I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 173 Colonel Matsushita Took the Bait

Another reason is that if these soldiers were allowed to return home with their guns.

If they become bandits on the way, the local people will suffer.

Fang Ximen spoke again: "If I can capture Wu Fatian alive, I hope I can kill him with my own hands."

These two conditions are nothing, Wu Changfeng can agree to them on his own.

However, Wu Changfeng also had a condition, which was that the hands of these Imperial Army soldiers must be "clean".

If anyone has blood debts owed to ordinary people, he will deal with them individually.

Unless they make significant contributions in the next war, they can be considered for re-arrangement.

Fang Ximen said calmly: "My regiment is relatively clean. They usually train in the barracks and rarely have the opportunity to go out and harm the people.

The reason we attacked you this time is because Wu Fatian despises our cleanness and wants us to get our hands stained with blood."

Since both parties have agreed on the terms, Wu Changfeng will no longer be shy with him.

He asked Fang Ximen, "Brother Ximen, do you have any opinion on the upcoming battle?"

At this moment, the person in charge of alert at the back withdrew to report.

"Commander, Eighth Route Army commander, the troops are catching up with us from behind, and they are about two kilometers away from us."

Fang Ximen asked, "Whose troops are catching up with us? How many people are there?"

"Captain, the ones coming should be the Matsushita Battalion of the Japanese, about 800 people.

This time they were all light infantry, and their artillery squadron did not follow."

Fang Ximen said, "It seems that this old devil from Matsushita is worried about me.

This time he came after me, either to supervise the battle or to seize my military power.

Originally I had no good solution, but now that Panasonic has come to my door, I have found a solution.

Brother Changfeng, it seems we have to do a round first."

Wu Changfeng asked: "Oh, do you have any good ideas?"

Fang Ximen said: "We will launch an attack now, you can send two companies of soldiers to stop us.

The rest of you guys continue to hide and just lead the people from Matsushita into this encirclement.

Then we can close the door and beat the dog, and we won’t be afraid of not being able to take them down.”

After listening to Fang Ximen's words, Wu Changfeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Ximen, your fighting style is very suitable for our New 1st Regiment's appetite."

After saying that, he immediately started making arrangements according to what Fang Ximen had said.

The Eighth Route Army troops quickly reached the mountain and opened a gap in the west gate of the house.

When Fang Ximen's troops walked through the minefield, a wonderful show began.

Major Matsushita hurried back to his regiment headquarters of the 39th Division.

He explained the situation to his superior, the brigade commander, who believed that the current situation of the 15th Mixed Brigade was very unstable.

After a warm reception from his squadron leader, Dabidou, he handed over his battalion to him.

Let him go back to the 15th Mixed Brigade immediately, take over Wu's command immediately, and stabilize the Imperial Army on the front line.

Just when Panasonic rushed back, he suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake.

He and Wu Fatian both overlooked one person when the incident happened.

He is Wu Fatian and Lu Dagui's sworn brother, and the commander of the fourth regiment of the Mixed Brigade, Fang Ximen.

At that time, Wu Fatian had a guilty conscience, so he chose to deliberately forget Fang Ximen.

In Matsushita's inherent consciousness, as long as he controlled Wu Fatian, he would be able to control the 15th Mixed Brigade.

Only now did he remember that Fang Ximen's regiment was the most powerful one in the Imperial Army.

If a fight really broke out, Fang Ximen's regiment would only need one charge to defeat Wu Fatian's three regiments.

When he caught up with Wu Fatian, he found out that Wu Fatian had already arranged Fang Ximen to move to the west.

Without saying much, Matsushita left a small team of Japanese soldiers to Watanabe, and he took his Matsushita Battalion to chase in the direction of Fang Ximen.

When the Japanese soldiers of Matsushita Battalion were still two miles away from the mountain pass, they heard the sound of explosions coming from the mountain pass.

Immediately afterwards, intensive gunfire was heard from inside the mountain pass.

The explosions that were heard at the beginning were obviously the explosions of homemade mines and grenades.

Then came the sound of explosions from the Type 92 infantry guns and grenade launchers firing grenades.

The sound of gunfire was also easy to distinguish; it was the sound of the Empire's three large rifles firing at the Hanyang rifle.

Then came the sound of the Empire's Type 99 rifles and the Eighth Route Army's Czech-style rifles firing at each other.

According to Major Matsushita's understanding of Fang Ximen, his 4th Regiment was the main force of the 15th Mixed Brigade.

This regiment was equipped with the Empire's Type 38 rifle.

Equipment such as the Type 92 infantry gun and a large number of grenade launchers were concentrated in this regiment for use.

With his many years of military experience, Major Matsushita was certain that Fang Ximen had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

But this Captain Fang Ximen Fang is indeed a genius in training troops in the Imperial Army, and his reaction is quick.

Judging from the sound of fighting, in less than a minute, Fang Ximen had already launched a counterattack on the spot.

Moreover, the sound of gunfire from Fang Ximen's side was gradually getting louder.

And from the sound of gunfire coming from the mountain, the Czech-style guns of the Eighth Route Army had been silenced.

And with the "chirp" sound of the Type 38 rifles of the Imperial Army, they were slowly moving forward.

Hearing this, Colonel Matsushita began to curse Wu Fatian in his heart.

Wu Fatian, this loser, took up the title of brigade commander for nothing, but his tactical arrangements were a mess.

Letting his brother-in-law be the commander of the cavalry regiment is simply misleading the young people.

Only ten people died, but they were scared to death by the Eighth Route Army militia.

In the end, due to a moment of carelessness, more than 200 people were ambushed and killed by the Eighth Route Army militia.

If Wu Fatian is a waste, then his brother-in-law is the waste among wastes.

Look at the soldiers led by Fang Ximen, they were also ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

Not only did they not run away, they also launched a counterattack on the spot.

Moreover, their counterattack is very sharp, and they have now begun to chase the Eighth Route Army.

Panasonic had already had an idea, which was to replace Wu Fatian with Fang Ximen.

Replace Wu Fatian from the position of commander of the mixed brigade and give it to Fang Ximen.

If Song Wenwan knew about Major Matsushita's fantasy, she would definitely say: Matsushita, you are so smart.

Matsushita heard the gunshots from inside the mountain pass and began to move forward.

He immediately gave an order, asking the Japanese soldiers of the Matsushita Battalion to rush to the mountain pass of Qijiayu.

He wanted to support Fang Ximen's Fourth Regiment, intending to quickly break the Eighth Route Army's defensive position so that he could be the first to achieve merit.

It’s a pity that Matsushita forgot one thing: his Kwantung Army subordinates were indeed powerful.

But when I ran over from behind, I was already almost 30 kilometers away.

He went to Wu Fatian's place and then ran to Fang Ximen.

Most of the soldiers in Matsushita's battalion had pale faces from exhaustion.

I just stopped for a while and my shirt was already soaked.

Now, with the breeze blowing so hard, my wet shirt is almost frozen to my body.

After they heard the order, it was very obvious that their steps were no longer smooth as they were before when they moved towards Qijiayu.

However, Major Matsushita was so eager to achieve merit that he did not notice this detail at all.