kvmb Chapter 1165 Could the Eighth Route Fly?
Chapter 1165 Could the Eighth Route Fly?
West of Shenze lies Mudaogou.
The main force of over six thousand men in the base area waited quietly.
Beyond Mudaogou lies the deployment point of the Japanese 110th Division south of Xinle.
At this time, Shirataki was still leading his troops back to Shenxian County, while Okamura ordered the detachment of some troops from the 110th Division to support Dingxian County.
Now, only one battalion of Japanese soldiers remains near Mudaogou!
The Japanese soldiers on patrol were chatting and smoking in twos and threes, some even taking a break every now and then, not taking the patrol seriously at all.
Their superior officer, Bai Long, was not present, and they had heard that fighting had broken out in Ding County. They believed that the main force of the Eighth Route Army could not possibly emerge from the Shenze area, so they couldn't help but become lax and complacent.
Around four o'clock in the morning, a gunshot shattered the pre-dawn tranquility.
Immediately afterwards, several shells fell on the Japanese defensive positions, hitting a patrol squad.
The Japanese soldier then suddenly blew his whistle, his face showing horror.
"The Eighth Route Army! It's the Eighth Route Army! The Eighth Route Army has come to our area! Report to Shimen immediately!"
The base area risked everything for this breakout. A main force regiment was sent to Tanghe as a feint, which was too high a price to pay!
Therefore, they did not allow any mistakes. Orders were repeatedly relayed to the platoon-level commanders, and breakout tactics were repeatedly rehearsed until every soldier firmly remembered what he was supposed to do.
The attack appeared swift, sharp, and methodical.
First, they used mortars to bombard the Japanese troops. At the same time, several elite companies charged at top speed!
The base commander gave the order to take down this outer defensive point within ten minutes, without giving the Japanese battalion behind it any time to react!
Some soldiers charged too fast, even running in front of the artillery fire. Fortunately, those qualified to operate the mortars were the combat elites of the base area, who quickly adjusted the firing angle to continue providing fire support for their charging comrades.
A few minutes later, the soldiers rushed into the bunkers at the defensive point and began fighting the remaining Japanese soldiers.
The regiments and regional teams then dispersed, forming a three-sided encirclement, and advanced westward towards Mudaogou.
At this moment, a battalion of the Japanese army had just completed its assembly!
The junior officers of the Eighth Route Army led the charge forward. This time, there was no need for mobilization or shouting. Every soldier knew that the brothers of a main force regiment had to hold off several Japanese battalions in Tanghe for an entire night so that they could break through smoothly!
Go!
For our fallen comrades!
Go!
For the sake of our base's future!
Faced with the overwhelming attacks from three directions, the Japanese battalion commander fell into deep despair!
In a little over an hour, it will be dawn.
In the temporary command post at Shimen, Okamura finally couldn't hold on any longer and rested on the sofa fully clothed.
Now that Lin Jun has gone to Ding County, he should be able to control the situation better, and I can finally relax for a while...
"boom!"
The office door was suddenly pushed open!
Okamura jolted, rolled off the sofa, braced himself with his hands, and leaped toward the desk, where his gun was!
"General, it's me, it's me!"
Satoshi Aragaki turned on the light, his face filled with anxiety.
Excessive fatigue and the side effects of taking the stun pills made Okamura look extremely crazy. His face was flushed, his eyes were sunken, and he hysterically shouted, "Baka yarou! Do you want to die? Do you want to die?! Why are you kicking the door like that!"
Okamura thought a spy had infiltrated and almost had a heart attack from the fright!
Aragaki Tomoji cried out with a mournful face, "General, I knocked twice but there was no response, so in desperation I broke the door open. General, something has happened! Something has happened! The main force of the Eighth Route Army has appeared at Xinle, Cihe, and Mudaogou!"
Okamura was stunned for about a minute, shook his head, and finally processed the news.
He slapped his forehead and cried out in anguish, "It's all over, all over! We've been tricked by the Red Bandits! Lin Jun was right, Tang He's force was a feint, a real feint! He doesn't understand military affairs, yet he still had this question. I've fought all my life, but I've been played like a puppet!"
Aragaki Tomoshi said: "Your Excellency, General, the top priority..."
Okamura got up from the ground. "The most urgent task is to get the military police in the city on high alert and protect Shimen at all costs!"
Aragaki Tomoji had originally intended to ask whether the soldiers from Dingxian should be recalled, but after hearing Okamura's words, he suddenly realized what was going on.
Yes, Xinle is only 60 or 70 kilometers away from Shimen. If the main force of the Eighth Route Army appears in Xinle, there could be thousands or even tens of thousands of people. What if they rush straight to Shimen?
Shimen has no city walls!
Okamura also felt very insecure. Lin Jun wasn't in Shimen. He should have known better than to send him to Dingxian!
He looked at the map, crossed Mudao Gully, and continued westward along the Ci River...
Tenglong Mountain!
Okamura closed his eyes in pain.
Good news: the Eighth Route Army will most likely not attack Shimen. Bad news: once they enter Tenglong Mountain, even Amaterasu Omikami couldn't stop them.
Okamura gritted his teeth and said, "Bring Lin back! Bring Lin back!"
"Useless! They're all useless! Bai Long, that useless guy, has been sweeping for days and hasn't even touched a hair on the Eighth Route Army's main force!"
"Mizukawa, that piece of trash! His head got smashed open, is there any commander this useless?!"
Aragaki Tomoji opened his mouth, wanting to tell Okamura that Mizukawa died on the way to the Ishimon wartime hospital, but after hesitating for a moment, he didn't say it.
"The Independent Mixed Brigade No. 9 and the 41st Division are all useless! Utterly useless! They've been besieging the north for so long, and what's the result? The enemy has already run away, and they didn't even notice!"
Okamura's plan this time was extremely malicious and meticulously planned.
With encirclement on all sides and a steady advance, if it weren't for Lin Ze as a variable, the main force of the Jizhong base area would definitely have been decimated by him.
Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army had a "sky eye" this time. It wasn't that the Japanese weren't trying hard enough to block them, but rather that the Eighth Route Army was able to use its powerful infiltration and long-distance raiding capabilities to break through the gaps in the Japanese encirclement, knowing the Japanese's location.
Shirataki Rishiro was also very frustrated. He had been leading his team around the central Hebei region for days and was almost vomiting blood, but he still couldn't find any trace of the Eighth Route Army!
Do you think the Eighth Route Army can fly?
Another point is that no one expected the Eighth Route Army to dare to break through in the Xinle area, because this was completely illogical.
The battle at Mudaogou was drawing to a close.
A single Japanese battalion, especially when almost unprepared, could not withstand so many brave soldiers from the base area.
A large number of troops crossed the Ci River and rushed towards the western mountains, also destroying some of the railway and telephone lines in the process.
Now, the only way for Shimen to contact Dingxian is by sending a telegram.