The breakthrough of the Eighth Route Army can confuse the Lidengxing who commanded the troops to attack Luzhuang, and look at the heavy casualties of his 77th Wing, but the Eighth Route Army broke through at the last time, what kind of joke is this!

The angry Liden Xingda Zuo, leaving a part of his troops on guard in Luzhuang, greeted His Excellency the brigade commander, rescued the wounded, and disposed of the corpses of the imperial soldiers who died in battle.

After Li Tianyou, the commander of the Second Independent Brigade, set up a position at Zihongkou, he waited left and right and did not see Zeng Chunjian come back, and the regiment was already in a hurry. He was originally very confident in his troops, thinking that no matter what enemy he encountered, the battalion led by Zeng Chunjian would be able to deal with it, and if he couldn't do it, he could get away. Until the investigator reported that Zeng Chunjian led the troops and the devils to face each other in Luzhuang, Luzhuang had been surrounded by the devils' heavy troops, and it was difficult for the troops to break through, Li Tianyou went to report to Xu Xiangqian in a hurry, no matter what, he would send a regiment to the rescue, as long as he could break through the devil's defense line and take the troops out.

Xu Xiangqian was very embarrassed, if he didn't go to the rescue, the battalion led by Zeng Chunjian would probably be eaten by the devils, and if he went to the rescue, he would not be able to achieve the goal of destroying the enemy. While they were pondering whether to abandon the campaign plan, press the main force up, and try to defeat the Yue army, the observation post reported that the sixth guerrilla detachment had gone west through Zihongkou, and it was estimated that they did not know the battle plan of the main force of the division and rushed to the rescue of the troops holding Luzhuang.

Xu Xiangqian told Li Tianyou not to worry, Zihongkou is very close to Luzhuang, and reinforcements can be sent at any time, wait for the sixth guerrilla detachment to go up to fight, and see if Zeng Chunjian can take the opportunity to break through.

After a short time, Zeng Chunjian broke through under the response of the Sixth Guerrilla Detachment, and when he saw Zeng Chunjian's sparse team in the concealed command post, Li Tianyou's distressed teeth hurt, but fortunately, the observation post reported that the army was following and could take revenge for this arrow.

After Lideng Xingda Zuo chased after Zihongkou, he saw the figure of the Eighth Route Army's breakthrough troops drowning on the winding road in the middle of the mountain, and he was vigilant and resolutely ordered one brigade to enter the valley and continue the pursuit along the road, while the other brigade occupied Zihong Village, established a headquarters in Zihong Village, sent a search team to search and occupy the cliff positions on both sides of Zihongkou, and ordered the artillery of the joint unit to establish positions in Zihongkou and provide fire support.

Seeing the devil's deployment like this, Xu Xiangqian sighed, so he had to adjust the deployment, and ordered Duyi Du and the Third Brigade to quickly eliminate the devil's brigade that chased into the valley, and serve as the reserve of the whole division after completing the task. Ordered the 2nd Brigade to eliminate the devil search force that tried to seize the Zihongkou natural danger, attract the devils to storm Zihongkou, and use the Zihongkou natural danger to kill and injure the devils.

Seeing the complicated terrain in the valley, the captain of the Yue army involuntarily slowed down the pursuit, stopped and raised his binoculars to observe both sides of the valley, only to realize that this standard is a dead place, as long as the [***] team has an ambush on the hillside, he is a lamb to be slaughtered.

Shocked, the captain of the devil brigade hurriedly ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, return the same way, and join the main force.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army launched, two signal flares rose into the air, and the light and heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, and mortars of the Eighth Route Army, which were lying in ambush on the mountain beams, hit the marching contingent of the Yue Army Brigade with their heads covered in face.

The army was an elite field unit, and after being attacked, it did not panic, but immediately lay down on the spot, looked for hiding spots, set up machine guns, infantry guns, and grenadiers, and carried out counterattacks. Some devils even use the corpses of devils who have been killed as cover, and set up guns on the corpses of devils to fight back. Unfortunately, this canyon is too narrow, and the terrain is really not conducive to the devils, and the first round of firepower strikes of the Eighth Route Army caused the devils to suffer heavy casualties, and basically lost half of their combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the effect of the first wave of strikes was obvious, Xu Xiangqian ordered a general attack to quickly resolve the battle.

The trumpet sounded, and the captain of the devil brigade knew that the Eighth Route Army had launched a general attack as soon as he heard it, and ordered the radio to immediately report to the wing commander, asking the wing commander to give emergency tactical guidance, and climbed in front of a light machine gun himself to direct the machine gun to counterattack.

Soon, the captain of the devil brigade found that the Eighth Route Army was all over the mountains, and he had completely fallen into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army. It seemed that this time it was a catastrophe, and he hurriedly ordered the radio to send a farewell telegram to the wing commander again, and burned the team flag and documents.

There are constantly soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who are knocked down, and devils who are constantly being killed. It was just a valley bottom official road that could accommodate two carriages, and the blood was already soaked in dust.

After the breakout troops led by Zeng Chunjian and Gao Erhua withdrew into the valley, the situation eased. Galhua did not know that the main force was hidden in the mountains on both sides, and he had to continue to retreat to the southeast. Zeng Chunjian knew that the large army had already set up an ambush circle, and in the mountains and forests, behind the rocks, there were vigilant eyes and black holes everywhere. Looking at the distance from Zihongkou, it is already seven or eight miles away, which happens to be a small bend in the valley, and it is easy to hide the troops to ambush, Zeng Chunjian will no longer withdraw, he wants to participate in the ambush battle and avenge the sacrificed soldiers.

As soon as he heard Zeng Chunjian order the soldiers to hide on the spot and prepare for battle, Gao Erhua thought that the old Red Army's stubborn temper had been committed, and he wanted to fight with the devil, so he ran to Zeng Chunjian and persuaded him to retreat quickly, and the devil would be in trouble if he caught up.

Zeng Chunjian looked at Gao Erhua and felt that this female comrade was very brave and dared to go to the devil's encirclement to save people, so he told her that the devil would catch up immediately, and he would fight here to help the main force annihilate the devils who chased in.

As soon as Gao Erhua heard this, he understood that this place was the main battlefield preset by the main force, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the Sixth Guerrilla Detachment to follow the comrades of the main force to conceal the ambush and learn from them how to fight ambush warfare.

Seeing the devil coming up from a distance, Gao Erhua couldn't help but pull Zeng Chunjian's sleeve and said, "It's coming." ”

Zeng Chunjian glared at Gao Erhua fiercely, and then gave the order to prepare for battle.

Seeing that the devil could enter his range in a few more steps, he saw two flares flying in the sky, and then the shelling of the divisional artillery battalion began. Zeng Chunjian knew that after a while, the main force of Kung Fu would launch a general attack. Sure enough, as soon as the first round of fire strikes stopped, the charge horn sounded, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed out of the woods and behind the rocks, throwing bombs and shooting while charging, and pressed towards the bottom of the valley.

Zeng Chunjian knew that if he didn't charge again, he wouldn't even be able to drink the leftover soup. Tiger stood up with a bang, picked up his machine gun and shouted: "Rush down, kill!" And he led the warriors and rushed to the way they came.

I didn't run far, but I saw that the bottom of the valley was full of corpses of devils, and the remnants of devils were hiding on the curbs on both sides of the official road, shooting at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who rushed down the hillsides on both sides.

Zeng Chunjian waved his hand, and the soldiers quickly found the terrain and lay down, set up their guns and crackled and left.

The devils couldn't support it anymore, and Zeng Chunjian's fight made it even worse. Because no matter how well-trained the devil is, he can't withstand the attack of the two regular brigades of the Eighth Route Army, not to mention that this canyon is more favorable than the terrain of the 115th Division when the Pingxingguan Battle was fought at that time, and the artillery fire of the Reading Division was strengthened after Liu Yimin recovered Taiyuan, which was much more powerful than the artillery fire of the 115th Division at the beginning. One side is carefully calculated to be prepared to fight unprepared; One side is to fall into the trap and die throes. Therefore, the Devil Infantry Brigade did not last long, and as the Devil Captain poked his war knife into his stomach in the cold light of the rows of bayonets of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who surrounded him, the Devil Infantry Brigade was completely destroyed.

The ambush was fought cleanly and with few casualties. As soon as the battle ended, the fighters began to clean up the battlefield. Needless to say, the weapons and ammunition of the devils are military coats, leather boots, bullet boxes, armed belts, steel helmets, lunch boxes, and water bottles, which are also sought-after goods, and the battlefield is cleaned cleanly.

Just when the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the Independent Brigade started an ambush battle, the 1st Brigade also started a pursuit battle in Zihongkou.

The devil search team searched the cliffs on both sides of Zihongkou in two ways, and climbed to the top of the mountain to take a look, obediently, there were countless Eighth Route Army hidden on the top of this mountain, and countless guns were aimed at this group of little devils. The leader of the devil squad who led the team was surprised and forgot to give the signal and the order to retreat or attack, rubbed his eyes, and looked closely, several bright bayonets had been handed to his chest. The leader of the devil squad screamed strangely, and he wanted to turn around and run away, but with a few fluttering sounds, several bayonets pierced him at the same time.

The devil's search team was naturally quickly eaten by the Duer Division, and the search force of dozens of people met the Duer Brigade with three regular regiments, and a fool knew what the outcome was.

Holding the binoculars and seeing the scene of the search force being wiped out clearly, Liden Xingdazuo was surprised in his heart, knowing that this Zihongkou was afraid that it had become a tiger's den in Longtan at this time, so he immediately ordered the artillery to open fire and bombard the suspicious targets in Zihongkou, ordered to send a report to the brigade pursuing in the valley, asking them to withdraw quickly, and ordered the infantry brigade that was acting with him to prepare for rescue and response.

At this time, Liden Xingdazuo saw a signal flare rising from the sky, and then heard the fierce gunfire in the valley, and then received two telegrams one after another, one was a call for help from the pursuing troops in the valley, and the second was a farewell telegram.

Liden Xingda Zuo knew that a brigade he was chasing in the valley was in distress, and the hateful Zhina, the damned Eighth Route Army, would do this kind of trick of setting up ambushes and sneak attacks, and take a bite when he seized the opportunity!

Annoyed, Lideng Xingda ordered the accompanying infantry brigade to storm Zihongkou under the cover of artillery fire, occupy Zihongkou, and cover the pursuit of the brigade in the valley to break through. At the same time, Kotobu Xingichi sent a report to the brigade commander, Major General Yoshito Takagi, reporting that a brigade had been ambushed while pursuing the breakthrough troops of the Eighth Route Army, and asked the brigade commander to quickly move closer to him.

After Li Tianyou launched an attack on the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, he held a telescope and kept observing the movements of the Yue army at the foot of the mountain. When he saw the devil attacking, he smiled, and hurriedly ordered the Duliu Regiment to hold its position and resolutely repel the devil's attack; Order the 4th Regiment on the left and the 5th Regiment on the right, outflank this army from both flanks, and resolutely eat the devils.

Major General Yoshito Takagi, commander of the 39th Brigade, was shocked when he received a telegram from Liden Xingozuo, the 77th Wing had suffered heavy losses in the battle to capture Luzhuang, and now a brigade was no longer alive, and if the brigade led by Liden Xingoisa was lost again, the 77th Infantry Wing would exist in name only. The 78th Wing, which had already arrived in Luzhuang, was ordered to reinforce the 77th Wing with all its might, and ordered Lideng Xingda Dazuo to immediately stop the attack on Zihongkou, build fortifications on the spot, and strictly prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking advantage of the situation to attack, and wait until the 78th Wing arrived.

After receiving the order of the brigade commander, Major General Yoshito Takagi, Liden Xingda immediately woke up, the Eighth Route Army first held Luzhuang, and then set up an ambush in the canyon, and the plot was definitely not only a brigade, if he rashly chased into the valley just now, I am afraid that at this time he would also send a jade telegram.

Awakened, Liden immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack, and the four squadrons set up a defensive position in Zihong Village and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

The order was given, but the two squadrons that were storming Zihongkou could not come back, because the troops of the two wings of the Second Brigade of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army had already covered up.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army in gray military uniforms covering the mountains and fields, Liden was shocked, and while urgently asking Major General Yoshito Takagi for help, he commanded the two squadrons left as reserves to attack desperately and respond to the two squadrons that were surrounded; The artillery was ordered to open fire to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching the village.

After the 4th and 5th Regiments descended from the cliffs on both sides of Zihongkou, they pounced on the two devil squadrons that were storming Zihongkou from both sides. Originally, the Eighth Route Army on the top of the mountain relied on its position to carry out the blockade, and the devils could not attack it, and the little devils were caught off guard by the machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades of the Eighth Route Army. It was not until the two squadrons rescued by the devils and the scattered remnants joined forces that Li Tianyou saw that the artillery and heavy machine gun fire of the devils were too strong, and the tanks, armored vehicles and cavalry of the devils in the distance were rushing towards Zihongkou, so he ordered to blow the trumpet and order the troops to return to Zihongkou.

After Major General Yoshito Takagi, commander of the 39th Brigade, arrived at Zihong Village, he saw that the 77th Wing had suffered such heavy casualties, and he slapped him in the face when he pulled over Lideng. After the battle, Major General Yoshito Takagi saw that it was not early, the sun was about to set, and the swarthy Zihongkou opened his mouth with a pair of huge mouths ready to devour the lives of the imperial soldiers at any time, which was indescribably strange and gloomy, so he ordered the troops to retreat and return to the first line of Luzhuang to camp.

This battle started from holding Luzhuang, to completely eliminating a devil brigade and defeating two squadrons, and it is conservatively estimated that 1,500 devils were killed, which was a great victory. Xu Xiangqian immediately reported to the headquarters and the Military Commission, as well as to the Second Theater and the Wuhan Military Commission.