Because the Yuncheng defense line is more than 100 kilometers away from the nearest location of the three stores, and at the advancing speed of the Japanese mechanized troops, which will be blocked several times by intercepting troops, it will take four or five hours to arrive anyway!
But now, in less than two hours, the battle between the three stores has begun.
Could it be that the Japs’ mechanized troops have wings and can fly?
Chen Songyong explained: "It is the 'Mainland Advance Team' of the Japanese. The three stores are full of talkative people, and there are many ordinary people who go there to transport goods and sell things. The Japanese have already lurked a force nearby, and are waiting to take action now!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm".
It's no wonder that the three stores are not only well-connected by transportation, but also a famous gathering place for vendors. Especially with the recent influx of a large number of refugees, it is not difficult for the devils to blend in.
Moreover, Wang Xuexin believed that some of the people among them were probably not the Japanese, let alone their "mainland advance team", but bandits bribed by the Japanese... The Japanese knew how to take advantage of those profit-seeking bandits.
For example, after capturing three stores, the bandits were given various rewards, etc. Then groups of bandits with no bottom line swarmed in like hungry wolves. This solved the problem of insufficient troops and insufficient supplies for the Japanese "Continental Advance Team".
In fact, Wang Xuexin still underestimated the Japanese.
This matter was caused by Okamura Neiji himself instructing his subordinates to collude with the bandits. The conditions given by Okamura Neiji were: "As long as three stores are occupied, all the items, property and people in the three stores will belong to the bandits. The imperial army will not take any money.
Only a few weapons and equipment produced by three stores were carried away!"
Needless to say what this weapon and equipment is, of course it is "high fire" and x1.
When the bandits heard this, they thought there was such a good thing?
Especially recently I heard that the Eighth Route Army opened several textile factories, canneries and the like in Sanjiadian. If they can rob these machines, wouldn't they be able to become a rich bandit in the future?
No, if you have money, you won’t be a bandit!
You have to guard against other bandits coming to steal the money!
So there was no reason not to agree, so they immediately secretly gathered near three stores with people and guns.
Since the three stores were already full of people, and the bandits were familiar with each other, the Eighth Route Army did not hear the news... This is probably the so-called "strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake".
The Eighth Route Army may be good at fighting the Japanese, but it still lacks experience in fighting the bandits.
The consequence of this was that although the Eighth Route Army increased its troops and strengthened the defenses of the three stores, the bandits began to cause chaos from within, shooting and setting fires, and the three stores were in chaos for a while.
At the same time, the Japanese "Continental Advance Team" took advantage of the situation and launched an attack on the three stores, and the situation in the three stores was getting out of control.
Wang Xuexin knew that the situation of the three stores was very critical.
If the situation is not brought under control quickly, the main Japanese force, the three squadrons that advanced into Sanjiadian, will arrive soon.
At that time, if the inside and outside are combined, the three stores will probably be lost.
But Wang Xuexin was also helpless about this. The most taboo thing on the battlefield was this kind of infiltration warfare. Without distinguishing between internal enemies and external enemies, there would be a huge enemy approaching the city. This was almost a dead end.
The best way Wang Xuexin could think of was to abandon the factory and let the troops retreat to the arsenal.
At least in this way, we can stabilize the situation and effectively protect the arsenal, especially when there are a large number of researchers, technicians, and "high fire" and x1 in the arsenal that the Japanese only dream of.
Wang Xuexin was about to give the order, but unexpectedly Chen Songyong received a telegram, and then unexpectedly told Wang Xuexin: "Batalion Commander, the internal situation has been basically controlled, and the Japanese "Mainland Advance Team" attack has also been blocked!"
Wang Xuexin asked strangely: "How do they control it?"
Chen Songyong replied: "It's Old Hunchback, he has made another great contribution!"
It turns out that many of the bandits who infiltrated the common people were people who had been brothers with the old hunchback before. The old hunchback could recognize them at a glance, so there was no problem of "chaos"...
In fact, the old hunchback couldn't recognize so many people, but he had been a bandit for decades and knew the bandits' habits, clothing and behavior very well. He could tell which ones were bandits and which ones were not at a glance.
This can be regarded as a kind of "sensitivity", just like a soldier who has been a soldier for many years can recognize those who have been soldiers in the crowd at a glance.
Therefore, Old Hunchback was able to carry out "precision strikes" against the bandits who had sneaked into the defense line. In particular, some bandits were inexplicably controlled by Old Hunchback and his men before they even took action.
Among them was the bandit leader nicknamed "Wild Wolf" who was bribed by the Japanese.
When the old hunchback saw the "Wild Wolf" being pinned to the ground and tied up by his subordinates, he unceremoniously stepped forward and faced the "Wild Wolf" with his bearded face and feet, and cursed: "Damn it, I'm fucked
You dare to move the territory, are you tired of living?!"
Seeing that the old hunchback had no intention of holding back, the instructor hurriedly came up to stop him: "Hey, our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners well, not to mention that our Eighth Route Army doesn't talk about 'territory'..."
"Instructor!" The old hunchback straightened his back, raised his head upright, and replied unconvinced: "If our Eighth Route Army doesn't talk about 'territory,' then how can we defend it? Can't we just let the Japanese in? Let me tell you.
, the whole of China is our territory!”
The instructor didn't know what to say after hearing this, but when he thought about it, it was true. China is our territory, and the Eighth Route Army wants to drive out the Japanese!
The bandits were a ragtag group. Once the leader was caught, the others immediately did not dare to move. They either took advantage of the chaos to escape or hid their guns among the common people and refugees and never dared to move again. As a result, the chaos inside the three stores quickly subsided.
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The strength of the Japanese mainland advance team was about one squadron with less than 200 men, but the Eighth Route Army's garrison in Sanjiadian had two regiments, so it didn't take much effort to launch a counterattack and disperse the Japanese mainland advance team and fled into the mountains.
Shinta Kono learned about the situation of the three stores from the aviation force. He sighed again and said, "The plan for the three stores has also come to nothing. The only one left is the airport!"
Okamura Neji's face was ashen.
He believed that the three stores were the most promising and successful, so he carefully planned every detail. Unexpectedly, he failed in the end, and he didn't even know the reason for the failure.
If Okamura Neiji knew that the reason why he failed was because the bandit who sneaked in was recognized by another bandit... I'm afraid he would rather spend more time and effort to send more "Continental Advance Team" to carry out this mission!
But now it's too late to think about anything. We can only pin our hopes on the attack on the Eighth Route Army airport.