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It took only two hours from the outbreak of the battle to the cleaning of the battlefield.

The 4th Military Division's speed in cleaning up the battlefield remains professional, its attacks sharp, and its experience in cleaning up the battlefield continues to grow.

Why is he willing to use Zhang Dabiao? This guy is ruthless in leading troops, which is in line with Ding Wei's expectations.

The iron broom is not only strong enough for sweeping the battlefield, but also strong enough for sweeping the enemy.

As for the minor flaw of wasting a hat, would a dignified Commander Ding be short of a hat?

Throw it 10 times in a battle, it's affordable.

There were hurried footsteps coming from the First Army Headquarters, and the signalman passed the final information he had obtained to Yoshio Shinozuka and the staff officers present.

The last information delivered by Lieutenant Colonel Takeda Ono was: [We were ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and our troops are in danger.]

Then we lost contact.

"Heh, a very familiar style. Could it be that our opponent, the main force of the Fourth Military Division, has arrived in Ningwu?"

Shinozuka Yoshio guessed and joked. But the news that followed made him believe that Ding Wei had really come to Ningwu.

When the Japanese were still preparing to launch a sweep of the Wutai Mountain area, Ding Wei had already turned around and ran away, going to the Yunzhong Mountain area to play.

By the way, they also destroyed the Black Cloud Village and set up operations around Ningwu County.

The infantry squadron stationed in the county town disappeared and the puppet troops were captured, resulting in an extreme lack of manpower in the area.

The goal of the new fifth regiment was to take down dozens of artillery towers in the territory within two days and destroy the three strongholds deployed by the Japanese in Ningwu.

The New Third Regiment pressed forward towards Wuzhai County, and the New Fourth Regiment approached the three towns of Donghu, Yijing and Lijiaping between Wuzhai County and Shenqi County, threatening the garrison forces in the area.

The troops directly under the military sub-district approached towards Wuzhai.

Offensive map of the three regiments of the military sub-district

Taking advantage of the critical moment when the Zhangjialiang blocking battle was over and the Japanese were confused and not seriously injured, the main forces of the three regiments simultaneously attacked the important towns and villages of Wuzhai County and Shenqi County.

The target was the strongholds in these towns, and they were quickly surrounded and annihilated using the infantry artillery at hand.

The largest number of Japanese troops stationed in township strongholds was a small unit, and the rest were puppet army platoons.

The number of people ranges from dozens to more than a hundred.

Just arrange a separate main company and add an infantry gun to take it down.

The main idea was to attack quickly. While the main force of the Japanese invaders was stationed in the Xinding Basin and eight battalions were deployed to prepare to sweep the Wutai Mountain area, we gathered three regiments, nine battalions and 8 companies (I'm just counting words, hahaha!) and quickly took out the artillery towers in the three counties.

Like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, the Japanese were caught off guard.

The fact that Ding Wei was mostly defensive and blocking in previous battles doesn’t mean he is not good at attacking.

The purpose of blocking is to get rewards, while the purpose of attacking is to expand territory.

Whether northwest Shanxi is in chaos or not depends on Ding.

The successive pieces of news made the First Army Command silent.

Yoshio Shinozuka stared at the map, then turned around and asked his staff, hoping they would give him a reasonable explanation.

Who can explain why the main force of the 4th Military Sub-district arrived in Ningwu area?

It was not discovered beforehand and there was no intelligence afterwards.

Is this the garrison of his First Army or the territory of Ding Wei's Fourth Military Division?

Come and go freely without anyone noticing.

"Quickly send more troops to northwest Shanxi and arrange air force support for the operation."

Yamamoto Ikki, who had been silent for a while, suddenly stood up and stated his point of view.

The northwest region of Shanxi is vast and sparsely populated, with numerous mountains and scarce resources.

The road was difficult to travel, and the most urgent task was not to organize troops to support the battle, but to gather troops, retreat to the county, block all entrances and exits in northwest Shanxi, and block the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area.

Then carry out a large-scale mopping-up operation to consume the ammunition reserves of the Fourth Military Division.

With the limited bullets and artillery shells the Eighth Route Army had, they definitely did not have the strength to attack the heavily defended county town.

Once their ammunition is used up, we can clean them up along the way from Shenchi and Wuzhai.

You can also arrange a special forces team to go deep into the mountains, find the Chinese army's headquarters, and perform a precise decapitation operation.

Yamamoto Ikki's strategy was to defend and encircle.

The Japanese and puppet troops in northwestern Shanxi were required to take away the supplies, destroy those that could not be taken away, and retreat to the county town.

Troops were deployed to encircle and block all traffic intersections in the county town, trapping the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area.

They bombed with planes from above and advanced with armored vehicles from below, waiting for the right time to consume the energy of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese and puppet troops who held on inside cooperated in the battle, and the special forces penetrated into the command center, starting from the center.

The order given by Yoshio Shinozuka was shaken again, and he was even a little tempted.

If you arrange for brigade-level troop support, you have to worry about marching issues, logistical replenishment issues, and the possibility of ambushes along the way.

If we leave it alone and withdraw our troops, we will only give up some of the built artillery towers and some combat supplies. The troops in the occupied area can be well preserved and gathered in the county town to hold out.

The only loss was the unimportant artillery tower, which could be repaired after it was blown up.

Keep the troops stationed in the county at the lowest cost.

"Mr. Yamamoto, your thinking is different from that of ordinary people. You gave up voluntarily and put out the fire with less loss. It's worth a try."

The First Army Command ordered the Japanese in Wuzhai County and Shenchi to abandon their strongholds and artillery towers, burn any supplies that could not be taken away, and not leave any for the Eighth Route Army.

The troops retreated into the county town and built fortifications to hold their ground.

The Japs acted quickly. On one side was Ding Wei's attacking force, and on the other side were the Japanese and puppet troops who voluntarily abandoned the artillery tower.

The two sides marched in the plains, and the battle seemed lively, but there was not much friction.

"Strange, what are these Japanese soldiers doing? They are willing to leave their territory to me?"

Ding Wei stared at the battle map. According to the news from the front line, the Japanese army avoided fighting and abandoned the building, hiding in the county town.

The emergency support troops did not enter the mountainous areas. Instead, they strengthened the strongholds in the mountains and launched a blockade of supplies in the mountains.

This shattered the Fourth Military Division's idea of ​​surrounding the enemy and attacking the reinforcements.

Although we could no longer surround and attack the reinforcements, we could still quickly liberate the towns and villages and destroy the enemy's artillery towers and strongholds without any damage.

No matter what the Fourth Military Sub-district did, the Japanese stayed in the county town and refused to leave, leaving all the surrounding territories to Ding Wei.

The villages and towns are connected together, and the three counties of Ningwu, Shenchi and Wuzhai provide large areas of active space.

On the outskirts of the Yunzhong Mountain area, the Japanese invaders concentrated four infantry battalions to block the mountain passes leading into the mountain, while strengthening the defensive forces in the northern and southern county towns.

A huge encirclement and blockade was formed, locking down Ding Wei's Fourth Military Sub-district.

It was strictly forbidden for any supplies to enter, with the intention of using simple methods to consume all the combat supplies of the Eighth Route Army.

"These devils don't think they can starve me to death by blocking the entrance to the mountain, right?"

Ding Wei had a very funny idea. Apart from this guess, he couldn't think of any use for the Japanese tactics.

Who was the smartest person to come up with this? We really have to thank him. The Japanese and puppet troops retreated, allowing the soldiers to destroy the artillery towers without casualties, connecting the base area into one piece and expanding it several times.

Over 500 bicycles were parked near the headquarters, and those damaged by shells needed to be repaired individually.

These are a few strands that are intact and can be pushed and ridden.

A few recruits were hesitant and didn't know what to do, which made Ding Wei very angry.

For a bicycle, just pedal hard. You don't even know how to ride this thing.

"I'll show you how to do it myself. You have to stand up and pedal hard on other people's bikes!"