The most important point in Shinozuka Yoshio's overall plan to deal with the Eighth Route Army this time is the Yamazaki Brigade.
It depends on whether the Yamazaki Brigade can hold on to the danger, contain the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and wait for the main force of the Japanese army to encircle them.
But now, the Yamazaki Battalion suddenly disappeared, causing Yoshio Shinozuka's entire plan to come to nothing. As for the main force that had encircled the enemy, they had even lost their target. Naturally, there was no point in continuing the encirclement. It was just a waste of time, manpower, and material resources. That’s all.
Thinking of this, although he was a little helpless, Yoshio Shinozuka still issued an order from the headquarters for the reinforcements from all parties to withdraw, and at the same time he added two orders:
First, several lines of reinforcements approaching the direction of the North China Security Army immediately encircled the direction of the Security Army Arsenal, blocking the independent regiment making a fuss in the hinterland of the Security Army.
Second, the reconnaissance force conducted a comprehensive search for the whereabouts of the Yamazaki Brigade. They wanted to see the people alive and the corpses of the dead.
As for the idea of using this encirclement of troops to launch a large-scale raid on the Taihang area and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, Shinozuka Yoshio had not thought about it.
It's just that a large-scale sweep requires more complete prerequisite preparations, not only sufficient guns and ammunition, but also rations that can sustain the imperial soldiers' continued encirclement and suppression. And for all this, the Japanese army was not prepared for this hasty encirclement.
Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka had no choice but to give up this idea and chose to make a strategic transfer for the time being.
All revenge plans were placed on a premeditated sweep that would be launched in the near future by Yoshio Shinozuka.
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The main forces of the Japanese army quickly retreated from the direction away from Lijiapo, and the Eighth Route Army headquarters immediately noticed the movement.
"Boss, some of them did not retreat in the direction they came from, but were encircling them towards the North China Security Army Arsenal. It seems they are heading towards Kong Jie and the others."
"Sure enough, the situation is consistent with what we speculated. After passing the order, the regiments in the direction of the North China Security Army Arsenal immediately dispatched troops to delay the retreat of the reinforcements and buy enough time for the independent regiment to retreat."
"yes!"
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At the independent regiment's station, the fourth battalion, the guard company and the commando team successfully killed the Yamazaki Brigade. When they returned to the station, they found that the station was already empty.
The regiment leader Kong Jie left the station early with the main force of the entire regiment.
Soon after, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang learned that Kong Jie actually led the main force to ambush a group of Japanese and puppet troops supporting Li Jiapo in a section of Daqing Mountain.
Then he led the main force to the hinterland of the security forces and heard that they had already robbed the puppet army's arsenal and hospital.
After coming back to his senses, Li Yunlong shouted that he had suffered a loss, "Damn it, I made a loss-making business this time. This guy Lao Kong first asked me to take the team to Lijiapo to do a job for him for free. The brigade commander had even asked the brigade commander to pull away the artillery pieces, but he turned around and decided to target the Japanese and puppet reinforcements."
"Arsenals and hospitals are the hinterland of the security army. This guy Lao Kong has such a big appetite!"
Political commissar Zhao Gang smiled. He knew about this. Kong Jie had communicated with him in advance.
Zhao Gang had also conveyed the news to the brigade headquarters before. In accordance with the agreement with Kong Jie, Zhao Gang estimated that Kong Jie had almost reached the puppet army's arsenal and reported the situation to the brigade headquarters in advance.
So even though the brigade commander was angry, he was not really angry.
Firstly, Kong Jie had made a great contribution, and secondly, he had reported in advance, and the time difference in between was not that long.
I have to say that the pairing of Kong Jie and Zhao Gang really work well together.
"Although it is a bit risky, it is indeed a good time now. The hinterland of the North China Security Army will inevitably be empty of troops at this time. If we can capture the security army's arsenal in one fell swoop, it will be worth taking the risk." Zhao Gang said.
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "That's indeed what happened. If this independent regiment was in my hands, I would have to do the same thing. No, Lao Kong and the others made too much noise this time, and the Japanese reinforcements surrounded them again. I'm afraid it won't be easy for them to break out of the puppet arsenal, Lao Zhao, I will lead the fourth battalion to rush over in advance to respond."
"Okay!" Zhao Gang said.
The regiment leader was absent, and after Zhao Gang, as the political commissar, agreed, Li Yunlong immediately led the fourth battalion and set off without stopping, preparing to meet Kong Jie and his party at the outermost edge of the guerrilla zone.
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New regiment station.
When the order from the headquarters for each regiment to immediately stop the Japanese army from encircling the hinterland of the North China Security Army was received, Ding Wei, the leader of the new regiment, had already left the station with his troops half an hour ago.
And just half an hour ago.
The Yamazaki Brigade was only close to being destroyed, and Japanese reinforcements from all walks of life were rapidly marching towards Lijiapo.
Kong Jicai led his troops to kill the Gujing Squadron on the Daqingshan Mountain Road. At this moment, he was leading the troops towards the arsenal in the hinterland of the North China Security Army.
"Captain, didn't our superiors order us to retreat from the direction of Lijiapo? What are we doing now?"
During the march, a battalion commander couldn't help but ask.
Ding Wei said: "Call for help!"
"Captain, do you mean that we ambush the Japanese and puppet reinforcements that are encircling Lijiapo?"
"Yes, just look at it, Yamazaki Brigade won't be able to mess around for long, otherwise the headquarters won't order the regiments to return to their bases.
Sooner or later the Japanese reinforcements will come in vain, but where is our Eighth Route Army base? Is that because the little devil can come and leave whenever he wants? I don't care about the other groups. Within the guerrilla range of our new group, it's easy for the little devils to come in. If they want to leave, they can, but they have to leave some money to buy the way. "
"But the order from our superiors is that the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops is about to encircle us, so we should withdraw to our base first."
Ding Wei said: "Confused, if you think about it carefully, how much flexibility is there in this order from the superior? Withdraw the station first, but what about the order after the withdrawal? The superior did not issue it."
"In addition, don't forget that the headquarters issued an order not long ago. For the Japanese and puppet troops encircling Lijiapo, each regiment can wait for opportunities to ambush and harass them midway to block the Japanese and puppet troops from approaching Lijiapo."
"This order has not been revoked yet. Even if we take the initiative to send troops to ambush the Japanese and puppet troops, it is still within the rules."
"Hey, who knows whether the Japanese and puppet troops are moving closer to Li Jiapo, or away from Li Jiapo? Isn't this our final decision?"
The first battalion commander nodded and couldn't help but smile: "Captain, are you feeling dissatisfied when you see Deputy Commander Li taking over the main task of attacking the Yamazaki Battalion, and you want to take the opportunity to make some profit, right?"
Ding Wei was magnanimous and said with a big smile: "You are indeed right. It was Lao Kong's security company that blew up the sky this time, saved the headquarters arsenal and hospital, and pinned down the Yamazaki Brigade in the direction of Lijiapo. It was Lao Li who rushed over to attack the Yamazaki Brigade.
My two old comrades-in-arms eat meat and drink soup. I can't just sit there indifferent and not even fart, right? "
"So you decided to target the Japanese and puppet reinforcements?" the first battalion commander said with a smile.
Ding Wei said: "Humph, you see, sooner or later everyone will have to think about it together with me, it's just that we take action first."
"It's not that we don't know what the little Japs are doing. The recent raids have caused the Japs to shift their military focus to our Eighth Route Army. In front of us, the lone force of the Yamazaki Brigade is deep in. You can completely regard him as the Japanese army is preparing to It is the harbinger of a large-scale raid on our military base areas."
"What does this mean? It means that we don't have many opportunities to eat meat. We can only seize it once!"
"Although our new regiment made a small fortune in the recent raid, who would think that their regiment had captured too much?"
"The Japanese army currently wants to use the Yamazaki Battalion as bait to encircle the main force of our Eighth Route Army. However, the imminent destruction of the Yamazaki Battalion means that the Japanese army's plan will be aborted sooner or later."
"Once the Yamazaki Battalion is destroyed, the Japs will definitely withdraw all their troops. Why? Because they came here in a hurry this time. They originally wanted to use the Yamazaki Battalion to launch a counterattack. That's all. The Japs are not ready to carry out a long-lasting sweep. preparation."
"So this is our opportunity. The Japanese don't want to fight, they want to withdraw, but we have to drag them to fight. This is the essence of the enemy advancing and we retreat, and the enemy retreating and we advance."...
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