Originally, the pseudo-officers and soldiers were sincerely afraid, like grass and trees. When the ** exploded in the crowd, the puppet soldiers were suddenly in chaos. It happened that a shell fell under the horse of the puppet army division commander, and with the sound of explosions, the war horse jumped high, and the puppet army division commander was thrown into the air. The commander of the puppet army died, the dragons were leaderless, and the puppet army began to flee. There was no suspense in the battle. At this time, the loud military horn sounded, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army attacked from all directions. The puppet officers and soldiers were even more defeated, some simply surrendered on their knees with their guns raised, and some ran more ・・・・・・happily.

There is no need to describe the end of the puppet army. The division commander Junrokuro Matsuura led a large force to the point where it was blocked, and Wing Commander Kijima led his troops to launch two attacks. The presence of troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of him indicates that the Eighth Route Army has surrounded Ikeda's unit. "Your Excellency General, two attacks were launched, the Eighth Route Army had fierce firepower and strong combat effectiveness, and lost a squadron in two charges!" Junrokuro Matsuura was a little dissatisfied with the attitude of the captain of the Kijima wing, didn't he contribute to the prestige of the enemy army at this moment. "Order the artillery wing to immediately build positions and prepare artillery support, and your troops continue to prepare for an attack!"

Junrokuro Matsuura held a telescope to observe the position ahead, and found that the Eighth Route Army's defensive strength in the trench fortifications was not dense, and he was a little disapproving, indicating that the frontal Eighth Route Army did not have many intercepting forces. The Kijima Wing was ordered to prepare a group charge and quickly break through the enemy positions. Junrokuro Matsuura did not expect that the current weaponry and firepower of the Eighth Route Army are very well configured, so there is no need to form a dense defense in the trench fortifications. Junrokuro Matsuura is still stuck on the talk of past experience, and errors in judgment are inevitable.

Until now, Junrokuro Matsuura has not figured out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army. The key was that the Eighth Route Army had to block the 104th Division, encircle and annihilate the Ikeda Wing, block the southern front, block the eastern front, and deal with the Imperial Allied Army on the northern front (he did not know that the Imperial Allied Army was being surrounded and annihilated). However, his sorrow is not only that, it is a division of the Eighth Route Army that is blocking it head-on, and he does not know exactly that the 106th Division is about to face the danger of annihilation, which is his sorrow.

At the headquarters of the Yongding Corps, Lin was still calm, but everyone was nervous because of the major changes in the situation. "Mr. Lin, I didn't expect Junrokuro Matsuura to pull out all the main forces, it seems that he didn't figure out our real strength. However, according to the original plan, we will eat Ikeda United and then deal with Watanabe United, and we may not be able to bear it in the current situation. "Political Commissar Tan Zhenlin is a little worried." A table of meals was prepared, and a few tables of guests came, but we didn't entertain them. ”

Lin continued: "Tell Li Tianyou that as long as he blocks the 104th Division on the Western Front, we will win." "Mr. Lin, I understand, you arranged a division on the southern front to block the attack, the original purpose was not to do this, to eat all the 106th divisions?" "If Junrokuro Matsuura doesn't attack, we will eat Ikeda United and Matsumoto at most. But he miscalculated. Yang Dezhi was ordered to surround the Ikeda Wing first without fighting, and ordered the 12th Brigade to clean up the battlefield and move quickly to the southwest. ”

"Strictly order the 12th Brigade to appear in the area south of Purple Mountain tomorrow morning, and there must be no mistake." After Lin gave the battle order, his eyes were aimed at Lu He. Now Junrokuro Matsuura led the main force to all the dispatches, prompting Hayashi to make more determination. Whether or not the reinforcements of the 104th Division can be blocked by the 104th Division is a necessary condition for ensuring that the main force can completely annihilate the 106th Division. Li Tianyou reported: At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the 21st Brigade of the 104th Division of the Japanese Army, led by Brigade Commander Hiroshi Nakamura, rushed to Luhe and took the lead in launching an attack.

The 104th Division was stationed in Dongguan and Huizhou, while the 21st Brigade was stationed in Huizhou. The commander of the 104th Division, Kizaburo Hamamoto, received an order from the military headquarters and immediately ordered Nakamura Hiroshi's department to take the lead in supporting the 106th Division. The commander of the division, Kizaburo Hamamoto, led the 22nd Brigade and the Artillery Wing and the Light and Heavy Wing to follow. The Japanese military headquarters ordered all the 104th Divisions to be dispatched, not only to relieve the siege of the 106th Division, but the commander, Lieutenant General Ando Jiri, tried to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Shantou area.

Due to the mistake of the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, who "lied about the military situation" and did not really find out how many troops the Eighth Route Army had, so that Commander Ando Jiri believed Junrokuro Matsuura's judgment and believed that the southward troops of the Eighth Route Army would not exceed 40,000, so Commander Ando Jiri telegraphed Matsuura Junrokuro to order Ikeda's Wing to defend on the spot, delay the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and buy time for the 104th Division to rush to Huining.

But where did Commander Ando Jili think that there were 80,000 people in the Eighth Route Army going south, and it can be said that Lin's tactical deception was perfect. Lin Rang's 12th Brigade appeared in Purple Mountain in the area north of the Lu River, which could block the Japanese army's roundabout outflanking troops, and if necessary, launch an attack on the 104th Division in the north, which could effectively relieve the defensive pressure of the 9th and 10th Brigades that were blocking the attack on the Lu River. At this time, the atmosphere at the headquarters of the Yongding Eighth Route Army was still tense, and the chief of staff Zhou Kun said: "Mr. Lin, Li Tianyou reported that after the Japanese 21st Brigade arrived at Luhe, with the support of fighters, it immediately launched a fierce attack. ”

Zhou Kun continued: "All the Japanese fighters attracted land and river to support the operation, and the battle was very fierce. "Tell Li Tianyou that no matter how much it costs, he will stick to it for 3 days. In addition, he told Li Tianyou's 12th Brigade to arrive at Purple Mountain tomorrow morning, and how the 12th Brigade would use it to watch him. "Mr. Lin, the main attack of the Japanese army on the southern front is not sharp, the 11th Brigade of Jieyang reported, and the attack of the Japanese Watanabe Wing is not fierce, I don't know what the reason is?" Zhou Kun was puzzled.

"If I'm not mistaken, the commander of the Japanese army, Jiri Ando, must have miscalculated. And the sharp attack of the 104th Division on the land river can fully prove that the Japanese army wants to eat us in turn. The sudden change in the rescue of the Japanese troops on the southern and eastern fronts also fully proves this. Yang Dezhi was ordered to keep the 3rd and 4th brigades of his headquarters unmoved and must not be exposed. Yang Chengwu was ordered to complete the encirclement of the Japanese Ikeda Wing tonight, compress the attack and narrow the encirclement during the day tomorrow, and the general attack was scheduled for 8 o'clock tomorrow night! ”

The battlefield is very chaotic, and it seems to be a melee situation, but it is by no means a targeted melee, but a hidden killing machine. In the evening, the commander of the 104th Division led the 22nd Brigade and the regiment, including the artillery wing and the light and heavy wing, to Luhe. At this time, the 21st Brigade had just been repulsed by a round of charge. The afterglow of the setting sun was waving, the smoke of gunpowder was still rising from the battlefield, and Japanese fighters were still bombing the positions of the Eighth Route Army indiscriminately. "Report to the General! Three attacks were launched to no avail, and the enemy had strong firepower and was very strong in combat. ”

"The enemy has no artillery support, immediately order the artillery wing to enter the position, and must break through the enemy's defense line tonight!" An hour later, Japanese artillery fire began, followed by a fierce attack. In the face of the tidal wave of Japanese offensives, the harsh battles of the 9th and 10th Brigades of the 3rd Division began. At the command post of the 3rd Division, division commander Li Tianyou held a telescope to look ahead. "Division commander, the main forces of the enemy army have arrived, and it is estimated that the attack will not stop at night. Whether to put the brigades into reserves! "The chief of staff suggested.

"It's not time yet, the reserves don't move. Mr. Lin let us hold on here for 3 days, and the brutal battle is still to come. After dark, the Japanese fighters will disappear, and the night battle will be powerful for us. Tell the regiments to take advantage of the gap in the battle to hurry up the repair of fortifications and transfer the wounded to Huining. "A shell exploded not far away, and dust fell on him." Reporting to the division commander, the 12 Brigade was contacted, and tomorrow morning they arrived at Purple Mountain. "Order Yang Yong, after the troops reach Purple Mountain, immediately set up an ambush in Area 32."

"Division commander, are you worried about the Japanese army outflanking?" "This is the effective tactics of the Japanese army, and if the Japanese army cannot break through tonight, it will definitely be outflanked! The southern stretch of the river network was not conducive to the deployment of troops, and the Japanese army would definitely divide their forces in the north. "It was getting dark, and the Japanese offensive did not weaken in the slightest. At midnight, another round of Japanese attacks was repulsed. In the division headquarters, the head of the division, Kizaburo Hamamoto, had a very ugly face. "Your Excellency General, the Eighth Route Army's blocking force is estimated to have two brigades, about 7,000 people."

The expansion of the Eighth Route Army was not known to the Japanese army at all, and they came to the conclusion with reference to the full strength of the National Revolutionary Army. The chief of staff of the Japanese army continued: "The firepower and combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army are much higher than those of the Central Army of the Kuomintang, and it is difficult to break through the defensive line in a short period of time with a frontal attack. "Order the troops to stop the offensive, and order the 170th Wing to go north at 3 o'clock in the morning, and be sure to launch an attack on the north flank at 9 o'clock, cooperate with the frontal attack troops, and break through the enemy's position in one fell swoop."

At midnight, the commander of the 106th Division, Junroku Matsuura, ordered the troops to stop the attack. "Report to the division commander, the 104th Division has called, it has sent outflanking troops and will break through the enemy positions in one fell swoop tomorrow morning. The headquarters asked our troops to break through the enemy's position at 10 o'clock tomorrow and join the 104th Division under Huining City. After reading the telegram, the chief of staff of the Japanese army reported: "Your Excellency General, now we have found out that there are two brigades of the Eighth Route Army that are intercepted head-on, and it is impossible to break through at 10 o'clock tomorrow." ”

The military order is like a mountain, and Junrokuro Matsuura knows in his heart that whether he can break through the enemy's position tomorrow can only count on the 104th Division. "Immediately inquire about the situation of the Ikeda Wing, the enemy forces have already surrounded the Ikeda Wing, why don't you attack?" Soon after, Ikeda's wing called, but the Eighth Route Army did not attack, and the situation was unknown. "Your Excellency General, it seems that the Eighth Route Army is not ready, and it is estimated that it will attack during the day tomorrow!" "Order the Ikeda Wing to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and order the Watanabe Wing to intensify the attack on Jieyang tomorrow!"

Junrokuro Matsuura continued: "As long as the 104th Division breaks through the interception of the enemy army on the land river and the troops are under the city of Huining, the entire battle situation will be reversed. Even if you can't eat this Eighth Route Army unit, you can still inflict heavy damage. "The situation seems to be improving, and the tension seems to be easing. Junrokuro Matsuura was relaxed, and a hint of sleepiness hit his heart. Soon Junrokuro Matsuura fell asleep, and slept very soundly. He had a dream in which the warriors of the Empire were chasing the enemy army in a sea full of enemy captives ・・・・・・.