Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 389

For Xing Zhiguo's next battle plan, Zhou Weihan already had an idea.

Today, the situation in the Tainan region has become clear, and it is easy to incorporate the Pingshun region into the territory of the Tainan Military Region.

Once the Pingshun area is occupied by the Tainan Military Region, the Japanese army in Changzhi will be surrounded on three sides.

There are troops from the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest, and Tainan Military Region in the north and east. The Japanese army is in the Changzhi area, and even the little devil's offensive on Zhongtiao Mountain in the future will be suppressed.

In the west, there are the Jinsui Army, and in the south, there are a large number of national troops.

If the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can work together, taking advantage of the weak defensive strength of the [-]st Division in Changzhi at this moment, it might be impossible to regain control of the Changzhi area.

Of course, all the above are just in Zhou Weihan's imagination, and it is very difficult to put them into action.

Now, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have just experienced friction, and the grievances are deep. How can it be possible to abandon the past.

In addition, if the Changzhi area is recovered, the buffer zone between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will be gone.

The words are divided into two parts.

The Japanese army invested the most force in the sweeping of the Taihang base area. There were three divisions in total. The lower route was the [-]st Division in the Tainan area, and the [-]th Division in the middle route plus the troops transferred from Yuncheng. One part of the [-]th Division swept the hinterland of Taihang, and the fourth and ninth brigades were independent on the road, with a large number of puppet troops to cooperate. The number of Japanese troops was the smallest on this road, and they aimed at the Taibei area.

As mentioned earlier, the Eighth Route Army headquarters also made targeted deployments for the Japanese army's sweep. Except for the headquarters, the other agencies jumped to the outside line before the Japanese army completed the encirclement.

The New 22th Brigade followed the Northern Bureau and other agencies to fight in the west of Hebei. The headquarters agencies cooperated with the 129nd Regiment and the Guards to lead the Japanese army in the middle of the Taihang hinterland. Time, severely damaged its strength as the weak North Road Japanese troops.

This method is jokingly called Tian Ji horse racing. At that time, someone mentioned the Tainan Military Region?
Said like this: "He Zhou Weihan has more than [-] people in the main force alone, and the supply of weapons is very rich. In addition, the Tainan base area has a vast strategic depth. If Zhou Weihan can't even do a good job in anti-mopping, I think he Let's go back to the cooking team at the headquarters and carry the big pot!"

Judging from the current situation, the deployment of the headquarters is correct.

The Taibei Japanese army's mopping up troops were severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army, and the anti-mopping regiments captured a lot of money, and the Japanese army was exhausted in the Taibei area.

The Japanese army in the middle route, which was pinned down at the junction of the four counties of Liao County, Wuxiang, Shexian, and Licheng, received information from Mashiko's advancing team. The Japanese army immediately deployed its troops, and slowly advanced from west to east with a large net, waiting to break through. The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army threw themselves into the trap.

However, the Japanese army's plan was doomed to fail. After waiting in vain all night, the Japanese army did not find any traces of the Eighth Route Army anywhere.

"Baga, didn't Mashiko Shigeo say that the Eighth Route Army is going to break out westward and jump to the outer line? Will the thousands of living people disappear out of thin air? Has Mashiko's advance team contacted?" The [-]th Division of the Japanese Army who spoke The commander of the infantry regiment, Shi Zhongxinlang, hadn't seen the Eighth Route Army for a long time at this time, and couldn't help being furious.

"Your Excellency, the troops led by Lieutenant Mashiko Shigeo lost contact with our department yesterday after radio contact. The radio station has remained silent until now, and our telegraph personnel have been unable to contact them!" said the adjutant on the side.

"General, will the Mashiko advance team fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army?" said Tokuda Sanji, the commander of the 225th regiment of the [-]th Division.

"Absolutely impossible!" Shinro Shige categorically vetoed it, but he had guessed about this before, but he was unwilling to admit it in front of outsiders.

"However, if there is no progress in our sweeping this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to General Gangmura!" Tokuda Sanji said again, with the corners of his mouth raised.

The Japanese army is not monolithic either. The [-]th Division of the Japanese army has been stationed on the front line of Yuncheng to defend the national army in Zhongtiao Mountain.

It is the most comfortable to live in the troops of the First Army, and the national army in the first war zone has the advantage.

As for the other units of the First Army, facing the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, they suffered unspeakably.

It turned out that Yoshio Shinozuka mobilized troops from the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army's anti-sweeping campaigns. The commander of his division, Anda, used the National Army's imminent move in Mount Zhongtiao more than [-] times as an excuse to refuse to carry out Yoshio Shinozuka's orders. .

The combat plan for this time was fully formulated by the North China Dispatch Army Command, and the combat order was also personally issued by Neiji Okamura himself.

Anda Twenty-Three did not dare to use excuses this time, but he also played tricks when mobilizing troops.

After learning that the Japanese army dispatched by the [-]th Division was headed by its infantry regiment Noburo Ishige, Adachi [-] immediately decided to send a regiment leader with the rank of Dazuo to lead the team.

The name is to assist the [-]th Division to carry out a sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and fully obey the command of Shinro Shige.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Neiji Okamura were very satisfied with this. In fact, Adachi had told Tokuda Sanji before the [-]rd year that he should preserve his strength during the raid and not consume too much troops.

Therefore, Tokuda Sanji was rather watching the excitement at this time, and he could share some of the credit for the success of the sweep. The failure of the sweep could also be said to be due to a command error by Noburo Ishige.

Although what Tokuda Sanji said just now did not mean to criticize, but it was obvious that he used Neiji Okamura to pressure Noburo Ishige. Noburo Ishige was holding back his anger, and the scene fell into an awkward situation for a while.

In fact, the battle plan of the Japanese army in the middle of the road at this time can basically be declared a failure. After all, they have been eating dirt behind the Eighth Route Army.

"General, since there is no report of the passing of the Eighth Route Army at the stronghold near the Hanchang Highway, it means that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is still hidden in the mountains. We can increase our search efforts and go directly into the mountains, and we will definitely find it. Traces of the Eighth Route Army!" A Japanese officer who attacked quickly made a rescue.

The little devil never expected that the Japanese traitor Isamu Terauchi would cooperate with him.

As soon as this suggestion came out, the Japanese officers of the [-]th Division were eager to wash away their shame, and they all raised their hands in agreement. On the other hand, the Japanese officers of the [-]th Division turned their attention to Tokuda Sanji.

"General, with all due respect, the imperial army is not familiar with mountainous terrain after all. The Eighth Route Army has always drilled into the deep mountains, and the Eighth Route Army will be even more defenseless!" Tokuda Sanji retorted immediately.

"idiot!"

In the end, it was Noburo Ishige who patted the table before the Japanese army reached a consensus.

The last two divisions mobilized their troops one after another, and started a drag-net search to the surrounding mountains with Lookout Mountain as the core.

(End of this chapter)