When it was dark, the Japanese commander of Bashoba received a report from the plainclothes team that a group of eight roads had come to Xiaolong Village, five miles away from Bajiaoba, and the specific number was unknown.

Because as soon as the Eighth Route Army arrived in Xiaolong Village, it put a sentry outside the village to control the entire village, and only allowed the people to enter and not to come out.

The Japanese commander immediately studied the location of Xiaolong Village on the map, and then immediately reported to it.

The commander of the devils stationed in Jinyang County learned that the Eighth Route Army had indeed appeared at the junction of the two counties, and had secretly arrived in Xiaolong Village, so he immediately ordered the devils in Bajiaoba to strengthen their vigilance and block the road for the Eighth Route Army to advance eastward, and at the same time hurriedly sent troops from the county seat to reinforce Bajiaoba.

Watanabe received a report from the Japanese army in Jinyang County, saying that in the village opposite Bajiaoba in Jinyang County, traces of the Eighth Route Army had been found, but Xiaolong Village belonged to the boundary of Fuchang County, and although the Japanese army in Bajiaoba had a squadron, it was insufficient and could only defend it, not attack.

When Watanabe heard this, he immediately ordered the Noeda Brigade to press towards the area around Koryu Village.

Since the Eighth Route Army was squeezed between the Noeda Brigade and the Japanese troops in Jinyang County, as long as they blocked the road to the north, it was probably impossible for the Eighth Route Army not to fight to the death with the Imperial Japanese Army.

As for the eight roads in Xiaolong Village, they only blocked the news and did not launch an attack, and in Watanabe's opinion, these eight roads must be waiting for the night to come.

Just when the Yezhi Brigade chased it to less than twenty miles away from Xiaolong Village, Yang Donghu's second platoon launched an attack on the Japanese troops in the Niujiawan stronghold.

The time chosen by the second platoon was just ten minutes after the ironclad patrol car left Niujiawan.

The second platoon, with the cooperation of the mortar squad, first used mortars to bombard the devil's stronghold, and then the infantry opened heavy fire on the stronghold, and on two occasions, the attacking Eighth Route Army also rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the turret.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army used 60 mortars, although the power was a little larger than the Japanese grenadiers, but it still did not pose much threat to the fortified turrets.

The mortar was a curved artillery, which was not suitable for attacking a strong turret, and the Eighth Route Army fired two guns in succession, except for blowing up the houses on one side of the turret into thick smoke, but did not achieve much success.

The two sides fought for less than 15 minutes, and the ironclad patrol car, which had received the news, rushed back, and the ironclad patrol car was equipped with machine guns, and as soon as the powerful firepower was demonstrated, the Eighth Road had to retreat.

Although the shells fired by the Eighth Route Army blew up the sleepers on the railway, it did not have much impact on the railway.

With the addition of the Japanese ironclad patrol car, the two sides fought for almost thirty minutes, and the Eighth Route Army was forced to retreat.

Watanabe received a report that a small force of the Eighth Route Army had launched an attack on the Niujiawan stronghold, only to be repelled by the Japanese troops stationed in the artillery tower and the ironclad patrol vehicles that had arrived to reinforce them, and that the Eighth Route Army had retreated to the mountains and forests to the north.

Watanabe looked at the location of Niujiawan on the map and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In the afternoon, the Japanese troops in Jinyang County found that the Eighth Route Army had quietly appeared in Xiaolong Village. However, no attack was launched on Bashoba, and now a force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared in the Niujiawan stronghold, not only attacking the Niujiawan stronghold, but also using mortars.

Could it be that it was the main force of the Eighth Route Army that attacked the stronghold of Niujiawan?

Watanabe shook his head, you know, although he has strengthened patrols along the railway, if the Eighth Route wants to take advantage of the gap in the patrol of the troops to sneak closer to the railway, it should still be possible.

After all, it is impossible for him to guard the entire railway thoroughly.

They can only deploy their forces in the main places, and if something happens, the reserves will react.

Is this a feint?

Just when Watanabe was guessing the true intentions of the Eighth Route Army in his mind, news came from the Lotus stronghold, saying that it had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, but fortunately, the Japanese troops defending the turret had strengthened their vigilance and used the strong turret to hold on until the arrival of the ironclad patrol car.

This gang of eight roads was undoubtedly repulsed as well.

At this time, Watanabe began to be confused, if the attack on Niujiawan was to attract the Yezhi Brigade to move south, and to create an opportunity for the main force of the Eighth Route Army hidden in Xiaolong Village to escape, then why would the Eighth Route Army attack the Lotus stronghold?

Could it be that the Eighth Route Army really wants to cross the railway? It's a pity that in the next two hours, there was no news from the Eighth Route Army, and as for the Eighth Route in Xiaolong Village, there was no movement for the time being.

Watanabe had no choice but to order Noeda's brigade to gather the team and surround Koryu Village.

Considering that the Imperial army did not take advantage of the night battle, Watanabe's order to Noeda was to attack the Hachiro in the encirclement after dawn.

Just when the Yezhi Brigade quietly surrounded Xiaolong Village, the Jinyang Bay section of the railway east of Niujiawan suddenly exploded, and a culvert was directly blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time, the twenty-meter-long railroad track was dismantled by the Eighth Route Army.

Hearing the news, the ironclad patrol car that rushed to Jinyang Bay for reinforcements was attacked by the Eighth Road and surrounded by a sudden fire, and the ironclad patrol car was immediately martyred, and none of the imperial soldiers inside escaped, all of them were turned into pieces by the fire and the subsequent explosion.

At the same time as the Jinyang Bay Railway was destroyed, a hanging rock next to the railway on the west side of Niujiawan was blown up, and countless boulders rolled down, blocking the entire railway.

At the same time that the railway was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, the Niujiawan stronghold was attacked by the Eighth Route Army again, this time the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was significantly strengthened, and the Japanese troops guarding the turret were so pressed that they could not raise their heads, and as for the Japanese troops guarding the top of the turret, they were killed by the sharpshooters of the Eighth Route Army in less than five minutes after firing.

The telephone to the Niujiawan stronghold was cut off, and the operator could only hear the defenders of the Niujiawan stronghold asking for reinforcements in horror on the radio.

Unfortunately, after a while, there was no sound on the radio.

In order to take the Niujiawan stronghold as soon as possible, Liu Tianshu not only asked the reconnaissance platoon to assist, but also used ******, the Niujiawan stronghold was set on fire, and the entire soldier was finished within half an hour.

Watanabe learned that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was storming the stronghold of Niujiawan, and then he knew that the Eighth Route of Xiaolong Village should only be a small force, so he ordered Noeda to leave a team to pursue and annihilate the Eighth Route of Xiaolong Village, and the main force of the brigade quickly turned to Niujiawan.

It's a pity that the Noeda Brigade was still a step late, and when the Noeda Brigade arrived at Niujiawan despite fatigue, what appeared in front of Noeda Shaozo was the fire that was beginning to extinguish in the Niujiawan stronghold.

The entire stronghold had been burned beyond recognition, and most of the Imperial soldiers who defended the turret were buried in the bombed rubble.

Yang Donghu's platoon finally rushed to Niujiawan at twelve o'clock, and caught up with the second and third platoons after the break before the Yezhi brigade arrived.

The independent battalion crossed the railway and quickly ran towards Hutou Fort.

Watanabe knew that the Eighth Route Army had crossed the railway, so he naturally ordered the plainclothes teams along the line to step up their search, and at the same time ordered the strongholds along the route to be on increased alert.

By daybreak, Watanabe received a report that the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army had entered the Hutoubao area.

Seeing that Noeda's brigade was only thirty miles away from the Toranofort area, Watanabe ordered Noeda's brigade to press to Torigou from the north, and at the same time ordered Saito's brigade to press to Torigaobao from the northeast, and as for the south and west, Watanabe also gathered troops to encircle it.

Since the Chaotian Dragon of Hutou Fort refused to submit to the imperial army, he simply took the opportunity of this encirclement and suppression of the independent battalion to get rid of the Chaotian Dragon as well.

As soon as they entered the territory of Hutou Fort, Liu Tianshu immediately dispersed the reconnaissance platoon, and the guard of the independent battalion was placed within ten miles, and many plainclothes soldiers sent here were captured by the reconnaissance platoon and the second company and the second platoon that cooperated with them.

Due to the fact that the independent battalion immediately took a series of measures after entering the territory of Chaotianlong, Watanabe's plainclothes team suddenly lost its effectiveness, and he also lost the news of the independent battalion at once.

Entering the Hutou Fort area, the independent battalion did not continue to advance, but quietly hid in a deep valley in the northeast.

This valley is called the Wild Wolf Valley, the mountains are high, the forests are dense, the strange rocks are craggy, and there are no roads in it at all.

When the troops entered the Wild Wolf Valley, Liu Tianshu asked the reconnaissance platoon to immediately clear the traces of the troops' movements, and at the same time set up a concealed observation post at the mouth of the valley.

Because the independent battalion, under Liu Tianshu's instructions, before entering the Wild Wolf Valley, also posed as if it was advancing towards the old village of Chaotianlong, he disappeared suddenly, Watanabe didn't expect the independent battalion to hide in an inconspicuous valley on the edge of the tiger head fort.

The next morning, the hidden observation post guarding the valley mouth found a large number of devils in the north, and at the same time a large number of devils appeared in the east.

Throughout the day, the devils camped around Hutou Fort, and at night, there were more and more devils.

On the third day, the devils finally began to advance towards the center of Hutou Fort, and after countless devils entered the mountain, they immediately advanced in the direction of the old village of Chaotianlong.

At noon, Liu Tianshu, who had eaten some dry food, received a report from Shi Qiang that at the foot of the mountain west of the Wild Wolf Valley, only the logistics troops of the devils were stationed, and fierce gunfire rang out in the direction of Hutou Fort.

After knowing that the devil was not suspicious of the Wild Wolf Valley, Liu Tianshu pulled a wide leaf over his face and began to sleep with his head covered.

In the evening, the reconnaissance platoon had clearly reconnoitred the enemy situation in the northeast, and in the northeast direction, only one company of puppet troops guarded it, and the main force of the Yezhi Brigade had already chased to the old village of Hutou Fort.

As a native of Fuchang County, Liu Tianshu still has some understanding of the bandit Chaotianlong. This guy is proud of his martial arts, and often takes his minions to rob the house, and that time he led people to Yangshan Town, and almost set fire to Liu Tianshu's home.

Although Chaotianlong did not take refuge in the Japanese, Liu Tianshu has never had a good impression of this kind of bandits in the township, if it weren't for the Eighth Route Army's policy, according to his temper, he would definitely lead his troops to destroy him at the first opportunity.

At twelve o'clock in the evening, the independent battalion quietly left the Wild Wolf Valley, avoided the defense line of the puppet army from the northeast, and successfully reached the north of the railway through Niujiawan.

The Niujiawan stronghold has been completely destroyed by the independent battalion, and at the same time, the railway has not been able to rush through, so the devils naturally will not station troops in Niujiawan. (To be continued.) )