The next day, the enemy army on the eastern route was shocked to hear that the western route army had been beaten by the Eighth Route Army overnight and fled: it seems that the strength of the Eighth Route Army should not be underestimated. So the cunning enemy changed his tactics, and the troops fought steadily and steadily, step by step, and at the same time the troops were divided into two ways, each other's horns, and they advanced in coordination with each other.

So the enemy on the east road marched along the line of Lijin Chenzhuang, Wuzhuang and Luojia, and successively built fortifications in Wuzhuang and Luojia, set up temporary strongholds, and then the two roads gathered at the time to cover each other and attack alternately.

Commander Yang Guofu carefully analyzed the current enemy situation: Although the enemy forces in the east are menacing, they are more than cautious. Now the enemy has divided his forces into two ways, and has weakened his combat power first; Moreover, it has been more than half a month since the departure, and the carriage and horses are tired, and it is a tired division; In addition, the lone army went deep and ran for a long time, which was a taboo for soldiers. And we can just take advantage of the advantages of the Yellow River estuary in terms of land and water and the complex environment to lure the enemy into going deep and attacking it separately.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Commander Yang finally added happily:

"The first half of the moon catches the moon, and the second half of the month catches the tide.

The morning and evening tides of the fifteenth day of the new year, and the waves are surging at dawn.

The three major tides of the first three rivers are eighteen waters, and there are about twenty life-chasing ghosts.

On the eighth and twenty-third days of the first month, the ups and downs are one day.

The seventh and eighth days of the first month are empty. The sun moves as soon as the tide rises.

At the beginning of the ninth day and twelve fifteenth, the tide is full of meridians.

- It's full of the wisdom of our ancestors. This time, we just want to invite our river dragon king and sea dragon king at the mouth of the Yellow River to replace the soldiers with water and have a boiled live devil! ”

When the commanders and fighters heard Commander Yang's words, they all applauded. Next, the order was quickly communicated.

At noon on the 15th day of the lunar calendar, in accordance with their respective tasks, various detachments moved separately early, constantly harassing the outer edge of the Yellow River estuary where the Japanese puppet army was stationed, stopping and retreating, and slowly leading the enemy into the depths of the Yellow River beach. It was only then that the enemy forces were perhaps truly aware of the danger they were facing, so they hurried into a position and redoubled their caution while continuing to search and advance.

The small detachments of the Eighth Route Army made full use of the cover of reeds and rivers to flexibly and unexpectedly carry out raids and assaults, and slowly inflicted many casualties on the enemy. The devils and puppet soldiers wandering in the reeds couldn't see a single eight-way, but they were beaten passively everywhere and everywhere, and a grenade flew over without paying attention, killing or wounding seven or eight with a bang; If you don't pay attention to your body and touch the set cable, you will pull off a bomb that is hidden somewhere, and then it will be knocked down again - the devil screams angrily, and the puppet army is even more miserable.

The sky was getting dark, and the mud under his feet began to slowly seep water after being trampled by many people, and the enemy in the reeds bent over and pouted, and patronized and stretched his neck to search, not noticing that the tide around him had suddenly and quickly surged up:

It's really a blink of an eye when the tide rises, and the tide recedes for a long time - the surging tide first quietly flooded the feet of the Japanese puppet army, but I didn't expect that the kung fu would not exceed the knees in an instant...... The enemy troops in the reeds were suddenly shocked and disorganized, shouting and retreating quickly.

"Tick Tick, Tick Tick—"

Suddenly, with the loud trumpet blowing, the enemy group in all directions suddenly burst into the sky, the fire borrowed the wind, the wind helped the fire, the reeds in the sky were like angry torches and ghost-killing sky lanterns in an instant, and the vast Yellow River estuary suddenly became a sea of fire, and the sky was full of fire, and the flames were overwhelming and burning fiercely - the sound of guns, explosions, shouts, and screams immediately soared into the sky, resounding through the corners and corners of the mouth of the Yellow River.

The fire burned all night, and the fierce battle continued all night.

At dawn the next day, a red sun rose through the clouds and mist, only to see the hinterland of the Yellow River estuary smoky, full of devastation, corpses everywhere, a mess, the sky was steaming with scarlet fireworks, and the air was filled with a smell of burnt paste mixed with blood, which ......could not be dissipated for a long time.

Immediately afterwards, under the command of Commander Yang Guofu of the Lubei Military Region, Fu Ruiwu, Yun Shangren, and other commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army carried forward the spirit of fearless sacrifice and continuous combat, and took advantage of the victory to attack, first inflicting heavy losses on the enemy troops on the periphery of Chenjiazhuang, and then annihilating the enemy in the west of the Tinghe River.

So far, our Eighth Route Army has won successive battles, annihilating more than 3,000 enemies, and has won a major victory in the autumn "anti-encroachment" and "anti-sweeping".