Liu Tianshu learned that Ishiya Saburo's two brigades were currently concentrated in the Maowan area, and his eyes began to search north of Maowan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the devil was in the limelight, and he couldn't plunder his edge, but after Ishiya Saburo's troops arrived at Bawan Town, it was nearly two hundred miles away from the highway from Hefei to Huai'an. It can be said that Saburo Ishitani's troops have moved away from his solid defense zone.

"Order Zhou Aiguo to immediately find the location of Saburo Ishitani's logistics supply station." Liu Tianshu thought about it and gave an order to the staff officer on the side.

According to the practice of the Japanese army's sweeps, if they go deep into the base areas of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, they will generally set up logistics and supply bases in places that they think are safe.

After all, as a field unit, a single soldier can carry up to two weeks' supplies and ammunition to sustain a medium-sized battle.

For example, in the case of a heavy sweep of the 16 th Regiment's base area, relying solely on the ammunition carried by the soldiers could never guarantee the needs of the battle.

And Ishiya Saburo's two brigades rushed towards the southeast, and their logistics troops should keep up with the pace of the advance of the non-troops.

In the evening, Zhou Aiguo's telegram arrived, and he had found the supply relay station set up in the rear by Ishiya Saburo, and it turned out that in order to ensure the smooth progress of the sweeping operation, Shigu had set up two logistics supply bases between Xiatangji and Maowan, each of which was guarded by an imperial association military camp and a Japanese squadron.

In Saburo Ishitani's view, such a strong force to defend is foolproof.

When he learned that there was a logistics supply station in Xiongba, fifty miles north of Maowan Town, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but smile from the corner of his eyes.

This Xiongba, he knew that it was originally a village, and the local people had the habit of building a village to protect themselves, but he didn't expect the devil to build a logistics supply station in Xiongba.

It seems that Xiong Tiancheng, the head of the Xiongba village, may have taken refuge in the Japanese.

Sure enough, then, Staff Officer Sun sent Xiong Tiancheng's relevant information.

This Xiong Tiancheng, this year is only forty-five years old, it is said that he looks very powerful, since he took over the position of the owner of Xiongba Village, this person after some management, the Xiongba Village has been built as solid as gold, the bandits who are active in that area have attacked the village several times, and finally returned in vain.

It's a pity that his son Xiong Zhiyuan, who was sent to the provincial capital to study, actually took refuge with the Japanese when the Japanese occupied Anqing, and finally served as a translator in a brigade of the 133rd Wing.

No, when he took the devil from Xiatangji and came to sweep the base of the 16th Regiment, Ishiya Saburo learned that his father Xiong Tiancheng was the owner of Xiongba Village, so he instructed to set up a logistics supply station in Xiongba Village.

Xiong Tiancheng saw that his son had defected to the imperial army, and under the cry of Xiong Zhiyuan's mother, he had to agree to cooperate with the Japanese army, but he asked the Japanese troops stationed in Xiongba Village not to disturb the villagers in the village.

Ishiya Saburo's trip is aimed at eliminating Liu Tianshu, besides, Xiong Bazhai is also Xiong Zhiyuan's hometown anyway, and he should still give Xiong Zhiyuan, a Chinese who is dedicated to serving the Imperial Japanese Army, a little face, and nod his head at the moment.

Xiong Tiancheng knew that there were devils stationed in his village, which meant that he had already held a powder keg, and he had words of suffering in his heart.

No, he repeatedly ordered the people in the village not to go out at will, let alone contact with the devils at will, even the original militia in the village was also gathered in the ancestral hall of the village by him.

Now his greatest wish is for these devils to end the sweep as soon as possible and leave his Xiongba Village.

After reading the information obtained by Staff Officer Sun, Liu Tianshu immediately ordered the second battalion to rush to Jinzhutang between Maowan Town and Xiongba Village, where he was prepared to block the attack on the spot once Ishiya Saburo turned around and reinforced, and at the same time ordered the third battalion and the artillery battalion to immediately rush to Xiongba Village and attack Xiongba Village tomorrow night.

As for the four battalions and two companies, under the command of Kang Shuidong, they harassed the enemy in Maowan Town and tried their best to contain the enemy.

The independent battalion was left on the flank of Jinzhutang in the north of Maowan Town as a reserve.

After Saburo Ishitani arrived in Maowan Town, he reported the situation to the brigade commander and contacted Nobuyuki Matsushita.

Matsushita Nobuyuki's troops, at this time, had already left the Wild Boar Ridge and successfully captured the Sangu Dam.

During the attack on Santaniba, Matsushita Nobuyuki's 3rd Brigade encountered only sporadic resistance, but due to carelessness, the troops stepped on a mine on the way forward, causing casualties among five or six soldiers, causing some consternation.

After Nobuyuki Matsushita occupied the empty Sangu Dam, he immediately realized that Liu Tianshu's main force had fled, so he ordered his troops to stop in the area of Sangu Dam while sending a large number of plainclothes to find the whereabouts of Liu Tianshu's main force.

The plainclothes sent by Nobuyuki Matsushita were ambushed by the militia of various villages and the reconnaissance platoon of the second battalion, and they suffered heavy casualties.

Although most of these plainclothes are Chinese, and there is not much difference in the accent of their speech, those who are walking outside at this time are either reconnaissance personnel of the New Fourth Army or devils in plainclothes, and as for the villagers, they are all hiding.

The reconnaissance personnel and intelligence personnel of the New Fourth Army secretly prescribed secret marks this time, and the militia squad leaders of each village knew the marks, and after those suspicious people were caught, they were brought to the squad leader, and the squad leader only needed to take a closer look and ask to know whether they were reconnaissance personnel of the New Fourth Army.

In the end, the personnel sent by Matsushita Nobuyuki suffered heavy losses, but they did not even get any information on where the main force of the New Fourth Army was.

Without the exact location of the main force of the New Fourth Army, although Matsushita Nobuyuki had heavy troops in his hands, he did not dare to act rashly, of course, his three brigades acted collectively, and he was not afraid of the ambush of the New Fourth Army, but the three brigades were concentrated together, so he could only travel in Liu Tianshu's base area.

And he was asked to divide his troops to search and advance, but he was worried that he would be ambushed by the New Fourth Army.

For a moment, Nobuyuki Matsushita was in a dilemma.

It's the same with Ishiya Saburo, after he occupied Maowan Town, he found that the New Fourth Army and the common people had all run out, so he had to send soldiers to search around, but those ordinary people were the same, when they saw the Japanese soldiers coming, they ran away from afar.

Originally, Ishiya Saburo was going to draw out a brigade to conduct a detailed search of the surrounding area, and then advance to Wangjiadian, but the brigade commander told him to be cautious and not to divide the troops too far apart until it was absolutely necessary.

Thinking of this, he was also very distressed in Maowan Town.

In the afternoon, he received an order from the brigade commander to attack and advance to Wangjiadian the next morning, and work with Matsushita Nobuyuki's troops to take Wangjiadian, and he was looking for Liu Tianshu's main force for a decisive battle.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, outside the Xiongba Village, the 3rd Battalion and the Artillery Battalion of the 16th Regiment of the New Fourth Army surrounded the entire village.

Liu Tianshu, Wu Zhongping, and Ou Biaofei stood on a hill to the west of the village, looking at the village in front of them that showed lights from time to time.

"Regiment commander, I have figured out the situation, the devils guarding Xiongba Village have a squadron, and there is also a battalion of the Imperial Cooperative Army, in order to ensure the safety of the materials, the devils put the materials in a courtyard in front of the stockade, and the devils of that squadron are guarding there, and the Imperial Association Army is guarding the wall. There are only two roads in the whole village that can be entered, the south side of the road is close to the road, and the back of the road, not far from the past is Jigong Mountain. Ou Biaofei pointed to Xiongba Zhai Road.

Liu Tianshu looked at Xiongba Village in the night, and was a little surprised by the person who chose this location to build the village.

This village is built on a flat dam four or five meters higher than the surrounding area, because this high platform is irregular, like an old bear sleeping, so it is called Xiongba Village.

The whole stockade is in a long shape from north to south, because there is a road leading to the gate of the village in the south, so the devils are all concentrated in the south to guard the warehouse, although there is also the defense of the Imperial Association Army behind, but the strength is relatively weak, because of the fear of being attacked by the New Fourth Army, the defense of the entire stockade is all responsible for the Imperial Association Army and the Japanese army.

After watching it for a while, Liu Tianshu said to Ou Biaofei and Wu Zhongping: "Biaofei, Zhongping, how are the troops prepared?" ”

"Report to the regiment leader, the soldiers are ready, just waiting for your order, guarantee to take Xiongba Village and catch the big traitor Xiong Tiancheng." Ou Biaofei looked at Liu Tian and said in a comfortable voice.

"Catch Xiong Tiancheng? What are you holding him for? Liu Tianshu couldn't help frowning when he heard Ou Biaofei's words.

"Regiment leader, Xiong Tiancheng's son Xiong Zhiyuan served as a translator for the devil, and the devil built the logistics base in his stockade, which is obviously a traitor by taking refuge in the enemy, since he is a traitor, of course he must be arrested and tried publicly." European Standard Fei said as a matter of course.

"Nonsense! Tell the soldiers that after attacking the village, no one will be allowed to shoot at the villagers after attacking the village, and if the militia group of the village does not attack us, no one will shoot at them, and those who violate the order will be severely punished. Even Xiong Tiancheng is not allowed to be arrested. In the end, Liu Tianshu's tone was very stern.

At present, the main target is the devils, and although the enemy is allowed to build the logistics base there, there are also unavoidable factors, and the more than 800 villagers of the Xiongba Village cannot be burned in order to prevent the devils from entering the village.

"It's the regimental commander, and the third battalion guarantees to carry out your orders." Ou Biaofei was a little disappointed, but he still made a serious guarantee.

"Okay, let's get started." Liu Tianshu glanced at the two of them and gave the battle order.

The company of European standard flying was already prepared in the north of the stockade. After receiving the order to act, Hou Yifang immediately waved the shell gun in his hand, and one of his platoons immediately drilled out of the hiding place, carefully clinging to the ground, and slowly crawling towards the wall under the cover of weeds.

The place they chose was a bit low-lying, and although there was a fire burning on the wall, it was not easy to find someone crawling in the grass against the ground in the dark night.

At the back of the platoon, the snipers trained by the three battalions had already aimed their guns at the Imperial Allied Army on the wall, and as soon as there was any abnormal movement, they would immediately shoot and kill these Imperial Allied Army.

Speaking of which, it is also strange that Xiongba Village occupies too much land, and it is very difficult for a battalion of the Imperial Association Army to keep the entire wall airtight, so it can only keep the key points.

For example, the wall in the south is enough to place a company of troops, and three light machine guns are also arranged. (To be continued.) )