Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

Terauchi Juichi's idea was recognized by all the commanders present.

Everyone agreed with what he said.

It can be seen that the independent division led by Zhang Ling has caused indelible fear to the Japanese.

Therefore, we must concentrate our forces to destroy it.

At this time, Okamura Ningji also stood up and said seriously: "According to the instructions of the headquarters."

"The North China Expeditionary Army should concentrate all its forces to wipe out the resistance forces in the entire North China in one fell swoop."

"This includes the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army, which will be expanded to the Shaanxi border of Longguo."

"In this way, the headquarters will have the possibility to swallow up at least half of the territory of Dragon Country."

"Therefore, the headquarters ordered us to quickly assemble the 11th, 12th, 13th, 21st Army and the 3rd Flight Group."

"It has 23 divisions and 17 brigades, with a total of 55 people."

"Declare war on all resistance forces in the entire North China region."

"We must take over all of North China in one battle and inflict a severe blow to the resistance forces in Yan'an and Chongqing."

"And Yan Laoxi's forces in northwestern Shanxi were completely destroyed."

……

Zhang Ling took a nap on the bed.

From last night until this morning, Zhang Ling has been looking at the map.

Nowadays, the situation in the entire northwest of Shanxi has become increasingly tense.

According to the timeline, the Hundred Regiments Campaign will begin soon.

In order to prepare for the Hundred Regiments Campaign, Zhang Ling even exchanged several bird's-eye views of the northwest Shanxi region in advance.

If you want to open the entire bird's-eye view of northwest Shanxi, you will need a lot of points.

Zhang Ling doesn't have many points now.

But at least a small part of it can be seen.

Don't underestimate this small part of the fog of war being lifted.

Because it is impossible for you to know what the enemy is doing or what actions they are taking.

But Zhang Ling can dispel this small part of the fog of war and directly infer the enemy's movements.

Comrades from the Intelligence Bureau delivered the news last night.

The Japanese in the far direction are gathering frantically.

Moreover, this gathering is completely different from other gatherings.

This time, the Japanese have assembled 25 troops in Taiyuan.

And according to the information sent by the comrades from the Intelligence Bureau.

The Japanese still have 30 troops coming from all directions.

Arriving too far.

This also included the Japanese Third Flying Regiment.

Although Zhang Ling was not sure what the Japanese were trying to do.

But there was basically no need to guess, Zhang Ling knew clearly that the Japanese were planning to attack the North China region.

From the outbreak of the war between the two sides in 37 to now August 40.

Basically, there has been no war in northwest Shanxi for some time.

Towards a state of peace.

This is certainly not because the Japanese are peace-loving.

It’s not that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is very good at fighting.

Instead, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding and neither attacked the other.

Even Chongqing acquiesced to this.

Neither Yan'an nor the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi were very clear about this situation.

But Zhang Ling knew it.

Tong failed at work.

It was because of the failure of Tong's negotiations that the Japanese invaders launched a fierce raid on North China.

The Japanese raids also caused the Eighth Route Army to put up fierce resistance.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army quickly assembled 30 troops and launched a mopping-up and counter-mopping-up war with the Japanese in the North China Plain.

This is what is known as the Hundred Regiments Campaign.

百团大战一共分为3个阶段。第一阶段是40年8月20日到40年9月10日。

The central task of this stage was to destroy the Zhengtai railway traffic.

而第二阶段则是40年9月22日到40年10月上旬，主要任务也是继续破坏小鬼子的交通线。

At the same time, destroy the Japanese strongholds around the anti-Japanese base areas.

40年10月上旬到41年1月24日则是为第三阶段，主要任务就是反击小鬼子的报复性扫荡。

Since the outbreak of the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the two sides have fought a total of 1824 battles of varying sizes.

At the same time, it dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese devils and also cooperated with the attack of the Japanese devils by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

After this incident, the whole country's determination to fight the war of resistance was greatly enhanced.

This is, of course, the main message of the Hundred Regiments Campaign in history.

But things are different now.

Now, because of the appearance of Zhang Ling, the upcoming Hundred Regiments Campaign is very likely to have subversive results.

Zhang Ling has been frantically expanding the independent division during this period.

Not only did the independent division's howitzers expand to 180.

120 tanks were also prepared.

It is also equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, mortars and other weapons.

As for the Type 95 automatic rifle, there is no need to say more.

The personal equipment of the independent division is completely covered from top to bottom.

All of them are the 40-year-old rabbit army!

The independent division now has a total of 4.5 people.

It can be said that it is enough to counterattack too far and even take over the entire northwest Shanxi.

However, Zhang Ling did not expect that the Japanese had assembled 55 people this time.

Although the independent division is powerful, it also has a large number of anti-aircraft weapons.

But we were still at a disadvantage when facing the Japanese air force.

The best way to defeat an air force is to defeat it with another air force.

Anti-aircraft weapons are ultimately insufficient.

Therefore, the Japanese are now mobilizing troops on such a large scale.

Zhang Ling has been constantly making plans and thinking these days.

It was not until this morning that Zhang Ling finally had time to get some sleep.

I slept for less than four hours.

Suddenly the door was pushed open.

The boss hurriedly walked in with the chief of staff from headquarters and a group of people.

Zhao Gang said at the side: "Boss, the division commander hasn't slept for a few days."

"Always deploying..."

The boss nodded and was about to let the person out.

Zhang Ling suddenly got up from the bed.

He looked at the boss and others with bloodshot eyes: "Boss, you are here."

"Sleep a little longer, and come to find me in the operations meeting room after you've rested." said the boss.

"No need, I've slept for a few hours, that's enough." Zhang Ling stretched happily.

The boss didn't waste any words. We are all fighters and he doesn't want to be pretentious with you.

A group of people hurried into the operations meeting room.

The boss looked at Zhang Ling with a serious expression: "It has been confirmed now."

"The Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek's Tong Work Plan has failed. The Japanese have already assembled 55 troops, and the Third Air Force is assisting them."

"Prepare for a general attack on our entire North China region."

"The situation is serious now. In the entire North China region, your independent division is the most combat-capable one."

"Even the headquarters' team still has a huge gap in combat effectiveness compared to you."

"So, in response to this situation, Yan'an hopes that your independent division can become the nail in the Japanese general attack this time."

"We must firmly stop the Japanese attack. It would be best if we can relieve the pressure on our brother troops in other places."