While the boss and others were discussing, Chief of Staff Teng hurried in from outside the house.
"Boss, why are you still here? Didn't I arrange for you to evacuate to Tainan first? It's too dangerous here, and Japanese troops have appeared near the headquarters!" Chief of Staff Teng said with a solemn face.
"Hey, comrades are all here, do I need to leave? Besides, there is a security group nearby!" the boss said with a smile.
"How is the arrangement going?"
"Everything is arranged properly. The liaison stations outside the Japanese military intelligence department have been unplugged. The Taiyue Military Region Independent Regiment and the Tainan First Division troops have all been notified!" Chief of Staff Teng reported in an orderly manner.
The Baijin Railway will divide the Eighth Route Army base area into Taihang and Taiyue. After the Japanese army failed in the Changzhi area, it seems that it has lost control of the Baijin Railway from Changzhi to Qinxian. Kong Jie's independent regiment and Liu Tianming's 22nd Regiment continued to
Conduct raids on railway lines within the defense area.
At the same time, as the Eighth Route Army deliberately expanded its base areas, the living space of the Japanese troops in Wuxiang and Xiangyuan continued to be compressed.
This time, after confirming the battle plan for the troops to march north to attack Shimen, the boss deliberately took this opportunity to mobilize the surrounding Japanese troops from the shrinking county town and solve the hidden danger threatening the Eighth Route Army headquarters in one fell swoop.
Six months ago, the Japanese Intelligence Section once again dispatched lurking personnel to the Eighth Route Army. Most of them were arrested, but only one person managed to sneak into the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
In fact, this person was a love worker sent by the Eighth Route Army to the Japanese army, but he was accidentally sent back by the Japanese army. It was through this person that the Japanese army learned the specific location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
"Okay, now I can rest assured. All the comrades in the headquarters are putting themselves in danger this time, so we must not let the dispatched Japanese troops escape!" the boss said in a deep voice.
"Boss, I still say the same thing. There is no need to fake it. Xiying Town, where the headquarters is located, is between the two groups of Japanese troops in Xiangyuan and Wuxiang. The Tainan Military Region is the safest now!" Staff Teng
The chief persuaded again.
"Well, the Japanese army sends countless lurkers to our place every year. It's hard to guard against them. How do you know there are no fish caught?" said the boss.
Seeing that he could not persuade the boss, Chief of Staff Teng had no choice but to give up.
Regarding the several regiments involved, the headquarters layout is as follows: The boss predicts that if the Japanese troops stationed in the camp are dispatched, they will definitely pass through the Ludongnan defense area of the 22nd regiment with all the main force, while the Tainan 1st Division 281st Regiment is responsible for attacking from Ludongbei, starting from Ludongbei.
The Japanese troops in Tunliu attacked from behind. One main force of the independent regiment intercepted Tunliu's march route, and the other main force of the independent regiment went straight to Tunliu, which was empty of troops.
The core regiment of Tainan Division 1 set out from northwest Li to directly attack the Japanese troops in Xiangyuan, while the headquarters guard regiment was responsible for annihilating the Japanese troops in Wuxiang.
The conversation was divided. After the independent 10th mixed brigade in Tunliu received the telegram, the commander of the brigade, Tsutsuki Taro Kawabe, turned pale. He understood that the 10th brigade, which was not worthy of the name, had become the abandoned son of Okamura Neji.
If we were to say which Japanese army is suffering the worst in the North China Expeditionary Force's current order of operations, it must be the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade. After the fall of the Changzhi area, the situation of this group of Japanese troops stationed in Tunliu is getting worse day by day, and they are always in a state of crisis.
Surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and Chu Yunfei's only brigade, the two transport lines of Baijin Railway and Lintun Highway were under constant attack.
However, Gangmura Neji was unwilling to give up Tunliu, the bridgehead for retaking the Changzhi area, so Kawabe Tsutsuki Taro had no choice but to bite the bullet and hold on to Tunliu.
"Brigade Commander, all troops have been assembled and combat supplies have been distributed. There are 1,254 people in the Imperial Army and more than 600 people in the Imperial Association Army. However, the situation of our unit is different. Once we leave the city, we will definitely be discovered by the Eighth Route Army. Do we need to
Wait until the imperial troops in Xiangyuan and Wuxiang have accurately responded before setting off?" the adjutant asked tentatively.
"No, Tunliu is far away from Xiying Town. The superiors have issued a death order. Now it's time for my tenth brigade to serve the emperor!" However, Kawabe Tsuchitaro also had backup: "Leave a small team and
More than a hundred Imperial Army soldiers defend the city!"
"Yes!" the adjutant responded.
Not long after, more than a thousand Japanese troops and more than 500 puppet troops came out of Tunliu County in a mighty manner, and the people in the city were amazed.
"These little devils haven't been out for a long time. Who gave them the courage to leave the city in full force?"
"As you said, do you dare to go out of the city at night? The Eighth Route Army is everywhere. I think the good days of the little devil are over. During this period, I heard that many puppet soldiers defected to the Eighth Route Army!"
After the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Tunen left the city, they did not march along the Lintun Highway. Instead, they crossed the Lintun Highway and entered the boundary of southwestern Lu.
To the kid's surprise, they encountered only sporadic resistance from the Eighth Route Army along the way. This scene couldn't help but make the kid of the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade, who was feeling cowardly, very happy.
Just when the Japanese generals stationed in the camp were about to arrive at Huangnian Town in the southwest of Lu, the two camps of the independent regiment were waiting on both sides of the mountain road, and the 281st Regiment of the Tainan Division 1 was already chasing them from behind.
At the same time, the third and fourth battalions of the independent regiment had already appeared less than twenty miles away from Tunliu County. Anxious to take over Tunliu County, Kong Jie took the regiment's direct cavalry company one step ahead and drove the general to the foot of Tunliu City.
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"Captain, can our independent regiment have a decent station this time? I think Tunliu County is a good place to be, so we can just serve as the regiment headquarters!" the guard laughed.
Kong Jie, who was riding on horseback, looked at the city wall of Tunliu County in the distance, with a satisfied smile on his face: "One step is slow, one step is slow, he Ding Wei occupied Licheng, Lucheng, and Li Yunlong was even more annoying.
Five counties, haha, I didn’t expect that I, Kong Jie, would also encounter pie-in-the-sky things. This is the first county that our Taiyue Military Region has recovered, but the place is too remote. The military region headquarters will definitely not be located in Tunliu.
That belongs to our independent group!"
Just when Kong Jie was somewhat proud, the scouts from the cavalry company scattered around came to report: "Report to the leader, the Central Army Chu Yunfei's troops have made changes and are marching towards Tunliu County. They have already arrived at Baodian Town.
, less than thirty miles away from the county seat!”
"Okay, Chu Yunfei has a good nose, and he discovered the Japanese army's movements so quickly. It seems that like us, he has already had thoughts about Tunliu, but this time he can't even drink the soup!"
"Inform the third and fourth battalions to speed up the march!" Kong Jie said immediately.
During the Battle of Changzhi, the 358th Regiment and the Independent Regiment joined forces to deal with the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade returning from the Lintun Highway. After defeating the Japanese army, the 358th Regiment took root in Changzi and the southern part of Tunliu. The Independent Regiment
Then they captured the northern part of Tunliu.
For a period of time after that, the two units worked together in a tacit understanding to deal with the remnants of the Japanese army trapped in Tunliu.