night.
Former Japanese enemy headquarters in Xuzhou.
A Japanese staff officer walked in quickly and reported to Hengshan Yonghui: "General, the Locust Alliance Army has been assembled!"
According to Yokoyama Isamu's order, all nearby puppet troops were to assemble, put on Japanese military uniforms, and then serve as cannon fodder.
As the 11th Japanese Army marched north this time, every Japanese soldier carried a marching backpack and a steel helmet.
Therefore, every Japanese soldier has at least two sets of military uniforms.
But there were no spare helmets, and it was impossible for the Japanese to give the helmets to the puppet troops.
After all, this is something that can save your life.
Fortunately, the puppet troops attacked at night.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army might not be able to recognize him without wearing a helmet.
Hengshan Yong asked in a deep voice: "How many Locust Alliance troops are there?"
"There are fifty thousand people."
The staff officer replied:
"All the Locust Alliance troops have put on the military uniforms of the Locust Army!"
When the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army attacked Central China, the Japanese army had already assembled some main forces in the Xuzhou area, preparing to fight the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army troops were pointing directly at Xuzhou. How could the Japanese army be unprepared?
In addition to the assembled Japanese troops, many puppet troops in Jiangsu also gathered here.
Among them is the main force of the puppet army "Central China Local Army" in Jiangsu.
"Your Majesty Commander, if we do this, it won't cause a mutiny among the Locust Alliance army, right?"
Chief of Staff Major General Nakayama Sadake said with a worried tone:
"A few days ago, the 11th Division of the North China Front Army and other units placed the 2nd Front Army of the Locust Alliance Army in Shimen City and Zhengding as cannon fodder, which caused a mutiny among Sun Liangcheng's troops of the Locust Alliance Army, which directly led to the 11th Division and the 40th Army of the Locust Alliance Army.
The entire division and the 56th Division are in pieces..."
At this time, the Japanese army had already found out what happened in Shimen City.
We also found out why the main force of the Eighth Route Army arrived at the Jinzhou battlefield so quickly.
The 2nd Front of the Locust Alliance mutinied, attacked the Japanese headquarters, and led his men to defect.
However, Sun Liangcheng was captured by the Independent Brigade of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and then shot in public, so the Japanese army had no way of pursuing him.
Otherwise, Sun Liangcheng would have been hunted by Japanese agents and spies.
Yokoyama Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, this is indeed a problem.
But Yokoyama Isamu didn't care.
They are just a bunch of spineless dogs. So what if they mutiny? How much trouble can they cause?
"Our 11th Army is not a bunch of idiots like the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division."
"Besides this method, does Mr. Zhongshan have any better tactics?"
Yokoyama Isamu asked in a deep voice.
Zhongshan Zhenwu was silent, he really couldn't think of a better tactic than this.
Although the Eighth Route Army is in urgent need of weapons and ammunition, it is not out of ammunition and food.
Even if the locust army is sent up to pretend to attack the Eighth Route Army, there will probably be a lot of casualties.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Things are different now. The Eighth Route Army now has powerful firepower.
Even though the Eighth Route Army did not have much ammunition, it was still several levels stronger than the Japanese army's firepower.
In combat, the Eighth Route Army likes to cover the ground with artillery fire as soon as it comes up.
Even the extremely powerful 3rd Division could not withstand it.
Hengshan bravely drew out the lieutenant general's sword and said in a stern tone: "Set up a team to supervise the army. Once the Locust Alliance troops are found to be mutinous, they will be shot immediately!"
"Hi."
The staff officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and walked out quickly.
…
After Isamu Yokoyama arrived in Xuzhou, the highest command of the Japanese troops in the surrounding areas of Xuzhou was, of course, returned to Isamu Yokoyama.
Of course, it also includes the command authority of the puppet army.
As the order from the Japanese 11th Army Headquarters was issued.
The puppet troops wearing Japanese military uniforms quietly moved toward the Eighth Route Army's positions under the cover of night.
The puppet army's tactics were exactly the same as the Japanese attack the night before.
The puppet army's attack was divided into three lines, two frontal attacks and one roundabout outflank.
Compared with the Japanese army, the fighting will is strong, the individual soldiers are highly qualified, and the troops cooperate well with each other.
The performance of the puppet troops is simply a negative example.
As soon as the Eighth Route Army's guns rang out, a dense hail of artillery shells and bullets flew directly over.
Where have they seen this kind of firepower?
Many puppet soldiers were frightened to death on the spot.
The puppet troops did not dare to attack at all, they all lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
Even the puppet troops who were outflanking took the wrong route and went directly to the Sengge Temple area and entered the Eighth Route Army's lair.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers watched from a distance as the puppet troops walked into the heart of the Eighth Route Army, their eyes glowing green.
These devils all have medals of merit!
At this time, the Eighth Route Army did not know that these Japs were actually puppet troops pretending to be soldiers.
Seeing the main force of tens of thousands of Japs entering the encirclement, the division commander and political commissar were also overjoyed.
As all the puppet troops entered the encirclement, the division headquarters decisively issued an order to close the door and beat the dogs.
The Katyusha rocket launcher opened fire first, followed by various heavy artillery, mortars and mountain artillery firepower.
The puppet troops were dumbfounded on the spot and were blown away like rats.
After half an hour of continuous artillery fire, under the cover of sky-wide illumination flares, the Eighth Route Army infantry and tanks launched a general attack.
However.
Just when the Eighth Route Army infantry and tanks rushed forward, thinking that there would be a hand-to-hand battle.
The surrounded "japs" surrendered immediately.
The jaws of all the Eighth Route Army soldiers who participated in the war were shocked.
After verification, the division headquarters found out that these so-called devils were all puppet soldiers pretending to be soldiers.
It was also the puppet troops who attacked the Eighth Route Army's positions head-on.
The Japanese army's supervising team was not put to use.
The puppet soldiers are all smart people. When the Eighth Route Army opened fire, all the puppet soldiers lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
Neither attack nor retreat.
The Eighth Route Army's artillery fired for a while, but when there was no movement, they stopped firing.
The puppet troops who attacked frontally lay down in the wilderness all night before retreating back outside Xuzhou City.
…
129th Division Headquarters.
"Last night we mistook this group of puppet troops for devils and bombarded them for more than half an hour, wasting nearly half of our base of artillery shells."
The chief of staff said in a depressed tone.
To be continued...