Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

The [-]rd Division heard that the [-]st Division's attack on the town store was not bombed by the sacred bird, and they felt regretful and slapped their thighs.

What did Huashui County No. [-] think at the beginning?

What it thinks is: as long as it escapes from the hole dug these days, it will definitely be bombarded by heavy artillery. The same goes for the surrounding Japanese who come to rescue them. If they gather together in a bunch, they will definitely be bombed!

Unexpectedly, the [-]st Division was not bombed this time. If I had known this, why not cooperate with the [-]st Division inside and outside and break out of the encirclement in one fell swoop!

It's too late to think about this now. I heard that the Thirty-fifth Division is going to rescue me from Xiaodonggou. Don't miss the opportunity this time!

Shao Dijun also scolded the [-]rd Division, the [-]st Division, and the [-]th Division.

The cooperation between your three divisions is so bad. If the [-]rd Division is completely wiped out, the responsibility lies with you three divisions!

First, when the Western Corps was fighting in Wuxiang at its fiercest, the Haqi Road Artillery was fully supporting the north and had no time to look south. At this time, the [-]st Division and the [-]th Division were actually resting; this time, the [-]st Division Without waiting for the [-]th Division to arrive, they launched an independent attack; the [-]rd Division should have taken this opportunity to turn outside the encirclement, but made no move.

Shao Dijun ordered these three divisions to start at 3 pm on March 22 and act simultaneously.

This time we must find the right time and act together, no longer do each one go his own way!

The [-]st Division regrouped and still attacked the Dingdian area. However, the [-]st Division did not have enough troops and changed to a feint attack.

The [-]rd Division, with the support of the [-]th Division, broke out of Xiaodonggou.

The Western Corps started a feint attack on Wuxiang at 22 pm on the [-]nd. The Locust Army warriors had to spread out to prevent heavy losses from being bombed by the Haqi Road Divine Bird.

After the [-]rd Division escaped, it turned eastward with the [-]th Division to Xinxiang and Anyang, Henan.

The [-]st Division took the supplies and locust troops from Yangcheng and moved towards Xinxiang.

The Western Corps immediately withdrew from the battle and turned north to the area north of Taiyuan.

The Japanese-occupied areas south of Taiyuan should be gradually abandoned.

If you occupy these places and don't leave, you will only become the meat in Ha Qilu's mouth, and Ha Qilu can eat whenever he wants.

To deal with an enemy whose firepower is far greater than one's own, in addition to digging deep holes, close combat, night combat, insertion, poisoning and other tactical means, it is necessary to form a local strength advantage that is several times that of the enemy.

From now on, it will be impossible to confront the Eighth Route Army head-on. Without a strength advantage of more than ten times, there is no chance of victory.

Killing a thousand enemies and injuring five thousand yourself is considered a great victory!

I don’t know what happened to Haqilu in the past year. Could it be that some gods came down to earth to help Haqilu? Why doesn’t Amaterasu come down to earth to help the Great Plaster Locust Army?

The Thirty-fifth Japanese Division rushed to the areas of Yuxi, Majiazhuang, and Taoshupo and stopped moving forward.

About ten kilometers further on, we reach Xiaodonggou.

The [-]st Division took a detour back to Yangcheng and took inventory of the supplies in Yangcheng so that they could take more supplies with them when they fled for their lives in the future.

Why the detour? Because there were so many landmines laid in front, even the Japanese had forgotten where there were landmines.

As the Japanese from Zhongtiao Mountain arrived in Jin Province, they fought with the [-]th Brigade and the Independent Brigade. The [-]th Army was able to take a breather. In about seven or eight days, it replenished ammunition and supplies and treated the wounded.

After regaining their strength, the [-]th Army also wanted to find something to do. I heard that the [-]st Japanese Division had been beaten and was now in Yangcheng. They cleaned up the small group of Japanese soldiers left behind by the [-]rd Division when they were operating west of Yangcheng. Everyone pressed against Yangcheng and made a gesture of storming Yangcheng.

Can it be attacked by force? Of course not.

The [-]th Army now has less than [-] troops left, which is less than the half-disabled [-]st Division, not to mention the poor equipment, Japanese soldiers and city defenses!

When the Independent Brigade was in danger, it quickly dispatched troops and marched day and night to come to the rescue. The soldiers of the [-]th Army know how to be grateful!

After learning that the Independent Brigade had surrounded the [-]rd Division, the [-]th Army knew that its combat effectiveness was not that strong, and wanted to do its part.

It happened that after Jiang Wufa learned that the Japanese had retreated, he instructed his direct troops to quickly fight for territory.

Although the [-]th Army was not its direct line unit, it did not belong to Emperor Yan Tu's camp, so they acquiesced in the [-]th Army's actions to clean up the remaining enemies in the west of Yangcheng.

In fact, it was just that he couldn't care about this at this time, and wanted to solve the problem of the [-]th Army, the Seventh and a Half Army, later.

Because at this time, battles broke out not only in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, but also in the south, in Shu, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi.

General Xue is in charge of the war in this area. In 1939, he led the [-]st Army and [-] divisions to fight the Japanese in a major battle in Changsha and achieved a major victory.

In this battle, General Xue learned the lessons of the Wuhan Battle and no longer defended one city or one place. Instead, he adopted the policy of "taking retreat to advance and win external wings" and set up numerous lines of defense, but each line of defense was not defended. The purpose is to kill the Japanese.

It also introduced our army's guerrilla warfare experience to destroy roads and make it difficult for the Japanese mechanized troops to march.

Hunan and Hubei are densely covered with rivers and lakes, and most of the farmland is rice.

General Xue ordered people to mobilize the masses and open up river embankments, lakes, and rice fields.

When the Japanese arrived, they found water and mud everywhere.

Especially the Japs' leather boots. The material absorbs water badly. Once they step on the mud, it will soon feel like they have sandbags tied to their legs during training.

As the troops in the Ninth War Zone continue to retreat, the Japanese supply lines are getting longer and longer, and the poor traffic conditions on this road cannot guarantee the supply of materials to the Japanese front lines.

When the Japanese approached Changsha, General Xue decided to set up a trap for the Japanese in Changsha. Not only must we defend Changsha, but we must also fight a big battle of annihilation in Changsha!

The commander-in-chief of the Japanese was Shantun Ningji. At first, he felt happy when he saw the soldiers in the ninth theater retreating continuously. It was thought that capturing Changsha, and then Hunan Province, and opening up the north-south communication line would be just around the corner.

However, this atmosphere always feels strange.

It became cautious and sent aircraft for reconnaissance. It also boarded a plane to personally check the dynamics of the battlefield.

Then it was discovered that hundreds of thousands of troops were marching towards Changsha.

In the current state of the 11th Army, it is absolutely impossible to capture Changsha. If it is surrounded by a large number of Jiang Wufa's troops, it is in danger of being completely annihilated.

It was so frightened that it immediately ordered the troops to turn northward desperately.

General Xue was waiting for the Japanese to take the bait, but he didn't come either when he waited on the left or on the right. Then I received a report from General Guan that the Japanese had fled north.

However, it is difficult to determine whether the Japanese really want to escape or are just trying to escape.

Later, General Guan tried to give chase and found that the Japanese were not willing to fight.

Only then did General Xue confirm that the Japanese were really trying to escape, and quickly ordered his troops to pursue him.

On the way to "transfer", the Japanese abandoned a large amount of baggage.

In this battle, we lost more than [-] men and annihilated more than [-] Japanese troops. Judging from the exchange ratio between China and Japan at the time, this was considered a great victory.

The Japanese did not think they had failed after they returned.

Shantun Ningci said: "The original purpose of this battle was to eliminate the effective strength of Jiang Wufa's army. The goal has been achieved, so we retreated. How can we say it failed?"

In fact, from all aspects of intelligence, the strategic purpose of the Japanese is to annihilate the main force of our ninth theater, conquer Changsha, and occupy Hunan Province.

None of these goals were achieved, so this is a complete failure of the Japanese!

To judge the victory or defeat of a battle, we usually look at more than just the number of casualties.

For example, in the famous Battle of Taierzhuang, our casualties were far more than those of the Japanese. But all parties acknowledged that we won that battle.

Launched almost at the same time as the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, it was the Japanese's second attack on Changsha, led by the [-]th Army.