Just a moment of inquiry, I learned the news about the source of the news.

This Zhao Si is a native of Laiyuan. There is a relative of his in Zhaojiazhuang. The news was learned from his relative.

His relative was not a traitor, but this man liked to drink some wine. He often went to the surrounding villages to find wine. He happened to meet Zhao Si who was resting and returning home. After drinking at his house several times, he accidentally revealed the news.

Just imagine, when a commoner who knows nothing, when he meets a meticulous traitor, how could he keep the secrets that were dispensable to him? What's more, this man is still an alcoholic, and he has no idea that his relative Zhao Si is a traitor. He regards Zhaojiazhuang's current comfortable life as a capital for bragging and reveals it at the wine table, including the news that Commander Y came to Zhaojiazhuang and the independent group to collect grain.

After hearing Zhao Si's explanation, Tsukada gave him a heavy reward and asked and told him to follow up on this thread in person.

In the following days, Zhao Si learned about the division of troops through his relatives, but his relative was an ordinary person and did not know the specific division of troops.

Tsukata was very clever and did not immediately send spies or traitors to inquire about the division of troops after the Independent Regiment. He wanted to continue to maintain this inside line so that he could let him know the inside story of Zhaojiazhuang. He knew very well that as long as he sent people to find out where the Eighth Route Army was divided, Zhaojiazhuang would immediately investigate, and Zhao Si's relative would be exposed immediately, and the line would be broken immediately. This is not the most serious consequence. If the Eighth Route Army strengthened its defense against the Imperial Army, or even withdrew from Laiyuan or entered the Taihang Mountains before the arrival of the main force of the Imperial Army, it would be the biggest failure in his military career.

Tsukada believed that as long as the inside line was kept, the division of the Eighth Route Army would be clearly placed in front of him sooner or later.

As expected, within a few days, Zhao Si brought him the latest information. The Second Company of the Independent Regiment was stationed in Yangzhuang, while the Fourth Company was stationed in Xiaowangzhuang. With the First Company left in Zhaojiazhuang, the Independent Regiment had only the Third Company where there was no where.

Tsukada originally didn't know how many troops the Independent Regiment had, but he easily calculated the current size of the Independent Regiment from the number of people and the number of canteens.

Although I couldn't figure out the firepower of the Independent Regiment, I thought that I had sent them two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns, plus the light and heavy firepower seized by them in Yangzhuang's battle, it is not difficult to calculate that the Eighth Route Army's weapons and equipment are no longer under the Imperial Army's troops. Of course, Tsukada would not have thought that the Independent Regiment had supported more than half of the weapons and ammunition to the base headquarters, and its current strength was far from that of the Japanese army in Laiyuan.

The good news is that after gathering in Tsukada one after another, after finding out the size and strength of the opponent, Commander Miyamoto also called Tsukada at the right time. He would personally lead a mixed force from a brigade to Laiyuan to assist the Japanese Independent Mixed Second Brigade that was about to enter Laiyuan, clearing out the Eighth Route Army troops and the rebellious armed forces.

Tsukada was very excited. He was a grandson who had been a few months ago. It was finally time to exhale. When the vanguard of the Independent Second Brigade entered Laiyuan, he couldn't wait to launch a battle to attack Xiao Wangzhuang.

The reason why he chose Xiao Wangzhuang's Fourth Company as the target of attack was because he did not know that the Third Company was nearer to Zuomayi. Another thing was that he heard that the Fourth Company was a newly formed company of the independent regiment. In Tsukata's perception, a newly formed company could have any combat effectiveness. It was just that he concentrated his superior forces and two charges to take them down. If he was more optimistic, there might be no need to charge and use guns to bombard two formations. This newly formed Eighth Route Army company would be defeated.

Tsukata was not an optimistic person, but he still had sufficient confidence in dealing with a newly formed Eighth Route Army company and could eat them all. So when he approached the periphery of Xiaowangzhuang, he didn't care much about it when he heard the warning gunshots. He still ordered the troops to continue approaching until he was two or three hundred meters away from the village.

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Xiaole never thought of abandoning Xiao Wangzhuang at the beginning because she didn't know that the Japanese were just to attack the Fourth Company and were determined to eat the Fourth Company. Here, Xiao Wangzhuang was the front line of protecting Zhaojiazhuang. If the Japanese did not do any resistance and allowed the Japanese to go straight in, the regiment headquarters, Zhaojiazhuang, and the villagers along the way would suffer. Although Xiaole was not really aware of sacrificing himself to lure the enemy, she knew that if she left without any resistance, her conscience would be condemned for the rest of her life. Another very important point was that she was even more afraid that Wu Fei would ignore her because of this. Compared to her life, she was more willing to choose Wu Fei.

This is the case in the war. The Fourth Company could have completely withdrawn from Xiaowangzhuang as soon as the gun was fired, but when Xiaole welcomed the enemy's order, the Fourth Company had no chance of withdrawing. The Japanese puppet army had already surrounded the village firmly. Fortunately, the villagers and the correspondents who sent the news broke out successfully ran out of Xiaowangzhuang before joining the encirclement.

The Japanese tactics never changed much. They have been bombardment and bombardment forever. Even without heavy artillery, the Japanese will use a large number of grenade launchers and mortars to crazily pour shells towards Xiao Wangzhuang at any cost.

Of course, these shells with insufficient explosive power and damage power were enough to destroy Xiao Wangzhuang, but the effect on the defensive line carefully deployed by Wu Fei was minimal.

Liu Yunbiao hid in the bunker, listening to the constant explosions outside, and felt an uncontrollable excitement. He liked this kind of war, like hiding in Baishishan in front of him to fight detour with the Japanese, which was the scene he least wanted to see.

Zhao Dachun and his second row in the village were better than the front row. Although there were soldiers injured by shell fragments or falling house wreckage, that was just an individual example.

In short, the Japanese shelling seemed to be vigorous, but in fact it did not cause any damage to the second platoons of the fourth company.

Xiaole happened to be in her menstrual period. When she was suddenly attacked by the Japanese, she actually felt pain for the first time. She squatted in the hiding place, and her forehead was sweating heavily, and her face was pale like a piece of paper, which scared Xiaole on the side to cry.

Xiaole was already very uncomfortable and had to direct this sudden battle. She had no time to comfort Xiaotong. In anger, she pushed her a little, but she pushed her to the ground without any hindrance. She couldn't speak, so she had to stare at Xiaotong with an angry look. In fact, she just wanted to simply tell her not to cry. Unexpectedly, Xiaotong misunderstood her thoughts.
Chapter completed!