I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 293 The 4th Mixed Brigade Arrives

I watched as the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment used their own military uniforms to dress up the corpses of the Japanese soldiers as fallen Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The bodies of the Japanese soldiers were frozen stiff and it was difficult to take their clothes off.

Xing Zhiguo also had a solution, which was to let the soldiers cut it open with bayonets.

It doesn’t matter if the clothes are difficult to wear, just break your arms and legs at the joints and force the clothes on.

There was no need to change too many. With more than a hundred fake Eighth Route Army corpses, they could confuse the Japanese. Then, Deputy Commander Xing and his men asked for the Japanese's equipment from the logistics department who came over.

Riding on three sidecar tricycles with plaster flags on them, Deputy Regiment Commander Xing set off with a squadron of "devils".

Captain Ye on this side persuaded and pulled Captain Cheng away at the same time.

"Okay, Old Cheng, Xiao Xing is very sincere, and you guys can vent your anger.

Let's quickly deploy our defenses, the Japanese reinforcements will be arriving soon."

After a while, the Cangyun Ancient Road gradually became quiet.

Except for the trucks on both sides of the road, which were covered by a thin layer of snow.

No one could imagine that just one day ago, a brutal blocking battle took place here.

Lying in the shelters on the top of the mountains on both sides of the ancient road, watching the newly arrived militia brigade, they were still busy.

They pulled snow from afar and spread it on the burned trucks of the Japanese army.

Then, all the footprints left by the soldiers on the Cangyun Ancient Road were cleared away one by one.

Captain Ye: The militiamen of your Lianzhuang team are so professional.

I have never been to Fengu County, so I really don’t know what subjects you usually train in?

Lianzhuang Team: That’s nothing. Even though we are militia, the regular army will be helpless against us.

It was quiet here, but intermittent sounds of gunfire began to be heard from the direction of Cangyun Ridge behind.

When Captain Cheng and Captain Ye heard this voice, they immediately lost their composure.

What does this mean? He brings his own men out to ambush the 4th Mixed Brigade.

Later, his own hometown (division headquarters) was looted by the Japanese?

They immediately sent someone to ask Li Yunlong what was going on.

Li Yunlong immediately replied to them: "This is the New 1st Regiment and the militia brigade, they are organizing tactical deception.

What is tactical deception? Do you two know it? You two have never been to school, so it's normal if you don't understand it.

Go back and tell them, to put it simply, this tactic of deception is to lure the snake out of its hole."

When this sentence was brought back, the two team leaders laughed.

Li Yunlong is so boastful. How can you, Li Yunlong, have the nerve to compete with us in culture?

The commander of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade pulled out all his troops.

This also includes the Zibo Brigade because they have already heard about it.

The number of Chinese soldiers and civilians blocked by them was more than 30,000.

The Zibo Brigade was preparing to return and take away the looted items.

In order to demonstrate the great military achievements of the 4th Mixed Brigade.

The only twelve Type 95 tanks and armored vehicles of the mixed brigade were brought out by them.

It’s just that they didn’t bring the Imperial Army this time, mainly because the current Imperial Army has a bad reputation.

I heard that the Imperial Army would shoot at the Imperial Army from behind at any time, and then open the city gates to let the Eighth Route Army enter the city.

Now when we go out for a sweep, it's a platoon of the Imperial Army searching in the front.

The large group of Imperial Army troops always walked in the middle when marching.

It was not that the Imperial Army wanted to protect the Imperial Auxiliary Army, but that they were afraid of the Imperial Auxiliary Army and were working behind the Imperial Army's back. This time was no exception.

In addition, Cangyunling has always been the defense zone of the 4th Mixed Brigade.

The Japanese were already familiar with the terrain in this area, so they ran out to reinforce without even bringing a guide.

When they were almost at the Cangyun Ancient Road, they could already hear the sound of gunfire coming from afar.

"Nani?"

The Japanese brigade commander was very surprised. Why was there the sound of gunfire here?

If we go by the information sent by Nobutsu Sakata three hours ago.

Didn’t their Sakata Regiment already reach the pass east of Cangyun Ridge?

It's about twenty kilometers away from the entrance of Cangyun Ancient Road. It's impossible to hear gunshots here.

Could it be that something unexpected happened to the Sakata Regiment, and they were forced to retreat here by the Eighth Route Army?

This is impossible. He is aware of the combat capabilities of the Sakata Brigade.

Even if a division of the Central Army encountered Sakata Nobutsu's regiment, it would have no choice but to flee.

Even if it is the mysterious Gannan Guerrilla Division, Sakata-kun should be able to... fight against it!

He stopped the car and called the operations staff: "Second Lieutenant Yamaguchi, did you receive the telegram from Lieutenant Sakata just now?"

Lieutenant Yamaguchi: "Reporting to the brigade commander, the telegram from three hours ago was the last telegram from Colonel Sakata."

Brigade Commander: "Have you contacted Sakata's regiment headquarters?"

Yamaguchi: “For now… no contact.”

Brigade Commander: "Bakayaro, why don't you contact Sakata-kun? Contact him immediately."

"Hi," after the brigade commander got on the car, Lieutenant Yamaguchi, who was beaten red in the face, covered his hands and quickly asked someone to send a telegram to contact Sakata.

The Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade had just entered the ancient mountain pass.

Then, the sound of gunfire changed again from the other direction of the ancient road.

The sounds of gunfire there suddenly became more and more frequent.

The Japanese brigade commander quickly stopped the troops and ordered the Japanese search team to enter the ancient road to investigate the enemy situation.

The Japanese brigade commander stood on the running board of the car and looked inside with a telescope.

Suddenly, I saw three tricycles with the Rising Sun flag flying on them driving out of the ancient road.

On the leading three-wheeled motorcycle sat a man who looked like a major squadron leader.

The captain looked so miserable, his face was covered in blood and smoke, and it was impossible to recognize his original appearance.

The most terrifying thing was that his left lower arm was missing, and half of his arm was wrapped in thick gauze stained with blood.

The troops following behind seemed exhausted, but their formation was still intact.

As expected of Nobutsu Sakata, the army he built himself doesn't seem to be in panic at all.

As soon as they saw the troops of the 4th Mixed Brigade, they suddenly burst into cheers.

The major squadron leader with a broken arm also staggered off the motorcycle.

With his only remaining arm, he held the command knife and waved it desperately in the direction of the valley.

Then he jumped back on the motorcycle and hit it with his command knife.

He asked the Japanese driver of the tricycle to turn around and drive back immediately.

The Japanese soldiers in the squadron following behind him drew their bayonets from their waists and put them on their Type 38 rifles.

Then they shouted "load on board" excitedly and formed a charge formation.

He turned over and headed towards the Cangyun Ancient Road, then turned around and killed his way back.

Even within their ranks, there were a few soldiers lying on stretchers.

They also rolled off the stretchers one after another, and with the help of their colleagues, they ran back with the squadron.

In the eyes of the 4th Mixed Brigade, this scene was as clear as day.

This must be Nobutsu Sakata's regiment, which encountered an accident while encircling the Eighth Route Army division headquarters.

Just by hearing the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer from behind, I knew that the Eighth Route Army and the troops dispatched this time were not ordinary.

Many of the Japanese officers are people with very rich combat experience.

Judging from the sound of gunfire, the Sakata Regiment is still fighting back and forth with the Eighth Route Army.