At this time, the Japanese army was gathering a large number of troops to attack Qinyang and Jiyuan in southern Shanxi, so there were very few troops left in Jiaozuo. However, the Ninth Detachment suddenly appeared here, and this small force made the Japanese army feel like they were carrying a thorn, and they had to mobilize troops from all over the country to sweep.

In China, the most unabashed thing is traitors. On the second day after Nanjing fell, Japan established the North China puppet regime in Peking in the name of the so-called Provisional Government of the Republic of China, and organized a large number of puppet troops to maintain public order. While the Japanese attacked head-on, they also brought the so-called "propaganda team" with the team. These propaganda personnel were basically composed of traitors. In order to eliminate the resistance of the people, they even absorbed some knowledgeable and cultural young girls and promoted the so-called "Greater East Asia Co-propaganda" in the form of singing and dancing. These people took propaganda materials printed by the Japanese army. As long as the Japanese army occupied a certain place, these propaganda personnel would publicize to the people locally how the imperial army was invincible and how to be close to the people. The Japanese army fought a holy war, which was to establish the co-propaganda of Greater East Asia Co-propaganda.

Of course, the so-called officials and Japanese spies of the puppet regime followed the Japanese army. Their main task was to establish a puppet regime in the occupied areas.

The puppet regime was also established in the area where the Ninth Detachment was stationed. However, because the Japanese army was out of reach, the few people in the local puppet regime were just named, and the actual rule of the Japanese army was not realized.

The pseudo-regime did not work, but the Japanese spies and traitors did not stop their activities. As soon as the Ninth Detachment arrived, the basic situation of this unit was soon reported by these traitors to the Japanese army stationed in Jiaozuo.

The Ninth Detachment was just a regiment, and its weapons and equipment were not even comparable to the B-type troops of the National Army. In addition, it was not well established and had insufficient personnel training. This intelligence made the Japanese army despise this guerrilla force, so the Japanese army only sent one squadron of Japanese soldiers to sweep the enemy with two battalions of puppet troops.

After the Japanese occupied North China, a pseudo-provisional government was established. In military terms, Japan used some former Kuomintang troops, bandit armed forces, and landlord armed forces that treasoned the country and surrendered to the enemy. For those who had strong combat effectiveness and were more determined to pro-Japanese, the puppet regime gave military pay; for other troops surrendered to Japan, the name of "Imperial Army" was given, and the Japanese army temporarily distributed funds.

For traitors, no organization or country in the world will fully trust, and the same is true for the Japanese army. For puppet army troops, Japan adopts a strategy of retaining strength and gradual phase-out in terms of composition, and a strategy of limited trust, full use, and key prevention in terms of military forces.

The two battalions of the puppet army brought out to participate in the mobilization this time were part of the so-called North China Security Army of the puppet government. These puppet troops were basically surrendered by the National Army after the Battle of Zhanghe. Their personnel and equipment were the same as before, and they used the previous weapons, but they changed their flags and military uniforms.

A squadron sent by the Japanese army was actually a garrison stationed in Jiaozuo.

At this time, the Japanese army rushing to the forefront of the war was the so-called permanent division of Japan. They were all filled with Japanese weapons and were composed of veterans who had experienced many battles, so they were the absolute main force of the Japanese army. After the troops on the front line captured a certain place, the Japanese army established a regime with the help of traitors to consolidate their rule. Generally, the troops stationed in the garrison are the so-called garrison troops.

The Japanese garrison was equivalent to the Japanese second-line troops. Its main task was to station key areas, establish regimes, and maintain public order. Therefore, it was equipped with few heavy weapons. Except for the backbone forces who were veterans from the front line, many other soldiers were new soldiers sent from Japan.

In order to drive the Ninth Detachment out of the Wuzhi area, the Japanese garrison captain stationed in Jiaozuo still paid enough attention. They not only sent the Sansaka Squadron and the Island Squadron, which had the majority of veterans, but also made an exception to equip the two squadrons with two heavy machine guns and a 92 Infantry Cannon.

After Chen Zhendong arrived in Wuzhi, he immediately made a lot of preparations. Based on the tradition of national military combat, his first order was to require each unit to build fortifications on the spot to prevent the Japanese attack. Because there were not many mobile troops in his hands, the Japanese army mobilized troops not very smoothly. The final attack began on June 10th, and at this time, the fortifications of Chen Zhendong's Ninth Detachment were completed.

The three brigades of the Ninth Detachment are not far apart. As the headquarters of the detachment, Miaodian Town is naturally the top priority of defense. There are the first brigade and the squadron directly under the brigade; the second brigade is in Xihu Village, located in the northeast of Miaodian Town; Li Qinglin's third brigade is in Tonghuagou, located in the northwest of Miaodian Town. These three bans are set up very scientifically, and they are only about ten miles away from each other. Once the war begins, the three parties will support each other quickly.

Chen Zhendong's main combat experience still comes from the warlords' melee. He has several staff members, and they are all young graduates of the military academy, but basically they have never fought in actual combat. The establishment of these three brigade positions looks like a copy of a textbook, but they have not yet experienced actual combat tests.

Li Qinglin believes that this arrangement is very debatable. Especially when the army stationed in Dacun Town, guerrilla troops were deployed in front of the main defensive forces. This tactic obviously violates the principles of guerrilla warfare, and Li Qinglin believes that it will be destined to suffer failure.

After Li Qinglin's third brigade arrived in Tongshugou, Chen Zhendong also held several military meetings. At the first military meeting, Li Qinglin raised his own questions. However, Chen Zhendong's young staff members quoted classics and talked loudly, holding batons to compare and compare on the map, talking about the military strength comparison, fighting will, and strategy and tactics. It seems that the Japanese army can be wiped out from the map.

Li Qinglin, who had fought many times in actual combat, naturally didn't take that trick, and he almost quarreled with the staff. But Chen Zhendong and the other two captains seemed to be convinced of the staff's plans. As an absolute minority, Li Qinglin finally accepted this defensive plan.

The Ninth Detachment has another more urgent problem, that is, the source of military intelligence. It is so close to the Japanese that battles will happen at any time. Li Qinglin knew that what is most urgently needed at this time was the enemy's intelligence. Therefore, after the meeting, Li Qinglin asked Chen Zhendong many times about the enemy's situation.

Chen Zhendong was ordered by Shangfeng to cross the river. His detachment had a radio station, but this place was behind enemy lines. The military intelligence department of the First War Zone did not go deep into this place. Chen Zhendong could not get any exact news from his superiors. Chen Zhendong also thought of ways to get information from the enemy, but they had just arrived here, and the troops were not familiar with the local people, so how could they talk about spying from the enemy?

It is better to begging for others than asking for others, so Li Qinglin had to find a way by himself. After the first military meeting, Li Qinglin ordered Xiao Liuzi and his friends to buy some horses or mules, and then use the Japanese horse harnesses and 38 horse rifles seized by Guide. The three brigade formed a cavalry platoon. This cavalry platoon absorbed the messengers from Li Qinglin's brigade headquarters. The main task was not to fight with the Japanese army, but to reconnaise the enemy's situation and pass on orders.
Chapter completed!