Originally, Kumamoto had a plan to recapture Shingo.

At this time, after some deliberation, Kumamoto decided to use the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade and the 13th Tank Brigade as the pioneers, and the rest of the divisions followed closely behind.

At the end of the meeting, Kumamoto Liang stood up, swept everyone with a sharp gaze like a falcon, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, this battle is related to the glory of my independent mixed 7th Brigade, and it is also related to the empire's strategic plan in southwest China!"

If we can recapture Xinxiang and annihilate the Tiger Regiment, we can not only redeem our merits, but also make immortal achievements!

So, everyone has to do their best in this battle.

If anyone neglects, I will deal with it by military law!

Do you understand everything? ”

"Haya! Inferior ranks, they all understand! ”

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The 7th Independent Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army was not stationed in Jiaozuo, but in Xiuwu County.

In fact, not only the Japanese army, but even China . Army, each unit has its own jurisdiction.

In addition to having a combat mission, which needs to be assembled.

In normal times, there are very few units above the regimental level that gather together; In many cases, they are even scattered in battalion and company units.

In this way, it is more conducive to the garrison of the jurisdiction.

If an enemy army is coming, there can also be buffer and reaction time.

As mentioned earlier, the Japanese army was originally a small country.

Not only is there a shortage of strategic materials, but the source of troops is also far from China's.

After occupying a large area of China, the Japanese army did not have enough troops to garrison, so they had to collect prisoners for their own use.

Although they knew that those Imperial Allied armies were simply overwhelmed.

However, there is a shortage of troops, and this is a serious flaw that Japan cannot change.

Therefore, in many counties, there is even only one squad, or gendarmerie brigade, stationed in the garrison.

Some county towns were even directly handed over to the Imperial Association Army to garrison.

That is, Xinxiang, a strategically important county town, will be equipped with an infantry brigade to garrison.

Xiuwu is between Jiaozuo and Xinxiang.

It is more than 50 miles away from Jiaozuo and more than 80 miles away from Xinxiang.

In addition to the 7th Independent Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, there is also the 13th Tank Brigade and a pseudo-regiment stationed in Xiuwu.

It is worth mentioning that the puppet regiment stationed in Xiuwu was adapted from the regular army of North China that Japan had surrendered, and its combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the ordinary Central Army, far from being comparable to the Xinxiang Security Regiment.

The total strength is more than 2,000 people.

Of course, these troops are not completely stationed in Xiuwu County, but are scattered in Xiuwu and the surrounding areas.

The Saito Brigade, for example, is part of the 7th Independent Infantry Wing.

Received an order to fight.

The wing commander of the 7th Independent Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, Matsushita Hongcheng, immediately ordered the assembly of troops.

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The picture pulls to Xinxiang.

For most of the day, Yang Chen had robbed the local tyrants and inferior gentry in Xinxiang City.

No, it should be said that all the accounts that will be released will be returned.

In this war era when there is a shortage of soldiers and smoke everywhere, the barrel of a gun is the truth.

was pointed at the head by the muzzle of the black hole, how dare these local tyrants and inferior gentry resist?

Of course, Yang Chen just scraped 80% of these guys' belongings, after all, being a man and leaving a line, it's good to meet in the future, isn't it? 186 Chinese Network

Yang Chen is not an unreasonable person, so naturally he will not force them to a dead end.

Although Xinxiang is only a small county town, because of the reason that the Pinghan railway line passes through it, Xinxiang is far more prosperous than the average county seat.

These local tyrants and inferior gentry who eat people and don't spit out bones are all very rich.

Yang Chen has collected more than one million oceans in total, hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, and countless cloths.

At the same time, when the Anmin notice was pasted out, and the people knew that it was the Tiger Bentuan that entered Xinxiang, the entire county was boiling.

There was no need for the Tiger Ben Regiment to paste recruitment notices, and hundreds of promising patriotic youths rushed to vote.

There are also many people who spontaneously donate money and food, and take out all the eggs that they are reluctant to eat.

Yang Chen, as well as the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment, were all very moved.

And I got a sense of satisfaction that I had never felt before, and I felt that I was being supported by the people, which was really good.

All the effort, even the bloodshed and sacrifice, is worth it!

Of course, the Tiger Ben Regiment adheres to the same principle as the Eighth Route Army, and if it does not take a stitch from the people, it is naturally impossible to accept these things.

To put it mildly, even if Yang Chen personally came forward to explain that the Tiger Bentuan was not short of money and food, it still couldn't dispel the enthusiasm of the people.

In the end, Yang Chen said to buy it at the market price.

The people are not happy, they put down their things and run, and they don't reason with you at all.

The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment stared at each other, you look at me, I look at you, with a confused expression.

But more than that, I was moved.

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Of course, Yang Chen did not blindly immerse himself in the joy of victory.

He knew that Xinxiang, a strategically important town, would be taken over by the Tiger Buntuan, and the Japanese would definitely not give up.

The Tiger Ben Regiment had just returned to Xinxiang and had not yet built an intelligence network.

The current Tiger Ben Regiment is like a blind man, and he knows nothing about the enemy situation outside Xinxiang.

As a result, Yang Chen had to turn to the Eighth Route Army and Yan Laoxi for help.

Compared with Yan Laoxi, the intelligence network of the Eighth Route Army is more perfect.

The chairmanship of the committee will have a deep understanding of this point many years from now, and we will not express it here for the time being.

Yang Chen donated countless amounts of money and food to the Eighth Route Army, as well as advanced weapons and equipment, so even if Yang Chen has not joined the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army has long regarded it as its own.

For Yang Chen, he naturally will not hide anything, and is even happy to help Yang Chen.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army shared the Japanese military intelligence in the vicinity of Xinxiang to Yang Chen completely and unconditionally in real time.

It must be worth mentioning that thanks to Yang Chen's donation of a lot of radio stations to the Eighth Route Army, otherwise many underground party branches would not have such a scarce object as a radio station.

Sure enough, the situation was just as Yang Chen expected.

In the afternoon of the same day, he received a telegram from the underground party's military cultivation branch.

The temporary headquarters of the Tiger Regiment was located at the headquarters of the Saito Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Not long after, except for Wang Gui, Liao Yong and others, who had a task, the rest of the people were all summoned by Yang Chen.

Everyone who was originally smiling brightly all became serious after seeing Yang Chen's solemn expression.

Yang Chen motioned for everyone to sit down, looked around and said, "According to the information provided by the underground party, the Japanese army in the direction of Xiuwu has begun to assemble.

The Saito Brigade, which was defeated by us, was subordinate to the 7th Wing, an independent mixed unit of the Japanese army stationed in Xiuwu.

If nothing else, this Japanese army should be coming for us, and it will set off early tomorrow morning at the latest, and will arrive at Xinxiang City at noon tomorrow. ”

After briefly explaining the situation, Yang Chen said again: "Let's talk about your opinions." ”

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