The Eighth Route Army in the Shandong base area saw that the Japanese puppet army blocking the north had begun to gather northward because of the containment of the New 11th Brigade, and naturally would not let go of this favorable opportunity. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info its Coastal Army Division immediately launched a counterattack against the Japanese stronghold in front of it, and all of a sudden, in the area of northern Lubei, there were beacon fires everywhere, wolf smoke everywhere, countless Japanese strongholds were destroyed, and a large number of puppet troops were forced to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura didn't expect Liu Tianshu's new 11th Brigade to suddenly go north, and suddenly the deployment of the sweep in Jizhong was shaken.

After the Japanese army had to draw out a wing to pursue Hao Mengxuan's new 11th Brigade, the encirclement in Jizhong immediately appeared full of loopholes, and a Japanese puppet army unit in the east was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong because of the light enemy's rash advance, and more than 500 Japanese troops and more than 300 imperial allied troops were all lost.

At the same time, the troops that entered Jizhong were counterattacked by the local military and civilians, and guerrilla warfare methods such as sparrow warfare, tunnel warfare, and mine warfare were endless.

In order to deal with Hao Mengxuan's new 11th Brigade, the Japanese army had to draw troops from the Pinghan Road, which made the Japanese army on the Pinghan Road have to weaken. The Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain was not a good type, and immediately seized this opportunity to attack along the Pinghan Road, which overwhelmed the Japanese army in North China.

After Okamura Ninci found that it was impossible to successfully destroy the Jizhong base area of the Eighth Route Army, Yin Owl's eyes studied the map for a long time, and finally painfully decided to stop the sweep of the Jizhong Plain and instead concentrate his forces to besiege the New 11th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army that had left the base area.

This major change in the Japanese army was soon learned of by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, so a telegram quickly reached Liu Tianshu.

"What? The Japanese army is ready to mobilize the strength of a division to besiege the new 11th Brigade? When the chief of staff heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Yes, according to the information obtained by the headquarters, the Japanese army in North China has given up the attack on the base area in Jizhong, and instead concentrated its forces to encircle and suppress the new 11th Brigade, and the headquarters instructed us to let the new 11th Brigade return smoothly." Liu Tianshu's tone was a little solemn.

The new 11 th Brigade has 8,000 people, and if the whole army is annihilated because it is surrounded by the Japanese army, it will definitely be a major event that shocks the whole country.

"Commander, now the new 11th Brigade is still in the plains, once the Japanese army's blocking force on the Linqing front line is in place, the way for the new 11th Brigade to return to the base area will be blocked, and then they can only retreat south to the Shandong base area except to the north, but the main force of the Japanese army in Jinan is ready to intercept. With the New 11th Brigade alone, I am afraid that it will not be able to break through the encirclement of the Japanese army. Xiang Luoquan looked worried.

Although the New 11th Brigade has dealt a great blow to the local Japanese puppet army forces in the border area between Hebei and Shandong in order to reinforce the base area in central Hebei, if the main force of the Japanese army in Shandong and Hebei is in place, the New 11th Brigade will be able to penetrate alone.

"Well, you're right, the next actions of the new eleventh brigade must be done carefully. The chief of staff immediately ordered Hao Mengxuan to quickly report the situation of the troops, and at the same time quickly send the information learned by the headquarters to the new 11 th brigade. Liu Tianshu thought about it and decided to thoroughly understand the enemy situation and the situation of the new 11th Brigade before speaking.

This time, the Japanese army gathered heavy troops to prepare for the siege of the New 11th Brigade, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army attached great importance to it, and made the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain and the Eighth Route Army in Shandong ready for battle.

As for the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, it is now busy with counter-sweeps, and for a while, I am afraid it will not help much.

Hao Mengxuan learned that the Japanese army had gathered heavy troops and was preparing to besiege the new 11th Brigade, so he couldn't help but smile, looked at Ou Biaofei and Chen Jian and said: "Old Ou, Chen Jian, the devil really looks up to our new 11th Brigade this time, and he has mobilized the strength of a division to pursue it, not to mention, but also let the Japanese army in Shandong intercept it." Commander Liu sent a telegram asking us to attach great importance to the Japanese siege, quickly formulate a plan for breaking out of the siege, and wait for an opportunity to return to the base area. ”

When Ou Biaofei heard this, he looked at Hao Meng and said: "Brigade Commander Hao, it seems that we can't stay in Shandong for a long time, since we can't go south, and there are heavy troops of devils in the west, I think we should immediately advance to the northeast, lead the devils in Dezhou and the west to the Ningjin line in the east, and then quickly turn to the northwest, cross the Jinpu Road from near Nanpi, and put on a posture of advancing to Jizhong, and after the enemy in the direction of Shijiazhuang is attracted, then quickly cross the Pinghan line to the west and enter the Taihang Mountain." Then return to the base area via Taihang Mountain. ”

Hao Mengxuan and Chen Jian couldn't help but light up when they heard Ou Biaofei's suggestion.

Although Ou Biaofei was the political commissar of the new 11th Brigade, in the past, he had always served as a military commander and commanded the troops to fight, and he was also very set.

The two carefully studied the map, calculated it with a pen, glanced at each other and said: "What the political commissar said is extremely true, but in this way, the troops will have to go through high-intensity marching and fighting, and the supply of the troops may also become a problem. ”

"Brigade commander, although our new 11th Brigade has carried out a series of battles since it went north, the casualties of the troops are not large, and all the seriously wounded have temporarily stayed in the local troops. Of course, it would be better if we could get the cooperation of the brother troops. As a political commissar, Ou Baofei naturally knows the situation of the troops very well.

Hao Mengxuan thought for a while and finally said, "Okay, just report to the commander according to this plan." ”

After Liu Tianshu received the big roundabout plan sent by Hao Mengxuan, he studied it with Xiang Luoquan, Jiang Jinyong and Sun Xuexuan in the command room for a long time, and finally felt that this plan was feasible, so he reported this plan to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and asked the headquarters to send troops to respond.

Subsequently, the headquarters called back that it would send troops to attack the Pinghan Line south of Shijiazhuang in order to contain the Japanese forces and attract the attention of the Japanese troops north of Shijiazhuang to move south, and at the same time, the Shandong Eighth Route Army sent troops to threaten Jinan and Dezhou to relieve the pressure on the new 11th Brigade.

Liu Tianshu immediately called back to the New 11th Brigade, agreeing to their plan of action, and at the same time asking them to be prepared to implement this plan as soon as possible.

In order to cooperate with the New 11th Brigade to get rid of the enemy's siege, Liu Tianshu immediately drew a regiment from the New 9th Brigade and formed the Northern Front Corps with the 3rd Regiment of the New 10th Brigade and the Independent Regiment of the Military Region.

Shi Qiang commanded three regiments to launch a surprise attack on the daimyo line to the north, and Okamura immediately realized that Liu Tianshu was preparing to meet the New 11th Brigade to return south, and immediately ordered the Japanese troops in Dezhou and the Japanese troops who arrived later to pounce on the New 11th Brigade.

As soon as the Japanese army in Texas was dispatched, the New 11th Brigade immediately stopped moving south, and instead advanced rapidly to the northeast, with the front line of Zhengdian directly attacked.

Seeing that the New 11th Brigade not only did not go south, but actually fled to the northeast, the Japanese army did not react for a while, and the Japanese army in Texas and the Japanese division that came from the west immediately chased after it from behind, and at the same time ordered the Japanese troops in the northeast to make preparations to block it.

The Japanese army still squeezed out several planes from the few air forces to carry out air strikes on the New 11th Brigade.

Who knew that the New 11th Brigade actually scattered the Japanese soldiers who fell into its hands in the marching column, so that the Japanese planes that were ready to bomb were afraid.

By the time they received instructions from above to immediately launch an air strike on the New 11 th Brigade, the day had already passed, and the night had come again as promised.

Hao Mengxuan learned that the large Japanese army that was following behind him was still 50 kilometers away from him, and ordered a regiment to attack the old county in the east, and at the same time, the main force of the brigade suddenly turned around and went north, quietly near Nanpi.

By dawn, a regiment withdrew from the battle and also quickly reached the line of Nanpi.

Seeing that the dense fog was covering the land, Hao Mengxuan immediately ordered his troops to cross the Jinpu Road to the west.

At the same time, the brigade special service battalion in charge of sabotaging the railway received an order to immediately detonate the explosives that had been buried on the railway in advance, and in an instant, explosions sounded simultaneously in eight places on the railway from Nanpi to Texas, the railroad tracks were blown into the sky, two bridges were blown up, and five strongholds on the railway line were destroyed.

After the main force of the New 11 th Brigade quickly crossed the Jinpu Road, it immediately advanced northward, and by 10 o'clock in the morning, it was less than 100 kilometers away from the Jizhong base area.

When the pursuing Japanese troops received a report that the New 11th Brigade had suddenly crossed the Jinpu Road and was advancing towards the base area of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei, they could not help but be surprised, but unfortunately the railway was destroyed at this time.

The distraught Japanese had no choice but to turn around and chase northward.

At this time, a regiment of the New 11 th Brigade advancing northward was suddenly bombed by devil planes, and 58 Japanese prisoners of war accompanying it were killed on the spot, and a regiment of 29 soldiers were killed at the same time.

After Hao Mengxuan learned that the devil was no longer afraid of the prisoners of war in his hands, he had to order the troops to pay attention to preventing air attacks by enemy planes, and the speed of the troops' advance naturally became slower.

Thinking that the devil's plane was hovering in the sky, and behind him, there were a large number of Japanese troops constantly pursuing, Hao Mengxuan thought about it, and immediately sent a telegram to Liu Tianshu, requesting to change the original plan and lead his troops to the north to break through the Japanese defense line and enter the Jizhong base area.

Liu Tianshu has been staring at the actions of the devils when he traveled in the new eleventh day, and found that the pursuit speed of the devils is very fast, and countless planes were dispatched to bomb, at the same time, the Japanese troops on the Pinghan line also began to be vigilant, and a large number of Japanese troops were deployed along the Pinghan line, and after some thought, they agreed to the suggestions of Hao Mengxuan and others.

That night, Hao Xuan ordered the 2nd Regiment to be the pioneer and launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army blocking in the north, and at the same time, the Jizhong base area also sent two main regiments to attack from behind the Japanese puppet army.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese defense line in front of the New 11th Brigade was broken through by the 2nd Regiment, and the New 11th Brigade then quickly passed through the opening torn by the 2nd Regiment and advanced all the way to join the Eighth Route Army sent by the Jizhong Base Area.

The New 11 th Brigade successfully entered the Jizhong Base Area. (To be continued.) )