Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Judging from the Japanese army's behavior over the past two days, they should be preparing to retreat. Their troops that were mopping up outside have all been called back to the city. The Japanese army hasn't been out and about for the past two days."

"It's time to withdraw."

"Commander, is it true that Political Commissar Deng won great victories in Hunyuan and Dingbei?"

"We won a great victory. We annihilated over 2,000 Japanese troops. The Japanese troops in Fuping have already begun to retreat, fearing that the troops in the Yanbei area would cut off their retreat. It's a blessing that we won the battle, otherwise I would definitely come after him. I established the Fifth Division and asked him to keep a close eye on the Yanbei area, but he actually allowed the Japanese troops to advance straight into the area.

Yang Quanwu was very angry.

Fortunately, Shengxian is fine.

If something really happened in Sheng County, the Fifth District would not be able to bear such a heavy responsibility. It should be said that Wei Hongjun saved Deng Guo and the Fifth District.

"Commander, Political Commissar Deng has already won a great victory. Our First Division's counter-mopping-up operation this time, apart from ambushing the Japanese convoy, hasn't seen any major battles. The 220th Regiment is about to retreat. Should we attack them?"

The First Division represents the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

In the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the First Division was the strongest, boasting 12 main regiments. Now that the Eighth Column had won a major victory, even the newly established Fifth Division had achieved a major victory. Huangfa was truly itching to get his hands dirty.

The First Division made outstanding contributions in this anti-mopping-up campaign, or it can be said that the First Division made the greatest contribution in every anti-mopping-up campaign in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

After all, there were two regiments fighting in Yanbei, and two regiments defending the Jin-Cha-Ji Headquarters. Together with the main force of the First Division, the First Division annihilated more than 3000 Japanese troops this time. But after all, whether they went to the Fifth Division to help, or went to Fuping to defend the safety of the Jin-Cha-Ji Headquarters, they were just helping. Any achievements were attributed to others. Just like when Deng Guo won a great victory, one of the troops of the First Division made great contributions. Because the 17th and 22nd Regiments of the First Division were handed over to Deng Guo in this anti-mopping-up operation, they also made great contributions in this ambush. But when others talk about it, they will say that it was Deng Guo's credit, but it has nothing to do with the First Division.

Including troops fighting in Fuping.

That was to protect the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region Headquarters.

So, despite the First Division's impressive performance in this counter-mopping-up operation, annihilating approximately 3000 Japanese troops, it did not satisfy the senior commanders of the First Division at all. This was because, aside from the successful ambush of a Japanese transport convoy on the Yilai Highway and the successful Japanese battalion defending the convoy, the rest of the battles were sporadic and scattered in Hebei.

No matter how you look at it, Huang Fa and other generals in the first division are not satisfied.

"No rush. Keep harassing the 220th Regiment. If the Japanese withdraw from Laiyuan, then continue harassing them on the Yilai Highway. Has the Yilai Highway been dug up?"

"It's been dug. Commander, the 220th Regiment's cars definitely can't get through."

"That's good. Just like we usually cut off the Yilai Highway, we can keep harassing the 220th Regiment on the Yilai Highway. If we can eliminate another one or two hundred of them, or even three or four hundred of them on this entire section of the Yilai Highway, that would be even better."

"Commander, are we not going to attack the 220th Regiment?"

Huangfa was very surprised.

Yang Quanwu has fought many big and tough battles.

Why should we let the 220th Regiment go?

Yang Quanwu smiled and said, "If I didn't attack on the Yilai Highway where we usually set up ambushes, would I have let the 220th Regiment go?"

"We can't attack Laiyuan County? We can't attack the Yilai Highway? Are we going to wait until the Japanese army enters Yi County before we attack?

"Yes, we will fight in Yi County?"

Yang Quanwu pointed on the map and said, "The Japanese army entered Yi County through the Yilai Highway. After passing the mountainous area in the west of Yi County, there is another section that is not a mountainous area but is also suitable for ambushes.

"But that place is only 60 or 70 miles away from Yi County. The Japanese troops can reach the battlefield in less than two hours by car. Even if they force a march on foot, they can reach the battlefield in three to four hours."

"You also think it's inappropriate?"

"of course."

"You think we won't ambush there, what will the Japanese think? Once the Japanese leave the mountains, they will feel relieved and think they are safe. After coming out of a tense state, people will immediately become unfocused. At this time, people's vigilance will drop rapidly. This is a good opportunity for us to ambush. The unexpected is always the most suitable tactic for an ambush. As soon as our ambush begins, let the local troops destroy the road between the county town and the battlefield to prevent the Japanese cars from coming. It is winter now, and if the Japanese do not come by car on foot, it will take at least four hours. If there is more harassment in the middle, it will take five or six hours. That is enough for us."

Chapter 309: Great Victory in Yi County

The Yi County section of the Yilai Highway.

A group of Japanese soldiers came out of the mountain road, exhausted. All of them had expressions of having survived a disaster.

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"Mr. Iida, we have exited the mountainous section of the Yilai Highway."

Nobuo Matsui, the colonel commander of the 220th Regiment, breathed a sigh of relief and spoke to Taijiro Iida, the infantry commander of the 35th Division.

Starting in 1939, the Japanese army gradually changed the four-unit division into a three-unit division, and also began to form a large number of new three-unit divisions. After the Japanese army began to implement the three-unit division, the division's original brigade organization was abolished. Without the brigade command level, there was a lack of a command system between the division and the infantry regiment below. In order to make up for the lack of the infantry command system, the Japanese army set up the "infantry regiment" organization in the three-unit division. Although it is called an "infantry regiment", it is actually at the brigade level. In the previous four-unit division, the brigade was under the command of two infantry regiments. After the establishment of the three-unit division, the newly established "infantry regiment" was under the command of three infantry regiments. In other words, the three infantry regiments of the three-unit division were all under the command of the infantry regiment.

Taijiro Iida was the commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment and a major general.

This time, he led the 220th Regiment into Laiyuan and sent troops to launch a surprise attack on Sheng County, all under the command of Iida Taijiro.

Iida Taijiro nodded.

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the decision to evacuate Laiyuan was made, the journey has not been safe.

Of course, Iida Taijiro had been prepared for this. During the previous raid, he had led his troops into Laiyuan. While the attack was unremarkable, once the troops decided to retreat, the Eighth Route Army would frequently launch surprise attacks.

The last time we retreated, we suffered heavy losses.

But this time it's more difficult.

A battalion from the 220th Regiment's surprise attack on Sheng County failed, and instead suffered heavy casualties, returning with a large number of wounded soldiers. Afterwards, the Eighth Route Army troops went on a rampage, launching surprise attacks everywhere. Some units even ambushed their own troops outside.

Finally I couldn't help it.

Of course, the troops had no supplies and could only choose to retreat. They were preparing to reunite with the 221st Regiment and then return to Peking. But the journey was too difficult.

After walking for a while, the road was full of potholes. The potholes were really big. Of course, if the Japanese wanted to fill them, they could do so. At first, they did so. But they soon discovered it.

The Eighth Route Army caused severe damage to the Yilai Highway.

The Japanese army finally had no choice but to abandon their cars and vehicles and march on foot. However, on the mountainous section of the Yilai Highway, the Eighth Route Army ambushed a large number of troops and continuously harassed the Japanese army.

Yang Quanwu buried a large number of mines along the way.

Many sharpshooters were deployed on both sides.

This made the Japanese army very uncomfortable because there were many wounded soldiers in the 220th Regiment, and there were more than a hundred wounded soldiers who needed to be carried on stretchers.

In the dead of winter, the wounded were already in poor condition. Unable to take a vehicle, they had to walk step by step, and many Japanese soldiers were exhausted.

And also be subject to sneak attacks from those sharpshooters.

The Yilai Highway is over 200 miles long, with a long stretch of mountain roads in the middle. How did the First Division manage to control the Yilai Highway and disrupt the Japanese army's logistics? It was because of this stretch of mountain roads that stretched for hundreds of miles.

The Japanese army suffered casualties almost every mile they advanced.

Not many people.

A sneak attack would only result in a few casualties.

But with such a long march and constant attacks, the casualties were rapidly increasing. There was no time to rest; they were attacked while walking, eating, resting, and even going to the bathroom. The Japanese soldiers felt like they were going crazy.

A 100-mile mountain road was a death highway for the Japanese army, and they suffered over 300 casualties along the way.

Now we have finally gotten out of this deadly highway.

Iida Taijiro and Matsui Nobuo both smiled. Then they looked back at their own troops, each one exhausted. The long line of stretchers alone made both men look grim. Most of the soldiers were carrying stretchers.

When he had originally led the 220th Regiment from Yi County, he had brought with him about 3300 men. Besides the 220th Regiment, he had also brought with him the 35th Division's motorcade, artillery unit, communications unit, and so on.

But now?

The troops had initially begun their sweep from Yi County, then entered Laiyuan. When they occupied Laiyuan, they engaged in numerous battles with the First Division, suffering over 400 casualties. More than 700 were killed or wounded in Sheng County, and recently, the First Division had been raiding the 220th Regiment daily, inflicting over 220 casualties there. During this retreat, another 400 were killed or wounded on the Yilai Highway, with many falling behind along the way. Only about 300 of the troops were still intact, with nearly 1500 of them taking turns carrying stretchers. The entire unit was exhausted.

But no matter what, the troops came out.

Iida Yasujiro and Matsui Nobuo were so happy, let alone the others.

Everyone relaxed.

Because I finally made it out alive.

They are not afraid of fighting the enemy head-on, they just don't want to die so miserably.

"General, Colonel, should we find a place to rest for the troops?"

"can."

Iida Taijiro nodded.

He really relaxed completely.

In fact, by the final stretch of the mountain road, the Eighth Route Army was no longer attempting to sneak up on the Japanese. Based on Iida Taijiro's experience, the Eighth Route Army's only two moves were effective. Mountain guerrilla warfare was the Eighth Route Army's forte, but without the protection of the mountains, the Eighth Route Army's threat was significantly reduced. Having already passed the most dangerous mountain section of the Yilai Highway, Iida Taijiro concluded that the troops had already escaped the Eighth Route Army's threat. This was also the case during the troops' previous retreat from Laiyuan.

After passing the mountain section of the Yilai Highway, the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks quickly decreased.

So he agreed to let the troops take a break.

The troops didn't get a good rest along the way.

"Matsui-kun, send someone to contact the 221st Regiment. Have them send a car to pick us up.

"Yes."

The troops are too tired.

We still had to carry so many wounded. It was still sixty or seventy miles from Yi County, and many soldiers were exhausted. But we couldn't abandon the wounded, as that would have a huge impact on morale.

Soon the Japanese army found a place to rest for a while.

Yang Quanwu was not far away.

Looking at the situation of the Japanese army, he said to Huang Fa: "The Japanese army is going to rest. Let the troops prepare. When the Japanese army sits down, they may need to cook and eat later. Then, attack fiercely and rush hard to resolve the battle in a short time. We must speed up and not give the Japanese army a chance to react."

"Yes."

The Japanese army was really tired.

So many people put their guns together and sat aside relaxedly.

People are really completely relaxed.

Normally, Iida Taijiro would have reprimanded them. But now, Iida Taijiro himself was exhausted and didn't have the energy to talk to them. Everyone felt like they had just walked out of the gates of hell.

How do you describe this feeling?

Anyway, it is a very happy thing. After all, no one wants to die.

A smile appeared on everyone's face.

"Bang

"boom

"toot toot"

One division has flat-firing cannons.