Coincidentally, when the 21st Brigade was violently attacking the position of the 9th Army, the Chahar Corps, which was under the command of Seishiro Itagaki, was mixed into the 2nd Brigade under the command of the brigade commander Masazai Honda, and advanced to Henan Village, where the instructor of the Eighth Route Army was stationed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, unlike the 21st Brigade, which quickly marched into Nanhuaihua, the mixed 2nd Brigade, which advanced to Henan Village, suffered the hardships of the Eighth Route Army along the way.

In the process of marching into the second brigade, Zhang Cheng sent the soldiers of the blocking battalion to carry out a wide range of cold guns and cold artillery campaigns against the Japanese army, although the casualties to the Japanese army were not too much, but a burst of cold guns came after not taking a few steps, which really made Honda Masako depressed.

Thirty miles from Yuanping to Henan Village, the second mixed brigade has not yet arrived from morning to noon. Honda Masasai, who was annoyed by the cold guns and cannons, became angry and sent a large force to pursue the Eighth Route Army, but the cunning officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army played hide and seek with the Japanese army, which made the pursuing Japanese soldiers sigh in vain.

Seeing that he could not enter the designated position for the battle, Honda Masasai had no choice but to divide his troops and attack, and the main force continued to advance to the combat position, leaving an infantry brigade to pursue the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Honda Masasai was well aware that the order given by Seishiro Itagaki to the 2nd Brigade was to enter Henan Village before 2 p.m. and cooperate with the 21st Brigade to launch an attack on the main position of Nanhuaihua.

However, when the Second Brigade came to Henan Village to eliminate interference, Honda Masashi wanted to enter Henan Village to loot and improve the morale of the troops, but he found that Henan Village was empty at this time, and no one could be found.

It turned out that the location of Henan Village was too close to the battlefield, and it was plagued by the Japanese army in history, and caused the horrific Henan Village tragedy. Zhangcheng, who knew the history, naturally would not let the villagers of Henan Village repeat the mistakes of the past, and moved the villagers into the mountains overnight.

These villagers were very reluctant to move into the mountains when they were asked to move in, and many of the elderly people did not leave. However, Zhang Cheng was not a pedantic political cadre, and after learning of the situation, he immediately ordered the troops to forcibly move them away, and the old people scolded the Eighth Route Army for being unreasonable before leaving, but they did not know that it was the unreasonable behavior of the Eighth Route Army that allowed them to escape.

"Boom!"

After the devils entered the village, an infantry squad stepped on a vicious mine array, which was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the Eighth Route Army, dozens of mines were buried on the road into the village, and glass pieces soaked in poisonous fecal water were also arranged very viciously around.

This kind of vicious arrangement was something that the Japanese army had never encountered, and the entire infantry squad of more than 50 people was almost not spared, either dead or wounded.

"Boom!"

There was another violent explosion in the middle of the formation, and before the Japanese could recover from the blow of suddenly stepping on the minefield, dozens of mortar shells flew from the village and smashed into the Japanese marching ranks, and suddenly dozens of casualties were lost.

However, the tragedy of the Japanese army had just begun, and a large number of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared on the roofs of the houses in the village, and the soldiers removed their disguises, and a cold barrel of guns was aimed at the dense Japanese troops.

"Wyle!"

After an indecent order to open fire, dozens of light and heavy machine guns suddenly sang with joy, and the dense fire network composed of a dense rain of bullets enveloped at least six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese troops fell one after another like wheat under this sudden blow.

The grief-stricken Honda Masasai was immediately thrown to the ground by the guards around him, and after the gunfire stopped for a while, he raised his head and looked around, and found that at least two squadrons of Japanese troops in his unit were reimbursed by this sudden attack, and completely returned to the arms of Amaterasu.

Seeing such a tragic situation, Honda Masasai was shocked and angry, but more than that, he was afraid of this unknown opponent, who had not yet met the enemy, but the casualties had already reached more than 500 people, which meant that the war had not officially begun, and his mixed second brigade had already lost two full infantry squadrons.

Faced with an unknown opponent, Honda Masasai had to be cautious and ordered his troops to retreat and distance themselves from the enemy, so as not to be subjected to another despicable sneak attack by the enemy.

When the Japanese army retreated to a relatively long distance, Zhang Cheng and others got out of the tunnel and climbed onto the roof to observe the position of the Japanese army with a telescope.

The previous combat instructor completed it very beautifully, whether it was cold gun and cold artillery sports or mine warfare, it was very slippery, but after a battle, the casualties of the instructor were only in single digits, while the Japanese army left more than 500 corpses and reimbursed two entire squadrons, which can be said to be extremely beautiful.

However, when the Japanese army is fully prepared, they can not play like this next time, these tactics can still work wonders against the enemy they encounter for the first time, but if they keep relying on this small tactic, sooner or later the enemy will find a way to crack it.

The way of using troops is to complement each other, and strange tricks alone are not enough to destroy a mixed brigade of the Japanese army, and the next step is to fight hard with the enemy.

After the 2nd Mixed Brigade withdrew from Henan Village, the 21st Brigade was unable to receive effective support from friendly forces, and lost 1300 heights again in the afternoon.

Brigade commander Toshiji Miura immediately complained to Itagaki that Honda Masasai's troops had failed to reach the designated combat position to support the 21st Brigade in the battle, for which Honda Masasai was severely reprimanded by Itagaki Seishiro, and ordered him to eliminate the Chinese troops in the way before nightfall and support the 21st Brigade to take the main position of Xinkou.

"Eight Tooth Road! It's so despicable that this damn army of China is actually playing yin with me! And the damn Miura Toshi, the sinister villain who will only sue behind his back, can't win the China army by himself, and actually threw the black pot on me, it's too much! ”

After receiving a reprimanding telegram from Seishiro Itagaki , Honda Masato was furious and scolded in the temporary headquarters of the brigade, looking like a complainer.

After some hysterical scolding, Honda Masato finally calmed down, Itagaki Seishiro was extremely powerful in the Imperial Army, and many of the big names in the army who were currently in power were his classmates, and he had no ability to resist his orders.

In other words, this mysterious force in Henan Village must still be eliminated, otherwise he will not be able to eat and go around if he can't complete the order, you must know that the position of the commander of the second brigade is targeted by many people, especially Abe Guixiu, who is known as the flower of the famous generals of the imperial army.

Thinking of this, Honda Masasai immediately gathered the officers and arranged a battle to attack Henan Village, vowing to destroy the enemy who stood in the way.