…… It wasn't until the main force of more than a dozen regiments of the Eighth Route Army suddenly approached Licheng that the defenders of the Japanese puppet army in Licheng begged for help everywhere in shock.

The news was quickly transmitted to the General Headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army.

When Lao Guizigang Village learned the news, it was because the Eighth Route Army was celebrating the wedding of Kong Jie and others in the base area, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to deploy troops and prepare to destroy the Eighth Route Army's plan to destroy the Jizhong Military Station in one fell swoop.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has suddenly moved out in a big way, and it has already arrived in Licheng, and is launching a crazy attack from all directions!"

"Nani?"

Okamura, who suddenly heard the news, was directly stunned, he felt like he was in a dream, and maybe he didn't wake up at all.

Siege of Lê?

These damn Eighth Route Army, how dare they?

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, the Eighth Route Army is celebrating its achievements in the base areas, and there is a solid military blockade of our empire outside the base areas, the Eighth Route Army has long been a turtle in the urn, how could they suddenly appear in Licheng, and the main force is dispatched?"

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Okamura wanted to break his head, but he couldn't think of the reason.

But the facts are in front of you, Li Cheng was once again surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army from all sides, and now it is already in crisis.

The current situation was very passive for the Japanese army.

This time Licheng was besieged, which was not the same as the last time Licheng was heavily besieged by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The surprise attack of the Eighth Route Army came too suddenly, and the Japanese side barely noticed any disturbances in advance, and Licheng, which was now heavily besieged, simply did not have enough time to wait for reinforcements from all sides to arrive.

The most important thing is that your North China Front was almost broken by the Eighth Route Army last time, and reinforcements from all sides of Licheng rushed over to help wipe their butts.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army fled, and the Eighth Route Army also used the pretext of besieging Licheng, and then turned to attack the defense areas of northern Henan, western Luxi, and Luzhong, resulting in turmoil in the entire northern China and even the Japanese-occupied areas in central China.

This time, Licheng was once again surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

The little devils in other aspects naturally don't run over to help, and they even have the meaning of sitting and waiting to watch the excitement.

The Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Ninji Okamura, is a great general.

You can't even clean up the Eighth Route Army, right?

Okamura is so depressed, he is sure that he will clean up the Eighth Route Army, but it is definitely not now, but after the completion of this secret deployment.

At present, the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked, and it actually took the initiative to attack, which was somewhat caught off guard for the Japanese army.

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In fact, the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to quietly complete the siege of Licheng this time was to start with the foreign business of a team.

Just like in Nakajo Mountain.

Before the outbreak of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army had already penetrated Zhongtiao Mountain through its business dealings with the Nationalist Army.

The Japanese caravans that came and went could even freely enter and leave the defense area of the Nakajo Mountain National Army, which was like entering a no-man's land.

With the help of caravans, the Japanese army arranged a large number of spies and scouts to enter the national army defense area to conduct reconnaissance, and long before the battle began, the Japanese army had already thoroughly explored the information of the entire Zhongtiao Mountain national army.

Including the position deployment map, and even what kind of meal the soldiers of the national army eat at noon every day in each position, the devil can know it at the first time.

In the end, it is not surprising that the national army would lose so miserably in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The Japanese even took into account every aspect of the battle before the battle.

However, the little devil never expected it.

Feng Shui takes turns, and the sudden sneak attack on Licheng by the Eighth Route Army this time is similar to the way the Japanese army infiltrated and reconnoitred the national army with the help of caravans in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

With the development of the team's business in recent years, it can be said that the surrounding Japanese occupation areas have been almost infiltrated.

Around the Iron Triangle base area, including the devils around the Taihang base area, who doesn't know, the captain of that team, Kong Jie, is the walking God of Wealth.

No one is going to have trouble with money.

In addition, the two sides often have business dealings, and they are familiar with each other.

Before the battle began, Kong Jie had already arranged everything.

On the surface, as always, the corresponding caravans were arranged, and they swaggered into the Japanese-occupied area.

The devil puppet army stationed there has long been accustomed to this, and after a little interrogation, they will be released directly.

If the merchant who passed through had a familiar face, or stuffed a few silver dollars, the devils and puppet soldiers who were responsible for guarding the sentry post were even greenlit all the way and were directly released.

Occasionally, I encountered some accidents, in the words of Captain Kong: "As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem!" ”

The banknote power is enormous.

The sentry posts and strongholds guarded by the Japanese puppet army along the way are basically unimpeded.

Of course, the targets chosen by the caravans were some security forces in Shanxi, and as for the security forces temporarily transferred from the Shandong defense area, they first tried to infiltrate and reconnoitre, so as not to easily startle the snakes.

In addition, according to the information fed back by the Eighth Route Army this time, it was just stuck in the gap between the Japanese army's change of guard in Shandong and Shanxi.

The morning of the outbreak of the fighting.

The officers and men of the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as caravans, and under the cover of the Japanese puppet army officers who usually had business dealings, they passed through the defense line without danger.

Subsequently, the main force participating in the operation continued to enter disguised as a caravan.

At first, the Japanese puppet army didn't think much about it, and the explanation made by the detachment was that they had hoarded a lot of goods recently, and they seized the opportunity to make a few transactions.

Until the caravans that continuously passed through the Japanese defense line, there were even dozens more in one go.

Only then did the ghost officer stationed there realize that something was not quite right.

But it was too late.

The soldiers disguised as caravans suddenly took out the guns hidden in the vehicles and took the lead in attacking the Japanese puppet army stationed there.

The devil and the puppet army were caught off guard, they were originally some second-rate combat units of the security army, how could they be the opponent of the main force of the Eighth Route Army that suddenly attacked.

The original solid, even concrete structures, were directly exploited by the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

The battle between all sides broke out in an instant, and it didn't last long before and after, and the entire defense line was easily broken through by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army disguised as a caravan.

At this point, the show has just begun.

In addition to the seven or eight main combat regiments of the 386 Brigade, the main combat units involved in the raid on Li Cheng also included some main combat regiments of the 385 Brigade, as well as the cooperation of some local army units.

After the Japanese defense line was successfully broken through by the Eighth Route Army with the camouflage of caravans, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army on all sides followed the original battle plan, after staying behind the corresponding troops and taking over the Japanese defense line that had been breached.

The rest of the main forces quickly advanced in the direction of Li Cheng according to the designated route.

It all came so fast that it was shattering.

The goal of the Eighth Route Army this time is very clear, that is, to go straight to Licheng.

Under the thunderous actions of all parties, the Japanese army was caught off guard, and the devils never expected that the Eighth Route Army, which was still celebrating in the base area, suddenly appeared near Licheng like a divine soldier descending from the sky.

The leakage of intelligence led to a fatal flaw in the Japanese army.

At present, when the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are attacking Licheng, it is the period when the Eighth Route Army in Shandong and Shanxi is changing defenses.

At this time, nearly one-third of Shanxi's security forces had left their original security areas and headed for Shandong.

However, the corresponding security forces in Shandong have not yet had time to arrive in the security area in Shanxi.

This also caused this short gap in the emptiness of troops.

was caught by the Eighth Route Army.

The devil's failure this time can be completely attributed to the failure of intelligence.

The other is the corruption of the low-level security forces.

Okamura, an old devil, may want to break his head, and he can't understand how the Eighth Route Army, which has always been poor and like Hanako, could become a rich man.

He can even use money and business to corrupt his security forces.

...... "Yaga, bastards, these damn silverfish, it's a shame to my Great Japanese Empire, all damn it!" ”

In the headquarters of the General Headquarters, when the relevant departments investigated the situation clearly, they reported to Okamura.

I learned that the reason why the Eighth Route Army could quietly besiege Licheng this time was because the defense of the low-level security army troops was not effective, and the Eighth Route Army troops disguised themselves as caravans successfully broke through the defense line and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

The old devil Gangcun was so angry that his face turned pale, and he wanted to cut off the heads of all the officers of the Imperial and Imperial Cooperative Army who had fornicated with the Eight Roads.

This also strengthened Okamura's determination to exchange the security forces in Shandong and the mountainous areas in an all-round way.

And at the moment, the most important thing for Okamura is how to resolve the crisis in Laicheng again.

The Eighth Route Army attacked suddenly, and the topography of Licheng was very unique, belonging to the terrain surrounded by mountains.

Although such terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the main transportation route is completely cut off, it can easily become a lonely city.

The advantage is that you can hold the entire city with a minimum of troops, especially in the face of the Eighth Route Army's troops with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.

It was precisely with this in mind that in order to completely cut off the harassment of the Eighth Route Army, the 36th Division of the Japanese Army placed the logistics center in Licheng.

It was thought that this impregnable fortress would never be threatened by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Not long ago, the Eighth Route Army gathered a large number of main forces to Licheng as if it had gone crazy, and the Japanese army from all sides hastily reinforced Licheng, although passive.

However, the old devil Gangcun still had a small calculation, thinking that Yili City was a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, within a certain period of time, it would be able to block the attack of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

If you can use Licheng to firmly hold the main force of the attacking Eighth Route Army, and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to encircle, you will definitely be able to wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that the Eighth Route Army didn't fall for this at all, but shook a shot, and the main force that originally besieged Licheng suddenly became like birds and beasts before the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, and scattered and infiltrated to attack.

The wishful thinking of the old devil gang village fell through again.

He never expected that the Eighth Route Army would come to Licheng again.

What he didn't expect was that he particularly strengthened the military blockade of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and even made special fortifications made of concrete, but he failed to successfully stop these main forces of the Eighth Route Army for a moment.

By the time the news came, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army on all sides had basically cut off the transportation arteries around Licheng and were approaching the city.

In Kong Jie's words with emotion:

"Maybe that's the power of money!"

"The devil uses a blockade line to surround our base of three layers and the outer three layers like an onion, but we just use these tickets that have no actual value in themselves, and we can easily clear the customs all the way, and the little devil is defeated in the internal decay this time!"

Before the attack began, Kong Jie sent a caravan to continue to infiltrate in the direction of Licheng according to the old pattern, and the Japanese puppet army did not notice too much about this.

And after these caravans infiltrated Licheng, they turned into hidden commandos.

After the size of the first team was expanded again, the commando team was also further expanded.

The commandos led by Duan Peng and Ye Min became the commandos directly under the branch, and also trained the assault detachments of each regiment.

Although the quality of the assault detachment is not as good as that of the assault team, the team members are all good at one out of ten.

In addition, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army, which had a long-term layout, took the opportunity to lurk many underground members in Licheng as early as the last time they besieged Licheng.

Although the Japanese army finally lifted the crisis of the siege of Licheng, many intelligence officers of the Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to infiltrate.

In the end, after the battle to attack Licheng began, the commando personnel, as well as the intelligence officers who had been secretly working in Licheng for a long time, joined forces with the outside and raided the Japanese puppet army defenders at the city gate at night.

There were also corresponding personnel who created chaos in the city, causing a fire in the backyard of the Japanese army, which was difficult to take care of.

So much so that Li Cheng's defense, although solid on the surface, was already in crisis inside.

After the crisis of Li Cheng.

The Japanese army couldn't sit still, especially the Eighth Route Army's attack this time seemed to have been prepared all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and there were still quite a lot of internal responses in Licheng, and even many puppet army generals defected to the battle, and the devil was caught off guard.

Okamura hurriedly gave the order.

The devils of Shexian, Lucheng, and Xiangyuan rushed to Licheng for reinforcements.

The blockade line of all departments strengthened its defenses and did not allow any troops of the Eighth Route Army to pass through.

"Li Cheng's plan must not be missed, delay the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, and must persist until the deployment of the security forces of the two districts, so as to smoothly implement the follow-up battle plan!"

Okamura, who was at the headquarters of the General Headquarters, kept giving orders, and at this moment, this old devil no longer had the calmness of the previous few days.

The sudden movement of the Eighth Route Army was directed at Li Cheng, which suddenly disrupted his original deployment.

The security forces in Shandong and Shanxi have not yet completed the complete change of defense, and the Eighth Route Army suddenly came to fight at this juncture.

And when they came up, they rushed to the logistics hub of the Japanese army - the fortress of Licheng.

Okamura is a little numb, these Eighth Route Army are so incomprehensible.

At this time, he also realized that the peace in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, the celebrations everywhere, including the collective military marriage of Kong Jie and others, may be just a cover for the suspicious formation.

"Damn it, these cunning eight-way!"

Okamura cursed, he could only try to stabilize the situation and try to keep the control in his hands......