Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

The Japanese army implemented a cage policy in the occupied area with road lines as locks, strongholds and gun towers as pillars. The effect of the cage policy in the Sanjin land was extremely obvious. After the Eighth Route Army occupied Southwest Shandong and took over the stronghold gun towers built by the Japanese army, And be perfected.

However, the cage policy has obvious limitations. Once the attacking side has too many troops and carries artillery, it will be a living target for the enemy.

In response to this situation, Zhou Weihan and the deputy chief of staff convened a detailed study on how the Eighth Route Army should defend once the Japanese army aggressively attacked the base area.

The final method was to use the Eighth Route Army’s tunnels on the basis of the Japanese army’s cage policy. Each stronghold was connected underground with tunnels, and the exits of the tunnels were distributed between nearby villages or fields.

All the strongholds along the line are like nails, waiting for the little devil to pull them out one by one, all they want is to waste the little devil's time and personnel.

The battle between the two sides was very fierce. The 37th regiment relied on the bastard-like fortifications, causing the casualties of the little devils to increase sharply. The tank guns on the Japanese tanks kept bombarding the bunker in front of them.

The stones that built the bunker visibly shook, and the first company commander immediately said: "Except for the machine gunner, everyone retreats to the trench!"

Not long after, the 212th Regiment of the Japanese Army arrived, and it was divided into several offensive troops to launch an offensive against many strongholds along the highway. For a while, the east of Heze became a mess.

The Japanese army searched for the base stationed by the first company that the Wing attacked first. The battle lasted for more than half an hour. After the bunker was destroyed by the Japanese tank guns, the soldiers of the first company continued to hide in the trenches to fight back.

After the Japanese army successfully occupied the position, the entire stronghold was empty, and even the corpses were removed by a company of soldiers.

The deputy chief of staff said: "Well, there is not much difference in time, but according to the telegram from the Seventh Teaching Brigade, the pursuing Japanese army has withdrawn from the junction of Juye and Yuncheng, and the rest of the Seventh Teaching Brigade is dealing with the small units left by the Japanese army on alert. , I have taught that the Seventh Brigade is behind the Japanese army, which may attract part of the Japanese army's attention and reduce our pressure!"

"Okay, I see, no more telegrams!" Zhou Weihan said with a wave of his hand.

It turned out that before the real evacuation, Yilian deliberately made the little devil think that the Eighth Route Army on the ground had withdrawn, and when the little devil was close to the position, he suddenly counterattacked, and just added a dozen more wounded to the Japanese army out of thin air.

On the other hand, when the Japanese army set off from Xuzhou, it included an 83rd Infantry Regiment plus two Infantry Battalions, also carrying twelve mountain cannons, and the number was nearly [-].

The headquarters in Heze City, the situation on the front line is constantly being transmitted to the headquarters.

"Get me the regiment headquarters of the 37th regiment!" Zhou Weihan said.

Although the Japanese army of the 32nd Division drove straight in along the way, they also suffered a lot. In the territory of Juye, they also had the same problem when facing the teaching [-]th Brigade.

"The chief of staff, the Communist Party members, the first half of the strongholds belonging to the 37th regiment have already handed over the Japanese army!" The combat staff reported.

Just as the battle was in full swing, the Xinyi Regiment and the Fifth Regiment entered the battlefield from the west, and the cavalry regiment interspersed with the junction of the Japanese attacking force and the headquarters, and the two regiments of the Teaching Fourth Brigade in the rear also appeared in the Japanese army's field of vision. within.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour. The artillery units of both sides continued to bomb the enemy continuously, while the Japanese army was roughly divided into two formations. The 83rd Wing was responsible for the overall attack, and the remaining brigade, which was not full of size, was in charge of commanding. The safety of the headquarters and artillery positions.

Li Yunlong called it a tough battle.

Zhou Weihan looked at the battle map with a solemn face: "Chief of Staff, with the current breakthrough speed of the Japanese army, they will be able to reach the suburbs of Heze in the afternoon. It seems that there may be a battle to defend Heze!"

The Japanese army of the 21st Division did not want to entangle with the Teaching Fourth Brigade in the lake west base area with dense water networks. After turning to Yucheng, they wanted to pass through Cao County, which was empty of the Eighth Route Army's troops, and wanted to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army's loopholes.

After fighting with the Teaching Fourth Brigade in the Huxi base area, in addition to their own casualties, half of the brigade was left behind in order to escape, and the number of troops who actually entered Cao County was less than [-].

"Communist, the Xinyi Regiment and the Fifth Regiment have arrived at Liujialou!" The telegraph operator stood up and reported.

"Yes!"

"Commander, the vanguard of the Japanese army is less than five miles away from our position. The scouts reported that the Japanese army is changing formation and seems to be about to launch an attack!"

"Hey, Lao Luo, the little devils still want to run this time? Even if I lose two teeth, I still have to eat these little devils from the 21st Division!" Li Yunlong laughed.

Immediately afterwards, the adjutant sent another piece of bad news: "Sir, the two tunnel entrances discovered so far are normal, and the Eighth Route Army on the ground seems to have slipped away through other tunnel entrances!"

"Okay, tell the regiments to make preparations, tell the comrades of the [-]th brigade to give the little devil some free time, and wait for the announcement of the specific attack time!" Li Yunlong said.

After careful calculation, the troops directly participating in the battle included six infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment, with a total number of nearly [-] people.

After understanding this situation, Li Yunlong immediately decided to fight the Japanese army with real knives and guns, and then ordered the Second Independent Regiment stationed in Chengwu to withdraw from its position and move closer to Dingtao, where the military division headquarters is located.

On this occasion, Chen Bing of the Lu Xijun Military Sub-district's direct team, the Independent Second Regiment, the 41st Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment of the Hebei-Shandong-Yuan Military Region, Chen Bing of the Cavalry Regiment of the Southwest Military Region of Shandong Province, and the Liujialou where the New First Regiment and the Fifth Regiment are located Located on the west side, nearly 4000 people from the teaching third brigade and two regiments followed the Japanese army.

The combat staff officer picked up the microphone and dialed it a few times, but there was no response from the other end: "Commissioner, I can't contact the 37th regiment. It should be that the phone line is broken. How about sending a telegram?"

"Baga, this group of Eighth Route Army is so cunning that they even feinted with a shot!" Shiqiao Kichizo cursed, gnashing his teeth.

"Come on, come on everyone, the meal is ready, just wait for this group of unexpected guests to come!" Zhou Weihan said and slapped the table hard.

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It's just that as the battle progressed, the little devil also learned to be smart, which led to a big loss when the ninth regiment, who taught the Seventh Brigade and was arranged at the back, fought against the little devil.

"Okay, tell them to hide on the spot and listen to the orders from the headquarters!"

The battle on the Heze side was too scattered due to the scattered positions of the Eighth Route Army, and the scale of the battles around each stronghold was not large, but Li Yunlong on the Cao County side wanted to change the way of fighting.

For a time, the Japanese army of the entire 21st Division was divided into several pieces, and the Japanese army suddenly became chaotic.

Li Yunlong couldn't bear it for a long time. Using the excuse of direct command, he entered the front line early in the morning, and then pulled out the big knife of the guard Huzi Beishang: "Comrades, when you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Go out and chop it up." These little devils, go!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he put his right foot on the ditch and was about to jump out, but was hugged tightly by the tiger beside him: "Communist, Communist, the political commissar said, let me watch you, you can't Let you directly participate in the battle!"

"Huzi, let me go, let go, the soldiers are all rushing up, if you don't let go, be careful I beat you!" Li Yunlong felt that his physical strength was not as good as before after getting married, so he couldn't get rid of Huzi. Break free from the shackles.

"Communist, even if you beat me, you have to wait until the battle is over. Now I am carrying out the order of the political commissar!"