At dawn, there was silence in the mountains. A violent explosion broke the silence. A mine buried in the back mountain was triggered, warning the entire arsenal of an enemy attack.
Just as Sanbao expected, the Japanese did not let go of their attempt to destroy the arsenal. The Japanese who had entered the base area were always conducting raids and investigations.
The Japanese who invaded the Eighth Route Army base area had a particularly fierce brigade, the Yamazaki Brigade. The captain of this brigade, Yamazaki Ichiro, was a fanatical militarist. Like most of the Japs, this guy had a short, fat figure and short hair.
The bow legs and the head that almost retracted into the chest made his stature even shorter. From a distance, at first glance, it looked like a watermelon placed directly on top of a big winter melon.
At this moment, Yamazaki Ichiro was leading his troops to a stop not far from the arsenal. Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Yamazaki Ichiro has been victorious in battles against the Chinese army. At that time, when the Japanese army entered Shanxi, he was still a Chinese soldier.
The captain, just one of his squadrons, once forced a division of the Chinese army to run away.
After the Japanese army occupied North China, Yamazaki's troops were stationed in the southeastern Shanxi area. At this time, the main force of the national army had withdrawn, and there was no decent resistance force. This made Yamazaki a little regretful, and the Eighth Route Army did not attract the attention of the Japanese army at first.
, in the eyes of the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army is just a military-level organic unit under the National Revolutionary Army. Like other national army teams, it does not attract much attention. Although the Eighth Route Army is also developing rapidly, the Japanese army still regards them as an army.
Armed with native guns and cannons, they were armed in ragged clothes.
But I never expected that in just two years, the Eighth Route Army would expand more than ten times, and it would be able to gather hundreds of regiments to launch a large-scale attack on them. The Japanese army in North China finally defeated the Eighth Route Army.
With enough attention, the Eighth Route Army has become the main resistance force in North China.
For this reason, the Japanese army quickly recovered from the Eighth Route Army's attack and mobilized troops to counterattack in an attempt to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in North China in one fell swoop. After receiving the news, Yamazaki Ichiro became as excited as if he had been given blood.
Leading his troops into the base area quickly, he was so arrogant that he did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously at all. He did not obey Shangfeng's orders to advance step by step and pull up nets to search, but rushed in with his troops.
Yamasaki was arrogant. In his opinion, the Eighth Route Army was incapable of dealing with one of his brigade. As long as he could seize the main force of the Eighth Route Army and firmly restrain it, it would be time to make great achievements.
However, after entering the base area and wandering around for a while, he never encountered strong resistance from the Eighth Route Army, let alone discovered an important target of the Eighth Route Army. Just when he was annoyed, an unexpected news made him have a new plan.
One of his soldiers encountered an injured Imperial sniper. What he didn't expect was that the injured man turned out to be his younger brother, Yamazaki Jiro.
According to Jiro's report, there is an Eighth Route Army arsenal here, and he was injured by someone who was transporting cover.
The cunning Ichiro Yamazaki immediately thought that this arsenal was an important unit of the Eighth Route Army. They were often hidden in safe areas, and there must be other places such as hospitals, uniform factories and even headquarters around. Even if there was only an arsenal, it would be a surprise if he discovered and destroyed it.
It's a great achievement. What's more, the Eighth Route Army will definitely come to the rescue when the time comes, and then I can seize the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a decisive battle.