The Watanabe Regiment lost nearly half of its men in the last battle. It has not yet had time to replenish its troops, with more than 2,000 troops. The commander of the Public Security Zone has more than 2,800 people, and Sasaki is also a regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army.

But they couldn't find so many vehicles, and in the end, there were more than 4,200 Japanese troops crossing the river from Miura Ferry. They marched all the way and came to Liushuhezi.

Seeing the enemy's convoy coming, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion were a little nervous. Not only the new soldiers who had just joined the army were nervous, but even Zhao Meng was inevitably a little worried. After all, there were too many enemies, and there were less than a thousand people on his side.

The reason why the officers and soldiers of the third battalion still have some confidence is that when the troops of the Hebei Military Region came, they brought a large number of submachine guns. The officers and soldiers of the guard battalion were all in hand. The officers and soldiers either controlled artillery or machine guns, which had a great advantage in terms of firepower.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the two squadrons of Gao Jiu and Taohuashan Guerrillas. The officers and soldiers of the Lao Third Battalion saw their combat effectiveness and felt at ease.

In order to defeat the enemy as soon as possible, Gao Jiu had made careful arrangements in advance. He personally led a team of Taohuashan special forces members and ambushed with the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion.

Seeing the Japanese convoy coming, Gao Jiu and several guerrilla snipers took the lead in firing, their target was the commander of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu aimed at the cab of a car in the Japanese convoy and shot it.

The car rushed forward a few steps before stopping.

The snipers of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas also fired fire, and their targets were other Japanese cars. After the attack, the cars stopped one after another.

The bazookaman and the 82 mm recoil gunner who were ambushing the road were waiting for this opportunity. The bazookaman and the cannon were not rifles after all. When the vehicle was moving, their hit accuracy was not that high. Seeing that the car stopped, they hurriedly opened fire violently at them.

Boom boom boom, with a few cannons, all the cars were beaten into fireballs. The captain of Watanabe's corps and the commander of the security zone were blown to pieces.

At the same time, the front and the last vehicles of the Japanese convoy were also destroyed by the guerrilla 82mm recoilless cannon, and the convoy was forced to stop.

Seeing Gao Jiu open fire, Zhao Meng and the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion also opened fire violently at the Japanese convoy.

The Japanese army thought that the anti-Japanese armed forces were at Binjiang County and the downstream Koshantun Ferry, and they were not prepared at all. Under the fierce firepower attack, they were dizzy and suffered heavy casualties.

After all, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was very strong. After encountering a fierce attack, the alive Japanese officers and soldiers jumped out of the truck and fought back.

Since the main Japanese commanders were killed immediately, it was difficult for the Japanese army to organize effective resistance. They fought each other and had a Type 38 rifle that could only be used as a single shot. They were very passive for a while, and people kept falling down in the rain of bullets.

A Japanese brigade captain took the initiative to take on the responsibility of command. He howled desperately and organized the soldiers to fight back.

The main task of the sniper gate of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas is to eliminate the commander of the Japanese army. Seeing the captain of the Japanese army wielding the commander knife, the three snipers fired at him together and shot him to death directly.

Although the Japanese army still had a certain advantage in terms of number of people at this time, they lacked organization and their firepower was not as good as those of the guerrillas, and they seemed very passive. The Japanese grassroots commanders who were lucky enough to live shouted desperately, and they fought and retreated, hoping to escape from the guerrilla ambush circle.

The Japanese officers and soldiers finally escaped from the convoy and were about to organize a counterattack. Two special combat squadrons of the Taohuashan guerrillas suddenly came out from behind under the command of Li Chengwu and Shi Jianlong.

Under the fierce firepower attack, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese soldiers could not figure out how many enemy troops were. They were now completely stunned and could not organize effective resistance at all. In this case, their original combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Gao Jiu was ready to quickly defeat the enemy and did not give the enemy a chance to breathe, so he immediately issued an order to charge.

He himself also held a light machine gun and rushed forward while firing.

Zhao Meng and the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion rushed with machine guns and submachine guns. The Japanese officers and soldiers could not resist at all. In addition, the Taohua Mountain guerrillas commanded by Li Chengwu and Shi Jianlong were attacking from the rear, and the Japanese officers and soldiers completely collapsed.

The battle was on the ground, and the Japanese officers and soldiers were constantly eliminated. From the beginning, they did not have the advantage in firepower, but gradually became even the number of people. Most of them were wiped out soon after.

The Japanese officers and soldiers were extremely tenacious, and the soldiers who were lucky enough to live were lying on the ground and fighting on their own. Although they could not organize effective resistance, they still caused considerable trouble to the officers and soldiers of the Guard Battalion and Taohua Mountain Guerrillas.

In order to completely annihilate these defeated soldiers, the officers and soldiers of the Taohuashan guerrillas and the guard battalion also paid a considerable price. Although the Japanese army was finally completely annihilated, the Taohuashan guerrillas also suffered more than a dozen members of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and more than 30 officers and soldiers of the guard battalion died and more than 40 injured.

In any case, this was a brilliant victory. The officers and soldiers of the guard battalion cheered enthusiastically.

Due to the sudden ambush, the Japanese army was annihilated and there was no time to send telegrams to the superiors, so the Japanese army did not know what was happening here.

Gao Jiu left a platoon of officers and soldiers to clean the battlefield and lead the Taohuashan guerrillas and the main force of the guard battalion to attack the next target.

Wang Zhankui and Li Gensheng led two detachments of the main force of the Lao Third Battalion to ambush the river bank on the banks of the Kaoshantundu Port in advance. Since Gao Jiu led the Taohuashan guerrillas and the Lao Third Battalion's guard battalion to the upper ferry of the river, Wang Zhankui believed that it was impossible to eat the Japanese 161st Brigade just by relying on them.

He discussed with Li Gensheng that he would change the original ambushing style and use the terrain to block the Japanese army across the river to buy time for Gao Jiu and others to annihilate the enemy troops coming from the upper reaches.

Li Gensheng agreed with Wang Zhankui's opinion. So they deployed troops along the river bank. When the Japanese 161st Brigade arrived at the riverside and was crossing the river, they were hitting them head-on. The two sides began to fight fiercely along the river bank.

The Koshantun Ferry is a wide shallow with a bridge on the river, which can be passed by vehicles, and Japanese soldiers in other places can also trample.

Some of the Japanese officers and soldiers attacked from the bridge to the other side of the river, while others jumped into the river and waded across the river, but without exception, they were all defeated by the troops of the Third Battalion and retreated.

The Japanese brigade commander originally thought that his elite field brigade could easily cross over and destroy them against the rabies of the third battalion.

Unexpectedly, the enemy troops on the other side of the river were well equipped and their firepower was even stronger than his troops.

When Li Gensheng led the troops of the Third Military Sub-district of the East Jidong, he brought all the weapons, ammunition and supplies that Gao Jiu dropped to them, including a large number of artillery and machine guns, as well as submachine guns and a large number of ammunition. In addition to this regiment in the Third Military Sub-district, part of the Taohuashan guerrillas was given to the original troops of the Third Battalion.

The officers and soldiers of the Guerrilla Corps relied on their firepower and terrain to block the Japanese army, and the Japanese army could not cross the river at all.

Wang Zhankui had rich combat experience. He guessed that the Japanese army might send some troops to find other places to encircle them. He also distributed some troops to deploy defenses along the upstream and downstream of the ferry.

As expected, the Japanese army also sent small troops to smuggle, and were also beaten back by the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.

Most of the officers and soldiers of the third battalion followed Gao Jiu to fight some small battles and had some combat experience. When they faced the large Japanese army, they were still a little panicked at the beginning, but when they saw the Japanese soldiers holding 38 guns and being knocked down in the river under the fire of their fierce machine guns and submachine guns, they also felt that the Japanese army was just like this, and their morale became more and more high.

The Japanese brigade commander had a very rich combat experience. He saw that the weapons used by the guerrillas on the other side of the river had never seen before, and concluded that the main force of the Taohuashan guerrillas was at the Koshantun Ferry. So he reported this situation to Sasaki, the commander of the 80th Division.

After receiving the telegram from the commander of the 161st Brigade, Sasaki was secretly proud and thought that the tactics he adopted this time were completely correct. He sent a telegram to the commander of the 161st Brigade, asking him to attack the enemy with all his might.

Sasaki was very sensible. He did not tell the brigade commander that he had arranged for the Watanabe corps to cross the river from the upper reaches of the river to surround the enemy's retreat.

He thought of first letting the 161st Brigade attract the main force of the Taohuashan Guerrillas and the Third Battalion. After the Watanabe Brigade Commander cut off the retreat of the anti-Japanese elements, he would tell the 161st Brigade Commander his own combat deployment.

In order to avoid this guy being passive and slacking off, he can also show his superb tactics.

When Watanabe led his troops to set off, he had already reported to Sasaki. Sasaki judged that they had already crossed the river at this time based on the time of their departure and the speed of the vehicle, but had not arrived at Baolin County.

Therefore, no telegram was sent to urge them. He believed that as long as Watanabe and others occupied Baolin County, they would send a telegram to report their victory to him.

He continued to maintain his patience and sent small troops to continuously attack the other side of the river to restrain the anti-Japanese armed forces.

Gao Jiu and others led their troops to head towards the Miura Ferry Crossing. After arriving at the ferry, the scouts guarding near the ferry reported to them that they still had not seen the regiment of the puppet Manchukuo Army, which posed another problem for Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu had to eat this regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, otherwise, they would have crossed the river and moved behind the Third Battalion, which would always be a threat. However, these guys had not been able to spend it for a long time, and Gao Jiu didn't know how long he would have to wait.

He is now anxious to support Wang Zhankui and Li Gensheng and others, and he is a little confused for a moment.

After Gao Jiu learned about the terrain on the other side of the river from Zhao Meng, he found that it was not easy to find an ambush place on the other side of the river. This further increased the difficulty of annihilation of the Puppet Manchukuo Army. After careful consideration, he decided to win by surprise and catch the puppet Manchukuo Army off guard.

After making up his mind, he asked Ning Wen and Ning Wu brothers to take a small team and search along the road. As soon as they found the puppet Manchukuo army, they would report to themselves immediately.

After Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others set off, Gao Jiu and Zhao Meng led the troops to continue to take a car along the highway.

An hour later, Ning Wu sent a telegram saying that they had discovered the puppet Manchukuo troops and were marching slowly towards the ferry. Obviously, these puppet Manchukuo troops did not intend to participate in the battle, but wanted to wait until the Japanese army surrounded the troops of the Lao Third Battalion and follow them to get a bargain, so their marching speed was very slow.

Gao Jiu ordered the parking, and he asked Zhao Meng to lead the guard battalion to stand by on the spot. He led the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to disguise themselves as Japanese troops and continued to take a car along the road.

Gao Jiu and others marched on the highway in a swagger. Soon after, they saw the troops of the puppet Manchukuo army marching in front of them. They drove directly over.

The puppet Manchukuo army troops saw that it was the Japanese military vehicles coming, but they didn't care. They parked the troops on the side of the road, dodged the road, and prepared to let the Japanese convoy pass.

The commander of the puppet army knew that the commander of Watanabe's corps and the commander of the Binjiang Public Security Zone led the troops through here, and he believed that these Japanese troops should be part of them. Therefore, he also led a few major officers to stand on the side of the road to see if these Japanese troops had anything to look for them.

Gao Jiu took a car through the ranks of the Puppet Manchukuo Army and met the commander of the Puppet Manchukuo Army.

Gao Jiu and others stopped. The commander of the puppet Manchukuo Army saw a Japanese lord getting out of the car, and hurriedly came forward with a smile on his face and greeted Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu told the commander of the Puppet Manchukuo Army that he had just received an order from the Watanabe Regiment, saying that according to the information provided by the commander of the Binjiang Public Security Zone, in the regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, some of them secretly defected to the third battalion and were preparing to suddenly counterattack during the battle.

The pseudo-legion commander was startled and hurriedly defended that this was impossible.

Gao Jiu told him that he had exact information here. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, he asked the puppet army commander to gather the troops, and the Japanese army suddenly disarmed the officers and his troops to prevent future troubles.

The commander of the Puppet Manchukuo Army was a little hesitant, so Gao Jiu asked him if he wanted to protect those people, or he had the idea of ​​having an affair with the Third Battalion.

The commander of the puppet Manchukuo Army was shocked. He did not dare to take such a crime and quickly gathered the troops.

Li Chengwu and Shi Jianlong led the members of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas to surround the puppet Manchukuo Army.
Chapter completed!