Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1346 The 118nd Division
The defense of Zhangjiakou fell on the shoulders of Masano Kawamura, commander of the 118th Division.

Neiji Okamura was aware of the danger in Zhangjiakou. In fact, he always knew that the Eighth Route Army had the intention of occupying Zhangjiakou and going northeast, but he pretended not to know and did not send troops to reinforce Zhangjiakou. He even dispatched an army from Zhangjiakou to defend Taiyuan.

This is not because Okamura Neji set a trap in Zhangjiakou, nor is it because Zhangjiakou is not important, but that Okamura Neji has another calculation in his heart...

If the Eighth Route Army took Zhangjiakou and marched into the Northeast, it would be the trouble of the Kwantung Army, right?

Umezu Yoshijiro, this guy, always shouted when the North China Front Army was at a disadvantage in fighting the Eighth Route Army: "What's the matter with the North China Front Army? Even troops like the Eighth Route Army can't do anything about them? That's China's guerrillas, such troops Can it also defeat the regular army of the empire?"

Because of Meizu Yoshijiro's gossip, Okamura Neiji has often been reprimanded by Tokyo. Okamura Neiji very much hopes that one day Umezu Yoshijiro can see for himself whether the Eighth Route Army he is going to face is as he said and thought. Easy to deal with.

Now the opportunity finally came, and the Eighth Route Army really sent troops northward to point directly at Zhangjiakou.

Okamura Ningji was overjoyed, but on the surface he pretended to be shocked: "What? The Eighth Route Army actually attacked Zhangjiakou? Could it be that they want to attack the Northeast? It seems that the Kwantung Army must be notified!"

So Okamura Neiji sent a telegram to Umezu Yoshijiro, the wording was extremely humble... This is the horror of Okamura Neiji, the more he calculated the other party in his heart, the less he made the other party feel his threat.

Neiji Okamura said in his telegram that the Eighth Route Army had originally attacked Taiyuan with all its strength, but suddenly turned to Zhangjiakou.

Umezu Yoshijiro laughed after reading the telegram: "Okamura has already been scared by the Eighth Route Army. A single regiment of the Eighth Route Army can attack Zhangjiakou and make him so nervous. Such a person can also become a commander of the front army and a general. It is simply an empire." Disgrace to the army!"

"Your Excellency, General!" the staff officer asked: "So, do we still need to send reinforcements to Zhangjiakou?"

Umezu Yoshijiro thought for a while, and then ordered: "Send two brigades for reinforcements. If the Eighth Route Army can really reach Zhangjiakou, let them know how powerful the Kwantung Army is!"

"Yes!"

Umezu Yoshijiro actually has the mentality of competing with Ningji Okamura. He believes that two battalions of the Kwantung Army are enough to wipe out any Eighth Route Army attacking Zhangjiakou... Normally, one battalion of the Kwantung Army can match at least three regiments of the Eighth Route Army , Now he has sent two brigades to reinforce, which is quite a face for the Eighth Route Army.

If Okamura Neji's troops were defeated by the Eighth Route Army in Zhangjiakou, but the Kwantung Army could beat the Eighth Route Army back, it would be an indirect demonstration of Okamura Neji's incompetence.

Umezu Yoshijiro's idea is good, but he didn't expect that the current Eighth Route Army is far from the Eighth Route Army he imagined. Although the Kwantung Army of the two brigades he sent is not bad, they are not enough to stand in front of the independent regiments that have been armed to the teeth. .

Because Okamura Neiji deliberately led the Eighth Route Army to the Kwantung Army, his order to the 118th Division was: "Delay the Eighth Route Army's attack speed and wait for reinforcements. Don't act without authorization. Everything will be discussed after the reinforcements arrive!"

Okamura Ningji's words almost didn't tell Kawamura Masano to let the Kwantung Army go when the Kwantung Army arrived, and they just need to save their strength.

Masano Kawamura is a major general with a professional background. Unlike Neiji Okamura, who has an intelligence background and can think between the lines, he thought that Neiji Okamura's order would delay the enemy's marching speed as it said on the surface. Power and the enemy showdown.

So... the task that could have been accomplished by blowing up roads, bridges, and landmines, Kawamura chose to send troops to block it, and it was the "main force" of the Eighth Route Army, that is, the unit with tanks.

As for the other unit of the Eighth Route Army, Kawamura thought that since it was not the main force of the Eighth Route Army, then sending a brigade plus an artillery unit would be able to block them!
Masano Kawamura took it for granted that in the absence of tanks in the Eighth Route Army, this kind of firepower was enough to blow up the Eighth Route Army with heavy casualties. After all, it was an artillery regiment with 47 artillery pieces of various types, and 12 of them were 91 Type 105MM howitzer, this gun has a range of 10 kilometers, and can blow it up to the sky outside the range of the Eighth Route Army.

What Masano Kawamura didn't expect was that his battle plan was in Li Yunlong's arms, and he was about to practice with the devil's artillery, so the devil sent the artillery.

The devil artillery came up on the third night after the independent regiment set off.

The battles in the past few days have been going very smoothly. Although there are problems such as landmines and road repairs on the road, Li Yunlong has already converted some half-track vehicles into minesweeping vehicles and bulldozers, so there is no problem in this regard. The troops Interspersed along the highway at about [-] kilometers per day... The reason why he was able to advance [-] kilometers per day was mainly because Li Yunlong not only divided his troops into two places, but divided his troops into multiple places.

Li Yunlong took advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route Army was familiar with the terrain in this area. When the main force was advancing along the road, the other side ordered the troops to cross along the path on tricycles, bicycles or even on foot.

On the surface, the Eighth Route Army is fighting all the way on the road, but in fact, there are Eighth Route Army troops in all directions constantly infiltrating the devil's defense line.

Once these troops penetrated into the devil's defense line, they would divide and surround it or attack its supply line. In an instant, gunshots were everywhere on the entire advancing line, and the Eighth Route Army was everywhere.

In particular, every time the Eighth Route Army liberated the people, they immediately armed the people with the captured equipment, so in the eyes of the devils and puppet soldiers, the Eighth Route Army fought more and more.

Li Yunlong was looking at the map with a flashlight that night. He was happy to see the speed of the march: Datong is only more than 200 kilometers away from Zhangjiakou. If calculated by marching [-] kilometers a day, the destination can be reached in another day.

Li Yunlong was still a little strange, he asked Zhao Gang: "Where are these devils going? Are they all nested in Zhangjiakou and can't come out?"

Zhao Gang smiled and replied: "If you penetrate and fight like you, if the devils dare to come up and intercept them, they will be surrounded by you in less than two and a half seconds!"

This is also true, Li Yunlong's style of play is not accurate, no one knows if the Eighth Route Army is interspersed on the flanks, and then suddenly appears to cut off the rear.

Just when Li Yunlong was complacently trying to say a few words, suddenly there was a roar of shells in the air. Li Yunlong shouted "get down", and then stepped forward vigorously and threw Zhao Gang to the ground.

(End of this chapter)