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"The 1st Division has been replenished, and the combat materials originally prepared for a division battle in Wuyuan have also been transferred from the Mongolian Army Headquarters to the 1st Division."

"The 1st Division is ready to attack."

"The 28th Division has been ordered to go north from Taiyuan."

"The 71st Division and the 72nd Division have entered Shuiquan and Yangquan respectively."

"The logistics department is transporting combat supplies in the direction of Shuiquan and Yangquan. At the latest tomorrow morning, the combat supplies for the battle between the two divisions will be delivered."

"At that time, the 71st Division and the 72nd Division can move forward."

After a pause, Yusue Seizo said again: "The railway department is also organizing transport capacity, and strives to transport the combat materials for the subsequent four division battles to Taiyuan, Datong, Yangquan, Shuiquan and other places within five days."

"Yoxi." Neiji Okamura said happily, "The 1st Division is ordered to go south immediately."

After a pause, he said again: "Notify the 27th Division, 73rd Division, 74th Division, and 75th Division to continue to rest. You only need to arrive in Taiyuan and Datong within five days."

"Hai." You Mojing paused, turned around and wanted to leave.

At this time, a communications staff officer came in quickly and reported: "Your Excellency, the aerial reconnaissance report has just been received, and the Chinese people in the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi are evacuating."

Yusue Seizo asked, "Is it a small part, or the whole thing?"

The signaler replied: "The market towns and villages seen by the aviation scouts are being evacuated, so this should be a large-scale evacuation operation, not just a partial evacuation."

"Understood." Arisue Seizo waved his hand to signal the communications staff to retreat.

With a sneer, Yusue Seizo said to Neiji Okamura again: "Your Majesty, you really expected it. The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really wants to evacuate completely. They really don't mind the trouble."

"This is exactly the power of the Communist Party." Neiji Okamura said awe-inspiringly.

"Compared to the Kuomintang who just treats the common people like cattle, sheep and dogs, the Communist Party really regards the common people as their relatives. In times of crisis, they would rather sacrifice their own army to protect the common people. Because of this, the common people will sincerely support the Communist Party, so their army is There will be more and more fights, and they will never be wiped out.”

After a pause, Okamura Ningji said again: "It is precisely because of this that we must not show any mercy to the Chinese people in the bandit area, but must wipe them all out."

"Your Majesty, what you said is very true." Youmo Jingsan said in a deep voice with terrifying murderous intent in his eyes, "So this time the imperial army will not only wipe out the 100th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the raid on the bandit areas in Northwest Shanxi, but also It is necessary to kill all the more than [-] million Zhina people in the bandit areas, and only in this way can the roots of the Eighth Route Army be dug out in Northwest Shanxi."

Okamura Ningji said grimly: "Yes, I would rather turn the northwest of Shanxi into a piece of white land, and I will not hesitate."

Yusue Seizo said again: "Your Excellency, if this is the case, the 27th, 73rd, 74th, and 75th Divisions may not be able to continue to rest and reorganize. The direction is to attack Jiugong Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain at the same time."

After a pause, he continued: "Because only in this way can we control the ferry on the east bank of the Yellow River and cut off the way for the common people in the bandit areas in the northwestern Shanxi to flee across the river. , they will return to Northwest Shanxi, and the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will make a comeback.”

Neiji Okamura shook his head and said, "However, the Jiugong Mountains and Crouching Tiger Mountains on the east bank of the Yellow River are steep and complicated. If the imperial army marches north-south along the east bank of the Yellow River, it will be difficult for the four divisions to expand their forces."

While talking, Neiji Okamura had already walked to the huge sand table.

Yousue Jingsan followed, and his eyes fell on the Yellow River in the shape of "ji".

The upper part on the right side of the word "ji" is the bandit area in northwestern Shanxi of the Eighth Route Army.

Close to the east bank of the Yellow River are Jiugong Mountain and Crouching Tiger Mountain. Even if the mountains here are not as steep as the Taihang Mountain in eastern Shanxi, they are not much worse.

Even if it is a mountainous combat division, marching in such a terrain can only form a long snake formation, and the marching line is dragged out for at least dozens of miles. In this way, it is not only easy to be attacked, but even more troublesome. The [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army only needs to find a few dangerous places to block the Japanese army with a small amount of troops!

Yusue Jingsan also saw the danger, frowned and said, "But the question is, besides doing this, is there any other way to stop the Chinese people?"

"No, there is still a way." Neiji Okamura said.

"Oh?" You Mo Jing asked three times, "I don't know what your Excellency General can do."

Neiji Okamura answered the wrong question: "Youmo-kun, do you know what happened in the third and final stage of the Battle of Songhu?"

"Of course." Seizo Arisue said, "Although I was a military attache stationed in Italy at the time, I paid close attention to major battles such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Taiyuan from the beginning to the end."

"In the third stage of the Battle of Songhu,"

"When the Tenth Army landed at Jinshanwei,"

"The hundreds of thousands of elite Chinese troops on the Huxi battlefield collapsed overnight."

"More than 30 panicked Chinese soldiers were like frightened sheep, scrambling to be the first to flock to Beijing-Shanghai, Shanghai-Hangzhou and other narrow roads, resulting in a stampede."

"The five elite divisions of the imperial army fought bitterly in the Songhu area for three months, but they only caused more than [-] Chinese casualties on the battlefield, but in the last three days of the battle, there were more than [-] Chinese soldiers. The army died under the stampede of their own people, these brave and fearless Chinese soldiers did not die under the guns of the imperial army, but died at the feet of their own people, it is really sad and lamentable."

Speaking of this, Yumo Jingsan suddenly realized, and suddenly said: "Your Excellency, you are saying that the people of China were driven to the bank of the Yellow River, and the panic effect was caused by strong military pressure, so that the people of China changed from an orderly evacuation to a scrambling one." Run away, and eventually form a stampede effect, thereby causing a large number of casualties?"

"That's right." Neiji Okamura said, "The results of the Battle of Songhu have proved that this is the most efficient way to kill people, and it is more efficient than the soldiers of the imperial army fighting with swords and guns on the battlefield."

After a pause, he said again: "And there is another benefit to doing this."

"I understand this." Yusue Seizo rushed to say, "If it is to drive away the Chinese people in the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi, the four mountain divisions that will go into battle can start from the east of the bandit area, compared to the west of the bandit area. The Jiugong Mountain, Crouching Tiger Mountain, and Fuliang Mountain in the east are more gentle, which is conducive to the deployment and combat of large troops."

"That's right." Neiji Okamura said, "Let's start from the east."

"Hayi." Youmo Jing paused, and then called a communication staff officer to order, "Order, the 27th, 73rd, 74th, and 75th divisions should rush to Shuiquan and Yangquan within two days, and send them to Yangquan in two days. On the morning of the third day, start from the northeast and southeast of the bandit area in North Shanxi and advance in parallel."

"Hayi!" The communications officer nodded.

……

The advance of the 1st Division was rapid.

Departing from Datong in the morning, we have advanced to the vicinity of Yezhugou at noon.

The reason why the 1st Division advances so fast is mainly because it is equipped with a large number of trucks. There are more than 6 Isuzu 6×1000 Type [-] trucks alone.

Including other vehicles, there are less than [-] vehicles!

Therefore, the devils of the 1st Division did not need to march on foot.

The 1st Division is also the only infantry division in the Japanese army sequence that has truly realized mechanization. The other divisions say they are mechanized, but in fact they can only be regarded as motorized and mules at best.

Since entering the territory of Ying County, he has been subjected to various attacks along the way.

However, they were all resolved by the search wing of the 1st Division, and the Japanese army had almost no casualties.

The search wing is a unique organization in Little Japan. In addition to the headquarters of the wing, it also has a horse squadron, a vehicle squadron, and a chariot squadron under its jurisdiction.

The entire wing has about 400 personnel.

There are more than 120 horses, 12 Type [-] tanks, and seven trucks.

Such a force is of course a piece of cake to deal with the militiamen of the Eighth Route Army. Even though the militiamen dug up the road and planted mines on the road, they were quickly repaired or eliminated by the infantry of the search wing.

Having said that, Ying County was not the focus of the Eighth Route Army's defense, so they didn't put much thought into it.

So when it was almost noon, the 1st Search Wing had advanced to the outside of the wild boar ditch.

Imada Yoshio forcefully lifted the turret cover of the Type [-] light tank he was driving, and looked forward with his head, and he was dumbfounded. What's going on?

Anti-tank cone?And anti-tank trenches?

Tuba Road actually knows how to build anti-tank fortifications?

And within the range of vision, there are all anti-tank cones and anti-tank trenches.

And it's quite regular, first a row of anti-tank cones, then an anti-tank trench, then another row of anti-tank cones, and then another anti-tank trench, with more than a dozen heavy front and rear feet.

In order to repair these fortifications, the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army should have spent a lot of manpower and material resources.

Amidst the roar of the engine, the following eleven [-]-type light tanks followed one by one, and lined up in the open area outside the Yezhugou mountain pass, with their muzzles pointed at the mountain pass.

Deputy captain Takashi Fujiwara poked his head out of the turret of a Type [-] light tank.

"United Captain!" Fujiwara Takashi said in astonishment, "Ahead is the anti-tank fortification repaired by the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army?"

"What do you think?" Imada Yoshio didn't have the slightest liking for this aristocratic deputy, because in his opinion, a dude like Takashi Fujiwara shouldn't be gilded in the army.

The army is the armed force used by the empire to expand its territory.

It should not be a gilded rank for the sons of nobles.

With a soft snort, Imada Yoshio said again: "It wasn't the anti-tank fortifications built by the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. Could it be that the Imperial Army built it?"

Takashi Fujiwara frowned, and said again: "But it's a little weird, the anti-tank cones built by the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army seem to be made of a whole block of stone instead of cement?"

"What's so strange about this." Imada Yoshio said disdainfully, "Tubachi Road can't get cement, so it can only use stones to make anti-tank cones, but the anti-tank cones made of stone are probably better than those made of cement. More trouble."

Takashi Fujiwara had already sensed Yoshio Imada's hostility, so he didn't say anything more immediately, but raised his binoculars to carefully observe the loess hillsides on both sides of the canyon.

In the field of vision, there are two most typical loess mountains.

Like two huge monsters, crouching on both sides of Tongpu Highway (Railway).

There is hardly any green vegetation on the surface of the mountain, it is all loess with fruit dew, and there are many ravines.

What puzzled Fujiwara Takashi was that the Eighth Route Army's fortifications were not visible on the hillside, let alone fortifications such as bunkers, or even trench fortifications.

Could it be that the Eighth Route Army did not build fortifications on the hillsides on both sides of the canyon?

The 1th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army should not think that only a dozen heavy anti-tank cones and anti-tank trenches can withstand the torrent of steel from their [-]st Division, right?too naive.

At that moment, Takashi Fujiwara said: "Commander, why don't I lead the horse squadron first, dismount and walk to seize the commanding heights on both sides of the canyon, and after confirming that there is no danger, the squadron will drag the anti-tank cone in the middle of the road with a car, and then Fill up the anti-tank trenches and clear the way for the main force of the division to advance?"

"Forget it." Imada Yoshio waved his hand and said, "The dirt hill here looks neither high nor steep, but it is quite difficult to climb up, and if you accidentally step on a loose clod, you will fall straight down. With a bruised nose and a swollen face, did we still suffer from such a loss when we came all the way before?"

Takashi Fujiwara fell silent.

Because since entering Yingxian County, there have been frequent incidents on the road, either the road has been cut off, or dense wooden signs suddenly appear, and it says that there are landmines here.

At the beginning, when encountering such a situation, their search wing would strictly follow the combat procedures, and first send infantry to seize the commanding heights on both sides of the road. During the process of commanding heights on both sides of the highway, many slipping and falling accidents occurred.

Because Northwest Shanxi belongs to the Loess Plateau terrain, weathering is also extremely serious.

The clods on the surface of the mountain look solid, but they shatter when stepped on.

Because of this, the infantrymen of the search wing suffered a lot, and several even broke their legs.

After a pause, Imada Yoshio said again: "Besides, the terrain here is clear at a glance. Mr. Fujiwara, wouldn't you be worried that there would be ambushes on such a bare hillside?"

Although Fujiwara Takashi was not convinced, he did not continue to argue.

Imada Yoshio immediately ordered the horse squadron to dismount, and the car squadron to get off the car and enter the wild boar ditch to clear the obstacles.

Soon, more than 200 devil infantry entered the canyon with their rifles in their hands, but they saw bare and unobstructed slopes on both sides of the canyon. There were neither bunkers nor trenches on the slopes.

After confirming that there was no danger, more than 200 devils began to work.

Some devils began to fill up the anti-tank trenches, while the other part of the devils found hemp rope, one end was tied to the anti-tank cone, and the other end was tied to the towing hook of the truck, and the truck would drag the anti-tank cone away.

These devils in the search wing have obviously received obstacle-clearing training, and their operational efficiency is very high.

In less than half an hour, the outermost anti-tank trench of the wild boar ditch was filled, and dozens of anti-tank cones arranged in front of the anti-tank trench were also dragged to both sides of the road.

The first anti-tank fortifications were quickly cleared.

From the beginning to the end, the search wing was not under any attack.

Seeing this, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Imada Yoshio's mouth.

"Fujiwara-kun, how are you?" Imada Yoshio smiled, "I said there was no Eighth Route Army ambush, right?"

"Commander Mingjian." Takashi Fujiwara was actually very low-key. Faced with Imada Yoshio's criticism and provocation, he chose to endure, and said with a pause, "But for safety reasons, it is best to transfer the tank squadron into the canyon to protect the vehicles." Clearance operations for vehicle squadrons and horse squadrons.”

"You don't need to say this."

Imada Yoshio snorted coldly, turned back and told the adjutant: "Order, the chariot squadron enters the canyon immediately, and protects the vehicle squadron and horse squadron to clear obstacles."

"Hayi." The adjutant nodded.

When the order was issued, the twelve Type [-] light tanks of the chariot squadron lined up and drove into the wild boar ditch. After entering the canyon, they immediately divided into two teams and spread out left and right to protect the two wings of the road.

At this time, even if there are really ambushes from the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the road, the devil infantry working in the canyon can quickly retreat to the side of the tank and use the tank to ensure their own safety.

Chapter 542 Victory in the First Battle

Are there really no bunkers and trenches on the hillsides on both sides of Yezhugou?

Of course not, in fact, there are closed bunkers and trenches hidden on every hillside, every gully and even every dirt bag on both sides of the canyon.

It's just that these bunkers and trenches have been carefully camouflaged.

It's hard to spot unless you go up close and observe carefully.

Under these bunkers and trenches lies a vast network of tunnels.

Through this tunnel network, personnel and equipment can be quickly transferred.

"Commander, do you want to fight?" the guard Xiao Zhang turned his head and asked Zhong Sheng.

Zhong Sheng was the second battalion commander of the original Xinyi Regiment and one of Li Yunlong's powerful generals. He had followed Li Yunlong since Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and had participated in the Western Expedition of the West Route Army.

At first Li Yunlong wanted to take him away, but Ding Wei refused.

After the new regiment was expanded into a team, Zhong Sheng was also promoted from battalion commander to regiment commander.