Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Boom... With an explosion, the little Japanese soldier was torn into pieces, and by the way, he also took the Japanese soldiers in his combat group with him to the grave. It was this explosion that made the Japanese soldiers in the village no longer calm, and they also knew that the Eighth Route Army in the village had withdrawn! So, the Japanese soldiers began to search...

"Here is the tunnel entrance..." The hastily disguised tunnel entrance naturally could not stop the Japanese from searching, and was naturally discovered by the Japanese. Then, some fearless Japanese went deep into the tunnel to check the situation.

Boom... Boom... The booby trap in the tunnel was triggered. The Japanese soldiers who entered the tunnel suffered heavy casualties and no longer dared to move forward through the tunnel.

An hour later, at Baicaoping, Li Yunlong met with the retreating platoon leader Zeng and his men, as well as the soldiers of the local regiment 1 who had retreated with them. After a series of battles, the number of troops was less than 300, and there were many wounded among them.

Li Yunlong didn't know how many troops the local regiment and the Wuxi County Brigade had originally, but he knew that the casualties of these two teams must have been heavy. He wanted to comfort these veterans who had experienced life and death, but what he said ended up being: "Damn it, why are you all so dejected? I heard that you withstood the attack of more than 3000 Japanese puppet troops for a day and a night. Is that so powerful!"

"Okay, I won't say any more. The kitchen staff has prepared some steamed buns for you. Everyone, eat and take a rest, then we can get our equipment together! The division commander said that we will give you all the equipment, all Japanese equipment, which we just captured! In order to bring you these equipment, our Lao Li personally carried three Type 60 rifles and walked more than miles!"

"Okay, go and have a rest. The rest is up to our independent regiment!" Li Yunlong waved his hand and said goodbye to his comrades. As for the distribution of equipment for meals, Political Commissar Zhao was already handing over the equipment to the comrades of the local regiment and the Wuxi County Brigade! Just check the equipment and give it to them, and let them divide it themselves!

Now, Li Yunlong really doesn't like the captured Japanese equipment! He is thinking about getting a large amount of semi-automatic equipment from the logistics department to the troops. The main force regiment should be fully equipped with semi-automatic equipment, which is the guarantee of combat effectiveness! As for assault rifles? Li Yunlong also wants to be fully equipped, but he knows that the consumption of ammunition cannot support it, so he can only think about it.

The battlefield of Nanming River fell into a brief ceasefire. The Japanese mobilized one and a half infantry battalions, a reorganized mountain artillery battalion, and one and a half imperial army battalions into the valley of Nanming River. Only half an infantry battalion and half an imperial army battalion were left in Yangyi to garrison.

At least there are so many troops left here, mainly to guard against the Eighth Route Army from Shexian County! Shexian County was still in the hands of the Eighth Route Army at this time. The Japanese did not advance westward, but chose to move diagonally to the rear of Matan in the northwest. However, the Japanese also knew that they had to leave a way out for themselves, so Yangyi had enough troops left.

Time passed quickly for more than an hour, and when the sun was almost overhead, the independent regiment on the Baicaoping line discovered the enemy's approaching troops. It must be said that the enemy's advance was a bit slow.

But this is not surprising, because the "gifts" that Platoon Leader Zeng and his men left for the Japanese made the Japanese become cautious in the subsequent march. Even if several villages along the way were empty, the Japanese would carefully explore them before daring to move forward.

Finally, under the expectant gaze of the soldiers, the Japanese vanguard arrived at a position more than 600 meters away from Baicaoping and stopped. The Japanese position was very good, about 800 meters away from Jiantou Mountain to the north of Baicaoping, which was completely beyond the attack range of the main position of the independent regiment (although grenade launchers and sniper rifles could reach it, their accuracy was poor).

The independent regiment did not plan to ambush this time, so the trenches on the Jiantou Mountain were clearly dug, and the Japanese soldiers could see them clearly with their binoculars. Because of this, the Japanese vanguard stopped, sent the situation to the brigade headquarters, and waited for the follow-up troops to come up. Of course, the Japanese soldiers did not just wait, but chose to climb the hills on both sides, intending to find a suitable commanding height on the battlefield. However, the Japanese soldiers looked around and found that there were many hills and ravines around, but there was really no advantage in height, and the distance was not suitable.

The most crucial point was that the Japanese discovered that there were traces of trenches on the other side of Jiantou Mountain across the Nanming River Valley, which directly made the Japanese give up the idea of ​​continuing to look for commanding heights.

The place across the valley from Jiantou Mountain is actually the position of the New 1st Regiment, but it is not the main position. It is the position built by two companies arranged by Ding Wei and Li Yunlong. Of course, the Japanese soldiers don't know the number of the Eighth Route Army. They just think that if they go forward, there will be Eighth Route Army troops all around, which means they are being attacked from three sides.

"Baga... The Eighth Route Army has completely blocked the passage to the rear of Matan!" In the temporary command post of the Japanese in Guantao Township, the commander cursed angrily after receiving the report from the front.

"Mr. Nakano, there is no other way. We can only continue to attack! Moreover, poison gas bombs are really ineffective in the mountains. We can only attack with real guns and live ammunition!"

"Then let's attack! We have a mountain artillery battalion. Although the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has occupied several high ground, we have more troops and they are more elite. So let's fight!" Nakano made the decision.

"However, we can't just take this route! Guantao is already in our hands, and Yangyi is also in our hands. So, you see..." The Japanese soldier who spoke took out a map, pointed to a ravine northwest of Yangyi and said, "From here, go in diagonally, go through Shijia Village to Qingta, and continue to go north. There is a mountain road that continues forward, and we can also disperse."

"Look, this is Nan'aipu, this is Yaomenkou, and this is Bei'aipu. Even if we don't take the Eighth Route Army position in front, we can block the retreat to the east and north from Matan!" The Japanese soldier who spoke said with a sinister smile: "We only need to send a few infantry squadrons directly from Guantao to the west, through this hill, and we can go straight to Qingta!"

"In this case, you lead our main force and artillery to continue fighting the Eighth Route Army here; and I will personally lead three squadrons of troops to block the Eighth Route Army's retreat! What do you think?"

"Haha... I have to say, Ito-kun's combat wisdom is unmatched by me! That is, you have to be careful of those villages controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Their militias are already very powerful. They are no longer villages that we can easily massacre! So, Ito-kun must be careful!" Major Nakano stood up and bowed.

"Yoshi, I'll be careful! If the dam breaks, I can take seven days of supplies, three days of ammunition, two infantry squadrons, a baggage squadron, and an engineering squadron!" Ito said. (End of this chapter)