Kenkawa Shinjiro's whole attempt is obvious, and it is clear that he is ready to grab it. Before the old Eighth Road in the eastern mountainous area reacted, it withdrew directly into Hubei County. As long as you can turn the old eight roads and attract them away. What are the remaining district squadrons, squads, and miscellaneous weapons such as the basic militia, and Kenkawa Kotaro really didn't pay attention to it.

The Eighth Road in the Ludong area has never appeared in the past, which made Jianchuan Kotaro think that he had successfully concealed Li Ziyuan's trick. So although he still looked a little nervous, the look on his face was obviously somewhat smug.

Now that the new market town is already in front of him, and there are no eight roads along the way, which makes his confidence even stronger. It seems that the mountains of grain are now in front of him. He thought that if he was given two hours, he could move all the grain in the entire new market town. As long as the food is in hand, the entire brigade can survive the winter safely.

As for whether these grains are sorghum rice, millet that the Japanese do not eat, or white flour milled from fine wheat, it makes no difference to Kengawa Shintaro. For him, being able to complete the task as quickly as possible is the first priority. Then, since the 14th Brigade has now been mixed to the point of eating chaff and vegetables, then don't pick and choose.

When the spearhead who had made the final reconnaissance to the new market town came back and reported that there was little defense in the new market town. Except for some militia members who maintain order, there is not a single trace of the old Eighth Road. The carts and wheelbarrows carrying grain from the surrounding area have already filled the new market town inside and outside.

His eyes, which were a little red when he was about to achieve his goal, had already thrown all the dangers behind his head at this time. Just when he waved his hand, he was about to give the order to attack. A gunshot made Cao Chang, who had just reported to him and served as a spearhead, fall to the ground.

A stream of blood mixed with white things flowed out from under the steel helmet on his head, from the position of his ear. The unlucky guy didn't even have time to convulse, not even *before he had time*, and went straight to see their Amaterasu.

Although Kojiro Kenkawa reacted very quickly, when the first gunshot rang out, he quickly fell down. But the sound of the gunshot, like a signal. Around the new market town, a dense burst of gunfire rang out. One by one, the * accurately fell into the first echelon of the Japanese army.

The * that came from the periphery blew up the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army, which was ready to attack, and blew up the flesh and blood, killing and wounding all over the place. And along with the falling *, there was also a dense machine-gun fire. These deployments are not only aimed at the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army, but have always accompanied the entire marching sequence of the Japanese puppet army.

With the loud sound of the charge, streams of eight roads quickly killed from the hilly area on both wings. However, these eight ways of killing only suppressed the Japanese puppet army with firepower, and did not dare to act rashly. The target of his own attack is the junction between the three Japanese puppet armies.

At this time, the steady tactics of Kojiro Jianchuan really lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. The distance between the three Japanese puppet armies was five miles apart, which just gave the opportunity to set up ambushes and eight roads to intersperse and divide and encircle. And the sum of his overall strength, the Japanese puppet army of more than 2,000 people is not small.

But the key is that it was artificially divided into three pieces by himself, and under this dense fire blockade, it was so easy to concentrate in a short time. Although the Japanese puppet army also followed the pre-war deployment of Kojiro Kenkawa, it quickly moved closer to the middle part. However, the dense machine-gun fire around made the Japanese puppet army who tried to get close to the beaten people turn on their backs.

In particular, the first echelon that has been hit by key blows is under even greater pressure. More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, plus at least seven mortars, rained down bullets on them. In addition to the dense * that was thrown from time to time, the vanguard of the Japanese puppet army was almost beaten and could not even lift its head.

Although Kojiro Kenkawa, who followed the first echelon, organized several rear assaults, he was never able to break through the firepower network of the Eighth Road.

Several attacks were launched, and several times they were beaten back. After paying a certain price, Kojiro Kenkawa did not dare to attack forcibly. In the fight, his first echelon estimates that even if it converges with the two echelons behind him, there are not many people left.

Especially the Japanese army, which had the least number of troops, where could it withstand such attrition? In the end, Kojiro Jianchuan, who was helpless, could only order the Japanese army to supervise the stubborn resistance of the puppet army, and the second and third echelons turned around and moved closer to him. On the one hand, he kept calling the 243rd Infantry Brigade in Hubei County, asking them to go out of the city in advance to support and take over their own breakthrough.

At this time, Li Ziyuan, who was commanding the operation in Xinji Town, saw that his old troops had completed the division of the three Japanese puppet armies under the command of Liu Haishan. A regiment has already encircled the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army from the front, and the Lubei detachment, which is interspersed from behind, has also been outflanked in place.

Wang Jun said to his side: "Hit the signal flare and order the troops to launch a general attack." Tell the troops to speed up the offensive and deal with this Japanese puppet army as quickly as possible. When it's time to put on a bayonet, give me a bayonet. Tell Liu Haishan that his artillery is not used at this time, is he still waiting for those shells to lay down? ”

"The Lutu detachment and the Tucheng Independent Battalion, which ordered the reinforcements, cannot let the Japanese puppet army in Hubei County take a step forward from the county seat until the battle here is over. The rest of the troops that were delaying the Japanese puppet army in other directions were ordered to immediately act according to the original plan. Do everything possible to ensure that the battle on this side is not disturbed in any way. ”

"If there is a problem in that direction, I will hold the military and political commanders of the troops in that direction accountable. This battle will determine whether we can completely defeat the key battle in which the Japanese army still has the illusion of going to the countryside to grab food, and no one is allowed to drop the chain for me during the battle, and strive to solve this enemy force cleanly and thoroughly. ”

"We concentrated two main regiments, two detachments plus two separate battalions. With so much artillery strengthened and almost all of the artillery reserves used, if this battle is not won, I think it is time to put some cadres in their heads in order. ”

After recording Li Ziyuan's order, Wang Jun did not dare to delay. On the one hand, personnel were arranged, and those who had radio stations were used to convey the orders, and those who did not have radio stations were all scattered by the divisional cavalry communication squads, striving to convey the orders as soon as possible. He himself raised the flare gun in his hand and fired a red flare representing the general attack.

When this red flare rose into the air, the gunfire of the entire Xinji battlefield became more intensive. The shouts of killing on both sides can be said to be deafening. On the battle line more than ten miles long to the northeast of Xinji Town, the sound of guns and fighting became one. The Lubei detachment, which was in charge of the tail, aimed at the Japanese artillery they were still peeking at, as well as the two heavy machine gun squads.

Their detachment commander and political commissar divided the troops into two routes, with the detachment leader and the political commissar each leading one route. The detachment commander commanded all the way, regardless of the direct killing of the Japanese artillery positions. The one under the command of the political commissar launched a series of attacks on the machine gun positions of the Japanese puppet army.

Compared with the Lubei detachment in Douwei, the Second Regiment of Li Zi's veteran army, which undertook the main combat mission, was responsible for dividing the three puppet armies with four companies. The rest of the troops were all thrown into the attack on the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army. In addition to the reinforcement part, the second regiment and its troops concentrated their forces and firepower to attack the second echelon.

The tactics of the first regiment are very clear, and when they come up, they will hit and rush. This tactic is a bit monotonous, but it's just the right time to do it. As for Liu Haishan, the first battalion of the main attack was divided into three parts, and the grinding tactics were peeled off layer by layer for the Japanese puppet army. Although the posture is not as good-looking as a group, the casualties and consumption are much smaller.

The three companies of the second regiment attacked in turn, and after each company came up and took a bite, it immediately crossed the area held by the Japanese puppet army and expanded to the two flanks. Put on a new company, and come up again to peel off a layer of skin. After each of the three companies completed the biting task, the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army was firmly added in the middle.

Kojiro Kenkawa and his subordinates can be said to have become directly on the meat board, a piece of meat that has almost been cut to pieces. Seeing that his playing style was effective, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in the first echelon had been weakened by one-third. Only then did Liu Haishan give the order to launch a general attack on the first echelon of the Japanese puppet army.

The three companies were pressed together to divide the positions of the Japanese puppet army. By this time, the bayonets had already been spelled out on the other side of the group. The two main battalions, together with the men and horsemen of the regiment headquarters, rushed forward under the leadership of the regiment commander and political commissar, and with their bayonet rifles, they collided fiercely with the puppet army in front of them for more than 600 days.

Compared with the Japanese puppet army in the first two echelons, the Japanese puppet army in the third echelon was somewhat unlucky. In addition to the Lubei detachment that was holding its tail, the attack he faced was also the commander of the third battalion of Li Ziyuan's second regiment, which sprinkled fire on their heads, and the two companies under his command.

Although it has the most firepower, it is also the third echelon with the least number of Japanese troops. Faced with front and back attacks, it was miserable to be beaten. Before, when facing the Lubei detachment alone, it could barely maintain, but after the three battalions and two companies joined in, the puppet army couldn't bear it in the first place.

Before that, he also said that he would recapture the puppet security army that controlled the grain-producing area in Ludong from the hands of the Eighth Road, and the crying father and mother who were beaten first were beaten. More than 500 puppet troops were attacked from both sides, and first of all, there were some measures to collapse. Although it was barely maintained temporarily under the control of the commander, the collapse had already begun to appear.

The front was in the dark, and the Ludong Division troops commanded by Li Ziyuan had basically completed the division and encirclement of the Japanese puppet army. In the new market town, disguised as a grain delivery villager, a group of basic militiamen who had rearmed themselves at this time were not only a little eager to try when they saw the battle in front of them. They are all young people, and they are really a little breathless when they look at the excitement in front of them.

After being moved by these militia members, the head of the sub-district democracy movement section who came to plead for mercy reported. After pondering for a while, Li Ziyuan said to the head of the democracy movement section with a pair of highly myopic glasses: "It's a good thing that these young militiamen want to fight. I can think about it and give them a chance, but it's up to them whether they can take it or not. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan picked up the phone and wanted to call Liu Haishan in front of him: "Lao Liu, you get out of the way there, and the militia will take over the battle." But don't give me a big blow, you kid will leave me at least a reinforced platoon behind the militia. If there is any accident, the main force will have to go up. ”