The truth of hitting a snake and hitting seven inches is also very clear to the Japanese army, which is deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Not to mention other directions, according to the plan of the 36th Division Headquarters, the first person to be defeated is Li Ziyuan himself. This time, the tactics of the black tiger were adopted, and the focus of the attack was on Li Ziyuan. It can even be said that it was specially formulated around Li Ziyuan alone.

After getting rid of Li Ziyuan's headquarters first, with the location of Li Ziyuan's headquarters as the core, he turned his head and eliminated the various departments of Li Ziyuan's headquarters that came to reinforce them. The whole plan was formulated by the Japanese army as unusually meticulous, and the action was completely according to the plan. The main troop deployment was aimed at Li Ziyuan's headquarters.

So except for Li Ziyuan, a compendium of infantry brigades was dispatched. With regard to Li Ziyuan's units, which were scattered and stationed for food, the Japanese army adopted the method of pinning down the communication arteries with a small number of troops and concentrating their forces to attack the main targets first. For the Japanese army, which suffered countless losses at the hands of Li Ziyuan, it was not enough to deal with Li Ziyuan.

Oi Shoichi, who had drawn up the entire battle plan, thought that if the number of troops was reduced and this guy slipped away, he would have to take revenge if this guy changed hands, so how many troops would he have to invest in order to be on guard?

Therefore, this sneak attack on Li Ziyuan's headquarters was only two platoons, and the Japanese army dispatched a condensed infantry brigade with some reinforced artillery, plus a full 500 puppet troops, and the Japanese puppet army accounted for half of the total number of troops. The divisional defense area is too large, and it is impossible to involve too many troops for a long time for the eighth route of a regiment-level unit.

In addition, the troops invested in containing Li Ziyuan's subordinates and the surrounding eight roads. This time, in order to deal with Li Ziyuan's regiment-level detachment, the Japanese army dispatched more than 1,000 Japanese troops, and the puppet army almost dispatched it. If you add the defensive forces of the Baijin Railway and the forces needed to take over the puppet army defense area, the number of troops dispatched by the Japanese army is even greater.

Before the dispatch, in order to avoid the leakage of intelligence, the Eighth Route was prepared in advance, and the Japanese army did enough to confuse the intelligence this time. Before the dispatch, among the puppet army, except for Wang Tieshi, no one else knew about it. Even the Japanese army only knew about it at the level of the squadron leader who participated in the war.

All troop movements have been carefully calculated and a great deal of deceptive measures have been employed. The Japanese army's conscripted brigade, which participated in the war, was even transferred to Huguan first, putting on a posture of rushing to attack the troops of the Chongqing side in Linxian County. On the outskirts of the village of Li Ziyuan's headquarters, he joined the puppet army that had infiltrated from Pingchuan.

The Japanese army was so thoughtful and calculating, it cannot but be said that it gave Li Ziyuan enough face. You must know that he is only a regiment-level unit, and all the troops combined, there are only a thousand people now. To deal with such a regiment-level unit, the Japanese army has always dispatched only an infantry brigade at most.

Originally, he wanted to defeat Li Ziyuan's headquarters in a short period of time, and turned around in the concentration of troops to completely solve Li Ziyuan's headquarters. I thought about it, but just when I was about to finish it, I was ruined by the sudden killing of the eight roads, not to mention that I was seriously threatened at the moment.

Where did all those blocking and alerting troops go? Annoyed Matsuyama Soyouemon, he immediately gathered his troops and became a group with the eight-way battle that rushed out of the surrounding area. However, as the number of the Eighth Route Army appeared in the surrounding area, more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops who were caught off guard became more and more irresistible.

Carelessly losing Jingzhou, I am afraid that this Matsuyama Soyoue Guardian is the best explanation for the situation he is facing at the moment. Because he was worried that Li Ziyuan would run away, he transferred all the surrounding troops over. As a result, the reinforcements of the Eighth Route were all under their noses, only to find that the reinforcements of the Eighth Route had rushed over.

If he had launched an attack five minutes earlier, he might not have been able to carry the reinforcements from the Eighth Route that rushed over. But the main goal of this sortie, the purpose of capturing or killing Li Ziyuan, can at least be achieved. Li Ziyuan, who was already the only brother left, if he launched an attack five minutes first, he would really have to commit suicide and martyrdom.

But this five-minute delay in order to keep it safe bought the most needed time for Li Ziyuan to survive. Victory or defeat on the battlefield is often so dramatic. Not to mention five minutes, even within a minute, there can be a decisive change. Matsuyama Soyouemon was delayed for five minutes in the final deployment adjustment, but the tide of the battle was completely reversed.

And in order to ensure the success of the final blow, Matsuyama Soyouemon, who replaced the puppet army with the Japanese army, made a very fatal mistake in addition to these five minutes of mistake. He placed the replaced puppet army on his two flanks to guard and protect his flanks.

originally thought that the Eighth Route had no power to fight back, so that its so-called imperial army would compete for the greatest credit, and completely shame that the 36th Division had been repeatedly sneak attacked. Therefore, this Matsuyama Soyu Guardian Daisa, after withdrawing the puppet army, put it in a flank guard position.

Anyway, in his opinion, it will only take a few minutes to completely solve the problem now. It's already a sure thing, and it's impossible to turn the tables around. At the moment, he is full of confidence, but he is too careless. As a result, I didn't expect that there was really a problem at the last moment.

In the face of the reinforcements coming over from the Eighth Road, without taking into account the intensive firepower of ammunition consumption, these puppet armies are no opponents at all. Although because there were Japanese standing behind him, he did not dare to break up on the spot. And under the persecution of several of Wang Tieshi's henchmen, he also tried to resist. But he couldn't withstand the blows of Li Ziyuan's painstakingly trained troops.

What's more, night battles are themselves a disadvantage of the puppet army. The more than 200 puppet troops on the left flank, under the fierce attack of the reinforcements, did not resist for even 20 minutes, and were the first to be beaten and collapsed. The puppet army on the left flank collapsed, exposing the Japanese troops in the core area behind them at once. The Eighth Road, which rushed over, immediately fell into a fierce battle with the Japanese troops on the left flank.

The left flank was crushed, and the entire core of the Japanese position was exposed. The puppet army on the right flank heard the dense gunfire coming from behind them, and their weak will to fight was weakened even more. When the reinforcements of the 8th Road, armed with rifles with bayonets, rushed up, the resistance did not last longer than on the left flank.

The collapse of the puppet armies on both flanks caught the Japanese army, which was originally in the rear and the core position, by surprise at once. Despite the ferocity of the Japanese army, they quickly gathered the troops and resisted stubbornly. However, as the number of the Eighth Route Army participating in the war increased, and the surrounding commanding heights were lost one after another, the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Japanese army.

This Matsuyama Soyouemon Osa, who obviously feels that the situation is not good, if he continues to stay, he can't get it and will be planted here, but he is also a ruthless person. Seeing that the fighter plane had been lost, and the number of eight roads around him was increasing, he was worried that if he took a step too late, he would be surrounded here.

did not abandon the cover of the puppet army in the slightest, and he took a brigade of the Japanese army participating in the war to cover the rapid retreat of the artillery to the west. But the retreat of this fellow was not all smooth sailing, just as he was fighting and retreating with part of his forces. An eight-way strand of oblique from the flanks cut off his artillery.

Although the artillery he dispatched only had two 92 infantry guns and two mountain guns, Matsuyama Soyouuke Emon Daisa did not dare to throw away these four guns and retreat alone. It's not that the Japanese can't afford to lose these four guns, the problem is that if they lose the artillery, they will be severely reprimanded when they go back.

At the same time, if the Eighth Route gets these four guns, it will be a mortal threat to the Japanese army. With artillery in hand, the bunkers and tall turrets built by the Japanese army that once made the Eighth Route helpless will become unsafe. With artillery and a large number of shells, these eight roads may dare to attack Changzhi City without turning around.

Despite the eagerness to evacuate, after the artillery was cut off, the Matsuyama Soyuke Emon Daisa, who left behind the most complete squadron at hand, turned around and tried to pick up the artillery that was trapped in the encirclement. But he took the remaining troops with him and quickly retreated all the way to Pingchuan.

It was a company under Li Ziyuan's department that cut off the Japanese artillery, and because the station was a little far away, it was a little late when it rushed over, and it happened to encounter the retreating Japanese army. This company commander was very clever in battle, and he did not fight hard with the Japanese troops who were in a hurry to retreat. Instead, he took the practice of pinching the tail and took a hard bite directly on the buttocks of the retreating Japanese troops.

Because this company was suddenly killed from the mountain, the Japanese troops did not have time to react at all, and they were disorganized. As a result, because of the large number of mules and horses, the Japanese artillery moving slowly on the mountain road was directly intercepted by him. However, the Japanese counterattack that came immediately also put him under tremendous pressure.

The Japanese infantry was not easy to fight, and the Japanese artillery was just as difficult to fight. Although the Japanese artillery intercepted by him did not even have a few guns. But these dozens of artillery pieces are not something he can eat in a short time. Especially this company commander has been with He Huizhang for a long time, and he is very worried about those guns, and some of them can't let go of the big fight, and their actions are a little timid.

In the case of having to withstand the pressure of the Japanese counterattack, it is impossible to solve the Japanese artillery in a short time. The company commander simply blocked the Japanese artillery there, and focused his main energy on a squadron that was engaged in fighting for artillery with the Japanese army. As for those artillerymen, they couldn't run for a while anyway. When the main forces rush over, it's not too late to deal with them.

It's just that this company commander has a good abacus, but the problem is that the Japanese artillery is not stupid. Seeing that he couldn't rush to the blockade of the eight roads in front of him, and the reinforcements couldn't rush in a short time, the eight ways of pursuing the guns behind him were getting closer and closer. simply gritted his teeth, his heart was crossed, and he began to carry out the bombing.

By the time the pursuing troops arrived, only one remaining mountain gun had been snatched from the Japanese artillery. The remaining two 92 infantry guns and a mountain gun, as well as most of the shells, had been blown up by the Japanese artillery first. Most of the Japanese artillery ran away over the mountains after completing the bombing.

As for the Japanese infantry in front of them, after seeing that the artillery began to explode here, they launched a feint to contain the Eighth Route in front of them, and after fighting for the artillery to blow up most of the equipment for a while, they wanted to slip away before the pursuing troops of the Eighth Route rushed over. It's just that at this time they want to slip away, but it's too late.

A battalion of regiments of regiments of military divisions that had taken overtake the pursuit had already taken a path and rushed to their front. And with the part that followed the pursuit, under the personal command of the divisional commander who arrived later, launched an attack on the whole line of this Japanese squadron. The Eighth Route Army, which rushed down from both sides of the mountain road, cut this Japanese squadron directly into three sections and directly launched a general attack.