Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 609
The terrain in southwestern Shandong was flat, and the Japanese and puppet troops marched along the main road at an extremely fast speed. They arrived in Cao County at dawn, and then continued to march northward to reach Heze via Dingtao.

The strength of the Japanese puppet army starting from Shangqiu reached [-]. According to the conventional procedure, the puppet army naturally acted as cannon fodder at the forefront.

The puppet troops of the two regiments are at the forefront, the Japanese brigade headquarters, infantry brigade, and tank squadron are in the middle, and two other regiments are at the rear.

The twenty-fifth cavalry regiment and the remaining four puppet regiments were distributed on both sides of the main force, acting as barriers.

Although the secret service agencies of the Japanese army have not yet figured out the specific combat plan of the Eighth Route Army, the old devil Kojima Yoshizang, as an old opponent of the Eighth Route Army, has a deep research on the Eighth Route Army.

After hanging up the phone with Ichiro Tengyuan in Heze City last night, after a little thought, he immediately realized that there was a lot of movement in Heze, but the real goal of the Eighth Route Army was to reinforce the troops.

Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops were more careful during the march. For this reason, Kojima Kizang even sent out the cavalry wing to act as a search team.

Among the marching team, Sun Liangcheng rode on a tall horse, and beside him was his confidant Zhao Yunxiang.

The puppet troops of these eight regiments were all incorporated into the Fourth Army, which governed the [-]th Division, the [-]th Division, and the guard regiment directly under the military headquarters. Zhao Yunxiang was the commander of the [-]th Division of his direct line.

I saw Sun Liangcheng glanced back at the tanks driving in the middle of the team, with indescribable envy in his eyes, he immediately turned his head and said to Zhao Yunxiang: "Damn it, the Japanese talk a lot, but when they are in front of the battle , One by one cherishes life more than the other, hiding in the iron king and refusing to come out!"

Zhao Yunxiang heard the words and said: "Military seat, the intention of the Japanese to make us cannon fodder is very obvious. Although the Eighth Route Army has contact with us, it's hard to say what kind of attitude it is. We still need to be careful!"

"The Eighth Route Army is not easy to mess with. What they are best at is to surround points to fight for aid. This time, the Eighth Route Army left Dingtao and Cao counties untouched, and went to attack Heze County. It's very strange. It might be waiting for us on the road!"

Sun Liangcheng is a typical idiot. After taking control of the eight regiments of the Appeasement Army, he felt that his own strength had greatly increased, and his attitude towards the Eighth Route Army also changed significantly.

Comrades from the Enemy Engineering Department in Shangqiu City who were in charge of contacting Sun Liangcheng had visited many times, wanting to obtain the specific recent troop mobilization of the Japanese army from Sun Liangcheng, but Sun Liangcheng avoided seeing him.

But before the Japanese puppet army set off today, Sun Liangcheng thought about it, and in order to ease the relationship, he sent someone to deliver a copy of the Japanese puppet army's troop mobilization.

"Don't worry, the Eighth Route Army has at least [-] people in Heze. Even if troops are mobilized from other places, how many people will there be? It's not certain who will win the battle?"

"It's best for both of us to lose, it's in our best interest!" Sun Liangcheng turned to Zhao Yunxiang and said, "Ruiqing, the Thirty-eighth Division is my only capital, and I can't afford to lose it. Now follow the Japanese and walk in the middle." , looking at safety, but the Eighth Route Army is often cruel to the location of the Japanese, we must remind the brothers to pay more attention!"

"Yes, Military Seat, I have already ordered it to be in place!"

Near noon, the Japanese and puppet troops arrived in Dingtao. The [-]th Cavalry Regiment under the [-]th Cavalry Brigade waited here for a long time. The leader looked exactly like Si Neiyong.

Kuroshima Morita is the captain of the [-]th Cavalry Regiment, commanding operations in Shan County, Chengwu, and Yucheng, and another identity is the younger brother of Yuuchi Terauchi.

The Isamu Terauchi family is a collateral branch of the Terauchi family in Japan, but the family has fallen. Kuroshima Morita was adopted as a foster son since childhood.

Seeing the head of the brigade leading the main force coming, Kuroshima Morita's hygienic husk on the corner of his mouth trembled, his eyes flickered, and he immediately waved his hand to signal to join the main force.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, our department has been ordered to come to meet you!" Kuroshima Morita said loudly.

Kichizo Kojima, who got the news, poked his head out from the hatch of the tank and looked at his confidant with satisfaction: "Kuroshima-kun, you have worked hard!"

"Hey, please rest assured, brigade commander, I have sent a cavalry squadron to scout ahead, and I will definitely find the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible!"

"Yo Xi, this time we are fighting against the Eighth Route Army, we still need you to lead the cavalry to advance and show off the might of the imperial cavalry!"

The words are divided into two parts.

Although the strongholds of the Japanese army became more and more dense near the direction of Heze County, Tengyuan Ichiro took the lead in withdrawing the troops from the outer strongholds, and the two troops of the Eighth Route Army had already joined forces in Heze.

"Brigade Commander Han, I am Xin Tiebing, the chief of staff of the Southwest Military Division of Shandong Province. I am ordered by the Communist Party member to join the brother troops. Our Communist Party member said that we are fully under your command for this siege!" Also very respectful.

"Okay, then I won't be polite!" Brigadier Han said with a smile.

"Brigade Commander Han, there are more than 1300 independent regiments accompanying me this time. There are also two artillery companies, 12 infantry artillery, and 4 mountain artillery. The artillery shells are very rich." Xin Tiebing briefly introduced the situation of the troops.

In order to take advantage of the firepower of the artillery regiment, Zhou Weihan did not split the artillery regiment of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, but transferred the two artillery regiments of the first regiment and the new first regiment separately to support the siege troops.

In this operation, it is very important to unify the command of the troops of the two secondary military regions.

Although Xin Tiebing is the chief of staff of the Southwest Military Region of Shandong Province, he had experience in attacking Changzhi in the Tainan Military Region before, but his shortcoming is that he is not qualified enough.

If Zhou Weihan forced Xin Tiebing to command the battle, Brigade Commander Han would not look good, but even if he agreed, all the soldiers of the New Third Brigade would have their own opinions.

The war is imminent, this is a big taboo.

For this reason, Zhou Weihan made it clear that the siege battle was fully commanded by Brigadier Han. However, considering that the troops of the New Third Brigade had no experience in attacking important Japanese towns, Zhou Weihan also privately told Xin Tiebing to pay more attention.

"Haha, Chief of Staff Xin, this is the second time we have met each other, so don't be too polite!" Brigadier Han waved his hand and said.

"The commanders of the Japanese army inside the city are very vigilant. The Japanese and puppet troops in the outlying strongholds ran away ahead of time. Just now, I sent people to investigate. Only a few strongholds outside the city have troops left!"

"We have nearly 6000 troops participating in the war, but if they are divided into the four directions of Heze County, the troops will be too scattered to effectively threaten the enemy in the city. Besides, our back is not stable, so we need to reserve troops for defense!"

"In my opinion, what do you think of concentrating troops and artillery and launching an offensive in the east and south directions?" Brigadier Han asked.

Brigadier Han's words were exactly what Xin Tiebing meant, and he immediately expressed his attitude: "Brigade Commander Han, just do as you say!"

(End of this chapter)