In order to ensure the victory of this battle, the brigade commander not only brought soldiers from the infantry battalion, but also sixteen soldiers from the artillery team. These soldiers were not seriously injured. As artillerymen, they did not have to go to the front line to fight the Japanese.

Naturally, it will not affect their performance.

Although he has not yet gone to Panlong Town, the brigade commander is already sure that the Japanese Okazaki Brigade is not easy to deal with. As long as the Okazaki Brigade is aware of it at all, it will inevitably occupy a position that is easy to defend but difficult to attack based on the local terrain.

Coupled with the Japs sweeping around, once the 129th Division launches an encirclement and suppression campaign against the Okazaki Brigade, the surrounding Japs troops will inevitably come to support quickly.

There are a lot of Japs around Panlong Town. What's more, with the Japs' marching speed, once the troops of the 129th Division cannot complete the encirclement and suppression of Okazaki Brigade in a short time, then the radius is three hundred miles, or even five hundred miles.

All the Japs will arrive in the shortest possible time.

The Japanese troops can march very fast, reaching 80 kilometers a day, and the mechanized troops can even reach hundreds of kilometers! This means that unless the 129th Division can end the battle in a short time, they will have to wait until the Japanese reinforcements arrive, and then

It will be quite difficult to kill the Okazaki Brigade.

It is precisely with this in mind that the brigade commander chose to take the soldiers of the artillery team. After Liu Gen's teaching, the skills of the artillery team soldiers have improved. Coupled with the mountain cannon that the brigade commander is going to bring, he will definitely be able to kill

The Japs are doing their part! With the mountain cannon, the brigade commander is also prepared to not be able to bring them back, but as long as the Japs' Okazaki Brigade can be killed, then this loss is still worth it.

The Japanese have a lot of mountain cannons. Even if the mountain cannons brought by the brigade commander cannot be brought back this time, as long as the brigade commander wants, he can still get more mountain cannons from the Japanese. The 386th Brigade is relatively far away from Panlong Town.

The nearby troops, other troops of the 129th Division, coming over, will definitely not be able to carry heavy weapons like mountain cannons! Without mountain cannons, it will be somewhat difficult to kill the Japanese Okazaki Brigade.

According to the news obtained from the brigade commander, the Japanese's Okazaki Brigade has a mountain artillery squadron. Even though this mountain artillery squadron is missing a squadron and is not complete, it still has three mountain artillery in the hands of the Okazaki Brigade. If you want to deal with Okazaki

The mountain artillery in the hands of the Qi Brigade is difficult for ordinary mortars to do. The firepower and range of the mountain artillery are enough to ensure that the Eighth Route Army artillery cannot get close at all.

Without being able to get close, with the capabilities of most of the artillerymen in the Eighth Route Army, it was impossible to hit the Japanese mountain artillery.

The brigade commander was a little lucky. He was very glad that he did not forget to bring the mountain cannon hidden by Liu Gen when he was transferring. Originally, the brigade commander was not prepared to bring it, but considering that the previous camp had been exposed and was attacked by the Japanese

If the cannons are not taken away, once the Japanese search that area seriously, they are still likely to find the cannons hidden by Liu Gen.

After walking out of the ward, the brigade commander felt a lot more relieved. He had seen Liu Gen's condition and knew that his injuries had improved somewhat. This made the brigade commander less worried about Liu Gen. The brigade commander was still very worried about Liu Gen's death.

After taking over the artillery team, Liu Gen did a very good job, which made the brigade commander very satisfied. In addition, under the leadership of Liu Gen, the combat effectiveness of the artillery team has been significantly improved. In the eyes of the brigade commander, Liu Gen is a treasure.

Of course nothing can go wrong.

After once again ordering the staff of the medical department to take good care of Liu Gen, the brigade commander set off with the infantry battalion and artillery team. The new station of the 386th Brigade was not far from Panlong Town. Even with the mountain artillery, it only took half a day.

Arrive. If everyone rides horses and travels lightly to Panlong Town, it will only take an hour to arrive successfully.

At noon, the brigade commander and his soldiers successfully arrived at Shimen Village, Panlong Town. The division headquarters decided to set up a frontline headquarters here. Since it would take some time for the division bosses to arrive, the brigade commander could only do a good job first.

Prepare accordingly. From the soldiers who had been keeping a close eye on the Japanese Okazaki Brigade, the brigade commander learned about the situation of the Okazaki Brigade.

Faced with the encirclement and suppression by the troops of the 129th Division, the Okazaki Battalion seemed to be aware of it. Perhaps they knew that with their strength, they could not escape the encirclement of the 129th Division. As the bosses expected, the Japanese Okazaki Battalion moved towards the Guanjianao area.

Go, want to occupy Guanjianao, stand firm and wait for help!

Guanjianao is located in the hinterland of the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area, 13 kilometers due north of Zhuanbi Village, Panlong Town, Wuxiang County. The area has undulating mountains and crisscrossed ravines! And Guanjianao is a high hill surrounded by mountains.

The top of the mountain is a peaceful area with a radius of several hundred meters, which is suitable for sending troops to set up formations. On the back of Guanjianao is a steep cliff. It is impossible to climb up without special training. Below Guanjianao is a deep ditch, with east and west sides

The slope is steep, but the southern slope is gentler, making it suitable as an offensive route.

The Japanese's Okazaki Brigade took a fancy to the terrain of Guanjianao, so they decisively chose to march towards Guanjianao, occupy Guanjianao, and wait for reinforcements. The villagers who lived in Guanjianao before were all living in Guanjianao.

On the southern slope of Guanjianao, people live in cave dwellings with holes connected to each other. There is only one path leading to Guanjianao. The Japanese Okazaki Brigade did not let this path go, and laid mines on the path. At the same time,

Controlled Liushu Nao opposite Guanjianao, thereby ensuring fire control of the path leading to Guanjianao.

At the frontline headquarters, the brigade commander's face was full of solemnity. Knowing that the Japanese had gone to the Guanjianao area, he had no good solution. The troops of the 129th Division were encircling them, and the Japanese's Okazaki Brigade could not escape.

It's just that if the brigade commander has troops that can be used, he will definitely prevent the Japanese from occupying the Guanjianao area. With the terrain of Guanjianao being easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Japanese occupy this place, then the troops of the 129th Division will probably want to complete the encirclement and suppression.

It will be much more difficult.

All units of the 386th Brigade were on their way to Panlong Town. The 772nd Regiment, which had previously fought against the Okazaki Brigade, was following closely behind the Okazaki Brigade, making the Okazaki Brigade extremely annoyed. If the 772nd Regiment was fully staffed

Under such circumstances, Captain Cheng may directly order the soldiers of the 772th Regiment to attack the Okazaki Battalion, but unfortunately the 772nd Regiment is not at full strength. With the current strength of the 772th Regiment, it is quite good to be able to entangle the Okazaki Battalion.

, it is undoubtedly impossible to defeat the Okazaki Battalion with only the 772nd Regiment, or even to annihilate the entire Okazaki Battalion.

The brigade commander clearly knew the situation of the 772nd Regiment. The task he assigned to Commander Cheng was very simple, which was to observe and record the movements of the Japanese Okazaki Brigade and prepare for the next encirclement and suppression of the Japanese Brigade. Okazaki wanted to kill the Japanese.

The Okazaki Battalion is not something that can be easily achieved. The combat effectiveness of the Okazaki Battalion is not weak. It can be pursued by various units of the Eighth Route Army and still maintains a complete organization, which is enough to show that its combat effectiveness is not weak.

The 772nd Regiment, which was following closely behind the Okazaki Brigade, under the command of Commander Cheng, kept a safe enough distance from the Japanese Okazaki Brigade. The combat effectiveness of the Okazaki Brigade was not weak. If it really bit the 772nd Regiment in turn,

Then the 772 Regiment will inevitably suffer a lot of casualties. Commander Cheng knows that all the troops of the 129th Division are rushing towards this area, in order to encircle and suppress the Japanese Okazaki Brigade. He is not a fool, and will naturally wait for the large troops to arrive.
Chapter completed!