The confrontation between the two sides was not long, and the soldiers of the armored company who suddenly came out had already calculated the time early in the morning.
Just when it gets stuck, before the Japanese reinforcements rush back to support the rear artillery units, destroy the Japanese artillery squadron and evacuate in time.
The battle could end so quickly, even in a unilateral crushing battle, thanks to the four armored vehicles advancing unstoppably.
The Japanese artillery units did not gain any advantage in close combat.
The Eighth Route Army directly charged in with indestructible armored vehicles without any hesitation or hold back.
The confrontation between the two sides lasted only a moment and was coming to an end.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Wing Commander, our army's follow-up artillery squadron was attacked by an armored force ambushed by the Eighth Route Army!"
Even if the Japanese signal corps delivered the message.
At this time, the artillery unit followed by the Japanese was not far from the main force of the 11th Regiment.
It's only about a kilometer or two away.
Even the noise of the battle was enough to wake up the Japanese scouts who were not too far away, and then promptly fed the news back to the headquarters of the 11th Regiment.
"Nani?"
When Old Japanese Kawagu heard the news, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly ordered two cavalry units to quickly send reinforcements to the rear.
This artillery squadron is his trump card. It is the only artillery fire that can be used to suppress the Eighth Route Army and is the key to trying to reverse the situation of the war.
Naturally, no problems can arise.
Two lines of cavalry stationed in the Mongolian army, about two to three hundred people, immediately went to reinforce the area where the artillery squadron was following behind the main force.
In fact, after realizing that the Eighth Route Army troops in the Iron Triangle are well-equipped, have abundant artillery fire, and their fighting methods are also very cunning.
Chuan Gu, an old devil, has also been on guard against surprise attacks by Eighth Route Army troops.
Sneak attacks with small units, especially the artillery units of the Empire of Japan, are the most common method used by Tubal soldiers in various regions, including the Northwest Military Region.
For this reason, those damn Eighth Route Army soldiers were not even afraid of death.
Even if it means losing your life, you will replace the artillery of the imperial army at all costs.
Kawatani has seen such scenes many times and was quite shocked by them.
Therefore, Chuan Gu specially ordered the artillery squadron to follow up in time and not to leave the main combat force or stay too far away to prevent a surprise attack by a small group of Eighth Route Army troops.
This was indeed the case at first. The Eighth Route Army could hardly find any opportunities to attack the Japanese artillery squadron.
But as the fighting between the two sides intensified.
The Eighth Route Army troops were blocking the way ahead and harassing everywhere. They were suddenly appearing and disappearing, attacking from the east and attacking from the west, leading the troops stationed in Mongolia by the nose back and forth.
As for the infantry guns carried by the Japanese artillery squadron, there are also Type 41 regiment guns.
Compared with heavy artillery, it is naturally easier to transport.
For example, the Japs' Type 92 infantry gun, with a 70mm caliber, only weighs over 200 kilograms. With the rollers, it can be dragged away by two or three little Japs.
If the moving distance is too long, it will be troublesome, and a special towing vehicle must be used for transportation or towing.
After arriving at the place, the artillery must be unloaded from the car in time, and then an area must be selected on the spot, and then the artillery must be reassembled immediately to build an artillery position.
This is basically back and forth, unloading, assembling, disassembling, loading, and transporting...
Going back and forth, some seven or eight times, the little devils in the artillery unit were exhausted.
Such heavy artillery was running around with the lightly-armed main combat troops, sometimes heading east, sometimes west, chasing the fleeing Eighth Route Army troops all over the mountains and plains.
You can deduce with your toes that as time went by, the Japanese artillery units gradually couldn't keep up, and they were gradually pulled away some distance.
This distance may not be too far, only one or two kilometers away, if the Japanese cavalry returns quickly to support.
I'll be there in less than three to five minutes.
But just these three to five minutes were enough for the Eighth Route Army to use secret and unusual surprise attacks to quickly defeat the Japanese artillery units.
The Japanese cavalry reinforcements arrived very quickly, and they arrived at a gallop within a short time.
However, when they arrived, it was too late.
The last thing they saw was a series of big explosions that destroyed more than a dozen artillery pieces in the artillery squadron.
Then there were those damn Eighth Route Army figures, accompanied by four armored vehicles, quickly evacuating towards the rear of his empire's advance line.
After all, the little devil didn't dare to continue the pursuit.
The artillery has been destroyed, not captured by the Eighth Route Army. This is one.
The Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has four armored vehicles, such indestructible weapons of war. Even if the Japanese light cavalry follows up, they will probably only be massacred.
This is the second one.
Third, the Japanese officer leading the team looked up at the sky, and then couldn't help but curse a few words.
Damn it, it’s almost dark!
Looking at the dozens of artillery pieces that were blown to pieces in front of me, it is impossible to put them back into use on the battlefield without a long period of repair.
As well as the ammunition that was completely detonated, the remaining residue was all over the ground.
The Japanese officer leading the team knew very well that he could not go back to resume his life now.
Wait until the news reaches the headquarters of the 11th Wing.
Kawatani learned that his artillery unit had been completely wiped out. More than a dozen artillery pieces, including ammunition, had been blown up by the Eighth Route Army. All the No. 100 Imperial Warriors in the artillery unit were also killed.
I was dazed for a long time, not knowing what to do next.
"Armored vehicle unit! Bastard, this stupid First Army, what are they doing? How could the Eighth Route Army have such a weapon of war?"
If you can't defeat the enemy, then you can only scold your teammates.
Kawatani quite naturally put all the shit basins on the head of the First Army stationed in Shanxi.
The logic is easy to understand.
If it weren't for the fact that your First Army was useless, why would you have asked our troops stationed in Mongolia to go south and conduct joint operations to deal with the Eighth Route Army?
If it weren’t for the waste of your First Army, how could the Tuba Road in this Iron Triangle be able to grow step by step until now?
If the combat effectiveness of your First Army had not been reduced, even the armored vehicles would have been captured by the Eighth Route Army.
Even the armored forces were mobilized by the Eighth Route Army?
The sky is gradually getting dark.
The armored troops of the Eighth Route Army, which completely disappeared in the night behind the defense line of the 11th regiment of the Mongolian Army, were like a lingering shadow, completely shrouding the mind of the Japanese commander Kawagu.
Such an enemy armored force that has successfully entered the empire's rear area poses a huge potential threat.
If it cannot be destroyed in time, it will inevitably bring immeasurable consequences.
"What are the teams of the 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades over at the Eighth Route Army's 385th Brigade base area doing?
Why haven't reinforcements come yet?"
The incompetent and furious Captain Kawatani placed the blame on the three mixed brigades of the First Army.
He once again asked the communications corps to contact the headquarters and requested the commander of the First Army to immediately urge the three major mixed brigades to provide reinforcements to the Iron Triangle base area.
The result...
The joke happened quickly.
At the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, the Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka originally thought the same as Kawatani.
The troops stationed in Mongolia and the local security forces were used to attack the Iron Triangle of the 386th Brigade. At the same time, they cooperated with the three major mixed brigades that originally attacked the 385th Brigade base area to attack from both sides and destroy the Iron Triangle in one fell swoop.
As the battle situation evolved, the 3rd, 9th, and 16th combined brigades not only failed to successfully withdraw from the 385th Brigade base area as planned, but were completely entangled in the 385th Brigade's Eighth Route Army's counterattack.<
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Yoshio Shinozuka was so angry that his face turned livid.
If he remembered correctly, not long ago, the head of the Ishikawa Brigade of the 3rd Mixed Brigade sent a message to him, saying that he had successfully blocked the Eighth Route Army of the 385th Brigade in the mountains.
Then you should quickly withdraw the main force and assist the troops stationed in Mongolia to eliminate the Iron Triangle!
Who knows what the outcome will be.
First, news came from the headquarters of the Third Mixed Brigade, saying that it was temporarily trapped in the base area by the Eighth Route Army's proactive counterattack and was unable to escape in time to reinforce the troops stationed in Mongolia.
It only lasts three to five hours.
The third, including the 9th and 16th mixed brigades, actually received communication messages one after another.
What news?
A message requesting tactical guidance from the headquarters.
In other words, we just can’t defeat the Eighth Route Army, so we’re asking for reinforcements!
At this time, under Yoshio Shinozuka, all the main elites of the First Army were basically locked in a bitter battle.
There are 3,000 elites in the Huangyadong area.
On the outer line of Huangyadong, there are also 30% of the elite of the three major mixed brigades.
Plus 6,000 elite troops from the 36th Division.
In this way, in addition to the security forces still stationed in various stable security areas.
Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly looked back and realized that the nearby field troops under his command could be used to reinforce the three major mixed brigades.
It doesn’t exist at all!
Finally, I thought about it, what can I do?
No matter how important your troops stationed in Mongolia are, they are not as important as the First Army under my command.
It is no longer important whether we can defeat the Iron Triangle or not. What is important is to protect the three mixed brigades under my control first.
Therefore, the order quickly issued by the headquarters was quite dramatic:
Order the 11th Regiment of the Mongolian Army and the cavalry troops to move south to quickly reinforce the three mixed brigades in the direction of the 385th Brigade base area.
When the news reached the temporary headquarters of the 11th Regiment, the old face of the Japs Regiment Captain Kawatani became dark on the spot.
Ma Ma Pi~
Is the Commander of the First Army so shameless?
The first person to ask for reinforcements not only failed to wait for reinforcements, but now had to take the initiative to send reinforcements as reinforcements.
How can this make sense?
However, this time the troops stationed in Mongolia went south to cooperate with the First Army, these troops in Chuangu were temporarily assigned to the First Army Headquarters for command and deployment.
Kawatani can only act according to orders.
However, it is already dark now, and the terrain in the Eighth Route Army base area is quite unfamiliar to the Japanese army. Naturally, they cannot take advantage of the darkness to send reinforcements in the direction of the 385th Brigade base area.
Chuan Gu then ordered to withdraw from the complex mountainous areas that might be raided by the Eighth Route Army, choose a more open area, strengthen the vigilance, and allow the troops to temporarily station and rest.
This is destined to be a long night.
For the Japanese army, it was a long night of fear and suffering.
Iron Triangle Provisional Joint Command.
The communications corps brought the latest news to Ding Wei, who was in charge of overall command this time.
"Captain, everything goes well. Our wolf troops took advantage of the night and began to move outwards. So far, most of them have successfully broken through the Japanese blockades along the way."
"In addition, four or five mobile units also rushed out, including some armored units, cavalry, semi-mechanized heavy units composed of motorcycles and tanks."
"Our snipers are ambushed all over the mountains and plains, equipped with communication equipment, and can be used as reconnaissance points at any time to guide artillery strikes!"
"Okay!"
Ding Wanwan nodded, his eyes burning, and he said confidently:
"After tonight, you little devil will understand why it is said that in our Eighth Route Army base area, the night belongs to our Eighth Route Army troops.
Inform all frontline troops that they must prepare a comprehensive offensive deployment before dawn.
The combat policy no longer focuses on defense, but on offense.
Completely crucify this Mongolian army that has rashly entered the hinterland of our Iron Triangle base area within our base area!"
……
The fall of night more or less intensified the fear in the hearts of the Japanese troops when they were fighting.
Although there is no shortage of night battles in the Japanese military training program, this place is the home ground of the Eighth Route Army, the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
The elusive guerrilla tactics of these Eighth Route Army soldiers who were born and raised in this land, especially when using the cover of night, caused the Japanese army the most headaches but they were helpless.
The middle section of the 385th Brigade Base Area.
The main forces of the 3rd, 9th, and 16th mixed brigades of the Japanese army were stuck in a quagmire. They struggled for nearly an afternoon before most of the troops retreated to this area.
However, I don’t know when the Eighth Route Army’s base area became so vast.
We are only in the middle stage now. If we want to completely withdraw from the Eighth Route Army's base areas and withdraw to stable security areas and county towns, it will probably take a lot of time.
There is still a lot of distance to travel.
At present, both sides are almost engaged in fierce fighting on various battlefields.
The 39th and 16th mixed brigades, if they rashly withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base area.
This is actually the First Army of the Japanese. This large-scale battle involving the troops stationed in Mongolia to deal with the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang Base and the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army is about to come to an end and will end in failure. p>
To this end, the old Japanese Ishikawa also made a detailed analysis and report to Yoshio Shinozuka.
In the end, Yoshio Shinozuka struggled for most of the night, and then told Ishikawa his plan before dawn the next day.
Just a few words:
"Be prepared to carry out strategic transfers. After your troops withdraw from the base area, there is no need to seek combat with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Instead, the main tasks are to reinforce various battlefields, assist various imperial troops, successfully get rid of the Eighth Route Army, and strategically move to the security area."
To put it bluntly, even if we can't fight, I'm not going to fight. You're going to get other friends participating in the war and withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base area!
"General——"
Inside the headquarters, Chief of Staff Beichuan gave a long shout.
Yoshio Shinozuka leaned on his bamboo chair with some dejection, waved his hands feebly and said:
"Needless to say, at this point, ensuring the minimum sacrifice and loss is the greatest victory and dignity."
As for international attention.
Yoshio Shinozuka could only console himself with a few words.
The Chinese say it well! Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs.
As long as our First Army does not lose miserably, the advantage still lies with our empire, and most countries in the world tend to bully the weak, so what can we say?