Marshall took the telegram, read it, and said in surprise, "The Japanese army was defeated again?"
Hull followed and said, "The 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the Chinese National Army has repelled the Japanese pursuit and is advancing towards Jinan. I have heard about this 115th Division. It seems that it fought a good battle at Pingxingguan. At that time, China promoted
Very powerful.”
Roosevelt nodded and said, "This is the main force of the Red Party armed forces in northern China. I think we need to send people to contact them. We must understand the specific situation in China so that we will not make mistakes in our judgment."
Hull put away the telegram and said, "I'll make arrangements."
The telegram Roosevelt received was actually forwarded from Chongqing, and the news from Chongqing was actually much slower. After Lin Sanhu encircled the encirclement with reinforcements and repelled the Japanese pursuit, he stopped going north and turned south, heading straight to Binzhou. The Japanese army was trembling with fear.
After confirming that there was no new ambush and pursuing forward, the weather suddenly changed and it snowed heavily. The Eighth Route Army had cotton-padded clothes and trousers provided by Jiang Cheng, which was not a serious problem. On the contrary, the heavy snow covered the traces of the Eighth Route Army, while the Japanese army
But I feel even more difficult to pursue. Due to the Sanguang policy some time ago, many places have become no man's land. The Japanese army's logistics supplies are slowly unable to keep up. By the time the 115th Division arrived in Qingzhou, the main force of the Japanese army had already begun
Some don't have enough to eat.
What made Neji Okamura feel even worse was Shanxi. The offensives of the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army in Suiyuan were getting stronger and stronger. The two soldiers and horses, which were originally just feigning attacks, saw that the intensity of the Japanese counterattack seemed to be much weaker than expected.
They simply began to attack cities and seize territory. Okamura Neji was forced to transfer some of his troops to deploy defenses in Hebei and other places. The time Lin Sanhu wanted gradually matured.
"Wow, it's so cold." Jiang Cheng rubbed his hands and walked into the Shanshen Temple, which was the temporary headquarters of the 115th Division.
"Oh, it's 203. You came just in time. The Japanese are almost at Qingzhou. It's hard work for them after traveling thousands of miles." Luo Ronghuan saw Jiang Cheng and said hello with a smile.
Jiang Cheng said while warming himself by the fire, "Then do we still want to continue moving?"
Lin Sanhu stood outside the window and looked at the snowy outside, and asked, "Can our tanks be used at this time?"
At this time, the temperature in Shandong reached minus 11 or 12 degrees Celsius. Such weather is a challenge for motorcycles. Diesel engines can generally maintain a temperature of about minus 20 degrees Celsius, while gasoline engines can only maintain a temperature of about minus 10 degrees Celsius. Of course,
It's not that it will break if it exceeds this temperature, but it is difficult to start a fire and causes a lot of damage to the machine, so Lin Sanhu has this question.
"Don't worry, our fuel contains antifreeze. Our tanks can run even at minus 30 degrees Celsius," Jiang Cheng explained.
"That's good. The intelligence shows that the Japs can no longer hold on. As long as we can give them another hate, their raid will be a complete failure." Lin Sanhu walked quickly to the map and said, "I'm going to
Let them set up a big pocket formation here, and our tank troops are the cover of my pocket formation!"
With that said, Lin Sanhu took a picture of the map. Jiang Cheng and others gathered around. Lin Sanhu said, "The terrain here is very special. On the left is the Jiulongyu Mountain Area, which stretches for nearly a hundred miles. On the right are Yaoshan, Lingshan, Cangshan, etc.
The mountains and plains are suddenly tightened here, and there are Niu Mountain, Turtle Mountain and other places behind, making this place a natural pocket. Now that the snow is falling, the Japanese reconnaissance planes cannot take off. We only need to set up an ambush here.
We can definitely win in one battle!”
Everyone looked at the map and couldn't help but admire Lin Sanhu's military vision. This place is Linqu County under Qingzhou. This pocket array is not small. It can probably hold ten or two thousand people.
Lin Sanhu looked at everyone and asked, "Do you think there is anything wrong?"
Luo Ronghuan shook his head and said, "I support it."
Nie Rongzhen also nodded and said, "I agree too."
Lin Sanhu saw that he had passed it, and immediately said, "Then immediately order the troops to ambush in the surrounding mountains, and everyone will ban lights and fires. If the Japanese army discovers any abnormalities, military law will be pursued!"
The snow was still falling, and a large army was advancing cautiously. This was Kita Makoto, who had been chasing Lin Sanhu for almost a month. He looked at Linqu County with a telescope, which had turned into a white world, and said, "Ahead."
Have you found any traces of the Eighth Route Army?"
"Reporting to the division commander, we have found no trace of the Eighth Route Army. Our intelligence personnel told us that the Eighth Route Army has been passing here for three days, and has also asked all the people to go to the countryside to avoid our army." said the staff officer Nakagawa Shunan next to him.
Kita Cheng hummed, "Ba~~ga~~, Lin Sanhu's 115th Division is extremely cunning. They first let a brigade enter the county to search, and most of them repaired outside the city, and then entered after confirming that there are no problems."
In fact, at this time, the Japanese army no longer had much confidence and expectations in catching up with and destroying the 115th Division. They just chased with inertia. After all, the more snowy and bad weather is like this, the more beneficial it is to the 115th Division.
The transfer, not to mention the back and forth of the 115th Division in the past month and the counterattacks of guerrillas from various places, have already turned Okamura Neji's iron wall into a broken house with air leakage from all sides, but no one dares to be the first to say give up.
Come on.
Okamura Neiji himself doesn't have high hopes. His biggest wish now is to rely on this kind of pursuit to drive the 115th Division out of Shandong. As for the annihilation... we will talk about it later.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we have confirmed that there are still some families in the county. We found some squires who are close to the empire. They reported to us that the Eighth Route Army has indeed left and continued southward." Nakagawa Shunan came over again and said.
Kita Makoto looked at the south and said, "Nakagawa-kun, do you know where the south is?"
The quality of the Japanese army officers was quite good. He immediately replied, "Hi! This is the direction of Linyi."
Kita Cheng nodded and said, "If the 115th Division reaches Linyi, they can use the terrain and fortifications there to keep us out of the mountains, and our pursuit this month will be declared a failure."
Zhongchuan Shunan didn't see it that way. He said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think the reason why the Eighth Route Army is so numerous is that they are rooted in the countryside. If we can drive them to the south of Linyi, then most of Shandong will be completely destroyed."
Now that everything is quiet, this should be a victory for the empire."
Kita Cheng laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "Very good! Let's go to the city to rest and continue our journey tomorrow morning!"
Everyone was very happy when they heard that they could enter the city for repairs. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops entered the county one after another, smashed open the surrounding houses, and looted and rested. Of course, looting and looting also occurred. Seiichi Kita did not care about this.
, since the people here have obeyed the orders of the Eighth Route Army and evaded the Imperial Army, they are the targets of the Three Lights Policy. If they don’t burn this place down now, it is already an act of mercy, so there is no need to tolerate anything.
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"Asshole! The kid is doing evil again in the county town!" After receiving the news, Luo Ronghuan angrily walked into the headquarters and said to Lin Sanhu, "The kid has entered the city. It seems that he is going to rest for a day. Our scout reported that
They burned, killed, and looted in the city, and they really did all sorts of bad things."
Lin Sanhu said with a calm expression, "The Japanese army has been chasing us day and night for a long time. Now that we are very close to Linyi, the Japanese army must have psychologically given up on the hope of annihilating our army, so the frontline commanders began to let go
Slow down and just seek safety, not victory."
Although Luo Ronghuan was a little dissatisfied with Lin Sanhu for not mentioning the atrocities committed by the Japanese army, he continued, "The Japanese army is now a triangular formation. Hundreds of thousands of troops are constantly concentrating on us from Linqu to Guangrao. It is said that every hour now
After arriving in Linqu, some Japanese troops entered the city to rest. The strength of the troops has increased from a vanguard brigade to about a division. Now the city is beginning to become uninhabitable, and the Japanese troops have begun to set up camp outside the city."
"Our table is big enough, so we don't have to worry about too many people coming!" Nie Rongzhen said, "I think the table we set up can accommodate even 20,000 to 30,000 people."
Lin Sanhu ate soybeans and said, "One hundred tanks, sixty-two rocket launchers, and fifty thousand main troops. It is not a problem to eat twenty or thirty thousand of them. The key is to completely disrupt the Japanese army from the beginning. As long as the Japanese army is defeated
We rushed into chaos, and they couldn't figure out how many people we had. Last time our ambush wiped out an entire regiment of theirs, they were already a little afraid of us. Now if we launch another ambush, as long as we win,
, the Japanese army will no longer dare to pursue us. Order all units to prepare, today is the best time to attack."
Due to the materials provided by Jiang Cheng, the nutrition of the Eighth Route Army at this time was much better than in history. Night blindness was basically non-existent, and everyone could fight at night. This made the Red Party generals in this time and space prefer night attacks and night marches. Winter
The wind was still blowing, and snowflakes were falling. All the Eighth Route Army soldiers were wearing white cloaks. In order to intimidate the enemy, they painted their faces like ghosts and gods at Jiang Cheng's suggestion, and quickly arrived at their designated positions. If there was any
When the Japanese soldiers saw these white shadows flying around, they would probably think they were seeing forest ghosts.
With three days, Jiang Cheng promptly transported the tank and a large amount of ammunition to the 115th Division. Xu Guangda, who had been eating for a month in the 115th Division, excitedly entered the tank, smelled the familiar smell of engine oil, and felt
Extremely satisfied, as if this is not engine oil but some exquisite delicacy.
"Commander Xu, remember, your only mission is to charge continuously, and you must completely overwhelm the Japanese army! Only in this way can our losses be minimized." Thinking of Lin Sanhu's repeated instructions, Xu Guangda took a photo
He patted himself on the face to keep his spirit at its best, picked up the microphone and said, "Comrades! Tonight is the time for our Eighth Route Army to avenge the Shandong folks! Comrades, we must exert our 120% level to take revenge!"
!”
"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!!"
There were bursts of low shouts coming from the earphones. Although they were not from Shandong, the tank regiment had followed the 115th Division in the north and south in the past month. They had seen too many villages that had been harmed by the Japanese army, and their hearts were already full of anger.
In fact, the Japanese troops were still entering Linqu at this time. Some Japanese troops who were not supposed to come also rushed here overnight, hoping to find a sheltered place to withstand the heavy snow. If the Japanese troops were in good health, but in such cold weather
There are still many people who are sick, and they urgently need a place to rest. This is why some Japanese troops left the county and stationed outside. One is to prevent sneak attacks, and the other is to free up some rooms for these sick Japanese troops.
live.
"Ah~~~" A Japanese soldier yawned while standing guard. Although he knew that the Eighth Route Army might appear nearby at any time to contain and block them, he could not cheer up at all. He was too tired, cold and tired, so
People can't wait to find a leeward place to smoke a cigarette and take a rest. As for going to bed, they dare not go to bed. If they are not under the quilt in such weather, they may not be able to wake up.
Just do it when you think of it. Looking at the still snowing sky and the deserted camp, the Japanese soldier quietly came to the corner of the camp. Even if he was discovered, he could use the trumpet as an excuse. Besides, who would come in such weather?
What about the inspection?
After finally lighting up a cigarette, the Japanese soldier Meimei took a puff. He looked at the sky, thinking about his family in Japan, and murmured, "Sanye... are you and Meimei okay? I don't know.
When can I go home?"
After saying that, he touched the hard object in his arms. This was his harvest for more than a month, a gold ring. He had always thought about taking this thing back to Japan and giving it to his wife. Such a beautiful ring would give three
Wearing it will look absolutely beautiful.
"Kick-kick"
Waves of slight sounds attracted his attention. He stood up and listened carefully. The winter wind brought the sounds into his ears. They all seemed to be coming from something stepping on the snow.
But why is it so big? Is it some kind of monster?
He looked out with a flashlight, but only saw wind and snow. Is there really a monster? The Japanese soldier shook his head and continued to look. Suddenly he saw a white shadow... No, it was a white shadow rushing out of the snowy night.
came out.
"What is this?" Before he could answer his question, he heard a cry from the camp. When he turned around, he saw a sentry in the distance pointing to the sky. He looked up and saw countless shooting stars in the snowy night.
shining...
"Enemy attack!" "Bang" "Da da da da"
Finally, the Japanese army discovered what those meteors were. They were artillery shells. The meteors quickly hit the camp. The fireballs exploded by the meteors turned the snowflakes red. The Japanese turned back to look at Bai Ying and found that the white
The shadow was less than ten meters away from me, and I could see clearly what it was - they were tanks with big gun barrels sticking out.
"Wow!" The Japanese soldier fell to the ground and crawled back desperately. The tank pressed over him mercilessly. His body, together with the soil, snow water and gold ring, turned into a kind of
A mixture of white, red and black, it's hard to describe.
