Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

"Read it again later and I'll draw a picture. I can't understand this chapter without a picture."

As we all know, the Eighth Route Army has three main divisions.

Before the troops entered Shanxi in the early stage of reorganization, the three divisions were almost the same in all aspects. The establishment of the C Division was also adopted in the 19th year of the Republic of China. Each division was under the jurisdiction of two brigades, and the brigade was under the jurisdiction of two regiments.

After including the troops directly under the division, the troop strength is generally between 13,000 and 15,000.

But the next developments are each exciting in their own way, and the experiences of the three divisions are completely different.

As we said before, the 120th Division currently has no more than 100,000 troops due to its different tasks and inherent deficiencies, as well as its development being restricted by geography.

In the original timeline, compared with the remaining two divisions, the conditions of the 115th Division were better than those of the 129th Division.

Because the latter's activity range is mainly in North China, which is the area where wars with the Japanese are most frequent. What's more, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is still in southeast Shanxi, which is a key target for the enemy's attack.

After years of fighting, the 129th Division naturally did not develop as well as the 115th Division.

However, things are different now!

Due to Huang's intrusion, the logistics department in the southeastern Shanxi base area has undergone earth-shaking changes. Under the first-come-first-served approach, the 129th Division can be said to be extremely rich.

At the beginning, the style of painting was quite normal. At that time, Huanghe used civilian factories in exchange for some resources to improve the food and living conditions of the frontline soldiers.

Due to the difficult conditions, his improvement in the combat effectiveness of the troops was very limited. That is to say, get back some Mosin Nagant and French weapons from World War I, and improve the power of bullets and grenades.

In May last year, the 129th Division was reorganized. There are 9 regular troops under the division's jurisdiction and 28 regiments.

In addition, coupled with the desperate columns and local troops under the command of the division, the total number of troops under the entire system exceeded 100,000, which was no different from the original timeline.

But after June last year, as soon as France, the European overlord of Gaul, surrendered, the development speed of the entire division made a qualitative leap as if it was cheating.

The 129th Division was not only the first of the three main forces to be equipped with a full set of weapons. Moreover, because of the various military production lines of the Logistics Department, we have the confidence to vigorously expand the army.

The Eighth Route Army has always adhered to the principle of ideological mobilization and voluntary participation in the army, and from time to time it carries out mobilization propaganda for qualified young adults.

However, as the grassroots construction in the southeastern Shanxi base area has begun to take shape, its influence is no longer what it used to be.

Coupled with the good treatment provided by the 129th Division to soldiers and their families, as well as the attraction brought by advanced equipment, there is an endless stream of ordinary people joining the army.

Even though the requirements for enlistment have been raised, the number of troops at all levels has continued to grow explosively.

The division now has 15 regular army brigades and 47 regiments.

Counting local armed forces and militias, 150,000 people can be deployed to fight when necessary, which has laid an indestructible foundation for the independent war in North China.

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In this battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the units of the 129th Division were not far from Gaoping and Yangcheng areas and were responsible for supporting the northeastern battlefield.

Although Wuxiang is only more than a hundred kilometers away from the enemy's 33rd Division's station, the troops cannot launch an attack first.

We have to wait for the comrades of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to be in place and be prepared to intercept the enemy reinforcements from Hebei, Chahar, and parts of Suiyuan. We also need to wait for the comrades of the 120th Division to contain the 36th and 37th Divisions.

What's more, the troops also have to take care of the artillery, and it's not very convenient to move.

At this time, there was still half an hour before the scheduled start of the battle, and the division commander was working intensively with the staff to check and fill in the gaps to make sure that all plans were foolproof.

Suddenly, there was a burst of footsteps outside the combat conference room.

The brigade commander walked into the room with a smile on his face and a telegram in his hand. As soon as others saw it, they knew that something good must have happened.

"Commander, I have a quite interesting telegram here."

"Some people in our Eighth Route Army are quietly making a fortune behind enemy lines, making everything prosperous!"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

This feeling of being in the spotlight extremely satisfies the "vanity" of Lezi people.

It's a pity that the teacher didn't follow the routine and grabbed the telegram, adjusted his glasses and started reading. But the first line of the message made him look like an old man on the subway looking at his phone.

It clearly states that the remnants of our 98th Army, the 17th Army, and the 43rd Army will, under the leadership of Commander Li of the Eighth Route Army, cooperate with the 129th Division to encircle and annihilate the enemy's 33rd Division and 41st Division.

The teacher, who had been busy for a few days, was a little overwhelmed. The words "Master Li" immediately made him confused.

"Is there something wrong with my last eye? Or was the message decrypted wrong?"

"When did our Eighth Route Army have a division commander named Li? If I remember correctly, there is not even a comrade named Li among the deputy division commanders."

Although it was a question, the teacher quickly thought of one thing. The 1st Marine Regiment led by Li Yunlong was the Eighth Route Army's armed force that entered Zhongtiao Mountain first.

Counting the time, they had been fighting behind enemy lines for nearly six days.

"Has the authenticity of the information been confirmed?"

After hearing the question, the brigade commander nodded.

As a former intelligence chief, he used the method discussed in advance to determine the identity of the other party as soon as he received the message. Just in case, someone was sent to verify the authenticity of the intelligence.

After seeing the division commander's expression of sudden realization, the brigade commander immediately said:

"As you expected, it's Li Yunlong."

"I have just made contact with the other party. He began to collect Guo Mei's defeated troops on the day he set out. As of today, he has 6,000 people under his command."

"But the title of division commander is not what he calls himself. It's what the preserved fruit soldiers call him."

Because the power of the radio station of the 1st Marine Regiment was insufficient, it could not contact the higher-level troops. In order to get in touch with the division headquarters, we can only use the radio station of the 98th Army to call in a loop.

But the communications soldier who operated it had only been in the army for seven hours and didn't even know what Li Yunlong's full name was. In a self-defeating move, I directly used my last name and my perceived position.

The person who felt most sorry for Lao Li was always the brigade commander. In order to reduce unnecessary misunderstandings, he specially emphasized a sentence at the end of his words to help his beloved general explain.

After hearing the specific reason, everyone in the war conference room laughed out loud.

Everyone here is an acquaintance of Commander Li Da, although the New Second Regiment has become independent from the 129th Division and has become the First Marine Regiment directly under the Eighth Route Army.

But the old friendship between everyone has not faded. Even if Lao Li really dared to call himself division commander at the division headquarters, everyone would just look at him with a look of disgust on his face to see who gave him the heart and courage of a leopard.

"Okay, with the addition of that boy Li Yunlong, we will be more confident in this battle."

"As long as he can block the enemy's retreat, this battle can definitely wipe out the enemies of the two divisions. After eating the entire First Army, there will be no war in Shanxi!"

"Pass my order and ask the 1st Air Division to find a way to airdrop a batch of weapons to them. After five or six days of fighting, it is estimated that the 1st Marine Regiment will soon be exhausted."

This offensive plan was made together by the deputy commander-in-chief and the division commander. They decided to send half of the 129th Division's troops, that is, eight brigades and twenty-five regiments, to surprise the Japanese.

For such a large-scale operation, how to avoid the enemy's eyes and reconnaissance planes is a difficult problem.

If the enemy discovers our own movements, the opponent will definitely give up attacking the northeastern defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain and instead flee to the Jincheng area.

Fortunately, the First Air Division had already gained air superiority over the battlefield, eliminating the most troublesome link of reconnaissance aircraft. The troops only had to ensure that they were not discovered during the march.

After departure, troops at all levels strictly controlled fireworks. Everyone marching must wear camouflage, radio silence is maintained at the brigade level, and the use of portable communicators is prohibited at the regimental level.

The march started every day after the sun went down, and stopped at dawn and hid in the mountains and forests.

Hundreds of M18 cannons from the three artillery regiments are all scattered among the brigades and will be used intensively after arriving at the first stage destination.

Under strict discipline, the army of tens of thousands marched, and the Japanese did not notice it at all.

After arriving at the scheduled assembly point, the division commander will send eight brigades to the north of Qinshui, east of Yangcheng, and west of Henghe to form a pocket formation.

As soon as the time is right, all troops will launch an attack with the cooperation of the three artillery regiments and the 1st Air Division.

This is a classic roundabout tactic. Coupled with Li Yunlong's division in Shaoyuan, the two Japanese divisions can definitely be wiped out in one fell swoop!

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On the northeast side of Zhongtiao Mountain, Dong Feng.

In the joint headquarters of the 33rd Division and the 41st Division, Lieutenant General Sakurai Shoichi and Lieutenant General Shimizu Nori were not in a good mood at this time.

There is a piece of paper on the table in front of them, which is a telegram just sent from the North China Front Army Headquarters. They looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the room was very awkward.

"Qingshui-kun, Commander Gangcun is a little too hasty."

"Forget it about our division. After all, a serious battle only lasts one day and one night. Your division has not had a rest since the afternoon of the 7th. Fighting for six days in a row must be too hard."

Qing Shui shook his head helplessly. After all, the rank of official was overwhelming, and he also offended his immediate superior.

They also received news that two divisions on the Western Front had been annihilated. Okamura Neji did not intend to stop the losses in time, but chose to risk all his troops and give it a try.

In the telegram, he prepared for the troops on the northeastern front to adopt a super-large pincer offensive.

Among them, the task of the 41st Division is to immediately go south, occupy all the ferries on the east side of Zhongtiao Mountain via Shaoyuan, and completely cut off the connection between the north and south banks of the Yellow River.

The 33rd Division and the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade need to be divided into two groups, one along the Qinhe River to Jiyuan, and the other through the Henghe River to Fengmenkou.

The purpose of this was to combine the forces of the three divisions and defeat the 9th Army and the 93rd Army in the shortest possible time.

Only by liberating the 21st Division and the 35th Division on the Eastern Front could Okamura Neiji be confident that he could fight the sudden Eighth Route Army in a decisive battle on the plains.

"There is no way, everything is just to gain time."

"Once the 129th Division on the Western Front arrives on the Eastern Front, the Battle of the Central Plains will be in vain. Not only will Zhongtiao Mountain not be captured, but the safety of our two divisions may also be in question."

Yes, until now, the North China Front still believes that the enemy appearing on the Western Front battlefield is the 129th Division.

The Japanese conducted reconnaissance in the southeast of Shanxi, and they found no sign of any large-scale southward mobilization of the Eighth Route Army.

Combined with the fighting time and fierce firepower on the Western Front, Okamura Neiji judged that the Eighth Route Army there should be the main force of the 129th Division detoured to support.

After all, everyone knows that the 120th Division is responsible for guarding the border area and preventing the enemy from crossing the Yellow River westward.

It can only be said that empiricism kills people. No one expected that the strength of the northern Shanxi base area was already so strong and that such a large force could be mobilized without affecting the original mission.

What's more, I didn't expect that the 129th Division had big plans and was very patient.

After thinking for a moment, Sakurai Shozo walked to the map. He clicked through all the towns he was passing through with his fingers, and then complained to his colleagues behind him:

"It's true that the superiors just talk, and the people below have their legs broken. Those of us who lead the troops are all working hard."

"I hope we don't encounter the Eighth Route Army's air force on the way. Those fighter jets are really too brutal. With the few people I have, they can't withstand more than two rounds of attacks."

Qing Shui Rui felt a chill down his spine when he mentioned Kong Yishi.

Although the 98th Army was successfully killed in last night's battle, two of them also suffered losses. What's more, the 41st Division was already divided into two, and now only more than 6,000 people are left.

Once you encounter the enemy's air force, you may not have all the corpses.

As he said, the hum of a piston engine sounded in the sky. Their expressions changed and they immediately ran out of the headquarters to check the number of enemy planes.

At the same time, nightmarish horn sounds sounded around Dongfeng Village.

You don't need to guess to know that the enemy is the Eighth Route Army. After all, the Preserved Fruit Army was defeated by them just last night.

The two Japanese lieutenants looked at each other, and they both remembered a sentence in their hearts, that is, those who are good at attacking move in the sky.

Until now, they had not understood that the Army Aviation had taken risks just an hour ago and sent six reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's base area in southeastern Shanxi.

Obviously no traces of the army's movements were found, but which army is the enemy in front of them? How did the other party quietly reach near us?

Doesn’t the Eighth Route Army need logistical supplies when fighting a war?

Although there are countless confusions in my heart, there is no time to think at this time.

The two of them did not choose to enter the air raid shelter. If there was no overall command in the current encounter, they would definitely lose. They returned to the command post in the shortest possible time, picked up the phone and issued orders to their respective subordinates.

"The troops were organized into regiments and quickly deployed on the positions of the original preserved fruit defenders. Make use of the height advantage and terrain advantage to block all the enemies!"

"Send all the scouts out to find a suitable direction for a breakout. If the enemy dares to attack in such a big way, their troops and heavy firepower must be several times stronger than ours."

"Send a telegram to the headquarters and request tactical guidance! Tell Commander Gangcun that we need support from the Army Aviation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several artillery shells flew from the north.

That sparse number must be the enemy's test firing, and the next two divisions will inevitably face a baptism of artillery fire.

The inspiration for this strategy came from the siege of the First Marine Division.

Back then, 100,000 men from the Ninth Corps quietly surrounded Changjin Lake. I think it's not too much to surround two Japanese divisions.

It’s so hard to think of tactics, even work is not that tiring