Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 362 Battle Plan No. [-]

Inside the headquarters.

After discussing the battle in Shandong, Shengwu Tanabe continued: "The Eighth Route Army is the old opponent of the Imperial Army. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and its 129th Division are operating together. The Taihang base where the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is located is divided by the Baijin Railway. The Eighth Route Army’s so-called Taiyue Military Region, which relies on Taiyue Mountain, has its main force consisting of the 386th Brigade, the old rival of the Imperial Army, and the Three Desperate Columns transformed from the Shanxi New Army.”

"The eastern part of the Baishan-Shanxi Railway is the Taihang Mountain base based on the Taihang Mountains. Pingshun and Xiyang in the north have their 385 brigades, and the counties in western Hebei to the east of the Ping-Han Railway have the New Tenth and New Eleventh Brigades. There are new brigades and secret service regiments fighting in the division and headquarters!"

"Three months ago, due to the internal battle between the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army went north one after another, and they were more concentrated!"

After Tanabe Shengwu finished speaking, Xia Yuan Mixiong nodded and said: "This is a good opportunity to encircle and suppress the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"In recent years, the intelligence department of the imperial army has been infiltrating the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army's defense is very strict, and the spies sent in have been cracked many times!"

"Recently, the Imperial Army has been equipped with a new type of monitoring equipment. It has been found that radio signals have been detected many times in the area south of Liao County, east of Wu Township, Licheng, north of She County, Wu'an, and west of Wuyi!"

"An advance team of the Imperial Army secretly sneaked into the base of the Eighth Route Army. After multiple investigations, it was finally confirmed that the Route Army headquarters and its rear offices are located in the area from Wangjiayu to Matian and Piancheng!" Moritake Tanabe said excitedly.

Compared with the excitement of Tanabe Moritake, Shinozuka Yoshio was quite calm: "Chief of Staff, I am afraid that the troops of the Eighth Route Army are not only the few brigades you mentioned, as far as I know, the Eighth Route Army also has a large number of backbone troops and local troops. Armed, otherwise it will only cause a huge momentum on the railway line some time ago!"

"Hey, that's true!"

Then Moritake Tanabe made a detailed breakdown of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Jinsui Military Region and even the Southern Hebei Military Region.

"As for the Tainan area, the current intelligence shows that the independent detachment is entrenched in the mountainous area in the north of Wuyi, and there are also Eighth Route Army troops entrenched here in Lidongnan, Ludongnan, Cixi and other places. The number is unknown. Some time ago, land reform was carried out in this area. It is not yet known whether these Eighth Route Army troops have anything to do with the independent detachment!"

Hearing the independent detachment, the head of the 108th division present immediately lifted his spirits. No matter where the independent detachment came from, it is still in the defense zone of its 108th division.

"The current number of the independent detachment is unknown, but judging from its momentum in attacking Handan City, the number of troops is no less than 5000. It is really the enemy of the imperial army!"

In the end, the Japanese army has the upper hand in North China. Even though the base of the Eighth Route Army appears to be an iron barrel to the outside world, the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and the designations of each unit finally gave the Japanese army a clue.

"My lords, let's fight here to stabilize the law and order in North China!" Neiji Okamura said loudly.

"Hi!" Everyone present stood up and responded.

"Next, I will announce the No. [-] battle plan. The encirclement and suppression will start first in Tainan, and the encirclement and suppression orders will be issued by the headquarters!"

"The 222rd and [-]th Independent Brigades, the [-]nd Infantry Regiment of the [-]th Division, and the [-]th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery are assembled in Taiyuan to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army's Jinsui Military Region!"

"Independent [-]th and [-]th Mixed Brigades, [-]th Division, and [-]th Division encircled and suppressed the Eighth Route Army's northern, central, and eastern bases!"

"The 108th Division encircled and wiped out the Eighth Route Army around Xingtai and Handan. At that time, the first part of the Independent First Brigade will cooperate with the encirclement and suppression in the north!"

"The Sixteenth Independent Brigade departs from Linfen and marches westward, and the Tenth Independent Brigade departs from Tunliu to encircle the troops of the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army!"

Neiji Okamura paused while speaking: "In addition to the 238th Regiment of the 104st Division to maintain security in the south of Changzhi, the rest of the division is responsible for the independent detachment of the Eighth Route Army that encircles the northern mountainous area of ​​Wuyi with the Terauchi Yubu of the [-]th Brigade!"

"The detailed battle plan will be distributed to all ministries after the meeting, gentlemen, do you understand!" Neiji Okamura said loudly.

"Hey, got it!"

The Japanese army involved in this siege involved five divisions and seven mixed brigades. Although many Japanese troops had to be kept in the defense area to maintain law and order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from jumping to the outer line to take advantage of loopholes, the number of Japanese troops participating in the siege this time was not small. to one hundred thousand people.

This is only the number of Japanese troops, and there are also a large number of puppet troops fighting in coordination.

The black cloud was pressing down on the city and the city was about to be destroyed, and Jiaguang opened golden scales to the sun.

In the Tainan base area, the regiments have already started distributing ammunition and preparing dry food, and at the same time, the village soldiers are patrolling in [-]-hour shifts to strengthen vigilance

Although many people firmly believe that the Eighth Route Army can defend the base area, they are inevitably panicked.

Many ordinary people had already moved their families to the nearby mountainous areas. Zhou Weihan did not stop this, and evacuated a group of ordinary people in advance. When the Japanese army really came, the pressure on the combat troops would be lighter.

On Mount Yama.

Li Yunshan is reporting the recent situation in the base area: "According to the report from the security department, many Japanese spies have sneaked into the base area in the past two days. Twenty-three cases were uncovered yesterday alone. Inside, once the war starts, these Japanese army's secrets will be hidden dangers, and when the time comes to expose the hidden places of the fellow villagers, this will be a big trouble!"

"I suggest that before the heavy Japanese troops attack, we should first check the base area as a whole. Our Tainan base area is different from other base areas. It forms a system of its own. Each of our regiments has its own defense area, and it is not easy to divide troops into other regiment defense areas. , It is easy to investigate if some unfamiliar faces come in, I think we should let each regiment allocate part of their troops, supplemented by militiamen, and specialize in investigating those unfamiliar faces who have recently entered the base area!" Li Yunshan suggested.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Zhou Weihan nodded, and then continued: "Yunshan, the government agencies, cadre schools and farms on Yanwang Mountain will also be transferred, and they will all be transferred to the secret camp deep in the mountain. This matter is up to you and Ding Big Abacus is in charge, this matter cannot be delayed, it will be transferred today!"

Zhou Weihan didn't know whether the little devil had a clear understanding of the exact location of the independent detachment headquarters.

But Zhou Weihan didn't dare to bet on this with the little devil, if the little devil sent a few bombers to take over Yan Wangshan's nest, it would be a lot of fun.

Yanwang Mountain is connected to the main vein of Taihang Mountain. Zhou Weihan also found a way out for himself after being reminded by Political Commissar Deng.

Before, people were sent to explore from the back of Yanwang Mountain to the depths of the mountain. This place is inaccessible, and they couldn't find a way out after two days of walking, but the corresponding Japanese army couldn't launch a surprise attack from behind.

So Zhou Weihan asked Ding Dasuan to arrange for people to set up several secret camps in the rear. Once the battle situation endangered Yanwang Mountain, the personnel on the mountain could be transferred to the back mountain.

(End of this chapter)