Liu Tianshu received a call from Yang Donghu and learned that Saito, the old boy, had learned well, and he actually formed a group of three squadrons of Japanese troops, arranged the Imperial Allied Army that cooperated with the action on the periphery, and suppressed Pingyuan like a big iron ball, and immediately frowned, and began to discuss with Liao Zhifeng around the map. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The battle of the second battalion to attack Pingyuan Town was nearing its end. The Dongshan position in Pingyuan Town was captured, and the other two companies of the second battalion immediately increased the speed of attack, and the imperial army in the town surrendered to the Eighth Route Army under the shouting of Zhang Xinlong and others, and fought for an hour and a half, leaving only a dozen devils to defend the Japanese headquarters in the town.

Considering that there were many houses of ordinary people around the Japanese command post, Liu Tianshu did not let the artillery company carry out artillery bombardment on the Japanese command post.

Besides, he also wanted to use the Japanese army in Pingyuan Town to attract reinforcements from devils.

Who would have thought that the devil's reinforcements were coming, but they formed a group, so he couldn't speak.

At this moment, a staff officer came in and handed over a telegram from Chen Gouji from Shi Qiang.

Seeing that after Chen Gouji's Saito Brigade marched north to reinforce Pingyuan Town, only one squadron of Japanese troops and one company of puppet troops were left to defend, Liu Tianshu's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Lao Liao, the devil of Chengou has been transferred out, and now there is less than one squadron of Japanese troops and one company of Imperial Cooperative Army left, since Saito we can't move, simply let the third battalion turn to attack Chengouji, and order the second battalion to immediately eliminate the enemy in Pingyuan Town, and then withdraw from Pingyuan Town, and rest in the Sujiatian area in the west." Liu Tianshu looked at Liao Zhifeng and said.

"Do you want to fight Chen Gouji?" Liao Zhifeng couldn't help but be stunned, this Chen Gouji is an important transfer station from Fuchang County to Pingyuan Town, and the devil has put a lot of effort into it, and has also built a logistics transfer station.

What's more important is that once Chen Gouji is attacked, the devils can rush to reinforcements from the county seat within three hours.

"Yes, as long as the tactics are right, we can take Chen Gouji within three hours, and then quickly withdraw. Chen Gouji can have a large number of ammunition and materials piled up by devils, if we get these things in our hands, this winter life will be better. Liu Tianshu looked in the direction of Chen Gouji and said.

Liu Tianshu has long been eyeing the materials stored by the devils in Chengouji, but unfortunately the devils have always stationed at least two squadrons of Japanese troops in Chengouji, and there is also a battalion of the Imperial Cooperative Army, plus there is a Pingyuan town in the middle, at that time he only had an independent battalion, and he had no ability to attack both Chengouji and the devils in Pingyuan Town, and at the same time guard against the devil reinforcements from the county seat.

Now that the devils in Pingyuan Town have been eliminated, Saito's brigade has been transferred to the direction of Pingyuan Town, and the troops in his hands are also much stronger than before, and if they are used properly, they should be able to take it.

When Liao Zhifeng was serving as the deputy head of the regiment in Taihang Mountain, he was also a warmonger, and when he heard that Liu Tianshu seemed to have made up his mind, he thought about it and said: "Okay, since the devil wants to recover Pingyuan Town, we will temporarily give Pingyuan Town to him, and we will take the opportunity to attack Chen Gouji."

In less than 20 minutes, with Liu Tianshu's order, the third battalion quickly moved in the direction of Chen Gouji, and at the same time, the reconnaissance brigade began to quietly touch the vicinity of the devil's arsenal under the command of Shi Qiang, and was ready to start the battle and immediately control the arsenal.

As for Shu Zhi's artillery company, it was ordered by Liu Tianshu to prepare for artillery bombardment south of Pingyuan Town, and once the Saito Brigade carried out a predetermined area, it would carry out a round of bombardment of the Saito Brigade.

An infantry brigade of the devil is two 92 infantry guns plus a little mortar, in addition to more shells, really speaking, the firepower is not as good as Shu Zhi's artillery company, but it is only a long-distance bombardment, and Shu Zhi's artillery company is not lagging behind. 、

At the same time, Hao Mengxuan's second battalion and fifth company quickly rushed to the south of Pingyuan Town, made a blocking appearance, and dragged Saito's brigade step by step to Pingyuan Town, which was abandoned by the second battalion.

Just when Liu Tianshu was rushing towards the direction of Chen Gou with the regiment headquarters, a piece of information was sent, and after reading it, he couldn't help frowning.

"Tianshu, what happened?" Liao Zhifeng asked when he saw this.

"Lao Liao, Watanabe's cavalry squadron has been dispatched, and now that it is in this position, it will soon arrive at Chengouji." Liu Tianshu found the location of the Japanese cavalry squadron on the map that Luo Kai immediately unfolded.

"What? The devil's cavalry came over? Liao Zhifeng was shocked, took the message and took a closer look.

"Well, Lao Liao, it seems that our plan needs to be modified, in this way, order Shi Qiang to immediately draw out a platoon, join Xu Yongdong's machine gun company, rush to this position before the devil cavalry passes, build a triangular ambush position, and once the devil cavalry squadron enters here, immediately use light and heavy machine gun fire to shoot. Ordered Ma Chaoyuan to let the Seventh Company cooperate with the machine gun company to act. Jiang Xiaofeng's guerrillas were ordered to attack the squadron of the Devil's Cavalry along the way, slow down its advance as much as possible, and buy time for the machine gun company, the seventh company, and the reconnaissance brigade to set up ambushes. Liu Tianshu thought about it and immediately issued a series of orders.

Although it is important to attack Chen Gouji, it is even more important to destroy the cavalry squadron of the devils.

Watanabe's cavalry squadron was an extremely important mobile force in his hands, and its ability to maneuver quickly became a major threat to the independent regiment.

Now this cavalry squadron actually went to the direction of Chengouji alone, and distanced itself from the two Japanese squadrons that went to Chengouji later.

From Sengev, Liu Tianshu knew that cavalry units had gradually become an obsolete branch of arms in the West, especially tanks, armored vehicles and heavy machine gun mortars began to be used in large quantities, and the role of cavalry became smaller and smaller.

However, in the Chinese battlefield, the Chinese army only has a small number of heavy weapons, and as for heavy equipment such as tank armor, there are even fewer of them, that is, heavy machine guns, and there is not a single one.

Yang Donghu and Ma Chaoyuan received an urgent order from Liu Tianshu, and immediately asked Liu Sutang's Seventh Company and Machine Gun Company to rush to the predetermined area, while his Eighth and Ninth Companies quickly rushed to Chengouji.

Because Liu Tianshu said in the telegram that he would personally rush to Niutangba and command the machine gun company and the seventh company to ambush the devil cavalry squadron, Yang Donghu and Ma Chaoyuan did not follow the seventh company, but rushed to Chengouji with the eighth and ninth companies.

After Liu Tianshu gave the order, he asked Liao Zhifeng to rush to Chengouji, and he took a guard squad and rode quickly to Niutangba.

After the establishment of the independent regiment, in order to protect the regimental headquarters, personnel were transferred to form a guard platoon, but the horses captured by the independent regiment were limited, and in addition to ensuring that several regiment leaders and a communications squad were ensured, only one guard squad was equipped with horses.

Liu Tianshu hurried all the way to Niutangba, and Xu Yongdong, Chen Jian and Liu Sutang hurriedly greeted him.

"The troops are ready to be arranged." Seeing that although the faces of several people were full of exhaustion, their eyes were full of light, Liu Tianshu's heart warmed.

"Report to the regiment commander, the troops are all ambushed." Reporting to Liu Tianshu was Xu Yongdong, the commander of the machine gun company.

This time, the ambush devil cavalry squadron was dominated by a machine gun company, and at the same time, six crooked handles were also mobilized from the third battalion, plus Liu Tianshu's guard squad mobilized six crooked handles from the second battalion, a total of nine heavy machine guns and twelve crooked handles, plus eight grenadiers.

"Let's go, let's see." Liu Tianshu was a little uneasy, and took a few people to take a look around the ambush position, and confirmed that these light and heavy machine guns had covered the open land in the valley in front of them, leaving no dead ends, and then Liu Tianshu said solemnly: "Company Commander Xu, Company Commander Liu, the cavalry squadron of the devil has always been a potential important threat. Not long ago, it was this squadron that suddenly attacked Xiangshan Village, and by the time our men rushed over, these murderers had fled without a trace. The first battalion and three companies encountered them, and they also suffered a big loss, since they were sent to the door this time, we should not be polite, we must completely kill this group of devils. Deputy Captain Chen, your people are closely monitoring the movements of this group of devils. ”

After receiving the order to set out from the county town of Fuchang, Watanabe's cavalry squadron quickly threw off the two infantry squadrons that had gone out of the city with them, and then rushed along the road in the direction of Chengouji.

Unfortunately, not long after leaving the city, he was attacked by sporadic dirt eight roads, which were also extremely hateful, hiding in the woods, taking advantage of the darkness to shoot three or five shots at the cavalry squadron that was rushing forward, and then turned around and ran, so that the cavalry squadron leader Sato wanted to let the troops pursue, but there was nowhere to pursue.

What's more, while running, a fire suddenly rose in the formation, and then one or two war horses were heard, but it was the unlucky ones in the cavalry squadron who unfortunately stepped on a mine planted by the despicable Chinese.

As a result, Sato's cavalry squadron had to slow down, and finally Sato simply stopped in place to rest.

At dawn, Sato received a report from the wing that Saito's brigade had defeated the Eighth Route Army that had captured Pingyuan Town and recaptured Pingyuan Town.

However, Chen Gouji was suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the arsenal located south of the town fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

Just as Sato was meeting up with the two infantry squadrons that followed, he received a telegram from Watanabe, saying that the defenders of Chengouji were struggling to hold on, and asked him to immediately lead his troops to Chengouji to relieve the besieged Japanese troops.

As a result, he had to leave behind two infantry squadrons and lead his troops along the road to quickly run towards Chen Gouji.

Liu Tianshu didn't expect that Sato's cavalry squadron would stop in place, so he and the machine gun company waited for more than three hours at Niutangba. In order to prevent the Sato cavalry squadron from retreating to the county seat, Liu Tianshu finally ordered Yang Donghu to attack Chengouji for the purpose of capturing the Chengouji devil arsenal, and as for the Japanese headquarters stationed in the town, they did not plan to annihilate after surrounding.

Watanabe received an urgent response from the defenders of Chengou, so he had to order the Sato squadron to speed up, as for the Saito brigade, it had just recovered Pingyuan Town, and if it was allowed to go back to reinforce and relieve the siege, and was worried that Pingyuan Town would be regained and lost, Watanabe had a hard time making up his mind for a while. (To be continued.) )