Zhang Yunfei was sitting in the shade with his back against the rocks, squinting his eyes and taking a short rest.

With the general goal in mind, he has not yet considered how to act in the next step. This will have to wait for Tiedan and the others to determine the situation of their reconnaissance.

Having said that, I really need to form a reconnaissance platoon, and now Tiedan's company is responsible for the reconnaissance mission.

The First Company is the sharp knife company of the New Ninth Regiment. They have to work while others are resting. Once an emergency occurs, they need to go into battle immediately. After all, human energy is limited, especially in this era, reconnaissance is a strenuous job.

Relying entirely on running on two legs, this has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the company.

Wang Zejun wants to work, but his guard platoon's current position is just to stand guard, which makes it difficult for him to do his job.

Moreover, Zhang Yunfei is also deliberately trying to temper his temper. This guy graduated from the Central Military Academy and is somewhat arrogant. Such an attitude is not acceptable.

He is a candidate for the commander of his own special agent company. The special agent company is responsible for security, reconnaissance, communications and other tasks. These are all cautious and meticulous tasks. He is not qualified now.

"Are you saying that the Japs in Jianyang didn't make any changes, they just increased the density of patrols?" The news sent back by Tiedan and the others still made Zhang Yunfei frown. This is not a good sign.

The Eighth Route Army is good at winning in chaos, and is really not afraid of the impetuous raids of the little devils. However, this slow and slow style makes people very uncomfortable.

This can be regarded as a new change of the little devils. When they are raiding, they will mobilize more troops to blockade, targeting the Eighth Route Army's mobile and flexible guerrilla tactics.

Being restricted by the Japanese to a certain space made anti-mopping operations extremely difficult. Many troops were gradually compressed by the Japanese in their living space, and were eventually unable to move. In order to get rid of the enemy's sweep, they often made huge sacrifices.

It is impossible for the Japanese to remain indifferent if they make such a big noise. Looking at this situation, they want to trap themselves to death.

Although the reality was different from what Zhang Yunfei thought, it was still very different. Colonel Katsuramu agreed to cooperate with Fengmu in encircling and suppressing this Eighth Route Army, but he only agreed that his own troops would be responsible for the blockade.

Because his troops were cooperating with the mopping up troops to blockade Taiyue District at this time, they could not mobilize too many troops, so they could only strengthen the blockade and block Zhang Yunfei's northward escape.

Although Fengmu's troops were also responsible for the blockade of the southern Hebei region, their two regiments were not the main offensive force in this sweep, and were only responsible for the peripheral blockade.

However, the Fengmu Regiment is responsible for the outermost blockade defense, which is much easier than the task of the Kuzumu Regiment directly blocking the Eighth Route Army base area.

Moreover, the main combat target of the Fengmu Regiment has always been the Kuomintang troops, and the mobile forces it can mobilize are much richer than those of the Kuzumu Regiment.

Therefore, in this encirclement and suppression of Zhang Yunfei's troops, Fengmu's tribe was responsible for the main attack, sweeping from south to north, while Gemu's tribe was responsible for blockade, blocking their way to escape north.

From the report of the attack to Yuan, Colonel Katsura realized that the combat power of Zhang Yunfei's troops was still considerable, so he sent additional troops to increase the defense of various regions, and at the same time sent a large number of plainclothes troops to search for Zhang Yunfei's troops.

This is also what Tiedan and the others saw during their reconnaissance. The Japanese and puppet troops are strengthening patrols and increasing defense.

Zhang Yunfei didn't have a good solution for the Japanese who were waiting for him. Now the Japanese were not as indulgent and reckless as they were at the beginning of the war, but were extremely pragmatic.

Xiangyuan's ambush battle gave him a big advantage, and it also made the Japanese and puppet troops treat them more cautiously. It would be very difficult to capture the fighter planes again.

Zhang Yunfei also realized that as the Japanese and puppet troops paid more attention to him, their situation would become more and more difficult. In fact, Zhang Yunfei also knew that after fighting this battle, the usual practice was to lead the team to move north and wait until the enemy encircled and suppressed them.

Previously, I entered the old base area to temporarily avoid the limelight.

But the road back north is not so easy. Now the Japanese have sealed the base area even more tightly. A regiment of Japanese soldiers and nearly 4,000 puppet troops have formed a tight blockade. Blockhouses and blockhouses have been built at almost every village intersection.

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Now that I have a big career, it is almost impossible to cross the blockade secretly. Even if I pass it, it is not that easy to come back.

Moreover, the Japanese will also launch a large-scale raid on the base area next time. If you go back at this time, you always feel like you are throwing yourself into a trap.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei rejected the suggestion of withdrawing to the north and responded on the grounds that his troops were intended to be targets to attract the enemy.

As the active troops on the southern front mobilized by Fengmu gradually arrived, Zhang Yunfei's situation deteriorated rapidly. The blockade of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops was extremely tight, and the various units of the Japanese and puppet troops on the southern front began to rapidly advance northward, gradually squeezing

his living space.

Fengmu attached great importance to this battle. After all, it alerted the friendly forces. Even for the sake of face, this battle must be successful.

Therefore, he specially mobilized half a brigade of imperial troops, plus two regiments of puppet troops to cooperate, and began to sweep the entire area.

Although Fengmu wanted to eliminate this Eighth Route Army immediately, he was not too confused to mobilize too many troops and give up his own job.

In accordance with the requirements formulated by the front army to use China to control China, these puppet troops were gradually allowed to take over from the imperial army and assume the task of providing anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines. At the same time, the puppet troops were allowed to fight independently against the Eighth Route Army to ensure control of the battlefield behind enemy lines, and

security in the areas it occupies.

Using these puppet troops can save a lot of the tense strength of the imperial army, which can be used in situations like this.

Fengmu also knew that from every aspect, this was considered a heavy force, and it seemed a bit fussy to deal with this group of eight-pronged forces, but he had no choice.

His unit had too little experience fighting against the Eighth Route Army, and it also had to sweep several counties. With a small number of people, he was really worried that it would not be able to cope with the Eighth Route Army's unpredictable tactics.

The intelligence capabilities of the Japanese and puppet troops, based on the intelligence collection from all parties, accurately targeted the southern area of ​​Jianyang and sent multiple troops to carry out raids.

Faced with the pressing steps of the Japanese and puppet troops, they could no longer hide. A group of puppet troops discovered their whereabouts and had to urgently move to the northeast.

Seeing this opportunity, the puppet troops behind them insisted on pursuing him.

Normally, these puppet soldiers would not dare to do this, but now that there are people of their own everywhere around, the Eighth Route Army only cares about escaping for their lives and has no time to deal with them, so they naturally become arrogant.

As long as you tightly entangle the Eighth Route Army so that they cannot escape, and wait until the encircling troops arrive, it will be a great achievement.

However, when Zhang Yunfei and others fled into the Black Rock Ridge in the east of Jianyang, the puppet troops chasing behind hesitated and slowed down their pace.

Credit is good, but this place has high mountains and dense forests. If you chase too closely and get ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in a hurry, it is not worth losing your life. Anyway, as long as you follow from a distance, don't let them really run away.
Chapter completed!