"Guo Sang, you came just in time, I was about to send someone to call you. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info "Ishitani Saburo waited until Guo Zhenlong came in, and beckoned him to sit aside.

Originally, a puppet army division commander was not in the eyes of Ishiya Saburo, but he had just received an order from the brigade commander to immediately withdraw from Wangjiadian with his troops, and he naturally wanted to explain some of the next affairs to Guo Zhenlong, who came to take over.

Because at this time, Kiyoya Daisa, who came to be in charge of the security maintenance of this newly occupied area, and his security garrison brigade were still on their way to Sanguba, and according to normal estimates, they should arrive in three days.

And Ishiya Saburo didn't want to stay in Wangjiadian for a moment, Liu Tianshu had already won the Banqiao set, and it was impossible to guess what he would do next, he felt that it was better to stay early.

As for avenging the imperial army that died in Sujiatang, he had wisely thrown it out of the Nine Heavens Cloud.

Just when Liu Tianshu concentrated the second and fourth battalions to attack Banqiaoji, Ishiya Saburo sent two squadrons to attack in the direction of Sujiatang, preparing to cooperate with the Japanese army in Majiaji to flank Sujiatang.

As soon as the Japanese troops in Majiaji left their stronghold, they were attacked by the 1st Battalion of the 16th Regiment of the New Fourth Army and had to retreat. And the troops he sent, after two hours of fierce fighting, found that the figures of the New Fourth Army appeared on the left and right flanks, and Matsumoto, who commanded the troops, was frightened into a cold sweat, and finally had to return to Wangjiadian with the corpses of more than 80 dead soldiers.

For a while, Ishiya Saburo really couldn't figure out how many troops Liu Tianshu had in his hands. But he knew that if he wanted to walk unscrupulously in Liu Tianshu's base area, he was afraid that the strength of less than one brigade would be difficult at all.

But he only has a brigade of infantry at most, so he can't let Wangjiadian's troops pour out.

Now that the brigade commander had given the order to let him retreat, he naturally wanted to throw out this hot potato as soon as possible.

"Shigu Taijun, the New Fourth Army suddenly went south, ate my group, and occupied Banqiaoji, we can't help but report this revenge, besides, the geographical location of Banqiaoji is very important, if it is occupied by the New Fourth Army, it will cut off the connection between Sanguba and Chao County, I don't know when Taijun is going to send troops south?" Guo Zhenlong saw that Ishiya Saburo had a kind attitude, and after sitting down, he looked at him and said directly.

"Hehe, Guo Sang is straightforward, I like this character very much." Ishiya Saburo chuckled lightly, motioned for him to taste tea, and waited until Guo Zhen Longqiang took a sip of the anxiety in his heart, and then said, "Guo Sang, the New Fourth Army is not worried, although Liu Tianshu now occupies Banqiaoji, but Banqiaoji is just between Chaoxian and Sanguba, and the south is still your original activity area, so to speak, Banqiaoji is just under our encirclement, and it is very easy to recover it." This time, Guo Saneng understood the righteousness and responded to the call of the Nanjing Nationalist Government to be a friend of our great Japanese empire, which made me very happy. By the way, in order to strengthen the control of the Sanguba and Wangjiadian areas, the headquarters has decided that Qinggu Dazuo will serve as the commander of the Japanese army in this area, responsible for the encirclement and suppression of the New Fourth Army in this area. ”

"What? What does Ishitani-kun mean by this? Guo Zhenlong was stunned when he heard this, why didn't he report such a major matter to himself?

The Ishiya United are going to evacuate here? Changing the control of the region to the forces of Kiyoya Daisa? Even a regular field force like the Shigu Wing can't help Liu Tianshu, is there a way for the public security garrison to do so?

"Guo Sang, don't worry, the Imperial Japanese Army has never treated true friends badly, the matter of recovering Banqiaoji, I believe that Qinggu Daisa will definitely consider it seriously, by the way, since your troops have arrived at Sanguba, it is not suitable to station so many troops there, I have asked Matsumoto-kun to give an order, let the troops stationed in Sanguba withdraw to Wangjiadian to meet the main force, and then we will evacuate Wangjiadian after Qinggu Dazuo's troops arrive. In order to show my sincerity, the Ning Chenglong regiment that cooperated with our unit's actions was incorporated into your troops, and I have reported this matter to the higher authorities and obtained permission from the above. Saburo Ishiya said slowly.

Guo Zhenlong lost a regiment in Banqiaoji, and the Imperial Association Army, which cooperated with his own actions, has not yet been included in the army sequence of the Nanjing puppet Nationalist Government for the time being, but this is a matter of time, so in order to appease Guo Zhenlong, Ishiya Saburo has asked the brigade commander for instructions to directly incorporate Ning Chenglong's regiment into Guo Zhenlong's division.

Hearing that Ishiya Saburo promised to incorporate Ning Chenglong's regiment into his own troops, Guo Zhenlong somewhat calmed down the resentment in his heart.

Just when Guo Zhenlong went to Wangjiadian, Liu Tianshu handed over the reorganization of the Toucheng puppet army to Xie Pingcai, and he took the fourth battalion and the artillery battalion and hurriedly returned to Sujiatang.

Miura Tadaji's main force is no longer going south, which means that Ishiya Saburo will soon leave Wangjiadian, Ishiya Saburo's department killed more than 100 villagers in Maowan Town, this account has not yet been settled, Liu Tianshu naturally has to think about how to cut off another piece of meat from Ishiya Saburo as soon as possible.

As soon as he returned to Sujiatang, he received news from Hefei that General Kiyoya Daisa of the Japanese army led a public security garrison of about 1,500 people to the Wangjiadian area to take over the defense of Ishiya Saburo.

Seeing this telegram, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but smile, and said to Guo Sizhong on the side: "Political commissar, this devil is too arrogant, thinking that only one public security garrison can control our base area?" ”

"Commander, I see, this little devil can't afford to lose his face, no matter what, they can be regarded as occupying our base area, if they give up like this, isn't it in vain? And the Shigu Wing is also the field wing of the Japanese army, and now that the battle in Changsha has begun to tighten again, the Central China Command of the Japanese Army naturally does not want to put its precious troops in a small place like ours. I have heard that these security garrison brigades are all temporary units, and many of their soldiers are from the northeast. ”

"I don't think the devil can play many tricks." Liu Tianshu replied and began to study the route of Saburo Ishitani's most likely evacuation on the map.

Anyway, there are only a few routes to leave the base area, either retreat to Sanguba, bypass the wild boar ridge from the south and retreat westward, or withdraw directly from the wild boar ridge to the Baisha stronghold, or withdraw from the base area in the northwest direction through Maowan. As for withdrawing from the base areas in the east, there should be no such possibility.

Thinking of this, he asked Staff Officer Sun to immediately send additional personnel to closely monitor the Japanese troops stationed in Wangjiadian, and at the same time asked intelligence personnel in various places to increase the collection of intelligence on the Japanese army.

In the evening, Tong Guijie, the commander of the first battalion, sent a telegram requesting an attack on the Japanese army in Majiaji and uprooting the Majiaji stronghold.

After listening to Staff Officer Sun's introduction to the situation of the enemy's and our forces in Majiaji, Liu Tianshu thought about it seriously again, and felt that now Shigu Saburo should be busy preparing for the evacuation, while Guo Zhenlong's troops are still in Sanguba, and the Japanese army in Linshan County should not be able to draw many troops to ensure the safety of the Yangtze River waterway, and at the same time, the fourth battalion has returned to Sujiatang.

The Liuji stronghold north of Majiaji has been uprooted by the independent battalion, and besides, with the launch of the mine-building campaign according to the land law, the troops that are fighting the blockade can use the mines to prevent the Japanese troops in Linshan County from going north to reinforce them, and the time is ripe to uproot the Majiaji stronghold.

After discussing with Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, Liu Tianshu decided that the first battalion commander would be in charge of the battle to recover Majiaji, with the assistance of the third battalion, and the fourth battalion would rest in Sujiatang.

The second company of the artillery battalion cooperated in the operation.

Tong Guijie received the order and immediately discussed with Ou Biaofei, the commander of the third battalion, that one company of the third battalion would block the enemy who might be reinforced in the Longyan area, the other two companies would be responsible for attacking the west of Majiaji, and two companies of the first battalion would be responsible for attacking from the east of Majiaji.

The 2nd Company of the Artillery Battalion was to the west to coordinate the actions of the 3rd Battalion.

Speaking of which, Tong Guijie's work of mobilizing the masses in Zhangbaling was carried out very well, not only did he establish local anti-Japanese armed forces in various parts of Zhangbaling, but his troops also expanded to the size of five infantry companies and one machine gun company.

It's just that his troops lacked weapons and ammunition, and the training couldn't keep up for a while.

However, Liu Tianshu and the others returned from Ningyuan County and brought back the captured weapons and ammunition, so that the first battalion could be replenished in time, and at the same time, the company responsible for containing the enemy in Qingyangling also rushed from Zhang Baling to the vicinity of Majiaji this time.

Ma Jiaji's Japanese puppet army is only about 500 people, and this time four infantry companies were used, plus an artillery company and two machine gun companies, Liu Tianshu naturally did not have to worry.

After handing over the battle to Tong Guijie to recover Majiaji, he ordered two companies of the fourth battalion to quietly move to Maowan Town to hide.

The battle to regain Majiaji began on the evening of the next day, and after receiving an urgent call from Majiaji, Sato, the commander of the Japanese army in Linshan County, hurriedly sent a telegram to Ishitani Saburo, asking Ishitani Saburo to send reinforcements, but unfortunately Ishitani Saburo refused to send reinforcements on the grounds that the troops had received an order to join the main force of the brigade in two days.

And the Japanese army that Sato could use at this time was less than a brigade, how could he have the strength to go to relieve the siege of Majiaji?

In the end, after Sato asked for instructions from above, he had to order the Ma Jiaji garrison to hold on to the spot, and once it was dawn, with the support of the aircraft, he would break through to Linshan County, and then he would send troops to meet him.

Darkness is the battlefield of the Chinese, and daytime is the world of the Imperial Japanese Army, although he did not dare to send troops out of the city to relieve the siege in the dark, but in the daylight he was not afraid of the New Fourth Army's obstruction.

By that time, with the help of Imperial aircraft, it would be enough to blow up the positions of the New Fourth Army into flames. Even those New Fourth Army, which attacked Majiaji, would also be hit hard by the Imperial Air Force during the day.

The commander of the defenders of Majiaji received Commander Sato's reply, and his heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

Judging from the sound of gunfire outside the town, the New Fourth Army was determined to capture Majiaji this time, and not only did it fire fiercely, but also used infantry artillery mortars to bombard.

The position he arranged on the hill to the west had already been ploughed by the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army, and he didn't know how the casualties of the imperial soldiers guarding there were? (To be continued.) )