At the same time, the 151st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which rushed from Kaifeng, learned that the Chunshan Wing was attacked by the New Fourth Army at Longjiazhai at night, and a wing was beaten to only a few hundred people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

You must know that the independent mixed brigade is only more than 8,000 people, and since the independent division dares to attack the Chunshan United, who dares to guarantee that it will not attack the 151st independent mixed brigade.

The Japanese troops on the south and west roads slowed down, allowing the independent division to breathe, because in this way, Okamura Ningci's carefully planned split attack and combined attack encirclement was naturally not so tight.

When Liu Tianshu saw that the New Seventh Brigade was gradually approaching the blocking position of the Japanese army on the Dongming line, his eyes naturally turned to the 101st Division in the east.

As for the attack launched by the Shandong Eighth Route Army on Jinpu Road, it was blocked by the heavy mobilization of the Shandong Japanese army, but in this way, the Shandong Japanese army could not provide support for the 101st Division for a while.

In the morning, Liu Tianshu washed his face with cold water, shook his spirits, and then came to the war room.

"What is the situation with the Japanese army?" As soon as he entered the war room, Liu Tianshu looked at Deputy Chief of Staff Sun who was busy and said.

"Division commander, the two wings of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, plus more than 2,000 puppet troops that cooperate with the operation, have been prepared for defense on the front line of Mingheze in the east of Changyuan, according to our reconnaissance, these Japanese troops have built deep fortifications in the north, and the 72nd Regiment of our new 7th Brigade is still 50 kilometers away from the forward position of the Japanese army. The two wings of the 101st Division, commanded by the division commander Akiba, were rushing to the Gulongkou area. Sun Xuexuan raised his head and looked at Liu Tianshu with bloodshot eyes.

Listening to Sun Xuexuan's report, Liu Tianshu found the location of the Japanese army on the map at the same time.

The two wings of the 101st Division were just blocking the main road of the independent division's northward advance, and the independent division was going north, and it was impossible to bypass the enemy in the north.

Unless the other two wings of the 101st Division were defeated to the east, and then the canal through Gulongkou reached the Yangsan area.

After studying the map, Liu Tianshu thought for a while and asked, "Have you been in contact with the local comrades?" ”

"I got in touch, Secretary Cheng and the anti-Japanese guerrilla leader Ma Hu are rushing over, and it is expected that in two hours, they should arrive."

"In this way, when the local comrades arrive, I will meet with them." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

When it comes to understanding the situation around them, who else knows better than the local comrades.

After a while, Jiang Jinyong and Xiang Luoquan also came to the war room.

"Division commander, the devil's army, although it has slowed down, is slowly approaching, once the 142nd division is pressing, we will be encircled by the devil." Xiang Luoquan stared at the map for a while, and reminded on the side.

Hearing this, Jiang Jinyong also looked at Liu Tianshu with worry.

In the independent division, Jiang Jinyong fully trusted Liu Tianshu's military command ability, so he never interfered in military command all along.

Liu Tianshu had been pinching his chin and staring at the map for a long time at this time, and when he heard Xiang Luoquan's words, he turned his head and said slowly: "The chief of staff is right, Okamura Ningtz just wants to force our independent division into his encirclement, but I am afraid that his encirclement is not thick enough, so let's poke a big hole." You see, the devils in the north have long been prepared for defense, and their defensive positions have all been built into a defense system in depth, and once we collide with it, it will definitely be a hard bone. And the Japanese army in the west, with the support of the enemy in Kaifeng in Zhengzhou behind, once the fight starts, I am afraid that we will be entangled by it, as for the south, there is a 142nd division behind the 166th division, once the devil determines that we want to go south, the 166th division will soon run up. Therefore, I think the safest way for us is to break through the defense line of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army in the east, and then enter the Yangsan area from this position. As long as we successfully enter the Liangshan area, where our troops will respond, and the terrain is complicated, it will be even more difficult for the devils to deal with us again. ”

"You mean we jumped out of the devil's circle from the northeast?" Jiang Jinyong's eyes lit up.

The task given to the independent division by the higher authorities was to go north to Luxi in northeastern Henan and southern Hebei to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle, and the Eighth Route Army was already active in that area, but the strength was not much, about the size of two regiments, and because there was a troop in the first theater in that area, the enemy's strength was not strong.

If the independent division gains a foothold there, it can connect Taihang with the Shandong base area, and the north can advance to central Hebei, the east can reinforce Shandong, the northwest can retreat to Taihang Mountain, and the west can advance to central Henan, and the south can reinforce southeastern Henan.

In the past, the central authorities also wanted to vigorously develop there, but there were insufficient troops and few people, and even if they had a firm foothold, they would only play the role of transportation links, and their support for several major base areas would not be great, and their strategic location would not be prominent.

After the rapid growth of the Independent Division, the Central Committee decided to put the Independent Division in that position to threaten the Japanese Army's Pinghan Line and Jinpu Road, so as to support the anti-Japanese struggle in other base areas.

However, in this way, the independent division will definitely become a thorn in the side of the Japanese army, and it will definitely use all means to deal with the independent division, which is also a great test for the independent division.

"Yes, the devil has put an iron wall on us in front, we can't touch this mold, and the 101st Division in the east, although there are two wings, is in an offensive state, so it naturally has to divide our troops and advance quickly. We just need to seize the fighter and break through its siege and there should be no problem. Liu Tianshu said calmly.

"Okay, then do as you say." Jiang Jinyong thought for a while and said.

Subsequently, Liu Tianshu asked Sun Xuexuan to increase the reconnaissance of the 101st Division in the east, and at the same time ordered the 72nd Regiment of the New Seventh Brigade to put on a posture of attacking and advancing to the north.

If you want to mobilize the enemy, you will naturally have to play some tricks.

An hour later, Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong met with the local Secretary Cheng and Captain Ma, and when Secretary Cheng and Captain Ma saw that the young New Fourth Army in front of them was actually the division commander Liu Tianshu who made the devils frightened, they couldn't help but greet him respectfully, and then, under the inquiry of Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong, they made a detailed report on the surrounding enemy situation.

When Captain Ma left, Liu Tianshu specially asked Su Lan to send him a batch of weapons, and Captain Ma couldn't stop rubbing his hands.

In the evening, cadres above the brigade commander level of the independent division gathered at the division headquarters for a meeting.

At the meeting, the chief of staff was briefed on the enemy situation, after which the assignment of tasks began. According to the division's arrangement, the 72nd Regiment of the New 7th Brigade will attack the Japanese defense line in the north tomorrow night, the 71st Regiment and the 70th Regiment will be deployed on the east side of the 72nd Regiment to prepare for the response, and the three main regiments of the 21st Brigade will immediately quietly go eastward and hide in the area around Gulongkou to prepare for the attack on the Japanese army in Gulongkou, and the 22nd Brigade will be responsible for breaking the rear.

Once the 21st Brigade succeeds in the attack, it will immediately control the Gulongkou line, block the attack of the 101st Division, and cover the direct command of the Independent Division, and the 21st Brigade and the New 7th Brigade will enter the Liangshan area through Gulongkou.

Gulongkou is the main road of the independent division to the north of the Liangshan area, where the terrain is complicated, and now there is a brigade of the Japanese army to defend it, while a wing of the 101st Division is rushing towards Gulongkou, and another wing, 30 kilometers south of Gulongkou, is pressing towards the position of the independent division.

At the same time, the 69th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade had to put on the appearance of attacking westward and launched a wave of attacks on the 151st Independent Mixed Brigade to disrupt the sight of the Japanese army.

On the night of the next day, the various units were in place one after another, and the 72nd Regiment in the north first launched an attack on a Japanese position in Dongming, and the infantry artillery that cooperated with the action suddenly carried out an artillery bombardment on the Japanese Huashankou position, and the shells that flew out fell on the Huashankou defenders' positions like raindrops, and immediately sounded a thunderous explosion, and at the same time, the sky's red light was reflected in the firelight, and the devil's fortifications continued to fly into the sky in the explosion.

The commander of the Japanese army guarding Huashan Pass received a call from the front and learned that the New Fourth Army had launched a fierce attack on his position.

Wing Commander Saburo Isoya received the report and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and while ordering the third brigade to prepare for reinforcements, the artillery of the wing moved forward quickly, and reported the situation to the division commander.

The commander of the 101st Division received a report that the New Fourth Army had launched an attack on the Huashankou position, and after looking at the map, he ordered his troops to accelerate their westward advance while reporting to Commander Okamura.

If the New Fourth Army breaks through the Huashankou position, it will be able to smoothly enter northeastern Henan, where there are many mountains and dense forests, and once the independent division of the New Fourth Army successfully enters, the difficulty of the Japanese army in North China to encircle and suppress it is not ordinary.

Besides, in that area, there was also the army of the Nationalist Government, and the power of the empire was somewhat weak in that area.

Okamura Ninci was overjoyed to learn that the Independent Division had indeed launched an attack on the Hanayama Pass position, but a trace of worry rose from the bottom of his heart.

From a military point of view, it should be the most convenient route for the New Fourth Army to break through the Huashankou position and go north, but precisely because everyone knows that it is the easiest to go north from Huashankou, it is natural to know that it is the focus of the imperial army's defense.

Liu Tianshu, who was as cunning as a fox, why did he choose to go north from there, did he really think that his independent division was invincible in the world.

Okamura always felt that something was wrong.

Just when the 1st Battalion of the 72nd Regiment followed the artillery shells to capture the forward position of the Japanese army at Huashankou, the 69th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade suddenly appeared in front of the 151st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army to the west. (To be continued.) )