Following the order from Mitsuo Nakazawa, the regiments of the First Division began to march from Datong to northwest Shanxi.
but.
Mitsuo Nakazawa was still very cautious, and the 1st Division Regiment Headquarters and its headquarters troops, as well as the heavy artillery regiment, did not move in Datong.
Setting out for Datong were the Infantry Regiment of the Infantry Brigade, the Infantry Regiment of the Infantry Brigade and the Infantry Regiment of the Infantry Brigade.
There are also the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 1st Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Engineer Regiment and the 1st Baggage Regiment.
As for the two infantry regiments assigned to the First Division by Okamura Ningji, only one infantry regiment has arrived in Datong, and another infantry regiment has not yet arrived.
The first batch of dispatched regiments, led by Chief of Staff Xinye Huo Dazuo, marched toward northwest Shanxi in a mighty manner.
Nearly ten thousand elite Japanese troops lined up in a long queue on the road.
The First Division has many vehicles and all kinds of heavy weapons.
There are also many tanks and armored vehicles. Although the number of tanks does not reach the size of a tank regiment, this level is considered very luxurious among the Japanese army.
Peking.
Iron Lion Alley.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Report to Commander."
Holding the telegram in his hand, the communications staff officer quickly walked into the operations hall, bowed his head and reported to Okamura Neji:
"Lieutenant General Mitsuo Nakazawa, commander of the First Division, sent a telegram."
"The main infantry regiment, infantry regiment, infantry regiment, mountain artillery regiment, first engineering, cavalry, artillery, and baggage regiment of the first division have set off from Datong to northwest Shanxi."
"Oh" Okamura Neji asked in a surprised tone, "Didn't the 1st Division Headquarters, Heavy Artillery Regiment and Suzuki Regiment go to northwest Shanxi?"
"Hi!" the communications officer lowered his head and responded.
"Could it be that Lieutenant General Nakazawa Sano noticed something?" The deputy chief of staff said with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Probably not." Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe shook his head, "If Lieutenant General Nakazawa Mitsuo senses something, he will definitely not send the main force of the First Division to northwest Shanxi. I guess it is Lieutenant General Nakazawa Mitsuo who wants to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
, as long as the main force of the First Division reaches northwestern Shanxi and establishes a firm foothold, the remaining troops will be able to arrive 100% safely."
Youmojingsan said: "That means Lieutenant General Zhongze Sanfu does not feel that the road to northwest Shanxi is absolutely safe."
"Your Excellency, Commander, would you like to send a reconnaissance plane to conduct another reconnaissance along the road from Datong to northwest Shanxi?"
"Once any abnormality is discovered, ground troops will be notified immediately."
"Okay." Okamura Neiji nodded, "Immediately send out all reconnaissance planes to escort the main force of the First Division."
The first division is currently the only trump card Okamura Neji has that can suppress the new group.
Therefore, every move of the First Division must be ensured to be foolproof.
As for Mr. Nakaze not going to northwestern Shanxi for the time being, he is simply afraid of death.
Several lieutenant generals have died in Shanxi. Many of these broken lieutenants were killed because their whereabouts were leaked.
Moreover, intelligence shows that almost all of these lieutenant generals died at the hands of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
And the northwest of Shanxi is the territory of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. As a lieutenant general of the first division, if he goes to other people's territory to burn, kill and loot, he will get good results.
If it is not 100% safe, Sanfu Nakazawa will never go to northwestern Shanxi.
Instead, he remotely commanded the First Division from Datong.
"Hi!"
You Mo Jing San suddenly lowered his head.
As the order from the North China Front Army Headquarters was issued, the reconnaissance plane of the First Army quickly took off and headed towards northwest Shanxi.
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On the vast Chinese battlefield, after several years of military confrontation, more than one million Japanese army troops were restrained within the Japanese-occupied areas, unable to launch a new offensive.
The strategic concept of exchanging space for time proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Government in the early stages of the war showed results to a certain extent.
The war has been going on for four or five years, and the Japanese troops stationed in China have begun to show signs of decline.
Although the Northern Shanxi Iron Triangle has caused quite a stir.
However, in the overall strategic pattern of the East, the Second Theater of China's battlefield is just a small chess piece, and the northwest Shanxi region is not very conspicuous on the military situation map of the Second Theater.
Li Yunlong's New Regiment, Kong Jie's Independent Regiment and Ding Wei's New Second Regiment have no formal establishment in the force establishment list of the Nationalist Government Military Commission.
They don't even have numbers. Theoretically, these three regiments are armed forces that are outside the order of battle.
Who would have thought that Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were holding back a big move?
Northwest Shanxi.
The new regiment headquarters is also the general headquarters of this battle.
As soon as the telegraph operator received a telegram, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou quickly took the telegram from the telegraph operator's hand.
"Is this a telegram from Sword Squadron?"
Li Yunlong asked.
Last night, at least hundreds of soldiers suffered frostbite. The soldiers ate, drank, and ate in the ambush position, eating a mouthful of snow and a mouthful of canned food. The conditions were extremely difficult.
If the Japanese from the First Division don't come within three days, at least several thousand soldiers of the Eighth Route Army will suffer frostbite.
The difficulty of this super-large ambush battle was beyond Li Yunlong's imagination.
There are advantages and disadvantages to ambush in heavy snow. The advantage is that the soldiers can hide better and avoid the reconnaissance of Japanese reconnaissance planes in the sky.
The disadvantage is that cold weather is also a great test for soldiers.
Moreover, the terrain Li Yunlong chose for his ambush was not the condescending terrain of Pingxingguan, nor was it a flat terrain, but a rolling hilly area.
There are mostly open fields on both sides of the road, and the ambush troops of each battalion are ambushed two kilometers away from the road.
This section is not a key reconnaissance area for the Japanese scouts, so it is easy to avoid the reconnaissance of the first division scouts.
As for the Japanese reconnaissance planes, it is even more difficult to detect ambushes on the ground.
The concealment of our army began during the Red Army period and reached its peak when the Volunteer Army developed.
The volunteer army can even escape the reconnaissance of the US military and suddenly appear on the battlefield, giving the US military a big surprise.
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"It's not a telegram from the Sharp Sword Squadron." Xing Zhiguo shook his head. "It's a telegram from the head of the headquarters, asking whether the First Division is setting off from Datong."
The Sword Squadron was deployed near Datong, carrying radio stations.
As soon as the First Division departed from Datong, the Sword Squadron would immediately send a telegram.
Nowadays, two Japanese divisions are stationed in Datong, with a total strength of more than 40,000 people. The defense is extremely tight. Only the masters of the Sword Squadron can complete the infiltration mission, not ordinary scouts.
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes, stared at the map, and said:
"Call back to the headquarters. The First Division has not set off from Datong for the time being."
Although Li Yunlong was a little disappointed, his expression and eyes remained calm. As the commander-in-chief of an army of 50,000, he must not panic at this time.
"Yes!" Wang Dehou quickly drafted a telegram. After Li Yunlong signed it, he asked the telegraph soldiers to send it out.
"Captain, it's time to have breakfast."
Guard Huang Erhu walked to Li Yunlong carrying a box of canned beef.
Since cooking over a fire would produce smoke, which would attract the attention of Japanese reconnaissance planes, all combatants ate canned foods.
Li Yunlong stared at the map without raising his head and said, "Put it aside."
At this moment, the decoder translated a telegram, turned around, saluted Wang Dehou with a military salute, and handed the telegram to Wang Dehou.
Wang Dehou picked up the telegram and took a look at it. His eyes suddenly lit up: "Commander, Captain Duan Peng of the Lijian Squadron sent a telegram. The First Division is dispatched!"
"Oh" Li Yunlong's eyes flashed: "The son of a bitch finally came out."
Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang on the side also raised the corners of their mouths slightly and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
As long as the Japs from the First Division come out and enter the ambush circle, the battle will be half won.
Wang Dehou: "But..."
Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed slightly: "Nothing."
Wang Dehou said: "According to the reconnaissance of the Sharp Sword Squadron, the Japanese who set off from Datong this time are not all the men of the First Division. The heavy artillery regiment of the First Division is still in Datong."
"There is another infantry regiment that has not set off yet. It is estimated that the division headquarters of the First Division is still in Datong."
"The Sharp Sword Squadron only saw an infantry regiment, an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, an engineering regiment and a heavy baggage regiment departing from Datong."
Kong Jie smiled coldly: "Sanfu Nakazawa, this old devil, is quite cautious."
"Only part of the First Division has come out." Ding Wei asked, "Are we still going to fight this battle?"
"We've prepared all the dishes." Li Yunlong said in a decisive tone, "If you come to two tables, you'll eat it, and if you come to one table, you'll eat it too, so fuck you!"
"I also agree to fight this battle." Zhao Gang agreed. "Although the division headquarters and the heavy artillery regiment did not come, after all, they are also the main force of the first division. This is the only chance."
Kong Jie, Wang Dehou, Xing Zhiguo and others all nodded with stern expressions on their faces.
I've taken off my pants, why don't I have a hard time?
Xing Zhiguo asked: "Commander, do you order the artillery unit to set up all the cannons?"
In this battle, the New Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment used almost all their artillery.
Incomplete statistics show that there are multiple artillery pieces including millimeter and millimeter mortars. Of course, most of them are millimeter and millimeter mortars.
The last anti-mopping battle was successful, many thickened bunkers and gun towers were destroyed, and half of the machine guns earned were handed over. At least half of the three brothers exchanged them for artillery. The artillery firepower of the three regiments was greatly enhanced.
However, all the cannons were in a dormant state to avoid being detected by the Japanese reconnaissance planes.
"There's no rush." Li Yunlong looked at his watch, "The Japs from the First Division won't be able to arrive here until at least the afternoon. If we set up the cannons so early, they will be easily exposed."
Xing Zhiguo nodded.
As expected, the Japanese plane will come for reconnaissance again today.
Li Yunlong's tone was a bit pity: "Since the Japanese heavy artillery regiment did not come, then our heavy howitzer battalion will not show up."
The heavy howitzers were pulled out of the base just as a precaution.
Unless something unexpected happens, as long as the Japanese heavy artillery regiment enters the Eighth Route Army's ambush position, the Japanese artillerymen will not even have a chance to set up artillery.
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In the morning and noon, the Japanese reconnaissance planes conducted reconnaissance along the road three times.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual, the Japanese reconnaissance plane left northwestern Shanxi.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the First Division appeared, and the first one to appear was the 1st Division Cavalry Regiment.
The Japanese cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment wore yellow baize coats and furs, carried Type 4 and Type 4 rifles on their backs, and carried Type 3 and Type 2 cavalry sabers at their waists.
The Japanese cavalry moved very slowly and carelessly.
Although the cavalry regiment was responsible for the search and advance, the Japanese cavalry behaved leisurely.
Scouts and reconnaissance planes have conducted reconnaissance several times. What can happen?
What's more, in this snowy weather, who dares to ambush the First Division with the Locust Army?
The song of the Japanese cavalry came on the wind: Under the morning glow, you can see the mountains and rivers rising and falling in the distance. Our elite army is mighty and powerful. All the people of the allies are in peace. Full of glory, Kwantung Army.
Although the First Division is now affiliated with the North China Front, the Japanese cavalry still sing the military song of the Kwantung Army.
There were even Japanese soldiers singing and drinking wine there.
Following the cavalry regiment is the infantry regiment of the infantry brigade.
Except for the regimental commander who rode in an armored vehicle and the group commander and squadron commander who rode on horseback, most of the Japanese infantry were on foot.
Compared with the Japs in the second-line division, the Japs in the first-line division appeared to be very casual when walking, and did not always maintain the consistent tapping sound.
However, the combat effectiveness of the Japs Regiment of the first division is definitely several times that of the Japs Regiment of the second line division.
Not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but also in terms of the individual quality of the personnel, tactical coordination, etc., the Japs of the Class A division crushed the Japs of the second-line division in all aspects.
After that came the heavy baggage regiment, with its 1mm mountain artillery and field artillery being dragged forward by 94 trucks. Each truck was loaded with weapons, ammunition and various combat supplies.
The Japanese marching team stretched out for six or seven kilometers on the road, like thousands of troops marching.
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Eighth Route Army Frontline General Headquarters.
The lookout posts on the hilltops used walkie-talkies to transmit the news. The Japanese in the First Division were not aware of the danger at all.
Instead of being aware of the danger, the Japanese seemed to feel very comfortable.
"Report to the captain that the Japs' leading cavalry has entered the ambush circle."
After Wang Dehou summarized the situation from the lookout post, he reported to Li Yunlong:
"At this location, the strength is about one cavalry regiment, which should be the cavalry regiment of the Japanese army's 3rd division."
"it's here."
After finishing speaking, Wang Dehou pointed out the location of the Japanese Cavalry Regiment on the map.
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others looked at the map.
The location of the Japanese Cavalry Regiment was at the mouth of the ambush circle. On both sides were the ambush sections responsible for the 1st Battalion of the New Regiment Division and the 2nd Battalion of the Division.
Once all the Japs enter the ambush circle, the two battalions in this subdivision will tie up the hole tightly, then close the door and beat the dogs.
Li Yunlong looked satisfied and ordered: "You can order the heavy artillery battalion, artillery battalion and artillery battalion to start setting up artillery!"
The Japanese cavalry had just entered the ambush circle, and there was a Japanese regiment behind them. At this time, there was enough time to set up the artillery.