Matsui Jiro immediately ordered an infantry squadron to be left behind to organize defense and delay the enemy's attack. The remaining troops changed from the rear to the front and started a rapid march towards the road they came from.
The Japanese army's action was still too late. Soon they saw large groups of Eighth Route Army troops appearing on the east and west sides. Their retreat had been cut off, and the Eighth Route Army troops had formed a situation of surrounding the Japanese army led by him.
Matsui Jiro realized the danger and immediately ordered the troops to repair the fortifications on the spot. At the same time, he sent a telegram to the division commander asking for help.
Xu Dalong had been worried that it would be difficult to encircle the Japanese army in the plains. When he saw that the troops led by Zhang Dabiao and Huang Jingzhong had cut off the Japanese army's retreat and surrounded the Japanese army from both wings, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Yunlong has rich combat experience and is good at taking advantage of all available conditions. In the past, the Eighth Route Army troops lacked weapons and ammunition and were at a disadvantage. In this case, when encountering the Japanese army, he would immediately order the troops to launch an attack.
Charge without leaving time for the Japanese troops to repair their fortifications.
But things are different now. The troops in the Mawushan Military Division under his command have a large number of troops, and their weapons and equipment exceed those of the Japanese army. He does not need to let the soldiers directly fight with the Japanese with bayonets.
He urged all ministries to encircle the Japanese army, and did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he ordered the troops to repair fortifications on the spot and strengthen the encirclement of the Japanese army in order to calmly deploy the attack on the Japanese army.
Matsui Jiro had also been paying attention to the actions of the Eighth Route Army. He saw that the Eighth Route Army was outnumbered and he was worried that they would launch an attack before his fortifications were repaired. In that case, it would be difficult for them to resist.
When he saw that the Eighth Route Army was also rushing to repair the fortifications, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at the commander of the Eighth Route Army for being stupid and losing the fighter opportunity in vain.
He ordered the troops to seize this rare and precious time to continue repairing the fortifications, and at the same time urged the division commander to immediately send troops for reinforcements.
Most of the Japanese commanders were very arrogant, even Matsui Jiro was the same. He believed that as long as he could hold his position and wait until the division commander arrived with reinforcements, they could immediately turn defeat into victory and eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops who came to die.
Li Yunlong commanded the troops to repair the fortifications. The tank troops brought trench excavators. With the help of the trench excavators, the speed of repairing the fortifications far exceeded that of the Japanese army.
Before the Japanese army could build simple defenses, the Eighth Route Army took the lead in encircling the Japanese army.
At this time, Zhang Dabiao was completely relieved. Since the troops led by him and Huang Jingzhong came over mountains and ridges, they did not carry heavy weapons, and even carried very little ammunition and other baggage. They were worried that the Japanese army would desperately attack them.
When the attack was launched, the Eighth Route Army had not built any defense fortifications at this time. In the field, it would be difficult to block the Japanese attack, which would allow the Japanese to escape.
When he saw the Japanese army repairing the fortifications on the spot, he also secretly laughed at the stupidity of the Japanese commander.
Now the Japanese army has been completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Whether it is Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao or Huang Jingzhong, they are all confident in annihilating the Japanese army.
They never launched an attack, but continued to repair the fortifications. They also knew that Japanese reinforcements were on the way, but they were still waiting.
Two hours later, what Li Yunlong and others were waiting for was finally delivered.
With the arrival of a large number of heavy-duty trucks, a large amount of artillery and ammunition were transported. These artillery and ammunition were the original equipment of the troops led by Zhang Dabiao and Huang Jingzhong.
This is what they were waiting for, and now they also want to take advantage of artillery to attack the Japanese army to reduce the casualties of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Jiro Matsui had been paying attention to the movements of the Eighth Route Army. When he saw a large number of artillery appearing in front of the Eighth Route Army's position, he realized the danger. Under the attack of so many artillery, the simple defenses built by the Japanese army were hard-working.
, simply vulnerable.
Matsui Jiro was a little panicked. He sent a telegram again to urge reinforcements to arrive quickly.
He used the artillery scope to see that the Eighth Route Army's artillerymen were adjusting their artillery. In front of them, enemy tanks and armored vehicles were lined up. It was obvious that the enemy was about to start an attack.
He immediately ordered his troops to be on high alert and prepare to repel the enemy's attack.
Time passed by, and Matsui Jiro felt very puzzled when he saw that the Eighth Route Army still had not launched an attack.
He didn't understand why the Eighth Route Army didn't launch an attack now that it had the superiority in firepower and absolute strength. Could it be that the commander of the Eighth Route Army had a brain problem and had to wait until the Japanese reinforcements arrived before he could be defeated?
Come around the corner.
He asked with some confusion: "Sakamoto-kun, what do you think the enemy is doing, and why haven't they launched an attack yet?"
Sakamoto is the chief of staff of the 217th Brigade. He has also been observing the actions of the Eighth Route Army. He shook his head and said: "I don't know. But I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Is there any new reinforcements coming from the enemy to join the battle?"
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Matsui Jiro said: "Is this impossible? The enemy forces surrounding us have at least exceeded ours several times, and there are so many artillery pieces. There should be no new reinforcements coming."
The chief of staff kept rolling his eyes and thinking hard, trying to figure out what the hell these Eighth Route Army troops were doing.
He was mumbling in his mouth while thinking hard.
Suddenly he opened his eyes suddenly and said: "No, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Xu Dalong's army has bombers. If the enemy bombs our army, it will be terrible."
Hearing the words of the Chief of Staff, Matsui Jiro was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. Now the Japanese army was completely exposed in the open fields, without any cover to use, and the Eighth Route Army was surrounding them. There was not even a place to evacuate. If they encountered the enemy
The results of the bombing by planes can be imagined.
He took a chance and said, "It shouldn't be possible, right?"
He was really afraid of what would come. As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of small black dots appeared on the horizon. The small black dots got bigger and bigger. It was obvious that enemy bombers were coming.
Matsui Jiro's heart felt so cold that he instinctively shouted: "Order the troops to quickly conduct air defense."
The chief of staff and the Japanese officers and soldiers around him were speechless when they heard this. What kind of air defense would they use in this situation? They didn't care so much. They quickly lay on the ground and held their heads in their hands, praying to their Aunt Tian Zhao to protect them from bombs.
Fall directly on yourself.
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Zhang Dabiao and the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were waiting for the bombers. When they saw the bombers starting to drop bombs on the Japanese army, they ordered the artillery to bombard the Japanese defensive positions.
Countless aerial bombs and artillery shells exploded continuously on the Japanese positions. The Japanese troops within the explosion range suffered broken bones and tendons, suffered heavy casualties, and had no ability to resist.
Li Yunlong was good at catching fighter planes. Before the bomber bombing and artillery firing were over, he ordered his troops to attack the Japanese army.
The Japanese troops were so disoriented under the fierce bombing and artillery shelling that it was impossible to organize effective resistance. When they noticed that the bombers had stopped bombing and the artillery fire had also stopped, the enemy officers and soldiers were already approaching with sharp bayonets.
It's too late.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were very tenacious in fighting, and those who had not been killed by the bombing began to resist. However, under the fierce bombing and artillery shelling, the Japanese army had been blown to pieces, many commanders had been killed, and they could not organize
To mount effective resistance, the officers and soldiers fought independently and were unable to stop the fierce offensive of the Eighth Route officers and soldiers.
Cui Zhenyue led the chariot troops in the lead and rushed directly into the Japanese army's position. The Japanese army was simply unable to resist.
A large number of tanks and armored vehicles were crushing the enemy's positions. The Japanese soldiers were killed one after another under the fierce machine gun fire. Some Japanese soldiers had no time to dodge and were directly run over by tanks and armored vehicles.
20,000 officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed into the Japanese position with sharp bayonets in hand. They were too lazy to fight the Japanese with their bayonets and shot at the Japanese when they saw them.
In less than half an hour from the launch of the attack, the Japanese troops were completely wiped out.
In this battle, a Japanese brigade headquarters and a reinforced infantry regiment were annihilated, and more than 5,100 Japanese troops were wiped out. It can be said that it was a brilliant victory.
Li Yunlong was still not satisfied. He knew that Japanese reinforcements were about to arrive, so he simply gathered his troops to fight against the Japanese reinforcements.
Before the destruction of the Japanese 217th Brigade, a farewell telegram was sent to the division commander. The division commander learned that it was no longer possible to rescue the surrounded Japanese troops. He was worried that his troops would be attacked by the enemy again, so he simply retreated and returned.
Original residence.
After Li Yunlong learned the news, he was very angry and called the little devil a coward and a coward, making his trip in vain.
He led the troops back to Licheng County, which had been captured by the independent brigade troops led by Huang Jingzhong and with the cooperation of Wei Monk's special operations brigade.
In the original battle plan, after capturing Licheng County, the Japanese and puppet assets inside were confiscated. The troops were to return to the base area of Yangcheng County and give the Licheng County that had been looted to the Japanese for reoccupation.
Then deal with them again.
However, Li Yunlong was a little unwilling. He believed that the Japanese army would definitely not abandon Licheng County, so they might as well stay in the county and wait for the Japanese to come, so that they could have another happy battle with the Japanese.
Xu Dalong and Zhang Dabiao both disagreed with Li Yunlong's opinion.
Li Yunlong insisted on his own opinion. He said that this time the Mawushan Military Division dispatched so many troops, and now they should return to the base area and wait until the Japs come before coming out again. It is too troublesome to go back and forth, and it also wastes people and money, so it is better to just do it.
Stay in the county town and wait for the Japanese to attack.
Zhang Dabiao understood Li Yunlong's temper, and he also believed that the Japanese army would definitely come to retaliate, and that fighting the Japanese directly was also an option. So he agreed with Li Yunlong's opinion.
Seeing Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao's insistence, Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang agreed with their opinions.
The headquarters was located in the county town. Zhang Dabiao sent out scouts every day to detect the enemy's situation, hoping that the Japanese troops would come quickly. Who knew that they would have to wait for half a month, and the Japanese troops had no intention of coming to retaliate.
What made Li Yunlong even more depressed was that after waiting for a long time, the little devil didn't come, but all kinds of other troubles came to his door.