Although the Japanese army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would be launched before it got dark, they made careful arrangements and planned to move later, and took advantage of it. Once it was discovered that the Eighth Route Army was launched, not to mention anything else, the planes that quickly arrived on the battlefield were enough for the Eighth Route Army to deal with. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army was originally worried that it would be discovered by the Japanese puppet army on the Longhai Line, and the camps of all units were relatively far away from the attack point, the nearest was five or six miles, and the farthest was the heavy logistics team that operated with the headquarters, which was thirty miles. If this distance were to be placed in the Hereafter, it would be a matter of time. Resting on the ground of the East China Sea in this year, it will be troublesome, it will take an hour for a car and two hours for an infantry march. In just two hours, it was going to be dark, enough for the Japanese army to arrive.

The Japanese puppet army stationed in the East China Sea has already received an order, asking them to loosen the outside and tighten the inside, confuse the Eighth Route Army reconnaissance troops, enter the fortifications before dark, hold their positions to the death, strictly prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking through the Longhai Road, and ensure that the main force arrives to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

The 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in the East China Sea was originally under the jurisdiction of the ,,, to the 2nd Independent Infantry Brigade, accounting for a total of five independent infantry brigades. However, due to the frequent activities of the Eighth Route Army in the East China Sea, the newly formed infantry brigade of the 22nd Brigade and Regiment was no match for the 12 nd Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Army, so the commander of the 12 th Army, Iida Sadagu, adjusted the order of the troops of the 22 nd Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade, unified the original troops into the divisions and regiments, and transferred other troops to form the new Independent Mixed Brigade and Regiment into the 22 nd Brigade and Regiment. At present, the 22nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is under the jurisdiction of the Independent Infantry Brigade of Inoue Shinosa, the Independent Infantry Brigade of Watanabe Ishano Osa, the Independent Infantry Brigade of Taga Gorio Osa, the Independent Infantry Brigade of the Ten Thousand Brigade and the Hut, the Independent Infantry Brigade of the Flying Brigade and Fujita Shosaku Nakasa, the Sword Brigade, the Mountain Artillery Brigade of Yokokawa Jichi Shosa, and the Engineer Brigade of Captain Takeo Yokobayashi.

After the adjustment of the troop establishment, there were two more backbone brigades, the first brigade of the independent infantry and the first brigade of the independent infantry, which led to the three brigades of the independent infantry, and the combat effectiveness was markedly enhanced. The commander of the Kitoku Brigade, Major General Yoneyama Mika, shouted out Yo Nishi, and even the letter to his wife said that Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu was very clever.

After receiving the order to intercept the Eighth Route Army, Major General Mishan Milu felt that his opportunity to perform had come, as long as his independent mixed 22nd Brigade could block the Eighth Route Army on the Longhai Road for two hours, no, one hour, the large troops behind would arrive. At that time, Liu Yimin, who is arrogant, will become a defeated general of the Japanese Army. If Amaterasu blesses him, he can let his troops kill or capture Liu Yimin, God, it is a reward of two million yen, and his family will become a rich man all of a sudden, open a mine and run a factory, and do whatever he wants, even if he marries a few more concubines, it is estimated that his wife will not say anything.

Thinking of the pride, Major General Miyama Milu couldn't help but throw his arms and kick in the office, and danced a solo dance in the Japanese Yale "Lanling King's Entrance Song".

Major General Miyama Milu didn't want to think about it, this "Lanling King's Entrance Song" was Chinese, and it was only transmitted to Japan in the Tang Dynasty and became a must-perform repertoire for major events and festivals in Japan. If you let the Chinese ** people jump out, it will be extraordinary, let him jump out as an intruder, what can he taste! It has become a "soft dance", and it looks a little obsessed, and it completely lacks the tragic and majestic aura of Gao Su, the king of Lanling, who led five hundred elite horsemen into the encirclement.

After dancing a song, Major General Miyama Milu picked up a towel and wiped his sweat before he began to make operational deployments.

The five infantry brigades of the 22nd Brigade were all attached to various strongholds on the Longhai Road, and a long snake formation was set up. At this time, since it was clear that the Eighth Route Army would break through the defensive line from Hongzhuang to Niushan, it was necessary to strengthen the strength of this section. Major General Miyama Milu, who was anxious to make meritorious contributions, made a bloody investment this time and transferred the 1st Wounded Brigade, the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 1st Brigade and the 10,000th Brigade of the 10,000 Infantry, the Mountain Artillery Brigade, and the Engineer Brigade to this area. Of course, Major General Miyama Mitsuka, a major general of the army, knew what was meant by concealed strategic intentions and what was meant by camouflage to confuse the enemy, so he was very clever in his methods, and let his elite all change into the military uniforms of the puppet Manchurian Defense Army, let the puppet Manchurian Defense Army change into the military uniforms of the Japanese army, and adopt the form of changing the size of the squad in advance, and move the troops in place in batches. In addition, the troops in place were strictly ordered to maintain normal patrols, and most of the troops were sleeping in their strongholds and fortifications. In this way, in the eyes of the investigators of the Eighth Route Army, there was indeed no major change in the strength of the Japanese army.

Major General Miyama Milu felt that he had everything, so he waited for the Eighth Route Army to collide with the muzzle. Therefore, he strictly ordered all troops not to reveal their sights, and only waited for a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army after dark.

Because the Eighth Route Army broke through the Longhai Road defense line several times, the Japanese army worked the garrison fortifications, which were all in accordance with the original requirements of Terauchi Shouichi, and the reason why the Eighth Route Army broke through with large troops and small troops who secretly crossed the Longhai Line on the first day of the three defenses was that the Japanese army did not know where the breakthrough point of the Eighth Route Army and the sneaking point were. Now the Japanese army has carefully deployed an ambush circle and a clear breakthrough point, so that the army can calmly mobilize its forces and strengthen the defense of a certain area, so that the originally weak defense line has become a hard bone.

Of course, relying on the defensive line composed of trenches, pillboxes, and artillery towers is more than enough to deal with the squadron ** that generally does not have an armored assault force. If Yao Er wants to use such a line of defense to deal with the group impact of the Eighth Route Army's armored regiment, it would be a bit of a joke.

The original intention of inventing the Tankuk was to deal with the infantry's trench defense line, and Major General Miyama Milu had never seen armored group combat, so naturally he still held on to the knowledge of infantry defense during the First World War that he had learned in textbooks.

When Liu Yimin's order was received, the Eighth Route Army's Special Operations Brigade, Armored Regiment, and First Teaching Regiment were already ready for battle. They are all instructors' attack arrow troops, but also the main assault force, the first to use me, with me to win the concept has long taken root in the hearts of every soldier, tonight is to break through the battle of Longhai Road, regardless of whether the Japanese defense line is weak or not, they can be the goshawk and rabbit to beat the little devils, play the majesty of the Eighth Route Army.

Gao Yuan received Liu Yimin's telegram, jumped up when he saw it, and opened his mouth to scold: "The little devil of the dog day has become a sperm!" Dare to play a trick on your eight-way grandfather! If you are illiterate, you can also touch the signboards, and see what your eight-way grandfather does! The old men are the ancestors who ambushed and ambushed, blinded your dogs, and dared to bury an axe in front of Luban and play a big knife in front of Guan Gong! The old man slaughtered you little devils! ”

Cheng Cuilin ignored Gao Yuan's scolding......

After snatching the telegram, his face had changed, and he scolded the plateau! "When is it, what are you scolding? Hurry up and order action, and be sure to break through Longhai Road before the devils encircle. Otherwise, you won't be able to cry! ”

Gao Yuan was just angry and scolded, and he didn't need Cheng Cuilin to remind him, he would have acted immediately. I only heard him say to Cheng Cuilin: "Political commissar, according to the order of the division commander, I will lead the special operations brigade, the first regiment, and the armored regiment to break through the Longhai Road, and you go to the second regiment, and after we break through the Longhai Road and expand the breakthrough, we will go east to guard and block." Tell Sun Manxi that he must make a plan to stick to it for at least two hours to ensure that the logistics can pass through Longhai Road smoothly. ”

Cheng Cuilin reminded Gao Yuan that after breaking through the Longhai Road, he must use his armor superiority to repeatedly attack the Japanese defense line and completely destroy it. He also used his armored forces to assist the cavalry regiment in fighting against the enemy in the east. From the east came a brigade of the Guards Division, the Sixth Division, and the Ninth Division, and they had many tanks and armored vehicles, and the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments were not opponents.

Gao Yuan immediately ordered all units to organize air bows, set off smoke, and cover the battlefield, and the special operations brigade, the first regiment, and the armored regiment quickly dispatched to launch a fierce attack on the Longhai Road.

After giving the order, Gao Yuan went directly to the armored regiment, and he wanted to personally command the only armored force of our army, and use the tracks to crush the little devil's Longhai Road defense line.

After the Japanese bombers and fighters bombed Dongzhuang in formation, the planes seemed to run out of ammunition and flapped their wings and flew away, leaving only two reconnaissance planes patrolling the air to monitor ground movements. At that time, from the air, the ground was peaceful, only smoke drifted over Dong Zhuang, needless to say that it was their masterpiece. The two detectives were triumphant, and they flew through the air, and whenever they saw a pedestrian on the road, they pressed the nose of the plane, made a dive, and fired a wild laugh on the radio.

The two devil pilots were doing evil, and they saw movement on the ground, as if the Eighth Route Army was making thick smoke, and wisps of smoke began to float upward. If you look closely, when did there become so many green rivers on the ground?

The metaphor of the little devil pilot is appropriate, and with Liu Yimin's order, all units of the Eighth Route Army began to act. Cars, rubber-wheeled carts, carts, ox carts, and wheelbarrows are covered with green grass and leaves, and soldiers are also wearing grass rings on their heads.

These two devil pilots were really serious and responsible, and immediately lowered their altitude and prepared for low-altitude reconnaissance. At this moment, the ground fire of the Eighth Route Army opened fire, and strings of bullets from machine guns and bullets like raindrops flew into the sky, forming a large net and tightly netting the two Japanese planes. Only the wails of two pilots were heard on the tower of Xuzhou Airport: "The Eighth Route Army has moved, I have been shot!" ”

The information that the Japanese reconnaissance plane was shot down was quickly reported to Yamashita Fengfumi and Muto Akira by phone, and the two old devils glanced at each other, and at the same time rushed to the map, examined it again, and said almost at the same time: "Liu Yimin has found out, he is going to act in advance!" ”

As he spoke, Yamashita Fengwen said viciously: "Muto-kun, order all fighters to take off from Xuzhou Airport, Hefei Airport, Jinan Airport, and Qingdao Airport to launch intensive bombing of the Eighth Route Army and delay their movements. The order was to independently mix into the 22nd Brigade and Regiment, quickly enter a combat state, and resolutely block the attack. Order the main forces of the east and west to advance with all their might, and attack the earth eight roads together! “

After Muto Zhang gave the order, he said to Yamashita Fengfumi: "Chief of Staff Gehei, it's a pity that it's getting dark, and the aviation can only fly once at most, and the results are limited. If Liu Yimin had launched two hours earlier, the aviation alone would have dealt a heavy blow to his troops......

Yamashita Fengwen was a determined style, and he smiled: "Muto-kun, isn't there a saying in the branch, what is the unsatisfactory thing in the world." Don't worry, the blocking of the 22nd Brigade is just the first surprise for Liu Yimin; The bombing of the air force was the second surprise for him; The real big surprise is in the back, and when our armored patrol cars and trains arrive, it will be a big surprise, which can be regarded as the fourth surprise: when the large troops from the east and west arrive, it will be the fourth surprise. Tell me, with these four surprises, don't you blow up Liu Yimin and his instructor into four happy balls that are scorched on the outside and tender on the inside? ”

Muto Zhang has always been over-eyed, always feel that Yamashita Fengwen is just a fierce general, and he doesn't understand strategy, as soon as he heard Yamashita Fengwen say the words to Liu Yimin's quadruple surprise, Muto Zhang only understood that not only is he a talent, but this Yamashita Fengwen is actually a talent, and he has an overall thinking and overall deployment for this campaign. Not to mention anything else, just what he said about blowing up Liu Yimin and the Eighth Route Army into four happy balls is both vivid and appropriate.

Muto Zhang looked at Yamashita Fengfumi's eyes with a little more respect.

Yamashita Fengfumi and Muto Akira didn't know that when the two of them were sitting in the headquarters and pretending to be elegant, the Eighth Route Army had already joined the fire with the independent mixed 22nd Brigade.

The first to take action was naturally Wang Laohu, the special operations hero of the Eighth Route Army.

Since Wang Laohu dealt with the Tanggou incident, he led the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron to cooperate with the cavalry brigade to fight a few more battles, and then he was ordered to move closer to Longhai Road, preparing to tear it apart for the southbound troops to break through Longhai Road. Child.

Wang Laohu and his comrades-in-arms have done a lot of this, and it was originally a job that they were familiar with. Therefore, after receiving Liu Yimin's order to immediately take control of Niushan Town, Wang Laohu and his soldiers immediately moved towards Niushan Town.

The information obtained in advance is that there is only one squadron of devils and one company of puppet troops stationed in Niushan Town, and with the strength of the first squadron of special warfare, there should be no problem whether it is a strong attack or outwitting.

When Wang Laohu launched his operation, it was already half past six in the afternoon. Although it was dark at this time, the sun was setting. The special operations heroes of the Eighth Route Army came out of the hidden place in the afterglow of the setting sun, and attacked Niushan Town in a small unit, forming a straggler formation.

When approaching the vicinity of the south gate of Niushan Town, Wang Laohu noticed through the telescope that something was wrong, the sentry at the gate of the town was still there, but there were more sandbag fortifications behind the sentry, and the muzzle of the machine gun in the black hole was directly facing the road. After a closer look, his grandmother's, the little devil did arrange an ambush circle, and the gun holes of those turrets and pillboxes had black holes and muzzles.

Wang Laohu gritted his teeth and ordered the bazooka group to advance covertly, knock out the devil's firepower point, and storm Niushan!