Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

"Nani?" Tengyuan Ichiro subconsciously clenched the microphone, glanced at the map hanging on the wall, and said, "Immediately send someone to follow up and investigate, and determine the Eighth Route Army's intentions!"

After hanging up the phone, Ichiro Tengyuan stood in front of the map, and he could see the towns and villages in the Heze area at a glance, and the topography of the occupied area was all on the map.

I saw Tengyuan Ichiro pointing at Anxing Town and Shatuji. Shatuji is located on the north side of the road from Heze to Juye, and Anxing Town is on the north side of Shatuji.

The two towns were more than ten miles apart, but both found traces of the Eighth Route Army. A bad thought immediately appeared in Tengyuan Ichiro's mind: "Baga, is it true that the Eighth Route Army is really coming to Heze County?"

Then Tengyuan Ichiro rang the electric bell on the table, and the adjutant from the adjutant's room outside the door opened the door and entered.

"Sir, what are your orders?"

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army has appeared in the territory. Immediately notify them. All the troops in the city will go to the fortifications on the city wall. The defenders in the suburban strongholds will strictly guard against death and strengthen their vigilance!"

"Hi!"

After the adjutant left, Tengyuan Ichiro felt more and more uneasy, his right hand kept lingering on the phone, thinking about whether to call the brigade department in Shangqiu.

Although Dingtao and Cao counties under the rule of Heze had the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, the suburbs near Heze County had very few Eighth Route Army activities, at most there were some guerrillas.

In the past, the puppet army under the rule often lied about the military situation. It was clearly a guerrilla attacking stronghold with dozens of people, but it was said to be the main force of the Eighth Route Army with hundreds of people. Tengyuan Ichiro has long been familiar with this. .

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army appeared from the east, which is not consistent with the current confrontation between the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army.

Tengyuan Ichiro gritted his teeth, retracted his hand hovering on the phone, and prepared to report the situation after ascertaining the situation.

At the same time, gunshots came from the southern suburbs of Heze.

Although it was sneaking at night, the target of more than 1300 people in the independent regiment was too big. The Japanese army blocked the area south of Heze even more tightly, and was finally discovered by the local security team.

Seeing this, Xin Tiebing immediately ordered the vanguard, the security team, to be wiped out, and then the large army directly diverted to the road that was convenient for marching, and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese strongholds along the way.

The sudden outbreak of fighting in the south of Heze finally made Tengyuan Ichiro realize that the Eighth Route Army was coming for real.

"Your Excellency, head of the brigade, I am Ichiro Tengyuan!" Ichiro Tengyuan put the microphone next to his ear and said respectfully.

"Teng Yuanjun, is there anything wrong with calling me late at night?" Kojima Jizang on the other end of the phone asked.

"Brigade Commander, Heze Dong and Nan have discovered the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the estimated number is more than a thousand! I suspect that the Eighth Route Army intends to attack Heze County, and I have ordered all strongholds to guard against death!"

"Nani?" Kojima Yoshizang was taken aback. Although the cavalry troops of the Eighth Route Army wandered around the ruled area, they never dared to attack the county where the Japanese army was stationed. .

"Impossible, the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shandong was defeated by the imperial army not long ago, how dare they attack Heze County!"...

"Brigade Commander, this matter is absolutely true. The two Eighth Route Army rushed towards the county one after another. The intention is very obvious. Our department urgently needs reinforcements!" Tengyuan Ichiro said anxiously.

"Is the Eighth Route Army crazy? How dare they do that."

"Mr. Tengyuan, since this is the case, immediately shrink the troops from the strongholds outside the city into the city. Heze County cannot be lost. At dawn, I will personally lead the imperial army to reinforce Heze!" Kojima Kizang said in a deep voice.

It was night, and all the Japanese and puppet troops in the Heze area were suffering. The Japanese strongholds on the way forward, those who were lucky enough to survive, and those who took the initiative to provoke were wiped out.

"Boom!" An explosion sounded, and another Japanese gun tower was annihilated in the flames. Under the darkness, countless soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed up.

"Correspondent, let me know, I don't need to save shells, but I will remove all the Japanese strongholds in front of me. You must speed up the march!" Brigadier Han said decisively.

"Yes!" The correspondent replied.

"Old Han, should you save the shells? If we get to the city of Heze, but there are no shells, can we really use our teeth to chew?" Political Commissar Tan said distressedly.

"Now is not the time to be distressed, we can't give the little devil time to react!"

Before reaching the city of Heze, the only two [-]-type infantry guns of the New Third Brigade had consumed more than [-] rounds. Although Brigadier Han didn't say anything, how could he not feel distressed.

"Don't worry, the brother troops in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region are very rich, with [-] or [-] cannons, and the shells we consume are still missing?" Brigadier Han said.

While the two were talking, a war horse galloped towards them.

The correspondent of the Seventh Regiment stood up and dismounted: "The brigade commander, the political commissar, and the head of the regiment asked me to come and report. The Japanese troops at the Zhuzhuang and Wangzhuang strongholds in front had retreated before our troops arrived!"

"What? The little devil reacted very quickly. Pass my order. The seventh regiment will press up, and the eighth regiment will follow closely behind. Speed ​​up the march and try our best to keep the Japanese army!" Brigadier Han said.

"Yes!" The correspondent led the way.

"Old Han, it's nighttime. Isn't it too rash to press all the troops up? If the enemy sets up an ambush in advance, it might be a disadvantage!" Political Commissar Tan reminded.

"The situation does not allow us to hesitate. Besides, all the troops are deployed. The north and south span nearly ten miles. Once a battle occurs somewhere, the north and south sides can be outflanked!"

It's still not light the next day.

All the Japanese and puppet troops in Shangqiu had assembled, and all Japanese officers and officers of the appeasement regiment and above came out of the meeting room one after another, and returned to their respective command positions according to the order.

"Let's go!" Kojima Yoshizo waved his hand. Although the original plan was disrupted by sending troops this time, Kojima Yoshizo was very confident and immediately got into a Type [-] tank.

Accompanying them were the Brigade Headquarters of the [-]th Cavalry Brigade, the [-]th Cavalry Regiment, the Tank Squadron of the [-]th Division, and most of the infantry brigade reinforced by the [-]st Division.

In addition, the two puppet troops of Sun Liangcheng and Zhang Lanfeng were quickly reorganized into eight regiments under the strong pressure of Kojima Kizang.

Among them, 5000 elite soldiers were selected from more than [-] puppet troops under Sun Liangcheng's department and organized into three regiments.

The strength of Zhang Lanfeng's puppet army was already good, with excellent weapons and equipment. Among the more than 8000 puppet troops under his command, more than [-] were selected and formed into five regiments.

These eight regiments are the elite that Kojima Jizang will maintain law and order in Southwest Shandong in the future. Each regiment has dispatched Japanese as advisors, and there are tactical training instructors at the battalion level.

These Japanese soldiers were placed in the puppet army, although they were in the name of advisers and instructors, but they had great power.