Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

After the station exchange plan is completely completed, according to the original combat plan:

The New 1st Regiment was stationed in the New 6th Regiment base, under the banner of the New 6th Regiment, and continued to engage in anti-Japanese activities.

The New 17nd Regiment was stationed in the base of the newly formed 17th Regiment, flying the flag of the th Regiment, and continued to contain the Japanese army.

The independent regiment was stationed in the base of the newly formed 21st Regiment, flying the banner of the 21st Regiment to further paralyze the Japanese army's judgment.

After the new 6th, 17th, and 21st Regiments were transferred to the new st, nd, and independent regiment bases respectively, they continued to fight against the Japanese army under the banner of the three iron triangle regiments.

However, after the last disastrous defeat, the Japanese army withdrew all the external forces that were originally close to the bases of the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and stationed them in major county towns and villages.

There are local frictions between the two sides.

The Eighth Route Army mainly ambushed some Japanese transport troops, or carried out sneak attacks on some remote towns and villages of the Japanese army.

Generally speaking, everything is peaceful.

At the same time, in order to prevent the plan of station exchange from being leaked, the six bases of the Eighth Route Army specially strengthened the internal security and anti-infiltration systems, and joined forces with local people to strengthen security work.

At this time, on the battlefield behind enemy lines.

On the surface, the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army seemed to be at peace and generally calm, but beneath this calm, there were undercurrents.

A storm that has been brewing for a long time by the Japanese army is about to unfold.

Taiyuan City was the headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.

The Japanese officers of the First Army, led by the commander of the Japanese First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, had long hated the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base, especially the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army that had recently been known as the Iron Triangle.

The new first regiment, the new second regiment and the independent regiment.

The Japanese army had suffered heavy losses at the hands of these three regiments.

From the Namwon Battalion to the Yamazaki Battalion, to the 113th Regiment, and finally the disastrous defeats of the rd and th Mixed Brigades, all were blamed on these three regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

At the military meeting immediately held by the First Army Headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio immediately proposed the theme of the meeting: "How to gather the forces of our First Army, make a perfect deployment, and inflict heavy damage to the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area, especially focusing on eliminating the Eighth Route Army's iron triangle.

Cooperate with the entire North China Front Army's May 1st mopping-up operation plan."

After analyzing the battle situation, the Japanese Chief of Staff said: "General, according to our military intelligence, the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle, the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, are secretly in close contact and defend each other, forming a relatively stable triangular defense system.

If you look at the map, you can see that the positions of their three regiments are exactly at the three vertices of a triangle.

This was also one of the important reasons why our army’s 39th Mixed Brigade suffered a disastrous defeat at the independent regiment’s base not long ago.

Therefore, after the May 1st mopping-up operation officially begins, if our army wants to completely damage the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base and eliminate the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle, we must find a way to destroy the triangular defense system of these three regiments. "

Also attending the meeting were Major General Kurokawa of the Japanese Army's 3rd Mixed Brigade and Major General Fujiwara of the Japanese Army's 9th Mixed Brigade.

These two old devils had suffered great losses in the independent regiment's base.

For them, this May 1st sweep will be a journey of revenge.

When it comes to how to deal with the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle, these two old devils seem to be very experienced. After all, they have learned from painful lessons.

As for the Japanese Chief of Staff's statement that the Iron Triangle defense system is difficult to break, Major General Kurokawa has a different view:

"This damn Iron Triangle is not that difficult to deal with. The reason why our two mixed brigades suffered losses last time was that we accidentally fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army. We did not expect that their firepower configuration was much stronger than the regular main force of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, I speculate that they must have secretly built a faster communication channel between the three groups.

So when our army attacked the independent regiment's base, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack from the flank.

This caught us off guard.

If we want to completely destroy the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle, I think the method is actually very simple."

“As long as three armies attack the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment at the same time, the three regiments will be unable to take care of themselves and will not be able to assist and reinforce each other.

Then, this so-called triangular fortification would collapse on its own.”

Of course, this is based on the premise that the Japanese army has absolute superiority in manpower and equipment.

To deal with the traditional triangle defense system, attacks are often carried out on three points in a primary and secondary manner, so as to mobilize the defenders at the three points, find loopholes, and finally break through the system in one fell swoop.

But the Japanese army obviously didn't want to go through the trouble.

As a fellow sufferer of Major General Kurokawa, Major General Fujiwara immediately agreed with his proposal.

Then, two Japanese major generals volunteered to lead the troops to attack the independent regiment, in order to atone for their sins and wipe out the previous humiliation.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka did not agree immediately.

He has his own considerations.

The last time the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigades launched a joint operation to attack the independent regiment's base, they ended up suffering a disastrous defeat.

It is unlikely that any one of the two mixed brigades would gain any benefit by attacking the independent regiment's base alone.

Yoshio Shinozuka was determined to take advantage of the May 1st mopping-up operation to completely destroy the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle and severely damage the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base.

Just to be on the safe side.

He finally said:

"Let's put it this way. After the May 1st mopping-up operation officially begins, our First Army will still be mainly responsible for the battlefield in Shanxi, mainly dealing with the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area.

During this period, the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle were naturally going to be eliminated.

Their team is the elite of the Eighth Route Army. If they want to truly defeat the Eighth Route Army, they must first eliminate their elite.

I plan to arrange the Third Mixed Brigade to attack the base of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Arrange the 9th Mixed Brigade to attack the base of the New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, the 36st Field Brigade of the th Division, plus additional reinforced armored units and artillery regiments, was deployed to attack the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

Three forces attacked simultaneously.

It can be predicted that the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment is the strongest, and the battle in the direction of the base areas of the New First and New Second Regiments should be able to end first.

Then, after completely destroying the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments of the Eighth Route Army, the 3rd Mixed Brigade and the 9th Mixed Brigade can quickly detour towards the independent regiment's base.

Finally, the three armies were assembled to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. "

Although Major General Kurokawa and Major General Fujiwara felt somewhat ashamed, they acquiesced to Shinozuka Yoshio's order and did not even speak up to insist on attacking the Independent Regiment.

It is even said that when they received the order, their two mixed brigades were to deal with the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments of the Eighth Route Army respectively.

The two Japanese major generals breathed a sigh of relief quietly in their hearts.

To be honest, the disastrous defeat of the two mixed brigades in the independent regiment's base not long ago was still clearly evident in the minds of the two Japanese major generals.

They were totally frightened.

If they were to face the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment again, neither of the two Japanese major generals would have the confidence.

As for the 36st Brigade of the th Division that attacked the independent regiment's base, it was a standard field brigade, not a mixed force like the rd Mixed Brigade and the th Mixed Brigade.

The size of the field brigade's troops and the number of its artillery pieces are much stronger than those of an ordinary mixed brigade, so its combat effectiveness is naturally unquestionable.

Yoshio Shinozuka mobilized a field brigade, an armored unit and even an artillery regiment to deal with the independent regiment.

If Kong Jie knew about such exaggerated power, he would probably sigh:

This old devil really thinks highly of himself!

……

Time continued to pass, and there was still some time before the Japanese army launched the May 1st mopping-up operation.

In the subsequent military meeting at the headquarters, Kong Jie had a special private exchange with the commander who came from the Hebei-Central Military Region.

We talked about how to deal with the possible large-scale raids launched by the Japanese army.

Kong Jie naturally proposed the suggestion of promoting and applying the underground tactics on a large scale in combat environments with relatively open terrain such as the Ji-Central Military Region.

The Eighth Route Army's first application of underground tactics was when the independent regiment's base was responding to the Japanese raid. However, the Taihang region has steep mountains and there was often a lot of terrain that could be relied upon for combat.

The underground tactics seem a bit useless.

Moreover, digging tunnels in mountainous environments is often time-consuming and laborious. If there is a rock layer underground, it is impossible to dig at all.

Relatively speaking, the Ji-Central Military Region is a suitable place for large-scale promotion of underground tactics.

In order to deal with the possible May 1st mopping-up operation launched by the Japanese army, Kong Jie had already written a detailed proposal on the promotion and application of tunnel tactics in the Hebei-Central Military Region and submitted it to the headquarters.

The headquarters immediately realized the subtlety of the underground tactics and immediately contacted the Eighth Route Army cadres in Ji-Central and Ji-Nan Military Regions to discuss how to promote and apply the underground tactics in the Ji-Central and Ji-Nan regions.

And according to some tunnel structure drawings specially drawn by Kong Jie.

Tunnel fortifications were secretly built in the Ji-Central and Ji-Nan Military Regions in advance.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers were very efficient.

Commander Lu of the Jizhong Military Region, who attended the meeting, smiled and said to Kong Jie: "Kong Jie, the underground tactics you proposed are really wonderful, especially in the combat environment like our Jizhong, there is no tactic more suitable for us than this.

After your tunnel structure map was sent over, we started to build a large number of tunnel fortifications based on this map throughout the military region to deal with the Japanese attack.

It is no exaggeration to say that up to now, our entire Ji-Zhong base area has been calm on the surface. The villages are still villages, and the fortifications are still fortifications.

But under the ground, we had already dug a lot of tunnels of various sizes that were connected to each other.

All regiments defending on the front line can retreat into the tunnel fortifications at any time.

A regiment of one or two thousand soldiers can disappear completely from the ground in less than ten minutes.

When the Japanese launch a large-scale raid, I think they will be surprised."

So Kong Jie felt relieved.

If there had not been the promotion and application of underground tactics, according to the original historical trajectory of the Bright Sword world, once the Japanese army launched a retaliatory May 1st sweep, the Ji-Central Military Region would have inevitably suffered heavy losses.

It is still unknown how many revolutionary martyrs will be sacrificed as a result.

So since Kong Jie crossed over, he has been trying to find a way to pass the tunnel tactics to the Ji-Central and Ji-Nan Military Regions.

Now everything is finally arranged.

4 month 25 day.

The old devil Tada Shun, who was in charge of the Japanese Army's North China Front Headquarters, received news from all sides.

He said that all units of the First Army, including the troops stationed in Mongolia that assisted in the battle, had already completed their material preparations, and the troops had also completed their rest and were ready to join the battle at any time.

Tada Shun immediately issued a preparatory combat order to all armies through the North China Front Army Headquarters.

The Japanese army quickly assembled in multiple directions and finally followed Tada Shun's battle plan, including the First Army stationed in Shanxi, the assisting troops stationed in Mongolia, and the 12th Army in Hebei.

A total of nearly 15 elite Japanese troops were mobilized, plus assisting Security Forces and Imperial Army troops, for a total of more than troops.

With the destruction of the Eighth Route Army's military stations in the Ji-Central Military Region as the main combat goal, a large-scale mopping-up operation was launched that swept across Ji-Central, southern Ji, Taihang, and Taiyue.

The Japanese First Army in Shanxi had mobilized the 36rd, 37th, 41th and th mixed brigades, as well as the main force of the th Division and part of the th and st Divisions.

There are more than 50,000 troops in total.

An unprecedented sweep was launched against the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base.

Among them, according to Yoshio Shinozuka's combat deployment, the main force of the Japanese Army's 3rd Mixed Brigade was responsible for taking the lead in attacking the base of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The main force of the Japanese 9th Mixed Brigade took the lead in attacking the base of the New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the 36st Field Brigade of the th Division, together with the armored forces and artillery regiment, was responsible for attacking the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

By this calculation, in order to deal with the three regiments of the Iron Triangle, the Japanese army mobilized a total of three field brigades, plus an artillery regiment, as well as assisting armored forces, security forces, Imperial Army, etc.

The total number of troops is nearly people.

This is equivalent to half of the force used by the Japanese army in the large-scale mop-up operation against the Taihang base.

In order to be the first to destroy the three elite Iron Triangle regiments of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese spent a huge amount of money.

Unfortunately, what the Japanese didn't know was that the New 1st Regiment, which they thought was now the New 1st Regiment, had already secretly moved its base to the base of the New 6th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The new 17nd Regiment appeared at the th Regiment's base.

The independent regiment was located in the base of the 21st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the military force mobilized by the Japanese army to deal with the new 6th Regiment, the new 17th Regiment, and the new 21st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was very insignificant.

Only a field infantry battalion was mobilized to attack the bases of the new 6th Regiment, the new 17th Regiment, and the new 21st Regiment respectively.

The devil's battalion-level combat units are actually equivalent to the Eighth Route Army's battalion-level combat units.

It was just a fully-strength field infantry battalion of the Japanese Army, with a strength of about 1100 people, which was far more than the strength of a main battalion of the Eighth Route Army.

It is even close to the regular main force regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Even when the Japanese army had the same or even fewer troops than the Eighth Route Army, they could often defeat the Eighth Route Army's regular main forces by relying on their equipment advantages, artillery advantages and troop quality.

Therefore, the Japanese were full of confidence and thought of dispatching three field battalions.

Enough to deal with the three newly formed regiments of the Eighth Route Army...