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The banks of the Hutuo River became the Eighth Route Army's home turf, where they blew up the enemy's fortifications one after another.

Many guerrilla units were active in villages and towns, and they found the traitors and dragged them out to deal with them.

The damage to the enemy-occupied areas was enormous.

Before the Hundred Regiments Campaign, many main forces of the Eighth Route Army were indeed chasing after the Japanese and would not let go of any enemy aircraft they could find.

Take the initiative, harass, and attack proactively.

However, the Hundred Regiments Campaign resulted in the consumption of manpower and ammunition. It would be difficult to replenish the combat consumption if we relied entirely on captured weapons.

This forced most of the Eighth Route Army into a passive development state, attacking artillery towers and capturing traitors and bandits in order to prepare ammunition.

Only Ding Wei's military sub-district fought more and more fiercely, like a mad dog, chasing and biting the main force of the Japanese.

From Yu County, we fought to Wutai County, and from Wutai County, we entered Gang County.

This made the First Army commander-in-chief very angry.

The 9th Independent Mixed Brigade was urgently mobilized to enter the Dingxiang area to drive out the Eighth Route Army and force them back into the mountains.

The brigade often fought against the Eighth Route Army and had extensive experience in guerrilla warfare. It was also Yoshio Shinozuka's most trusted unit.

The usual task is to be responsible for the garrison of counties around Taiyuan.

Today we have to gather them together and send them to Gang County to clean up the mess left by Saburo Yamada.

Just arranged it.

Call from Gang County,

Despite the doctors' best efforts to save him, Major General Saburo Yamada lost too much blood and could not be saved.

The commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, Yu Ganggang, died in the Gang County Hospital.

Shinozuka Yoshio was suddenly stunned. The voice of a communications soldier came from the other end of the line.

"General, General? General Shinozuka?"

……

After the call was hung up, Saburo Yamada was found dead.

This stupid guy was hit in the chest by a howitzer fragment, and the wound was very close to his heart.

The operation was difficult and the patient lost too much blood, resulting in death on the operating table.

The loss of a brigade commander of the rank of major general has changed the mood.

At the time when the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army was replaced, Okamura was transferred to the North China Front Army.

A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and the first one was a typical one: Ding Wei's Fourth Military Sub-district was too arrogant.

Take care of him first.

After May 41, the Japanese ended the battle in Zhongtiao Mountain and were able to mobilize three divisions of troops to carry out a campaign to strengthen public security.

At the same time, public security in North China is among the worst.

Guerrillas and armed work teams repeatedly appeared in enemy-occupied areas.

Two divisions were separately transferred from the south to join the security work.

It was hoped that in the summer and autumn, mopping-up operations would be carried out in Taihang, Taiyue, Jizhong, Shanxi-Chahar and other areas to eliminate the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, on the basis of the 110th Independent Mixed Brigade, Okamura mobilized the th Regiment from the North China region alone, which could move westward from the Fuping area and enter the mountainous area to encircle the th Military Sub-district.

The Japs began to mobilize their forces, and a large number of Japanese invaders formed an encirclement from the outer areas and launched a mopping-up operation against the anti-Japanese base areas.

This was an unprecedented mopping-up operation, involving five divisions, as well as local security forces, guard forces, puppet troops, military police, the Imperial Army, and so on.

Okamura was very familiar with the Chinese war zone, and his methods were unique, so he was the first to obtain the relevant intelligence.

After learning the location of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they then arranged for mobile forces to go straight to the core, similar to the so-called decapitation operation.

Using battalion-level troops, they continuously attacked the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

This guy, who is good at public security operations, gave his comrades a feast as soon as he took office.

In the Fourth Military Division Headquarters,

Ding Wei was checking the combat positions of each guerrilla battalion and the combat situation of the two main regiments along the Hutuo River.

Feedback from the front line indicated that the Japanese 9th Independent Mixed Brigade had arrived in Dingxiang, deployed its forces, and began to drive out the guerrilla forces.

The word "drive away" is well used. The Japanese invaders are highly mobile in the plains, while the mountainous areas are the home turf of the Eighth Route Army.

When this group of Japanese soldiers arrived at the place, they pursued and encircled the guerrillas with superior firepower and manpower, forcing the mountain guerrillas to retreat to the mountains.

We had just driven away the Third Brigade, and right after that the Ninth Brigade arrived. It was really impossible to kill all the Japanese devils.

Other news came from the mountainous area that a large number of Japanese troops were sweeping towards the mountainous area from the direction of Fuping, and the route of the sweep seemed to be targeting the Fourth Military Division.

The mopping-up force is coming with great force and is not just targeting Ding Wei.

The brother troops were also caught in the mopping-up encirclement.

However, the Fourth Military Sub-district was indeed very conspicuous. While others were hiding in the mountains, Ding Wei not only recaptured the county town, but also launched repeated attacks in the plains, clearing out a large number of bunkers and strongholds.

The stronghold that the Japanese had worked so hard to build was wiped out in one wave.

I definitely can't swallow this.

There are still 2-3 infantry battalions in Gang County, plus Japanese and puppet troops.

Dingxiang has newly added the Independent 4300th Brigade, which is composed of an infantry regiment + an infantry battalion, with more than combat troops.

The 110th Regiment was transferred from central Hebei, with a combat strength of more than 3500 men.

The three forces surrounded and locked down the Fourth Military Division.

Zhuzi was at the headquarters, cursing and expressing his dissatisfaction:

"The Japanese are really good at calculating. In summer and autumn, the days are long and the nights are short. They can take full advantage of their mobility and launch mopping-up operations against our base areas. Night raids and transfers become more difficult."

"Commander, how should we conduct a counter-mopping-up operation? Where should we break out?"

The guerrillas were easy to deal with. They infiltrated the mountains, split into small groups, and tried to break through the Japanese blockade.

The artillery battalion under his command needed to be equipped with a large number of mules and horses, and its operational target was large and difficult to move.

Mountain cannons and rapid-fire cannons are both large and difficult to hide and push.

There is no road into the mountains, and no boat into the water.

As the mop-up began, reconnaissance planes appeared in the sky, and bombers carried out a round of bombing on the county town.

Planes, cannons and armored vehicles were all deployed, and the Japanese thought highly of Ding Wei.

In less than two days, the Japanese invaders will point their spearheads at our foreheads.

"Let the political commissar lead the guerrilla brigade to tie up the main force of the 110th Regiment. We can't fight when we are attacked from both sides."

"The First and Second Guerrilla Battalions continue to attack the strongholds around Gang County, tying up the troops in Gang County."

"I still say that if the Japs dare to come and attack, they don't know how powerful I, Ding Wei, am."

The Fourth Military Division had tens of thousands of troops, and repeatedly showed its intention to hide in the mountains, giving the Japanese some illusions.

If a mere brigade dared to approach the mountains, Ding Wei would not mind defeating another Independent 9th Brigade.

On second thought, there was no need to focus on the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade.

It is entirely possible to attack the disabled 110rd Independent Brigade in Gang County and the th Regiment that has just entered the mountainous area.

Especially the 110th Regiment, they didn't know the strength of the th Military Division.

Five guerrilla battalions were mobilized, local guerrillas and militia were assembled, and they took the initiative to engage in combat and fight in the mountainous areas.

The Okayama Infantry 100 Regiment is a genuine Type A division infantry regiment with very strong combat effectiveness.

Known as the elite among the Japanese army.

Li Yunlong said it well, the elite, I fight against the elite.

"Communications squad, notify our guerrilla forces in the plains to take the opportunity to move to the north bank of the Hutuo River and not to engage in battle with the main Japanese forces. Guerrilla harassment and use mines to hinder the enemy's advance."

"Our main forces, the New 1st and New 3rd Regiments, moved toward the mountainous areas and built multi-layered defensive fortifications based on the mountain terrain."

"Call Zhang Dabiao over to me."