The father of the sword is Kong Jie

...Until the main force of more than a dozen regiments of the Eighth Route Army suddenly approached Licheng, the Japanese and puppet defenders in Licheng began to ask for help everywhere with a look of astonishment on their faces.

The news was quickly passed to the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army.

When Lao Guizigang village heard the news, it was because the Eighth Route Army's upper base was full of joy, celebrating the wedding of Kong Jie and others. Take it easy.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has suddenly launched a large-scale attack. It has already approached Licheng and is launching a frenzied attack from all directions!"

"Nani?"

Okamura, who suddenly heard the news, was stunned. He felt like he was dreaming, maybe he didn't wake up at all.

Siege Li City?

These damned Eighth Route Army, how dare they?

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. The Eighth Route Army is celebrating its achievements in the base areas, and there is a solid military blockade of our empire outside the base areas. The Eighth Route Army has long been a turtle in the urn. How could they suddenly appear in Licheng, and the main force is mobilized?"

Okamura wanted to break his head, but he couldn't think of the reason.

But the facts are right in front of our eyes, Licheng was once again besieged by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army from all directions, and it is now in crisis.

The current situation is very passive for the Japanese army.

Licheng was besieged this time, which was different from the last time Licheng was besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army's surprise attack came too suddenly, and the Japanese army hardly noticed any disturbance in advance. Right now, Licheng, which was heavily surrounded by troops, did not have enough time to wait for the reinforcements from various fronts to arrive like last time.

The most important thing is that your North China Front Army was almost breached by the Eighth Route Army last time, and the reinforcements from the Licheng Front Army rushed over to help wipe your ass.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army still escaped, and under the guise of besieging Licheng, the Eighth Route Army then turned to attack northern Henan, western Shandong, and central Shandong, causing turmoil in the entire North China and even the Japanese-occupied areas in Central China.

This time Licheng was once again encircled by the Eighth Route Army.

Naturally, the little devils in other aspects would not rush over to help, and they even seemed to sit and wait to watch the fun.

Commander-in-Chief Neiji Komura, that is a formidable warrior.

You can't even clean up the mere Eighth Route Army, can you?

Okamura is depressed. He is sure to clean up the Eighth Route Army, but it is definitely not now, but after completing this secret deployment.

Now that the Eighth Route Army made a sudden move, it actually launched an offensive on its own initiative. For the Japanese army, it was somewhat caught off guard.

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In fact, the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to complete the siege of Licheng quietly this time began with a team's foreign business.

Just like in Zhongtiao Mountain back then.

Before the outbreak of the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan, the Japanese army had already infiltrated Zhongtiaoshan through business exchanges with the national army.

The Japanese caravans coming and going could even freely enter and exit the defense zone of the Zhongtiaoshan National Army, as if entering a no-man's land.

With the help of the caravan, the Japanese army arranged a large number of spies and scouts to enter the national army defense area to conduct reconnaissance. Long before the start of the battle, the Japanese army had already thoroughly grasped the intelligence of the entire Zhongtiaoshan National Army.

Including the defense map of the positions, and even what the soldiers of the national army in each position eat at noon every day, the devils can know immediately.

In the end, it is no wonder that the national army lost so miserably in the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan.

The Japanese army even considered every detail of every battle before the battle.

However, the little devil never expected it.

Feng Shui took turns, this time the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack on Licheng was similar to the Japanese army's use of caravans to infiltrate and reconnaissance the national army in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

With the development of a team's business in recent years, it can be said that the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas have been almost infiltrated.

The devils around the Iron Triangle base area, including the Taihang base area, don't know that Kong Jie, the captain of the detachment, is the walking god of wealth.

No one has trouble with money.

Coupled with the frequent business contacts between the two parties, they are familiar with each other.

Before the battle started, Kong Jie had already arranged everything.

On the surface, they arranged corresponding caravans as before, and swaggered into the Japanese-occupied area.

The devils and puppet troops stationed there have long been accustomed to this, and after a brief investigation, they let them go.

If the merchants passing through are familiar faces, or if they put a few silver dollars in, the devils and puppet soldiers in charge of guarding the checkpoints will give the green light all the way and let them go directly.

Occasionally encounter some accidents, in the words of Captain Kong: "As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem!"

The banknote ability exerts great power.

The checkpoints and strongholds guarded by the Japanese and puppet troops along the way were basically unimpeded.

Of course, the caravans chose some security forces originally in Shanxi. As for the security forces temporarily transferred from the Shandong defense area, they first tried to infiltrate and reconnaissance, and did not easily startle the enemy.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army just got stuck in the gap when the Japanese army replaced the security forces in Shandong and Shanxi based on the information they fed back this time.

The morning when the fighting broke out.

The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as caravans, and under the cover of Japanese and puppet army officers who usually had business dealings, they passed the line of defense without any risk.

Follow-up continued to disguise the main force participating in the battle as a caravan to enter.

At first, the Japanese and puppet troops didn't think much about it. The explanation given by the first team was that they had recently hoarded a lot of goods, and seized the opportunity to make a few deals.

Until the caravans that passed through the Japanese defense line in a row, there were even dozens more teams in one breath.

Only then did the guarding devil officer realize that something was wrong.

But it was too late.

The soldiers disguised as a caravan made a sudden move, quickly took out the guns hidden in the vehicle, and took the lead in attacking the Japanese and puppet troops stationed.

The devils and the puppet army were caught off guard. They were originally some second-rate combat troops of the public security army, so how could they be the opponents of the main force of the Eighth Route Army who suddenly attacked.

The defense lines that were originally solid and even made of concrete structures were directly taken advantage of by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

The battle broke out on all sides in no time, and it didn't take long before the entire line of defense was easily broken through by soldiers of the Eighth Route Army disguised as caravans.

So far, the fun has just begun.

In addition to the seven or eight main combat regiments of the 386 Brigade, the main combat troops participating in the raid on Licheng also included some main combat regiments of the 385 Brigade, and some local army units also cooperated.

After the defense lines of the Japanese army were successfully broken through by the Eighth Route Army under the disguise of the caravan, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army of all parties stayed behind the corresponding troops and took over the broken Japanese defense line according to the original combat plan.

The rest of the main force quickly advanced towards Licheng according to the designated route.

It all happened so fast, it was shocking.

The goal of the Eighth Route Army this time is very clear, which is to go straight to Licheng.

Under the thunderous actions of all parties, the Japanese army was caught off guard. The devils never expected that the Eighth Route Army, which was still celebrating its victory in the base area, suddenly appeared near Licheng like a heavenly soldier.

The leak of intelligence led to a fatal flaw in the Japanese army.

Right now, when the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are attacking Licheng, it is during the period when the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and Shanxi are changing defenses.

At this time, nearly 1/3 of the security forces in Shanxi had left the original security area and headed for Shandong.

The corresponding security forces in Shandong have not had time to reach the security area in Shanxi.

It also caused this short gap of empty troops.

It just happened to be caught by the Eighth Route Army.

The devil's failure this time can be completely attributed to the failure of intelligence.

The other is the corruption of the grassroots security forces.

I'm afraid that old devil Okamura wants to break his head, and he can't figure out how the Eighth Route Army troops, who have always been poor and beggars, have suddenly turned into local rich men.

He can even use the means of money business to corrupt his security forces.

... "Baga, bastard, these damned silverfish are simply a disgrace to my Great Japanese Empire, all of them should be damned!"

In the headquarters, when the relevant departments investigated the situation and reported to Okamura.

Knowing that the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to besiege Licheng quietly this time was all because of the weak defense of the security forces at the bottom.

The old ghost Gangcun was so angry that his face was livid, and he wished he could cut off the heads of all the officers of the Empire and the Imperial Association Army who had illicit affairs.

This also strengthened Okamura's determination to fully exchange the security forces in Shandong and mountainous areas.

At the moment, for Okamura, the most important thing is how to solve the crisis in Licheng again.

The Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked, and the terrain of Licheng is very unique, belonging to the terrain surrounded by mountains.

Although such terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the main transportation channel is completely cut off, it can easily become an isolated city.

The advantage is that you can defend the entire city with the least amount of troops, especially when facing the Eighth Route Army troops with outdated equipment and scarce ammunition.

It is also in consideration of this point that in order to completely cut off the harassment of the Eighth Route Army, the 36th Division of the Japanese Army placed the logistics center in Licheng.

It was thought that this impregnable fortress would never be threatened by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Not long ago, the Eighth Route Army frantically gathered a large number of main forces to Licheng, and the Japanese army rushed to reinforce Licheng, although they were passive.

But the old devil in Gangcun still had a small calculation, thinking that Yili City is a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the troops are at an absolute disadvantage, within a certain period of time, it can completely block the attack of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

If Licheng can be used to firmly hold the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking, after the follow-up reinforcements are encircled, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that the Eighth Route Army didn't fall for this trick at all, but feigned a shot. Before the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the main force that had besieged Licheng suddenly acted like a bird and beast, and infiltrated and attacked in all directions.

The wishful thinking of Laoguizigang Village once again came to nothing.

He never expected that the Eighth Route Army would come to Licheng again.

What he didn't expect was that he specially strengthened the military blockade of the Eighth Route Army's base area, and even made special fortifications made of concrete, but he failed to stop the main force of the Eighth Route Army for a moment.

By the time the news came, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army had basically cut off all the major transportation routes around Licheng, and their soldiers were approaching the city.

In the words of Kong Jie:

"This may be the power of money!"

"The devils used blockades to surround us like onions, but we just used these tickets with no real value in themselves to pass the customs easily. This time, little devil It was defeated by internal decay!"

Before the offensive began, Kong Jie sent a caravan to continue to infiltrate towards Licheng according to the old pattern, and the Japanese and puppet troops did not notice much of this.

And after these caravans sneaked into Li City, they turned into commando personnel hiding in the dark.

After the establishment of a team expanded again, the commando team also expanded further.

The commandos led by Duan Peng and Ye Min became the commando corps directly under the branch, and also trained the commando units of each regiment.

Although the quality of the Assault Squad was not as good as that of the Assault Corps, each member was one of the best in ten.

In addition, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army with a long-term layout took the opportunity to lurk many underground members in Licheng as early as the last time they besieged Licheng.

Although the Japanese army finally lifted the siege of Licheng, many intelligence personnel from the Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to infiltrate.

In the end, after the battle to attack Licheng began, the commando personnel, as well as the intelligence personnel who had secretly conducted intelligence work in Licheng for a long time, cooperated inside and outside to raid the Japanese and puppet guards at the gate of the city at night.

Corresponding personnel also caused chaos in the city, causing the backyard of the Japanese army to catch fire, making it difficult to take care of it.

So much so that Licheng's defense, although superficially impregnable, is already full of crises internally.

After Licheng fell into crisis.

The Japanese army couldn't sit still, especially the Eighth Route Army's attack this time seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and the momentum was overwhelming. There were still quite a few internal responses in Licheng, and even many puppet generals defected, catching the devils off guard.

Okamura hurriedly gave orders.

Devils from She County, Lucheng, and Xiangyuan rushed to reinforce Licheng.

Strengthen the defense of each blockade line, and do not allow any Eighth Route Army troops to pass through.

"Licheng is determined not to make mistakes. To delay the attack of the Eighth Route Army, we must insist on the deployment of the security forces in the two districts so that the follow-up battle plan can be implemented smoothly!"

Okamura at the headquarters kept issuing transfer orders. At this moment, the old devil no longer had the calmness of the previous few days.

The sudden movement of the Eighth Route Army pointed directly at Licheng, disrupting his original deployment.

The security forces in Shandong and Shanxi hadn't completely completed their defense changes, and the Eighth Route Army suddenly came to fight at this juncture.

And when they came up, they rushed to the logistics hub of the Japanese army-the fortress Licheng.

Okamura is a little numb, these Eighth Route Army are so elusive.

At this time, he also realized that the peace in the base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army, the celebrations everywhere, including the collective military marriage of Kong Jie and others, might be just a cover for the old suspicion.

"Damn it, these cunning eight ways!"

Okamura cursed, he could only try his best to stabilize the situation, trying to keep the dominant power in his hands...