When Liu Yimin led the guard regiment to Fangzi, the Eighth Brigade had already fully engaged Zhang Zong's aid to the puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army.

This Zhang Zongyuan is said to be himself, formerly known as Date Shunnosuke, a descendant of Date Masamune, the lord of the Sendai domain during the Meiji Restoration, Date Masamune, who was killed when he was young, and could not gain a foothold in his own country, so he had to run to North Korea in 1921 to become the captain of the garrison.

Date Shunnosuke This guy is a restless master, and he didn't have long been in Korea to collude with the adventurer of Yumoto, started the act of invading China, started the Manchu [***] movement, and became a member of the "Manchu and Mongolian Death Troupe" organized by Doi, the great spy of Yuben, and once assassinated Zhang Zuolin, but it was unsuccessful.

Date Shunnosuke later went to the army of the dog meat general Zhang Zongchang as an adviser and recognized Zhang Zongchang as his godfather. Zhang Zongchang's mother didn't want to have such a big godgrandson, so she recognized him as a godchild and gave him the name Zhang Zongyuan. Since then, Date Shunnosuke changed his name to Zhang Zongyuan, and he also became a Chinese citizen, spoke Chinese, wore Chinese clothes, and became a Chinese, but he specialized in harming China.

After the 918 Incident, Zhang Zongyuan and Li Shoushan of the Han Dynasty recruited a puppet army unit in Mukden, and asked for the number of the Anfeng Regional Security Command from the Yue Army, so that Li Shoushan was the commander and Zhang Zongyuan was the deputy commander, and the troops were organized into three infantry battalions, cavalry companies, machine gun companies, mortar companies, mountain artillery companies, and broadsword teams, and began to frantically pursue and suppress the Anti-Japanese Union, and the cruelty of its methods was far higher than that of ordinary Yue army troops. Later, Zhang Zongyuan's puppet army was reorganized into the 3rd Reading Force Mixed Brigade of the 1st Military District of the puppet Manchurian Defense Army.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Kwantung Army drove the puppet Manchu army into the pass to fight, Zhang Zongyuan and Li Shoushan led a part of the puppet Manchukuo army to form the Li detachment of the Manchukuo Dispatch Army, secretly infiltrated the Ludong area, cooperated with the main force of the Yue army to control the occupied area, and together with Liu Heiqi, guided the Yue army to capture Yue Zhao and other places, and fought a battle with the Wan Yi Department of the Northeast Army in Taoluo, and was beaten.

Zhang Zongyuan learned from the pain and felt that the reason why he lost the battle was because of the small size of the army and the poor strength. Therefore, he drove his troops to Qingdao, based on more than 1,000 puppet Manchu troops, and in the name of avenging his godbrother Zhang Zongchang and implementing local autonomy in Shandong, he wantonly incorporated Zhang Zongchang's old troops in eastern Shandong, and soon expanded the army into two divisions. In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops, Zhang Zongyuan sent the original division of Zhao Bao, the guard division of the puppet Manchurian army, to Shandong and put it under his own command. At this time, Zhang Zongyuan felt that the name of the original Manchukuo Dispatch Army Li Detachment was no longer suitable for his troops, so he simply broke away from the puppet Manchurian army sequence, raised the banner of the Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army, deceived the people, and further expanded the troops.

After receiving the order to advance east and west with the Eighth Division and reinforce Weifang, Zhang Zongyuan was overjoyed and felt that this was a good opportunity for the Shandong Autonomous Alliance Army to become famous. Therefore, without waiting for the Qingdao garrison to move, he himself gathered troops as soon as possible to deploy westward expansion.

By the time the Qingdao garrison issued the order to march westward, Zhang Zongyuan had already assembled all three divisions of the puppet Shandong Autonomous Alliance Army along the Jiaoji Road, and set up a posture to act as a vicious dog first. The Qingdao garrison pushed the boat down the river, and simply let the puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army fight the vanguard, saying that the puppet confluence, the mighty and mighty, came to Weixian.

It's a pity that the old spy and old ronin Zhang Zongyuan was unexpected, and the trip was not smooth. Not only did the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army find trouble with him, but even the armed forces stranded behind enemy lines were not polite to him, and after the puppet army set off from Qingdao, gunfire continued all the way. Needless to say, the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army did not clearly convey the operational plan for the Luzhong Campaign, but it was said that the puppet army's westward advance was bound to be a war on the front line. The armed forces behind the enemy line did not know the progress of the Battle of Lanfeng, let alone the top-secret situation of the Luzhong Campaign, but they were all Chinese, and they were all China's armed forces. Hit, hit him a dog!

Now it's good, the Qingdao garrison of the Yue army takes trains and cars, Zhang Zongyuan's puppet army rides, rides, and walks, and those local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and [***] local armed forces can't beat the Yue army, so they use the puppet army to spread their anger, shoot one gun in the east and one gun in the west, throw two grenades here, and hit a shuttle with a machine gun there, which can be regarded as making Zhang Zongyuan, an old devil who pretends to be Chinese, so angry that his nostrils are snorting and steaming. In the end, Zhang Zongyuan's mood was finally a little better, because the Qingdao garrison of the imperial army could not take the train, and the railway not far east of Jiaoxian County was destroyed, and the rails and sleepers were missing. As a result, the arrogant Qingdao garrison had to rely on cars, carriages, horsebacks, bicycles, and even foot to work, just like the puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army.

After passing through Jiaoxian, the activities of the Eighth Route Army became even more intense, and they fought an ambush once in three or five miles, and they left as soon as they hit it, so that the puppet army was completely confused.

Finally, the Eighth Route Army stopped attacking, and the exhausted puppet army accelerated its march, and hurried to the Fangzi area after the sun set on the 28th.

Zhang Zongyuan, a Chinese wolf, is a ronin at heart, advocating wealth and danger, and has always regarded the invasion of China as an opportunity to gain fame and fortune, and is full of adventurous spirit. Therefore, he simply looked down on the Qingdao garrison of the Yue Army, which was a fifth-rate army, and felt that the combat effectiveness of the Qingdao garrison could not represent the combat effectiveness level of the Imperial Army. Therefore, when the vanguard came into contact with the outpost position of the Eighth Brigade, Zhang Zongyuan, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, did not discuss with the Qingdao garrison, and could not wait to order Zhao Baoyuan's guard division to take the lead, and he led two divisions to follow up and directly attack the position of the Eighth Route Army on the front line of Fangzi. By the time Oshima Osa, the commander of the Second Army, received the order of the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Tsukihiko Higashijuer, to stop advancing and return to Qingdao, Zhang Zongyuan's puppet Shandong Autonomous Allied Army had already engaged fire with the Eighth Route Army and the Eighth Brigade.

The Qingdao garrison had a total of six infantry brigades, and the commander led a brigade to stay in Qingdao with the marines, and the chief of staff Oshima Daisa was ordered to command the troops to move west to reinforce Weixian. This received the order of Lieutenant General Tsugihiko King of Dongjuer Palace, although the order of Lieutenant General Tsugihiko King of Dongjuer Palace did not explain why the Eighth Division did not attack Weixian, but they were all soldiers, Oshima Dazuo immediately realized that the Eighth Division of the Imperial Army from Jinan was a big incident, at least it could not break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army, and the lost troops would flee in embarrassment, otherwise Lieutenant General Tsuruhiko of Donggyur Palace would not be so eager to give up the battle plan of advancing east and west, and ordered himself to immediately withdraw to Qingdao without delay. In this way, their own troops are alone.

As soon as I thought of the achievements of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army advertised in the Chinese newspapers, the names of Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei and a large number of famous generals of the Imperial Army appeared in front of Oshima Daisa, the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and the Army University, and they all fell into the hands of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army. It's the first lieutenant general Sasaki in Weixian County in front of me, I'm afraid the ending is not good, as soon as the reinforcements retreat, isn't Sasaki going to the first lieutenant general to find his old friend Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro?

The more Oshima Dasa thought about it, the more frightened he became, the beads of sweat kept dripping down, and he didn't want to stay any longer, so he hurriedly ordered the troops to stop advancing and retreat quickly, and ordered Zhang Zong's reinforcements to stop the attack and arrange for the troops to act as rearguards to cover the retreat of the main force.

After receiving the order, Zhang Zongyuan was puzzled, Fangzi was in front of him, rushed over and arrived at the city of Weixian, and he could immediately join the Eighth Division, why did he order an emergency retreat? Could it be that the elite Eighth Division has a problem?

Zhang Zongyuan was born as a spy and had an intelligence network in his hand, so he naturally knew the achievements of the Eighth Route Army. He is different from Oshima Osa, Oshima Osaku needs association, he doesn't need it. After receiving the order to retreat, Zhang Zongyuan immediately understood that Weixian County had now become a big trap, and the main force of the legendary Eighth Route Army instructor was here, and the Eighth Division followed in the footsteps of those divisions and brigades that had been eliminated by the instructor. However, there was one thing he couldn't understand, there were planes in the sky and tanks and artillery on the ground, how could the instructor clean up such a permanent division as the Eighth Division, this was also terrifying!

Sasaki to No. 1 is called the father of the puppet Manchu army, the basis of Zhang Zong's reinforcement army is the puppet Manchu army, originally he was single-minded to save Sasaki to the first lieutenant general out of the siege, and now Weicheng is in sight, as long as you cross the fangzi, you can directly attack the siege of the Eighth Route Army. To retreat now is undoubtedly to abandon Sasaki to a lieutenant general.

Zhang Zongyuan was unwilling, but he was much more shrewd than ordinary generals in the army, and he did all the work of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. He immediately ordered Li Shoushan to organize the troops to retreat quickly, as far as they could, anyway, the farther away from Weixian, the safer.

It's a pity that at this time, if the puppet army wants to escape, they have to ask the Eighth Route Army if they agree.

Since Zhao Shan and Zhao Jie were ordered to form the Eighth Brigade, they knew that their unit was a new unit, and they paid close attention to education and training, hoping that their combat effectiveness could be rapidly improved. Fortunately, the soldiers turned out to be veterans of the Central Army and the Jinsui Army, and the transformation speed was fast, and the combat skills were also improved quickly. Seeing that the puppet army was coming, Zhao Shan was overjoyed, because at this time the Eighth Division had been annihilated, and what our army was most afraid of was that the Qingdao puppet army would quickly turn around and flee, so that our army's attempt to encircle and annihilate them would fail. As soon as this puppet army attacks, our army can stick to them, and it will not be so easy to run.

As soon as he saw that the attacking puppet army suddenly began to retreat, Zhao Shan immediately understood that the enemy had already known the news of the destruction of the Eighth Division, and had also received an order to retreat and was about to slip away. How can this be, Lao Tzu hasn't enjoyed it yet!

Zhao Shan immediately ordered all regiments to attack, catch up with the puppet army, stick to them, and let them escape.

Teaching the Eighth Brigade to take the initiative to attack, Zhang Zongyuan really couldn't withdraw. Because Zhao Baoyuan's guard division is the elite of the puppet Manchurian army trained by Yue, and it is also the main force of his puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army. Zhao Baoyuan's division was stuck by the Eighth Route Army and could not withdraw, and Zhang Zongyuan was absolutely unwilling to go.

Li Shoushan, commander of the puppet Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army, was the head of the regiment under Bi Shucheng, the former general of Zhang Zongchang's department. Zhang Zongyuan and him were old acquaintances when they were in Zhang Zongchang's army, and the two got together immediately after they met in Fengtian, and Zhang Zongyuan's puppet army team made Li Shoushan the commander. Historically, Zhang Zongyuan later sent Li Shoushan to prison, which was actually house arrest.

Li Shoushan followed Bi Shucheng to learn some military skills, this time seeing that Zhao Baoyuan's troops could not withdraw, he knew that things were in trouble, the purpose of the Eighth Route Army was clearly to drag Zhao Baoyuan's troops and win time for their main force to arrive, no matter how indecisive at this time, I am afraid that it will not take long to fall into the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and end up with the annihilation of the whole army. But if you retreat like this, you have to leave Zhao Baoyuan's division to the Eighth Route Army, which is equivalent to pumping the backbone of your Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army, and you can't do it. Only by allowing the Imperial Army to cooperate, launch an attack, and repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army, can we safely evacuate.

Li Shoushan hurriedly analyzed the situation to Zhang Zongyuan, who was nominally the deputy commander but was actually his boss, and told him that he had to counterattack on all fronts and repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army before he could withdraw his troops. In this way, the cooperation of the imperial army must be obtained.

Zhang Zongyuan knew that what Li Shoushan said was reasonable, so he asked Li Shoushan to command the troops to counterattack, and he went to contact Oshima Dazuo and asked the imperial army to help.

Li Shoushan often pursued and suppressed the Anti-Japanese Federation with Zhang Zongyuan in the northeast, and did many heinous bad things, but he did not fight with the Eighth Route Army, and his understanding of the Eighth Route Army was still at the level of the understanding of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, thinking that no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the instructor was, it should at least be a lose-lose outcome when encountering the Eighth Division, and even if the Eighth Route Army killed six people, the Eighth Division might not necessarily be able to kill one person. Although the life and death of the Eighth Division are unknown, the Eighth Route Army is definitely not having a good time, and it has a hard time with the permanent division of the Imperial Army, and the outcome can be imagined. Therefore, Li Shoushan, who was lucky, called the puppet division commanders of the other two divisions and asked them to lead the troops to make a detour from the left and right flanks to flank the Eighth Route Army pursuing Zhao Baoyuan's guard division, not seeking annihilation, but only repelling them, so that the troops could retreat calmly.

The two pseudo-division commanders looked at Li Shoushan suspiciously, a little reluctant.

Li Shoushan patiently told them that they must rescue Zhao Baoyuan's division, otherwise there would be no main force to be the pioneer and the rear of the palace to block the attack, and the two divisions would not be able to run back to Qingdao, and they would probably be caught up and eaten by the Eighth Route Army halfway.

Only then did the two pseudo-division commanders organize the troops to counterattack.

Zhang Zongyuan rode a horse to find Oshima Osa, but the Qingdao garrison led by Oshima Osaku had turned to retreat. No matter what Zhang Zongyuan said, Oshima Dazuo was unwilling to fight back against the Eighth Route Army with him, but asked him to stay and block the Eighth Route Army and cover the retreat of the imperial army.

Zhang Zong's support was not good, and he wanted to return to the command of the troops, when he heard dense gunfire coming from the Weihe Highway Bridge in the distance. Zhang Zongyuan was stunned for a moment, the Eighth Route Army had cut off the retreat of the troops!

(To be continued)