Xinzhuang is located in the west of Huaide because it needs to guard the entire west of Huaide. It is bordered by Xincheng and Jianyang Mountain District.

Because of the importance of its geographical location, there were many enemies stationed in Xinzhuang, about thirty Japanese soldiers and more than one hundred puppet troops.

This is also the result of the Japanese troops reducing their garrison. At its peak, this stronghold had more than 100 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 puppet troops.

This kind of garrison size is almost the best among the Japanese strongholds, and is slightly lower than those in important towns in the county.

As the Japanese troops were tense and Xinzhuang was relatively safe, the Japanese reduced the garrison here. It was already a big deal to be able to release more than 30 Japanese soldiers.

Nowadays, many of the many artillery strongholds are full of puppet troops, or there are only one or two Japanese soldiers who care about them. The slightly more important strongholds usually only have about a dozen Japanese soldiers.

From this analogy, we can see the importance of this place. However, although the Japanese and puppet troops deployed "heavy troops", they had no place to use them.

The only people around them were Zhang Yunfei's Xinjiu Regiment and Yang Zhiming's guerrillas. Needless to say, Yang Zhiming's guerrillas. With their abilities and strength, they naturally did not dare to provoke the enemy in Xinzhuang and took a long detour.

As for Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment, they spent a lot of time fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops, but they only provoked enemies from Xincheng, Jianyang and Xiangyuan, and even from farther away, such as Qinghe, Qingling, Mengguan and other places.

It was said that Huaide's Japanese and puppet troops had not been touched much. Of course, those who took the initiative to attack and were counterattacked did not count.

The defenders in the Huaide stronghold were much happier than their colleagues in the surrounding areas. They were easily harassed by the Eighth Route Army and lived a leisurely life.

After living in peace for a long time, their vigilance became worse. Even if the imperial army made a big move, they would not be able to get nervous.

Besides, the Japanese raids have become normalized, and the scale this time is really not impressive.

In addition, it was launched by the First Army this time, and the defenders on Huaide's side were not under the jurisdiction of the First Army, so they would not pay too much attention to it.

They didn't expect that just because of their attitude, they would be targeted by Zhang Yunfei.

As for persuading Qian Deming, it's even easier. As long as he doesn't really disobey his superiors' battle plan, make principled mistakes, and touch his bottom line, he won't object too much.

On the surface, Qian Deming didn't see anything about the reasons mentioned by Zhang Yunfei, but in his heart he was moved and even a little bit sad.

When you meet such a partner, you really can't be tough. He will always tell you the facts and reason with you, but in the end he can only follow his ideas and eat you to death.

He used to think that Zhao Wenzhou's work style was soft, but now that it was his turn, he seemed to be unable to be tough. He couldn't mess around in order to highlight his presence. Qian Deming couldn't do such unprincipled things against his will.

Yes, it seems that he will also follow Zhao Wenzhou's old path.

According to the intelligence uploaded back from the local area, although the Japanese and puppet troops in Xinzhuang have slightly more troops, they do not yet have a stronghold defense mode.

That is to rely on strong fortifications, without any heavy firepower, mainly riflemen, and maybe three to four light machine guns.

It is mainly arranged on the front to block the open area on the front. As for the flanks, there is no other way but to rely on rifle fire.

After all, their machine gun firepower is limited and they can only block key areas and cannot do both.

In the attack on Xinzhuang, Zhang Yunfei adopted the principle of feinting from the front and advancing and blasting from the flanks.

It has to be said that simple tactics are the best. In an army where soldiers' tactical literacy is generally low, such simple and clear tactics are more effective. No wonder the little devil loves this set of tactics so much.

When the New Ninth Regiment launched an attack on the Xinzhuang stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops inside the stronghold immediately became panicked.

The stronghold was attacked. This was their first time encountering such a thing, and they really didn't have much experience in dealing with it.

However, there were many Japanese in the garrison, and they quickly stabilized.

The calmed down Japanese and puppet troops only then discovered that the attacking Eighth Route Army troops, in addition to light machine guns and rifles, only had grenade explosions.

There seemed to be no heavy machine guns or mortars, so they were reassured. The number of heavy machine guns and mortar weapons was almost a popular criterion for distinguishing the Eighth Route Army.

This Eighth Route Army seems to be coming menacingly, but the equipment is not very good. As long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army does not come to attack Xinzhuang, they are still confident that they can wait for reinforcements and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

These Tuba Road, they attack with heavy firepower, just want to break through Xinzhuang, it is simply a dream.

They admit that the Eighth Route Army has tenacious willpower, but there is a gap in weapons and equipment. As long as they rely on the defense of the stronghold to resist, this Eighth Route Army attack will be in vain.

The imperial army's fortifications were not easily broken. As long as they persisted for a few hours, the Eighth Route Army would have to retreat.

Even if their reinforcements fail to arrive, the Eighth Route Army's limited ammunition should have been almost consumed. By then, the Eighth Route Army is too stubborn to retreat, so maybe they can still deliver a fatal blow to the Eighth Route Army.

With a relaxed mind and feeling that there was no need to worry about anything, he began to put in real strength and shoot wildly at the eight-way offensive position in front of him.

This group of puppet soldiers can only exert their combat power when they are fighting with the wind. However, this group of puppet soldiers have no idea that the Taijun they think is powerful is actually similar to them. Facing the Eighth Route Army's strong attack, they feel equally panicked.

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As the war expanded again and again, the Japanese had to be recruited time and time again in the country. Those war maniacs who had been seriously brainwashed and those with better physical fitness had already gone to the battlefield.

And the Japanese soldiers being recruited now are all soldiers with poor health. According to the original military regulations of the Japanese, they are simply unqualified people who are not suitable for joining the army.

Coupled with the tight war situation and the large shortage of troops, these unqualified individuals who originally needed longer training were sent to the battlefield without even being able to complete the basics.

In addition to being better than the Japanese in terms of discipline, these Japanese were actually complete rookies.

"Captain, if we continue to attack like this, it will be very easy for the Japanese and puppet troops to discover our offensive route. With the strength we have now, it will not be easy to capture the Japanese stronghold by force. When the reinforcements from the Japanese and puppet troops arrive,

We can only fall into further passivity." He Jingtang said worriedly as he saw the anxious battlefield.

Zhang Yunfei did not answer his words, but frowned and observed the battle situation. In this battle, the second battalion carried out a frontal attack, the first battalion carried out a flank breakthrough, and Tiedan Ma Damao and others blocked the reinforcements.

Although the Second Battalion was attacking from the front, it was a feint attack. It was the First Battalion that really took on the important task of breaking through.

So up to now, they have not launched an attack with full firepower, at least the heavy machine guns and mortars have not yet unleashed their power, and it has not yet reached the moment of a real general attack.

But Zhang Yunfei felt that there was something strange about this battlefield. Although the first battalion and the opponent on the front seemed to be fighting too fiercely.

But the results were not the same. Their attack seemed to go too smoothly, as if the enemy deliberately let the enemy go.

No wonder He Jingtang was worried. As they were accumulating strength, the enemy seemed to be accumulating strength too.

This is like two people fighting. It looks like they are punching each other, but in fact the damage is not great, but they are secretly practicing their ultimate moves, accumulating energy and preparing to kill with one blow.
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