The 125th Brigade that broke out from Wuyue Village went to the south, and there were brother troops in Xibaipo in the south, even if the devils had already taken precautions, there were so many of them, and some people had guns, it was still easy to break through. Moreover, the wounded escorted by Zhang Dabiao also went to Xibaipo, and if they accelerated their march, they might be able to catch up with Zhang Dabiao and others.

In fact, from the moment Wuyue Village was attacked by devils, Brigade Commander Zhao decided to give up Wuyue Village, and gave the devils a big gift before leaving, all the explosives in the brigade headquarters were buried in the village, leaving only one regiment to defend, and the Eighth Route Army was condescending, occupying a favorable location, and grenades did not need money to greet devils. The devils thought that the Eighth Route Army on the mountain was going to fight hard, and they rushed up even more. When they rushed up, they found that the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn here, and Mao had not been left, and Fujiwara had laid down an empty stockade in the mountains, and the team that went out to pursue found that the sentry had been taken and the people had been stripped away.

In view of the fact that there was a group of eight roads with the wounded to raid north, Fujiwara Yoshishi judged that the remaining main force of the 125th Brigade would definitely go north and join the wounded team, so he applied to the division commander to cooperate with the Tanaka Wing deployed between Xibaipo and Wuyue Village to cooperate with his Fujiwara Wing to pursue the 125th Brigade north, and the 125th Brigade must be eliminated in this battle to be the prestige of the army. The battle of 100 regiments launched by the Eighth Route affected the peace and stability of North China, and if the main forces of several Eighth Route Army were not eliminated, how could they be handed over to the base camp.

The commander of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Iiao Mamoru, thought twice and decided to believe Fujiwara's judgment, and he himself did not quite believe that the main force of the 125th Brigade would go south alone, regardless of whether the wounded were alive or dead, unless the wounded troops were fake and attracted firepower. But this is impossible, many people at the third outpost saw that force, it didn't look like it was fake, not to mention that this raid was based on an accurate intelligence, and the Eighth Route Army was not prepared in the slightest. It is impossible to deploy such a large bureau.

So Lieutenant General Iishaomori ordered the Tanaka Wing to go north for reinforcements, but for safety reasons, a brigade was left in the south just in case.

The 125 Brigade is an establishment of three regiments, each regiment has a sufficient staffing, 2,500 people in each regiment, plus nearly 8,000 people in field hospitals, communications, logistics, and guard companies. Brigade Commander Zhao and the more than 5,000 people began to retreat south at about 2 o'clock in the morning, marched quickly for more than three hours, and began to drill into the forest at dawn to avoid being discovered by the devil's reconnaissance plane. But the road was very peaceful, the devil didn't chase behind, and he didn't block in front, which made Brigade Commander Zhao a little confused, and the more he walked, the more worried he became, he was afraid that this was a trap.

The reconnaissance platoon has been sent out in several waves, and the reports are all unmanned, which is unlikely. Now everyone was resting in the woods, and just then, the scout returned.

"Report to the brigade commander, the enemy traces have been found in front, and the place where they are stationed is the only way from Wuyue Village to Xibaipo, and the number of people is about a brigade. ”

"One brigade, only one brigade?" Brigade Commander Zhao was a little unconvinced. How can there be only one brigade in such an important location, more than 1,100 people, and there are too few people, so why do you need a wing.

"Brigade commander, our reconnaissance platoon is very sure that there is only one brigade. ”

"Did you find Zhang Dabiao, they left traces or marks? ”

"Brigade commander, this is not, before us, it is not like a team passing by, if Zhang Dabiao and they pass, it is impossible to leave no traces at all, they have carriages, there are wounded, they can't go fast, there are devils guarding in front, and there are no traces of firefighting on this road, will they not retreat south?"

Hearing what the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon said, Zhao Guodong chuckled in his heart, if Zhang Dabiao and the others went south, they would encounter the devils of this brigade, and with their strength and firepower, they would definitely be swallowed up by the devils. But there is no trace of this way. Could it be that Zhang Dabiao didn't obey the order, didn't go to Xibaipo, or encountered some unexpected situation?

But the current situation does not allow Zhao Guodong to think too much, the devil only has one brigade to get troops, and this is definitely a good opportunity to break through.

Zhao Guodong decisively gave an order, asking the two main regiments to destroy the devil's brigade, and the enemy's strength reached 1:5. The 125 regiment of the 1 brigade attacked the enemy's left flank, and the 2 regiment attacked the enemy's right flank. Brigade Commander Zhao made a quick decision. The devil must not be given the opportunity to wait for reinforcements.

Aso's brigade was stunned by the sudden attack, it was really the enemy's firepower was too fierce, left and right blossomed, he hurriedly stopped the counterattack, the entire brigade was full of fire, only a few minutes of the battle Aso judged that he encountered the main force of the Chinese, judging according to the sound of gunfire This is the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but how can there be a main force in this place, originally stationed here was a wing, but a few hours ago, the wing commander took others north to reinforce, because the main force of the Eighth Route Army is likely to flee north, so what is going on with him now。

He hurriedly sent a telegram asking for reinforcements, and sent three telegrams in a row asking for reinforcements from the wing commander.

Tanaka, who received the telegram for help, was also stunned, he was now chasing the main force of the Eighth Route Army with Fujiwara Yoshi, and he had already seen some traces along the way, although he suspected that this was not left by the large army, but there was hope if there were traces. But what does this telegram for help mean?

Tanaka immediately reported to the division and asked for tactical guidance, and he was now a little confused.

"Baga, why did the main force of the Eighth Route Army go south, this is not right, this is not scientific!" Lieutenant General Fan Shaoshou was a little annoyed, how could a brigade be able to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and it was only a matter of time before it was annihilated.

"Tell Captain Aso that reinforcements are already on the way, and you must hold out for 3 hours. ”

"Nani, 3 hours. 1000 vs. 5000, and three more hours?" Receiving the order from his superiors, Aso felt like he was going to be finished. And the Tanaka team is rushing back with their lives, and they must return to the Aso team as quickly as possible, otherwise their own team will suffer heavy losses.

"The devil is very tightly defended, this is to delay time, waiting for reinforcements. The herald, go and call Sun Cannon to support, let him take out all the inventory, beat the devil fiercely, within 1 hour, the battle must be ended. ”

Sun Cannon is the commander of the artillery company of the 125th Brigade, although it is an artillery company, it is actually a platoon, and most of the people are still doing infantry work, because there is no artillery.

Now that the brigade commander asked him to take out the inventory, Sun Cannon was still a little distressed, and it took almost a year to save 10 grenadiers and two boxes of shells, which was enough to fight two rounds. Without shells, it's still a cannon battery. As an out-and-out poor peasant, there are too many hard days, so naturally there are some picks, but now no matter how painful the flesh is, you have to carry out the order, and it is best to capture some shells after annihilating the devil, otherwise your treasure is not even as good as scrap iron, and you will die.