Now Masanobu Yoshida is a little bit unable to step down. His request for assistance in his personal capacity was ignored. He can't just turn around and report it to his superiors. Let his superiors coordinate.

No one around him was attacked, he was the only one who was attacked. This is easy to say or not, but Xiang Yuan was located in the middle zone from a geographical point of view.

This is a typical example of pinching a persimmon when it is weak, and it is easily broken by someone. This is embarrassing enough in itself. If you ask for guidance from your superiors, you will really lose your face.

Therefore, he had to earn back the face he had lost by himself. The Japs were all those guys who wanted to save face. Yoshida Masanobu was really forced into a corner. He obviously had insufficient troops, so he had to bite the bullet and send troops to retaliate.

At this time, Masanobu Yoshida led a small group of Japs and two battalions of puppet troops in a fierce pursuit to the north, as if he would not stop until Zhang Yunfei, the despicable attacker, was killed.

Of course, it was just a show. In the words of Uno Yuanliang, this was just the imperial army's usual revenge method. It had no real meaning other than to vent and demonstrate.

Yoshida Masanobu also knew the true purpose of his trip, so when he mobilized troops, he only mobilized a small group of imperial troops and two battalions of security forces.

This is the largest force Xiang Yuaneng can use. The imperial army's sweep has mobilized many local defense forces. Now he only has one squadron of troops at his disposal.

The strongholds were attacked before, and the imperial army crushed dozens of warriors. At least a small team of troops should be left in the county. There are also some important town strongholds, and a few imperial troops should be sent to guard them.

There was no one left at this point. He had forced the strength of this small team together, and the same was true for the security army. In the previous attack, the security army was the main casualty.

In addition, this group of security forces is not very powerful, and naturally there are slightly more people left to guard each stronghold. If those guys come back with a counterattack, they may not be able to retaliate by then, and their hometown will be destroyed.

If someone succeeds in a sneak attack again, it won't be a matter of face anymore, all will be lost.

Therefore, Yoshida did not dare to mobilize too many security forces. Now they can only cobble together this small amount of troops.

This small amount of troops is not enough to fight a big battle, but it is more than enough to deal with the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. Yoshida still has some confidence.

Now the Central Army has been defeated in the area south of the Yellow River, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is also blocked in the area north of the Handan-Changchang Line, and the Eighth Route Army in Taiyue and southern Hebei is also being encircled and suppressed.

Moreover, this group of Eighth Route Army specializes in attacking weak spots. It can be seen from their abandonment of attacking large strongholds that there will not be too many Eighth Route Army troops to sneak attack on them.

So it's best to find this group of sneak attackers quickly and call it a day, so that he can live with his face and the matter is over.

If this matter hadn't been laid on him, no one would be willing to move at this time. If he didn't see the guys around him, he wouldn't even want to move if he asked them to come forward.

Now he was afraid that this gang of eight had already escaped, which would cause trouble. He would not be able to find anyone who wanted to vent his anger.

Yoshida Masanobu wanted to find Zhang Yunfei, but Zhang Yunfei also focused on him.

None of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops went out. Although it was not in line with Zhang Yunfei's expectations, it also gave him a chance to do another job.

If all the Japs were to move out, Zhang Yunfei would naturally have to move to avoid it, but now there was only one group of Japanese and puppet troops pursuing him. It would be unreasonable not to seize this opportunity.

Zhang Yunfei set up an ambush circle three miles away from Xincheng County and along both sides of the highway from Xiangyuan to Xincheng before the Japanese and puppet troops arrived.

Zhang Yunfei knew very well that after his efforts in the northern part of the country, this group of Japanese and puppet troops came to take revenge.

The fact that the Japanese and puppet troops in surrounding counties are standing still does not mean that they will remain indifferent if he continues to cause trouble, so his plan is to attack quickly and withdraw quickly.

If he stabs such a guy again, everyone around him will probably explode, so he must end the battle as quickly as possible to give himself more time to move.

"Old Zhang, I don't think this place is very suitable for setting up an ambush." ​​Zhao Wenzhou was still confused about Zhang Yunfei's choice of such an ambush location.

Although he was engaged in political work most of the time, he also became a soldier step by step, and he still knows some basic military common sense.

"The terrain here is flat, and it is indeed not the best place for an ambush. But think about it, if you were a little Jaap, what would you think if you chased me here?" Zhang Yunfei asked.

"What can you think?" Zhao Wenzhou couldn't understand what Zhang Yunfei meant for a while.

"The Japanese will think that we have sneaked into the new city." Zhu Gonglang on the side added.

This guy is indeed a guerrilla expert, and his response to this is very quick. Zhang Yunfei nodded and said: "Yes, they will think that we have escaped into the new city, and then they will naturally relax their vigilance when we reach this seemingly safe place."

The ambush point chosen by Zhang Yunfei was less than two kilometers away from Xincheng County, which was also very particular.

When the Japanese and puppet troops arrive at a place where the terrain is flat and they are about to leave the country, they will have the illusion that the enemy has fled to a new city.

People are always on high alert and nervous. When they feel that there is no danger, they will always choose to relax subconsciously, and the ambush point chosen by Zhang Yunfei is such a place that can make people relax without any reason.

Because the next step is the boundary of the new city, it is human nature to breathe a sigh of relief before entering other people's territory and be in a better state to deal with the unfamiliar environment next.

This is said from the enemy's perspective. Since the enemy will subconsciously think that there is no danger, then it is a big problem for the ambush party to achieve concealment.

The only place that can hide people is a shallow ditch more than a hundred meters away from the road, and the ditch is not too long. Even if it can hide people, it can only hide dozens of people at most.

Others can only hide further away, which is definitely not an ideal terrain for an ambush, because there are too few hiding places within sight.

After all, the farther away the attack is, the more time the enemy has to react, and the effect of the ambush will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the ambush points on the front line are particularly important. They must suppress the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as possible so that the Japanese and puppet troops cannot respond immediately.

When selecting the commando team, Tiedan led the team and assigned a platoon from his company, plus a grenade group, equipped with four crooked machine guns and two Czech machine guns.

Almost all the firepower of the entire regiment was put into his hands. Zhang Yunfei repeatedly told them that when the battle started, they must open fire on the Japanese and puppet troops without any expense.

Although their assault team is small in number, it is the key to this battle. Can they inflict heavy damage on the enemy immediately after the fighting begins, and can they divide and suppress the enemy's counterattack firepower, making it impossible to organize an effective counterattack.
Chapter completed!