The Japs would encounter a mine array every few kilometers. The ubiquitous mines made the Japs very troubled. They had only walked more than ten kilometers before dark, and more than a hundred Japs died under the mines along the way. , and a large number of wounded.
This greatly restricted the marching speed of the Hengshan detachment and made the old Japanese in Hengshan very anxious.
Colonel Ito of the 1st Infantry Regiment suggested to Major General Yokoyama:
"Your Excellency General, it will get dark soon, and Chenjialing is ahead. Send a brigade to occupy Chenjialing first, and camp there at night?"
Hengshan Yiyong has already been made nervous by the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack. Fortunately, he is about to arrive at Chenjialing. Once he leaves Chenjialing, he has rushed out of Liuzhen. At this time, he needs to be more cautious.
"Yoshi, Ito-kun, be sure to step up security at night and order the cavalry regiment to guard the surroundings. The security posts should be posted for more than one kilometer!"
"Contact Mr. Suzuki on the radio and order them to use the darkness of night to break out and move closer to Chenjialing."
Ito took the order and left. He first ordered the relatively well-organized third brigade to occupy Chenjialing before dark;
Then he sent a signal to Chief of Staff Suzuki who was stationed in Liuzhen and ordered them to break out overnight and move closer to Chenjialing. That was a whole group of warriors and it was impossible to give up.
After receiving the order, Major Asada Moruzo led the remaining 700 Japanese soldiers of the Third Battalion and successfully occupied Chenjialing without any Eighth Route Army soldiers on top.
After the Asada Brigade occupied Chenjialing, they built field fortifications on it overnight. This is a fine tradition of the Japanese. As soon as they set up camp, the first thing they did was to dig ring fortifications, and they dug hungry!
Two hours later, it got dark and the Hengshan detachment successfully set up camp in Chenjialing. Hengshan Yiyong could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
In his opinion, as long as he leaves Chenjialing, he can say goodbye to the nightmare. This trip to Liuzhen is a complete nightmare trip for him and the imperial army of the Hengshan detachment!
Chu Xiong had done such a thorough job of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. Entering Liuzhen was like entering a vast ocean of Chinese people. It was difficult to move forward. He secretly warned himself that he would never lead an army into Liuzhen again in the future.
He wanted to suggest to the Commander that a small place like Liu Town should be left to Chu Xiong. All he had to do was use bunker tactics to lock down Liu Town!
After he was safe, Ichiyu Yokoyama began to think of his chief of staff, and asked directly about Colonel Ito:
"Ito-kun, have you contacted Suzuki-kun? How are their conditions?"
Ito also just received a call back from Suzuki. He didn't know what to say to Major General Yokoyama. Since the General asked, he would tell the truth:
"Your Excellency General, Suzuki-kun's current situation is very bad. They have been surrounded by thousands of Eighth Route Army regiments. They broke out several times but failed to break out. There are still more than 500 people left;
Surrounding them, there is a cavalry unit keeping an eye on them. Relying on the fortifications of Liu Town, they can still hold on for two days. If they break through, they may not be able to hold on for a whole night! "
Yokoyama Ichiyu looked sad after hearing this, Suzuki-kun will be loyal to the empire this time...
"Ito-kun, since you can't break out of the encirclement, then fight Chu Xiong to the end in Liuzhen and let the blood of the Eighth Route Army stain Liuzhen red!"
Hengshan Yiyong is worthy of being a general, and he is decisive in killing. Since there is no hope of breaking through, the 500 warriors in Liuzhen must die worthily.
In his opinion, the 500 warriors were determined to die, and the Eighth Route Army would have to lose two teeth if they wanted to eat them all!
Ito understood what Major General Yokoyama said, silently bowed to Major General Yokoyama, and turned around to call back Colonel Suzuki.
Liuzhen, the enemy's blocking position
The situation of the Suzuki brigade was far worse than what Ito told Major General Yokoyama. The brigade he led to stay behind had more than 500 people, but more than half were wounded, and the average ammunition per person was less than 20 rounds.
Chuxiong did not dye Hongliu Town with the blood of the Eighth Route Army as the old Japanese in Hengshan expected, but instead used the "Wei Yixiao" cannon to push all the way!
As long as the Japs are in one episode, they will use "Wei Yixiao" to blast, and one explosive pack will kill half the squad;
As soon as the Japs were dispersed, the ten newly formed companies of the garrison battalion took turns to launch attacks and practiced the three-by-three attack formation. It was a bit like training with the Japs, and the casualties were kept at a very small proportion.
On the outskirts of Liu Town, the cavalry company has been eyeing the Japanese. The Japanese dare not withdraw from Liu Town. Without the house fortifications in Liu Town, the Japanese cannot hold out for even an hour!
At the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Chu Xiong was observing the movements of the Japanese with a telescope. Zhong Guoliang came in holding a telegram and reported to Chu Xiong:
"Captain, Zhang Yu called. Their reconnaissance platoon has discovered the Japanese army in Chenjialing. The Japanese will camp in Chenjialing tonight and will enter the pocket formations of the second and third battalions tomorrow!"
"Another battalion sent a telegram. The Japs in the direction of Luzhou and Zezhou are doing something different. It is expected that no less than two brigades of Japs will advance toward Anping City by tomorrow at the latest. Li Qing and the others have already prepared a blocking attack. We are prepared and will not let a Japanese invader come to Anping City!"
After hearing this, Chu Xiong nodded, then took the map on the table and measured the distance with a ruler. After a few minutes, he threw the ruler onto the map and said:
"These two brigades are nothing to worry about. Even without Li Qing's blocking, they will not be able to reach the main battlefield in two days. Their target is Anping City!
The Japanese have determined that we will not hold the county seat forever, so they are waiting to pick up what is available.
Order Li Qing to kill these two groups of devils first, and Anping County can be given to them. The premise is that after we cripple the Hengshan detachment, they will give Anping City to them! "
"Order Zhang Yu and Lin Xiaofeng to fight the Hengshan detachment to death. Don't worry about the consumption and casualties. If you kill them all, I will replenish them!"
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he punched the map hard. Zhong Guoliang had never seen the regiment commander give such an order regardless of casualties and consumption. It seemed that the Japanese had completely messed up the regiment commander this time.
"Why are you standing there in a daze? Repeat my order and send it out without missing a word!"
Zhong Guoliang immediately stood up straight, repeated Chu Xiong's order word for word, and then turned around to generate electricity.
In the dark night, Chu Xiong's eyes glowed like evil wolves...
"Damn it, I've smashed my base to pieces. If I want to leave, there's no way out!"
"I never stay overnight for revenge!"
