Five trucks later sent by the Japanese Wing Commander Shigehei Saijo to chase after the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army were carrying a complete infantry squad. Since the Japanese had discovered that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army were not equipped with automatic firearms such as machine guns (which was completely different among the Japanese cavalry units), the five trucks boldly lit their headlights and lined up horizontally, whining and roaring to catch up. On the top floor of the driver's cab of three of the trucks, a Type 96 light machine gun was set up, and from time to time it fired several shots directly in front of the headlights.

And since discovering that the Japanese troops who were dealing with them had switched to trucks, the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army accelerated the speed of evacuation. In the end, they successfully lured these five trucks to the front of the central position of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army in Zhaojia Village.

The 1st Battalion of the 570th Regiment, which was waiting in the central position, did not expect that the Japanese troops would come in a horizontal line with the headlights of the trucks on and unscrupulously line up. Originally, they were worried that it would be difficult to find the Japanese in time at night, but now the other party sent them to the door so "brightly"!

"Regiment commander, the Japanese truck has already entered the range of heavy machine guns, can it be hit?" The commander of the first battalion anxiously asked Tian Mingda. The 570th Regiment, like the 569th Regiment, has a heavy machine gun company directly under the regimental headquarters, and the normal establishment is six Makqin heavy machine guns, but now there are only three heavy machine guns left in the 570th Regiment, one of which often fails to fire due to ammunition supply failures.

"Hit, fight! What are you grinding if you don't fight!? Looking at the row of car lights swaying and shaking (caused by bumps in the road) in the distance, the tone of the Jin army commander changed, lest the ferocious Japanese suddenly pounce on the position.

Two Maxim heavy machine guns mounted on the position opened fire almost simultaneously. At this moment, the five Japanese trucks were still about two miles away from here, and Makqin could only aim at the launch of the car lights in the night, losing most of his accuracy. The truck continued unscathed.

This scene was quickly captured by the artillery position behind the central position, and the artillery company commander immediately reported to the deputy brigade commander of the 12th Independent Brigade who supervised the formation, requesting the artillery to be fired.

Soon, six Jinling-made 82 mortars lined up in a row began to shell with reference to the direction of the truck's lights. However, the artillery skills of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army were not perfect, and the artillery of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army was not perfect, and it was used to shoot at targets moving forward, and it was in the darkness of the night, and its accuracy was even more unbearable than that of the Makqin heavy machine gun.

The method of striking with heavy machine guns and mortars alerted the Japanese squad that was swaggering forward in the car - the cavalry of the Shina Army was gone, but heavy fire appeared in front! The Japanese squad leader immediately ordered the stop. The headlights of the truck shine at a distance of tens of meters at most, and the heavy machine gun bullets and * flying in front of it, but you can't see any clues. This made the pursuers, who were only about 50 people, aware of the danger.

"Turn off the lights and back off!"

After hesitating for a moment, the Japanese squad leader made a decision - the enemy situation in front was unknown, at least the truck could not be parked within the range of the artillery fire of the Chinese army. He had to wait for the main force personally commanded by the first-class wing commander Dazuo himself to pursue along the west bank of the Qinglong River, and then make a decision to advance or retreat.

The cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army, which was being chased by the Japanese truck fleet, had all waded through the Qinglong River and returned to the right flank at this time. More than fifty cavalrymen restrained their horses into a few bushes of woods behind the east bank and entered the positions controlled by the bandits of the Black Rock Cliff Cottage.

But to Xia Lianshan's surprise, the heavy machine guns and mortars in the central position of the Jin army were then fired impatiently, and the Japanese trucks had not yet driven into the flank range of the right flank position.

Across the riverbank, the commander of the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army saw that the Japanese trucks diagonally opposite had turned off their lights, and then began to reverse and retreat. Although the speed of the truck's retreat was very slow, it was clearly an effective range of moving more and more away from the right-wing position.

Xia Lianshan was anxious, and secretly complained about the inability of the central position of the Jin army: Obviously, if it was put a few hundred meters closer, the Japanese truck would completely enter the front of the right flank position (and naturally enter the front of the left flank position).

"Big boss, my cavalry has pony pistols in their hands, can you chase down the river bank and shoot at the Japanese trucks?"

Xia Lianshan, who was unwilling, hurriedly turned to the female bandit leader - the Lewis machine gun that the bandit owned looked like a small cannon, and it looked like it should be quite powerful.

But before Liu Wumei could express her position, the master on the side interjected first and refused, saying that the bullets from the machine gun were only brought down the mountain, and they could not fire unless they had to. The cavalry company commander of the Eighth Route Army was not familiar with the Lewis machine gun that swept the First World War, and only glanced at the round drum mounted above the body of the gun a few times, so he mistakenly thought that the bullet of the machine gun was more unique. In fact, the Lewis machine gun in the hands of the bandits has a bullet caliber of 7.92, which is the same as the Czech light machine gun and the medium formal rifle used by the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army.

"Chief Xia, don't worry, wait for your main force to withdraw in a while, and it's too late to fight again!" Liu Wumei was smearing the mud on the side, she inadvertently crashed into the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army during this trip, and now it is the top priority to be able to escape the pursuit of the Jin army commander safely, so she is not in a hurry to participate in this ambush battle.

Xia Lianshan had no idea for a while.

At this moment, the sound of gunfire from both sides of the upper reaches of the Qinglong River began to approach - it should be the first battalion led by Wang Shuanglong, and nearly two infantry squadrons under the command of the Japanese wing commander were chasing each other across the river.

"Hurry up and inform the central position of the Jin army, the main force of the devil is about to come up!"

Xia Lianshan commanded his subordinates. At the same time, a question arose in my heart: When the fire starts later, will Liu Wumei's gang of copycat armed forces fight sincerely? Do you want to order them to rush ahead, so that they do not passively avoid the battle or even take advantage of the opportunity to escape?

After midnight, the atmosphere became solemn again in the headquarters of the Japanese Hagiwara Brigade in the important town of Wencheng, Tongpu Road.

The commander of the Hagiwara Brigade, the chief of staff of the riverside, and the head of the Kojima secret service, who were tossed almost tirelessly tonight, gathered in a room, nervously waiting for the latest reports from various battlefields.

The phone call to Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji, commander of the First Army of the North China Front in Taiyuan City, had already been made just now. On the telephone, Major General Hagiwara confidently reported to Commander Kazuki that the First Army's "Nine-Way Encirclement" operation, in which the Hagiwara Brigade of the Sena Division participated, had been in full swing, and that the Otsuka Wing and the Saijo Wing had broken the structure and were attacking the remnants of the Shina Army on Mount Great Elm and Guanmen Mountain in an all-round way, and that the specific battle situation would be reported to the division headquarters and the headquarters of the First Army at any time.

Hagiwara still discounted the phone report, and did not mention the series of firefights that took place around the Songjiagou comfort women's secret camp in Little Elm Mountain. Major General Brigade, commander of the brigade, secretly hoped that in the next battle tonight, at least most of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army that took the initiative to attack and harass Little Elm Mountain and Fengdian could be annihilated, so as to cover up the truth that the troops under his command had not launched an attack on Big Elm Mountain. If at the same time, from the foot of Guanmen Mountain, there was another good news of conquering the base area of the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, he would be able to perfectly respond to the "Ninth Route Siege".

However, as the time went by in the middle of the night, the battle reports from the commanders of several battlefields one after another did not appear to be exciting.

Until the wing commander Saijo Shigehei urgently reported from the front line of Zhaojia Village in the lower reaches of the Qinglong River: In front of the main force of the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, he was suddenly blocked by the heavy troops of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army!

This unexpected battle report surprised the three Japanese chieftains in the brigade headquarters. After hurriedly making some marks on the map and sand table with a few combat staff officers, the chief of staff of the riverside summed up in disbelief to the brigade commander, Major General: The battle line of the Imperial Army has been stretched for more than fifty miles tonight!

"How did the troops under the command of Shigehei Saijo actually attack the position of the Jin army?!" Hagiwara asked, annoyed.

When he heard the name Zhaojia Village, he immediately recalled that there was indeed a forward post of the 570th Regiment of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army. It is also with the line of Zhaojia Village as the rough demarcation that the forces of the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Army are infiltrating and separating the villages in the north and south - it seems that it should be Saijo Daisa's pursuit that is too fierce, so that it hits the front line of the Jin army's defense area.

The commander of the Hagiwara Brigade walked irritably to the sand table, while the chief of staff of the river side followed with two operational staff officers, and while synthesizing the many battle reports and telegrams in the hands of the staff officers, he pointed to the sand table and demonstrated the overall battle situation from the three main battlefields up to this moment:

-- In the area of the Junfeng Highway north of the county seat of Toyodian, Kosuke Otsuka commanded two squadrons of his own wing, the Nomura Infantry Brigade, and the three squadrons of the Kameda Infantry Brigade of the Saijo Wing, to pursue the main force of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army with all their might; Due to the narrow terrain, it was difficult for the large army of pursuing troops to deploy, so it was blocked by the Junfeng Highway, and the two sides were still fighting fiercely.

- In Xiping Village, at the western foot of Guanmen Mountain, two squadrons of the Takagi Infantry Brigade of the Saijo Wing and a machine gun squadron suddenly encountered an enemy counterattack after they had already captured half of the area of Xiping Village, and were even surrounded by the Shina Army that rushed to the aid of Xiping Village, and the situation was critical; Fortunately, the main force of the Nara Infantry Brigade of the Otsuka Wing arrived by truck and repressed the enemy back to the east of the Seiryu River. At present, the two sides are facing each other across the river, and Takagi and Nara are planning to launch a strong attack across the river.

- On the front line of Zhaojia Village in the lower reaches of the Qinglong River, Captain Saijo commanded two squadrons of the Takagi Infantry Brigade, as well as an artillery squadron and a truck squadron, to pursue and annihilate the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army unsuccessfully, but unexpectedly encountered a head-on three-sided attack; Saijo Daisa's division broke through the enemy's flank position, and from the captured prisoners, it was learned that the ambusher was the main force of the 570th Regiment of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army. In view of the appearance of the Shinban unit of the Shina Army in an unfamiliar area, Saijo Osa has stopped the offensive and held the position, and asked the brigade headquarters for the next course of action.

Baga - The commander of the Japanese brigade stared at the sand table, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.