Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The battle situation between the two sides has gradually become clear at this point.

The Japanese army launched an unprecedented May 1st mopping-up operation.

The focus was on the Eighth Route Army's Ji-Central Military Region's military stations, with the combat objectives of destroying the Eighth Route Army's Ji-Central Military Region's military stations and destroying the Eighth Route Army's Taihang Military Region's main forces, especially the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle Forces.

The various mopping-up battlefields were divided into several areas, covering almost the entire North China.

It included the mopping-up of the Eighth Route Army's Taihang Military Region, the mopping-up of the Hebei-Central and Hebei-Southern Military Regions, and the large-scale mopping-up of the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi-Chahar base area.

Among them, the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi was responsible for the mopping-up operations against the Eighth Route Army's Taihang base.

According to the mopping-up plan of the Japanese First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka:

The 36rd Mixed Brigade, the th Mixed Brigade and the st Field Brigade of the th Division took the lead in launching an attack against the elite Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle forces that have rapidly risen like a dark horse in the Eighth Route Army's Taihang Military Region in recent years.

At the same time, various Japanese troops launched a large-scale mopping-up operation against other units and military divisions of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese originally thought that this time they could gather heavy troops and launch a fierce attack on the Eighth Route Army's New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment at the same time, first destroy the Eighth Route Army's elite Iron Triangle forces, and then quickly defeat the Eighth Route Army's various bases with the reinforcements of the three main forces.

To complete this sweep plan.

What the Japanese army did not expect was that although the operations against the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment progressed smoothly in the early stages, they were still constantly blocked and delayed by the Eighth Route Army in the base area, and failed to quickly end the battle and achieve the planned results.

The elite New 1st Regiment, New 2nd Regiment and Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which were subsequently stationed, were the first to break through the Japanese blockade and reached the enemy's rear base in Yangquan, Shouyang and Ping'an counties in one breath.

The Japs' rear areas were completely turned upside down.

During this period, in order to have fun, Li Yunlong even arranged a battalion of troops to launch a sneak attack in the direction of Taiyuan.

Of course, as the core base of the Japanese First Army, Taiyuan City has always been heavily defended by the Japs. In addition, the city walls of Taiyuan are high and thick, making them indestructible.

The battalion of troops sent by Li Yunlong failed to break through Taiyuan's outer defenses.

They merely showed up, launched a feint attack, and then evacuated in time before the Japanese troops counterattacked.

But Li Yunlong had something to say.

He could have boasted to his old comrades:

"Hehe, I, Li Yunlong, am not bragging to you. The history of me daring to attack Taiyuan with just a division is over. Just last time, I led a battalion to attack Taiyuan.

Even though we didn’t take it down, so what?

The Japanese were so scared that they hid in Taiyuan City and dared not show their heads. They just stared at me and my troops leaving in a swagger!"

There is some boasting in these words.

But it is true that Li Yunlong did send a battalion to attack Taiyuan.

There was a fire in the devil's backyard.

The morale of the front-line mopping-up troops is unstable.

Subsequently, several Japanese field battalions that came to support were quickly defeated by the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army's Iron Triangle.

As the three regiments of the Iron Triangle launched an attack on the Japanese blockade line from the back of each base, they quickly rescued the brother troops that were surrounded in each base.

The Japanese army's entire mopping-up blockade of the Taihang Military Region was completely broken.

The situation began to reverse as the Japanese First Army launched an unprecedented large-scale sweep of the Taihang Mountains.

The original sweeping net was broken into one hole after another.

This large-scale raid by the devils was destined to end in a disastrous defeat...