Ban Heng Seishiro and Sakurada Takeshi and others were shocked when they heard this, and when Scout Shaozo ran to him panting, Ban Heng Seishiro immediately asked uncertainly: "What are you talking about?" What the hell is going on? ”

"Your Excellency, General... The people of China ......! A large number of unidentified forces suddenly poured out of the mountains and forests in front of them, numbering tens of thousands! The devil scout Shaozuo said with a flustered expression.

"What? Tens of thousands? Who are they? Itahima Seishiro was puzzled and turned his gaze to Takeshi Sakurada beside him.

Facing Itatsune Seisishiro's inquiring gaze, Takeshi Sakurada also shook his head in confusion.

Because in his impression, in the Lunan and Luzhong areas, the formed middle [***] team should have been annihilated by the imperial army one after another, or retreated to other places, so in the entire Lunan and Luzhong area, except for some scattered resistance forces, there should be no formed middle [***] team.

The first two couldn't figure out what was going on with the tens of thousands of Chinese armed forces that suddenly appeared in front of them?

Confused, the two of them turned their gaze to the reconnaissance Shaozuo at the same time, and asked, "Have you figured out which unit they are in Zhina?" Is it the political axe resistance or the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army? How is the equipment? ”

"Your Excellency General Hui, judging from their outfits, they have peasants, political axe troops, Eighth Route Army, and even bandits, and the weapons they use are also varied, and some even use cold weapons such as knives, guns, sticks, bows and arrows." Devil Shaozo replied again quickly bowing his head.

"Yaga! Could it be that a group of rabble would dare to stop my elite Imperial Army? Itayo Seishiro was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered Sakurada Takeshi: "Sakurada-kun, immediately order the troops and launch an attack immediately!" Kill all those who stand in the way of the Imperial Army! ”

"Hay!" Sakurada Takeshi hurriedly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and hurriedly left with his saber on his shoulder.

………………………… On a hill in front of the Fifth Division, a well-equipped [***] squad was patrolling the position under the leadership of a burly officer, and around them, a large number of armed men were reinforcing the position in a tense and orderly manner.

The officer who took the lead was Liang Yili, the commander of the special operations battalion who led the special operations battalion to attack Zaozhuang not long ago.

Since the special operations battalion was ordered to infiltrate the area behind enemy lines in southern Lunan to develop on its own, Liang Yiyu's special operations battalion has developed extremely rapidly, and its strength has grown from the initial hundreds of people to nearly 10,000 people, which is mainly related to the background of Liang Yilu and the special operations battalion.

Who is Liang Yiyu? Before joining the Tiger Army, he was a hero of the green forest, with his own brothers in eastern Henan for more than ten years, the local security regiment officers and soldiers repeatedly entered and suppressed, but all of them returned.

This time, on the orders of Qiao Anbang, he led his troops to infiltrate behind enemy lines to carry out sabotage operations in order to cope with the frontal battle of the main force. For Liang Yiyu, it is like a dragon entering the sea, and a tiger returning to the mountains and forests.

Relying on the fame of the Tiger Army, and Liang Yilu is also well-known on the road, his special operations battalion quickly developed in the Lunan and Luzhong regions, and the speed of development is extremely rapid.

When it was learned that it was the Tiger Ben Army who fought back, various local anti-Japanese forces, such as the Red Gun Society, the Huidaomen, bandits, bandits, and stragglers of [***], either voluntarily joined or formed allies with Liang Yiyu's special operations battalion.

In the middle, in addition to Liang Yiyu's excellent planning, there is also Qiao Anbang's personal prestige and the prestige of the Tiger Army.

After the thousand-mile battle of the defense of Nanjing, the annihilation of 100,000 troops in Huainan, and the Battle of Xuzhou, the name of Qiao Anbang and his Tiger Ben Army has long been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people of the whole country.

Looking at the whole of China, from the elderly in their seventies and eighties to the children of three years old, everyone knows Qiao Anbang and everyone knows about the Tiger Benjun.

It can be said that it is precisely because of Qiao Anbang's personal prestige and charisma that the special operations battalion has developed so smoothly behind enemy lines.

In fact, from the moment when the Yue army defeated the mountain, swung his army south to cross the Yellow River, and Han Fuqu fled to Shandong without a fight, the situation in Shandong became extremely chaotic, especially after the defeat of the first battle of Xuzhou.

The situation in the entire Lunan and Luzhong regions became more chaotic, and a large number of [***] stragglers scattered to various places, some of them stood on their own hills, fell into the grass, and some were absorbed by some local armed forces.

The entry of these stragglers and the loss of their hometowns gave birth to many large and small resistance forces, and various gangs, bandits, and guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army achieved unprecedented development.

They often attacked the railway and highway lines of communication of the Japanese army, causing a lot of trouble for the devils.

However, because the dragons had no leader and fought separately, although the number of people was large, they could not pose a fatal threat to the army, and the arrival of the special operations battalion of the Tiger Army, coupled with the fact that the army was tired of dealing with the frontline battlefield in Xuzhou, this situation was quickly broken.

The special operations battalion held high the banner of the Tiger Army's resistance, and through its incorporation and recruitment, its number exploded in a short period of time, especially when it was learned that the Battle of Xuzhou had been won and the army had fled on all fronts.

Liang Yilu immediately mobilized all the forces he could mobilize, preparing to block the Yue army from fleeing north, win time for the pursuing troops, and encircle and annihilate the Yue army in Lunan.

As soon as I heard that the army had been defeated and was about to fight back, bandits and gangs, gangs, as well as the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army and the remnants of the [***] scattered in various parts of the country, raised troops in response.

Although not all of these armed forces came with the intention of killing the enemy and serving the country, their joint actions would indeed pose a mortal threat to the fleeing army in the north.

In addition to the more than 10,000 people in the special operations battalion, there are also tens of thousands of people from the local sects, bandits, and the Red Gun Society.

At the same time, they fixed their eyes on Itatsune Seishiro, who had retreated here in a hurry, and the troops directly under his division.

If there is a head-on firefight, these tens of thousands of mixed troops composed of bandits, stragglers, and even civilians may not be able to withstand even a single charge of the army.

However, the current situation is different, and the area around Baoqigang is high and densely forested, and the advantages of the army's equipment will not be able to be brought into play.

And the mixed army, relying on the absolute strength and geographical superiority, plus waiting for work, although they can't defeat the devils, but relying on their familiarity with the terrain, it is not easy for the thousands of troops of Itasun Seishiro to pass in a short time.

On the hill, wherever Liang Yiyu went, everyone got up and saluted, Liang Yiyu returned the salute one by one, and said loudly to boost morale: "Brothers, I will take out all the strength on the mother-in-law's kang later!" As long as we block the little devils and buy time for our Tiger Ben Army to pursue the army, we can wipe out all the devils under the mountain here! When the time comes, you will all be heroes of resistance, admired by thousands of people, enough to glorify your ancestors! ”

"Sir, after beating the little devil, is there any reward!" A big-headed soldier who hadn't yet changed into a military uniform asked, apparently not long after he joined the special operations battalion.

"What reward do you want?" Liang Yilu turned to look at him and asked.

The big head soldier thought for a while and said, "I want a roast chicken, and then a jar of Xinghua Village!" ”

"No problem!" Liang Yiyu waved his hand and said: "After this battle, everyone, the wine and meat are enough, and when the time comes, we will eat together, eat meat, and drink wine in a big bowl!" Moreover, when the time comes, each of you will have six oceans of military salary per month, with the blue sky and white emblem on your head, wearing our military uniforms, taking military salaries, going home to ask for a mother-in-law, and building a new house, not only the wife and children will be hot, but also the ancestors will be glorified! ”

Liang Yiyu's words made everyone fascinated, at that time, how happy and happy such a life should be.

Yes, live and work in peace and contentment, eat and drink without worry, and the wife and children warm the kang head, both old and young.

"But ......" Liang Yiyu changed his words and said: "It's those damned devils under the mountain, they launched a war of aggression, they want to destroy our country and our race!" If we want to live and work in peace and contentment, we must pick up guns and fight them to the end, until we drive them back to our hometown, and then we can live the good life I just said! ”

"the dog, Lao Tzu and these little devils fight to the end! Kill them all! A big man gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"Yes, fight with them to the end, kill them all, for our good time!" The big-headed soldiers present echoed in unison, since ancient times Qilu has been heroic, these Shandong heroes are not short of blood surnames, and they have never lacked blood to kill the enemy and serve the country.

It's just that they followed the wrong person at the beginning, Han Fuqu, in the face of the great enemy, there is still a selfish psychology to protect themselves, unanimously 200,000 Shandong troops were defeated without a fight, regretting the loss of the Yellow River, the land of Qilu fell under the trampling of the iron hooves of the army, countless families were destroyed, wives were separated, and tens of millions of Qilu people were in dire straits.

Soon, the attack of the Fifth Division began, and the annoyed Itayo Seishiro directly sent a wing, relying on the cover of the artillery fire of the only remaining small-caliber artillery of the divisional artillery wing, to launch an attack on the hill positions guarded by the mixed army such as the special operations battalion.

Because the Yue army first fought a fierce battle with the Tiger Ben army in Xuzhou for a day and night, and then retreated north in a hurry one after another, it was already sleepy and short of horses, and the weapons and ammunition were almost exhausted.

Therefore, the current army is at its weakest combat effectiveness.

But Rao is like this, the shooting of several Type 92 infantry guns and mortar groups of devils still caused a great shock to the mixed army on the hill.

The roaring sound of the cannon frightened many bandits and civilians who had never seen such a scene with weak legs, and they trembled as they lay on their stomachs in the fortifications that had already been repaired.

On the contrary, the officers and men of the special operations battalion who were scattered everywhere looked at the devils crawling all over the mountains, and not only did they not have the slightest fear in their eyes, but they were a little inexplicably excited.

As for the scattered shelling by the devils, the officers and men of the special operations battalion turned a blind eye.

Behind a fortification, a veteran of a special operations battalion found that several people beside him were trembling with fright, his face was pale, and he immediately said in an extremely disdainful tone: "Look at you bears, listening to the sound of the little devil's cannons, there are only a few Type 92 infantry guns to die, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

"This cannon is so loud, isn't it scary!" A slightly more daring bandit retorted.

"Haha, this bit of artillery fire is a ball, you kid has never seen a real big scene, our Tiger Army's heavy artillery group plus aerial bombardment, and fire at the same time, that scene is spectacular!" The veteran laughed proudly.

Although many people from peasant backgrounds were trembling with fear from the army's tidal wave of attacks and powerful artillery bombardment, there were also many bandits who had been in war for a long time, like the soldiers of the special operations battalion, who were waiting for the devil to approach with cold expressions.

(To be continued)