The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

And Ding Wei had considered this before. Although the main force was deployed to the front, four heavy machine guns were also deployed at the back, just to prevent the devils from escaping.

When the devil retreated, the four heavy machine guns opened fire immediately, and the sudden firepower knocked the devil captain into a daze.

"Baga, hurry up, hold up, hold up. Grenadier, grenadier, hurry up, knock out the enemy's firepower." Seeing the enemy's ferocious firepower, the captain of the devil decisively issued an order to let the grenadier Take out the opponent's machine guns, otherwise the four machine guns will block fire, and it will be even more difficult for them to withdraw.

Hearing the captain's words, the devil's grenadier immediately set up the grenadier and began to aim at the enemy's firepower.

But the actions on the devil's side have been noticed by the soldiers of the new second regiment. Seeing that the devil is going to set up the grenade, they immediately greeted this side.Several of the devil's grenadiers were hit by bullets before they put the grenades into the grenades, and fell sideways.

Ding Wei also understood at this time that the devil wanted to escape from the back, so he immediately ordered the trumpeter to sound the charge horn.

When the soldiers heard the sound of the charge, they took out their bayonets and inserted them into their rifles, then got up and rushed towards the devils.

Seeing this situation, the captain of the devil group also knew that no matter what he did at this time, he was powerless, so he didn't plan to escape, but organized the soldiers.

"It's time to serve His Majesty the Emperor. Show up your courage and fight the enemy." As he spoke, the captain drew his command saber from his waist and rushed towards the soldiers of the new second regiment.

When the other devils saw this, they also unloaded the bullets in their rifles one after another, and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army with the captain following their rifles with bayonets attached.

But the soldiers of the New Second Regiment did not do this. Seeing the devils, they wanted to countercharge, so the machine gunners shot at the devils with machine guns.

Soon, the devils who charged in front were shot and fell to the ground. Seeing this situation, the captain of the devils couldn't help cursing angrily.

"Bagaya Road, you don't have any samurai spirit." But before Captain Devil could finish speaking, he was hit between the eyebrows by a bullet.His head fell to the ground, ending his sinful life.

But the fighting situation did not end with the death of the devil captain, and the soldiers of the new second regiment who rushed down soon got mixed up with the devil.

After half an hour, the battle was over.

Ding Wei immediately shouted to the guards around him:

"Quickly, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield quickly, and then withdraw to the station. Also, send someone to inform Li Yunlong, saying that we have finished the work, go."

"Yes, Captain, I'm going right away." Hearing Ding Wei's words, the guard immediately ran to the rear.

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At this time, the Taiyuan First Military Region Command.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander that there is an emergency."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi and Shinozuka Yoshio were watching the sand table and studying the battlefield when they heard the voice of an intelligence agent outside the door.

"Come in." Shinozuka Yoshio said without raising his head.

"Report to your Excellency, Commander, the reinforcements in Ping'an County were blocked by unknown armed men, and now there is no news." After entering, the intelligence agent saluted the military and then reported.

"Nani."

Shinozuka Yoshio frowned when he heard the intelligence officer's words, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, thinking that the reason why the enemy besieged Ping'an County was probably to ambush their reinforcements.Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked: "How is Ping'an County now, has Mr. Muto sent a telegram back?"

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, that everything is fine in Ping'an County. Mr. Muto called and said that the Eighth Route had charged twice before with a bluff, and then began to stand still, but did not retreat."

Hearing what the intelligence officers said, Shinozuka Yoshio already understood that the enemy's goal was not Ping'an County at all. They never wanted to take down Ping'an County. force.

This made Shinozuka Yoshio a little unacceptable, feeling that he was being calculated, and he was suddenly angry.

"Your Excellency, Commander, don't pay too much attention to it. The gains and losses of a city and a place are nothing. As long as we are the one who wins in the end, then all this is worth it." Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka, Kusuyama Hideyoshi was not in a good mood So he spoke persuasively.

"Nanshan-kun, I know this, if you have nothing to do, you should step back, I want to be alone for a while." Shinozuka Yoshio said to the two of them with a grim expression.

After the two of them went out, they heard a "crackling" sound of bottles being thrown from the office.

...............

Muto Sanbo, who was in Ping'an County, also received a telegram.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not good. The two brigades that reinforced us were blocked by unknown armed men. It was preliminarily determined that it should be from the Eighth Route." The office of the telegrapher's flustered shells, Muto Mizo, faced him. shouted.

"Nani." Muto was stunned when he heard the telegraph operator's words. You know, he still counted on the strength of these two brigades to rescue him. He never expected that things would turn out like this.

"Besides, the two brigades can no longer be contacted. I'm afraid..." The telegraph operator didn't dare to continue. Without troops coming to support them, they may be in trouble today. After all, there are more than 1 enemies outside. It's under siege.

Although they haven't attacked the city for a long time, as long as this army doesn't leave and stops outside the city, it will give them a sense of oppression.

"How could this be, how could this be?" Hearing what the telegraph operator said, Muto Sanbei sat on a chair in panic, his face full of disbelief.

He was disheartened now, and felt that he might die here today.

Just when Muto was stunned for three times, a devil officer ran in from outside in a hurry.

"Division commander, division commander, the Eighth Route Army outside has withdrawn."

"Nani, the Eighth Route Army has withdrawn?" Hearing what the person said, Wu Teng stood up from his chair three times, feeling a little unbelievable. After all, the Eighth Route Army now has an absolute advantage. Even if he wanted to take down Ping'an County, it would be easy Things, with such an absolute advantage, how could the Eighth Route Army retreat.

He suspected that the Eighth Route Army's move must have caused an explosion. Maybe the advantage had dug some kind of hole, waiting for him to jump down.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, that is indeed the case. I can see clearly from the city wall that the troops besieging us have already withdrawn, and now there is no enemy outside the city." The devil officer continued.

"Are you sure the Eight Routes have retreated?" Muto Sanbo was still a little puzzled, so he asked the devil officer.

Because he was afraid, what if this was the enemy's trick, what if he suddenly went out and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.We must know that after this battle, although their 69th Division did not exist in name only, they also lost most of their strength.

If something happens to me, the 69th Division may be removed from the Japanese army.

"It's true, Your Excellency, Division Commander, I saw them retreat with my own eyes. If you don't believe me, you can go up to the city wall with me and take a look."

Hearing this, Muto thought for a while and said: "Well, you send a few teams out to test it out. If there is a situation, let them play a signal flare. If there is no situation, come back. Anyway, during this time, our only policy I just can’t hold on. Let’s see what tricks the Eighth Route Army is playing.”

"By the way, report our information to your Excellency the Commander." Muto Sanbo said as he thought of something.

"Kai." Hearing what Muto Sanbo said, the devil officer agreed and withdrew to deliver the order.

After a while, the team going out of the city to investigate sent out a red signal flare.The color of the flare indicates that the enemy has really retreated.

"Yo Xi, it seems that we are really safe now." Muto Mibo looked at the color of the signal flares in the sky and let out a deep breath. Although the 69th Division suffered heavy losses in this operation, it is still possible to hold Ping'an County. Not bad.

It's just that the future may not be too easy. After all, the strength of the enemy and ourselves has been reversed. If we still go out to sweep around from time to time like before, it will definitely not work.

Not only can it not be mopped up, but even the troops sent out to garrison the strongholds before have to be withdrawn, otherwise they are likely to be embezzled one by one by the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, his own strength was damaged. If he lost this batch of troops, he would definitely vomit blood.

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Li Yunlong was very satisfied with this battle, not only weakened the strength of the Japanese army in the station, but also captured a lot on his own side, as long as the food is harvested after the autumn harvest in a few days, the strength of the new regiment can be further expanded.

Although the weapons and equipment of the new regiment are not bad now, even if it is expanding by a few thousand people, it is enough.But the logistics can no longer keep up.

After all, the new regiment's defense area is only so large, and its output is limited. It is impossible to maintain so many troops.

Even if you expand your troops after the autumn harvest, you must spread your troops and expand your defense area.

After all, although Ping'an County is a large county, its population is only about [-]. After subtracting the old, weak, sick, disabled and women, the remaining young and strong are only [-] to [-], which cannot support the expansion of the new group at all.

"Go, call me the political commissar." Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the kang while drinking and looking at the map. After studying for a while, he raised his head and shouted at the tiger at the door.

"Yes, Captain." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Huzi agreed, then turned and ran outside.

After a while, Zhao Gang was brought over by Huzi.

"Lao Li, are you looking for me?" Zhao Gang took off his shoes and sat on the Kang when he came in. While talking, he poured wine from the Kang table into his mouth.

"Hey, hey, good old Zhao, you dare to steal my wine." Li Yunlong couldn't help joking when he saw Zhao Gang's appearance.I can't imagine what Zhao Gang looked like when he first came to Xinyituan. At that time, not only did Zhao Gang not know how to drink, but he also spoke eloquently, one by one, Captain Li.

It's only been a long time, and he has been spoiled by himself. Now he not only smokes and drinks, but also occasionally speaks a few dirty words.

"Don't talk to me about those useless things. What did you call me? I'll go back if I have nothing to do. I still have a lot of business to deal with." Hearing what Li Yunlong said, Zhao Gang was not angry. He put down his glass and looked at Li Yunlong asked.

And Li Yunlong was not laughing, and said, "Old Zhao, is it enough to count the casualties in this battle?"

When Li Yunlong asked about the number of casualties, Zhao Gang was taken aback and felt a little uncomfortable. Although the battle ended with their Xinyi Regiment's victory, the Xinyi Regiment also sacrificed the precious lives of hundreds of soldiers for this.

A large part of them are recruits who have not joined for a long time. They were alive and kicking a few days ago, but now they have been buried in the soil. How can Zhao Gang be in a good mood.

But things have to work out eventually.So he was silent for a while and said sadly: "In this battle, our regiment had a total of 390 casualties. Among them, 830 people were killed, 180 people were slightly injured, and 360 people were seriously injured. The seriously injured have been sent by the logistics department. Went to the headquarters hospital."

"What about the materials seized, have they been counted?" Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong asked again.

"In the whole battle, our Xinyi Regiment captured a total of 750 Type 36 rifles, 3000 light and heavy machine guns, 2000 mortars, [-] grenades, and four Type [-] rifles. Infantry guns. There are countless bullets and shells, and there are more than [-] sets of military uniforms taken from the devils, more than [-] boxes of military rations and various military cans, in addition to some first aid kits, and some commonly used medicines. "

After talking about the statistics, Zhao Gang went on to say: "Lao Li, let me tell you that our regiment can no longer expand its troops. Although there is no shortage of weapons and ammunition, the logistics can't keep up. Even if we maintain the current scale, It’s also a little stressful.”

The reason why he said this was that Zhao Gang was afraid that Li Yunlong would get hotheaded and expand his troops regardless.

Although the army is easy to expand, and there are weapons and ammunition, there are more than four guns in the warehouse alone, but the logistics can't keep up. You know, this is [-] mouths.Although some of them are militia troops, eating and drinking every day is also a big expense, and the new regiment is not a regular army, without supplies from above, everything can only be relied on by itself.

Although the strength of the new regiment will also increase with the increase in troops, Zhao Gang really can't stand it anymore. During this period of time, Zhao Gang is already very worried about the expenses of maintaining the existing troops.

Fortunately, there is Li Yunlong in the Xinyi Regiment, who is a good fighter, and he has captured a lot during this time, otherwise this family would be really hard to manage.

"Don't worry, Old Zhao, our Xinyi Regiment won't be recruiting any more soldiers in the next period of time."

"Then you called me here today..." Zhao Gang couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Li Yunlong called him here just to ask about the casualties and the number of seizures.

"After this battle, the devils in our defense area have been severely injured, and we will definitely not take any action in the future. We must make good use of this time to build a good base." In fact, Li Yunlong already had an idea in his heart, that is, go to the countryside The way to encircle the city is to take advantage of this period of time that the devils will not come out to make troubles, and occupy the vast rural areas of Ping'an County.