Three days later, more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers finally reached the base of the new regiment and battalion.
"Division Commander, the entire station is deserted, not even a bullet or a grain of food is left!" the captain of the forward force who entered the camp in advance reported with a sullen face.
The troops fought hard and were harassed by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas along the way. Not to mention the loss of hundreds of imperial troops, almost everyone in the remaining troops had a pair of dark circles under their eyes and was very tired. It was not easy to kill the target, but
If the attack was in vain, not even a single Eighth Route Army soldier was found, which would make everyone feel uncomfortable.
Lieutenant General Ito had already guessed this result, and his face looked much better.
He replied with a stern face: "The Eighth Route Army is not a fool! There are so many of us coming to kill us. If we don't run away, why are we waiting here to die?"
"We will rest here tonight and have a day off tomorrow. We will start the official operation the day after tomorrow. With this place as the center, the troops will be divided into three and sweep across the entire Eighth Route Army base area. If the Eighth Route Army wants to escape, let them shoot. Wait until they have no way to escape.
In this place, if you don’t want to have a decisive battle with us, you have to fight decisively!”
Dozens of kilometers away in Xiangfen County, the former enemy headquarters of the New Regiment, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong rushed in excitedly but solemnly.
"Captain, the Japs have divided their forces, and the real encirclement and suppression has begun!" Wang Pingzhong reported hurriedly after seeing his success. "Same as the intelligence we received a few days ago, the Japs divided their forces into regiments. Each infantry regiment
The team is for mopping up troops all the way, and the mopping up troops in the middle have the largest number of troops. In addition to an infantry regiment of nearly 4,000 people, there are also division guard troops, more than 2,000 cavalry troops, a field artillery brigade, a heavy mountain artillery brigade, and a
The chariot brigade, with a total strength of nearly 9,000 people, is coming directly to Xiangfen County where we are!"
"The other two groups of Japs only have an infantry regiment, a field artillery brigade, and a heavy mountain artillery brigade, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people!"
"Even so, these two groups of little Japs are still behemoths to us. If our new regiment collides with any of the Japs' encirclement and suppression troops, there is no chance of winning!"
"In addition, these three groups of devils are spaced apart from each other but attacking each other. They are distributed in a semicircle, sweeping across our base area from south to north, intending to push us little by little to the north of Linfen, and then force us to fight decisively and gather together to rape them.
.Or directly force us out of the base area. Of course, this possibility is very low..."
After Wang Ping stared at the map for five minutes, he frowned and asked: "Do they have any troops left behind in the first battalion's defense area~"
"Yes, the strength of an entire infantry brigade~" Zhong Chenggong affirmed.
"We moved so many troops along the way. The Japanese must have known that even in the places they raided, there would still be our remaining troops and local guerrillas. Therefore, an infantry brigade was specially deployed to deal with our remaining troops and at the same time, ensure their logistics.
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"Where is the First Battalion? Where is Xiong Changhe now?" Wang Ping stared at the map and continued to ask.
"Here..." Zhong Chenggong answered, pointing to a point on the map within the third battalion's defense area.
"Although the Japs only divided their troops into three groups, twenty meters apart from each other. However, each group of armies was divided into three groups. Each group was only five or six kilometers apart. They cooperated with each other and supported each other. They must enter every village and seal off the town.
We must stop, just like a comb, combing our base area."
"The first battalion and the new first battalion have nearly 2,000 people, and they are also equipped with a lot of heavy weapons. It is impossible to escape the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops. But they do not have the strength to fight against the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops, so they can only be driven all the way to three
Camp defense area!”
Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then ordered: "Contact Xiong Changhe immediately, I don't care what method he uses, whether it is splitting up the troops to attack, or attacking directly, tonight, we will break through the enemy's encirclement.
Jump on the back of the little devils to attack their remaining troops and destroy their logistics line!"
"The enemy's entire encirclement and suppression plan is too thorough. We must distract them and make them chaotic. Only in this way can we have a chance!"
"Also, order all the garrison troops and guerrillas in the military division to organize the common people to clear the country and use guerrilla warfare to attack the Japs. At the same time, completely destroy the roads that the Japs must take!"
"The enemy's three-way mopping up troops all brought heavy artillery, so they can only take the road. By destroying the road, we can force them to divide their forces, and at least slow down their encirclement and suppression of us!"
"Order, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, the second battalion, leave the newly formed main battalion to cooperate with the local guerrillas and garrison troops and the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops to fight guerrillas, and all other troops will be transferred to the regiment headquarters. Since the little devils do not divide their troops, I will fight
A big battle~”
"Order, the artillery battalion, armored battalion, cavalry battalion, and air defense battalion, all have completed their training and are ready for battle!"
In the first battalion station, the joy of winning a battle by the river a few days ago has been completely overshadowed by the frustration and helplessness of the past few days.
The Japanese were too cautious, and Xiong Changhe was in high spirits, with high morale and confidence to attack for several days in a row.
However, the final result, without exception, was all in vain.
Especially last night, when the enemy's sneak attack failed, half of the infantry company was blown up by the enemy's counterattack artillery fire. He lost his wife and lost his troops...
Watching the Japanese attack them all the way and drive them out of the defense area, everyone in the battalion was filled with anger and had no place to vent their anger.
"The battalion commander...the regiment commander has an urgent message. It's a combat order for us!" Suddenly, the communications squad leader rushed in and reported hurriedly.
Xiong Changhe snatched the telegram.
After reading the telegram, not only was there no expression of excitement on my face, but I felt helpless.
"The leader has given me a big problem!" Xiong Changhe said helplessly after handing the telegram to the instructor.
After reading the telegram, Liang Cheng frowned.
But he still replied with a firm face: "No matter how difficult it is, we must carry it out. This is an order from the regiment headquarters. It must be related to the overall situation of the entire anti-encirclement and suppression campaign by the regiment headquarters. The overall situation must not be affected by the difficulties of our first battalion!"
Jiang Chao, the commander of the new first battalion, also looked very unhappy. He replied with a troubled expression: "The Japanese blockade is too strict. We have so many people and heavy weapons. It would be impossible to pass through their blockade."
It’s even harder!”
"This is the intelligence just sent back by the reconnaissance platoon. The situation is similar to what we thought during the day. The Japanese used infantry brigades as units, about five kilometers apart from each other, and were stationed on all the highlands on the Xiongcun line. They used firepower to block all passable areas from a high position.
They blockaded the roads along the line. For some places with difficult terrain, they also deployed infantry squads to guard the areas with heavy machine guns and mortars. As long as we pass by, no matter where we go, we can't hide from their eyes!"
"Is it possible to fight?" Liang Cheng asked with a frown.
Jiang Chao shook his head and replied: "It's very difficult. The best breakthrough points are those places defended by only a small number of Japanese infantry. Taking down these little Japs is not a problem... but the Japanese reinforcements are a big problem!"
"Not to mention anything else, the artillery shells fired by the Japanese from a long distance can cause a lot of damage to us, not to mention that they can kill us in ten minutes and then surround our reinforcements!"
"I'm sure that the little devils now are not only not worried about us attacking them, but they are looking forward to us attacking them. This way they can fight us and kill us!"
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