"Hayi." The Chief of Staff agreed and went to send a telegram.

Not long after, the 6th Japanese Army sent a telegram telling them that the 37th Division had been dispatched and was moving closer to them. However, the planes of the Japanese Fifth Air Force could not take off for the time being, because at 4 o'clock this morning, the airport of the Fifth Air Force was attacked by the enemy and lost a lot of planes. The runway was blown out by the enemy and several large pits were temporarily unable to perform combat missions.

The 37th Japanese Division was dispatched. They first sent an infantry brigade to attack and advance towards Lan County. The other main forces were staying in the barracks and preparing to set off.

The Japanese brigade leader led the vanguard and was forced to stop less than ten miles from the barracks.

The Japanese brigade captain came to the front of the team and saw many small flags planted on the road ahead, with the small flag saying: "Beware of landmines!"

A Japanese engineer was holding a mine detector. He carefully climbed to the first small flag, took out a shovel and dug it for a long time, but no landmines were found.

He saw that the enemy was just bluffing, so he stood up and swaggered towards the second small flag.

At this moment, there was only a "boom" sound, and an explosion occurred under his feet, floating high, and then falling heavily to the ground.

The Japanese squadron leader was splattered by a stone splashed from the mines, and a wound was cut. He reached out and touched the blood in his hand. He couldn't help but take a step back and directed the engineers to detect the mines.

There were a lot of small flags planted on the road, most of which were empty, and some really had landmines under them. The Japanese army did not dare to be careless, so they had to slowly detect mines. It took them more than two hours to clear all the small flags on the road.

They continued to explore for 50 meters and found no landmines, so the large army continued to move forward.

They walked out without 300 meters, and the vanguard stepped on landmines and killed three Japanese soldiers on the spot.

At this moment, the Japanese troops did not dare to advance.

After thinking about it, the Japanese brigade commanded the troops to leave the road and planned to detour. However, they did not expect that the enemy still buried landmines on the side of the road and killed two more Japanese soldiers on the spot. At this moment, the Japanese army could not figure out where there were landmines, so they had to send engineers to detect the mines again.

Suddenly, several bullets flew over silently, and the engineers who cleared the mines in front were all knocked to the ground.

The Japanese army knew that there was an enemy ambush, so they immediately launched a counterattack. After fighting for a long time, they could not see the enemy's shadow, so they sent engineers to explore the mine again.

At this moment, several bullets flew over silently and knocked the engineers to the ground again.

There was only one infantry brigade of the Japanese army, and it had all been killed. The Japanese brigade leader didn't know what to do, so he ordered the troops to stop advancing and sent a correspondent to report and request tactical guidance.

At this moment, a few more bullets flew over silently, and several staff officers around the Japanese brigade captain were knocked to the ground. He was lucky, but he was knocked away with his hat.

Where did the Japanese brigade commander fight such a strange battle? He immediately ordered the rear team to change to the front team and run towards the barracks.

Several special forces members hiding 200 meters away saw the Japanese army retreating, and they spat contemptuously at the Japanese army's back, and then sat on the ground and started chatting.

Commander Song of the 69th Division of the 41st Army stood on Mayan Mountain, and his troops were building fortifications at the foot of the mountain. After observing for a while, he said to the Chief of Staff: "Brother Gao chose the terrain, it is a place to fight and block."

The Chief of Staff said worriedly: "Second, Mr. Gao arranged for our division to block the 37th Division here. Although our division has more than 10,000 people and good equipment, the Japanese army has more than 20,000 people. I am really worried that we can't stop it."

Commander Song said, "I have confidence in Brother Gao. Since he has arranged this way, there is naturally his reason."

The Chief of Staff said curiously: "That's right, I have never seen the Japanese army yet. Could it be that the Japanese army was scared back by Mr. Gao? It's unlikely that? In front of us, there are only dozens of people from Mr. Gao's guerrillas, and they can't stop the Japanese army no matter what.

Teacher, I am still not at ease. Should I send a telegram to ask Mr. Gao, what is going on in the Japanese army?"

Commander Song said, "No need, I believe in Brother Gao."

At this time, the phone in the command post rang. After answering the phone, the combat section chief walked over and said, "Reporting the division seat, the scouts in front of him reported that they said that the Japanese army had dispatched the vanguard and had a brigade, but they were beaten back by Gao Jiuye's special forces."

Commander Song said happily: "I just said that you will never suffer any loss when you fight with Brother Gao. What I am worried about now is not that I can't stop the Japanese attack, but that I am worried about this battle. I'm afraid our 69th Division will not be on the turn of the battle."

The combat section chief suggested: "Second. Since that's the case, it's better to send a unit to meet up with Gao Jiuye's special forces to see if you can get some cheaper."

The Chief of Staff said: "This idea is good, I think it's OK. Teacher, what do you think?"

Commander Song nodded and said, "Secretary Zhao, you personally take the guard battalion up and meet with Brother Gao's special forces. After arriving there, listen to the opinions of those guerrillas more specifically how to fight."

Section Chief Zhao of the Operations Department said excitedly: "Teacher, don't worry, I will deal with it on the spot. I will do my best to preserve the strength of the guard battalion."

Commander Song shook his head and said, "At the combat meeting, I have already agreed to Brother Gao that this battle should be fought in a real way. If you take the troops up, don't be ruthless when you meet the Japanese, don't be afraid of casualties. With so many troops participating in this battle, we cannot let other troops underestimate our 69th Division."

"Yes, Master, I understand." Section Chief Zhao stood attentively and saluted and agreed.

After the vanguard of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army retreated, he reported to the regiment commander and soon reported to the division headquarters step by step.

The Chief of Staff of the 37th Division said: "His division commander, the vanguard reported that the enemy had buried a large number of landmines along the way, blocking our army's way, and ambushed a large number of snipers. Engineers who specialize in demining our army, the team is really unable to get through!"

The division commander said: "Give orders to the vanguard troops, asking them to send scouts to search carefully, and the large troops slowly advance while slapping the thunder. Be careful of the enemy's ambush along the way. When you see something wrong, retreat immediately."

The Chief of Staff said: "The division is not that our division does not go to reinforce the enemy's 42nd Division, it is really impossible to get through.

Mr. Commander of the Division, do you think you should report this situation to the military command?"

The division commander said, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Let's talk about it in a few hours."

The Chief of Staff said thoughtfully: "Your Excellent Commander of the Division, I understand."

The next day, the various troops surrounding the 42nd Division of the Japanese Army continued to advance, and the encirclement was shrinking little by little.

Jiang Xiaomei's Independence Brigade has the fastest progress, and their trenches are less than 200 meters away from the Japanese trenches.

Tanaka Toshita Domain commanded the artillery to bombard the Independent Brigade's position, causing smoke and dust to roll on the position.

When the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, he found that dust was still flying out from the ground in front. The enemy's trenches were still digging forward.

Tanaka Toshita was experienced and knew that he was in front of him the Eighth Route Army troops. Based on his past experience, the Eighth Route Army troops were backward, especially lacking ammunition, which could not stop the Japanese attack. So he decided to pick up the persimmons and first attack the Eighth Route Army troops.

The Japanese looked down on the Eighth Route Army, especially local troops like Jiang Xiaomei and others that have no official numbers, which are commonly known as the "Tu Eighth Route Army", mainly because the Eighth Route Army has no rear supply and its weapons and equipment are quite backward. The Japanese army's troops during combat are generally 1:4, or even 1:8, against the Eighth Route Army's troops or guerrillas. In other words, when they discover the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, they usually use a small amount of troops to fight against the Eighth Route Army guerrillas that are several times more powerful than them.

For the troops of the Guo army, the Japanese army usually configures troops at a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2.

This does not mean that the troops of the Guo Army are more combat-effective than those of the Eighth Route Army. This is related to the combat characteristics of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army's troops mainly use guerrilla warfare. They will not bear the burden with the Japanese army. They always take advantage of it and run away if they can't win. Therefore, after fighting with the Japanese army, they usually quickly leave the battle.

Tanaka Toshita ordered the artillery to continue the artillery attack, and then organized an infantry squadron to launch an attack on the position of Jiang Xiaomei's Independent Brigade.

The other two Japanese infantry squadrons followed up, preparing to wait until the infantry squadron in front broke through the enemy's frontier positions, and then rushed into the enemy's positions together to defeat the enemy.

The Japanese infantry was still old tactics. They quickly approached with scattered troops and prepared to crawl forward 50m away from the enemy's position.

Just as the Japanese army approached 100m of the frontier positions, the artillery of the Independent Brigade opened fire, and the shells exploded violently, causing rolling smoke and dust.

The artillery fire was too fierce, and Toshiyu Tanaka felt very bad. Sure enough, as the smoke and dust disappeared, Toshiyu Tanaka saw that less than half of the Japanese infantry squadron were left.

The Japanese soldiers were extremely tenacious in combat. Despite the huge casualties, they continued to move forward in artillery fire. Just as they were approaching the independent position 60m, a few big shots suddenly popped up in the trenches of the Independent Brigade. After a fierce strafing, the remaining Japanese soldiers were basically wiped out.

The two Japanese squadrons following followed, seeing the tragic situation in front of them, didn't know what to do for a moment. They had to stay where they were and wait for instructions from their superiors.

The artillery of the Independent Brigade will naturally not let go of these average daily targets exposed to open areas, and they directly covered them with artillery fire.

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and were lucky enough to survive, but no longer waited for instructions from their superiors and fled back.

"Eight-Grade Road." Tanaka Toshita was very depressed. He didn't understand when the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was so strong.

Although Tanaka Toshita was very angry, he remained rational. He did not let the artillery destroy the enemy's artillery. Because the artillery of the Independent Brigade, like the Japanese artillery, was hidden in the trenches. After firing the artillery, he immediately hid in the anti-aircraft artillery hole. The artillery was of no effect at all, and it was just wasting shells.

Seeing the encirclement shrinking little by little, Toshita Tanaka began to feel a little impatient. He decided to change his tactics and use the nighttime sneak attack. The target of the sneak attack chose the Northwest Army.

That night, he called the captain of a Japanese infantry brigade and personally deployed a mission to him.

Tanaka Toshita said: "In front of you are the troops of the Northwest Army of the Chinese Army. Their equipment is backward and they have no combat power. Tonight you will lead your brigade to launch an attack, and be sure to defeat them in one fell swoop and occupy their frontier positions."

The Japanese squadron leader was also very arrogant. Not to mention that the enemy's miscellaneous army was on the other side, he didn't take it seriously even the Central Army. He raised his chest and said loudly: "Auntie, please rest assured that the division commander, the humble position will definitely defeat the enemy and occupy the enemy's positions."

Gao Jiu has made arrangements for preventing the Japanese night attack. He specifically emphasized that each branch should prevent the Japanese night attack. On the frontier positions of each branch, a small number of special forces members of the Taohuashan guerrillas were also quickly launched to assist the Chinese army officers and soldiers to prevent the Japanese night attack.

At two o'clock in the morning, with the help of the faint moonlight, the special forces team saw the shadowy enemy in the distance and immediately issued an alarm to the Northwest Army officers and soldiers defending the frontier positions.

The officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army used to be backward and had very little ammunition, and they were all clenched and shrunk in wars. Now they are equipped with a large number of machine guns and submachine guns, and they are sufficient bullets, so they have been waiting for the Japanese army to attack.

Although the Japanese squad leader was very arrogant, he was also an experienced general. In order to prevent the enemy from discovering, he let all the soldiers not get bayonets to prevent the reflected moonlight from being discovered by the enemy. He ordered all the soldiers to bend over, lightly walk, and not disturb the enemy as much as possible. He hoped that they could get as close to the enemy as possible before the enemy discovered it, and once the battle started, they would quickly rush into the enemy's trenches.

The Japanese soldiers were well-trained and abide by the rules. Even if they attacked at night, they still adopted the same tactics. They were ready to reach a distance of 50m and began to crawl forward.

The officers and soldiers of the National Army planned to open fire on the Japanese army when the Japanese army advanced to a distance of 60m. However, the night was deep and it was difficult for them to judge the distance between the Japanese army.

However, the special forces members are experienced. When the Japanese troops in the first row began to lie down, this means that the troop of troops behind were all within a range of 60 meters or 100m. This distance is most suitable for the firepower of machine guns and submachine guns.

When the Japanese officers and soldiers in the first row rushed to about 50m, they lay down. After the special forces found out, they shot and called the police.

The officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army, who had been on high alert, fired violently at the Japanese army with machine guns and submachine guns in their hands.

The Japanese officers and soldiers were on the open ground and could not find any shelter. They imagined that there was little rain of bullets and fell in large numbers.

Despite the heavy casualties of the Japanese officers and soldiers, the alive Japanese soldiers lay on the ground, crawling forward while fighting back.

It was dark, and the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army looked at the enemy troops on the ground. They blindly shot, and the team leader could not keep the Japanese army approaching little by little.

At this moment, many Northwest officers picked up the torch that had been prepared, ignited it, and threw it to the front of the front position.

The Japanese army was exposed in the fire of a large number of torches. They had nowhere to hide. Under the hunting of the Northwest Army officers and soldiers, there were heavy casualties.

The Japanese brigade leader really didn't expect that even the Northwest Army's miscellaneous army had such fierce firepower. He immediately suffered heavy casualties. He ordered the troops to stop advancing and wait for tactical guidance from his superiors.
Chapter completed!