Before the offensive battle began, Xue Dongsheng secretly summoned his generals to let them pay close attention to the movements of the 20th Corps. If the 20th Corps did not act, the 21st Corps would remain unmoved.

After the 20th Corps started in Jingmen County, Xue Dongsheng pressed forward with a strengthening regiment to the Shayang County defended by the Japanese 11th Division. The remaining units of the 21st Corps each set up a regiment to advance. The main force shall not break away from the original defensive fortifications. The attacking troops are also ready to retreat to the original defensive positions at any time.

The guo army's troops were rigid in tactics. They were best at fighting positional warfare and were afraid of leaving positions to engage in field battles with the Japanese army. Therefore, Xue Dongsheng did not dare to let his main force break away from the fortifications.

Therefore, when launching an offensive battle, they basically only use the tactic of advancing together. Each unit dares not take the initiative to attack, worried about being attacked by the Japanese army. They do not trust each other, and when each unit is besieged, they cannot expect other units to rescue.

As for the complex tactics that require mutual cooperation such as interspersed, detoured, and ambushed during offensive battles, the troops of the guo army could not do it at all.

During the War of Liberation, the number of troops in the guo army far exceeded that of the underground party troops, and their equipment exceeded that of the underground party troops countless times, but they still could not defeat the underground party troops.

On the northwest battlefield, the Northwest Field Army had only more than 20,000 troops, while the more than 300,000 troops of the Guo Army were dull due to their rigid tactics, so they only dared to gather together and hold each other to keep warm. As a result, they were defeated one by one by one by the Northwest Field Army's mobile and flexible tactics.

When attacking Shayang County, Xue Dongsheng's troops did not dare to advance alone, but only dared to send a reinforced regiment to attack Shayang County. Moreover, they only dared to attack from one side and did not dare to surround the Japanese army, hoping to force the Japanese army to retreat on the voluntary basis.

Deputy Commander Zhang personally took the command of the 21st Corps. Seeing that Xue Dongsheng's troops were just bluffing and tentatively launching an attack, Deputy Commander Zhang had no choice but to do anything about this.

After the battle started, the 11th Division of the Japanese army immediately sent reinforcements to Shayang County. The 6th Division of the Japanese army also launched an attack on the 21st Corps of the Guo Army.

The troops of the 157th Division attacking Shayang County, in accordance with the battle order, had to launch an attack on the Japanese county that was defending the Japanese army. Before launching the attack, they were worried that they would be surrounded by the Japanese army alone and dared not advance boldly. Instead, they waited for the troops on both wings to gather together and then advance together. Therefore, their movements were slow, giving the Japanese army defending Shayang County County enough time to prepare for defense. An attack battle turned into a formal offensive and defensive battle.

The troops of the 157th Division took a stance and bombarded the Shayang County, which the Japanese defended, and then organized the troops to launch an attack, but were defeated by the Japanese army. When they organized the attack for the second time, they were bombed by the Japanese Air Force, and suffered heavy losses and people were disintegrated.

When they heard that the Japanese reinforcements were about to arrive, the 157th Division was worried about being surrounded by the Japanese army, so they immediately asked the large army for reinforcements, otherwise they would be ready to retreat.

At this moment, the Japanese defenders in Shayang County launched a counterattack. The commander of the 157th Division immediately ordered a retreat. During their retreat, they encountered the pursuit of the Japanese army. The troops quickly collapsed and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing this, Xue Dongsheng immediately ordered the troops of the 21st Corps to retreat to their original defensive positions. The offensive battle they launched ended like this.

Although Deputy Commander Zhang was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, Xue Dongsheng relied on the support of someone, Deputy Commander Zhang could not command at all, and he had no choice but to do anything about this.

The situation that Gao Jiu was most worried about occurred. The 11th Division of the Japanese army was commanded by the 3rd Division. They received the order from the commander of the 3rd Division and organized a strengthening force to attack the troops of the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army from the west, threatening the rear of the Sichuan Army troops surrounding Jingmen County, surrounded Wei and rescue Zhao, and lifted the siege of Jingmen.

The troops of the 45th Army of the 21st Corps, stationed to the west of Qingsongling, immediately retreated after being attacked by the Japanese army and dodged the road to Qingsongling, allowing the troops of the 11th Corps of the Japanese army to easily arrive at Qingsongling.

The 21st Corps Command.

The Chief of Staff took the telegram from the 45th Army and said to Xue Dongsheng: "Commander, the 11th Japanese Division appeared in Qingsongling. They are going to sneak attack the rear of the Sichuan Army. Do you see if you inform the Sichuan Army of this matter?"

Under normal circumstances, the Chief of Staff is very correct to do this. He should take the initiative to inform friendly forces of the enemy. Xue Dongsheng stopped him. In this offensive battle, his troops did not make any progress, but instead lost a lot of troops, and ended the battle in this way.

Of course, Xue Dongsheng did not want the Sichuan Army's troops to achieve success, so he hoped that the Japanese army could successfully attack. If the Sichuan Army suffered greater losses than his troops, it means that his approach to withdraw the troops was correct.

Thanks to Gao Jiu's arrangement of troops in Qingsongling in advance and repairing fortifications in advance, the Japanese army prevented the rear route from being cut off.

At this point, Deputy Commander Zhang understood why Gao Jiuning could deal with the 3rd and 11th divisions of the Japanese army because he could not trust Xue Dongsheng. If Xue Dongsheng's troops were only allowed to deal with only one division of the Japanese army, they would have a certain sense of security. In this case, Xue Dongsheng could provide some force to block the 11th division of the Japanese army, and the battle would not have been fought to this extent.

The combat plan formulated by Li Fengming and Deputy Commander Zhang was too chewed, which put the troops of the 20th Corps in danger.

Seeing this situation, Deputy Commander Zhang simply directed the troops of the 45th Army of the Guo Army to Qingsongling. However, the 45th Army of the Guo Army had already received the order of Xue Dongsheng to preserve his strength and sent only one battalion of troops to harass the Japanese army. After being counterattacked by the Japanese army, he retreated back to his original position.

Until now, the 20th Corps faces the attacks of the two main forces of the Japanese 3rd Division and the 11th Division.

The 20th Corps War Room.

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army stood in front of the combat sand table and saw the enemy-to-me situation map marked by the staff with small flags, and frowned.

At this time, Gao Jiuzheng led the main force of the Sichuan Army troops to surround the Jingmen County area to fight for assistance. The remaining Sichuan Army troops blocked the Japanese 11th Division on Qingsongling. The rear of the Sichuan Army was very empty. The mobile forces in the hands of the Sichuan Army headquarters were only directly affiliated with the Corps Guard Corps, and the troops were very weak. Fortunately, Gao Jiu was about to come to the guard regiment of the Ninth War Zone in advance, and the deputy commander of the Sichuan Army felt a little relieved.

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army asked about the enemy situation in the direction of Qingsongling. When he learned that the Japanese attack was very fierce, he sent the Ninth War Zone Guard Regiment to Qingsongling for reinforcements as discussed in advance with Gao Jiu.

When Deputy Commander Zhang saw that the situation was not good, he was worried that the Sichuan Army would be besieged by the Japanese 3rd Division and the 11th Division, so he called from the 21st Corps Command.

Deputy Commander Zhang first asked about the situation of the Sichuan Army.

The deputy commander of the Sichuan Army said: "Captain Zhang and Mr. Gao are leading the main force of the corps to attack Jingmen County, and are fighting fiercely with the main force of the 6th Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division."

When Deputy Commander Zhang heard this, he was very worried that Gao Jiu and others would be attacked from both sides. He was anxious and said, "A strengthening corps of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has already taken your retreat from the direction of Qingsongling. You should quickly notify Gao Jiu and withdraw the troops."

Deputy Commander of the Sichuan Army said: "Captain Zhang, please don't worry. Our corps has deployed a division of troops in Qingsongling for defense in advance. Now the guard regiment in the Ninth War Zone has also rushed to reinforce and is fully capable of blocking the Japanese army."

Hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't expect that Gao Jiu would actually deploy a blocking force in Qingsongling in advance.

After putting down the phone, Deputy Commander Zhang said in confusion: "How could Mr. Gao know that the Japanese army was preparing to encircle the Qingsongling?"

Li Fengming knew Gao Jiu’s layout in advance. He said: “Sir Zhang, I knew this in advance. But Mr. Gao asked me not to announce it because he was worried that Xue Dongsheng knew about Mr. Gao to prevent him in advance.”

When Deputy Commander Zhang heard this, his face turned gloomy and said hatefully: "Xue Dongsheng is afraid of the enemy and avoids the opportunity to fight, and he deserves to kill him."

Li Fengming smiled helplessly. He knew that Deputy Commander Zhang could only say something angry. Xue Dongsheng had a strong backer behind him, so Deputy Commander Zhang had basically no choice but to him.

At this time, Xue Dongsheng was not idle either. He reported to the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone that the 21st Corps bravely launched an attack on the Japanese army in accordance with the pre-developed combat plan. However, they encountered fierce attacks from the two main divisions of the Japanese 11th Division and the 3rd Division. In order to avoid major losses, they had retreated to their original positions. He assured the commander-in-chief that he would be able to hold on to the position and block the further attack of the Japanese army.

After listening to Xue Dongsheng's report, the commander-in-chief said that although the 21st Corps did not make any progress, they were able to preserve their strength and such a result was acceptable. He also called Deputy Commander Zhang to inquire about the situation of the Sichuan Army.

Deputy Commander Zhang was very angry at Xue Dongsheng. He reported to the commander and demanded that Xue Dongsheng be severely punished.

The commander-in-chief said that since the offensive operation could not continue, he asked him to inform the Sichuan Army to withdraw the troops quickly to avoid major losses.

Deputy Commander Zhang said: "Mr. Gao is currently leading the main force of the Sichuan Army and fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Jingmen. It may be difficult to withdraw."

The commander and commander said dissatisfiedly: "What's going on with Gao Jiu? He actually took the main force of the Sichuan Army to take risks. Notify him to withdraw the troops quickly."

In the direction of Jingmen, Shimada Nobuichi, the commander of the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, led more than 7,200 people, including the 26th Regiment, the 6th Engineer Regiment, the 6th Regiment of the 6th Field Artillery Battalion, and the 6th Field Artillery Battalion, and marched on the highway to reinforce the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Jingmen County.

After hearing that the 27th Regiment was under siege by the Sichuan Army, he was not nervous, but a little excited.

For a long time, the Sichuan Army troops have relied on solid fortifications to defend themselves. The Japanese army has no good idea for these Sichuan Army troops that have hidden like old shu. They launched many attacks but have not made any major progress.

Unexpectedly, they dared to leave their positions and come to Jingmen County to die, which gave the Japanese army a good fighter to encircle and annihilate them.

Shimada Nobuichi decided to seize this opportunity and eliminate these ignorant tank troops.

Shinichi Shimada was dozing in a car when a motorcycle rushed up and handed a telegram to his hands.

The telegram was sent by the commander of the 27th Regiment of the Japanese Army, saying that the Sichuan Army's offensive was fierce and that the reinforcements could arrive as soon as possible.

Shimada Nobuichi first asked about the progress of the troops' march and learned that it was less than 20 kilometers away from Jingmen County. He asked the communications staff to send a telegram and ordered the 27th Regiment to defend the county town to tell them that reinforcements would arrive soon.

He said to the adjutant beside him: "Send the order and order the troops to advance at full speed."

There is a hilly area ahead, with dense vegetation on the hillsides on both sides. Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army would definitely send scouts to search, but the Japanese army did not care and still marched on the road in a swagger.

This is not to say that the Japanese army lacks basic military knowledge, but because in the past two years, the guo army has only been passively defending and has never launched a decent attack, let alone going deep into the hinterland of the Japanese army and launching large-scale ambush wars. Therefore, the Japanese army believes that no one dares to ambush heavily here and attack their brigade-level ambush. In addition, the 27th Japanese Regiment stationed in Jingmen County constantly urges the coalition forces to arrive quickly, so the Japanese army is not prepared at all.

The main feature of Gao Jiu's tactical methods he adopted was that he was unexpected, and he was unexpectedly defeated by the Japanese army.

Accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Sichuan Army, Gao Jiu commanded the troops of two divisions and the artillery regiment directly under the Sichuan Army to quietly move to this hilly area. After sufficient preparation and the ambush positions were arranged, he launched an offensive operation against the 27th Regiment stationed in Jingmen County that morning, waiting for the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

In the temporary command post on the hillside on one side of the highway, the Chief of Staff was very excited and even a little uneasy. He had never fought such a war before, worried that the Japanese army would see through the Sichuan army's attempt to surround the Sichuan army to fight aid, worried that the Japanese reinforcements would not arrive, and worried that the reinforcements would be besieged the ambushing Sichuan army from other directions. He was also worried that even if the Japanese army entered the ambush circle, the Sichuan army would not be able to quickly annihilate them. Once the Japanese army reached a stalemate, the other Japanese reinforcements would arrive, and the Sichuan army would be in danger of the destruction of the entire army.

He felt that Gao Jiu's way of fighting was a bit risky, but he didn't know that Gao Jiu was extremely safe in doing things.

Before adopting the tactic of ambient points to attack aid, Gao Jiu had already done a lot of work. First, he obtained the Japanese troops in this area through the Military Control Commission. He carefully inferred the forces that the Japanese reinforcements could dispatch and the arrival time, and even conducted a careful analysis of the Japanese reinforcements. Gao Jiu concluded that the Japanese army would definitely dispatch reinforcements from Zhongxiang, and the reinforcements would not exceed one brigade.

The number of troops of the two divisions of the Sichuan Army was three times that of the Japanese reinforcements. With the help of Gao Jiu, the weapons and equipment of the Sichuan Army were greatly improved, and their firepower was at least equal to that of the Japanese army. Due to the advance arrangement, there was no need to worry about the support of the Japanese Air Force. In addition, the sneak attack tactics such as ambush were adopted, and the reinforcements that annihilate the Japanese army were very sure.

Gao Jiu sat on an ammunition box and saw the Chief of Staff fidgeting, he took out an old knife cigarette and handed it over.

The Chief of Staff usually doesn't smoke, but at this time he couldn't help but take it over because he was nervous. Gao Jiu took out the lighter and lit it for him. He took two puffs of cigarettes in discomfort, choking him and coughing constantly. Not to mention, his mood calmed down a little.

Gao Jiu said, "Seat, keep your heart in your stomach. I have already obtained the information. The Japanese army has dispatched, and the troops are only six or seven thousand. We occupy favorable terrain. As long as they enter the ambush circle, they will be eliminated."

Although the Chief of Staff was still a little uneasy, he saw Gao Jiu's confident look and was still full of expectations for the upcoming battle of annihilation.

The other generals of the Sichuan Army fought with Gao Jiu and were confident in him. However, this was a big battle they had never fought before, and it was inevitable that they were uneasy.

Gao Jiu received a telegram from the special forces team that the Japanese reinforcements were only five kilometers away from the ambush circle.

When the generals of the Sichuan Army saw that the Japanese army had arrived as scheduled as Gao Jiu judged, they became even more convinced by Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu said: "Join the seat, give orders to the troops and prepare for battle."

Du Shengxi led the special forces members to lay a large amount of explosives on the road, and the artillery marked the fire of the various corpses first, and waited for the Japanese army to arrive.

According to Gao Jiu's arrangement, Du Shengxi was the first person to initiate this ambush battle, and he decided when to launch an attack on the Japanese army.

The Japanese vanguard drove over, but Du Shuangxi did not move.

The Sichuan soldiers lying ambushed on the hillsides on both sides were holding the guns one by one. They were all very nervous and sweaty.

Time is so difficult, every minute and every second seems to be very long. Everyone stared at the Japanese army on the road, and many people's eyes were sore that they had to rub them with their hands.

The Japanese vanguard continued to advance, followed by the Japanese brigade of infantry. They marched forward with neat steps.

Du Shengxi still did not issue an attack order, he was waiting for the target he wanted to strike first.
Chapter completed!