It's just that the First Army really can't mobilize too many mobile troops now, and can only mobilize most of the independent 243rd Brigade stationed in Hubei. For the rest, there were only two infantry squadrons drawn from Jinzhong, one infantry squadron drawn from other directions, one heavy machine gun squadron, one mortar squadron, two engineer squadrons, and one mountain artillery squadron.

Even with the addition of the 243rd Brigade of the Independent Infantry, it is less than 1,500 troops. In the Japanese puppet army's sweep of the Eighth Route base area, even if it was a partial sweep, the Japanese troops that have always been dispatched are at least 2,000 people, which is the worst one.

But with such a small number of troops, it is already almost a third of the mobile strength of the First Army, and the rest are sitting in the strongholds, so as to make every effort to secure the main lines of communication, as well as the main cities and strongholds. If there are more transfers, then there will be no need for other areas controlled by the Japanese army in Shanxi.

The penetration ability and survivability of the eight roads are too strong. Once they are allowed to gain a foothold in any location, they will gradually develop and grow. Then the local garrison will never be at peace, and there is no possibility of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. It will no longer be possible to collect food and other essential daily necessities.

Originally, the First Army wanted Wang Tieshi to attack alone, but considering that Li Ziyuan's troops were too fierce, they finally dispatched more than 1,000 Japanese troops to cooperate with him. However, the more than 1,000 Japanese troops at this time, not to mention compared with the beginning of the July 7 Incident, are much worse in terms of the quality of their soldiers and their weapons and equipment than at the beginning of this year.

Although these more than 1,000 soldiers are already elite and strong generals drawn from the First Army, where is the actual situation of the First Army now? However, in view of the fact that this battle was the first time that the puppet army undertook the main combat mission, considering the morale and confidence of the puppet army, the first army could only do its best.

However, it was also the first time that the puppet army undertook the main combat mission, and before this battle, the North China Front Army organized a group of cadets from the North China Front Military Officer Academy, as well as puppet middle-level officers drawn from all over North China to form a battle observation group. He also mobilized a group of relatively high-quality puppet officers for Wang Tieshi from all sides and incorporated them into his troops.

The First Army dispatched more than 1,000 troops to cooperate with Wang Tieshi, which made this guy feel more confident. However, after analyzing the previous battles of the Japanese puppet army against Li Ziyuan, with the cooperation of the senior staff officers sent by the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade, Wang Tieshi made a rather huge battle plan.

It's just that when this plan was being implemented, some problems arose. Whether it is the Japanese army or the puppet army, no one wants to touch this hard stone. The 14th Independent Infantry Brigade should take the initiative to take on the task of blocking reinforcements. But Wang Tieshi is not so old and confused that he really can't see that the key to this battle is not in the encirclement but in the reinforcements.

But the key is the key, but the reinforcements may be smaller than the encirclement point, and the obvious casualties may be smaller. In particular, the terrain around Qiaokou is dangerous, and whoever takes on the task of encircling the point will face an upward attack. This casualty figure will not be so small. Wang Tieshi, who had a clear plan in his heart, although he took the initiative to ask for battle, the problem was that he didn't want to cause too many casualties.

Moreover, although Li Ziyuan's department was transferred to four veteran companies, the remaining troops were still not a bone to gnaw. In particular, Li Ziyuan's department now has enough ammunition, and it can even be said that it is quite unusual. Attack hard, this casualty will definitely not be small, and it will hurt the muscles and bones.

He also knows that the army is his foundation and his biggest capital. He didn't want to touch this stone, even if he took the initiative to ask for help in this battle, but he didn't want to take too many risks, and took the initiative to take on the task of sending reinforcements from the periphery. And patted his chest to promise that he would never let go of a reinforcement from the Eighth Route to enter Qiaokou.

He was deceived by Li Ziyuan's various tricks in Hubei County last time, as well as the previous battles with Li Ziyuan, and he never took advantage of it. There have even been a few experiences of being shaved and bald, and I am really scared. In his opinion, this battle must be fought no matter what, and if he doesn't fight, neither he nor Jinxi will be able to explain it.

After the annihilation of the independent security division, he felt tremendous pressure from Jinxi. He has already been warned that he will either get rid of this Eight Roads, or he will wait for the near future to settle his old accounts and new accounts together. But under the ending that may break his muscles and bones, he is still calculating to find a substitute for the dead.

Although I felt like being cuckolded, I was carried away by jealousy. wants to take revenge on Li Ziyuan and pull out the ambition of the nails around his territory, but this guy still knows very well that he can accept the bottom line. He thought about using the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade to the southeast of Jin, and he didn't really know how powerful Li Ziyuan's department was, so he used the Japanese army to be a substitute for him.

But he was shrewd, but the Japanese were not only not confused, but they were more shrewd than he calculated. This time, under such a difficult situation, so many materials and ammunition were allocated to him, and more than 1,000 Japanese troops were mobilized, which was said to be blocking reinforcements, but in fact supervising the war. has paid such a big price, and the capital has not been recovered, how can he be a substitute for the dead ghost?

Moreover, the Japanese army established and fed these puppet armies, itself in order to be a substitute for the dead, how can there be a reason for the master to give the slave to be a substitute for the dead? If everything has to be done by the Imperial Japanese Army, then why are they raising these puppet armies? Wouldn't it be a greater contribution to the holy war if he became a coolie?

Originally, Wang Tieshi was still thinking about bargaining, but under the threat of the saber that Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi, the commander of the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade who had lost his patience, he finally chose to obey. Although he is not afraid of this Major General Yoshikawa Kiyoshi now, after all, behind this rude guy, there is the entire First Army.

In order to worry that this guy is playing a slippery head, he should accept it on the surface and play tricks on the battlefield. In the end, he put the most important burden on himself and let the Japanese army charge for him. Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi, who knew that these puppet army generals were good at playing tricks, also sent the 243rd Captain of the Independent Infantry stationed in Hubei County to command an infantry squadron to personally supervise the battle on the front line.

The artillery sent is in the battle plan, and in addition to dealing with the Eighth Road, the puppet army is also one of the targets. The Japanese artillery who participated in the war even received a secret order. If the puppet armies are frightened, their shells will fall directly on them.

On the third day after Li Ziyuan's meeting, at the urging of Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi, who had personally rushed to Hubei, Wang Tieshi mobilized most of his troops. In addition to leaving a company of the special service battalion to defend Pingchuan, more than 6,000 puppet troops poured out and killed Qiaokou mightily.

When this battle, which was called the decisive battle of the overall situation of the entire southeast of Shanxi Province decades later, kicked off with the Japanese puppet army that marched from Pingchuan, Ludong, and Luoma respectively, and stepped on the sound all the way. No one knows when and how the Eighth Route Army buried * in the periphery of Luoma and Pingchuan under the noses of the Japanese puppet army.

But when the first * was stepped on, all the way with these Japanese puppet troops was an endless * array. The marching sequence, which was originally quite neat, was blown up in scattered and messy ways. There is * in the middle of the road, in the grass on the side of the road*, and even in the bushes.

Along the way, there were puppet soldiers with missing arms and legs that were blown up everywhere. A large number of puppet soldiers were carried back as soon as they left the stronghold. Fortunately, Wang Tieshi is not incompetent, after being dizzy by the * bomb. Let a few flocks of sheep walk in front of them, and pay the price of hundreds of sheep before they finally get rid of the endless*.

When the Japanese puppet army, which had been killed and wounded a lot, finally advanced to the periphery of Qiaokou, they found that the problem was even worse. The artillery positions were preset, and the artillery exploded as soon as it advanced. Although the mountain artillery did not suffer much damage, the artillery carriage was damaged. The mules that were pulling the artillery were also killed and several wounded.

The left wheel of a mountain cannon was blown up and flew up. The most unlucky were the mortars, when a mortar had just put the bottom plate on the ground and was erecting the barrel. There was a sudden explosion on the ground, and the floor and the artillery that were laying the barrels were killed and wounded.

The shells over there that had already been fused were put on the ground without problems, and there were no problems with two. But when the fifth one was put up, there was an explosion under the ground. Stacked with neatly stacked shells, they exploded together. They were busy installing fuses on the shells, and the artillerymen who stacked the shells were killed and wounded all over the place.

The artillery on this side was not lightly bombed, and the machine gunners who were setting up heavy machine guns over there also found themselves facing a situation that was not much better than that of the artillery. The Eighth Road is to bury all kinds of * in all the open areas suitable for the erection of heavy machine guns. As soon as the heavy machine gun reached the mound of earth that was used as a bunker, the mound exploded.

This Type 24 heavy machine gun directly bleed the head of the person with the gun, and the water-cooled casing was blown into honeycomb coal. Everyone can't figure it out, how can there be a place that has been cleaned*? The fortifications were excavated here, and nothing was found when they were dug. Why did this gun explode as soon as it was on the rack?

All the Japanese puppet troops couldn't figure out what was going on. All the areas where artillery positions are set up, the concentration of troops, the starting point of the attack, the location of the fire point of the heavy machine guns, have already been cleared by the sappers, why are they still damn everywhere*?

Judging these things, as long as there are qualified staff officers and artillery commanders, this is not an uncommon thing. But the question is, how did these * escape the sappers. You must know that for this operation, the First Army specially transferred an engineer squadron from Henan.

At present, this engineer squadron, except for most of the squadron that is missing arms and legs, the rest of the sappers have thoroughly cleaned up the entire preset artillery position, the troop build-up and the starting area of the attack, and the heavy machine gun fire points in view of the encounters along the way.

There is no doubt about the professionalism of the Japanese sappers. Japanese soldiers, who have always been good at drilling the horns of a certain field, are highly qualified in terms of their own professional qualities, regardless of the branch of the service. Coupled with extreme professionalism, it is impossible not to clean up these*.

It's just that the Japanese puppet army, which has been bombed to the point that it has begun to doubt its engineer quality, doesn't know that most of these * and thunder shells buried by Li Ziyuan are wooden. In addition, the real and fake* are mixed together, and there are fake mines buried on top of the real mines. Some of the iron mines are also wrapped in a special clay and subjected to special treatment, which is not detected by their magnetic mine detectors at all.