A sniper from a special forces team shot him in the back, and the Japanese soldiers lay on the bridge deck.

The Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river came to the bridge and shot at it.

The special forces members set up light machine guns on the bridge to suppress the enemy's vitality.

Gao Jiu stood next to the bridge, picked up the grenade and continued to throw the grenade at the other end of the bridge 80 meters away. Soon the Japanese army on the other side of the river disappeared. The special forces members took the opportunity to rush across the bridge.

The bridge is about 1 kilometer away from Binjiang County. The gunshots and explosions from the bridge head alarmed the Japanese and puppet troops in the county. They observed with telescopes and discovered the special forces members here and the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion.

They had already learned the lesson they had just learned and were worried that they would be ambushed, so they didn't dare to come out at all.

Gao Jiu and his team had to work hard for so long, and this was the effect. Because Gao Jiu and others had to go to the other side of the river, which was the target they really wanted to attack today.

Not far from the other side of the river, there is a village where the people have long been moved into the group tribe and have now been occupied by the Japanese army. There is a large grain processing factory here. The Taohuashan guerrillas led by Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and others and the officers and soldiers of the Lao Third Battalion soon defeated the processing factory and seized hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain stored in it.

While monitoring the Japanese and puppet troops in Binjiang County, Gao Jiu and others organized the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion to transport grain.

The Japanese army's observation post saw that the people from the Third Battalion drove a large cart in the direction of the bridgehead and came from the bridgehead continuously. He knew that something had happened to the grain processing factory across the river, so he hurried to report the situation to the commander of the public security area.

The commander of the security zone suddenly realized that the anti-Japanese elements were trying to seize the grain from the grain processing plant. So they were preparing to take people out of the city to regain the grain.

But he is still worried about being ambushed by guerrillas. He thinks it doesn't matter if the food is lost, but if he can't defend the county town, it will be completely finished.

After much consideration, he decided to report the situation here to the 80th Division Headquarters, and then continue to urge his subordinates to stick to the county town.

After receiving a telegram from the commander of the Public Security District, Sasaki, the commander of the 80th Division, did not dare to send troops here.

He sent a telegram to the commander of the security zone, asking him to defend the county town and keep the only controlled area on the other side of the river, and that he would not be allowed to go out of the city to fight regardless of any situation.

Sasaki's request was exactly what the commander wanted. No matter what happened outside the county town, he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

After this period of battle, Gao Jiu and others reserved a large amount of supplies and food for the Third Battalion, and trained a large number of new recruits, and the strength of the Third Battalion was further strengthened.

On that day, the troops from the Third Military Sub-district of Jidong rushed over and met with the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion.

Li Gensheng, deputy chief of staff of the Third Military Sub-district of the Jidong Military Region, is an old soldier with rich combat experience. He brought an instruction letter from the superior organization of the underground party, which explained the reorganization plan after the troops of the Third Military Sub-district of the Jidong Military Region merged with the Third Battalion.

The superiors asked the Lao Third Battalion to be combined with the troops of the Third Military Sub-district to be combined into the Binjiang Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, which is still called the Lao Third Battalion to the outside world.

Guan Tieshan was appointed as the commander of the guerrillas, Huang Rui was appointed as the political commissar of the guerrillas, and Li Gensheng was appointed as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the corps. The guerrillas were composed of three guerrilla detachments, each with more than 2,000 people. The detachment directly under the jurisdiction of a guard battalion, an artillery company, an engineering company, and a communication company.

The entire third battalion currently has more than 8,700 troops.

After the reorganization of the third battalion, it seized time to train the troops and prepared to repel the enemy's attack.

Gao Jiu knew that the Japanese army would soon launch a large-scale attack, and he planned to help the third battalion repel the enemy's attack and then leave here.

Following the troops from the Third Military Sub-district was a Taohua Mountain guerrilla squadron led by Shi Jianlong. Gao Jiu now has two special combat squadrons in his hands, so the next battle will be even better.

That morning, Guan Tieshan, Huang Rui and Li Gensheng came to find Gao Jiu together. They wanted to capture Binjiang County and completely eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in this area.

Gao Jiu had no objection. After all, the Taohua Mountain guerrillas were just passing by here. How the Third Battalion survived and developed in this area depends on themselves in the future. Gao Jiu and others only played a cooperative role. Since they decided to attack Binjiang County, Gao Jiu agreed to cooperate with them.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lao San Battalion dispatched two detachments, and the large group of people drove towards Binjiang County.

Before they could arrive at the local area, the surveillance poster that monitored the Japanese and puppet troops around the county town sent a telegram saying that the Japanese and puppet troops in Binjiang County had suddenly given up on the county town. They opened the east gate and fled through the Binhe Bridge.

It turned out that the commander of the security area was very uneasy to guard the county town. Now his total strength was only more than 3,000, including the mountain forest siege teams and pseudo policemen in the city. He was worried that the Taohuashan guerrillas and the troops of the third battalion came to attack the county town in large numbers, and he might not be able to defend it at all, so he sent a telegram to the commander of the 80th Division, requesting to evacuate Binjiang County.

At the beginning, the division commander disagreed. The commander of the security zone repeatedly stated his opinions, believing that they could not stop the attack of the Third Battalion and the Taohuashan Guerrillas. If their troops lost again, they would only strengthen the anti-Japanese elements in vain.

Although the division commander was reluctant to give up the Binjiang area completely, he also thought that the commander of the security area made sense, so he agreed with his opinion.

The commander of the public security area was already ready to evacuate. After receiving the approval of the division commander, he immediately led his troops out of the east gate of the county town.

Only a small number of guerrilla officers and soldiers stayed outside the county to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops. They could not stop so many enemies, so they could only watch them escape through the Binjiang Bridge.

The troops of the Third Battalion entered Binjiang County without bloodshed. After scavenging Japanese and puppet assets, Huang Rui learned the lesson of being surrounded in Baolin County last time and offered to withdraw from Binjiang County.

Guan Tieshan and Li Gensheng also agreed with this. After the three of them discussed, they came to solicit Gao Jiu's opinions. They believed that Gao Jiu would definitely agree with their opinions.

Unexpectedly, Gao Jiu advocated defending Binjiang County this time.

Huang Rui asked in confusion: "Justice Jiu, the Japanese will definitely send a large army to come this time, and the troops will be much more than before. Binjiang County is close to 100 kilometers away from the mountains and forests. If they are surrounded by the Japanese army, there is no way to retreat. Isn't that too dangerous?"

Guan Tieshan and Li Gensheng also felt that there was something wrong, because Baolin County was still close to the mountains, and there was a very wide plain area between the mountains. Once it was surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops, there was no way out. This obviously violated the principle of guerrilla tactics. It was obviously unwise for the Third Battalion to fight the powerful Japanese army with the current strength.

Li Gensheng fought side by side with Gao Jiu many times in the past, and learned more about Gao Jiu.

He trusted Gao Jiu and said, "Master Jiu, you must have your reason for doing this. Please tell us your thoughts."

Gao Jiu asked someone to bring a map of the Binjiang area and asked: "If the Japanese army came to attack Binjiang County, which route would they take?"

Guan Tieshan is very familiar with the terrain in this area. He said: "If the Japanese army wants to attack Binjiang County, there are three roads. One road is to directly attack the county town through the Binjiang Bridge. The other road is Sanpu Ferry, 130 kilometers upstream of the river, and another road is to cross the river from the Kuoshantun Ferry, 42 kilometers downstream of the river."

Gao Jiu asked: "If we blocked the Binjiang Bridge, where would the Japanese army cross the river?"

Guan Tieshan said: "The ferry at the upper reaches is a bit too far. If I were a Japanese army, I would cross the river from the Kuoshantun Ferry at the lower reaches."

Li Gensheng had a lot of combat experience. After hearing Guan Tieshan's words, he understood and said, "Jiu Ye, do you mean to use Binjiang County to attract Japanese and puppet troops and attack their ambush when they cross the river from the downstream?"

Gao Jiu nodded and said, "It's right. Think about it. If we give up Binjiang County and let the Japanese army occupy it, the Japanese army's large groups of troops can cross the river calmly. The Japanese and puppet troops had a large number of troops, and their large groups of troops gathered together to advance steadily, occupying Baolin, Hedong and other counties one by one.

Our strength is not enough to compete with the large Japanese troops, so we can only be forced to retreat to the mountainous areas step by step, and there is no room for maneuver. Once we enter the mountainous areas and are blocked by the Japanese army, the materials stored by the third battalion in the mountainous areas cannot withstand the consumption of so many people at all. If we don’t have to fight this battle, we will be defeated.

Therefore, we must force the Japanese army to divide their troops and eat part of him during the movement, so that the next battle will be easy to fight."

Guan Tieshan said: "What Jiu Ye said makes sense. Let's use Binjiang County as bait to attract the Japanese and puppet troops here, look for fighter jets, and defeat the Japanese and puppet troops one by one."

Everyone began to discuss specific combat plans.

Next, the Third Battalion made great efforts to move in Binjiang County, and announced the establishment of the Binjiang Anti-Japanese Zheng Mansion, which publicly promoted the anti-Japanese war and recruited troops, showing its intention to occupy Binjiang County for a long time.

The Third Battalion acted so vigorously that it was naturally impossible to hide the eyes and ears of the Japanese and puppet troops. The news was soon reported to the commander of the 80th Division.

Sasaki received the care of the commander of the Kwantung Army and allocated an infantry brigade of the 81st Division and four regiments of the Puppet Manchukuo Army. The troops who came to attack the Lao Third Battalion reached more than 40,000.

With so many people, Sasaki's confidence has increased a lot. Although he now knows that Gao Jiu is in the Binjiang area, according to information, Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas have not many, no more than 200. As for most of the troops of the Third Battalion are new recruits, they are purely mobs.

He believed that even Gao Jiu was not as powerful as he could lead one or two hundred special forces members, and he could deal with the tens of thousands of troops under his command.

The only thing he was worried about now was that Gao Jiu and others and the troops of Lao San Battalion retreated back to the mountains. It would be a long process to encircle them.

When he received a report that the enemy was currently entrenched in Binjiang County, which was exactly what he wanted, he immediately convened officers above the captain to attend the combat meeting.

The meeting decided that the 80th Division would attack head-on and seize the Binjiang Bridge; the 161st Brigade of the 81st Division would cross the river from the downstream Kuoshantun Ferrykou to encircle the Binjiang County.

After the combat meeting, the other officers left and began to prepare for pre-war preparations.

But the captain of Watanabe's regiment stayed and asked Sasaki alone again.

He said: "Grand Commander, Gao Jiu is an extremely cunning opponent. Our combat deployment may not be too concealed by Gao Jiu. Beiyi has an idea, and I don't know whether to talk or not."

The division commander said impatiently: "What are you talking about or not? You come to me, aren't you just talking about your thoughts? Just tell me directly."

The reason why the division commander was not good to him was because the Watanabe Regiment Captain lost the battle and lost the entire Binjiang area.

The captain of Watanabe's regiment was scolded and felt aggrieved, saying, "Secretary Commander, the Binhe River Bridge and the downstream Koshantun Ferry must be the places where anti-Japanese elements are concerned. The upstream is too far from Binhe County, so it is definitely not the places where anti-Japanese elements are concerned.

If we send a fast force to cross the river from there, then go straight to Baolin County, capture Baolin County, and cut off the retreat of the anti-Japanese elements entrenched in Binjiang County, after our main army crosses the river, we can fight against the Japanese elements and completely annihilate them."

The division commander was worried that after the large army crossed the river, the third battalion entrenched in Binjiang County would flee to the mountains and forests. If they could cut off their retreat, it would of course be the most ideal.

Sasaki nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

Watanabe continued: "The division commander, you have a responsibility for losing the Binjiang area last time. I am willing to make meritorious service and atone for my sins. I lead a unit across the river from the Miura Ferry upstream to surround the enemy's retreat."

The division commander agreed to his opinion and asked Watanabe to take his corps and the commander of the Binjiang Public Security Zone to add a regiment of the Puppet Manchukuo Army to them, send some vehicles, and authorize them to collect some civilian vehicles, go around the upstream Miura Ferry Crossing to capture Baolin County.

The captain of Watanabe's regiment was very happy and left the division headquarters in a happy mood.

Watanabe volunteered to copy the way for the third battalion to take over the retreat of the third battalion because of his own consideration. On the one hand, he suffered a defeat last time and his status in the mind of the division commander had dropped greatly. If he did not make meritorious service, it would definitely affect his future. Therefore, he actively sought war, hoping that in this battle to encircle the third battalion, he could make military achievements, thereby changing his impression in the mind of the division commander.

Another reason why he did this was that he believed that the troops of the Third Battalion would definitely judge that the Japanese army would cross the river from the Binjiang Bridge and the downstream of the Kuoshantun Ferry, which must be the place where the main force of the Third Battalion was located.
Chapter completed!