This local battle, which was too small to be recorded in the annals of history, soon evolved into a one-sided battle.

It lasted less than twenty minutes.

The battle started from the beginning to the end.

Tamura Squadron originally came to reinforce the Wilderness Squadron, but fell into the trap of the Independent Regiment and the New Regiment, and the entire army was annihilated in the slope area.

Japanese squadron leader Tamura was also shot into pieces by a machine gun during a death charge shouting "Long live".

Until his death, Tamura could not understand why his initial bombardment failed to cause much damage to the Eighth Route Army in front of him.

It turned out that it was long before Tamura arrived with the Japanese squadron.

Lei Dasheng and Xu Lienzhong ordered some soldiers to stay on the fortifications and pretended to clean the battlefield to tempt the Japanese to attack. They had already dug foxholes behind the fortifications in advance.

Soldiers used to avoid Japanese shells.

In addition, some troops were only left on the fortifications to paralyze the Japanese army.

The main force retreated to the second line position a hundred meters away from the fortifications. After the Japanese bombardment ended, they returned to the fortifications to block the attack.

Using the slope to cover their vision, the Japanese squadron was unaware of this.

It wasn't until the battle started that Tamura realized that he had fallen into a trap. Together with the detouring Eighth Route Army soldiers on both sides, Tamura's squadron's retreat was quickly cut off.

From that moment on, the Tamura Squadron was destined to perish.

The westward area of ​​the other side.

The soldiers led by a platoon leader are relying on the mountainous terrain to block Sato's squadron coming from the west, buying time for the main force to destroy Tamura's squadron in the east.

There are not many troops on the platoon leader's side, only forty-two soldiers. However, the platoon leader's combat mission is not to engage in head-on confrontation with the Japanese army. He only needs to use the terrain and features to hold back the Japanese and puppet troops.

This is not difficult if the soldiers in the platoon are well-equipped and have ample ammunition.

When blocking the attack, the platoon leader ordered the soldiers to be divided into five combat groups, deployed in different directions, and then directly launched a surprise attack on Sato's squadron with powerful firepower.

With the help of the cover of mountains and forests, coupled with the powerful firepower of a platoon, with different directions, they are always moving in combat and fighting in movement.

The Japanese couldn't figure out for a while how many Eighth Route Army troops were lurking in the mountains and forests, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

When the sound of fighting came from the east slope area, Japanese squadron leader Sato judged that it should be the Tamura squadron and the Eighth Route Army that were at war.

The old Japanese soldier Sato still fantasized that the Tamura Squadron could quickly kill the entangled Eighth Route Army, and then attack with his own team from front to back to eliminate the Eighth Route Army blocking the way.

After nearly twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, the sound of fighting in the eastward slope area completely stopped.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the gunfire has stopped. Could it be that Tamura Squadron has eliminated the opposing Eighth Route Army?"

The adjutant judged this, and he did not think of the worst situation.

Sato was a little hesitant. Logically speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army of Japan was definitely not comparable to that of Tubal.

But since the launch of this big sweep, his brigade has suffered a lot at the hands of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

This Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army is definitely a tough one, subverting Sato's previous understanding of the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.

Along the way, every Eighth Route Army encounter is well-equipped and has strong firepower. How does this look like the Eighth Route Army? It is simply a regular army.

Sato even encountered a militia squad on the road. There were only a dozen people in total. They even had a grenade on hand. They fired a shot at his Sato squadron from a long distance, then turned around and retreated.<

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This shocked Sato. When did grenades become so cheap in the Eighth Route Army?

"We can't determine the situation yet. By the way, have the scouts we sent out to contact Tamura Squadron come back?"

"No one has come back yet!" the adjutant said.

Sato frowned and said: "We are not far from the position of Tamura Squadron. Calculating the time, we should have returned at the speed of the scouts. In this way, to be sure, contact Tamura immediately via the radio and ask them where they are.

What's going on?"

"Hi!"

The Japanese's high-power radio stations are only equipped to the brigade level and above, but portable radio communication equipment can be easily carried by one or two people and used for short-distance communication, which is relatively common.

After Sato gave the order, the communications troops sent out communications via radio, but the communications signal was like a mud cow entering the sea, without any feedback.

"Report sir, there is no response from Tamura Squadron!"

"Not good!"

Sato's heart thumped. Although the Eighth Route Army blocking the attack not far away still opened fire from time to time, he always felt that something was not right.

"Reconnaissance on both wings immediately to ensure the safety of the back and sides!"

Sato came to his senses and was worried that he would be cut off by the Eighth Route Army.

Soon, the scouts who had gone to explore the two wings ran back in a hurry and reported: "Reporting to the commander, an Eighth Route Army was found on the left wing making a detour!"

"Sir, there is a group of eight troops on the right wing that is advancing forward."

Da da da da——

On the slope more than 300 meters away, the machine gunner of the Eighth Route Army who was blocking the attack changed positions again and began to fire suddenly.

Sato suddenly realized that he would never be fooled again. He looked towards the east slope and sighed: "Now it seems that Mr. Tamura may have been shattered. These cunning eight-pronged forces are restraining him from the front and outflanking him with two wings. It's really hateful.

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"Instruct the troops to make strategic moves immediately to ensure guarding on both wings and to ensure that the Eighth Route Army does not cut off the retreat."

"Hi!"

It has to be said that Sato, the old devil, reacted very quickly. After sensing the intentions of the Eighth Route Army, he chose to retreat without hesitation, directly used the mountains and forests to get rid of the blocking Eighth Route Army, and jumped out of the encirclement of the soldiers on both sides.

Get out.

The Japanese were not slow. In the end, the soldiers of the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment, who were surrounded by two wings, only bit the rearguard of Sato's squadron.

The two sides exchanged fire for several minutes, and the Japanese and puppet troops suffered more than 50 casualties.

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Sato was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would repeat its old tricks and outflank them again. He quickly ordered a retreat and rendezvoused with the main mopping up troops.

It wasn't until Sato led the team to withdraw to a high slope two miles away that he was shocked, then ordered the troops to slow down, and then looked at the direction of the coming path with a telescope, watching the Eighth Route Army moving rapidly on both wings, Sato

It’s a lingering fear.

What a risk!

If it were half a minute slower, Sato's squadron might end up like Tamura's squadron.

Xu Lianzhong and Lei Dasheng reunited with some regrets.

Lei Dasheng cursed and said: "Damn, this little devil looks like a loach, but he is quite slippery and runs really fast."

Xu Lianzhong said: "The Japanese probably noticed our intention and withdrew early."

"If the Japanese troops are not surrounded and the Japanese want to withdraw, there is nothing we can do."

Lei Dasheng nodded, then changed the topic and said: "We first killed a Japanese squadron in the Tupo area, and then killed another squadron that was reinforced by the Japanese army."

"Deputy Captain Xu, this actual battle proves that our outflanking tactics are absolutely feasible. I think our two teams can continue to move forward together without being too far apart."

"If one party encounters the Japanese army, it will find a way to entangle the Japanese troops, and the other party will detour in time and cooperate to encircle and annihilate the enemy."

"That's exactly what I meant." Xu Lianzhong laughed.

The tactics of interspersing, detouring, dividing and outflanking continued under the command of the Eighth Route Army commanders.

What started as a partial adjustment soon evolved into an overall tactical adjustment.

Whether it’s the mountainous area on the way from Xicun to Xinyi Group, or along the way from Zhangjiazhuang to Xinjiang Group.

The commanders of the Eighth Route Army cooperated in a tacit understanding.

In the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment lost all their energy.

Kong Jie also ordered some troops to be mobilized from various nodes to reinforce the combat troops and outflank the Japanese troops in all directions in the mountainous area.

The fighting around Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang intensified, and the situation became increasingly chaotic. With the arrival of reinforcements, both the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army invested more and more troops in the Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas.

Like the cooperation between Lei Dasheng and Xu Lienzhong, and the interspersed and roundabout tactics, it is just a microcosm of the overall battle situation.

With tacit cooperation, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army began a crazy outflanking and harvesting mode against the Japanese army.

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In the direction of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, several new Eighth Route Army forces have been injected:

The newly formed Fifth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army came from the direction of Xiaoshan Village, and the 772nd Regiment, one of the two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, came from the direction of Xiaosongpo.

Subsequently, after learning about the fighting situation surrounding Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who were originally making trouble in the rear of the Japanese army, also led their troops to return reinforcements in the direction of Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang.

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New group.

Ding Wei led a battalion commander, Sun Zhenguo, to ambush Japanese troops returning to the county town many times on the way, and even set up ambushes multiple times at the same place. The Japanese soldiers who were beaten to the rescue even doubted their lives.

The reputation of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and its leader Ding Wei are also gradually revealed in the rear.
To be continued...