At the beginning, because the situation was unclear, there were some misjudgments.

But once they got into a fight, it was immediately obvious that Lao Wang's attack was not as fierce as expected.

This doesn't look like a posture to take down Xingzhuang, but more like a bluffing feint.

At this time, the Japanese commander suddenly realized that he had fallen into the Eighth Route Army's trick (actually he was overthinking it), and now he finally understood what it means to make reality the imaginary, and imaginary the real. Chinese culture is really profound.

The target of the Eighth Route Army was not them, so the target was naturally the place where the gunshots were first heard. It was not a bluff by the Eighth Route Army. There was really an imperial army or security force fighting against the Eighth Route Army.

No matter where this team came from, he couldn't just sit back and ignore it, let alone watch the Eighth Route Army eat them up.

Therefore, the Japanese commander re-deployed manpower and sent reinforcements. In doing so, a lot of time was wasted.

When Zhang Yunfei's troops launched a charge against the Japanese, the two sides were already entangled, and the reinforcements from Xingzhuang had just been dispatched.

A small group of Japs and more than a hundred puppet troops attacked their battlefield and first engaged the reconnaissance platoon and the company of the third battalion of the New Second Regiment.

The Japs really showed respect and sent half of their troops to come for reinforcements. This also shows that the pressure exerted by Lao Wang and his battalion on the Japs was not enough.

When Zhang Yunfei decided to launch the charge, he allocated machine guns and mortars, which were useless in close combat, to the blocking troops.

Zhang Yunfei's third battalion could be equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars, which really took away the strength of the old nose. The regiment commander and the political commissar had to talk it out, and finally the regiment commander and the political commissar agreed to his firepower allocation.

Now Li Dayan's fire platoon has been renamed as the machine gun platoon.

The Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment was not strong enough, and most of the time it was a problem of insufficient firepower. With the firepower support of Li Danidai's machine gun platoon, they bluntly ordered the fierce attack of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Even Zhang Yunfei was a little surprised. He didn't put Lao Wang's company into battle. Firstly, there was no tacit understanding of cooperation between the two sides, and secondly, their combat effectiveness was not good enough.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei only asked them to be responsible for guarding and blocking reinforcements on the periphery. He really didn't expect them to do anything big. His expectation for them was that they could evade and delay the enemy's reinforcements for a while.

Unexpectedly, these guys were really fierce. They blocked the enemy's reinforcements when they were asked to stop them.

While Zhang Yunfei was observing the blocking battle in the direction of Japanese and puppet reinforcements, he kept issuing orders, urging them to end the battle as quickly as possible.

In fact, at this point in this battle, there is nothing much to say. Under their previous intensive firepower attack, the Japs in this team suffered a lot of casualties. There were only thirty or forty people left, and there were no Japs with light or heavy firepower to support them.

No matter how strong the quality of an individual soldier is, he can't be much better. There is no way he can be the opponent of Zhang Yunfei's battalion.

After about ten minutes of melee, the last Japanese who resisted was killed. As soon as the battle on his side was over, Zhang Yunfei didn't bother to carefully check what the Japanese were escorting.

Since the Japanese paid so much attention to it, it must be a valuable thing, so he ordered the soldiers to pack up everything on the carriage and take it away.

Although their battle here ended quickly, the Japanese and puppet troops who came to support them attacked with the same ferocity.

The company of the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment could barely hold off the Japanese and puppet troops' strong attack with just one mouthful at the beginning.

But the longer time dragged on, the less able they were to succeed. The Eighth Route Army's ammunition reserves were itself small, and the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment was even less.

At first, everyone still had bullets in their hands and could resist for a while, but the few rounds of ammunition were quickly used up, making it difficult to block.

Facing the company of the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment that was in a passive position and could collapse at any time, Zhang Yunfei did not order immediate support for them.

Fighting offensive and defensive battles with the Japanese and puppet troops in the wild was not the Eighth Route Army's strong point, so they naturally had to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

Finally, Zhang Yunfei gritted his teeth and ordered his troops to launch an attack on the flanks of the Japanese and puppet troops who came for reinforcements.

There is no way, the current company has been stuck by the Japanese and puppet troops. They themselves are being suppressed and beaten, and they cannot withdraw at all.

And now that they are going to reinforce, it is just a tactic to add fuel to the fire. It is useless for them to temporarily regain the situation. They cannot afford the ammunition consumption of this kind of offensive and defensive battle.

The core of the Eighth Route Army's operations is actually speed. They are all about quick battles and quick decisions. They cannot afford the kind of positional warfare that lasts for a long time.

So now he can only take an eccentric approach. Even if he can't defeat this Japanese and puppet army, he still has to let them adjust their deployment to deal with it. This can counter the pressure of the team that blocked them.

However, Zhang Yunfei did not intend to have a head-on confrontation with the Japanese and puppet troops, although he felt that Lao Wang had exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops here.

However, it is a fact that the Japanese and puppet troops this time, especially the puppet troops, are not weak in combat effectiveness, so Zhang Yunfei's purpose is still to allow the blocking troops to withdraw from the battle calmly.

Zhang Yunfei came up with such a move, and the Japanese troops who were blocking the reinforcements were immediately frightened. He could only weaken the force of the frontal attack and strengthen his flanks to prevent his rear route from being outflanked.

The Japanese and puppet troops themselves are small in strength. They have a firepower advantage when they are concentrated together. Once they are dispersed, they are not so scary.

Seeing that the Japanese had fallen into the trap, Zhang Yunfei ordered everyone not to shrink their defense lines, but to take alternate cover and evacuate to the northeast.

After the reinforcements found out that they had fallen into the trap, they were naturally unwilling to let them retreat so calmly and would not let them go.

The Japanese second lieutenant was also helpless. They came to rescue, but the targets who needed their rescue were all destroyed before they arrived.

It's a bit frustrating that this mission failed. When has the imperial army ever suffered such a loss?

The imperial army usually suffers a loss and immediately returns with revenge. Since this group of Eight Route Army soldiers haven't left yet, don't leave.

Zhang Yunfei led the troops and tried to get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops, but failed. This group of Japanese and puppet troops were very skilled in pursuing the Eighth Route Army.

They knew the habits and tactics of the Eighth Route Army very well, and they had gained all this experience from the Third Battalion of the New Second Regiment. It was no wonder that when Lao Wang heard about the Japanese and puppet troops in Xingzhuang, he became itchy with hatred.

Now Zhang Yunfei has seen that these Japanese and puppet soldiers are really talented people, they are all like hunting dogs, and they are really good at chasing.

Being chased by this group of Japanese and puppet troops, Zhang Yunfei was quite depressed, but at the same time he was secretly grateful.

These guys are really stubborn and insist on pursuing them. If they withdraw at this time and then outflank Lao Wang's new second regiment and third battalion, they might actually leave Lao Wang's battalion behind.

Now that I have lured this group of Japanese and puppet troops away, I hope Lao Wang and the others will not be as stubborn as the Japanese and leave alone. He is still pretending to attack stupidly. If they don't seize the time to retreat, they may be caught by the Japanese.

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