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At noon on the 20th, after completing the final campaign against the two detachments brought in by Mashiko's advance team, the headquarters decided to move to the mountainous area east of Matian to deal with the next attack by the devils.

At the same time, the artillery regiment of the headquarters was split. After the split, a mountain artillery battalion was stationed in Tongyu Town to support the 385 brigade in combat; a 120 heavy force battalion was separated to go north to Qinquan Town and Guaier Town to support the independent regiment The battle with the new second regiment.The remaining integrated battalion was left near the headquarters as the final defense force of the headquarters.

For the safety of the headquarters, the secret service group stayed near the headquarters for protection. After a battle, the special warfare brigade also demonstrated its hard power, and followed the headquarters as a melee defense force.At the same time, some of the 28 anti-aircraft firepower points were transferred to the eastern mountainous area.Well, there are only 14 firepower points, and the remaining half will continue to stay on both sides of the Qingzhang River to strengthen the depth of air defense.

The safety of the headquarters affected the nerves of all the surrounding troops.Therefore, the new fourth brigade of the 771 regiment, which lacked a battalion (in the tunnel near Qiuxian County), was directly placed under the direct command of the division commander to deal with the attack of the devil's independent first and eighth mixed brigades.The two brigades used HD, which had been bombed once, and Anyang in the south as their offensive bases, and divided into two groups, attacking Yangyi in the northwest of Wu'an.

Yangyi looks like a small town in the mountains, but its strategic location is very important, especially for the headquarters.

Heading north from Yangyi, you only need to go up the Nanming River to reach a place called Rentou Mountain.Ten kilometers to the north of Rentou Mountain is the Laogou Arsenal (Note 1), ten miles to the west is Shiziling Village, and 40 miles to the west is Matian Town.Remember Human Head Mountain?At the beginning, Zhao Fengnian fought the search team of the Devil's 10th Division here.

In the north, after annihilating a detachment of Devils, Li Yunlong's independent regiment waited for Lao Kong's new second regiment, and the two regiments continued to garrison north, guarding the line from Guaier Town to Shangzhuang in the north.

On the way of Li Yunlong, the 3rd and 4th brigades, which were formed independently by the devils, were attacking from the devil strongholds such as Heshun. The villages along the road were ready to guard against death.The two regiments have more than 4000 people in total, and they are dealing with the devils' strength of about 5000 to 8000. The strength is very different, so an artillery battalion was added to help.

Such an arrangement is only because of the north-south attack of the main force of the devil's four independent mixed brigades.

Then, the 385th Brigade, which broke through with the New Fourth Brigade, was transferred to the line of the Qingzhang River Valley behind Li Yunlong and the others, including Tongyu Town, without a battalion of the 769th Regiment (staying in southern Hebei to fight guerrilla warfare). It became the defense point of the 385 brigade.Of course, the 2nd Brigade did not withdraw all of them to Jiuzhaigou, but left Chang Xiding, the main force of the third company, which had just made meritorious service, as the defensive node placed outside by the Ninth Detachment.

In fact, the 2nd Brigade of the Ninth Detachment did not return to Jiuzhai, but was placed in Huangjia Town by Hu Changyi's strict order, and even sent a full 5 bases of ammunition as the last land barrier on the west side of Matian.

All of this was arranged during the two days from the 20th to the 21st.The little devils are also attacking this side at the same time, with a total force of 2.5, and there are even planes flying overhead.

The 2.5 troops are not just the four independent mixed brigades on the North Road and the South Road. Their combined strength can be more than 4, accounting for half of the offensive team.

The remaining half of the troops are all from the 36th Division, which is Jing Guanren's 36th Division.Jing Guanren is actually still the head of the division now, but he is wearing a sinful body, and he can't hold his head up among all the division heads.There is no way, in the battle last year, he lost too much of his troops, and he was almost sent to the base camp for seppuku, and then someone let Yamanouchi take the blame and let him take the blame.

Therefore, for this attack, Jing Guanren was the most active one, and even led the attack himself.The purpose, of course, is to find the main force of the Eight Routes, and then fight a beautiful battle to avenge the shame.

"The above is our current defense situation!" In the Sunjiaji barracks, Minister Zhang came here in person and reported the summarized situation to Hu Changyi.

"That is to say..." Hu Changyi stood in front of the map, holding a red and blue pencil in his hand, and pointed in the direction of Liao County: "The devils from the 36th Division came from Liao County, we don't need to worry about it, they are from the 385th Brigade Things. And what we have to face is the main force of the Devil's 36th Division coming from Lucheng, Xiangyuan, and Wuxiang. And the devils along this road have the largest number of people."

While Hu Changyi was speaking, he drew three circles on the positions of the three county towns, and then several dotted lines, pointing to the position of Jiuzhai.

"Three directions, but the ones that can really attack my Jiuzhaigou are the two routes on the west and south. The rest of the routes can't take large troops, so they can be solved by deploying some militiamen. On the west route, there are seven detachments as the main defensive force. , a large team is there as a support; and what we really have to face is actually the road to the south. In our hands, there is an organic team, a new team, and three teams."

When Hu Changyi said this, he smiled crookedly, and then said: "Of course, there are several regiments in the third division in the south, but they still need to help the division commander guard the front line of Yangyi, and guard Licheng from being broken by the devils. Not against them. On the contrary, the teams from the second division can give us some help. Minister Zhang, this battle is not much more difficult than last year's battle, no problem!"

"The only thing I care about is what to do with Licheng? It's impossible to give up. The boiler factory is over there, and the newly opened printing and dyeing factory is also there. The devils can't take it over there."

"Licheng, the third division will defend it to the death! Even if Licheng is not captured by the devils, the devils will not dare to attack on a large scale to the north. I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle there." Minister Zhang said.

"Not necessarily, I think the devils will besiege and not attack like last year, just to ensure that Licheng will not destroy their communication lines. It is more likely that the devils will directly blow up this county town! So, Let the boiler factory and the printing and dyeing factory bury the equipment deeply and let the workers go underground, this is my suggestion." Hu Changyi said.

"Don't worry about this, the order has already been issued, and the people have all moved away, just waiting for the devils to come to the door! So, let go of the attack on your side!" Minister Zhang said.

"Let go of the beating?" Hu Changyi also grinned and said, "It's fine, then let go of the beating, or close the door and beat the dog!".