Rikishi Shigekawa, who was commanding from the rear, could not see the tragic situation of the Japanese army on the other side. He did not hear many gunshots and thought that the Japanese army had successfully occupied the enemy's position and was very relieved for this.
At this time, a scout from the "Pseudo-Peace Founding Army" dressed as a Chinese citizen hurriedly came to report: "Taijun, Niutoushan, enemy situation!"
The so-called "Pseudo Peaceful National Founding Army" is a branch of the puppet army. It was established by Wang Jingwei in March this year. The main body is the surrendered army of the national army, and then collects bandits, rogues, etc. After several months of training, it has been
Sent to the battlefield to assist the Japanese in their battles.
One of their advantages is that as long as they wear civilian clothes, they can easily go around and obtain information that is difficult for the enemy to obtain.
Of course, stepping on mines is also one of the benefits... The previous puppet troops suffered heavy casualties due to stepping on mines, so they were replaced by a new batch.
Shigekawa Rikishi did not take this information too seriously at first. After all, the Japanese were fighting deep into the Eighth Route Army base area, and it was normal to have enemy sentiment.
But Shigekawa Rikishi soon realized that this matter was no small matter.
The scout reported: "Taijun, it's not the Eighth Route Army. It's the Jinsui Army, the Sixth Army... The Jinsui Army has at least one battalion!"
Ding Wei sent only one company.
The reason why the puppet army scouts say a battalion is that there are a lot of troops spread out in the woods. In the eyes of the puppet army scouts, it looks like they are all soldiers. The other reason is that the puppet army scouts are used to magnifying the enemy's situation to display intelligence.
The importance of the company and taking credit for it... Anyway, if there is only one company when the fight comes, it can be said to have been transferred or ran away.
Shigekawa Riki unfolded the map and looked at it, then asked the scout in surprise: "Are you sure about Niutoushan?"
"It's absolutely true!" the scout replied firmly: "I just came from there and saw it with my own eyes!"
Shigekawa Riki asked again: "Are you sure about the Jinsui Army?"
"OK!" The scout nodded: "I even stepped forward to say hello and saw the number on the military flag, the Sixth Army! Wearing a dog-skin hat and a pipe in his waist, it is unmistakable that it is the Jinsui Army!
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Shigekawa Riki couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
The Shanxi-Sui Army should not appear here. It is known that they have set a road boundary with the Eighth Route Army so as not to interfere with each other.
Could it be...
Are they working together again?
Thinking of this, Shigegawa Rikishi immediately ordered: "Stop the attack and withdraw the troops."
After a pause, he turned to a captain and shouted: "Aihara-kun, take your troops and immediately go to the flank of our army and garrison facing Niutoushan!"
"Yes!" Captain Aihara responded and led his troops up.
The Japanese Captain corresponds to a squadron with a standard strength of 180 men. However, the Aihara Squadron suffered heavy casualties in the previous attack, leaving only 89 men, including some wounded.
However, Shigegawa Rikishi believed that these people were enough to deal with the Jinsui Army...if they only had one battalion.
After thinking about it, Shigegawa Rikishi sent another report to Okamura Neiji: "The Jinsui Army was found near Zhaojiayu, please give instructions to your Excellency, Lieutenant General!"
Okamura Neiji was also shocked when he received the telegram.
At this time, Okamura Neiji had reached a tacit understanding with the Jinsui Army, which was one of the reasons why he dared to attack the Eighth Route Army.
The Jinsui Army should not intervene at this time.
But after thinking about it, Okamura Neji felt that the Jinsui Army was very likely to do this.
Okamura Neiji knew the student Yan Xishan very well and knew that he was a person who only cared about interests.
Although the Japanese army's attack on Zhaojiayu was in the interests of the Jinsui Army, it was not in his interest at the same time.
Because of "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold", the fall of Zhaojiayu meant that the flanks of the Jinsui Army were exposed to the Japanese front.
In addition, it is possible that the Jinsui Army was taking advantage of the fire, that is, when the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army were both defeated, they suddenly sent troops to occupy the important place of Zhaojiayu.
If it was for these reasons, Okamura Neji could accept it. After all, using some territory that did not originally belong to the Japanese army to stir up disputes between the two factions, why not?
But what if...
Thinking of Okamura Neiji, he ordered Shigekawa Rikishi: "Be careful of the Jinsui Army, and don't fight with it unless it is absolutely necessary!"
Shigekawa Rikishi frowned when he received the telegram, which made the already pessimistic situation even worse.
Not long after the enemy withdrew, Li Yunlong knew that the Japanese had divided their forces on Niutoushan... Looking out from the position on the top of the mountain, he could see a group of Japanese soldiers hurriedly moving to the flanks to use the terrain to build fortifications.
Li Yunlong put down the telescope and laughed: "The Japanese have been fooled, it's time for us to eat meat!"
Zhao Gang reminded: "Don't be careless! The Japanese have divided up less than a hundred people, and the troops they left behind are still capable of grabbing ammunition from us!"
Li Yunlong replied: "Don't look at how few people the Japs managed to separate. They look down on the Jinsui Army. Against the Jinsui Army... a Japs sergeant dared to charge a company of them with more than a dozen of his men!"
What Li Yunlong said was correct. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the Jinsui Army had seriously declined and was not as good as before.
This is not only because the Jinsui Army suffered heavy casualties in previous battles with the enemy, but also because of Yan Laoxi'er's wrong strategic direction, which caused the morale of the Jinsui Army to decline.
When the Japanese invaded Shanxi, Yan Laoxi'er fought against the Japanese with all his strength. Although he did not win, the battles of Xinkou and Taiyuan were also impressive.
Then he took the initiative to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to fight against Japan and became a model for the whole country.
At that time, Shanxi could be said to be united and united.
China has never been short of strong men who dare to fight. You, Yan Laoxi'er, who is sincere in resisting Japan, will naturally have the strong bones to join the Shanxi-Sui Army. You will join the next wave of sacrifices, which keeps the Jin-Sui Army's combat effectiveness.
Later, Yan Laoxi'er caused the "Western Shanxi Incident" and negotiated with the Japanese, and the situation was different.
In Yan Laoxi'er's eyes, this method may be just a check and balance strategy, a means of leveraging strength, and an expedient measure for the sake of profit.
But in the eyes of the people and soldiers, that meant being a traitor.
You, Yan Laoxi'er, are about to become a traitor. If you want to defeat the Japanese, can you join the Jin-Sui Army?
Not only did they not go, but those who had already joined the Jinsui Army also tried every possible means to escape.
It didn't take long before what was left was a bunch of fritters who couldn't bear to pay for their military pay and just wanted to go about their lives.
At this moment, the Japanese used nearly a hundred men to defend one battalion of the Jinsui Army, which was already a great honor.
Zhao Gang looked at the foot of the mountain and replied: "These are two different things. The problem is that the Japanese troops are still there!"
Li Yunlong laughed "hehe": "Old Zhao, you don't understand this! There are Jinsui troops at Niutoushan. Let's fight here in the encirclement. What do you think the Japanese will think?"
Zhao Gang thought for a moment and said "Oh": "The Japanese will think that we are deliberately luring them into the encirclement, and then close the door and beat the dogs?"
Li Yunlong turned his head and smiled, pretending to be a teacher to a student and replied: "That's right! I said, Lao Zhao, he learns very quickly. He understands everything very well. It's not in vain that I spent so much time teaching."
Zhao Gang was a little helpless. There was a lot of gap between him and Li Yunlong in this aspect, so he couldn't accept it. He had been with Li Yunlong for so long and had indeed learned a lot from him. It was not an exaggeration to call him a teacher.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong added at the end: "Are you going to pay more respect to the teacher someday?"
Zhao Gang secretly cursed, damn, at any time, at any place, on any occasion...this guy can find an excuse to drink!