Zhang Yunfei's intention in this battle was to fight quickly and end quickly, fight quickly and violently, retreat resolutely, and break away immediately after winning without any sloppiness.

Although they suffered a certain amount of casualties, they basically disabled all the puppet troops and broke the menacing advance of the Japanese and puppet troops.

After realizing his tactical intention, Zhang Yunfei left the battlefield quite satisfied.

I left all the problems to Masahiko Kaneyama and could only face such a mess.

He executed the puppet battalion commander who had failed to fight well. He had lost his authority and anger, and he still had to do the rest of the work.

They originally drove the Eighth Route Army north, but now they surrounded them like this. Well, the Eighth Route Army turned around and headed south again.

That was the direction they came from, which meant that the Eighth Route Army fled into the area they had already swept, and had to conduct a second sweep.

Originally, they could still count on the cooperation of the friendly forces in the direction of Jianyang and Xincheng, but now there is no need to count on it. After all, the previous Eighth Route Army may enter their defense area and disrupt the public order in their defense area. Of course, they will be more careful. Now the Eighth Route Army has turned.

Ran.

Since they would no longer threaten their defense zone, their enthusiasm would naturally not be too high. Masahiko Kaneyama had no time to spare to quarrel with them.

But this time Zhang Yunfei really hurt the puppet troops, and the eight-way deterrence was much stronger than what Masahiko Jinshan gave him. This was equivalent to further disrupting the Japanese raids in disguise, and the coordinated operations of the puppet troops would not be too hard.

Now the one who really wants to pursue and suppress the Eighth Route Army is Masahiko Jinshan.

In terms of the strength of the Japanese troops alone, Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment could not compete with them, but Zhang Yunfei would not be stupid enough to confront the opponent head-on. Without the cooperation of local snakes like the puppet army, it would not be that easy to truly trap Zhang Yunfei to death.

During the transfer process, Zhang Yunfei felt comfortable. Previously, the Japanese and puppet troops were pressing harder and harder, and he was still under great pressure.

Although he was still far away from achieving victory in the counter-mopping operation, he could at least take a breath and think carefully about what to do next.

In the end, he decided not to act blindly for the time being, and had to observe the situation. Although their current situation had improved, the situation was still serious. Now all the enemy forces were concentrated in the northern area of ​​​​Xinjian Xianghuai, and they could only move in the southern area.

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The area of ​​activity has been reduced by more than half, the area has become narrower, and the space for activity is smaller. If you are not careful, you will fall into passivity. Moreover, the puppet army has suffered such a big loss, so it will naturally strengthen its defenses, and the fighter planes left for it will not be too large.

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The situation seems to be good now, but it's just a lull in the storm. The enemy's attack will be more fierce next time. If you can't grasp the situation in time, you may be the one who suffers.

The reality was similar to Zhang Yunfei's expectation. Because too many troops would be unable to deploy, the Japanese and puppet troops still adopted the strategy of dividing their troops.

However, in order to prevent sneak attacks from the Eighth Route Army and prevent them from being defeated one by one, the Japanese and puppet troops were divided into two groups, which made them more closely connected. In addition, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army's night attacks, they would build fortifications and increase the number of mobile troops on duty when camping.

Masahiko Kanayama is an orthodox military officer. He also summarized and reflected on his strategy. He was too eager before.

After calming down, Masahiko Kaneyama implemented the new strategy, and the Eighth Route Army who had been harassing him before gave up the futile action.

The sudden calm made Masahiko Kaneyama feel a lot better. The previous extensive sweeping method as if to catch up with the progress was not advisable. The various troops were fighting independently, giving the Eighth Route Army too many opportunities to take advantage of. Now

Finally on the right track.

As for the puppet battalion commander who was killed by him, he can only be considered unlucky. Who made him fight poorly and bumped into his hand? Anyway, he would not admit that his previous decision was wrong.

In response to the Japanese's change of tactics, Zhang Yunfei did not attack again. It was not that Zhang Yunfei really intended to give up.

But his troops also need to be adjusted. The Eighth Route Army is indeed very famous for its guerrilla harassment tactics, but the Eighth Route Army is not invincible. They will also be tired, even more tired than the Japanese and puppet troops.

Real guerrillas only need to consider tiring and disturbing the enemy, but they also need to maintain combat effectiveness, so they have to consider efficiency issues.

Moreover, the Japanese and puppet troops slowed down their marching speed, and the puppet troops who were cooperating with each other were not active at all. The advance was slowed down, but their defenses against themselves became much stronger, which increased the difficulty and success rate of sneak attacks.

At least under the current circumstances, the Japanese and puppet troops had just implemented a new strategy and were executing it most conscientiously. It was difficult for them to find opportunities, so Zhang Yunfei naturally stopped this action with little effect.

The enemy advanced and we retreated, and both sides entered a brief period of calm. However, this period of calm was short-lived. The puppet troops fighting in coordination suddenly accelerated and began to advance southward with all their strength without warning, breaking the brief calm maintained by both sides.

Since the puppet troops were the first to disobey the rules, Zhang Yunfei himself was not polite and ordered the first and second battalions to harass the Japanese and puppet troops who were divided into two groups and to resist step by step along the mountain road.

Faced with the Japanese and puppet troops' tactics of dividing their forces and attacking together, Zhang Yunfei's troops, with limited strength, could only retreat continuously, which was very difficult to deal with.

Moreover, although the Japanese and puppet troops were divided into two groups, neither side of the two groups was weak.

Although the puppet army and the Japanese still acted separately, the Japanese temporarily assigned a squadron of soldiers and a cannon kid to the puppet army to strengthen the puppet army's combat effectiveness.

Regarding Jinshan Masahiko's arrangement, Huang Haohai almost wanted to scold his mother. He was just trying to make a fool of himself, but Taijun's arrangement was equivalent to depriving his commander of the throne.

Although he is still nominally the supreme commander of this route, does he dare to command the imperial army? Therefore, his command authority is limited to the general affairs of the army in peacetime. Naturally, the battle command must be at the discretion of the Taijun.

This was not because he was scolded by the opponent because he was slow in marching. Now the Taijun sent a new order, which was to order them to quickly intersperse along the way and cooperate with the Taijun's force to attack the flanks of the Eighth Route.

This frightened Huang Haohai greatly, thinking that Taijun had guessed the Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, blamed him for slowing down the march, and asked him to follow the Eighth Route Army to die desperately.

However, Taijun's advisor, who was familiar with him, told him the essence of the imperial army's tactics of dividing forces and attacking together, and then he was reassured... what the hell.

Although Taijun did not guess that he wanted to preserve his strength and did not want to punish him, it was an indisputable fact that he was asked to fight against the Eighth Route Army. In terms of the result, there was no difference.

The strategic intention of the sudden action of the Japanese and puppet troops was very obvious, which was to increase the sense of oppression and try to drive them out of the mountainous area.

This is the disadvantage of a narrow area of ​​activity. No matter which enemy group they block, they have to face the rapid outflanking of another group of enemies.
Chapter completed!