advance forward.
At this time, the various cavalry groups overall did not have much structure to speak of. Some were advancing extremely far forward, while others were unevenly falling behind.
At this moment, the offensive situation formed by the Japanese cavalry troops and mobile troops advancing in multiple directions across the entire iron triangle defense zone was clearly and concretely presented on the military simulation sand table in front of Ding Wei.
Ding Wei, who had been patiently waiting for his prey to take the bait, waited until the last line of Japanese cavalry had completely entered the center line of the defense area.
Only then did he decisively issue the order:
"Notify all ministries that the time has come and go into battle immediately!"
"Yes!"
The Eighth Route Army's combat efficiency is very high, its coordination ability is very strong, and the combat effectiveness of each unit fighting alone is equally strong.
Today, the communication equipment of various ministries is extremely advanced.
Kong Jie worked hard in this regard.
If the communication equipment of the Eighth Route Army in the past was crude, it may not be possible to communicate between regiments and brigades, and they had to rely on traditional human communications troops to deliver messages.
The current communication methods of the Eighth Route Army have improved a lot.
Take the three Iron Triangle groups as an example.
Communication equipment can basically be assigned to each company.
There are large long-wave radio stations for long-distance transmission, and lightweight short-wave radio stations for short-distance transmission, including American-style walkie-talkies.
Rely on these communication equipment.
Ding Wei can really strategize and win a victory thousands of miles away.
"Start preparations immediately. First, eat the three groups of Japanese cavalry who entered our defense area in one go, forcing the Japanese cavalry troops to gather together!"
At the first team headquarters, Chief of Staff Xu Guoan issued the order decisively.
"What Lao Ding said is correct. The Japs' cavalry may not be very effective in frontal combat, but if there are too many scattered teams, they will be like headless flies scurrying around our base, which is not a problem.
We have to find a way to kill some of his cavalry first.
Let the Japanese know how powerful we are, and when the Japanese are forced to gather the cavalry troops together, we will beat them hard!"
At this time, the three lines of Japanese cavalry that appeared on the map have fallen into a partial deep trap set in advance by the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
As Ding Wei said, if you want to defeat the Japanese cavalry units with high-speed mobility, the best way is to restrict the Japanese cavalry to a certain area, just like putting it in your pocket.
The cavalry is the fastest, but the war horses always need some smooth roads.
The soldiers completely blocked the passes of various mountain roads, main roads, and small roads in a certain area, set up machine guns, and used machine gun firepower to completely block the passage of the Japanese cavalry.
Then send out assault troops to slowly close the net.
The cavalry troops who put the Japs in their pockets ate them up in one go.
Faced with the quietly changing battle situation and the sudden offensive of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese cavalry of the three-way Mongolian army were indeed caught off guard.
Seeing the ambush formation of the Eighth Route Army troops, the Japanese officers leading the team were not stupid and quickly issued the order to retreat.
Attempting to use the mobility of the cavalry to break out of the encirclement.
But the Eighth Route Army soldiers who ambush were not vegetarians.
We are not chasing four legs with two legs.
In order to deal with the Japanese cavalry troops, a team also deployed part of its motorized combat troops.
The war horse is not too big and can walk on both big and small roads.
As for the motorcycles used by a group of motorized troops, even if they are modified tricycles, the horizontal span required is not too large.
The road that a war horse can walk can basically be walked by a motorcycle.
It’s even faster.
Just like that, the Japanese cavalry was running in front, the soldiers were driving motorcycles, and there was a soldier on the co-pilot who was driving a crooked handlebar, and they were constantly firing, chasing them all the way.
The Japanese cavalrymen who were fleeing along the way were all frightened whenever they turned around.
Where did these damn Tuba Road motorized troops come from?
The Japanese cavalrymen swerved, but before they could get rid of the Eighth Route Army's motorized combat troops behind them, they outflanked two more motorized troops from the left and right wings.
For a moment, it was like a poor wolf chasing its prey, and the Japanese cavalry was running back and forth in panic.
At this point, the Japanese cavalry stationed in the Mongolian army finally woke up.
Trap, this is a complete trap.
These damn Eighth Route Army troops in the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle are clearly pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.
He obviously had such sophisticated equipment and powerful combat effectiveness, but he deliberately abandoned the stronghold and gun towers to retreat to lure them deeper.
Damn, these bastards are so cunning!
Seeing the pursuers behind them, the Japanese cavalry were in panic and tried to evacuate to the nearest advancing stronghold.
The stronghold has strong gun towers and bunkers, which are the best barrier against the attack of the Eighth Route Army's motorized troops.
This is also the retreat that the Japanese mobile troops can use to retreat at any time.
After several such confrontations.
The three groups of Japanese cavalry originally had more than 100 people each, but only a few dozen remnants were left. They continued to whip their horses with whips in a panic and fled crazily.
It's close, it's close, it's right in front of you.
We are about to enter the stronghold.
You can get rid of the pursuit immediately.
The Japanese officers riding on tall horses had even seen the Imperial soldiers in the stronghold and were about to open the roadblock and let them in.
Right now.
Earth-shattering.
Everything happened suddenly and shockingly.
Boom——
An earth-shattering explosion, violent and sudden.
Together with the various bunkers, gun towers, and brick buildings inside the entire stronghold, they were shattered into pieces in an instant and were sent to the sky together.
As for the Japanese and puppet troops No. 100 originally stationed in the stronghold, including the elite field troops who came over from the Mongolian Army and were temporarily stationed.
It's just a mortal body, how can it withstand this sudden explosion?
After the violence, no bones were left.
Not far away, the sound of horse hooves was still heard, but the Japanese soldiers on their horses were already stunned by the scene in front of them.
They even forgot to tighten the reins of the horses. Instead, the horses felt the danger and instinctively put their front hooves in the air and stopped urgently.
The Japanese cavalrymen just watched helplessly with their last hope of escape, and the stronghold not far away turned into ruins in the blink of an eye...