with equations, figs, tables and references

pandoc myDoc.md -o outputv2.docx --filter pandoc-crossref --filter pandoc-citeproc --bibliography=references.bib --csl=ieee-network.csl

pandoc demo.md -o demo.docx --filter pandoc-crossref

number sections:
pandoc --from markdown -F pandoc-crossref --number-sections demo.md -o output.docx

some nice references:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc-crossref-0.1.2.2/readme

pandoc --from markdown -F pandoc-crossref --number-sections --reference-doc=academic_test.docx demo.md -o output.docx

reference docx
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70513062/how-do-i-add-custom-formatting-to-docx-files-generated-in-pandoc

for old version:
pandoc chapter1cn.md -o chapter1cn.docx --filter pandoc-crossref --number-sections --reference-doc=academic_test.docx --filter pandoc-citeproc --bibliography=chapter1cn_v1.bib --csl=ieee.csl -M "crossrefYaml=pandoc-crossref-es.yaml"

for new version:
pandoc chapter1cn.md -o chapter1cn.docx --filter pandoc-crossref --number-sections --reference-doc=academic_test.docx --citeproc --bibliography=chapter1cn_v1.bib --csl=ieee.csl -M "crossrefYaml=pandoc-crossref-es.yaml"

merge multiple files:
pandoc chapter1cn.docx chapter2cn.docx -o chapter_combined.docx --reference-doc=academic_template.docx