Because the Japanese army's operations were large, Yan Boling and others intercepted the information during the Japanese offensive preparation stage and promptly sent it back to Motianling. After obtaining the information, Wu Cheng held a military meeting in time. All officers above the squadron leader of the Ninth Detachment gathered together to study how to deal with the upcoming attack.

The Ninth Detachment is currently fully staffed, with a total of ten squadrons, with less than 1,500 people. Together with a few hundred people from Wang Leshan's people's anti-Japanese security group, all the troops can hold guns are only about 2,000. In terms of force, it seems that there are more troops than the enemy, but the combat power cannot be compared with the enemy. Especially when we learned that the enemy was also equipped with 92 infantry artillery, the officers' opinions were immediately divided into several factions.

Liang Xixian's people advocated learning Sun Dianying's approach. The enemy came in a fierce manner. This battle must be fought, but it cannot fight hard. After the battle, it must be transferred. Xiao Liuzi and others disagreed with Liang Xixian's so-called transfer, because this base was built by the three brigades' painstaking management. If it withdraws, it is still hard to say whether it can be returned in the future. The two squadron leaders brought by Wu Cheng firmly demanded the battle. They believed that the Japanese army might not be that powerful. At present, there are only two squadrons and one artillery platoon that are the main combat forces. As long as the Ninth Detachment organizes the strength and fights head-on with the enemy, the final result may not be a loss. As a local, Wang Leshan naturally does not want the Japanese and puppets to burn and kill his hometown, and he also strongly advocates a big battle.

Even among the officers who advocated fighting a war, there were two factions. One was represented by Xiao Liuzi, who advocated the use of guerrilla warfare combined with mobile warfare to eliminate the enemy's living forces. The other faction was represented by Wang Leshan, including two squadron leaders brought by Wu Cheng, who advocated position warfare. They believed that only by blocking the enemy outside the defense zone could the interests of the army and the people be guaranteed to the maximum extent.

Wu Cheng carefully considered the opinions of all parties and finally made a decision, that is, to fight and to ensure the interests of the people, the Ninth Detachment mainly focused on positional warfare and supplemented by guerrilla warfare, striving to block the enemy outside the defense zone.

Wu Cheng had some confidence in making this decision. First, of course, the military commanders under his command basically advocated combat. Second, they did not necessarily lose to the Japanese army in terms of firepower, because Liang Xixian brought several mortars when he came, and these mortars were allocated to each brigade. At present, each brigade has more than one mortar, and the direct squadron has two mortars. If these artillery fire can be allocated during combat, they can compete with the enemy when fighting against the enemy. In addition, when predicting the enemy's attack route, everyone believed that the main Japanese army with artillery would definitely take the main road. On the way from Shuizhi to Sangyu Town, Zhang Ergou's troops had already prepared three lines of defense and built some simple fortifications. If these simple fortifications were urgently expanded and reinforced, it would not be a loss after the position war was fought.

However, Wu Cheng is not the kind of rigid commander who specializes in positional warfare. Of course, he will not give up on the guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare that Li Qinglin used. In order to allow Yao Zhonghuai and Shen Zengshun to communicate with Xiao Liuzi and others many times to gain experience in guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare.

At the end of June, the Japanese attack was carried out as scheduled. Major Jiangchuan led his team to Sangyu Town along the main road of Shuizhi. Because the Ninth Detachment had several mortars last time, in order to suppress the firepower of the Ninth Detachment, the Japanese army equipped Major Jiangchuan with the 92 infantry cannons that were only equipped with the main force. It was precisely because of the assistance of the 92 infantry cannons that the Major Jiangchuan did not adopt the tactics of the Japanese commonly used main force to attack the front and split the troops and attack sideways, but instead used the main force to join together, striving to find the main force of the Ninth Detachment to fight a decisive battle.

The Japanese army came in full force, and the Ninth Detachment had already been waiting for the Japanese to come.

First of all, the one who caught fire with the Jiangchuan Brigade was of course the fast-moving Dong Zhao Cavalry Squadron. After such a long time of training, Li Qinglin's idea of ​​building infantry riding on horseback was implemented completely. Dong Zhao's cavalry squadron was well trained, and the tactics of infantry riding on horseback were implemented very thoroughly.

Major Jiangchuan is also a veteran in the battles on the Chinese battlefield for many years and has fought with many national troops. However, the troops he encountered this time were really different from other troops. Dong Zhao's cavalry squadrons sometimes attacked and retreated. This guerrilla tactic caused some casualties to Jiangchuan's troops, but because of the speed that could not keep up, Jiangchuan was unable to catch Dong Zhao's cavalry, which made Jiangchuan very angry.

In order not to be harassed by the other party and to reduce casualties, Jiangchuan, like other Japanese commanders, not only sent a large number of scouts to conduct long-distance reconnaissance, but also sent a portion of the puppet troops to block Dong Zhao's cavalry. Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops were forced to divide some of the troops before the Japanese and puppet troops officially started a war with the Ninth Detachment.

Wang Changshan also sent a small number of security teams who had passed through actual combat to fire cold guns several times, but the enemy's troops were too strong. Although the security team's several sneak attacks caused the enemy some casualties, they could not stop the Changchuan Brigade's attack at all. Changchuan commanded the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops and soon arrived at the first line of defense of the third Brigade.

The first line of defense of the third brigade is actually the dividing line between the actual control area between the Kuomintang army and the Japanese and puppet control area. It was not until the terrain here that there was a hilly area. The fortifications established by Zhang Ergou were on a small hill called Qingcaopo.

The main road from Shuizhi to Sangyu Town is actually a business road. Qingcaopo is the first terrain that appears on the business road leading from the plain to the west to the mountains. It can be called the higher place of the slope. There is no land clearance here. In spring and summer, the slope is full of grass. Passers-by often rest here, letting the animals eat a few bites of delicious tender grass. Over time, Qingcaopopo turns into the gateway to enter and exit Sangyu Town.

At this time, the one guarding the first line of defense was Zhang Ergou's own squadron, the Eighth Squadron of the Ninth Detachment. Since the last battle of defense in Sangyu Town, although Zhang Ergou's eighth Squadron has added some personnel, it has not been fully supplemented. Compared with the more than 150 people at the peak, it is still much smaller. Now the total number of people in the Eighth Squadron is only about 130.

Wu Cheng formulated a plan before the war. He estimated that the enemy would attack from the main road, so he quietly transferred the main forces of the other three brigades to the bases of each brigade to the middle of Sangyu Town, aiming to transfer them to the battlefield on the front line of Sangyu Town at any time to support.

In fact, Wu Cheng's plan was not only to block the enemy from the defense zone, but also wanted to eliminate the enemy's main force through a siege. After all, the highest ideal of every soldier is to completely defeat the opponent.

To siege the enemy, you need to drag the enemy first and compress the enemy into a narrow area. Wucheng's plan is actually divided into two steps. One is to consume the enemy on the Qingcaopo on the first line of defense, and the second step is to surround the enemy on the Lemapo on the second line of defense. As for the Sangshupo and Yushupo battlefields in front of Sangyu Town, that is the last line of defense in Wucheng. If the enemy can fight here, Wucheng has made up his mind to go to the battlefield to fight. After all, this battle is the first battle as the new commander of the Ninth Detachment. In order to establish his prestige, he can only win but not lose in this battle.

The preset position was a very eye-catching target. Before the war, the Japanese and puppet intelligence agencies had already reconnaissed here. Major Jiangchuan certainly would not take such a position lightly. After a careful approach, the offensive and defensive battle between the two armies began.

Green Grass Slope is an earthy hillside, and such a terrain is very suitable for digging trenches. After several months of careful construction, the trenches on this slope are well built, and the firepower points are equipped with very good equipment in accordance with the standards of the National Army. However, there are only grass and trees on the hillside, and the construction of the hidden department and the command center lacks materials. Fortunately, Wang Leshan mobilized the people to donate some door panels and miscellaneous woods, and some major firepower points, command centers and concealment departments were also built according to the standards of the National Army in accordance with the tutorial.

Major Jiangchuan was not an arrogant person. After contacting the main force of Zhang Ergou's 8th Squadron, he did not launch an attack at will. According to the regulations of the Japanese infantry, he arrived at the designated position of each unit and allocated all the cover firepower before launching the first tentative attack.

It was still after the artillery fire was prepared and under the cover of machine guns, Jiang Chuan's first attack began.

On the Chinese battlefield at this time, the Japanese 92 Infantry Cannon was a relatively flexible and practical firepower. The 92 Infantry Cannon was essentially a curved artillery, but in many cases, because most of the fortifications of the National Army were constructed by civil engineering, the 92 Infantry Cannon was used as a direct firepower to clear the opponent's solid fortifications. Sure enough, just as the battle began, a very solid cover built by Zhang Ergou's troops was blown down by the 92 Infantry Cannon.

In order to consume part of the enemy's troops, Wu Cheng ordered the third brigade to transfer all the two mortars in his hand to the Qingcaopo battlefield. In fact, Wu Cheng did not need to issue an order. Zhang Ergou, who had fought with the Japanese army many times, knew very well that he was equipped with two 92 infantry cannons and two full-fledged Japanese infantry squadrons, how strong the combat effectiveness of the two Japanese infantry squadrons was, he would also transfer these two mortars himself.

The first attack of the Japanese began, and the mortars of the third squadrons began to fire. The Japanese infantry artillery soon found the mortar position and fired specifically at the mortars. The two sides began an artillery battle.

The Eighth Squadron is the old-fashioned unit of the Third Team, with many veterans inside. The Japanese's first tentative attack was quickly repelled.

Soon, Jiangchuan, who had figured out the opponent's deployment situation and firepower configuration, adjusted the deployment in time. The Japanese attack was launched soon. This time, Jiangchuan adopted the tactics of feint attack on the left wing and strong attack on the right wing. The two 92 infantry artillery were also divided, one was specifically used to deal with the mortars of the third brigade, and the other gave direct fire support to the Japanese army in the attack.

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