Wan Zixiong and Liu Qinghe met in Yangzhou, but they didn't expect that the devils in Jiangbei had much fewer troops than in Jiangnan, but there were too many mountains: devils, New Fourth Army, Nanjing Central Army, Central Army, Loyalty and Salvation, remnants of the Fifth War Zone, Sulu War Zone, Third War Zone, local militia groups...... It made Wan Zixiong and Liu Qinghe more uncomfortable than fighting in Jiangnan: because in Jiangnan, if you work with devils, as long as you have the strength, you can just do it, but in Jiangbei, it is different, there are friendly defense areas everywhere, the territory of each family is not big, the combat power is not strong, and the official authority is not small, which defense area must be contacted in advance to greet him, Liu Qinghe smiled bitterly at Wan Zixiong: "There are pots and jars everywhere, it is difficult to move an inch!" ”

At this time, the sentry came to report that Chen Yi, commander of the New Fourth Army, had come to visit. Wan Zixiong and Liu Qinghe hurriedly greeted ---- this is a friendly army that has really fought side by side.

Chen Yi, Wan Zixiong, and Liu Qinghe are all old acquaintances, so they first took their entourage and guards to eat a meal of braised pork from Wan Zixiong's department, and then talked about business. Chen Yi suggested that Wan Zixiong and Liu Qinghe should hurry up the grain grabbing, as the foundation for basing themselves in Jiangbei in the future, and the New Fourth Army is willing to give full support!

Then he talked about the troop pattern in Jiangbei: the current northern Jiangsu, the devil strength is the first, the New Fourth Army ranks second after the Battle of Huangqiao, the Imperial Alliance Army is third, the Sulu Theater is fourth, the loyalty and righteousness save ** fifth, the third theater is sixth, and the fifth theater is seventh...... Some of these troops are petty and troublesome with devils; some are in collusion with devils to fight tigers; some are at peace with devils and steal peace; some are actually bandits in the name of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression; some are simply bandits waving the banner of anti-Japanese forces; the New Fourth Army is also worried about this; more than 100,000 horses and horses have been divided by enemy and friendly forces from all walks of life in hundreds of base areas and guerrilla areas, large and small, and the New Fourth Army is not willing to fight with the Chinese like the Battle of Huangqiao.

After Chen Yi finished talking about the situation, he snorted meaningfully: "It's good that you guys are here, you are two lieutenant generals, you command them justifiably, and those who do not obey the command will be dismissed on the spot and the troops will be reorganized!" ”

Wan and Liu looked at each other, this Chen Yi has something to say, obviously to guide Wu Mujun to friction with **, this matter is not trivial, but if you don't do what Chen Yi said, the troops of more than 30,000 people can't open their legs at all, so you have to ask the headquarters first!

Shunroku Hata finally understood that the goal of the Takemu Army was to plunder the grain! As a result, the increase in troops in Jiangbei was aimed at snatching grain, and the situation of the Jiangbei Squadron suddenly deteriorated unprecedentedly, which also provided Wan Zixiong and Liu Qinghe with a reason to integrate various mountain leaders.

Shunroku Hata transferred one of the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade and one of the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade from Jiangnan and the 32nd Division from North China to advance from the north and south to start a battle for food.

Zhao Dahu personally went to Jiangbei to command the battle, and ordered the first infantry column of the Wanzixiong Department to advance to Nantong with the cooperation of the eastward guerrilla column of Wang Junshan of Liu Chenghai's department, and then attack and advance along the line of Nantong, Yancheng and Lianyungang, the first infantry column was responsible for eliminating and defeating the devil combat troops, and Liu Chenghai led the guerrillas and Chen Yi's department to be responsible for plundering and transporting food and materials; The second infantry column of Liu Qinghe's division set out from Yangzhou and attacked along the line of Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Lianyungang, and cooperated with Chen Yi's troops to plunder and transport food and materials; He Laifu commanded Feng Jiuzhong's northern guerrilla column and Zhao Da'er's Jiangwan guerrilla column to advance along the west bank of Gaoyou Lake and Hongze Lake to Suqian and Lianyungang, attracting and harassing the troops of the western front of the devils by means of guerrilla warfare.

Zhao Dahu strategized and arranged his troops, and the devils also began to act. The devils in Jiangbei went out to clear the countryside and grab grain. The 12th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Devils stationed in Jiangbei commanded a large number of puppet troops and security regiments to attack the ** troops and plunder food at the same time. **The combat effectiveness of the various units is not strong, and many troops have no fighting spirit, and they are chased by devils and puppet armies and scattered, and the so-called defense areas of the various units are fragmented.

Seeing the opportunity, Zhao Dahu ordered all departments to dispatch urgently as planned, attacking the devils while containing the ** rout.

Liu Chenghai's troops were already scattered all over Jiangbei, and many troops had already engaged in fire with devils. Liu Chenghai led the guard battalion to the east, and ordered all units to prepare to receive the field army troops.

Liu Chenghai traveled to the east of Taizhou, and a ** unit came on the opposite side: about a platoon of soldiers carried 4 sliding poles, 5 carts, 3 women and 1 officer sitting on the sliding poles, the soldiers carried grain, chickens, ducks and rabbits, drove cattle, sheep and pigs, and chased a group of ordinary people to the soldiers and begged to get their belongings back.

Liu Chenghai couldn't see it, and stopped this army with an order. The officer on the sliding pole was brought to Liu Chenghai: "May I ask which unit is the commander?" ”

"Which troop are you?" Liu Chenghai asked rhetorically.

"The humble position is Ning Fugui, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of Jiangsu Security!"

"What task?"

"The devils have been killed, what are the tasks still performed, retreat quickly! Sir, don't go any further, the devil brigade will be here when they say so! ”

"What's going on with these people?" Yoo Seung-hae pointed to a few women.

"This is a lowly family!"

"And what about these people?" Liu Chenghai pointed to the people behind him again.

"These Diao people are unwilling to support the War of Resistance and are unwilling to provide support to the troops!" Ning Fugui made a bold report.

"Why are you so small in a battalion?" Ryu Seung-hae asked.

"The other troops are preparing supplies, and they will be there later!" Ning Fugui replied fluently.

"Where are they now?" Liu Chenghai asked.

"This ......," Ning Fugui stammered.

"Take it for me!" Liu Chenghai ordered, the guard battalion quickly pointed the gun at the ** soldier, and the two guards disarmed Ning Fugui.

"Thou hast fled and plundered the people, and thou wilt be convicted?" Liu Chenghai's eyes showed a cold light.

"Sir, I've been wronged!" Ning Fugui shouted loudly.

"What a wrong! Let me ask you, are these women your big wives? A small battalion commander actually married 3 wives and dared to accompany the army with his dependents! If you lose contact with your subordinates before you fight, what is it if you don't run away from the battle? Liu Chenghai asked.

At this time, the common people also surrounded and accused Ning Fugui of robbing and raping women, Ning Fugui's face was pale and cold sweat broke out.

Liu Chenghai ordered the defeated soldiers to hand over the looted property, and then found out the soldiers who raped the women and tied them up, and the soldiers who injured the common people were also tied up, and then asked whether they were engaged in military justice and practiced on-the-spot justice or joined the death squad to atone for their crimes, and all the officers and soldiers expressed their desire to atone for their crimes.

Therefore, Liu Chenghai ordered the guard battalion and his subordinates to search and advance, and all those who escaped from the battle, robbed the people, raped women, and injured and killed the people were forcibly taken into custody and rushed to the front line.

Dozens of miles to Taizhou actually collected more than 2,000 defeated troops, and at this time, the devils in Taizhou had already sent grain troops to the north, east, and south, but did not go west, because there were powerful Wumu army troops in the west.

The devils in Taizhou learned that the Wumu army was approaching the city, and hurriedly strengthened their vigilance. Liu Chenghai did not attack immediately, but first organized the defeated soldiers who killed and injured the people and raped the women into the first batch of death squads, and the plunderers of the people's wealth were organized into the second death squad, each of whom was issued with 1 rifle, 50 rounds of ammunition, and 4 grenades.

Liu Chenghai didn't want these soldiers to commit suicide, so the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns was very in place, so the second batch of death squads couldn't wait to rush forward, and the third echelon of other routs also rushed forward with the spirit of death squads, and played a wave of stronger wave formations.

The death squads soon attacked the city, and the Wu Mu army approached the city gate and blasted the city gate with meteor thunder, and the death squads swarmed in and started street battles in Taizhou City.

The light and heavy machine guns and mortars of the guerrillas quickly occupied the commanding heights and covered the charge of the death squads, and the brigade headquarters of the Taizhou devils had to withdraw from Taizhou City.

Liu Chenghai gathered the death squads and the rout squads, and counted the casualties: 131 were killed, 302 were seriously wounded, 521 were lightly wounded, and nearly half of the casualties were killed. Liu Chenghai took out a large amount of chickens, ducks, fish and meat to reward these officers and soldiers who were no longer routed soldiers and rescue the wounded.

The devil lost face in Taizhou City, and mobilized troops to attack Taizhou City. For a time, 5 infantry brigades and an artillery brigade surrounded Taizhou.

At this time, Liu Chenghai had a guard battalion of the Wumu Army, 1 and a half guerrilla brigade and more than 1,000 stragglers, a total of more than 4,000 people, 6 mortars, 5 infantry guns, 16 heavy machine guns, plus a batch of meteor flying thunder, javelin flying thunder, and the advantage of being condescending and waiting for work, and confronted the devil.

Liu Chenghai arranged for the stragglers to hold the west side, and at the same time assigned two companies of guerrilla veterans to command the operation, and was provided with 2 mortars and 2 heavy machine guns, and the other troops were responsible for the other three sides.

The devil found that there were powerful submachine guns on the south and northeast sides, and only the west side was a mess of rifles, so he transferred the reserve brigade to the west to join the attack.

The combat quality of the stragglers was indeed very poor, and they opened fire without waiting for orders, while the Wu Mu army held its breath and did not move. Seeing that the veterans of the Wumu Army did not move, the soldiers gradually stopped shooting.

Seeing that the troops in the west of the city fired indiscriminately for a while and then stopped firing, and the hit rate was extremely low, the devil thought that the defense of this line was weak, and the attack was more rapid, and the stragglers could not hold their breath and fought back.

Seeing the sparse firepower on the city to return fire, the devil attacked more confidently and boldly, and soon attacked the city, and the infantry let go of the city gate, and let the infantry shell the sandbags blocking the city gate.

Seeing that the time had come, Wu Mujun ordered everyone to throw grenades together, and then opened fire with light and heavy weapons, repelling the attack of the devils, and then quickly retreated to the base of the city wall.

The devils really launched an artillery bombardment, and Wu Mujun rested, ate and drank quietly under the city wall.

When the devils attacked again, Wu Mujun ordered the stragglers not to show their heads, not to shoot, and to throw grenades when they were ordered. Because Wu Mujun is now backlit, it is difficult to aim and shoot under the sunset.

The devil was defeated again in the rain of grenades and began to retreat, and the Wu Mu army pursued with a dense stream of bullets, because the sun had already set, and the Wu Mu army no longer had to brave the dazzling sunlight to shoot.

When it got dark, Wu Mujun arranged for 20 groups of soldiers to have a veteran in each group with two stragglers, and take turns to shoot cold shots at the devil, anyway, if you don't attack him, he will attack you.

In the middle of the night, rumbling cannons rang out. Wan Zixiong's field troops came up and launched a night battle overnight, and the fierce artillery fire caused the devils to retreat quickly, and they were beaten by Liu Chenghai's guerrillas who had rushed over, so they had to retreat north.

Wan Zixiong entered Taizhou City to meet with Liu Chenghai, informed each other of the battle situation, and believed that Liu Chenghai's method of containing the defeated troops was effective and should be vigorously promoted, so he summoned the officers of all departments to promote it collectively, and each unit sent a large number of vanguard troops to intercept the defeated troops and force them to return to the battlefield.

Due to the delay caused by Liu Chenghai and Wan Zixiong's containment of stragglers, the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Devils landed at Haimen and stationed in Nantong, using Nantong as a base to go out to collect grain.

Liu Chenghai ordered Wan Zixiong to advance directly to Yancheng, and Nantong was handed over to the eastward guerrilla column to solve. Wang Junshan, commander of the eastward guerrilla column, was originally a fierce general under Xiang Qingyun who was transferred from the Xishan Air Defense Brigade.

When it comes to playing Nantong, Wang Junshan is so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut. The four guerrilla brigades quickly launched an attack on the devils around Nantong. With battalions, companies, and platoons as units, they will fight when they see devils, and they will only fight but not capture.

Yoo Seung-hae led the newly contained skirmishers to transport the booty.

The devil also has helpers, a large number of Nanjing Central Army and local security regiments. The devils were responsible for the battle, and the Nanjing Central Army and the Security Corps were responsible for collecting grain. The devils stationed one brigade in Rugao, Rudong, and Haimen, and the other two brigades and the artillery brigade were stationed in Nantong City, and each brigade was only more than 900 people, and there was no artillery. The devil knew that his troops were insufficient, so all the brigades were stationed in squadrons to deter the surrounding areas.

A team of puppet soldiers marched on the highway with more than 20 carts of grain, and two devils sat on the cart to eat. Suddenly, two light machine guns fired at a long point, and the devil soldier fell under the car.

More than a dozen Wu Mu soldiers stood up with submachine guns, and the puppet soldiers surrendered without resistance, and obediently followed Wu Mu Jun.

Dingyan is the stronghold of the devil's grain collection team, and hundreds of carts gather from all directions in the evening. The leader of the devil squadron felt that something was wrong, why did the grain collection team come back at the same time so coincidentally?

He immediately ordered people to set up machine guns at the entrance of the town in case of contingency, and asked the carts to keep their distance in the language of flags, and they came in one by one.

The large convoy hurriedly turned around and retreated, and a small team of devils chased them out under the cover of machine-gun fire.

The devil chased for a while, and when he saw that Wu Mujun was fleeing too fast, he stopped the pursuit, and after a short rest, he was about to return to the city, but he saw that Wu Mujun was surrounded from all sides, and hurriedly resisted on the spot.

These Wumu troops are not like the usual configuration, most of them are riflemen, and the old sleeves and Hanyang are officially everything, and the military uniforms are also varied, but they are all afraid of death to rush up.

The devil relied on 3 light machine guns, 3 grenadiers, and accurate marksmanship to withstand these miscellaneous Wu Mu troops.

The devils in the city had to come out to answer. Seeing that there were thousands of people besieging a squad outside the city, the devil sent a squad out of the city, mounted a reinforced heavy machine gun on the cart, and attacked all the way with other light machine guns.

Although the quality of individual soldiers and the combat organization are not worth mentioning, but the number of people and the desperate attack, it is still difficult for the devil to send reinforcements. The devils left behind in the city saw that the devils outside the city were fighting the trapped beasts, and the only remaining team had to hold the stronghold, so they had to apply for reinforcements from Rugao County.

The devils had already made arrangements, and the devil's machine gun squadron and transport squadron in the county town each took the lead with trucks and heavy machine guns, and took the other two squadrons on the periphery to kill Dingyan together.

The powerful firepower of the devil reinforcements made the rout soldiers who had just gathered flee again, and at this time, the main leader of the Wu Mu army appeared, and an infantry platoon came up, and dozens of javelin thunderbolts paralyzed most of the trucks, and then they charged with light machine guns and strange lights.

The devil saw that the elite troops of the Chinese army appeared, although the firepower was strong, but after all, there were few people, so he immediately organized two squads to surround this small army, and then concentrated all the grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns to attack the Chinese army in the encirclement.

Of course, Wu Mujun would not let the devils surround him, regardless of the devils in the surrounding direction, and rushed in the direction of the truck with all his might.

As the devil's firepower dispersed, the Wu Mu army gathered a rout and launched an attack.

The devil saw that the Zhina army was outnumbered and had to fight non-stop overnight, and he would be in danger, so he used the remaining 3 heavy machine guns to cover and retreated into Dingyan Town.

The main force of the grain grabbing troops on the Rugao side of the devil Rugao was trapped in Dingyan, so the grain in the four miles and eight towns around Rugao was transported away by the Wu Mu army, and those Nanjing Central Army and the security regiment dared to provoke the Wu Mu army without doing their best, and they would be wiped out by the Wu Mu army. Therefore, most of the puppet army did not dare to act rashly and let the Wumu army transport a large amount of grain.

;