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As the four infantry companies of the Red Police Force entered Pingshun County, the fate of the little devils in the county was sealed.

The first company that entered first took control of part of the city in a very short period of time, and the first company's mortar platoon also completed its deployment here.The three companies that entered subsequently attacked the Japanese camp that had been clearly investigated with the assistance of mortars.

Judging from the combat effectiveness of the Red Police Force, a battle within a county town had touched four infantry companies, which really meant killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

The first priority in fighting in the county town is to be fast!
Although the Red Police Force must allow time for the rest of the Japanese troops to assemble and mobilize to attract the attention of the Japanese army, this time can be reserved for fighting outside the city. If the fighting inside the city takes too long and becomes a house-by-house battle, Then it will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties to the Red Police Force and the people in the county.

This obviously money-losing business red police unit will not do it.

At worst, if you go slower on the way to the next county town, the Japanese in the county town will have to be wiped out quickly.

"Quick! Send a farewell message to Taiyuan!" Seeing the bad situation, the little Japanese sent a farewell message to the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan as soon as possible after the Red Police troops entered the city, and began to burn the regiment flag. and code book.

Since the Japs' gendarmerie commander had been killed before the Red Police troops launched their siege, the Japs behaved in a very chaotic manner during the overall combat operation, and there was also a disconnect between the various units.

Under this circumstance, the little Japs in Pingshun County were eliminated by the Red Police Force within 20 minutes.

After completing the combat mission, the soldiers of the fifth battalion did not stay. After simply carrying out supplies, they immediately set off for the next target.

The 321st Regiment of the Jinsui Army and the 60th Regiment of the Jinsui Army dispatched two battalions of troops to Pingshun County after the Red Police Force ended the battle. They managed the puppet prisoners of war and cleaned up the small number of remaining Japanese troops.

In Licheng County, the number of Japanese troops stationed in Licheng is smaller than that in Pingshun County. Currently, the Japanese troops in Licheng County only have two infantry brigades and one baggage brigades, and the artillery force only has 4 92 infantry guns and some fortresses. Cannon fire.

Since Licheng is farther from the Chinese army than Pingshun County, the number of troops deployed is relatively smaller. Even the current garrison in Licheng is stronger than before.

Before the arrival of the red police force, the military police force deployed in each county usually only had one brigade.

However, after several rounds of operations by the Red Police Force, in order to strengthen their control over this area, the Japanese army strengthened the strength of each county to two brigades to one regiment.

Zhang Shijie said he didn't care about this situation.

It's just a few alliances, holding the handle in hand!
But the little Japs in Licheng County were frightened by the approach of the Fifth Battalion.

When Pingshun County sent the farewell message, they also received it, but what shocked them was that it took less than an hour from the time Pingshun County was attacked to the time it sent the farewell message!
There was a regiment of Japanese troops and a regiment of puppet troops there. How did this Chinese army capture a county so quickly? !
Regarding the time it took to capture the county seat, the Red Police Force said that if it wasn't for giving you time to shake people off, I could have captured it in half an hour.

Licheng County Gendarmerie Commander Okawa Satoshi was frowning in his headquarters and kept asking about the current location of the Red Police Force.

After learning the marching position of the Red Police Force, Okawa Satoshi immediately ordered the Japs from surrounding strongholds to assemble towards the county seat. Before the Red Police Force arrived, he assembled two squadrons of Japs and a considerable number of puppet troops.

Just when the red police force had just set off from Pingshun County, the surrounding Japanese troops who had received the order to mobilize were assembled and moved towards the predetermined position.

This attack by the Red Police Force was very sudden for the Japanese army, and there was basically no coordinated command among the hastily assembled troops.

Yoshio Shinozuka was also very anxious about this, preparing to count the troops in early winter and dispatch personnel to establish a headquarters to deal with the attack.

Within the Eighth Route Army headquarters, telegrams from the Eighth Route Army troops stationed in southern Shanxi also flew to the Eighth Route Army headquarters like snowflakes. The staff officers became busy in an nervous and orderly manner as they watched the intelligence coming from the lower-level units.

As the Eighth Route Army troops closest to the Japanese troops and often fighting against the Japanese troops, they responded as soon as the little devils mobilized.

Since Zhang Shijie equipped each regiment of the Eighth Route Army with radios, the communication and intelligence transmission capabilities of the entire Eighth Route Army have been significantly improved. Therefore, when the Japanese army is dispatched, relevant intelligence can be reported to the headquarters and brigades.

Since the number of Japanese troops dispatched was larger and the scope was larger, the grassroots regiments and some staff officers of the Eighth Route Army who did not know the specific situation were very nervous about it.

But the boss knew the specific situation, and the brigade commander personally reported to him the offensive information of the Red Police Force.

"Don't panic! Order all regiments to stay still and be vigilant. This time the little devil's target is not us."

The surrounding staff officers all looked at each other in shock when they heard this, and then immediately notified all grassroots units.

Kenanpo, the commander of the Second War Zone.

Yan Laoxi was also troubled by the large-scale mobilization of Japanese troops at this time. Due to insufficient intelligence capabilities, Yan Laoxi was unable to collect enough intelligence in a short period of time to know the root cause of the large-scale mobilization of Japanese troops.

So now the entire Second Theater Command is in a state of panic, fearing that the little devil has mobilized so many troops to deal with him.

From September 1938 to now, Yan Laoxi has lost count of how many scapegoats he has shouldered.

In his opinion, the kid's large-scale transfer this time was probably to target him, Yan Laoxi!
"Order all frontline troops of the Jinsui Army to remain vigilant, and rear troops to assemble immediately to imitate the Japanese attack!"

"Yes!"

Around Licheng County, the Red Police troops spent two hours grinding their way to the vicinity of Licheng County, and the Japanese in the outer defensive positions were also ready for battle.

"Report to the battalion commander, the intelligence department has reported back that the Japanese artillery units have prepared for battle in Licheng County. These are the coordinates of the Japanese artillery positions." With that, the instructor of the fifth battalion handed the envelope with the coordinates to the fifth battalion. long.

The commander of the fifth battalion took one look and handed the coordinates in his hand to the fire staff, and issued an order: "Order the artillery troops to give me the little devil's artillery position first!"

"Yes!"

In Licheng County, the Japs' artillery observers suddenly felt very anxious when they saw the Red Police troops stopped advancing outside the artillery range.

The original plan was to take advantage of the Chinese army's unsteady foothold and wait for work to use artillery to strike first and cause as many casualties as possible to the Red Police troops.

But the reality is that the Red Police troops took advantage of intelligence to learn the coordinates of the Japanese artillery positions before arriving at the location, and used artillery to attack the Japanese artillery in advance outside the Japanese range.

The fifth mortar company under the fifth battalion carried out the strike mission this time. After receiving the order, two platoons of eight 8mm mortars immediately started position construction on the spot and adjusted their orientation according to the indicated coordinates.

"Attention, first row and second row! Load one round and release it!"

As eight 8mm mortar shells flew into the sky, the Red Alert soldiers immediately closed the artillery and headed to the mortar company's scheduled firing position.

But at this time, the Japanese artillery positions that were waiting in full swing did not expect that eight 8mm mortars were falling rapidly on top of them.And these 100 shells are still white phosphorus incendiary bombs!

At a distance of 5 meters from the ground, eight artillery shells exploded one after another. Thousands of degrees of white phosphorus burning secrets densely fell on the Japs on the ground, the artillery, and the artillery shells.
"boom!."

After the ammunition piled up by the Japanese army was hit by the white phosphorus incendiary bomb, the ammunition box first ignited a fire. As the high temperature of the white phosphorus burned through the shells, the little Japanese's shells also began to explode.

Before the commander of the Japanese military police in Licheng could issue an order, he heard an explosion from the direction of the artillery position.

"Nani? What's the matter?"

At this time, a Japanese staff officer ran in and said: "Your Majesty Colonel! Oh no! Our artillery has been destroyed by the Chinese!"

"Nani?!"

The little devils in Licheng County expressed disbelief at the rapid and precise artillery strikes by the Red Police troops.

They really don't understand why some troops' combat efficiency is so high.

In the past, these counties had encountered cold-blooded attacks and prisoner captures by the Red Police Force. They had never experienced the Red Police Force's real frontal combat capability.

In other words, this battle is a new version of the ship that the little devils have never seen before!

"Report to the battalion commander that all artillery units are ready, please give instructions!"

Listening to the fire staff's report, the commander of the fifth battalion, who was watching the situation on the front line from the semi-underground headquarters, blew out a puff of smoke and said softly, "Take it for an hour first to see the effect."

"Yes! Battalion Commander!"

Since the attack on Licheng was relatively late, the Red Alert spies in the city had enough time to mark the coordinates of the Japanese military camps in the city.

The 5th Mortar Company also completed position deployment based on these coordinates.

Therefore, according to the predetermined plan, the firepower company and the 122 howitzer company launched an attack on the outer positions of Licheng, and the mortar company launched a strike operation against targets in the city.

At the command of the fifth battalion commander, the hour-long shelling began.

A Red Alert soldier looked from the bunker at the Japanese position that was being covered by artillery fire, and said helplessly to his comrades beside him: "Fuck, according to the artillery's method of attack, how many Japanese soldiers are left when we go up there? "

Another soldier also looked melancholy and said: "Who knows how many Japs are left? The attack plan in Licheng is much more severe than in Pingshun. When we were in Pingshun County, we could still beat the Japs in the city. Fortunately, now, the Japanese camp in the city is also within the range of our artillery fire. After an hour of shelling, we will probably not even have soup."

This scene is not uncommon in the entire infantry position of the Red Police Force. The fifth battalion is a unit that conducts a feint attack. In fact, there are not many little Japs left for them.

As the artillery continued to bombard the Japanese army, the little devil was not feeling well at this time.

Now they not only suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire, but their headquarters was also killed by the Red Police Force using a 122mm howitzer.

Since there were artillery observers from the Red Police Force inside and outside the city, the little devils found that the Chinese army's artillery fire seemed to be chasing them.

Time passed by, and when the shelling lasted for 10 minutes, the little Japanese in the city had very little vitality left.

The shelling outside the city also stopped when the Japanese and puppet troops were exhausted.

Although the original plan was to fight for an hour, when all the enemy troops were killed, the troops would naturally cease fire. After all, artillery shells also cost money.

After the Japanese and puppet troops in the outer positions were eliminated, the red police force immediately pulled a 122mm howitzer and aimed it at the city gate, preparing to imitate Li Yunlong's second battalion commander.

Just when the artillery was pulled over, a white flag was raised above the city gate in Licheng County.

"Sir, stop fighting! We are Chinese too! Almost all the little Japs are dead, and the remaining few have been tied up by us. We surrender!"

The fifth battalion commander looked at the white flag raised by the puppet troops on the city gate and a few little Japs tied into rice dumplings with raised corners of his mouth.

But when the soldiers of the infantry company saw this scene, they began to sigh and complain that the little Japs were not resisting.

Not long after, the city gate downstairs was opened by several injured puppet soldiers. Upon seeing this, the fifth battalion commander directly ordered: "Order the artillery to cease fire and enter the city in one or two companies."

"Yes! Battalion Commander!"

The Red Police Force once again captured a county town in less than an hour, but the rest of the action plan was still the same.

The Jinsui Army troops dispatched one battalion to clear out the remaining Japanese troops in the city, while the remaining troops replenished ammunition and supplies and headed for Shexian, the last county in the initial offensive plan.

"Battal Commander, the only auxiliary force prepared for us before is one battalion from the 60th Regiment of the Jinsui Army. Should we ask the commander to bring us another batch of supporting forces?"

Upon hearing this, the commander of the fifth battalion sent a telegram directly to Zhang Shijie requesting support.

After receiving the request for support, Zhang Shijie directly contacted the brigade commander and asked them to send one or two regiments of troops to take over Pingshun and Licheng counties.

After all, the follow-up work still has to be handed over to the Eighth Route Army.

After the brigade commander learned of this incident, he immediately sent three regiments of troops to the three counties that had just been liberated by the Red Police Force, and these three regiments also included the 772nd Regiment that had been trained by the Red Police Force.

The main purpose of the 772nd Regiment going here is to clear out the Japanese strongholds in these two counties.

Under the attack of the Red Police troops, a large number of troops were mobilized from these Japanese strongholds. At this time, the Japanese strongholds were only garrisoned by a few small Japanese and a certain number of puppet troops. There were even strongholds without a single Japanese soldier, only the puppet troops were left. garrisoned.

For the Eighth Route Army, this is a good opportunity to expand its base!

But similarly, the entire southern Shanxi region was turned into a mess under the attack of the Red Police Force. (End of chapter)