Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

The 110th Division, which was currently in the Fuping area, was ordered to move toward Laiyuan immediately. At the same time, the 13th Independent Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division in Hunyuan began to move toward Guangling to block the Eighth Route Army's westward retreat route.

Then, this Eighth Route Army was compressed to the east, surrounded in the mountainous area between Weixian, Laiyuan, Yixian and Zhangjiakou, and then its main force was slowly compressed and wiped out.

With the issuance of Sugiyama Gen's order, the entire campaign to sweep the Beiyue area began to move.

At the same time, after receiving a telegram from the brigade commander Kanji Tsuneoka, the captain of the 3rd Independent Infantry Battalion in Wei County, Junji Midorikawa, immediately gathered all the troops in the battalion and began to head towards Laiyuan for support.

At 20 p.m., Feihu Valley outside Wei County.

On one of the higher peaks, the forward command post.

此时，肖司令带着第一军分区20团、120师717团、第三军分区第6、7团的四个团长正在布置伏击阵地。

After field investigation, Commander Xiao placed the 717th Regiment of the 120th Division at the southern entrance of Feihu Valley, facing away from Laiyuan.

Commander Xiao considered that if the Japanese army was attacked, based on their usual understanding of the Eighth Route Army, they would inevitably know that our army had set up an ambush on their rear, which would prompt the Japanese army to move straight forward, that is, charge towards Weixian and seek a breakout.

Commander Xiao simply placed the most capable 717th Regiment in the direction of the Japanese army's breakout, strengthened the strength of the 717th Regiment, and used it as the sharpest "shield" of the entire force to block the Japanese army's fierce breakout.

At the same time, the 20th Regiment and the 717th Regiment facing Weixian behind them stood back to back, serving as each other's reserve forces and supporting each other in attack and defense.

Since it was not clear whether all the Japanese troops in Wei County had been dispatched, the 6th Regiment was ambushed on the south slope south of the north entrance of Feihu Valley to cut off the retreat and tighten the pocket. This not only prevented the Japanese army from breaking out along the original route, but also took advantage of the high terrain to observe the situation in Wei County behind.

Finally, he arranged the 6th and 7th Regiments on the hillside south of the middle section of Feihu Valley, and the 3rd Artillery Battalion provided support, infiltrating, encircling, dividing the enemy and eliminating the Japanese troops one by one.

The area was surrounded on three sides, with one side left bare, leaving only a bare northern hillside for the Japanese army. This not only made the Japanese army psychologically confused, but also prevented them from being trapped, going crazy, and struggling to the death.

As the combat missions of each regiment were completed, they quickly entered the designated ambush positions, waiting for the large Japanese army brigade from Weixian to support Laiyuan.

At 21:00, the 3rd Battalion of the Independent Mixed Brigade, led by Lieutenant Colonel Junji Midorikawa, left Wei County and began to head towards Feihu Valley, gradually entering the ambush position arranged by Commander Xiao.

As the Japanese army entered Feihu Valley, a red flare suddenly rose in the night sky.

Then, the artillery battalion began firing at the Japanese brigade.

At the same time, the forward positions of the 6th and 7th Regiments began throwing grenades towards the road below.

For a moment, the entire brigade began to hear bursts of explosions, and the mines buried on the roadside were also detonated by the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Junji Midorikawa was sitting in the car when suddenly explosions were heard around him. At the same time, the convoy and pack horses were thrown into chaos by the shells.

Seeing this scene, Junji Midorikawa's face suddenly changed.

Junji Midorikawa was no fool. He immediately realized that his troops had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

But then I felt a little confused.

Where did so many Eighth Route Army troops come from in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region?

Didn’t they wipe out three regiments of the Eighth Route Army a few days ago? And now according to the news from Di Jiang in Laiyuan County, there are at least tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops there. Does the Eighth Route Army still have so many troops?

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly popped up in Junji Midorikawa's mind: the Eighth Route Army's target couldn't be him!