The sparse morning stars blinked, and the distant villages and houses were floating in the mist. Under the faint moonlight, a team of five or six hundred men was formed into several columns, rapidly heading north, with heavy breathing sounds in the team.x.

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Battalion Commander Wang looked up at the night sky. It was about to dawn. The troops were running for the middle of the night and were already showing fatigue. However, what made him feel relieved was that the troops had successfully crossed the line of Dawangzhuang and were advancing towards the enemy.

Although the overall war was huge, the people's armed forces could not bear the fierce combat mission alone, otherwise they would suffer heavy casualties, which was something that Captain Zheng did not want to see.

After all, Xiang District Squadrons, militias, and even guerrillas are all reserves of regular troops and exist as a supplement to regular troops.

The battlefield situation changed rapidly. Although the county town was successfully defeated, there were still nearly a thousand main forces of the enemy's sweeping outside, as well as artillery. In the field battle, Commander Zheng and Battalion Commander Wang did not think that the Eighth Route Army could easily win.

We must not only defeat the enemy, but also maintain our strength so that we can sweep the occupied areas.

This is a challenge and an opportunity. If we can eliminate the enemy's route and sweep the enemy's way, the enemy will no longer be able to piece together mobile forces to compete with the Eighth Route Army in the whole county.

The Eighth Route Army can only be defeated by each of them. The best choice is to shrink the entire line and defend the county town. In the meantime, the entire vast rural area will be owned by the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Captain Wang felt his blood boiling, and his nervousness and excitement surged into his heart at the same time.

As a vanguard force, we must first block the enemy's retreat, determine the overall situation in one battle, and as a soldier, we will be in the bloody battlefield, eliminate the Japanese invaders, and make achievements.

The moon has completed its journey in the air and is vanishing towards the mountainside. In the slowly white sky, the stars have disappeared. A mountain-like red cloud casts a bloody light on the awakened earth.

"Damn Chinese." Yamamoto stopped and cursed hatefully.

The road was like a river valley washed by the outbreak of mountain torrents, with crisscrossing ditches everywhere. Looking up, the green gauze tent that was half a man above the edge blocked everything. Maybe there were black muzzles aiming at them.

He ordered a company of Imperial Army to walk ahead and search along the green gauze tents on both sides of the road. The Japanese walked behind the team, always guarding against sudden attacks.

The commander's order to accelerate the advance came from behind, which made Yamamoto feel irritable, and he kept losing his temper at the Japanese and Imperial Army, making his subordinates at a loss.

After walking for about five or six miles, there was a large ditch at the bend of the main road. The Imperial Army searching in front passed by, and the Japanese arrived at the edge of the ditch.

The ditch was dug relatively wide and it was inconvenient to surpass it. Some Japanese tried to jump over it, while some Japanese walked around the road, and the formation suddenly became chaotic.

At this time, a row of guns suddenly sounded in the green gauze tent on the left side of the main road. The Japanese were caught off guard and were immediately flirted with a few. The Japanese were screaming and fell to the ground, and fought back in panic.

Yamamoto lay on the ground and observed for a while, ordered the Japanese to launch an attack, searched the fields for a while, and there was no one there, only the green gauze tents in the distance were rustling and shaking constantly.

The enemy was unaware of the enemy's situation, so he had to sweep the machine guns for a while, and then turned around the main road to report to Yamamoto.

Yamamoto waved his hand angrily and ordered the team to continue moving forward.

Not far away, gunshots and explosions sounded in front of him. The injured Japanese and Imperial Army screamed shrillly, and the team fell into chaos again.

"Be calm." Fujisawa rode up and shouted angrily.

The panicked Japanese and Imperial Army stood firmly and did not dare to move. Fujisawa glanced at the Japanese and Imperial Army with a strict look and said sternly: "This is a small amount of harassment and restraint from the enemy. They dare not fight the Imperial Army openly. Don't pay attention to them, move forward quickly."

The Japanese and Imperial Army quickly rectified their formation and continued to rush forward.

Fujisawa stood by the road for a moment, scanning the troops passing by, with a look of worry on his face.

What does these small groups of enemies continue to delay the advance of the troops? What does this mean? Does the enemy have more in-depth military deployments? But all of this needs to be confirmed by intelligence.

The roar of mines and the sound of cold guns were still coming from time to time in front of him. The Japanese and the Imperial Army advanced along the road. There was a scorching sun above their heads and a bumpy road below their feet. They had to be wary of attacks from all directions. They were tired, thirsty and hungry. After walking for nearly two hours, they advanced less than ten miles.

Fujisawa rode his horse and followed the team in a bumpy manner, looking at his watch from time to time, urging the troops to speed up.

The Eastern Horse walked deep and shallowly on the bumpy road, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. He looked at the long road ahead, and then looked at the soldiers who were staggering forward, his heart was like a stir-frying fire.

"Urgent Telegram." A Japanese officer rushed over and presented a telegram to Fujisawa.

Fujisawa received the telegram, and a series of incredible words wedged into his eyes, "... The bandits attacking the county town suddenly went to unknown where they might be transferred to the bandit area and intercept your troops. Please be careful..."

Fujisawa was shocked and angrily dropped the telegrams and papers. The Japanese officer stood up straight, peeking at Shiqiao tremblingly, waiting for his anger to vent.

Fujisawa's frown slowly unfolded, his face turned calm, and he said in a calm tone as if nothing had happened: "Order the troops to stop advancing, monitor the enemy closely, notify the officers, and gather here immediately."

When the Japanese officer left, Fujisawa's newly unfolded eyebrows suddenly gathered together again, and he was secretly complaining in his heart.

Things are getting worse and worse. Although the enemies following behind them seem to be mostly vassals of the Eighth Route Army, they also have certain threats.

If the Eighth Route Army that attacked the county town was really coming, and under the attack from front and back, the situation was really dangerous. The most urgent task was to meet with another friendly army, with a large number of troops. Not only would it not be afraid of the enemy coming, but it might damage the enemy severely.

But to accelerate the progress, you must take care of the overall situation, that is, you must arrange the protection of the forward, flanks, and the rear. If you stop and stop like now, you will obviously be trapped in the enemy's trick.

Time did not allow him to make too much thought. The Japanese and Imperial Army officers had arrived, standing straight, waiting for his decision and instruction.

Fujisawa looked at his watch, then glanced at his subordinates majesticly, and said, "Everyone, the enemy dare not fight with the imperial army, and adopted tactics of harassment and blocking in stages to delay our army's advance. If we continue to entangle like this, it is precisely their tricks and destroy our plan. I order: The vanguard troops concentrate their firepower and open a path. The Imperial Army is responsible for the security of the two wings and cover the troops to advance quickly. You must make up your mind and never stop, never resist, and move forward quickly regardless of casualties."

"Hayi!" The officers stood attentively and took the orders, left one after another, returned to their respective troops, conveyed orders, and rectified the team.

Suddenly, the fierce sound of gunfire rose up.

Yamamoto commanded the Japanese devils and concentrated light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and other weapons, and fired together. The bullets poured out and the smoke filled the smoke. Large tracts of crops near the main road broke down and fell in the explosion.

The Japanese and Imperial Army behind were running and swarming forward in thick smoke and fire.

The Japanese placed the Imperial Army on both sides to act as a "meat screen" to block the attack. They ran among them to force the Imperial Army to advance.

Some injured soldiers of the Imperial Army were lying on the ground and crawling around the ground. Those who were seriously injured were either lying down and waiting to die, or were killed by the Japanese on the spot. Those who were less injured struggled to save their lives and followed them.

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Hetangzhuang is a village with about 300 households. The village is close to the east side of the road. There is a large lotus pond connected to each other, which surrounds the village in a half-moon shape. The dike in front of the pond is towering and becomes a natural barrier to blocking.

Company Commander Jiang led his troops to the place and immediately organized a intensive deployment.

Since the enemy has seen through the segmented blockade, changed the tactics, and brute force attacks regardless of casualties, they must adopt the corresponding tactics.

Company Commander Jiang was preparing to launch a frontal blockade based on the existing favorable terrain. This was not to completely block the enemy, but to better complete the task of restraining and delaying.

Company Commander Jiang arranged a platoon of soldiers to build a simple bunker on the Outang dike, set up machine guns along the dike, and tightly blocked the highway. Another platoon of soldiers entered the village and prepared to rely on the houses in the village to launch street fighting with the enemy through the walls.

A small team of guerrillas who followed the main force continued to retreat along the main road, burying more landmines, and then scattered into the green gauze tent around the main road, and the cameras raided the enemy.

The sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer, and the Japanese and Imperial Army were rushing to the road, becoming clearer and clearer into people's vision.

Fujisawa urged the troops to speed up. He was very proud of the countermeasures he had taken and suffered certain casualties as soon as possible, but the troops advanced a long distance after all.

Moreover, most of the casualties were the Imperial Army, which acted as the "meat screen", and Yu Imperial Army had no big influence. As long as he had these hundreds of Imperial Army soldiers in his hands, even if the Imperial Army was all over, he was still confident of meeting with his friendly forces and breaking the enemy's trick of defeating them one by one.

Yamamoto commanded the troops to rush closer and closer, and entered his sight at Hetangzhuang not far ahead. He raised his telescope and observed for a while, and the terrain of the village aroused his alert.

Will the enemy conduct frontal blocking based on this favorable terrain? If you really have this plan, the village ahead will be an ideal position.

Thinking of this, he ordered the troops to slow down their pace and ordered a small team to search for the village.

The team leader led the Japanese to search alertly, and found no movement along the way.

He looked into the distance not far from the village, and saw that the streets in the village were empty, and there was no sign of a person. The residents escaped, and there was no sign of abnormality for a moment.

The team leader ordered the troops to shoot a few shots into the village, but found nothing unusual. He waved his hand and the search team continued to move forward.

Suddenly, with a few sharp whistles, a series of muzzles with lifting poles and black holes appeared behind the Outang dike, bombarding the enemy violently, pulling the Japanese down a lot.

The team leader reacted very quickly. When he heard the sound, he immediately fell to the ground instinctively. As soon as he lay down, several bullets swept across his head with a scream. He quickly retreated with his troops and the injured.

The fierce gunfire surprised Fujisawa. After hearing Yamamoto's report, he realized that it seemed that the Eighth Route Army was going to launch a large-scale frontal blockade here.

Since the enemy has set up a formation, it may not work if we continue to use the method of brave advancement, and there will be a large number of casualties.

He thought quickly and decided to take advantage of this opportunity to give the blocking enemy a severe blow, weaken their strength, destroy their sharpness, so that they no longer dare to easily carry out large-scale restraints, so that the troops can advance more smoothly.

After a brief adjustment, the Japanese and Imperial Army launched an attack on Hetangzhuang under the cover of artillery fire.

The machine gun and rifle roared, and when they got closer, the grenade exploded violently, repelling the enemy's two attacks in a row.

Oshima summoned the officers, scolded them, and ordered Yamamoto to lead a team to launch a fierce attack, and at any cost, defeat the enemy that was blocking in the shortest time, clearing the obstacles to progress. He also ordered all the light and heavy firepower to be transferred and bombarded in a concentrated manner.

The shells fell on the dike, causing smoke and dust to soar into the sky, shrapnel flying everywhere, sand and soil splashing everywhere, and the hot air flow and gun smoke made people unable to breathe.

The fierce artillery fire tore the dike into pieces and overturned the bunkers.

When Company Commander Jiang saw that the enemy had transferred all artillery fire, the casualties of the troops continued to increase, he immediately ordered the troops guarding the dike to retreat quickly, retreat into the village, and moved from behind the village, leaving only a few troops in the village.

After the enemy occupied the dike, they concentrated their firepower to bombard the villages, trying to capture the villages in one fell swoop with their fierce firepower and their first success.

The troops left in the village used the cover of houses and walls. As soon as the enemy approached, they used bullets and grenades to attack them. The enemy rushed in several times, but were all shot out.

At this time, a fierce gunfire sounded outside the village, and the guerrillas hidden in the green gauze tent increased their restraint and harassment.

The sudden attack caused the enemy's flanks and guards to hide into chaos. Fujisawa dispatched troops to counterattack, while commanding the main forces and rushing into the village with the cover of artillery fire.

At this time, Company Commander Jiang adjusted the deployment, leaving a few troops to fight scatteredly in the village. The remaining troops with the wounded were withdrawn from the back of the village and headed towards the meeting place with the main force.

Fujisawa stood at the entrance of the village, a little confused. The Eighth Route Army's approach of gathering and dispersing made him feel very troubled.

He spent a lot of ammunition and suffered casualties. He finally rushed into the village, hoping to force the enemy to enter the decisive battle and give them a fatal blow. However, the enemy suddenly broke into pieces.

The enemy is righteous and familiar with the terrain, and hides in various places and corners, carrying out clever and tenacious resistance.

The sound of gunfire, gunfire, and grenade explosions in the village kept making Fujisawa go crazy. He howled loudly: "Set the fire, set the fire for me, drive all the enemies out, I want to fight them, fight to the decisive battle."

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