Li Yunlong was shocked by hosting the independent group at the beginning

Behind the siege troops of the New Eighth Division, an enemy army suddenly appeared, the number of which was overwhelming. It was the enemy Xicun Brigade. They quickly formed a battle formation and surrounded the entire New Eighth Division.

Huang Wenshi knew that he had fallen into the enemy's trap. On the one hand, he sent troops to withstand the enemy's attack in the city, on the other hand, he sent people to withstand the enemy's attack on the outside, and mobilized other people to dig trenches on the spot to prepare for a protracted war.

Unexpectedly, the enemy's force in Xiayi City was not a brigade, but a regiment. Therefore, the new Eighth Division troops used to block the enemy forces in the city fell apart in an instant.

However, Huang Wenshi, who was attacked by the enemy from behind, could not resist the enemy's two-sided attack at all, so he could only lead the rest of the people to retreat while fighting.

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Fortunately, Zhuang Hailong's vanguard battalion attacked from the flank, caught the enemy by surprise, and temporarily withdrew to Xiayi. Only then did the New Eighth Division avoid the tragic end of annihilation of the entire army.

However, the soldiers of the New Eighth Division were killed, wounded, and many collapsed, causing great losses.

Except for the New Eighth Division and the Temporary First Brigade, which are relatively strong in combat effectiveness, the rest of the units are reorganized from guerrillas and local armed forces. It is not a problem to fight guerrilla warfare and capture prisoners on weekdays, but it is not very useful in field battles. up.

Regardless of the fact that there are more than 1 people around Li Feng, in terms of combat capability, it may not be as effective as a reconnaissance battalion.

However, these ordinary soldiers all have a pure heart and are eager to kill the enemy for the country of Xia. As long as they have the opportunity, they will grow up and become excellent fighters who can attack and defend.

In a hurry, I still have to eat. I sent troops to guard the Sasaki brigade in the rear, and sent dozens of signal soldiers to find the whereabouts of the new eighth division and the temporary first brigade, and then ordered the logistics officers to give the new eighth division and the temporary first brigade The brethren leave a meal.

After just two bites, Su Ping said to Li Feng: "Feng, isn't that Brigadier Zhuang?"

Li Feng put down the pancake in a hurry, stood up and looked in the direction Su Ping said, and sure enough, Zhuang Hailong walked over quickly, and Li Feng also stepped forward to meet him.

Li Feng held Zhuang Hailong's hand and said happily: "You are back!"

Hai Long blushed and murmured: "Commander, I'm sorry, I didn't lead the troops well."

Li Feng saw that the team standing behind him was only six to seven hundred people, and everyone was in rags, and he understood everything in his heart.

Suddenly Li Feng asked: "Where is Huang Wenshi?"

Zhuang Hailong said: "He's fine, he just suffered a slight injury on his shoulder, he was still there just now, why didn't he disappear?"

Li Feng took a closer look and saw a person hiding behind a tree, so he strode over and took a closer look. It was Huang Wenshi.

"Brother Scholar." Li Feng called out kindly.

"Commander Li..." Huang Wenshi saw Li Feng coming to call him, and replied embarrassedly.

Li Feng stepped forward and grabbed his hand, saying, "Why, are you sorry to see me?"

Huang Wenshi's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said guiltily: "My troops were dispersed under the city of Xiayi. I didn't complete the deployment of the command, and I failed Commander Sun's entrustment. Now the new eighth division There are only more than 200 brothers left."

Li Feng sighed and said: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. No one is a general who always wins. Forget it, Brother Scholar, let's go, take the brothers to eat first, and talk about the rest later."

The new Houyi Division was blocked by the enemy Xicun Brigade in the Xiayi area, while the Sasaki Brigade chasing behind was held back by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, especially the Zhong Gang Camp, which tried their best to stop the Sasaki Brigade from chasing Li Feng at any cost. troops.

The Sasaki brigade, which relied on roads, suffered heavy losses. Almost all the cars it originally equipped were destroyed, and the marching speed was greatly reduced, and it could only travel more than ten kilometers a day and night.

Since the defense force of Xiayi City is very strong, I can't let the troops go to die, especially the new eighth division and temporary first brigade suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Sasaki brigade to slow down their marching speed.

Li Feng reorganized the troops within two days, and the troops were reorganized into the new Houyi Division.

Then Li Feng rethought how the troops should act. It was impossible to go backwards. There was an enemy Xicun brigade blocking the way forward. If he didn't make a decision quickly, he would only be wiped out by the enemy.

The enemy Xicun brigade immediately sent troops to block all the roads around Xiayi after the first battle. Xicun knew very well that Li Feng's troops still had tens of thousands of strength.

If he fights with Li Feng's main force alone, his soldiers will suffer a lot, and there is no guarantee that he can catch me all in one go, so he blocked the way forward for our army.

It just prevented our army from passing through Xiayi, waited for the Sasaki brigade to arrive, and attacked back and forth to wipe out our army under Xiayi city.

The enemy planes kept coming to bomb and the troops suffered heavy casualties. However, compared with the enemy blocking the road to Shangqiu, the latter was obviously more dangerous. However, Li Feng and the others did not have heavy weapons, so it was impossible to capture Xiayi City.

Since he couldn't enter Xiayi City, he could only lure the enemy out to fight. Xicun once defeated the New Eighth Brigade, so Li Feng used the New Eighth Brigade as bait to call out the enemy.

A squadron that Nishimura deployed in Dongshanling was surrounded by the New Eighth Brigade. The enemy squadron leader immediately issued a firework signal as agreed. Black smoke rose high into the sky, and Nishimura immediately ordered the troops to attack.

According to the agreed plan, the two enemy brigades rushed towards Dongshanling quickly, and other troops served as backup forces to reinforce at any time.

In the future, the battle known as the Battle of Dongshanling in the military history officially kicked off.

According to the agreement, after the two enemy brigades left Xiayi, a brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army immediately launched a feint attack on Xiayi. Xi Cun accurately judged that this was a feint attack. Strengthen the city defense.

After learning that it was the troops of the New Eighth Brigade who attacked Dongshanling, Captain Shankou of the Xicun Brigade immediately underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia army in front of him.

After all, the New Eighth Brigade was almost wiped out in their hands a few days ago, and Yamaguchi was so arrogant that he led two battalions of enemy troops into the ambush circle without even sending scouts.

In the torrential rain, Zhuang Hailong's troops ambushing on both sides of the road threw dense grenades at the enemy column, blowing up the devils to a bloody mess.

The devil soldiers in front couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and wanted to run back, and the devils in the back were also blown forward and ran forward. The devils at both ends were all crowded together, and the formation and battle order were all messed up.

Both the machine gunner and the deputy shooter ran away, as did the ammunition soldier carrying the /mortar/cannonball and the gunner carrying the mortar. The enemy machine gunner wanted to shoot only to find that there was no deputy shooter to load him.

But the gunner found that he was carrying a cannon barrel. Not only did he have no shells, but he didn't even have a gun mount.

The shooting accuracy of ordinary enemy soldiers is very high. Almost all the soldiers charging in the first row were shot down by the enemy's volley of guns, but the enemy's rifles could not shoot continuously. The Huaxia soldiers behind rushed to them with bayonets and axes.

The enemy riflemen had no time to push and load their bullets, so they could only passively get up from the ground and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Taking advantage of this short period of time, more than 20 Japanese invaders were picked by the soldiers.

After more than ten minutes of hand-to-hand combat, many soldiers on both sides fell. The artillery, cavalry, infantry, and transport soldiers of the two enemy brigades,

There were as many as 900 personnel in total, so although the front and rear parts of the enemy suffered heavy casualties, the middle part did not suffer a fatal blow.

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Under the command of the captain of the Yamaguchi Regiment, these enemy troops rushed outwards desperately. Relying on the local number advantage, the enemy troops broke through a hole and fled eastward in a chaotic manner. The remaining more than 100 enemy troops were unable to break out of the encirclement. Afterwards, they were shot dead by Huaxia soldiers one after another.

The escaped soldiers of the Yamaguchi Regiment did not run very far, and were intercepted by the New Eighth Brigade, and were surrounded in the Ligou area. There was a village burned down by the enemy. end.

After learning of the ominous news that the Yamaguchi United was surrounded, the head of the Nishimura brigade immediately sent a telegram to Miyamoto and Sasaki asking the Sasaki brigade to speed up the march and come to support quickly. Sasaki also had something hard to say.

It wasn't that he didn't want to march fast, it was because the Eighth Route Army mobilized the masses to break roads, bridges, and railroad tracks, making it difficult for him to walk. Under the death orders of Miyamoto and Ishikawa, Sasaki had to let the artillery and transport troops march slowly.

He led the infantry first and walked towards Xiayi on foot. He ignored the harassment of the Eighth Route Army along the way, no matter how many people were killed or injured, and did not entangle too much with the harassing Eighth Route Army. He came all the way towards Xiayi.

Since the Shankou Regiment was surrounded in Ligou and Dongshanling, it would be unreasonable not to go to the rescue. Xicun could only lead the main force to leave Xiayi.

If viewed from the sky, the entire battlefield situation looks like this: the New Eighth Brigade and the Temporary First Brigade surrounded the mountain pass, and Nishimura surrounded the New Eighth Brigade and the Temporary First Brigade, forming a circle within an encirclement. Strange phenomenon.

In this way, whoever lasts longer becomes the key to the development of the battle situation.

The New Eighth Brigade and the Temporary First Brigade had already planned to be surrounded before the battle. They deployed their main forces outside and used a small number of troops equipped with automatic weapons such as machine guns to guard the movement of the Yamaguchi Regiment.

Due to the heavy casualties of the troops, the Yamaguchi United could only protect themselves. However, due to the arrival of reinforcements, they organized a small force to carry out a small-scale attack, trying to find out the weak points of the encirclement and make a breakthrough.

However, due to the small number of troops, facing the firepower of high-speed machine guns, they could only sigh in awe. After dropping dozens of corpses, the enemy retreated back and waited for reinforcements to arrive.