The Japanese artillery who participated in this battle, plus a formed infantry squadron and a small squadron, were basically all killed except for a few missing people. But there are still survivors in this puppet army, which makes a Japanese soldier who led the reinforcements extremely annoyed. You can't protect the imperial army with one regiment, what else do you want to do?

Don't look at that guy as a colonel, but in the eyes of this young man, he is not even as good as a private in the Japanese army. So many imperial troops were killed in battle, and a large number of supplies were lost. It's not because you, the people, are secretly colluding with each other in some ways. Otherwise, a large number of materials are stored in Xiyaogou, how could such a secret matter be known to the Zhina army.

What is even more serious is that the entire army of this artillery unit participating in the war was wiped out. You must know that this artillery unit is one of the mobile artillery units directly under the North China Front, and according to the predetermined plan of the base camp, it has been scheduled to be transferred to the south to fight. After the end of this campaign, this artillery unit will go north to Tianjin, and after joining up with the main force of the artillery unit where it is located, it will be transferred to Nanyang to participate in the battle.

Now that they are actually losing in this Taihang Mountain area, how can they explain to the base camp. If it weren't for the fact that this young minister's self-cultivation was still good, he would also know that except for the direct defection on the battlefield, the handling of the rest of the affairs of this puppet army lies with the division and regiment headquarters, which was repeatedly explained by the chief of staff of the division and regiment before leaving. Otherwise, this puppet army colonel is estimated to be slashed alive by a knife from a furious man.

Although he didn't kill this guy directly, this Shaozo has been looking bad since he found out about this colonel. Intuitively, this guy must be playing tricks. Otherwise, how could a squadron of imperial troops, coupled with such a powerful artillery cooperation, be wiped out in such a short time?

However, the puppet army commander escaped, but the wounded of the puppet army who were released by Li Ziyuan on the spot became a punching bag. Shao Zuo, who was extremely angry, ordered all of them to be picked to death. Although there are a lot of puppet army dead and a lot of wounded, it also proves that this puppet army is not not working hard.

But the Japanese army wants to find a target for anger, who cares if you have the strength to do it or not? What's more, for these Japanese soldiers, the precious medicine of the empire, these Chinese people are not qualified to enjoy. And in addition to those who were wounded by the puppet army, they became the object of the Japanese army's anger.

The war dead in the puppet army were left unattended, and were directly thrown there in the wilderness.

The puppet corps commander who was temporarily arrested and became a cremation chemical company, looked at the wounded who were picked to death by the Japanese army, and at the same time showed a trace of fear in his eyes, but he did not dare to show any disgust. Not to mention that he is a regiment, now there are only these guards around him. Even if his regiment was here, he didn't dare to resist anything.

After the cremation of the bodies of the war dead, the furious Japanese troops immediately searched everywhere along the entire border between Huguan and Lingchuan, searching for the whereabouts of this daring sneak attacker. At the same time, he reported to the division and asked the division to send reinforcements and coordinate the cooperation of the aviation to eliminate this hateful attacker.

The pseudo-corps commander's somewhat chaotic report actually made it impossible for the Japanese army to determine which side of the sneak attacker was. The military uniforms on these sneak attackers are quite messy. There are plain clothes, cotton military uniforms, and military uniforms in Nanjing. From this point of view, it is somewhat similar to the Eight Roads.

In terms of firepower and tactical use, it is very different from the Eighth Road. Judging from the deployment of the opponent's firepower reported by the puppet legion commander, even without adding the weapons snatched from Xiyaogou, his own firepower is very strong. The number of light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars far exceeds the firepower that ordinary Eighth Route regiment-level troops should have.

Moreover, with the exception of some Japanese-made light weapons, most of the weapons used were standard rifles used by Chongqing. And judging from the warheads left at the scene, this sneak attacker was not equipped with a Hanyang-style rifle at all. Judging from this point, it doesn't look like an eight-way.

Not only is the quantity quite sufficient, but there is also a clear lack of ammunition. There are a lot of machine guns, and there are actually a few French-made 79 heavy machine guns. Among the light machine guns, there are also a large number of Belgian and Czech light machine guns, and there are even Danish-made light and heavy machine guns. From this point of view, it seems that the army of Chongqing did it.

But at present, the troops of the Linxian side have either been dispersed, or they have fled south, and they have already entered the prisoner of war camp. There was no Jin Sui army around the battlefield, let alone other Chongqing troops. When the enemy withdrew, the battlefield was cleaned very cleanly, not only did not leave a single wounded, but there was not even a single corpse left.

The chaotic confession of the pseudo corps commander not only did not allow the Japanese army to determine the identity of the attacker, but even confused the Japanese army's sight to a certain extent. But no matter who did it, a large number of supplies were looted, and part of the artillery plus an infantry squadron was wiped out, and the Japanese army would definitely not give up.

With the Japanese army's usual practice of reporting flaws, where will it be easy to give up? The speed of the Japanese army's movement and action was very fast, and for a while, the entire Jinnan battle situation was dragged back to Lingchuan from Linxian because of a small battle of Xiyaogou. However, the 35 th Division, which was in charge of operations in this direction, after mobilizing a large number of staff officers to study it, still believed that it was very likely that the Eighth Route had committed the crime.

In addition to the eight ways of doing the best thing, which is to sneak attack the supply lines of the imperial army when the imperial army is sweeping them, this is an extremely skillful tactic to play. The confusion of military uniforms also indicates their identity to a certain extent. It is true that most of the Eight Roads are poorly equipped and lack ammunition and heavy weapons. But it's not that the Eighth Route doesn't have any well-equipped troops.

Judging from the overall situation around the theater of operations, there is no other force except for the Eighth Road, and there is the ability and courage to sneak attack. Judging from the means of sneaking up on Xiyaogou, except for the Eighth Road, which has no bushido spirit and can only attack behind the back and is good at sneak attacks and night battles, and often does this, the Chongqing Army does not have this ability.

In addition, the tactical literacy shown by the unit in night battles is not something that the Chongqing Army, which is also not good at night battles, can have. One of the most crucial problems was that the training regiment of the Second Front Army in Nanjing was equipped with a French-made heavy machine gun. The two battalions of the department on the Shililing line were wiped out, and it is extremely likely that some of the weapons they carried fell into the hands of the Eighth Road.

Although there are still some uncertainties, all the operational staff officers of the 35 th Division who participated in the study unanimously believe that the sweeping and purging of this unit must be carried out in accordance with the method of fighting on the Eighth Route. If the tactics used against the Chongqing Army are followed, the most likely scenario is that all the troops participating in the purging and suppression will be empty-handed.

The Eighth Route is well-organized and extremely good at dispersing and breaking out in unfavorable situations. In a maneuverable and flexible way, he found a loophole in the enclosure and reorganized himself after escaping. At the same time, they are very good at demagogizing the common people and letting the common people take the initiative to cover for them, which is also the reason why they have been repeatedly taught.

With the method of dealing with the Eighth Road, it can also deal with the Chongqing Army. However, if you want to use the method of dealing with the Chongqing Army, but deal with the more difficult Eighth Road, most of the results will be that you will not be able to catch anything. Regardless of whether the armed forces that attacked Xiyaogou were eight roads or not, it was definitely appropriate to use this tactic.

At the same time, all the people involved in the study believed that not only these weapons, but also the eight roads that lacked weapons and ammunition must not fall into the hands of the eight roads, so as not to make them more powerful. It is even more necessary to prevent them from taking the opportunity to infiltrate into Jinnan, and not to keep the Imperial Army busy, but to fulfill them.

However, although it took a little time to identify the identity of the sneak attacker. However, the efficiency of the Japanese army below has not been affected too much. At this moment, the Japanese puppet army in Lingchuan was after learning about the battle situation on the front line of Xiyaogou. Ignoring Tsuruta Numa's repeated opposition, all the Japanese puppet troops belonging to the 35th Division, which had originally cooperated with Tsuruta Nunan's fighting, were transferred back.

In addition to taking Xiyaogou as the core, sweeping the surrounding mountains to search for sneak attackers, a large number of troops were also mobilized to deploy along the junction of Huguan and Lingchuan. Although the identity of the sneak attackers was not determined for a while, the goal of the Japanese army in all aspects was clear: the mountainous area.

The Japanese army believed that this sneak attacker, no matter who it was, would never dare to penetrate into the plains. Their disappearance must have entered the mountains. Although the Japanese found a large number of hoof prints of heavily loaded horses in some directions, the exact direction of the attackers had not yet been discovered.

In addition to mobilizing his own troops to participate in the battle, the commander of the 35th Division personally sought out the commander-in-chief of Wang's puppet Second Front Army. He demanded that all his main forces go north and reconstruct a blockade at the junction of Huguan and Hubei. He also made a clear commitment that in the future, the five counties in the southeast of Shanxi, as well as Lin County and Hui County in northern Henan, could all be assigned to his defense area.

He also promised that he could expand a division, and the armament would be completely solved by the Japanese army. A batch of British-made equipment that has already been delivered will be given priority to replenish his troops. If he can clear the eight roads in northern Henan and southern Jinnan, the Japanese army can also consider expanding some troops for him.

The commander-in-chief, who suffered from the loss of his troops after the Central Plains War, did not say a word about mobilizing his troops stationed in northern Henan and Luxi, and all of them were concentrated in Xinxiang. Then, using a large number of trucks provided by the Japanese army, they were stationed in five counties, including Gaoping, Lingchuan, Jincheng, Yangcheng, and Zezhou, in the shortest possible time. An army stationed in northern Henan entered the territory of Linxian the next day.

In fact, this old man didn't know that the reason why the Japanese army gave him such a big benefit this time was to hand over the entire Jincheng Basin, the richest area in Shanxi and the main grain producing area, to him. In addition to thinking that the combat effectiveness of this guy's troops is relatively strong, there is also a reason that the Tanglin thief who defected to the enemy this time also needs a place to settle.

In addition, the commander-in-chief of the Linxian side has been captured in the mountainous area of Linxian County. The commander-in-chief had a lot of influence on the Chongqing side, and the North China Front was trying to persuade him to surrender. Although at the moment, this old man is obviously moved and is negotiating conditions with the direction of the Japanese army. The North China Front was worried about the instability of the once resolute anti-Japanese army, and prepared to transfer him to Luxi, which was far away from the Chongqing army.

I don't know that the Japanese army used this method to transfer itself out, and the boss who had occupied the territory for many years can be described as extremely hard this time. In less than five days, his troops were basically all in place, which can be described as quite unprecedented. Of course, the first promise of the Japanese was fulfilled, but when the subsequent promises were fulfilled, only God knows.

And Tsuruta Nunan, who was originally stubborn and resolutely disagreed with the current deployment at the junction of Huguan and Binh Thuan, and was sweeping the troop movement. Under the strict orders of the First Army Headquarters, he could only give up his original idea and lead his troops south into the Huguan area to cooperate with the Japanese army in Lingchuan.