Sun Liangcheng was leading his remaining troops heading south along the highway. Sun Liangcheng was lying on a cart pulled by a mule, with a comfortable expression.
At the beginning and end of the team, there were dozens of mule carts filled with grain.
When escaping from the Shimen City position, the puppet soldiers only brought weapons and some ammunition, and even the gold, silver and jewelry that Sun Liangcheng had collected were lost.
However, when they escaped along the way, they robbed villages as they passed, not only food, but also women.
What the puppet troops did was no better than the devils, and sometimes even more abominable than the devils.
After entering the border of northern Henan, Sun Liangcheng and the puppet troops slowed down their pace, marching in a swaggering and mighty manner, which could be described as extremely arrogant.
Originally, Sun Liangcheng and his puppet Second Front were stationed in Kaifeng, Henan Province.
He was recently transferred to Shimen City to fight with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Sun Liangcheng knows this area of northern Henan very well.
There are no Eighth Route Army troops here, at best they are just some guerrillas, nothing to fear.
In addition, there are no Japanese troops here, and the main force of the Japanese army has been transferred to Baoding.
Therefore, Sun Liangcheng and the puppet troops dared to slow down and march in a swagger without even sending out scouts.
The communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand, walked over quickly, and reported: "Commander, I just received a call from Chief Tang, the deputy commander of the National Army's First War Zone. Chief Tang praised the commander for working hard and courageously, and cooperating with the Eighth Route Army inside and outside to recover Shimen City, Zhengding, and eliminate it.
The three divisions of the Japanese army are actually heroes of the Chinese nation."
The Eighth Route Army regained Shimen City and Zhengding, and the main force of the Japanese army was in Jinzhou's three divisions.
This extraordinary military exploits and the popular support of the people made the Nationalist government jealous.
The Nationalist Government is worried that there is no propaganda material.
After all, just relying on Principal Chang's micro-control, he said that the victory of the Eighth Route Army was all commanded by him.
You can only deceive the people at the bottom.
Intellectuals who have actually read books and understand a little bit about politics know this very well.
The victory of the Eighth Route Army had nothing to do with the National Army.
At this time, Sun Liangcheng jumped out and immediately made the National Government feel that it had propaganda materials.
After all, the words are unfounded. The regular troops of the national army, the nearest national troops from Shimen City and Zhengding, are hundreds of kilometers away.
If Sun Liangcheng and his troops were described as troops deployed by the national army within the Japanese army.
And Sun Liangcheng's telecommunications fraud against the Japanese army was authorized by the Nationalist Government.
In this way, Shimen City and Zhengding were recovered by the joint efforts of the Eighth Route Army and the National Army.
Moreover, the Korean army can be said to have a great contribution to their efforts in killing the Japanese 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division in Jinju.
When Sun Liangcheng and the puppet soldiers escaped, they beheaded several Japanese majors.
He took away the Japanese major's command saber.
Sun Liangcheng also preserved telegrams exchanged with the Japanese 11th Division and the North China Front Army Headquarters.
With reasonable evidence, the military exploits of the national army can basically be confirmed.
Not only the common people believe that Principal Chang commanded this battle.
Even those intellectuals will have a greatly changed impression of the national army.
For the national army, calling a deer a horse is nothing more than a basic operation.
"Haha!" Sun Liangcheng laughed immediately after hearing this, "I never thought that one day I would become a national hero who fights Japanese devils."
"Now, who dares to call me a traitor?"
All the losers laughed when they heard this.
"Congratulations, Commander, congratulations, Commander, you are going to become a celebrity now."
The adjutant on the side immediately slapped him on the back.
"This is called surviving a catastrophe, and you will be blessed later." Sun Liangcheng said with a smile, "From now on, brothers will follow me and go to the national army, and continue to enjoy the popular food and drink spicy food."
"I am willing to follow the commander to the death!"
All the losers expressed their opinions one after another.
"Ha ha!"
The smile on Sun Liangcheng's face became even bigger.
"Commander, over there with the Eighth Route Army..."
A combat staff officer spoke solemnly.
The Eighth Route Army annihilated three Japanese divisions in Jinzhou.
Sun Liangcheng and the puppet troops already knew this.
They had already experienced the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Shimen City.
Unstoppable!
If he had known that the Eighth Route Army was so powerful, Sun Liangcheng would never have formed a quarrel with the Eighth Route Army.
In order to join the Wang Puppet Government.
Sun Liangcheng and his puppet troops frequently killed the Eighth Route Army guerrillas and some main troops, and submitted letters of support to the Japanese army and Wang's puppet government.
Now that the Eighth Route Army is powerful, the puppet troops are also afraid of the Eighth Route Army's revenge.
"When we arrive at the first combat zone and join the National Army, I don't believe the Eighth Route Army still dares to deal with us?"
The adjutant snorted coldly.
"That's right!" Sun Liangcheng nodded, "The Eighth Route Army was also afraid of being accused of undermining the united front of the Anti-Japanese War, so it ordered the brothers to speed up."
"Communications staff officer, please call Commander Tang back immediately and request him to send troops to the Xinxiang area to meet us."
"Yes, Commander." The communications staff officer turned and left.
"Everyone speed up!"
"Move quickly!"
A puppet army officer shouted orders.
The pace of the puppet soldiers suddenly accelerated a bit.
This puppet army is considered elite, and its combat effectiveness is similar to that of the main force of the national army.
It is not comparable to those procrastinating puppet troops in Shanxi.
Not long after, the puppet troops marched to a road with dirt slopes on both sides.
After running for a while, the puppet soldiers felt tired and slowed down again.
"Commander, we found a village ahead." A puppet battalion commander ran over to report.
"Order the brothers to go to the villages to collect anti-war supplies."
Sun Liangcheng immediately laughed and said:
"I am a hero of the War of Resistance. How can ordinary people starve a hero of the War of Resistance?"
The puppet battalion commander gave a strange laugh and straightened his body: "Yes!"
It was said that it was collecting anti-war materials, but in fact it was just robbing.
The puppet battalion commander was about to turn around and lead his troops to grab food, when suddenly a sharp sound sounded in the sky.
Hearing this voice, the puppet battalion commander was stunned for a moment, and then his expression changed drastically.
"Bombardment!"
"Commander, be careful!"
The puppet battalion commander threw Sun Liangcheng off the mule cart.
The next second.
"Boom boom boom..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Accompanied by the roaring sound of artillery, dense explosions rose up in the puppet army formation, and screams were heard.
The puppet soldiers could only fall to the ground in fear to avoid the shelling.
Got ambushed!
The sudden shelling caused Sun Liangcheng and the puppet soldiers to change their expressions.
Five minutes after the shelling, overwhelming cries of killing could be heard all around.
As soon as the puppet troops came to their senses, soldiers from the Eighth Route Army all over the mountains and plains were already charging forward.
Each of these Eighth Route Army soldiers wore steel helmets and were armed with semi-automatic rifles or submachine guns.
A fierce look.
Obviously the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
"Hand in the gun and don't kill!"
The puppet soldiers were about to resist, and there was a sound of people surrendering their guns but not killing them.
Dozens of puppet soldiers carrying guns were beaten into a sieve in an instant.
The remaining puppet soldiers had no choice but to raise their guns obediently.
Some puppet soldiers simply lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
The battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour when the independent brigade of the new regiment defeated and captured Sun Liangcheng and his puppet troops.
"Are you Sun Liangcheng?"
Sun Liangcheng was brought to Chu Yunfei by soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. Looking at Sun Liangcheng with a fierce look in front of him, Chu Yunfei asked condescendingly.
Behind Chu Yunfei stood political commissar Qin Yang, adjutant Sun Ming, chief of staff Fang Ligong and others.
Everyone looked at Sun Liangcheng coldly.
"I am Sun Liangcheng, who are you?"
Sun Liangcheng's attitude was arrogant.
"I am Chu Yunfei, captain of the Independent Brigade of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and I have been ordered to destroy you and your puppet troops."
Chu Yunfei's tone was cold and stern.
Hearing this, Sun Liangcheng suddenly gained some confidence and said arrogantly: "So it's you! We are the troops in the first theater of the national army. Following the orders of Commander Tang and Commander Jiang, we are not traitors or puppet soldiers, but
It's the National Army! You Eighth Route Army actually dare to openly attack friendly forces in broad daylight. Aren't you, Chu Yunfei, afraid of being charged with undermining the national anti-Japanese united front?"
Of course Sun Liangcheng has heard of Chu Yunfei's name.
Chu Yunfei joined the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army and sent a telegram to the whole country.
The 4th Aviation Group of the Chinese Air Force also issued a notification at almost the same time.
He did not expect that Chu Yunfei did not follow the main force of the new regiment to fight the Japanese army.
Instead, he brought his troops to this place in northern Henan.
"Friendly forces?"
"Are you worthy?"
Chu Yunfei narrowed his eyes, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
If political commissar Qin hadn't wanted to hold a public trial and kill him, according to Chu Yunfei's temper, he would have immediately shot Sun Liangcheng with a Browning pistol.
"Soldiers, you must have backbone!"
Chu Yunfei suddenly roared, which startled Sun Liangcheng:
"Traitors like you who betray the country and surrender to the enemy will be punished by everyone!"
"take away!"
Political Commissar Qin waved his hand, and several soldiers armed with submachine guns immediately took Sun Liangcheng into custody.
Sun Liangcheng was shocked and frightened, and a look of regret suddenly appeared on his face.
"Captain, we finally completed the mission of the regiment." Fang Ligong said.
Nowadays, the independent brigade is equipped with all American equipment, and even has a 105 mm caliber howitzer.
The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong.
Naturally, we can easily deal with this puppet army.
"Convene a public trial immediately, and let's sacrifice Sun Liangcheng to the military flag!"
"After the public trial, the independent brigade immediately went south, and we went to recover Xinxiang!"
Chu Yunfei put on his gloves and spoke harshly.
Sun Liangcheng, who was not far away, heard this, his legs softened, and he collapsed to the ground in fear.
As soon as the war in North China began, the Japanese troops were mobilized from all over the country to North China, and most of the Japanese troops in northern Henan were also transferred.
At this time, Kaifeng had been recaptured by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, cutting off the retreat route of the Xinxiang Japs.
In fact, the 129th Division could easily recover Xinxiang.
However, in order to repay Li Yunlong's favor, Commander Liu gave Xinxiang to the independent brigade of the new regiment to fight.
Recovering the important military town in northern Henan is a real military achievement.
If not for the ambush of Sun Liangcheng and his puppet troops.
Chu Yunfei had already led his troops to Xinxiang.
There is an airport in Xinxiang, which will be convenient for receiving food, weapons and ammunition.
"yes!"
Fang Ligong turned around and went to deliver the order.
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The Japanese and puppet troops outside Zhangjiakou have been driven out of fear of insufficient firepower.
Facing the overwhelming and continuous artillery fire and aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.
The Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Eighth Route Army took less than two days to clear the outlying positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.
At this time, the Japanese 27th Division had not yet arrived in Huailai County.
The 1st Division, the 26th Division and the 71st Division could only continuously send troops out of the city and into positions to eat the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells.
Faced with the overwhelming artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, as many Japs were sent out as they could be killed.
Reimbursed at the rate of one squadron every half hour.
In fact, the Japanese also thought of a way to deal with the Eighth Route Army's artillery units.
That is, the Japanese soldiers escorted the Chinese people to the position outside the city.
This prevented the artillery of the Eighth Route Army from firing at the position.
However, this behavior was stopped by the division commanders of each division.
Because once the Japanese army did this on the battlefield.
The Eighth Route Army will dispatch long-range strategic bombers to bomb Tokyo, Japan.
It was not until the 27th Division was about to arrive at the designated position that the Japanese troops in the city stopped sending troops outside the city.
By this time, these three Japanese divisions had suffered over 15,000 casualties.
There are still about 30,000 Japanese troops in Zhangjiakou City.
The main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was left outside Zhangjiakou City to watch these Japs.
Ding Wei and Kong Jie led their troops and headed straight for Huailai County along the road.
After passing Huailai County, then heading southeast over a mountainous area, you will be very close to Peiping.
but.
The Japanese 27th Division has rushed to Huailai County and entered the tunnels and anti-slope positions that the Japanese engineers had already built in this area.
Then, the Eighth Route Army prepared to attack.
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"The Japanese army transferred the 27th Division from Baoding?"
Dingzhou, New Regiment Headquarters, Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly after listening to Wang Dehou's report.
As the Japanese retreated, the Eighth Route Army marched north from Shimen City and Zhengding, and it felt like they were entering uninhabited territory.
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The scale of the current war between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army is still far behind the scale of the strategic decisive battle involving more than 1 million soldiers from both sides during the War of Liberation.
In other words, the combat effectiveness of the national army is relatively low.
The number of Japanese troops in China is only over 1 million.
However, the combat effectiveness of many national army units is still very strong, and the soldiers of the national army dare to fight hard.
But one general was incompetent and the three armies were exhausted.
The incompetent commander and backward tactics led to the national army's retreat on the frontal battlefield.
"As a result, the Japanese army only has five divisions and three brigades as its main force in Baoding."
Zhao Gang stared at the map and analyzed:
"Including the puppet troops, the total strength...is about more than 300,000."
In order to deal with the Eighth Route Army's attack, the Japanese army was well prepared.
"The total strength of the Japanese army in 5 divisions and 3 brigades is about 100,000, and there are more than 200,000 puppet troops?"
A combat staff officer asked in surprise.
The intelligence staff explained: "According to intelligence, those who assisted the Japanese defense this time were almost the main force of the puppet army in North China, including the puppet troops of the North China Security Army and the North China Regional Army, totaling more than 200,000 people."
"Have the Japanese mobilized the security corps, self-defense forces and local police forces from North China?"
A combat staff officer said with a surprised look.
"The puppet security group and the garrison are also called the army?"
Li Yunlong snorted coldly and said in a disdainful tone:
"The main force of our new regiment is about 150,000, plus the main force of the Jizhong Military Region is about 60,000, and the total force of our Eighth Route Army South Road Attack Group is about 210,000."
"Although our Eighth Route Army is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, its firepower is more than ten times that of the Japanese and puppet troops combined!"
Xing Zhiguo did not take the puppet troops seriously either: "More than 200,000 puppet troops were just a ragtag group. After the war, they were all sent to the northwest of Shanxi to dig coal and grow potatoes and do labor camps."