Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Heze is located in the hinterland of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan region, and is also an important town for the Japanese army, but its importance cannot be compared with that of Changzhi.

The garrison of the Japanese army in Heze alone can be reflected. According to the intelligence of the Enemy Engineering Department, there are no more than a hundred Japanese troops stationed in the city of Heze.

In fact, the Japanese army in Heze City included the headquarters of the 30th Independent Infantry Battalion, the Infantry Artillery Squad, the Machine Gun Squad, and the Infantry Squad.

There is also a supply team and two infantry squads scattered in various towns and traffic arteries. In addition, Zhencheng, Dingtao, and Cao County each have a squadron of Japanese troops.

In addition, the Japanese troops in various places also need to focus on the outlying areas facing the southwestern military division of Shandong, such as the south of Heze, the west of Dingtao, and the west of Cao County.

There are five or six Japanese soldiers in each township in the occupied area, and most of the large strongholds have only two or three Japanese soldiers, and more are some pure puppet strongholds.

This situation led to the fact that the Japanese army's blockade and dominance of various areas in Southwest Shandong could not be compared with the Japanese-occupied areas in the Sanjin land.

Shuangmiao Village is located in the east of Shatu Town, Heze, north of the highway line, and the troops of the New Third Brigade are gathering here.

After receiving the telegram, Brigadier Han called over the main cadres of the New Third Brigade. In addition to the political commissar, the two heads of the seventh and eighth regiments and several battalion commanders were the main ones.

"Comrades, the latest order from Mr. Zhou is that our department immediately launch an offensive against Heze. The assist will become the main attack. The more violent the attack, the better!"

As soon as Brigadier Han's words fell, the people present immediately exploded.

"What? Brigadier, aren't we helping the brother troops of the Southwest Army Division? Why did it suddenly become the main attack?" Long Shixing, the head of the Eighth Regiment, asked.

"Yes, Brigadier, although we have successfully reached the territory of Heze along the way and have not been discovered by the Japanese army, this does not mean that we can attack Heze City with great fanfare!"

"Once we make a move, the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops will inevitably swarm in, and we will be in a situation surrounded by enemies!" said Yu Keqin, head of the Seventh Regiment.

Brigadier Han saw how everyone was chattering, and immediately said with a haughty face: "Okay, shut up your motherfuckers, I am giving you an order, there is no room for bargaining!"

According to the original plan, the New Third Brigade only needed to make some noise in the outskirts of Heze to attract the local Japanese troops, and did not need to bear too much combat pressure.

Everyone was stunned by Brigadier Han at the moment, Political Commissar Tan smiled when he saw this, and opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere: "Not long ago, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Military Commission issued the latest instructions, Zhou ** conveyed them on his behalf, and served as the general manager of the war against Japan. Commander, our new third brigade is one of the siege troops, the independent regiment of the Southwest Military Division and two artillery companies are on their way!"

"Comrades, if we can successfully win Heze and the surrounding areas this time, it will be very beneficial to our Liangshan Army Division at that time!"

"Okay. Let's get down to business!" Brigadier Han pointed at the open map and said, "The distance from Shatu Town where we are currently to Heze City is only about [-] miles away. According to our marching speed, we can get there in half a day!"...

"However, the further we go west, the more Japanese and puppet troops stationed along the way, and the tighter the defenses of each village are. I'm afraid that if we can't reach Heze City, we will be discovered by the local traitors first!"

"As Comrade Keqin said, it's not scary that the Japanese and puppet troops from all over the world are swarming here. I'm afraid that these Japanese and puppet troops will all be ordered to gather in Heze City, but it will be difficult for us to attack the city!" Brigadier Han continued. .

"Brigadier, what should we do?"

"What should we do? There is only one way, take advantage of our strengths, and rush to the west without giving the Japanese army time to react!"

Just as Xin Tiebing led the independent regiment quietly and quietly marched towards Heze in the north, the direction east of Heze was the first to start.

More than [-] members of the New Third Brigade showed up in Shatu Town with great fanfare, and then the Seventh Regiment and the Brigade were the vanguard, and the Eighth Regiment was divided into two divisions to live on the flanks.

Fighting all the way to the west, the area east of Heze formed a sweeping trend.

The Eighth Route Army, with such a large number of people, suddenly appeared in the Japanese-occupied area. Everyone in the Japanese strongholds along the way was in danger, and the security teams in each village also died down and disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, the current intention of the New Third Brigade was not to attack the Japanese strongholds along the way, but to rush to the city of Heze first. Except for the Japanese and puppet troops who took the initiative to fight, the rest of the Japanese and puppet troops who huddled in the strongholds were lucky enough to stay. Killed.

"Platoon leader, the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army!" In a stronghold along the way, a puppet soldier on the gun tower pointed into the distance and shouted.

The platoon leader of the puppet army who was drinking a small drink in the gun tower was very uncomfortable. Hearing the greeting from his subordinates, he immediately cursed: "Damn it, I really saw the devil. Can the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army come to our place?"

"This is a credit to the door-to-door, all the guards, cheer me up, kill a few Tubalu, and ask the Japanese for credit after the war!" The puppet platoon leader shouted.

"Platoon leader, the situation is not right, why don't you hurry up and take a look?" The puppet soldier on the top of the gun tower jumped up and down the stairs and shouted.

When the puppet platoon leader came to the top of the gun tower, he saw that under the pitch-black night, although his vision was not very good, he could clearly feel a large group of figures passing by not far from the gun tower.

The puppet platoon leader took off the mask on his head in a panic, his forehead was covered with white sweat: "Squat down, all of you squat down, there are at least four to five hundred Eighth Route Army!"

"Hurry up, call the Eighth Route Army in Shatuji and ask for reinforcements!"

In Heze City, the Japanese Army Command.

In the office of Ichiro Tengyuan, captain of the 30th Brigade of the Independent Infantry, the phone rings continuously.

"Mosimoxi!"

"Sir, Shatuji found a large Eighth Route Army, with more than [-] soldiers. It is suspected that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is marching westward!" The little devil reported on the other end of the phone.

"Nani? The Eighth Route Army?" Tengyuan Ichiro was shocked when he heard this.

"Hi, yes, it is indeed the Eighth Route Army?"

"Immediately send a reconnaissance unit to reconnaissance and find out the intentions of this group of Eighth Route Army!"

"Hi!"

Tengyuan Ichiro just hung up the phone, unexpectedly the phone rang again.

"Sir, I am here in Anxing Town. The security team of Fengmiao Village sent someone to report that the Eighth Route Army has passed south of Anxing Town. The number of people is at least a thousand!"

"Baga, how is it possible?" Tengyuan Ichiro was furious when he heard the words: "Don't you all report to me without checking the news?"

"If the Eighth Route Army mentioned by the Chinese people who came to report really exists, why hasn't Anxing Town where you are located been attacked?"

"Hey, sir, the Eighth Route Army is most likely coming to Heze County!"