Chapter 302 The Suiyuan War Begins!

Facts have proved that we can never think too simply of the invaders.

When the 11th Japanese Army in Central China launched the second large-scale attack on the Ninth War Zone, the Mongolian Army in Suiyuan and the "good-hearted" Kwantung Army also began to infiltrate the Eighth War Zone.

With the support of the Kwantung Army's Army Aviation reconnaissance aircraft, the Mongolian Army had an absolute advantage in intelligence for the first time.

Although the above three forces are independent of each other, and even some commanders have many contradictions and deep resentment. But they tacitly launched two large-scale battles at the same time, just to make the bald man too busy to take care of one and lose the other.

This move is very fatal to Guosu, after all, the coordination between their major war zones is really poor.

Often in large-scale battles, adjacent war zones cannot cooperate with each other, not to mention the Eighth and Ninth War Zones thousands of kilometers apart.

Suiyuan area belongs to the plateau, and its western and northern parts are almost all deserts. Except for the Hetao area, the food in the province is not self-sufficient.

The only mineral resources with advantages are not suitable for large-scale mining due to inconvenient transportation.

But such a difficult area has become a hot spot invisibly, and is extremely important to the current Eighth Route Army, Seventh Route Army and Japanese Army.

It is not the first time that the Kwantung Army has been eyeing this place. As early as a few years ago, they attempted to formally march into the interior of the country, and even had the crazy idea of ​​taking over the four provinces in the north of the Great Wall in one fell swoop.

After all, going north from the Hetao Plain, they can directly point to the Baikal region from the east and south.

Although they signed the infamous neutrality treaty with the north some time ago, and recognized each other's territories that did not belong to them. But the Far East troops carefully prepared by Dalinzi are stationed on the east, west and north sides of the Kwantung Army. Once the face is torn, it will fall into crisis.

If Suiyuan is occupied, the territory of the Japanese can be directly threatened.

Let's not talk about whether it can be defeated, at least in terms of strategy and face, it can more or less achieve a relatively balanced state.

The idea of ​​the Mongolian Army is simpler. At present, Shanxi has been lost by Okamura Ningji and Iwamatsu Yoshio. Keeping Suiyuan will give him a chance to counterattack North China in the future, or even march to the northwest to seize the entire Central Plains.

Invaders always have evil intentions.

As for Qiluban, his idea is purer. Suiyuan is his biggest capital for survival. How can he give up the foundation he has built after wandering for half a lifetime?

In the current winter offensive, the bald man gave a large amount of military funds to the 35th Army because of the heavy losses, and suggested that he go to Lanzhou to serve as the commander of the Eighth War Zone.

Logically speaking, ordinary people will happily accept the two happy events of promotion and wealth.

However, Qiluban refused without thinking, after all, he finally got out of the quagmire of the Jin faction and established his own kingdom in Suiyuan with the help of the 35th Army.

If the price of promotion and wealth is to live under someone else's roof, it is better to continue to fight the devils with the remnants of the army.

Finally, there is the Eighth Route Army. Compared with the above forces, the Eighth Master is as simple as a college student.

The border area has only one goal from beginning to end, that is, to recover all the lost land in the hands of Guosu, so that the people in the occupied areas no longer have to live in fear.

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September 27, the headquarters of the deputy commander of the Eighth War Zone.

"Brother, it is better to rely on yourself than on others. Now Tanzhou has become a mess. Intelligence shows that the devils have broken through the Laodao River defense line this morning. The chairman has no energy to take care of Suiyuan at all."

"Although the Eighth Route Army secretly sent us a batch of anti-aircraft guns, it has never officially responded to the matter of sending troops to help."

"Now we can only save ourselves, either retreat to Lanzhou before the enemy officially attacks, and then seek opportunities to counterattack Hetao in the future. Or take the initiative to attack and concentrate superior forces to eat up the devil's vanguard first."

After hearing Chen Jieshan's persuasion, Qiluban closed his eyes painfully.

At first, he still had a little fantasy about the bald man. After all, their Suiyuan could contain the development of the Eighth Route Army in a certain sense. Even if you don't care about the lives of ordinary people, you can't just watch the "friendly army" grow bigger and stronger.

But who would have thought that the other side was so decisive. After the southern granary was threatened, they immediately concentrated resources to prepare for the battle, without caring about the life and death of the northern desert.

"If we hold on firmly, there will be a way? Haha!"

"What a light-hearted telegram. With the current remnants of our army, it is estimated that even the evacuation of all members is a luxury."

"Facing the devil's planes, tanks and artillery, do the soldiers and ordinary people of the Eighth War Zone have to fight the enemy with their flesh and blood? This is the second time they have voluntarily given up Suiyuan! Damn it! Damn it!"

People often only see that the Eighth War Zone has won many victories in Suiyuan, but only a few people know how much they paid.

After the Battle of Baotou and the Battle of Suixi, the 35th Army, the main force of the Seventh Route and a Half, lost nearly half of its personnel, from 30,000 at its peak to 16,000.

There were also many losses in weapons and equipment, and they could only barely get one rifle per person.

The Wuyuan victory came at the highest cost. He reduced the regiment to a battalion, and the battalion to a company, and only then did he gather enough troops to fight the enemy. If they had not buried the ammunition and supplies underground in advance, they would not even have enough weapons for the counterattack.

After a moment, the Seventh Route and a Half took a deep breath and made a decision.

"Pass my order, and have the Sixth Cavalry Army, the Third Cavalry Division, and the New Fourth Cavalry Division all go out."

"I don't ask them to fight the enemy head-on. They just need to get in between Guisui and Baotou to destroy the railway. If they encounter the enemy's transport troops, they should act according to the situation! Everything should be based on preserving strength!"

"Let the 35th Army, the 35th Division, the 5th Guard Brigade and other troops at all levels immediately move to the north of Anbei, and cooperate with the cavalry of the war zone to ambush the support troops of the Mongolian Army along the way."

As a general who has fought with the Japanese since the Great Wall War of Resistance, Qiluban knows that the only way to defend Wuyuan is death.

Now the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army has undergone earth-shaking changes. While retaining some cavalry, the other side has actually put together a tank brigade.

That's a full 130 tanks. Their anti-tank capabilities in the Eighth War Zone are limited. There is no other way except to use the anti-aircraft guns sent by the Eighth Route Army.

Once the Mongolian Army forms a joint operation of infantry, artillery, tanks and air force, then even the strongest city walls will not be able to withstand the enemy's impact.

Therefore, the Seventh Route Army decided to take the initiative to attack the enemy's transportation lines as much as possible before the Japanese army assembled, and attacked the infantry battalion of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade.

After all, the enemy's occupied area is more than 300 kilometers away from Wuyuan City. As long as the enemy's logistics supply system has problems, the crisis can be easily resolved.

Of course, relying solely on the above countermeasures is definitely not safe. After a little thought, the Seventh Route Army continued to instruct the staff:

"Mobilize the people in the Linhe area. We need to prepare a retreat route and let the troops build fortifications with the locals."

"Except for the bridge we have to cross, all roads and bridges will be blown up. Dig more anti-tank trenches. This time the enemy will mobilize a large number of tanks."

"Send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army! Ask them if the Jinsui Military Region can support us with a batch of weapons and military rations! He Da Huzi must know the truth that the lips and teeth are cold. Even if he can't send troops, he must provide us with material support."

As a famous defensive general in the Republic of China, the Seventh Route Army fought many city defense battles in the first half of his life, and he knew what his troops needed most when defending the city.

When the Jin army and the Northwest army were fighting, he led a regiment to defend Tianzhen City.

Originally, Yan Laoxi just wanted to push out the seven and a half routes to block the attack, but no one expected that he would actually defend the city for three months.

During the Northern Expedition, he resisted the Feng clique's seven attacks in Zhuozhou.

At that time, the Zhang family used all means, including tanks, engineers, tunnels, air strikes, and even poison gas. If the city had not been cut off from food and weapons, he could really lead his troops to fight to the end of time.

Yesterday's supplement is completed, and today I will try to continue 6K, and August will be a new look!