The Japanese attack on Yuncheng started exactly at twelve o'clock that night.
At that time, Wang Xuexin had already fallen asleep... The living habit in the base area was to go to bed early and get up early, and then do some activities after it got dark every day, and everyone fell asleep at about seven or eight o'clock.
There is no reason. First, because this is an agricultural society, where the sun rises and the sun sets, and people who rely on the sky for food and crops are almost like this.
The other is because the general environment is like this...Modern people watch TV, watch movies, play on computers, and play with mobile phones at night, casually in the middle of the night. In this era, there is no entertainment, so what kind of nightlife can there be?
But having said that, Wang Xuexin was also very busy during this period because of the "High Fire" matter. Today, just because there are more than a hundred "High Fire" in stock and the number is still increasing, I have put down most of my worries.
Only then can you have a peaceful sleep.
Just when Wang Xuexin was sleeping soundly, the guard knocked on the door several times outside the house, and then shouted: "Report to the battalion commander, emergency situation!"
Wang Xuexin got up from the bed as soon as he woke up. He was sleepy and asked habitually before he was fully awake: "What's going on?"
The person who answered was the correspondent: "Battal Commander, fighting has begun in Yuncheng. Staff Officer Chen asked me to inform you!"
Wang Xuexin was puzzled for a while. The Japanese actually started attacking Yuncheng? At this time?
The reason why Wang Xuexin felt strange was not because the Japanese were attacking Yuncheng.
He knew that it was only a matter of time before the Japanese invaded Yuncheng. His "bluff" or "delay strategy" could only slow down the Japanese for a while, but not for the rest of his life.
If this could frighten the Japanese so that they would never dare to attack the Eighth Route Army, then Hans could also frighten the Allies.
The reason why Wang Xuexin found it strange was that the Japanese never liked night fighting, and this time they chose to fight at night.
Wang Xuexin took off his hat hanging on the wall in the dark, put it on, and then walked out.
The correspondent hurriedly used a flashlight to guide the way, and reported as he walked: "It's a telegram from the Independent Regiment, and Staff Chen just found out about it!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm" and rushed to the headquarters in three steps and two steps at a time.
As soon as he walked into the headquarters, Staff Officer Chen came up and reported: "The fighting started at twelve o'clock. It is estimated that the enemy used two divisions, the number is unknown. One division was used to attack Yuncheng, and the other division was used to attack Yuncheng.
Flanking line of defence.”
Wang Xuexin secretly said, "Hey guys, there are two divisions coming up. This force is twice the strength of the Eighth Route Army's defense line."
In most of the battles in Yi Chang, the Eighth Route Army used superior forces to fight the Japanese... This was determined by the equipment of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army had poor equipment and weak combat effectiveness. If it did not form a superior force, it could only fight guerrillas. Only when it formed a superior force would it choose to fight.
At the same time, the Japanese were very confident in their own combat effectiveness. Even if the Eighth Route Army had superior strength, they believed they could defeat the Eighth Route Army.
So the two slaps can make a loud sound.
Now the situation has changed. The Japanese attacked the Yuncheng defense line with twice the force. This looks like the Eighth Route Army. It shows that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army has been improved to the point that the Japanese do not dare to underestimate it.
Wang Xuexin didn't care much about these battle situations. He asked directly: "Have you detected the Japanese heavy artillery unit? Has Yuncheng been bombed?"
This is the top priority. The entire Yuncheng Battle actually revolved around the overt and covert struggle between the Japanese heavy artillery and the Eighth Route Army's "high fire".
As for other equipment, such as small-caliber artillery and medium-sized howitzers, as well as direct attacks by Japanese infantry, they cannot provide Yuncheng with the advantage of "you can't hit me, but I can hit you."
In this situation, we are fighting a war of attrition with the Eighth Route Army... With the few people of the Japanese, who is afraid of whom? The rest of the Eighth Route Army dare not say anything, but the number of people is several times more than the Japanese. The follow-up troops are still queuing up, and the guerrillas can be pulled up casually.
That's tens of thousands of people.
What Wang Xuexin was afraid of was the use of artillery shells to kill the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the heavy artillery was still out of range and the Eighth Route Army had no power to fight back. No matter how many people came up, they would not be able to fill the hole.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin went straight to the point and asked about the situation of the Japanese heavy artillery.
To Wang Xuexin's surprise, Chen Songyong replied: "No enemy heavy artillery has been found yet, and Yuncheng has not been bombarded by the Japanese!"
Now Wang Xuexin couldn't understand it.
What is Neji Okamura going to do?
He should know that the Yuncheng defense line is under the management of the Eighth Route Army, especially when the Eighth Route Army is equipped with rocket launchers and rocket launchers, it will be even more difficult for the Japanese infantry to directly break through the defense line.
Not to mention two divisions, even if there are three or four divisions, they will probably never come back.
At this time, Yuncheng, under Wang Xuexin's deployment, was already very different from when the Jinsui Army and the stubborn army were stationed.
When the Jinsui Army and the stubborn army were stationed in Yuncheng, although they could be said to be stubborn troops, they were at odds with each other and had their own evil intentions. Therefore, the Yuncheng defense line and the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line were not actually connected as one, and the Luliang Mountain defense line was not connected as a whole.
Most of them are under the control of the Eighth Route Army.
For the Japanese, the line of defense they faced from north to south was the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the stubborn army.
The defense line formed by these three troops is not coordinated with each other and even makes small moves. It can be said that it is full of loopholes. As long as one of the troops has a problem with the defense line, the entire defense line will collapse... Yuncheng fell for the first time because
The stubborn army's Zhongtiao Mountain fell, turning Yuncheng into a dead city.
It's different now.
Luliang Mountain, Yuncheng, and Zhongtiao Mountain were all under the control of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander handed over the defense of the Yuncheng area, including the passes of Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain, to Wang Xuexin.
So Wang Xuexin was able to deploy it into a unified line of defense.
Now Yuncheng, with its back to Zhongtiao Mountain, is not so easy to attack:
If small and medium-caliber howitzers want to bomb Yuncheng, they have to consider whether they are within the range of the rocket launchers commanding Zhongtiao Mountain. Zhongtiao Mountain is still the rear area of Yuncheng, and supplies and troops can be reinforced to Yuncheng at any time... If the Japanese invade Yuncheng...
The area between Zhongtiao Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain is just waiting to be surrounded.
The originally weak Yuncheng flank was cleverly resolved by Wang Xuexin's use of elastic defense.
The Yuncheng flank is unlike Yuncheng. There are many iron ore mines, copper mines and metallurgical plants near Yuncheng. Yuncheng cannot retreat even a step and has no choice but to defend.
This problem does not exist on the Yuncheng flank, so elastic defense can be used.
The Japanese attacked fiercely, and the Eighth Route Army retreated from one line of defense to another.
After retreating the two lines of defense, the Japanese themselves did not dare to pursue them.
Because if you continue to pursue, there will be a problem: to the north is the indestructible Luliang Mountain, to the south is Yuncheng and Zhongtiao Mountain, and in the front are defense lines of the Eighth Route Army. There are also powerful tank units of the Eighth Route Army hidden near Yuncheng. If necessary, go from the south
As soon as Bei crossed over...the Japanese were sealed in this dead end.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin was a little confused about the meaning of Okamura Neji's fight.