The Sakai Brigade was one of several mobile units of the Japanese army in Shandong, and it was also the main force in the fight against the troops of the Nationalist Government in the territory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info its mobility is very strong. This time, using railway transportation, he soon turned from the direction of Changle to launch an attack on the Rongshan base area.

As the pioneer of the road, the first brigade did not stop at all after getting off the train, and advanced directly in the direction of Wildcat Gully, with its second brigade to the east of the first brigade, the third brigade to the west of the first brigade, and the other two infantry brigades to follow closely behind the first brigade.

More than 6,000 Japanese troops from five brigades suddenly pressed on the Rongshan base area like a dark cloud, so that Yan Yongsheng, the political commissar of the Third Regiment who remained in the base area, had to ask the local anti-Japanese government staff to quickly mobilize the villagers to evacuate, and at the same time command the county brigade and district squad in the Rongshan base area to stop the advance of the Japanese army at all costs and buy time for the villagers to evacuate.

At this time, the main force of the three regiments was still on its way back to the base area, and it would take a day at the earliest to rush back.

Moreover, even if the main force of the three regiments rushed back, in the face of Sakai's entire mixed brigade, I am afraid that it is not an opponent.

The only way is to avoid its edge.

The county brigade took advantage of the favorable terrain to fight fiercely with the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the Sakai Brigade for three hours at the mountain pass south of the Wildcat Valley, and more than 150 people of the county brigade lost 100 and 101 people, and another 20 were wounded.

Yan Yongsheng knew that the county brigade had been disabled, so he had to tearfully order the county brigade to abandon the Wildcat Gully Pass and retreat north.

After the 1st Brigade of the Sakai Brigade successfully broke through the blockade of the Eighth Road, it forced its way through the Wildcat Gully.

It was just that the desperate resistance of the county brigade bought precious time for the villagers in the base area, and most of the villagers successfully withdrew into the mountains under the organization of the anti-Japanese government.

Anyway, the Rongshan base area has just undergone a brutal sweep by the devils, and most of the villages in the base area have been destroyed, and now many villagers are still stationed in temporary shacks, so there is not much burden to evacuate at this time.

By noon the next day, the Sakai Brigade and the Third Route Army finally captured Daei Village, the center of the Yeongsan base area.

Accompanied by a cadre of officers, Sakai walked into the regimental headquarters of the Third Regiment in the north of Daei Village with great vigour, and when he saw the hundred-year-old locust tree in the courtyard, he couldn't help but look around with great interest, and then called one of his subordinates and took a group photo of him and several officers.

Subsequently, he took these officers to visit Han Fangping's humble regimental headquarters, and said to the Japanese officers surrounding him: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Eighth Route has repeatedly humiliated the empire with such humble conditions, as a soldier, I have to admire their strength, but as an opponent, I have to destroy them......"

After some emotion, he returned to the field command post at the edge of the village.

"Yamada-kun, where are Liu Tianshu's second regiment and Han Fangping's third regiment now?"

The purpose of his sweep of the Rongshan base area was not to occupy the poor countryside of Rongshan, but to eliminate Liu Tianshu's second regiment and Han Fangping's third regiment.

"Report to the brigade commander, according to aerial reconnaissance, Liu Tianshu and they should still be near Mujiazhai. Their next move has not yet been identified. The officer, Yamada, put his feet together and said respectfully.

"Yo Si." Sakai nodded with satisfaction, "Order the 1st Brigade to advance to the east immediately, prepare for blocking in the area of Hulu Mountain, order the 5th Brigade to continue to pursue the fleeing Chinese, and the 3rd and 4th Brigades to assemble in this position." ”

The imperial army could use aerial reconnaissance to find out the situation of the opponent, as long as Liu Tianshu's second regiment and Han Fangping's third regiment rushed to Hulushan, they would be blocked by the second brigade, and at the same time, their third and fourth brigades would surround from the side and behind.

At that time, see what else you Liu Tianshu has to escape from the siege of the imperial army.

When Sakai chose the location of the decisive battle with Liu Tianshu's second regiment in Hulu Mountain, Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping were studying the enemy situation around the map.

"Old Han, the main target of the Sakai brigade's sweep of the base area this time should be us, you say, what will this old devil Sakai do to us?" Liu Tianshu stared at the map, constantly replaying the information sent by the brigade headquarters in his mind.

"Commander Liu, it seems that our hornet's nest has really grown up this time, and the devil even sent out a mobile unit, a whole brigade. You say, how can this devil commander think so highly of us? After Han Fangping said self-deprecatingly, he stared at the map and said, "Judging from the information I have obtained, after the devils occupied Daei Village, except for the first brigade that continued to advance northward, its second brigade seemed to have turned eastward, and the specific movements of the rest of the brigades were unknown. ”

"Old Han, you are right, according to the character of the little devil, it is impossible to give up easily after suffering a loss, and now that Sakai has occupied Daei Village, he just wants to wait for us to take the initiative to send it to the door. And Rongshan is our base, and we can't ignore it. Old Han, you are familiar with the terrain in this area, tell me, if Sakai wants to fight with us, where will he choose? Liu Tianshu's brows furrowed.

"East of the base?" Han Fangping pondered for a moment, "If you want to say that the terrain is complicated, only the area of Hulu Mountain, especially Hulu Mountain, is right on the main road of our return to the west. Of course, we can go back to the base area without passing through Hulu Mountain, but then it will take more than a day. I think the devils will be waiting for us there. ”

In the end, Han Fangping was already in an affirmative tone.

"Hulu Mountain? The mountain is like a gourd, and the valley is like a gourd mountain? Liu Tianshu was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "You are right, as long as you have a little military knowledge, you know that Hulu Mountain is the best place to ambush." Since Sakai might be there, we'll have to make a good calculation. ”

After a while, Liao Zhifeng came over, heard Liu Tianshu's introduction to the situation, and after the three of them carefully studied the map, the three combat groups of the reconnaissance brigade fanned west to search, and at the same time, Han Fangping's battalion marched towards Hulu Mountain with great fanfare.

The 1st Brigade of the Sakai Brigade of the Japanese Army, who arrived at Hulu Mountain in advance, held a telescope and looked at the mountains to the east.

The mountains to the east are undulating, and the mountains take on a gentle color in the winter sun, while the occasional exposed white of the peaks, lined with the blue sky, gives a pleasing ethereal.

His brigade had already set up a blocking position at the top of Hulu Mountain. The road leading to Rongshan from the east is divided into two at the foot of Hulu Mountain, and the south side belongs to the avenue, but the road is tortuous between the mountains, and there are canyons on both sides, and the one on the north side is even more rugged.

It is to the east of Hulu Mountain, and the two sides of the avenue are also like peaks and peaks. At the foot of Hulu Mountain, it is a very open flat dam, surrounded by high mountains.

Hulu Mountain is the neck of this huge gourd in the middle.

Kaganoo's brigade occupied the favorable terrain of Hulu Mountain, and as long as Hachiro wanted to rush from here to Sakae Mountain, he had to conquer Hulu Mountain.

Then through the avenue of the valley on the south side of Hulu Mountain, it goes straight to Yangjia Village, the edge of the Rongshan base area.

At noon, the scouts sent by Kaganov came with the news that a large group of eight roads had appeared in the mountains to the east and was hurrying along the avenue in this direction.

Kaga Nofu was overjoyed, it seems that in order to rescue the base area, Balu still took the risk of walking Hulu Mountain.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked the signal corpsmen to report to the brigade commander, and at the same time ordered the troops to be ready to block the attack.

Along the avenue to the west, is Han Fangping's battalion, battalion commander Shan Dong commanded the troops to swagger along the road to the west, all the way without encountering the devil's obstruction, however, he knew that the devil should be waiting for him in Hulu Mountain.

Seeing that he finally arrived on the opposite side of Hulu Mountain, Shan Dong was still very careful to let the troops stop at the mountain pass east of the open land, and then sent a platoon of troops to carefully cross the open field and launch a tentative attack on Hulu Mountain.

Kaganoo didn't expect Hachiro to be so careful, and instead of rushing along the road to this side, he sent a platoon of troops to reconnoitre.

Although he was a little disappointed in his heart, he still prepared the first squadron guarding the front line, and as soon as the eight roads rushed closer, he immediately opened fire to block the attack.

Anyway, the main force of the brigade is coming, and as long as the Eighth Road enters the area of Hulu Mountain, it will fall into the encirclement of the main force of the brigade.

The elder Xu of the company and the platoon of elders who took the lead in reconnoitring and advancing towards Hulu Mountain, saw that they were about to reach the foot of Hulu Mountain, and immediately ordered the soldiers to form a battle formation and approach carefully to the foot of the mountain, and when they reached a hundred meters from the foot of the mountain, he suddenly saw a ghost figure on the hillside, he immediately shouted that there was a devil, and then quickly pounced on a rock, and the gun in his hand immediately fired at the figure on the hillside.

Kaganov did not expect his troops to be discovered by the Eighth Road, so he had to order the artillery to bombard the mountain pass on the opposite side, and at the same time order the first squadron to launch a counterattack against the rushing Eighth Road.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of gunfire at the foot of the gourd mountain, and after a platoon lying down the mountain and shooting at the devils for five minutes, they saw that the devils had strong firepower, so they had to slowly withdraw to the east along the foot of the mountain on the north side.

At this time, Kaganofu's infantry artillery had fired a base number of shells at the opposite mountain pass, and clouds of gunpowder smoke exploded on the mountain pass.

Seeing that the devil's artillery fire continued to hit this side, and at the same time the devil's infantry began to pursue a company and a platoon, Shan Dong immediately ordered the artillery squad that cooperated with his action to continuously fire at the devil's infantry position, and a few shells flew out, and it was falling in the devil's team that rushed out of the position to pursue, several devils were taken into the air, and the rest of the devil soldiers immediately lay down on the spot, and Lao Xu successfully withdrew to the foot of the mountain in the north with the support of artillery.

When Kaganofu saw that the Eighth Route had infantry guns on the eight sides, he naturally thought that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had arrived, and immediately commanded the troops to attack, and at the same time moved the infantry guns arranged in the rear forward.

The artillery fire of the Eighth Road was placed close to Taniguchi, just outside the range of his artillery fire.

(To be continued.) )