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Chapter 120 Sweep

Heshun County has a special geographical location. Except for the county seat in the Japanese-occupied area and a few surrounding data points, it is basically the anti-Japanese base of Xinyituan.

So this time, most of the devils from an alliance came for them!

"Second Company Commander, have all the nearby villagers withdrawn?!"

"Battalion Commander, most of the villagers have withdrawn, but it's not an option to keep doing this! The weather is too cold now, and the common people don't have enough cotton coats. It's unrealistic for the villagers to just wait until the devils retreat!"

Zhang Dabiao stared angrily and said: "Then what else can we do?! Let the folks wait at home to die?! Everyone in the first battalion, take off the cotton-padded clothes! The second company commander led people to give the cotton-padded clothes to the folks!"

"Yes!"

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the suffering of the common people was beyond the imagination of modern people.

They didn't have enough to eat and didn't wear warm clothes. The saying that a family only wears a pair of trousers when they go out is not just a simple joke at the time, but a real existence.

After Zhang Dabiao gave the order, he took the lead in taking off his cotton padded coat and handed it to the Second Company Commander, and then said: "Second Company Commander, let me tell you, even if we are all dead, we must protect the people in our base area." Common people!"

"Don't worry, Battalion Commander!"

With that said, the commander of the second company and the soldiers of the second company continued to cover the evacuation of the people with cotton clothes.

At this time, the Miyamoto Regiment, after a brief rest in Heshun County, also walked out of Heshun County as a brigade, and marched separately towards the base of the Eighth Route Army.

"Tell the captains to protect the radio soldiers of each brigade. If you find a Chinese army with intensive firepower, you must send a report as soon as possible! Are you clear?"

"Hay!"

After the explanation, Miyamoto Yoshizo led the flag guard squadron, cavalry squadron, artillery squadron and supply squadron to sweep according to the pre-assigned task area.

The Eighth Route Army also dispatched four reconnaissance units to track the devil's mopping up units separately and report to the regiment headquarters in time.

Zhong Zhicheng was also frowning on the way leading the troops to march at this moment.

Due to the previous shrinkage of the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army's investigation of the Japanese army has also declined, and it has focused its energy on the development of base areas.

The Xinyi Regiment was able to discover the Japanese mopping up troops in advance, thanks to the fact that Zhang Shijie called the Xinyi Regiment to escort the equipment before, and the Xinyi Regiment had no time to develop a base.The current Xinyi regiment is still in a state of preparation for battle, so that the devil's troops can be discovered in time.

Although Li Yunlong was a little unlucky, the Eighth Route Army soldiers of the Xinyi Regiment were blessed by misfortune and responded in advance.

"I hope the brigade commander's support can arrive soon!"

The Japanese army in 1938 was still very elite, not to mention the combat effectiveness of a regiment of devils.

Obviously, the devils dispatched one regiment at a time was obviously deliberate.

Since the Eighth Route Army formally fought against Japan, with the further expansion of the size of its troops, the overall combat effectiveness has gradually declined due to the increase in recruits.Now the Eighth Route Army needs to gather a large number of troops if it wants to confront a Japanese regiment head-on.Once a large number of troops are assembled, it is easy to be bitten by the enemy for encirclement and annihilation.

Therefore, it is a very irrational thing to carry out frontal combat, and only guerrilla warfare can be carried out.

However, due to weather and seasonal reasons, and the need to cover and evacuate the masses, the Eighth Route Army had to fight head-to-head with the devils to stop them.

At this time, Zhong Zhicheng was leading the third battalion, preparing to launch an ambush against the second battalion of the Miyamoto United Corps, which was heading to Songyan Town.

Since Songyan Town was the base area that had just been developed before the Xinyi Regiment delivered equipment, the people's conditions were more complicated, and due to time constraints, the degree of trust in the Eighth Route Army was not very high.Therefore, the evacuation speed of the masses here is very slow!

"I won't go! Why do you let me go? This is my home!" a villager said stubbornly.

Developing base areas takes time to digest and absorb, but the devils did not give the Eighth Route Army time.

"My fellow, we are not driving you away! The devils are coming to sweep up soon, the Japanese beasts are inhumane! We will send you back after the devils are gone. It is important to save your life!" An Eighth Route Army soldier persuaded the villager earnestly. .

"I won't leave! I won't be afraid when the Japanese come! The big deal is to fight him desperately, I won't leave! In the past, when the bald-headed people came, they robbed chickens and grain. You stole it?"

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army blushed when they heard the words, and were speechless for a moment.

The villager then closed the door and bolted it, blocking the Eighth Route Army soldiers from the door.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could only anxiously pat the door and shout: "My fellow! My fellow! Open the door! My fellow!"

At this time, Zhong Zhicheng and the third battalion were also ready to ambush the devils.

"Political commissar, the mines have been planted, and the devil's troops are less than three kilometers away. It is estimated that they will enter the ambush circle in about half an hour." The seventh company commander reported to Zhong Zhichenghui.

"Have the folks near Songyan Town evacuated?"

"There is no political commissar yet. Songyan Town is the base area we have just developed, and the mass base is very poor. Many villagers still don't trust us and are unwilling to go with us."

After listening to the report, Zhong Zhicheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and then issued an order: "Order the troops to transfer the masses as quickly as possible, and all the personnel of the third battalion must stop these devils at all costs. People evacuate to buy time!"

"Yes!"

"Drive! Drive!"

At this time, the cavalry signal troops of the new regiment were rushing to the brigade headquarters of the 386th brigade.

As a new backbone regiment, the New First Regiment has been developing bases in distant areas, so it is very difficult for cavalry signal soldiers to reach the brigade headquarters in a short time.

"Captain, walk along this road and climb over this mountain to Songyan Town."

The captain of the ghost brigade who heard the report was overjoyed, and said: "Yo Xi! There is no one in the two villages in front. These bastards are cunning and cunning! Order the troops to rush to Songyan Town as quickly as possible, I don't believe it!" This group of Tubalus will all send people away!"

"Hay!"

The Eighth Route Army, who was waiting for the devils to come to the ambush position, watched the devils marching fast below and went straight to the ambush circle set up by the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing the devils enter the ambush circle, Zhong Zhicheng immediately gave the order: "Fire!"

As the order to fire was issued, a new group of more than a dozen pre-laid mines sounded first, followed by a new group of machine guns and grenades.

"Boom! Boom!."

The pre-laid mines were quickly detonated under the pull rope of the detonator, and the devils in the area covered by the explosion were stunned.

Although the Eighth Route Army had laid the mines in advance, black powder was still used in the landmines made in the border area, and the shells of the cast mines did not produce enough fragments due to quality problems, so the power of the explosion was not optimistic.

Less than 20 devils died within the explosion range of more than ten landmines.

The gap in equipment made the Eighth Route Army look very powerless in the face of little devils.
Fortunately, Zhang Shijie supported Li Yunlong with a batch of Type 67-1 wooden handle grenades. The effect of using TNT-charged wooden handle grenades is much better than that of grenades made in the border area.

Seeing that the killing effect of the landmines was far lower than expected, Zhong Zhicheng immediately ordered the troops to suppress the machine gun fire and at the same time throw grenades at the devils below.

But the devils would not sit still. When the first squadron in charge of going forward was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, the captain of the devils immediately ordered the two squadrons to turn around from the flanks. The third battalion of the regiment fought back.

"Political commissar! The devils have come with a brigade, more than 1000 people! Now some devils have come from the side! The Ninth Company has already exchanged fire with the devils on the flank!"

There are more than 1100 soldiers in a reorganized brigade of the devils, but at this time the Eighth Route Army, which is blocking the devils here, has only one battalion and one guard company with less than 500 people.

In order to be able to hold back the devils, the Eighth Route Army's ambush positions did not have any terrain advantages for the devils' outflanking troops from the flanks.

This is also a helpless move.

After all, it was for the safe transfer of the people in Songyan Town.

"Ask the Second Battalion, have the folks in Songyan Town retreated?!" Zhong Zhicheng yelled at the guards around him.

"Political commissar! There are still many people who don't trust us and don't want to go with us!"

As soon as the guard finished speaking, he saw that the little devil's grenadier had already aimed at this place, and then threw Zhong Zhicheng down.

"boom!"

A Japanese 50mm grenade exploded near the two of them, and most of the shrapnel was blocked by the guards, but Zhong Zhicheng still got a piece of shrapnel on his leg.

"Shui Sheng! Shui Sheng!"

Zhong Zhicheng desperately called out to this life and death brother who blocked the explosion for himself, but under the impact of more than a dozen shrapnel, there was no chance to answer him now.

"Yeah, damn it!"

After the devils who were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army below were relieved, the leader of the devil squadron immediately organized the remaining troops to fight back against the Eighth Route Army.

Under the condition that the equipment and numbers were not as good as the devils, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army fought bravely under the artillery fire of the Japanese army with the belief of serving the people.

And about 3 kilometers away from the brigade headquarters, the cavalry correspondent of the new regiment was running hard with his legs. His horse had run to death, but he didn't dare to stop for a moment!
Because he knows that if the information is delivered one second earlier, other troops can respond one second earlier, and the brigade headquarters can also provide support earlier!
The correspondent had already run pale, and there was only one belief supporting him at this moment!
For the comrades of the new regiment!
"Stop! Who!"

A sentry at the brigade headquarters spotted the correspondent running over, and then asked.

"Comrade. The little devil is here! Send the letter to the brigade commander!"

The correspondent exhausted his last strength and handed over the information in his hand to the sentinel, and then passed out.

Seeing this, the sentinel hurriedly shouted: "Dashan! Take care of this comrade, I'll deliver the letter to the brigade commander!"

"You go! I will take care of him!"

(End of this chapter)