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The successive battle losses were summarized at the headquarters of the Independent 3rd Brigade.

Saburo Yamada clenched his fists.

In the past few days, 73 Japanese invaders were ambushed and killed, and more than 140 puppet soldiers were killed.

People were in a panic and hid in the artillery towers of the strongholds, not daring to show their heads or go out.

If the Japanese and puppet troops did not dare to go out to raid the city and were all blocked at home, what would be the point of setting up artillery towers?

In addition, there were anywhere from a dozen to several dozen people stationed in the artillery tower.

These people always need to eat and consume supplies.

The most direct impact of being blocked in the stronghold by the Eighth Route Army was on logistics and transportation.

The transport team is almost under the enemy's nose, and they can attack you whenever they want.

Every member of the Fourth Military Division was equipped with a cloth bag, and after the battle, they cleaned up the battlefield efficiently and professionally.

Take away everything you can get your hands on.

Major General Yamada lacks mobile forces. If he is given a brigade of troops to conduct a large-scale sweep of the mountainous areas, it will definitely alleviate the current predicament.

The combat application was submitted to Yoshio Shinozuka, who wanted to pull out the Independent 9th Brigade stationed near the headquarters to cooperate with him in the mountain mopping-up operation.

In early April 41,

Yoshio Shinozuka received an order from the North China Expeditionary Army to deploy troops to support the battle in Zhongtiao Mountain.

At this time, Major General Yamada submitted a combat application, hoping to borrow troops for a sweeping operation.

Stop the fucking bullshit.

I am also thinking of drawing two battalions from the Third Independent Brigade to participate in the battle in southern Shanxi.

The call went directly to Wutai County and reached Saburo Yamada's combat command center.

"Mr. Yamada, please dispatch two infantry battalions in mid-March to participate in the battle in southern Shanxi."

"General Shinozuka, the situation in the mountainous area is unstable, the Eighth Route Army is rampant, and we need enough troops to garrison there."

Shinozuka Yoshio was a little impatient.

"This is an order. The Eighth Route Army is still a minor problem. After we deal with the Battle of Southern Shanxi, we will draw out our own troops to clean up the base."

Commands cannot be disobeyed.

The gains and losses of a mere county are nothing compared to the Battle of Southern Shanxi.

After dealing with the Nationalist troops in southern Shanxi, we can extract three divisions to be used for the mopping-up operations against the Eighth Route Army. By then, all problems can be easily solved.

按照第一军司令部的规划，要派出33师团、36师团、37师团、41师团、独立混成第四旅团、独立混成第9旅团，参加晋南会战。

The battle will take place in late April or early May.

Advance preparations are required to arrange troop mobilization.

Compared with a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers who can't make any waves, large-scale battles are more worthy of attention.

Yoshio Shinozuka wanted to mobilize the 9th Independent Brigade and the th Independent Brigade to participate in the war. There was a shortage of troops around Taiyuan, so the rd Independent Brigade was needed to be responsible for the security of several counties in the north.

One battalion should be left behind in Wutai County, and the rest of the troops should be stationed in Yangqu, Xinkou, and Gangxian, which are important railway cities.

Okay, okay, Saburo Yamada has to follow orders.

Give orders to all the brigades to concentrate their forces and gather towards Dongye Town.

The 5rd Independent Mixed Brigade had a total of infantry battalions. Four battalions were withdrawn, leaving one to defend the county town.

The Japs withdrew at night and retreated directly into their strongholds in the mountains.

As for how the puppet troops in the stronghold would deal with the Eighth Route Army, that was not Yamada Saburo's concern.

Han Zhide at the Dongye Town stronghold seemed a little panicked and secretly asked what the ladies were doing.

A large number of Japanese troops evacuated from Dongye Town and stationed in important areas in the north of Taiyuan.

The comrades who kept a close eye on the Japanese and puppet army strongholds quickly reported the important news.

Ding Wei got up from the bed and lit the oil lamp.

I washed my face with cold water and forced myself to wake up quickly.

Order the signalman to convey the order to the New Third Regiment.

"Let Zhang Dabiao arrange a small force to test the Gounan Township stronghold. Is the withdrawal of the main force of the Japanese invaders a smokescreen?"

Zhang Dabiao received the order and sent a platoon of troops to advance towards the stronghold before dawn.

Check out the situation here and shoot at the stronghold.

He also sent people to the mountainous area to scan from high altitudes and search for any traces of the Japanese.

There were more than 200 puppet soldiers in the mountain stronghold, and at this moment they dared not even show their heads.

Now that the Taijun has retreated, how can they possibly defeat the Eighth Route Army?

The puppet army battalion commander Wu Gang sucked in a breath of cold air and kept sucking his back teeth.

He personally witnessed the firepower of this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers. They couldn't even defeat Taijun. The two lieutenants hid in the stronghold every day.

"Brothers, the Japs are unreliable. Now the Eighth Route Army is surrounding us. I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's going to be very dangerous."

His cousin, Wu Saner, was a guy with monkey cheeks and a crooked mouth.

"Cousin, how about we run away quickly?"

run away?

The Japs hadn't dismantled them yet. The crime of losing their stronghold was such that it would not be excessive to skin them alive.

"Well, why don't we surrender to the Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners well. If we surrender voluntarily, we can get lenient treatment."

The puppet troops in the stronghold all had this idea.

If you surrender to the Eighth Route Army, you will still have a chance to survive, you will be provided with food and will not be abused.

"It's okay to surrender, but there are still 13 Taijun in the stronghold. If they know, will our brothers still have a chance to survive in the future?"

Wu Gang was worried that the Japanese would suddenly attack and kill people, so he couldn't afford to provoke them.

"Hey, my cousin, it's already this old time, and you're still calling me Taijun. He's a Japanese. Tie him up and let him join the Eighth Route Army. It's considered a military achievement. I'll definitely give him leniency."

After all, it is my cousin with monkey cheeks and crooked mouth who has a higher level of awareness.

Now that things have come to this, if we fight against the Eighth Route Army, we will surely die. If we lose our stronghold and artillery tower, we will be killed by the Japanese.

Wu Gang made a decision. Taking advantage of the fact that they had more people than him, he took the ropes, tied up the devils, and defected to the Eighth Route Army.

You say this group of people are brave, they dare not fight the Japanese and would rather be puppet soldiers.

But if you say they are timid, they still dared to be ruthless at this time. They took the rope and rushed into the Japanese room.

The Japanese soldiers who had just woken up were pressed to the ground and rubbed, and then tied up tightly.

A white flag poked out from the firing hole and waved continuously towards the platoon leader of the New Third Regiment.

"Platoon leader, is this a trick?"

After all, there were still a large number of Japanese troops stationed there last night, and two infantry battalions were ready for battle, so the puppet army had to surrender this morning.

"Go and take a look, there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Platoon leader Wang Chunlei led his comrades into the stronghold and stood outside the barbed wire, just in time to shout to the puppet troops inside the stronghold.

"Don't fight your own people. Surrender, hold your guns with both hands, walk out of the stronghold, and you won't be killed if you surrender your guns."

Wu Gang personally escorted the struggling Japanese soldier out, stuffed his mouth with socks that had not been washed for more than a month, and tied his body up like a shrimp.

Other puppet soldiers also raised their guns, their hands to the sky, and lined up to walk out of the fortifications.

Wang Chunlei crawled into the barbed wire, holding a submachine gun, and asked the puppet soldiers to put their weapons together.

The scene was very funny. A platoon of 32 soldiers stared at 230 puppet soldiers and lined up to surrender their weapons.

The Japanese were pinned to the ground by Wu Gang and Wu Saner and stepped on hard.

With a smelly sock stuffed in his mouth.

As soon as I loosened my feet, the Japanese soldier crawled up from the ground, his eyes wide open as if he wanted to eat me.

Wang Chunlei stepped forward and kicked the dwarf in the stomach. The kick was so powerful that the Japanese soldier fell to the ground and immediately quieted down.

"See? We can't be soft-hearted when dealing with the devils, and we can't hold back."

The other brothers came up with their rifles and hit the enemy in the stomach with the butts of their rifles.

They knocked them all to the ground, kicked them together, and pointed bayonets at them.