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Chapter 326 Chapter 325, Ambush and Attack

Wu'an is a small county town, 100 miles away from Shexian County and 40 miles away from Handan. It is the nearest place that can provide reinforcements to Shexian County.

Therefore, among all the arrangements for the attack on Shexian today, the Japanese reinforcements in Wu'an are the first to be considered. Ma'anshan is located more than 200 miles northeast of Shexian, just guarding the mountain pass leading to the outside of Shexian, and is also an important node on the Handan-Changdao Road.

Perhaps it was because there were only guerrillas such as Wudong and Wubei active in Wu'an before, so the Japanese did not guard this section of the road so strictly. This also led to the fact that there were no Japanese soldiers stationed on Ma'anshan, but it became the best place to block or ambush the Japanese.

This place is only about 5 kilometers away from She County, very close to our main force. We can take advantage of the situation by fighting while we are well-rested.

At this time, the soldiers of the advance detachment, the youth column, the independent guerrilla detachment and the 3rd Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment and other brother units set up blocking positions on Ma'an Mountain and in the northern mountainous area across the mountain pass. They not only set up blocking positions, but also concealed them, which was the rhythm of preparing for an ambush.

Not only that, the comrades of the special forces regiment also took the captured wires, detonators, and explosive packs and set up a string of directional blasting minefields covering a total of 2 kilometers on both sides of the road at the foot of the mountain.

That's right, it was the directional blasting that Li Yuexuan had used before! As time went on, these main regiments of the Eighth Route Army had already learned this method of fighting. Although some battles are not suitable for such tactics, it seems to be very suitable for today's situation. After all, the Japs only have this one road to come, and the dry grass on the side of the road is the best cover. Arranging directional blasting will have a miraculous effect.

Now that everything is arranged, all that remains is to wait for the battle in the county to attract enough devils so that everyone can have a good fight!
Are you confused by the numbers of the troops deployed in Ma'anshan at this time? There are detachments, columns, and guerrilla detachments, and there is also an independent one in front? There is nothing we can do about it. After all, when discussing the joint anti-Japanese war, the organization of the Eighth Route Army was given to three divisions by a bald man, which can be said to be extremely stingy!

In order to restrict the development of the Eighth Route Army, he soon changed the 8th Army into the 18th Group Army, which was extremely malicious. What is the difference between a Route Army and a Group Army?
"Road Army" refers to the standing regular army, which can continue to be organized in peacetime. Since Guoju is essentially a warlord alliance, the main forces of many Guoju warlords are "Road Army", such as the Guangdong Army and the 19th Army in the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War of January . "Group Army" belongs to the wartime organization and will be disbanded after the war.

That's right, we can maintain the organization of the Eighth Route Army. We are an armed force. We can organize our own army, set up a government, collect taxes, develop militia, etc. As for the group army, you can cancel it if you say so!

And look at the treatment of the group armies in the preserved fruit. The difference between the direct line and the side line is a world of difference, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, which was regarded as a thorn in the eye by a bald man. After all, how determined can he be to fight against the Japanese when someone points a gun at his head? If he was really determined, how did he deposit the money for buying airplanes in the American bank?
You said that the Central Army also participated in the Battle of Songhu? If he didn't take the lead, how could others follow? And whose faction did the 87th and 88th German-equipped divisions belong to? It was Minister He's faction. That's right, it was the Minister He who signed the "He-Umezu Agreement", the Minister He who advocated the use of force to resolve the Xi'an Incident and bombed a certain bald man into ashes.

And look at the treatment of the group army! It is also a group army. Although General Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army has three armies in its organization, it is hard to say how many soldiers these three armies have. Moreover, the 3rd Group Army has been pushed to the front line of the anti-Japanese front battlefield more than once to fight against the Japanese invaders. Why? Because this is the old foundation of the Northwest Army, and it is destined to be consumed by the devils.

Let's look at the 34th Army. There are 5 fully staffed armies, which is at least 10 people. And they also have 150mm heavy artillery units, all of which are the direct descendants of the Central Army, known as the direct descendants of the direct descendants. Let's look at where they are located? At the junction of Henan and Shaanxi, the main force is in Xi'an, ready to launch an attack on northern Shaanxi at any time!
Why was the main force of the 120th Division urgently transferred back to northern Shaanxi from the anti-Japanese rear? It was to guard against Hu Zongnan's 34th Army. Otherwise, the May st sweep would not have caused such a large loss... Therefore, in order to develop and manage the troops, the Eighth Route Army changed the numbers of some of its troops in various ways. Well, for example, the New st Regiment, the New st Brigade, the Independent Detachment, the Independent Guerrilla Detachment, the Guerrilla Detachment... Anyway, when there was no detailed introduction, outsiders had a headache, and it was thanks to Minister Zhang that they could remember them.

The Eighth Route Army set up a trap on Ma'anshan, and the battle in Shexian County to the west was also going on.

As the battle progressed, the west gate was captured and the city wall became the attack front line of the 772nd Regiment. Commandos also entered the city and engaged in street fighting with the Japanese.

As a small county town surrounded by mountains, the Japanese soldiers stationed in the city did not build many fortifications, so they fought with the Eighth Route Army on the walls and rooftops, and built barricades on the streets to shoot back at them.

"Be careful of that roof, there are Japs over there! Machine guns, suppress them... Squad 1, go around here!" On East-West Street, the commander of the st Company commanded his troops to attack.

"Squad 6, follow me!" The squad leader led the only six remaining soldiers of the squad, bypassed the house in front under the cover of machine guns, and threw grenades on the roof.

Boom boom boom... Three grenades, one Japanese soldier was killed, because there was only one Japanese soldier here. But it was not a loss, because everyone could move forward one street...

"Captain, we have finished defeating the Japs by the river. How about letting us go into the city and fight a few more?" Outside the city, Zhao Danian led the main force of the guerrillas to find Captain Guo.

"The assault in the city is not going very smoothly. You..." Captain Guo saw the semi-automatic rifles of the You First Company and said, "Then let's go into the city! Let your First Company follow my First Company to fight together!"

"Okay!" Zhao Danian received the task and turned to Zheng Changfeng and said, "The new recruits in your company are all able to use shotguns. Send two new recruits from each squad to change their equipment!"

Zhao Danian brought the guerrillas' shotgun with him and had been carrying it with him all along. It finally came in handy. Although the guerrillas' shotguns were made by enlarging the bore of old barrels and were bolt-action loaded, it was still very useful to have a shotgun in hand during urban street fighting.

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