The base of the first independent detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest and north of Jin.

Mid-line defense zone.

The rearguard of the main force of the Japanese 6th Division, which had advanced to the area of a secret airfield, could retreat to this area.

The Japanese commander who led the team breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally rushed out of the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army along the way.

This devil Dazuo is responsible for the rear guard of the main force, and at the same time, it is also for the retreat of the main force of the Sixth Division, probing the road in advance, and probing whether there are traps and ambushes by the troops of the Eighth Route Army along the way.

The toughness of the Eighth Route Army made Dazuo a little frightened.

He suddenly felt that this was not at all like the rumored Hanako troops with a lack of guns and ammunition, but like the Central Army troops that had been at war.

No, to be precise, it is a contingent that is not weaker than the Central Army in terms of equipment level, but its combat effectiveness and tactical level even surpass that of the Central Army.

The blocking positions along the way, the Eighth Route Army deployed quite exquisitely.

It is set up along the echelon and unfolded layer by layer.

The various firing points deployed along the way, the combination of light and heavy machine guns, and the construction of various machine gun fortifications can be described as exquisite, which is perfectly integrated with the surrounding terrain and terrain, coupled with an open and reasonable firing range.

The Japanese troops who retreated all the way, under the firepower of the Eighth Route Army blocking along the way, were like onions, and with each step, they were stripped down layer by layer.

The corpses were strewn all over the field, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who had fallen on both sides and had no time to take them away could almost be piled up into a hill.

It's tragic.

In the memory of the Japanese army, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the imperial forces had not fought such a tragic battle for a long time.

Even on a frontal battlefield against the Central Army, which claims to be the most elite of the Chinese army, there have never been such exaggerated casualties.

It's really that these damn Eighth Route Army are too hateful.

They are familiar with the environment of the mountainous area, and can perfectly use the terrain to occupy the home field, but they are also good at using intrigue and various sneak attack methods.

Not so long ago.

Dazuo led the troops to advance all the way, and under the scorching sun, the drinking water they carried had already been drunk, and the soldiers were tired, thirsty and frightened.

At this moment, not far from the evacuation, the Japanese army found a large melon field, on which you can see one after another verdant watermelons, which make people want to drool.

How can the hungry and thirsty little devils suppress the excitement in their hearts.

After Dazuo, who also wanted to have a watermelon to quench his thirst, gave the order, the little devils rushed towards the melon field in ecstasy.

Dozens of little devils were the first to arrive, and the moment they tore the watermelon off the melon vine, it was followed by a sudden explosion.

In an instant, a large number of devils fell directly, the watermelon was not eaten, and they were directly blown up by the landmine.

There are also some little devils who directly trigger the directional anti-infantry mines hidden in them when they are picking watermelons.

The fragments and steel balls that spilled out like ink all of a sudden directly shot dozens of little devils who were heading towards them into hedgehogs.

The devil Dazuo was stunned.

These damn eight-way roads actually hid mines in this melon field.

In an instant, half of the enemy was not seen, and the little devil who was in a hurry to eat melons lost more than 20 people, and there were more than 30 more wounded in the team.

Dazuo was helpless, and after scolding the cunning Eighth Route Army, he hurriedly ordered to avoid the melon fields and continue to retreat, and at the same time specially explained in the process of advancing that if you see any melon fields and vegetable fields along the way, you must not enter rashly, and no one knows if there are hidden mines in the Eighth Route Army.

The little devils have grown wise and learned to be honest thoroughly.

In the future, let alone eating watermelon, I'm afraid I'll have nightmares when I see watermelon.

But that's not all.

began to beware of the little devils who may have hidden mine traps everywhere, and in the process of continuing to evacuate, they will be attacked by fire from time to time after a small group of troops of the Eighth Route Army occupies the commanding heights.

Without saying a word, the rank-and-file Japanese officers who led the team ordered the attack, and they had to clear a safe passage for the retreat of the main force.

Who knew that when the battle between the two sides was in full swing, the Eighth Route Army guarding the high ground actually chose to evacuate directly.

The little devil so easily occupied the high ground that originally belonged to the defense of the Eighth Route Army.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese troops, who had just occupied the high ground and started their defense, had not had time to rejoice, and a large number of artillery shells bombarded the high ground.

Under the cover of artillery fire, this high ground, which had no complete fortifications, soon became a cemetery for the Japanese troops stationed in it.

The casualties of the devils spread rapidly.

The officers and men of the Eighth Route Army attacked with artillery fire, depleting the living strength of the Japanese troops stationed on the high grounds, and after crippling the devils, they rushed up again to seize these high grounds, and continued to block the main force of the devils' retreat.

According to this pattern, sometimes a relatively important high ground even changed hands back and forth between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army as many as a dozen times.

The little devils were completely driven crazy.

It was the bare, worthless high ground, and the corpses of the warriors they had fallen there were almost piled up.

"What is this tactic called?

This is called a resilient defensive tactic.

Our counterattack this time will not only have a roundabout attack by mechanized combat troops, but also purposefully abandon some low-lying villages, or highlands that are easy to attack and difficult to defend, and after the devils occupy them, we will consume their vital strength by artillery fire, and then occupy them, let the dummies and the corpses of the killed puppet soldiers and minefields enter, and then retreat, so as to repeatedly tug of war.

is to gradually exhaust the devil's strength and kill him. ”

At the military meeting of the headquarters, Shen Quan, the commander of the 3rd Independent Regiment of the First Detachment, said so at that time.

As an old subordinate who has followed Kong Jie for many years, coupled with a relatively active brain, Shen Quan can be said to be the true inheritance of Kong Jie, and the little devil can be described as full of tricks.

……

On the other side, the Ushijima Manchu Division, who was also almost maddened by the various methods of the Eighth Route Army...... Just a few hours ago, Lieutenant General Ushijima led the main force of his division and regiment along the path into the mountains of Huangyadong and slipped in quietly.

Along the way, it was calm and calm, and it was not blocked by the Eighth Route Army, which made Ushijima a little relieved in his heart, maybe this is really the flaw in the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army.

Maybe he can really destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop and make miraculous achievements.

In the mixed Eighth Brigade, which advanced as cannon fodder at the forefront, Yan Sanfu also sent someone to send news that the troops of the Eighth Route Army encountered were not the main force, but only a small defensive force in the Huangya Cave, perhaps less than a battalion of troops.

In the communication, Yan Sanfu said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner:

"Our department is determined to fight to the death and buy time for His Excellency the division commander to advance!"

Mitsuru Ushijima, who finally made up his mind, no longer hesitated.

This old devil also has arrogance in his heart, his troops are good at mountain warfare, as long as they can successfully enter the mountains of Huangya Cave, it is not known who will kill the deer at that time.

Isn't it just a group of Eighth Route Army troops hiding in the mountains like rats!

The elite of our Kwantung Army is no match for your Eighth Route Army.

In this way, after Ushijima Man led the main force to advance rapidly, he was not blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army along the way, and it seemed that all the dangers were attracted by Yan Sanfu's Eighth Mixed Brigade.

Then, the vanguard of the advance came with the situation, saying that they had encountered farms and construction areas built by the Eighth Route Army deep in the mountains.

Hearing this, Niu Chengman personally rushed to a mountain, picked up a telescope, and observed it from afar.

He saw the mountain stream valley and buildings, and after thinking about it, Ushijima said to the chief of staff beside him: "It seems that the Eighth Route here is also very cunning, this should be the secret camp of the Eighth Route Army, just like those Anti-Japanese League made in the mountains, and here may be the materials hoarded by the Eighth Route Army."

We may have really come to the right place this time. ”

"General, do you want to give the order to attack? The materials of the Eighth Route Army are already scarce, let's plunder their supplies, and the Eighth Route Army is afraid that it will be a headache! ”

Ushishima nodded, but out of caution, he still said: "Before attacking, let's ask Yan Sanfu about the situation of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Hey!"

After the news reached the command of the 8th Mixed Brigade.

Yan Sanfu and his adjutant Da Cleverness made a difficulty, Ushijima Man, an old devil, asked like this, how should they answer?

Da Cleverly said: "Brigade, why don't we just leave it alone and pretend that we don't know anything?" ”

Yan Sanfu shook his head, "This is not good, in case the little devil falls into the trap, this old devil is angry in his heart, and he will definitely take us under the knife." ”

"So what to do?"

Yan Sanfu thought for a while and said, "This arrogant person, if you want to praise him, it will definitely not be as stimulating as belittled him."

This mountain stream farm is clearly a trap for the Eighth Route Army, but we can't say it, and we can't not remind it at all.

…… Yes, let the signal soldier tell the Japanese army, and say that it was me.

Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, according to my judgment, this valley must be the farm of the Eighth Route Army, and if you go in, you may be hit by mines, shelling, and even ambush troops. ”

After Yan Sanfu gave the order, the news quickly spread to the headquarters of the Ushijima Manchu Division.

"Yanxi, that's what Yan Sanfu really said?"

"Hey!"

As soon as these words came out, he followed Ushijima Man's side, who originally belonged to the Northeast Expedition Team, followed the little devils to fight for the tiger, and the traitor leader who persecuted the Anti-Japanese Federation was used to it, and scolded: "Yan Sanfu doesn't dare to go, we dare, isn't it just a small camp of the Eighth Route Army?"

Lao Tzu has seen a lot in the Linhai Snow Plain, at best, a few land mines and dirt eight roads to put cold guns, brothers, on! ”

Ushijima didn't rush to give the order, just watched as the raiding party entered the farm and the construction area.

Not long after, the traitor leader carried a big watermelon in his arms, returned again, and said happily: "Report to the general, my brothers have all visited those broken houses, vegetable fields, and orchards, where is the Eighth Route Army?"

The group of North China Imperial Cooperative Army, who can only eat and drink, is simply a wine bag and rice bag, and when they heard that the Eighth Route Army can change their faces in fright, they don't even dare to occupy an empty camp, and the leader is simply embarrassed. ”

Then the Captain of the Forward Search Team went in with a group of people to scavenge for supplies and prepare to repair here.

Ushijima watched as the raid party and the vanguard search team entered the farm one after another, and he ordered the guard team to prepare to enter the building and set up a temporary headquarters.

In this regard, Lieutenant General Ushijima was very confident, and his mouth dragged Japanese: "Yexi, I don't believe that my Ushijima Manchu Division is fully loaded, tens of thousands of elites, and I can't go to the farm of the Eighth Route Army to pick a few watermelons!" ”

But the weather was too hot, so he didn't go in as soon as possible, but took a cool spot under the shade of the trees outside the farm, eating the watermelons sent by the traitor leader in advance, while waiting for the temporary headquarters to be completed.

At this moment, thunder erupted on the flat ground.

There was a sudden series of explosions in the area of the farm and the buildings, and the explosions that connected one after another, under the witness of the little devils, blew the entire farm and a large number of buildings to pieces.

As for the Japanese soldiers on the farms and in the buildings, there was naturally a lot of luck.

This was followed by a large number of mortar shelling.

Cannonballs, like sparrows streaking across the sky, as if they had eyes, continued to fall towards the area of farms and buildings.

Ushijima hadn't reacted yet, and the raiding team that entered it, as well as the search team of Ushijima's division, were directly covered in artillery fire.

Ushijima was stunned, and he was stunned, but the chief of staff on the side was quick and ran away with him.

"General, Yan Sanfu really got right, the Eighth Route Army really had an ambush!"

Accompanied by the endless sound of artillery, the command headquarters, guard brigade, search brigade, and crusade team built by Ushijima Mancai fell one by one in the chaos.

When Ushijima ran to the anticline of the hill under the escort of the guards, he saw the soldiers who ran out of the farm dying on the road one by one, and the number of people who could come back was counted, and there was not one in ten.

He was so angry that he ordered the construction of artillery positions and opened fire, but as soon as the artillery fired two rounds, shells flying from the flanks covered two of his artillery positions.

Ushijima was dumbfounded.

So far in the battle, he didn't even figure out where the shells were flying from, and as if he had eyes, he directly blew up his artillery position.

He hadn't even seen half of the Eighth Route, and the artillery attack alone had caused his team to suffer a lot of losses.

"Bastard!"

Ushijima scolded that he had never suffered such a big loss since he entered the Chinese battlefield.

A group of the Eighth Route Army, which was hiding not far from the farm, took the opportunity to open fire and attack the Japanese puppet army troops who entered the farm area.

The angry Ushijima immediately ordered an attack, and the two sides exchanged fire for only about ten minutes, and the Eighth Route Army did not hesitate to turn around and withdraw into the mountains.

The fire-breathing ox with both eyes gave the order to let the troops advance, he still didn't believe in this evil, the elite of the Kwantung Army who was good at mountain warfare, couldn't he still clean up these monkey-like Eighth Route Army troops scurrying around in the mountains?

At this point, he did not think that this was the main force of the Eighth Route Army ambushed here in advance.

Maybe it was just the defense of the Eighth Route Army.

The more resistance they encountered, the more it showed that there was an important military base of the Eighth Route Army in the direction they were heading.

In fact, this Ushijima Man should also be unlucky, he met the Eighth Route Army farm, saw the traitor, the search team entered and did not find a trap, and there was no Eighth Route Army blocking position around, carelessly.

He gave the troops a rest, and as a result, they were shelled by 82 mortars, 60 mortars, and 92 infantry guns of the Eighth Route Army.

The sudden all-round artillery bombardment disrupted the devils, so that the Japanese army could not organize troops to rescue the troops on the farm in the first place.

This is the way of the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, because the Ushijima Manchu Division was still on the outer line of the Huangyadong defense system at this time, it was not tempted to go deep at all, so there were not many artillery to attack the Japanese army.

It was only because of the fast rate of fire of the mortars, the scattered artillery crews, and the shelling of fixed targets that the little devils were caught off guard......