"Eighth Route Army,"

"Independent Regiment..."

Hearing these two words, Cai Jigang's pupils suddenly shrank.

The Eighth Route Army is the most sensitive topic of preserved fruit at the moment.

Far beyond the devil.

In recent years, this force, or rather this group of forces, has received a large amount of weapons, equipment, and materials from nowhere, and its strength has increased greatly, not only forcing the blockade troops of Guoguo to retreat one after another, but also compressing the Japanese First Army, almost all of Shanxi and other places.

Form a posture of entrenchment.

At the same time, the issuance of food stamps, supported by high-quality grain, sugar, and fuel oil, is now almost the most mainstream currency in the country, and it is also collecting a large number of refugees, engaging in large-scale construction, and its reputation is getting better and better.

>Iron, Iron

Not long ago, he completely annihilated the troops stationed in Mongolia, recovered a large area of lost territory, and his reputation was greatly enhanced.

Judgment from above.

And this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army is the origin of all this, and everything started from this small regimental unit that is 'unorganized' and 'miscellaneous'.

"You guys, what's the matter?"

As a war supervisor sent by the Ninth War Zone, Cai Jigang didn't want to come into contact with this group.

Now in the eyes of the chairman, this group of people is even more threatening than devils.

The devil is arrogant now, but now the international situation is very good, as long as the preserved fruit does not fall, no matter how much territory is lost, when the Americans come to attack, then everything can be recovered.

But the territory occupied by this group, with the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, wants to be recovered in the future, unless the Americans themselves take action·····

However, the Battle of Changheng and the loss of Changsha have become a foregone conclusion, a large area of the country has been ravaged by Japanese invaders, a large number of ordinary people have been displaced, and a large number of soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. In addition, the Hengyang operation is also about to begin.

As a soldier, Cai Jigang knew that it was time to abandon prejudices and unite all available anti-Japanese forces.

"This is a letter from our commissar."

The person who came handed Cai Jigang a letter.

"Commissar..."

Looking at the letter in front of him, Cai Jigang paused for a while.

Although he did not name it, Cai Jigang knew who the political commissar was.

Zhao Gang.

Political commissar of the Independent Regiment.

In terms of popularity, this person is even more famous than Li Yunlong, the head of the independent regiment.

Under the leadership of Zhao Gang, two years ago, 42 years, the Eighth Road began a large-scale rescue of the victims in Henan, transferred the victims, distributed food to the victims, and distributed basic daily necessities, and the scale expanded year by year.

After the independent group arrived in Zhao Jiayu, that is, in the past year or so, it organized a super-large-scale rescue of the victims, and millions of victims survived and even lived well.

According to rough estimates, at least 10 million people have been saved through cash-for-work and other means.

Moreover, this person also vigorously developed industry, education, and scientific research, and was deeply respected by intellectuals, and had a very high reputation throughout the country, and because of these actions, the reputation of the Eight Roads in the country was high.

Cai Jigang has always felt that these actions organized by this person pose a threat to the preserved fruit, even more dangerous than direct military action.

However, he also had to admit that Zhao Gang's organization had greatly enhanced national strength, strengthened national self-confidence, strengthened the people's sense of identity with the country, and strengthened the country's cohesion.

After hesitating for a long time, Cai Jigang finally accepted the letter.

······

In the afternoon of the same day.

Eight roads, what will be done?

Looking at the decoy brigade that had already passed through the ambush area, Kazuo Saito clenched the box in his hand, and his breathing began to be heavy.

As a squadron leader, his own ability is also good, and under the leopard, he knows very well that for this ambush battle, the division commander has made sufficient preparations.

The total strength is 15,000 troops, of which 5,000 are responsible for intercepting the support troops of the Eighth Road, and a total of 10,000 troops are directly involved in the ambush.

The 10,000 people were divided into three parts.

The first part was the bait, a group and a half fleeing along the road, and the second part was about 2,000 men, lying in ambush around the ambush site. The third part is the absolute main force of the remaining 7,000 troops, hidden behind the first two full brigades, forming a larger encirclement.

The division commander is not a fool either.

Balu is a veteran of playing ambushes, and it is difficult to guarantee that people will be fooled by just bait, so a multi-layer ambush is set up.

When the reconnaissance troops of the Eighth Route faction found that there were only 2,000 people in the ambush on both flanks, they would definitely launch a direct attack with the absolute advantage of firepower, intending to defeat the ambush troops, and this move happened to enter the large ambush circle.

Just as Saito was thinking, he saw that the eighth road in the distance stopped a kilometer outside the ambush circle, and a few people from the armored vehicles in the front row held binoculars to observe ahead, but what made him strange was that after waiting for a long time, the bait team had run for a mile, and the other party was still in place, without the slightest intention of sending a reconnaissance team.

"What the hell do you want to do?"

Just as a squad leader beside him was scolding.

Buzz · ·

The sound of airplanes was heard in the distance, and then a full twelve planes appeared in the sight of the devils.

"The first ambush has been discovered?"

Seeing the plane, Saito thought subconsciously.

If the ambush hadn't been discovered, why would Eight Road have called so many planes over?

Immediately afterward, he frowned.

"There are too many planes."

Twelve planes, which is equivalent to half a flying wing.

The same speculation, doubts, and exclamations surfaced in the hearts of every devil with a brain at this time, and then, a group of devils saw that these fifteen planes began to reduce their altitude, and they could even clearly see the bombs under the belly of the fighters.

"Something is wrong."

Saito suddenly felt bad in his heart.

During the period of recuperation, he heard various words from the wounded soldiers of the First Army and the North China Front, which made him clear that he could not leave anything to chance when dealing with the Eighth Route Army.

"Enter the bomb hole."

Without hesitation, he immediately took the people around him into the hidden anti-artillery hole he had dug overnight.

As soon as Saito got into the bomb hole, he heard a violent explosion.

Looking back, through the holes in the anti-artillery holes, he saw that planes began to swell, bombs fell from the sky, and violent explosions continued to appear on the ambush positions on both flanks of the canyon.

And not only the first ambush circle of the two brigades he was in, but even the second lane where the division commander was located was covered by a violent explosion.

"How can one plane hold so many bombs!"

"Is this an ambush plan that has been fully exposed?"

Saito's heart suddenly appeared with surprise and horror.

Suddenly, a bomb exploded near his anti-artillery hole, kicking up a violent smoke of gunpowder, and Saito's eyes widened suddenly, because that was really where his captain was.

······

"There are really devils in ambush!"

Seeing the devils who were blown out by the violent explosion of the aerial bomb, the battalion commander who was traveling with Kong Jie was a little surprised.

"Normal."

Kong Jie smiled and said:

"The terrain in front of you is perfect for an ambush."

"Moreover, fifteen thousand devils, retreat and flee without firing a shot, this is obviously wrong."

"Captain, let's..."

The battalion commander asked.

His tone was a little impatient.

Now that the devil is being blown up, it is a good time to take advantage of the victory to pursue it.

"There's no hurry."

Kong Jie shook his head and signaled the battalion commander to be calm:

"Let's bomb a little longer."

As Kong Jie's voice fell, five more fighters flew over in the distance.

In addition, through the transaction of resources and preserved fruits, the army has obtained a large number of good pilot seedlings, and with the talent priority supply system and a large number of actual aircraft training, the number of pilots in the army has increased dramatically.

Seventy combat pilots were stationed at Songxian Airport.

At present, the location of the ambush is only less than 100 kilometers away from Songxian, and the aircraft in a state of readiness only takes half an hour from takeoff to support.

Today the sky is clear and the sky is blue.

In this kind of weather, the aerial vision is excellent, and even if the ground terrain is complex and the jungle is lush, the bombing effect is also very good.

After learning that there were devils in ambush below, the independent regimental flight brigade of Songxian County played an attitude that it would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, and dropped bombshells on every hill and suitable ambush location.

During the two-hour bombing, the flying group flew a total of 200 sorties and 600 tons of bombs.

"Attack."

At this point, Kong Jie gave the order to attack.

As his words fell, seven new attack aircraft appeared in the sky.