The Eighth Route Army pursued for two days and pushed the defense line forward for more than 100 kilometers before stopping.
The reason why we stopped at this time was not because we could no longer pursue it, but because we were about to hit the range of "Pull 5" that could provide air superiority cover at more than 100 kilometers away... Mechanized troops must have absolute air superiority, otherwise they would only
In one battle, the entire army may be wiped out by the enemy.
On the other hand, it is because more than 100 kilometers have been dug out of the narrow zone between the Greater Khingan Mountains and Nuruerhu Mountain, which is to the east of the mountain pass. Organizing a defense here allows the Eighth Route Army to advance, attack, retreat and defend.
This battle basically achieved the strategic goal of inflicting pain on the iron and stone troops.
The reason why I say "basic" is because more than 7,000 people from the Iron and Stone Army fled back.
Sixteen thousand people fled and more than 7,000 people escaped. It was not a perfect siege for the Eighth Route Army, although there were more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers who were still lying on this side forever and could not go back.
But the Eighth Route Army still achieved its strategic goal, because this battle had a solid impact on the morale of the puppet army.
The leader was paying attention to this battle from beginning to end. What he cared about was not how many enemies were killed, but the reaction of the Japanese to this battle.
After the war, the commander analyzed: "This battle is in line with our army's strategy on two points: First, when the Iron and Stone Forces were likely to be surrounded, Yoshikawa Saki did not agree to the Iron and Stone Forces' request to withdraw, but sent the Iron and Blood Forces
Go up and relieve the siege!"
The chief of staff nodded in agreement: "Actually, Yoshikawa Saki's decision is correct. Facts have proved that the iron-blooded troops caught our army by surprise and caused heavy losses to our mechanized troops, and they almost lost the battle because of it!"
"Almost is not bad!" The leader laughed: "This shows that 'God is going to kill the Japanese', the independent regiment fought beautifully in this battle!"
The chief of staff nodded happily: "There are no weak soldiers under a strong general. That guy Li Yunlong can boast for a while again!"
"It's his turn!" The leader chuckled: "The turnaround in this battle can be said to be the finishing touch. Not only did it hurt the Japanese, but the puppet army also took it for granted that it was Yoshikawa Saki's command error that caused the serious consequences later.
, then they can cause trouble!"
This was the purpose of the commander's decision to strike down the iron-stone troops. His purpose was not to kill many people, but to split the Japanese and the puppet army, or it could be said to reduce the puppet army's trust in the Japanese.
The chief of staff continued: "The second point is that the devils shot at the puppet troops, right?"
"No!" The leader shook his head: "It is right for the devils to shoot at the puppet troops. This will not cause a big wave!"
The commander was right. The iron and stone troops turned their "retreat" into a "rout" and broke out to attack the defense line of the Japanese 39th Division... Any army has a reason to fire when faced with this situation, even if it is
The Japanese troops would do the same thing, so the puppet troops had nothing to say.
The chief of staff couldn't help but asked strangely: "What is the second point?"
The leader replied meaningfully: "It's the artillery of the Japanese 39th Division that didn't provide fire cover for the Iron-Stone Troops!"
The chief of staff couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and said: "But chief, the Japanese artillery provided fire cover for the Iron and Stone troops, but their artillery position was subsequently blown up by our army's missiles!"
"Do our missiles have such high accuracy?" the commander replied: "As we all know, although our missiles can hit far, their accuracy is not high. Everyone knows that the Japanese artillery is still capable of providing fire cover for the iron and stone troops!
"
The chief of staff was stunned again. Did the head of the secret channel forget that this missile was developed by Wang Xuexin and could be guided by TV? Its accuracy was not comparable to previous missiles!
But as soon as he thought about it, the chief of staff clapped his hands fiercely and shouted: "You're right, and we only fired fifty rounds of missiles, but the Japanese have two artillery regiments with hundreds of artillery pieces. How can we do this with the accuracy of the missiles?"
Suppressed them all in an instant! The Japanese must have done this to preserve their strength!"
As he spoke, the chief of staff looked at each other and smiled.
As soon as Wang Xuexin heard what the chief said on this issue, he secretly praised, "Sure enough, ginger is still hotter when he is older!"
Although the facts are not like this, as long as the Eighth Route Army does not disclose information or testify, who knows what the facts are?
After all, TV-guided missiles are still a high-level secret of the Eighth Route Army. Not many people within the Eighth Route Army know about it, so how could the Japanese know about it?
Even if the Japanese knew it, for example, they could conclude from the missiles accurately hitting the artillery positions that the Eighth Route Army had solved the problem of missile accuracy, but would the puppet troops believe it?
And is there any way to solve the accuracy problem?
Such a big missile can fly such a long distance, and the missile can still be accurate without being piloted by humans. Isn't this Tianfang Yetan?
No matter how you look at it, this looks like an excuse made by the devil!
Then the puppet army will further suspect that Yoshikawa Saki is ignoring the iron and stone troops in order to preserve his strength, which will further damage the trust and interest relationship between them.
As for whether the puppet army will discover the truth in the future... so what if the truth is discovered in the future? Can the impact of the lost trust be reversed?
This is the style of modern Eagle Sauce: using beautiful lies to trick opponents into making wrong decisions, which is why Mao Xiong disintegrated.
What if Mao Xiong finds out it was a lie afterwards?
Can he still go back and become strong again and become a rival to Eagle Sauce?
However, Wang Xuexin felt that this was not enough. He sent a telegram to the chief, saying: "Chief, I think it is necessary for us to bomb the Japanese Chengde Airport with missiles!"
The chief of staff frowned when he saw this telegram: "Is this little Northeastern confused? How can we use missiles to blow up the Japanese airport at this time? Doesn't that expose our secret?"
But the commander smiled and nodded, saying: "Chief of Staff, this missile is not that missile. This is a wonderful move!"
The chief of staff understood after being reminded like this by the chief.
"Yes, yes!" the chief of staff nodded: "The devils will definitely explain this matter, saying that our army has solved the problem of missile accuracy, but the puppet army is half-convinced! At this time, if our army uses a batch of missiles without TV guidance to bomb
Devil’s Airport…”
"That's right!" the leader said with a smile: "The puppet army will think: If the Eighth Route Army has solved the problem of accuracy in such an important place as Chengde Airport, can it still bomb it inaccurately? Then there is only one possibility, that is, the Japanese will find excuses to deceive them!"
With that said, the chief agreed to Wang Xuexin's plan with a wave of his hand.
After all, this is just a matter of wasting a few missiles. This is not even a "waste", because they may still hit the airport and cause some trouble to the Japanese.
But the benefit was that the morale of the more than 100,000 puppet Manchukuo troops was shaken!