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Chapter 1,165: The Japanese troops withdraw after the war

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    It was difficult to hide such a large-scale operation of the Eighth Route Army from the Japanese. Section 2 of the North China Front Army Headquarters was also aware of the problem, so it sent a capable force to observe and judge using intelligence teams, radio listening, deciphering codes, radio positioning and other means.  The dynamics of the Eighth Route Army and the Anti-Japanese Base Areas.

    "However, due to the Eighth Route Army's strict confidentiality measures and the habit of keeping secrets developed over a long period of time, the Japanese army in North China knew nothing about the Eighth Route Army's combat plan before this major attack.  Just out of professional habits, I feel that the situation in the Shanxi battlefield and Hebei area is a bit strange.

    Even when a regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region arrived at the mountains near Niangzi Pass on the afternoon of August 20 to observe the terrain of Niangzi Pass, the Japanese troops there found no abnormalities.  Moreover, there were a few Japanese soldiers who were still riding on the donkeys of civilians in their garrison.

    On the evening of August 20, the 120th Division in northeastern Shanxi, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in Wutai Mountains, and the 129th Division in southeastern Shanxi simultaneously launched an attack on the enemy in front of them in accordance with the combat plan. This unprecedented battle  The great attack began.

    The main force of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region passed through valleys and rivers in the rain, avoiding the Japanese military's outlying strongholds, and moved directly to both sides of Zhengtai Road, where they launched a sudden attack across the entire length of Zhengtai Road that night.

    The two regiments of the right column were responsible for attacking the section from Niangziguan to Luanliu of the Zhengtai Railway. The first part of the 5th regiment first sneaked into Niangziguan Village, annihilated the puppet troops in the village, and captured Niangziguan at dawn. Then the main force covered the engineers and destroyed a large number of enemy fortifications.  They also blew up the Guandong Railway Bridge and then evacuated Niangziguan on their own initiative.

    The 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment attacked Mohetan and was counterattacked by the Japanese army. They withdrew from the station at dawn on the 21st.

    That night, the 1st Company crossed the Cotton River and entered the station. The enemy retreated into the barracks to resist.

    ??There were nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers on the Mohe Beach who stood firm. It rained heavily and the Mian River swelled, making it impossible to wade alone. The 1st Company seized the village to the west of the station and stood firm.  On the afternoon of the 22nd, more than 400 Japanese troops began to counterattack. The main force of the 5th Regiment launched a fire attack on the enemy on the north bank of the Cotton River.  The 1st Company withdrew from the battle after wiping out more than 50 enemies.

    At the same time, the 19th Regiment had invaded Jucheng and Yirang Station.

    The right column blew up several stone bridges and wooden bridges near Yanhui. The Japanese army's traffic from Niangziguan to Luanliu section of Zhengtai Road was completely cut off, and the Japanese army's strongholds fought independently.

    The three regiments of the Central Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region were responsible for attacking the section from Niangziguan to Weishui on Zhengtai Road and the Jingxing Coal Mine. On the night of the 20th, the 3rd Regiment launched simultaneous attacks on the Gangtou Old Mine and the Dongwangshe New Mine of Jingxing Coal Mine.  With the help of miners, the 1st Battalion quickly invaded the new mine and wiped out part of the enemy's guard team. The remaining enemy hid in the bunker and defended it.

    In the afternoon of the second day, the enemy was completely wiped out.

    Subsequently, all important buildings in the mining area were blown up and most of the materials were removed, making it impossible to resume production for more than half a year.

    At the same time, the 3rd Regiment also captured the Japanese strongholds in Jiazhuang and Nanzheng, and destroyed the railway between Nanzheng and Weishui.

    The 2nd Regiment captured the fortress at the east end of the Fululing Iron Bridge, covered the engineers to blow up a section of the iron bridge, and once occupied the Japanese stronghold in Caizhuang.

    The 2nd Battalion of the 16th Regiment invaded Beiyu on the night of the 20th and annihilated most of the enemy defenders. On the 21st, they covered the engineers to destroy the Beiyu Stone Bridge; other units captured the capital and annihilated most of the enemy defenders in the South Valley.

    The three regiments of the left column were responsible for attacking the section from Weishui to Shijiazhuang. On the night of the 20th, Hirai's detachment attacked Yanfeng and blasted the railway; the secret service group covered the masses and destroyed the electric wires and highways from Yanfeng to Weizhou.

    After launching the offensive, the 120th Division attacked the northern section of Tongpu Road and some major highways in northwestern Shanxi, and captured Yangfangkou and other stations north of Ningwu and Kangjiahui and other stations east of Jingle County.  Fengrun Village in the south.  The northern section of Tongpu Road and various roads from Xin County to Jingle in the west, and from Fenyang to Lishi in the west were destroyed.  More than 800 Japanese and puppet troops were killed and injured.

    The 129th Division, from the beginning of the battle, launched attacks on enemy strongholds from the west of Niangziguan to the Yuci Railway, while destroying bridges and railways.

    The troops that reached the outskirts of Yangquan occupied Shi'nao Mountain and repelled several days of counterattacks by the enemy's artillery, engineers, and heavy supply troops directly under the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 1st Division of the 15th Independent Infantry Brigade, covering the area beyond Yangquan.  Troops from the east and west carried out attacks along the railway.

    There were about 500 Japanese expats in Yangquan at that time. Some of them thought that there was no hope of survival this time, so many of them put on good clothes and waited to die.

    At this time, Lieutenant General Katayama Shotar¨­, commander of the 4th enemy independent mixed brigade in Yangquan City, has been cut off from traffic and wired communications with the outside world. There is no way to know the battle status of some strongholds and whether the troops still exist.

    While conquering many Japanese strongholds along the Zhengtai Line, the Eighth Route Army blew up railway and highway bridges and blew down water towers at stations; together with the militiamen and the masses, they demolished railways in sections, dug up roads, and transported away  A large number of rails burned countlessSleepers and some station buildings were dismantled; traffic signals and crossing connections were dismantled; a large number of telephone poles were pulled out and sawed off, and long-distance wires were withdrawn; a large amount of materials were seized.

    The small strongholds dispersed by the Japanese army in these areas suffered devastating blows, with Zhengtai Road being the most severely damaged.

    This time the Eighth Route Army focused on attacking enemies along the railway, most of which were security garrison troops.  That is, the eastern section of the Zhengtai Railway is the independent mixed 8th Brigade, the western section is the independent mixed 4th Brigade, the northern section of Tongpu Road from Ningwu to Yuanping is the independent mixed 3rd Brigade, and the south section through Xinxian to Taiyuan is  The 9th Brigade was formed independently, while Pingyao, Jiexiu, Lingshi and Fenyang and Lishi to the west formed the 16th Brigade.

    After the Eighth Route Army launched its attack, the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade in Shijiazhuang first received a report from the 31st Independent Infantry Brigade stationed in Zhengding: ˇ°The stronghold from Zhengding to Shijiazhuang was suddenly attacked by a large force of the Eighth Route Army, and the iron bridge was also blown up.  "

    Later, a report was received from the 34th Brigade stationed in Jingxing: "The Eighth Route Army troops suddenly attacked various strongholds from Huolu to Jingxing, destroying railways and bridges. Subsequently, all telephone calls from Shijiazhuang to the troops outside were blocked, and they were maintained only by radio.  connection."

    Mizuhara Yoshishige, commander of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade, reported to Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army, by phone. At the same time, he ordered the captain of the 32nd Independent Infantry Battalion stationed in Zhao County to lead four infantry squadrons to urgently reinforce Jingxing.  .

    At the same time, about 10 squadrons of troops directly under the brigade and armored trains set out from Shijiazhuang on the 21st to the west to reinforce Jingxing. However, they did not arrive until the morning of the 27th due to the need to repair the damaged railways along the way and remove the mines laid.  Jingxing, followed by a new combat deployment around the coal mine.

    Since the coal produced in Jingxing is mainly used to supply steel produced by Showa Steel Works in Anshan, Northeast China, it is directly related to Japan's military production.  Yoshio Shinozuka immediately dispatched about 14 squadrons of reinforcements based on the independent mixed 8th Brigade. However, the situation could not be changed, so he decided to send an additional infantry brigade and a light tank convoy to Jingxing.

    At the same time, the First Army also realized that the situation was serious. More than 80 strongholds in 7 counties and many important military locations were attacked overnight. The direct losses alone exceeded 1,500 soldiers.  , the number of damaged transportation lines is even more difficult to calculate, and even the entire Zhengtai Railway was paralyzed.

    ˇ°Obviously this was a surprise attack carefully planned by Tubal Road. When the main force was not on the battlefield in Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka realized the danger. While organizing troops to reinforce the place where the attack occurred, he reported the situation to the North China Front Army Headquarters.

    After receiving the enemy information report from Yoshio Shinozuka, Shun Tada was completely stunned!

    He can understand whether the national army counterattacks actively or passively. After all, they are Chinese government troops and a regular national defense force. But what the hell is Tubal Road?

    Although they are difficult to deal with, they usually hide in dark places and do not attack easily under normal circumstances, let alone such a large-scale counterattack!

    And this time Tubalu is obviously full of firepower and spending a lot of money. What happened to stimulate them?

    At the same time, Tada Shun secretly calculated the strength in his hands. Currently, there are about 270,000 North China Front troops and about 140,000 Imperial Alliance troops, with a total strength of more than 410,000 troops.

    In addition, the independent mixed 4th Brigade, 8th Brigade, 9th Brigade and the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade are stationed along the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway and in nearby areas.  It seemed like a lot, but Shun Tada thought that a month ago, the China Dispatch Army General Headquarters transferred 6 infantry battalions and 1 mountain artillery battalion from North China to Wuhan to strengthen the 11th Group Army's defense of the area, most of which were independent  Mixed into the troops of the 4th and 9th brigades.

    In addition, the main force of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade is still "mopping up" in central Hebei, so the number of Japanese troops along the Zhengtai Railway has been relatively reduced.

    And the 36th Division was transferred to Jinan by him, and the 37th Division went to the battlefield in Shandong. Yoshio Shinozuka had very few troops at his disposal. You can imagine how much pressure he is under now!

    Tada Shun finally understood. No matter how many deep-seated reasons why Tubalu dared to launch a surprise attack at this time, the intention of taking advantage of the situation was indeed obvious.

    The other party must have seen that the main force of the Imperial Japanese Army was transferred to the Shandong battlefield, which directly resulted in a lack of defense in Shanxi, Hebei and other places, so they chose to act at this time!

    "Compared with the safety of Shanxi and Hebei, Xiong'er Mountain is not important at all, so without hesitation, Tada Jun issued an order to withdraw troops from Kimura's troops on the Zaozhuang front line.

    At the same time, the 110th Division and the 37th Division were ordered to immediately withdraw to their original places. In addition, the 36th Division stationed on the Handan line was also ordered to withdraw to the Shimen area to strengthen the defenders of the Zhengtai Line.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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