Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 365 Yamazaki Brigade, Solitary Army Goes Deep

October 1940, [-], late at night.

Taking advantage of the darkness, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers marched from Changzhi. They did not follow the usual habit of marching along the Hanchang Highway.

Looking at the marching route, it seems that they have been prepared for a long time. Before the march, the marching route has been planned. There are no trucks in the team, but some pack horses to transport luggage.

Since the Japanese army was stationed outside the city, the intelligence station of the Enemy Engineering Division in Changzhi did not notice the mobilization of Japanese troops.

In Taishan Village, where the Lucheng Intelligence Station is located, due to the arrival of the Second Battalion of the Fourth Regiment, which is known as the Pingshun Guerrilla Brigade, people around Taishan Village were watching the surroundings 24 hours a day, and they did not find any movement of the Japanese army.

The sky is bright.

The leader of the Japanese army, Yamazaki Yohei, waved his hand to signal the team to stop advancing, and the flag commander quickly stood at a high point to give orders, and many Japanese troops quickly hid in the surrounding area.

Seeing this, Yamazaki Yohei nodded with satisfaction. This Japanese army was the elite selected from the various brigades after the [-]st Division came to the Changzhi area.

Yamazaki Yohei himself was the chief of staff of the [-]st Division. As the chief of staff, he rarely had the opportunity to lead troops alone. He succeeded in obtaining the command of this operation, which was the result of division chief Tian Michimori's force.

Not long after, a Japanese second lieutenant who was leading the team ran over.

"Sir, is there a question?"

"What position is it now?" Yamazaki Yohei looked around the surrounding mountains and asked, the overnight march made him a little dizzy.

Hearing Yamazaki Yehei's inquiry, the second lieutenant of the Japanese army hastily took out a hand-painted map, and then said: "Report sir, it is Wangjialing in Pingshun. We have passed Laoding Mountain on the east side of Changzhi, and Daliang Mountain in Pingshun. Go northeast and climb over three larger mountains to reach Wu'an territory!"

The second lieutenant of the Japanese army who spoke was Ishihara Toda, who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy majoring in surveying and mapping. He was also one of the surveyors in the advance team of Miyajima Yusuke, and was sent back to guide the march of the Yamazaki Brigade.

"Nani! Are you going to cross three mountain ranges?" Yamazaki Yehei was startled when he heard this, and went around in circles in Pingshun after walking all night.

"Hey, in order to avoid being discovered by the Eighth Route Army and the local Chinese people, Chief Miyajima chose mountainous areas with few people. Although this will delay the marching time, the secrecy is very strong!" Ishihara Toda explained.

Everywhere the Miyajima advance team went, except for asking the local people for directions, they rarely had contact with the outside world. They took all the country roads, some of which were not shown on the map, which is why they all touched the boundary of Wu'an , The Tainan Military Region doesn't know the reason yet.

However, the little devil was very secretive, and encountered a large-scale search of the base area, and in a panic, he exposed his flaws in Shangguan Village, but was killed by his own people, and his body was taken to ask for credit.

"The troops are temporarily resting, turn on the radio, ask Miyajima-kun and others where they are, and ask him to confirm the exact location of the independent detachment as soon as possible!" Yamazaki Yohei said to the adjutant.

"Hi!"

Yamazaki Yehei suppressed the irritability in his heart, and thought to himself, the guy named Zhou Weihan in the independent detachment was named by General Gangcun, if he could capture or kill Zhou Weihan alive, he might be transferred to the Infantry Regiment by virtue of his military exploits. The real leader of the alliance.

After a long time, Yamazaki Yohei came back from his beautiful fantasy, and asked the adjutant beside him, "Sanye-kun, what do you think of this action?"

Jiro Sanno was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Yamazaki Yehei was testing himself: "Sir, according to reports from the intelligence department, there are many Eighth Route Army troops in the surrounding area, and it is suspected that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is active in Lucheng and Licheng. An anti-Japanese armed force called the Pingshun Guerrilla Brigade, and the independent detachment targeted by the operation is in the mountainous area in the north of Wuyi. Whether there are main activities of the Eighth Route Army in Ci County or Ci County is currently unknown!"

"However, once a battle breaks out in Wuyi, the main force of the surrounding Eighth Route Army will definitely rescue us. We are likely to be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. This move by our department is actually going deep alone. Wuyi is too far away from Changzhi. I am worried that our department will not be able to wait. The main force of the imperial army has come to support!" Jiro Sanno said worriedly.

"Mr. Sanye, your worries are superfluous. Even though the Eighth Route Army fought such a big battle a while ago, in China, the Imperial Army has the upper hand. In the North China area of ​​China, the Eighth Route Army can only operate in the ravines. , never dared to fight head-on with the imperial army!"

"Around Tainan, Changzhi has our 104st Division, and Handan has our [-]th Brigade. Once the offensive starts, the planes from Changzhi Airport will take off immediately to assist our troops in combat. Being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army is what I want to see. As a result, only in this way can the imperial army wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the Tainan area in one fell swoop, do you understand?" Yamazaki Yehei said proudly, completely ignoring the upcoming battle.

"Hi!"

Yamazaki Yohei has the supercilious characteristics of Japanese military officers of this era, and his series of victories in China has dazzled their minds.

He completely forgot that not long ago, in Shentouling, the Nara Regiment under the 386st Division was wiped out by the main force of the [-]th Brigade.

On the other side, the Tainan Military Region where Zhou Weihan was located knew nothing about the arrival of the Yamazaki Brigade.
Dong Jiang and the others set off at noon yesterday and arrived at the headquarters early this morning.

Recently, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has moved from Wangjiayu in Wuxiang to Xijing Town in Licheng on the east side, accompanied by the guard group of the headquarters.

This is also what Zhou Weihan suggested to the headquarters before. Xijing Town is in the northwest of Licheng, close to the Tainan Military Region. If the situation changes.

The Xu Dali Second Regiment and Li Yunlong's New First Regiment of the Tainan Military Region can provide timely support, and at the same time, they can also respond to the transfer of the headquarters to the Tainan Military Region.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Dong Jiang followed the deputy chief of staff, and the reconnaissance company found the headquarters wasted a lot of energy. Fortunately, a telegram was sent in advance, and the deputy chief of staff sent several soldiers to respond.

Otherwise, these unfamiliar faces of the reconnaissance company suddenly appeared near the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which would inevitably cause misunderstandings.

"Hey, I said comrade, why do you always follow me?"

"Before coming, our detachment leader specifically ordered me to protect you personally, so you let me stay by your side, and the arrangements for the other people around you are also good!" Dong Jiang replied.

The headquarters didn't reject Zhou Weihan's kindness, as soon as the eighty people from the reconnaissance company arrived, they were assigned three soldiers from the reconnaissance company.

The remaining more than forty soldiers followed Dong Jiang as mobile personnel to deal with emergencies.

"I'm surrounded by our own comrades. If there is any danger, forget it. Since it was arranged by Zhou Weihan, then you can follow me!"

"Okay, don't worry, I know the rules!"

　The Yamazaki brigade is here

　　
　
(End of this chapter)