Night is the best camouflage. In the mountains about ten kilometers east of Songmaoling, groups of Eighth Route Army troops are gathering;

In order not to be detected by the Japanese in advance and to ensure the suddenness of the battle, more than 1,100 people from the Second Battalion had been lurking here for a day and a night.

The terrain near Songmaoling is too open to hide too many troops, so they can only hide in the mountains ten kilometers away and let the guerrilla brigade attack and block the Japanese in the Songmaoling area;

Then, taking advantage of the darkness, the ambush troops came out from the mountains in three directions and quietly moved to the vicinity of Songmaoling to complete the encirclement of the Japanese independent mixed fifth brigade.

The Second Battalion had been holding back in the mountains for two days. The soldiers had long been holding back and howling like tigers coming out of the mountains. When they saw the Japanese, they were like seeing a big fat pig. They jumped on them without any ruthlessness. Zhang Yu was not needed at all.

mobilization.

"Comrades, the big fat pig is in Songmaoling. Let's kill the pig and eat its meat;

Be careful to maintain marching discipline on the road. Everyone should hold a leaf in his mouth. It is strictly forbidden to use lights. Let's go!"

Following Zhang Yu's order, more than a thousand people from the Second Battalion marched toward Songmaoling under the thin moonlight. They had to be in place before three o'clock in the morning to complete the siege of the Japanese.

Almost at the same time, in other directions, thousands of troops including the First Battalion, the Third Battalion, the Fifth Battalion, the Sixth Battalion, and the Artillery Battalion, like a pack of hungry wolves, pounced on Songmaoling, the big fat Japanese Fifth Brigade.

Pigs are doomed!

In this battle, Chu Xiong and the brigade commander agreed to take advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese launched an autumn sweep and the main force was far away from southeastern Shanxi, and launched the southeastern Shanxi campaign;

This is a typical Eighth Route Army way of fighting. You fight yours, and I fight mine!

First, based on Li Daitao's strategy, Chu Xiong led 4,000 people, mainly garrison battalions and militia companies, to pretend to be the main force of the independent regiment, and attacked Anping City three times. The Japanese's only mobile corps in southeastern Shanxi, the fifth brigade, was sent from Zezhou.

Regional transfer;

They used partial divisions to hold the Fifth Brigade at the foot of Anping City, and five battalions of the main force attacked from multiple directions, breaking through the Japanese blockade in one fell swoop. They surrounded Zezhou City and punched the Japanese seven inches in the face.

Then Li Daitao was killed again, using the brigade commander's five regiments to take over the siege of the Independent Regiment, while the Independent Regiment

The Japanese were forced to transfer the fifth brigade from Anping City, more than 80 kilometers away, back to the Zezhou area. The Japanese were exhausted, and the troops, weapons and morale of the troops were greatly consumed, and the combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Then Li Daitao was killed again, using the brigade commander's five regiments to take over the siege of the Independent Regiment, while the main force of the Independent Regiment withdrew and lurked to wait for the opportunity;

Then let the guerrilla brigade snipe the Japanese in the open area of ​​Songmaoling until dark. Finally, using the cover of night, the main ambush of the independent regiment was used to complete the encirclement of the Japanese independent mixed fifth brigade!

From beginning to end, Chu Xiong's real goal was only one, and that was the fifth brigade, to eliminate the Japanese's only mobile corps in southeastern Shanxi. Then the entire southeastern Shanxi would be dominated by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese are lucky to be able to keep the central city!

In the Independent Fifth Brigade, Ishii stayed up all night, and Nishikawa also stayed up late. Ishii looked at the mountains in the distance, and he always felt a little uneasy in his heart. He always felt that those mountains were filled with the Eighth Route Army.

“Mr.

If you add in the thousands of people fighting against the imperial army in Anping City, most of the Chuxiong troops have already appeared, even close to 10,000 people. There are a lot of Tubal troops mixed in, which means that the troops of the independent regiment have already appeared.

The troops have been used to their limit!"

After hearing this, Nishikawa took over and said:

"General, are you worried that Chu Xiong is still playing tricks?

There is a saying in China that a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, and it is impossible for Chu Xiong to spread beans and make an army. You want to say that it is possible for him to hide one or two thousand people, but to hide a force that can threaten the fifth brigade, this

impossible?"

To be honest, Ishii was also frightened by his own thoughts. War is about strength. No one can conjure an army of thousands of people out of thin air. Maybe he is overthinking...

Ishii shook his head and said:

"Xichuan Jun, maybe I'm overthinking it. Zezhou City is a big city. Even if Chu Xiong can't occupy it after defeating it, the benefits will be huge, and it also has political significance. His true intention is Zezhou!"

Ishii clearly seemed to be persuading Nishikawa, but it was more like he was persuading himself. A commander with thousands of troops was most taboo about being indecisive. A general without confidence would not be able to win the war.

Ishii understood this truth, and Nishikawa also understood it, so Nishikawa said to Ishii very firmly:

"General, your judgment is correct. Now the situation is clear. After dawn, we can defeat the Eighth Route Army blocking the Imperial Army in one go. As long as the main force of the Imperial Army appears on the Zezhou Plain, the Eighth Route Army besieging Zezhou City will have to defend it from afar.

The siege of Zezhou has been successfully resolved!"

Ishii nodded cautiously, seeming to have made up his mind, and said to Nishikawa:

"Nishikawa-kun, it's settled. After a day of fighting, the Imperial Army lost more than 800 people. Even if the two sides lost 2 to 1, the Independent Regiment Guerrilla Brigade lost at least 400 people, and there are at most 1 left that can be used for combat.

Thousands of people;

We don’t have time anymore. We don’t have to worry about the strength of our troops after dawn. Even if we exchange two imperial troops for one Eighth Route Army, we will have to replace all of this guerrilla brigade!”

Ishii's words were full of coolness. In the eyes of the general, all soldiers were just a number. For the sake of victory, he didn't care about casualties at all, including Nishikawa.

Nishikawa said slightly sadly:

"I am willing to serve His Majesty the Emperor!"

During this long dark night, the two old devils Ishii and Nishikawa were ready to fight for their lives against Yan Haoyu and others.

It was an uneventful night, and when the morning sun had just hung on the treetops, Nishikawa stumbled into the room where Ishii was resting, looking as if he was lost, and Ishii's heart skipped a beat:

"Is it really as I feared subconsciously..."

"General, Eight Routes, there are many Eight Routes!

The Eighth Route Army is all around us, and the troops we put on guard outside have been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. Now we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, no less than five thousand people!"

Nishikawa's words completely drove Ishii into an ice cave. Chu Xiong's true intention was indeed his fifth brigade. This is the real picture!

"Xichuan Jun, where did Chu Xiong get so many troops?"

Ishii still hasn't figured it out, can Chu Xiong really do magic?

How terrible!

Fortunately, Nishikawa immediately gave him the answer:

"General, we just received information from the Chief of Duanmu Agency. The main force of the Eighth Route Army in Zezhou City is the 5 regiments of the 386th Brigade. We have been fooled by Chu Xiong!"

When Ishii heard this, his mind suddenly became enlightened, and many questions were answered:

"Li Daitao is dead! Chu Xiong and Brigadier Chen played a trick on us. We were fooled. The real main force of the independent regiment has escaped from its shell and was hidden in the mountains opposite!

They used their guerrilla brigade to hold us back here, and waited until dark for the main force to come out of the mountains, all night..."
Chapter completed!