Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Li Yunlong got the benefit, Beiyue District got the military merit, but Beishan Detachment got the biggest benefit. Of course, the several regiments sent by the headquarters can also share some benefits while helping with defense. Therefore, in this battle, as long as we can survive the revenge and counterattack of the devils and eat the benefits, it will be beneficial to everyone!
Now, except for the Independent Regiment which is still leading the militia and civilians in Yangquan to transport supplies, everyone else is waiting for the Japanese counterattack!

One day passed, and after various arrangements, the Japanese finally assembled at noon on the 18th, and they were ready to counterattack. The intelligence system at the headquarters also promptly reported the situation to the headquarters. Then the headquarters studied and found that the biggest threat to them was the Japanese and puppet troops of the 36th Division in the south.

The 36th Division was also an old rival. Although there were many casualties in the repeated raids, the Japanese always replenished the 36th Division's organization and equipment to restore its strength in order to stabilize the situation in the Lu'an area and the Baijin Line. The replenishment period was usually about three months, and the original combat effectiveness could be restored in half a year.

Then, based on the frequency of the Japanese raids, there would be another large-scale raid cycle half a year later, which would just consume the replenished forces, which could be considered a cycle.

Of course, this is only because the Eighth Route Army is very strong, enough to cause great casualties to the 36th Division. If the Eighth Route Army is not strong enough, after these sweeps, the new recruits of the Japanese will be trained and become veterans, and the overall combat effectiveness will not be improved a little bit, but will become stronger and stronger. In short, this is a repetitive result. Fortunately, the Japanese are not strong now.

But the Japanese were not strong, but that didn't mean they couldn't do it! The 36th Division, composed of three regiments, had more than 1 Japanese soldiers. If they dispatched two regiments, that would be 6000 to 7000 soldiers. Plus the puppet army, the Japanese's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. However, the Japanese liked to attack in groups, and were also affected by the dispersed garrisons. It was not so easy to mobilize troops and concentrate on fighting.

This time, intelligence from the headquarters showed that a regiment of the Japanese 36th Division had moved to the direction of Yuci, and formed a combat formation of 5000 people with the Japanese who had gathered there.

In the east towards Jingxing, the 110th Division and several other units directly under the North China Front Army were finally withdrawn from the Beiyue area and assembled more than 5000 troops in Jingxing, intending to move westward along the Zhengtai Line.

At Jiulong Pass in the southeast, the Japanese also strengthened their troops, bringing the number of their troops to 1000 and the number of puppet troops to 2000.

In addition to the Japanese in the east and west directions, the Japanese in Liaoxian and Heshun in the south did not move, and the puppet army did not move either, but took a wait-and-see attitude. Of course, this does not include the movement of the Japanese in the direction of Licheng. The Japanese probably wanted to play a trick of besieging Wei to save Zhao. They deployed a regiment on the west side of Zhuozhang River and made an attacking gesture.

At the Matan headquarters, the deputy commander put aside the red and blue pencils, pointed to several hoops on the map and said, "Look, the Japanese spent two days to mobilize 11000 troops. This is probably all the mobile forces they can mobilize in North China! If we can take these troops, the Japanese can only adopt a defensive tactic in North China! It's a pity that we have too many bases..."

There are too many bases and the Eighth Route Army's forces are greatly dispersed, so it is difficult to gather too many troops to the Pingdong base in a short period of time.

However, the deputy commander of the troops around the Pingdong base area was relieved after thinking about it. After all, there were many troops here. Therefore, everything depends on how the next battle goes!
"Commander, the movements of the Japanese have been sent to the Beishan Detachment! The detachment replied that they have already made defensive measures to ensure that not a single brick will be left for the Japanese in Yangquan!"

"Ha...Okay, give them a reply. Be careful to fight a mobile war and don't be blinded by the immediate benefits!"

"Don't be blinded by the immediate benefits? Haha, but the Japanese are attacking in large numbers, this is not a small benefit!" In Liangjia Village, Zhao Danian muttered to himself as he looked at the much emptier village. In order to deal with the next Japanese counterattack, most of the militiamen affiliated with the Beishan Detachment have withdrawn, and have assembled in the direction of Changshengkou and Jiulongguan. At this time, the first battalion of the detachment, led by Guo Zhongmin, has gone to the west to Shouyang; the second battalion assembled and went to Changshengkou; the third battalion fully stationed in the direction of Jiulongguan.

In other words, Liangjia Village was extremely poorly guarded at this time, with only the guard company, engineering company, special operations team, and transport team. Fortunately, the Japanese could not enter the base without breaking through the outer line, so the safety of Liangjia Village was still guaranteed.

Tick-tock, tick-tock... On the top of Shouyang City, Xing Weiguo looked at the dial on his wrist, feeling like he had nothing to do. When the pointer on the dial reached 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the phone next to him suddenly rang...

"Commander, the regiment headquarters called. The Japanese came here by train and stopped at the north of Yangtou Cliff, not far from the Makou stronghold! The commander said that the Japanese probably learned about our troop deployment from other channels, or at least knew that the railway line was destroyed. The Japanese are unloading cannons from the train, a total of 24 guns..."

While talking to the telephone soldier at the regiment headquarters, the telephone operator loudly relayed what he heard to Xing Weiguo.

While listening to the report from the telephone operator, Xing Weiguo stood up, even standing on the battlement of the city wall, and looked towards the railway line in the south with a telescope... Unfortunately, the straight-line distance was more than 6 kilometers, and there were various obstacles in the middle, so Xing Weiguo did not see any trace of the Japanese.

"Tell all combatants to step up their alert and prepare for battle!" Xing Weiguo saw the telephone operator put down the phone and issued the latest order: "According to the original plan, the 4th Company will be responsible for the first encounter..."

While Xing Weiguo was arranging the battle, Zheng Changfeng on the hill to the east also received intelligence from the New Second Regiment. After hearing the news from there, Zheng Changfeng felt uneasy.

"Captain, I feel something is not right and I'm a little panicked!" Before Zheng Changfeng could finish his words, the regiment's chief of staff Shu Youtuan expressed his feelings.

"Well... there are people hanging around us these days, right?" Zheng Changfeng suddenly asked.

"Yes, some of the people who came out of Shouyang City came here to ask if they can work and get food, and some came here to complain why they are not allowed to go home... Captain, do you think there is a problem with this?" Shu Youtuan asked.

"This is a big problem! The people here are not from our base, so it's hard to say if there are any spies among them! Let's be safe. Huyan Bao, take your men immediately. We need to move our position! Chief of Staff, run a few steps and tell Comrade Wang Zixian that they need to move their position immediately, at least 500 meters to the north! Aren't there some mountain ridges over there? Let's go there!" (End of this chapter)