Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 435 The Eighth Route Army of the National Army confronted, the devil who was cheated by his teammates

Mid-January 1940.

Half a month has passed since the Battle of Changzhi ended.

In the past half a month, the national army in the Changzhi area, the Japanese army firmly defending Licheng, Lucheng, and Tunliu, and the surrounding Eighth Route Army were all integrating internally, and none of them made much movement.

As soon as Changzhi's [-]th Army occupied Changzhi, it immediately dispatched heavy troops to garrison important places along the border with the Tainan Military Region.

Before Zhou Weihan returned to Yanwang Mountain, he conveyed the instructions of the teacher comrades: don't take the initiative, don't be passive.

If you don’t take the initiative, you won’t take the initiative to provoke, if you don’t take the initiative to attack, if you don’t take the initiative, it means that our Eighth Route Army troops can’t put their swords and guns into the warehouse.

Sometimes the more tolerant, the more unscrupulous provocations the other party will make. It doesn't make sense for me to even clean up the little devil, but I'm afraid of you coming to pick peaches!
Therefore, the first and second divisions of the Tainan Military Region are also very confident. After understanding the situation, they directly moved some troops forward, and the garrison was not far from the national army's garrison.

Fortunately, both sides were relatively restrained. Fan Hanjie didn't get orders from Jiang, so he didn't dare to start the war lightly.

Among the three forces around Changzhi, the days belonging to the Japanese army were the most bleak.

After the Battle of Changzhi, the Japanese troops in Licheng, Lucheng, and Tunliu were completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

Now the situation of the two sides reversed, and the little devil suddenly became the one who went deep into the enemy's rear.

In addition to sticking to the county seat, the rest of the Japanese troops were all used along the road, trying to ensure the smoothness of the road.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the 28th Regiment of the First Division, the New First Regiment, the 22nd Regiment directly under the Division Headquarters, and the Taiyue Military Region Independent Regiment in Tunli, with the cooperation of local government comrades, established grassroots political power and organized militia teams.

Some of the replaced weapons and equipment were all equipped to the local armed forces.

The militia, local armed forces, and the main force, no matter what the specific combat effectiveness is, seem to be operating the frontier base area as an iron cylinder.

At the junction of Pingshun and Changzhi, the Reclining Buddha Temple Village was stationed here by the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment and a company of heavy machine guns, and the people of the village were all moved to the rear.

At six o'clock in the morning, a loud wake-up call sounded, and soldiers distributed in barracks in the village quickly gathered at the training ground in the village.

Taking the company as a unit, the company commanders of each company quickly roll call.

In the opposite village where the national army was stationed, the two villages were originally next to each other. When the wake-up call sounded on the third battalion's side, the officers and soldiers of the general national army were immediately alarmed.

Stationed here was the Third Regiment of the Eighth Division of the Twenty-seventh Army. When they heard the sound of the wake-up call, more than a thousand soldiers of the national army dressed up and rushed to assemble.

"What time the hell did you wake up to blow the bed bugle? Did the bugler drink too much last night? Go, call me the bugler!" Cheng Guoping, the commander of the third pre-regiment, still reeking of alcohol, pointed at his side. The guard cursed loudly.

"Yeah, it's only [-]:[-], we wake up at [-]:[-]!" Qiu Yingbin, the chief of staff, patted his head, feeling a little dazed.

When the guard saw that the regiment leader was angry, he didn't dare to delay, and quickly called the bugler over.

Seeing that the bugler was not fully dressed yet, he trotted over, seeing the anger on Cheng Guoping's face, and hurriedly explained: "Tuan, I didn't blow the wake-up call, it's not up yet!"

"Didn't you blow it? Then it could be..."

"Go to the roof!"

After Cheng Guoping and Qiu Yingbin sent to the roof, they took a telescope to look at the camp of the third battalion on the opposite side.

"Damn it, this gang of Eighth Route Army is really bad, is there such a thing?" Cheng Guoping scolded angrily.

"Hey, it's interesting, troupe, look, our regiment just improved the food for the soldiers last night, and the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side brought it back today. Interesting!" said the chief of staff.

Just yesterday, Changzhi sent over the supplies of the third regiment, and Cheng Guoping specially arranged for the soldiers to show off to the third battalion opposite.

It's drinking and eating meat, how can the soldiers of the third battalion on the opposite side bear it.

Li Shuangxi, the commander of the third battalion of the second regiment, is also very clever. Are you drinking? Well, I will arrange someone to sober you up in the morning.

"Hey, forget it. Anyway, we can't fight. The Eighth Route Army can only engage in this kind of thing. They really dare to attack us!"

"Old Qiu, to be honest, I am very satisfied with the situation of our third regiment. Our twenty-seventh army has a stable territory behind the enemy, and with stable supplies, the brothers don't have to suffer in the ravines. How wonderful! "The team leader Cheng Guoping said with emotion.

"Yes, the standard of food has increased, and the soldiers' salaries have been reissued, and the troops in the rear are not treated like this!" Chief of Staff Qiu Yingbin said the same.

Fan Hanjie was quite resourceful. After accepting Changzhi, in addition to setting up the defense line, he took the first step to seize the financial power and rectify the taxation before the officials from the administrative office dispatched from the rear arrived.

At the same time, the big local households in Changzhi were ordered to donate money and materials. As the capital of the Shangdang area, Changzhi was surrounded by many wealthy households.

The [-]th Army, as the representative of the Nationalist Government in Changzhi, the rich families who had just been liberated from the Japanese rule rushed to the headquarters of the [-]th Army.

After some operations, Fan Hanjie really made a lot of money.

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Licheng Japanese military garrison.

At this time, there were less than [-] Japanese soldiers in Licheng. The Japanese army captain Hideki Nagano was in charge of guarding Licheng.

"Sir, the defenders at the Dongyangguan stronghold have reported that the transport convoy was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at Xiangtangpu again!"

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is so rampant that it ambushed supply convoys at the same place several times!" Hideki Nagano couldn't help roaring after hearing the news.

"Hey, it's just halfway through November, and this is already the third ambush by the Eighth Route Army!" said the adjutant at the side.

"Sir, I suspect that the Eighth Route Army did it on purpose. Judging from the current situation, the Eighth Route Army has the strength to occupy the strongholds in the county town and along the highway, but they just don't move!"

"It's very likely that the imperial army deliberately kept the supplies and waited until the supplies arrived before taking them away!" the adjutants said in succession.

"Baga, the conscience of the Eighth Route Army is greatly broken. If this continues, the warriors will fight hand-to-hand with the Eighth Route Army!" Hideki Nagano cursed.

The Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng were surrounded by 28 regiments in one division and one regiment in Xinyi. The Japanese army collected normal food directly on the spot, but military supplies such as ammunition were consumed during the battle.

After the war ended, the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng were like two orphans. Changzhi, who was his father, was defeated by the Eighth Route Army, and now he is occupied by the national army. Supply support.

After Si Neiyong in Handan received the telegram, no matter how reluctant he was, because of Shangfeng's order, he could only hold his nose and transfer some supplies from Handan to the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng.

But there is no way to do it on the surface, but it does not mean that there is no way to do it in private.

Oki Hideo, who originally conducted military exercises with Li Daben's garrison regiment, was appointed by Terauchi as the commander of the Japanese army in the three counties of Wuyi, Wu'an, and Shexian because of his outstanding "military exploits", and he was permanently stationed in Wu'an.

Oki Hideo, who came out of the Osaka Division, is a genius, and he proposed a way to deceive the world.

The convoy responsible for transporting supplies normally departed from Handan. One Eighth Route Army "set up an ambush" at Xiangtangpu at the junction of Shexian County and Licheng.

In this way, under the command of Oki Hideo, the Japanese army connected to Li Yunlong's new regiment was mobilized. Of course, Li Yunlong would not refuse this good thing.

When the transport convoy was ambushed for the first time, the Japanese and puppet troops at Dongyangguan rushed out to rescue them, but they were caught by the Xinyi regiment and wiped out outside the Dongyangguan stronghold.

If it hadn't been for Zhou Weihan's order not to occupy the strongholds along the Hanchang Highway, the soldiers of the Xinyi Regiment would have almost captured Dongyang Pass.

The supplies that were supposed to be transported to Licheng were sold to Xinyituan at the previous transaction price under the auspices of Oki Hideo.

During the follow-up ambush, the little devils at Dongyangguan also learned how to behave, and they would not come out even if they were killed.

The Japanese troops from both sides went to the headquarters of the North China Dispatch Army to argue with each other about this lawsuit.

Si Neiyong sold miserably on the telegram. Licheng and Lucheng were not under the jurisdiction of the 104th Brigade. In line with the idea of ​​supporting colleagues, they provided support many times when their own supplies were not rich. The soldiers in charge of transportation all died in battle. However, the supplies were snatched by the Eighth Route Army in front of Dongyang Pass.

It's a good show, as Okamura Ningji has sent reprimanding telegrams to the Japanese army in Licheng many times.

The situation of the Japanese military transport team transported to Lucheng by Baijin Railway and to Tunliu and other places by Lintun Highway was even more miserable.

When passing through the defense area of ​​the Independent Regiment and the 22nd Regiment, supplies were frequently robbed. Even the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army stationed in the eldest son saw that there was money to be made, and they all rushed to work with the independent regiment of Kong Jie on the Lintun Highway.

(End of this chapter)