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Chapter 364 Chapter 363, the situation is complicated, go straight to the routine
"Hongtu Village is right next to Xiyang. The Japanese captured 17 people, including 7 women... Yesterday morning, we found the women comrades who had been slaughtered in the willow forest by the river west of the city!"

"The Japanese were not human. Every female comrade who was slaughtered was covered in wounds and tortured. They were also naked when they died... Not only that, they were all cut open and hung on trees, with their intestines scattered under the trees... There was a pregnant woman whose baby was already fully formed when she fell to the ground..."

"Comrades, our people have suffered a great disaster. Please avenge them...hiss...ha..."

On the hillside west of Majiayu, the comrade who was in charge of the contact could no longer hold back the sorrow in his heart. He squatted there and took a deep breath, but tears fell to the ground beneath him.

"Don't be sad, sadness won't solve the problem. Only the weapons in our hands can solve the problem! Tell me, which villages have the Japanese gone to? Which villages will they go to next?" Gao Deyi's voice was steady, but also trembling. Anyone could hear that he was not at peace.

"I'm not sure about that...but the Japanese' actions will not end, they will definitely come again! If you comrades don't have a target, you can go to Chenjiagou to have a look. It is also our fortress village!"

"Chenjiagou is not far southwest of Xiyang..." In the darkness, someone whispered in Li Yuexuan's ear.

"Captain, please ask about the situation of the Japanese troops stationed in Xiyang City. We can't just passively wait for the Japanese to come!" Li Yuexuan said to Xing Weiguo in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Ahem, how many Japanese soldiers are there in Xiyang City now? How many puppet troops are there? Where is the Japanese city defense headquarters? Are the checks at the city gates strict? Is there any way to enter the city for reconnaissance?" Before Xing Weiguo could speak, Gao Deyi asked first.

"The Japanese garrison has two squadrons, the puppet army has a guard team with more than 400 people, and... Oh, by the way, yesterday at noon, several trucks drove in from Yangquan, bringing more than a hundred Japanese. The Japanese are now guarding the city gates very strictly, and the people passing by are searched. Although we still maintain communication with the city, the information can only be transmitted verbally."

"Oh, I see... You take a rest first, and we'll discuss this here!" Gao Deyi said, waving his hand, signaling everyone to go to a distant place for the meeting.

"You have heard the situation. What specific actions should we take?" Gao De asked as they sat on a windproof hillside.

"There are not many Japanese in the city, only three squadrons, and we have to station some troops in the surrounding strongholds. So, we don't have to worry about what the Japanese will do, we just do it our way! Xiyang's armed forces are too weak, so they let the Japanese do whatever they want, we won't indulge them!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Then how do we fight?" Gao Deyi asked.

"If we talk about the safe way, it is to send people into the city to conduct reconnaissance, and then find out the enemy's defense situation, and then take action. But we are unfamiliar with the place, and we don't know whether the enemy has placed spies in the surrounding villages? So let's not waste our energy!" Li Yuexuan said.

"What do you want? Can you tell me clearly?" Gao Deyi was very familiar with the guerrillas and didn't beat around the bush. "We are now in the west of Jiedu, right? Is there a Dongyetou stronghold in the east? Is it connected to Jiulongguan further east?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Yeah, can we just speak frankly? This roundabout way is so boring!" Gao Deyi said with dissatisfaction.

"Okay, now that the information is confirmed, let's give it a try according to what I said! You see, my plan is this..." Li Yuexuan stated his plan.

Rumble, splash...Beside Songxi River, the heavy footsteps gradually faded away from west to east, leaving only two companies on the mountain of Majiayu. After a long time, watching the sky gradually turn pale, Gao Deyi looked at Zheng Changfeng and asked carefully: "Old Zheng, do you think they can capture the Dongyetou stronghold with only a few dozen people?"

"I have confidence in them! Moreover, even if we cannot take them down, we can still let the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold call for help!" Zheng Changfeng said confidently.

"That's right..." Gao Deyi thought for a moment before saying, "When I came here, I thought we should play some tricks on the Japanese secret service. But why is it like this now?"

"What's the point of this? Isn't this also a form of scheming? We are a regular army, more elite than the Japs, isn't this the right thing to do? Let's go and bury mines! By the way, we haven't used mines in combat for a long time!" Zheng Changfeng said, looking down at the Songxi River at the foot of the mountain and said, "How about burying a row of directional mines?"

"I think it's okay. As long as the Japanese come, our two main companies can fight here and solve every problem!" After Gao Deyi finished speaking, the two men smiled at each other.

From Majiayu to Dongyetou, you only need to go east along the Songxi River Valley, which is about 30 miles away. The main reason why the Japanese set up a stronghold in Dongyetou was to control the traffic line from Xiyang to the east, through Jiulong Pass to Zanhuang. Although this traffic line is in the mountains, the Japanese invaders came from here when they attacked.

Of course, the Japanese coming from Jiulongguan happened to run into the main force of the 129th Division, which had fought two ambushes in Qigeng Village. Then, the division commander and the brigade commander attacked the Japanese in Jiedu, attracting a battalion of the 109th Regiment of the 135th Division of the Japanese to the river valley south of Jiedu and ambushing them.

That's right, it was the Huangyadi ambush! After the Huangyadi ambush, the 129th Division marched westward and fought a second Guangyang ambush with the 115rd Brigade of the 343th Division. Well, the 343rd Brigade fought once by itself and once again with the 129th Division.

In short, in 37, when the Central Army, Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Sichuan Army and other troops evacuated westward, the Eighth Route Army stayed behind, fighting the Japanese troops step by step, delaying the Japanese attack and covering the evacuation of various troops. The most obvious thing is that after the two Guangyang ambushes, the Japanese simply did not take the Guangyang line, but turned to the north, delaying the evacuation for 7 days.

So, after arriving at this place and listening to the unclear intelligence, Li Yuexuan decisively decided to fight in his own way! Well, to be precise, he learned the brigade commander's tactics!

(End of this chapter)