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In Heyuan County.

The soldiers of the special forces regiment who arrived first had a hot dinner and fell into a sound sleep.

However, the first battalion commander of the new second regiment, Ye Shuqiang, and the second battalion commander, Qiao Youde, did not dare to sleep.

They borrowed the radio of the special forces regiment and reported the appearance of the Japanese devils to the regiment commander Kong Jie in Shuiquan City.

Kong Jie was originally very depressed because his troops did not get to fight in this battle. Now, after hearing the telegraph operator report the good news, he instantly became excited again.

He immediately said to Political Commissar Dou Guangjie:
"Dad, I want to hand over the water spring to you."

Dou Guangjie asked quickly:

"What about you? You don't want to go to Heyuan County, do you?"

"Hehe, there are quite a lot of Japanese soldiers in the east of Heyuan. I'm afraid Shuqiang and his men can't handle them."

Kong Jie laughed happily.

He knew without thinking that if he really couldn't get any soup in this battle, Li Yunlong would definitely not give him any spoils.

At that time, I can only watch guys like Ding Wei and Xing Zhiguo eat and drink.

Wouldn't that make him feel depressed to death?

……

Dou Guangjie didn't buy his half-true, half-false explanation at all.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and said:
"Lao Kong, I think you just feel itchy!
Didn’t Shuqiang’s telegram say that in addition to a supplementary regiment of 3000 people, Heyuan County also had retreating troops from the special forces regiment?
Even if the Japanese had several thousand men, they would definitely not be able to capture us, right?
Where do you need to go?"

Kong Jie waved his hands repeatedly:

“That supplementary regiment, even though it has 3000 people, was hastily assembled by Lao Li. What kind of combat effectiveness can it have?

I'm afraid it would be a waste of bullets to let them lie on the city wall and fire.

As for the special forces regiment, they have been fighting from west to east for such a long time that they must have no combat effectiveness left.

So I think that the only ones we can rely on in the entire Heyuan County now are our two and a half battalions.

They have to face several thousand Japanese soldiers. Although they have the city defense fortifications to rely on, it is still very dangerous!"

Although Dou Guangjie didn't know much about military command, he still felt that Kong Jie's words did not stand up to scrutiny.

There are so many thousands of people in Heyuan County, how come we can't rely on them?
Among our army, even the militia and guerrillas dare to fight tough battles!
However, he had been with the other party for quite some time, and he did not want to confront him directly, so he tactfully advised:

"Old Kong, it sounds like Heyuan really needs you.

But the task given to us by the leader is to stay in Shuiquan. If you leave without permission without new orders, you will be punished if the leader investigates you!"

"Don't worry.

Don’t I know that guy Lao Li?
As long as the water spring is not lost, there will be no problem.

Now that the special forces have retreated to Heyuan County, it means that the Japanese in Huangping Town are definitely finished, and it is unlikely that they will run to Shuiquan City again. "

Kong Jie waved his hand confidently, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.

Seeing his firm attitude, what else could Dou Guangjie say?
I could only nod and agree:

"Well, Lao Kong, please be careful on the road.

Be careful, there may be fleeing Japanese soldiers on the road."

……

After the discussion, Kong Jie asked the telegraph operator to forward Ye Shuqiang's telegram to Li Yunlong.

Then he handed over the affairs of the regiment to Political Commissar Dou Guangjie and Third Battalion Commander Chen Erhu.

After taking a nap for a few hours, at five in the morning, he rode northward to Heyuan County with more than a dozen guards in the dim morning light.

……

In Li Yunlong’s temporary command center.

When telegraph operator Cai Xuan received the telegram from the New Second Regiment, he was suddenly panicked.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers appeared in the heart of the base. This is too scary!
So he ran to wake up Li Yunlong who was snoring loudly:
"Leader, this is bad!
Get up quickly! "

Li Yunlong hadn't slept well for several days. Now that he was woken up, he was immediately in a bad mood.

Open your mouth and curse:

"Cai Xuan, you were bitten by a dog?

What are you yelling for in the middle of the night?

Cai Xuan was frightened when he saw his ferocious face and bloodshot eyes.

He quickly explained aggrievedly:
"Leader, the Japanese have appeared in Heyuan County!
There are quite a few, at least several thousand!"

He thought that after he told Li Yunlong the contents of the telegram, he would be frightened and apologize to him.

However, there was a big gap between reality and what he imagined.

Li Yunlong had no such intention at all, but said with disdain:
"Humph! Aren't they just a few thousand Japanese devils?
So scared!
I wiped out tens of thousands of Japanese devils!"

Seeing him so confident, Cai Xuan calmed down a little and asked quickly:
"But leader, our main force hasn't retreated to Heyuan yet?

Will it give the Japanese an opportunity to take advantage of us?"

Li Yunlong was now completely sober. He stood up and took a few steps, then said confidently:
"No need.

This group of Japanese devils must be the brigade reported by Yang Yuanshan. They don’t bring any heavy weapons.

There's nothing to be afraid of!

Besides, I have already asked Kong Jie to send people to Heyuan County to strengthen the defense. This city cannot be lost!"

"But...what if..."

Cai Xuan was still somewhat worried.

"It's nothing!

If Kong Erlangzi loses the city, I will kill the bastard.

Such a big head, worse than a urinal!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand, said something, and continued to lie down and sleep.

The reason why he was so confident was that he was thinking that the people in the special forces regiment had evacuated early this morning and would definitely be able to catch up with the battle in Heyuan County.

With this unit here, the Japanese, let alone a few thousand people, even if there are tens of thousands of them, with heavy artillery and so on, may not be able to get anything good!

Cai Xuan couldn't help but admire him when he saw that he could still sleep peacefully.

I thought to myself: The book says that a great general should remain calm even when facing a disaster.

This is probably how the leaders are now!

How could he know that Li Yunlong was so confident only because he had the powerful Special Forces Regiment at his disposal.

……

At this moment, in Baijiaopo Village, 30 miles east of Heyuan County.

Major General Hayashi Yoshitaro, commander of the Japanese 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, is listening to a report from a lieutenant squad leader:

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, thirty miles to the west is Heyuan County.

According to the intelligence obtained from the reconnaissance, there was a regiment of the Eighth Route Army stationed in the city.

But this regiment is very strong, with about 3000 men."

When Hayashi Yoshitaro heard such a huge number, he couldn't help but exclaimed:
"What? 3000 people? How is that possible?

Didn’t the Commander say that the Eighth Route Army had mobilized all its forces to Huangping Town?
How come there are still so many troops here?"

Of course, the team leader could not answer this question.

I can only play dead and keep silent.

Lieutenant Colonel Masahiko Hamasaki, the brigade chief of staff, quickly suggested:
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, how about we turn on the radio and send a telegram to the Commander to ask?
I always feel that the 1st and 8th Divisions cannot be so useless that they can't even attract the full attention of the Eighth Route Army."

They were heading west, and because they were in a hurry to get on the road, they didn't turn on the radio to contact the rear.

Little did they know that these two divisions are now completely destroyed.

Hayashi Yoshitaro sighed and said:
"Before I left, the Commander told me that it might not be easy to get in touch with him if I went to the front line myself."

"Then Chief of Staff Tanabe, could you give me some instructions?
3000 Tubalu troops are defending Heyuan County. We don't have any mountain artillery, so it will be difficult to capture it in a short time!"

Hamasaki Masahiko continued.

Lin Fangtaro thought about it for a moment, then nodded and said:
"The warriors had traveled a long distance without sleep and were very tired.

Since we are only thirty miles away from Heyuan County, we can engage the enemy tomorrow. Then order the entire army to camp on the spot.

Let Tamura turn on the radio and contact the front headquarters!"

"Hi!"

Hamasaki Masahiko agreed and immediately went to make arrangements.

……

The next morning, after a good night's sleep, Hayashi Yoshitaro woke up and saw Hamasaki Masahiko coming to report in a panic:
"Your Excellency, the situation is not good.

After Tamura reported our situation to the front army headquarters, he never received any clear instructions. "

"What? No clear instructions?

Hamasaki-kun, what do you mean by this? "

Hayashi Yoshitaro had just woken up and his mind was still unclear.

His face was full of confusion.

"There was no further news from the Front Command except for a reply that they had received our telegram.

Tamura-kun used up a lot of batteries and never received the instruction telegram."

Masahiko Hamasaki hurried to explain.

“Bagya Road!
It must be those bastard telegraph operators at the front headquarters who missed the opportunity to fight!"

Hayashi Yoshitaro shouted angrily without even thinking.

After all, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't imagine that Okamura Ji-ning and Tanabe Seigo would die at the same time.

The situation at the front headquarters is a complete mess now.

There is no one who can handle military affairs at all.

Especially an ordinary telegram from him, a small brigade commander.

You know, the Japanese Jibei Front Army had more than a dozen divisions under its command.

On the front headquarters side, there were two or three telecommunications rooms, and more than a dozen radio stations sending and receiving telegrams day and night.

……

Hamasaki Masahiko asked worriedly:

"Sir, what should we do now?
Although we killed all the Chinese troublemakers we encountered along the way, as time went by, it was impossible to guarantee that no one would discover us.

Once our army's whereabouts are exposed, the commander of the Tubalu will definitely guess that our target is Heyuan County!"

Lin Fangtaro nodded slightly, then he gave the order after thinking:

"Order the warriors to get up and march immediately!
I want to have lunch in Heyuan County!"

"Mr. Commander, is this too risky?
The enemy situation is not clear enough!"

Masahiko Hamasaki did not execute the order immediately, but asked hesitantly.

“Speed ​​is of the essence in war!
Although there are 3000 Tubalu troops, if we can catch them off guard, we may still have a chance to win a quick victory!
I absolutely do not believe that the Tubalu in northwestern Shanxi are more terrifying than those guys in eastern Shandong!"

Hayashi Yoshitaro answered through gritted teeth.

They were the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, which had been badly beaten by our army in eastern Shandong.

It almost left him with a psychological trauma.

In his opinion, our army in eastern Shandong is the most terrifying opponent in the world!

After hearing what he said, Hamasaki Masahiko could only nod:
"Hi!"

……

Following Hayashi Yoshitaro's order, the Japanese brigade rushed towards Heyuan County in a hurry.

There was no time to even eat breakfast, and all the soldiers could only eat dry food while walking on the road.

They didn't know that there was a quick way back home ahead.

They also didn't know that at this moment, in the surrounding mountains and forests, countless of our scouts were observing them with binoculars.

Seeing them heading west, someone immediately hurried back to Heyuan County to report.

……

In Heyuan County, Ye Shuqiang and Qiao Youde did not sleep all night and arranged various defenses overnight.

At this moment, I was standing on the East Gate Tower, looking at the mountain road in the distance through a telescope, feeling somewhat nervous.

Soon, they saw their scouts and rode back in a hurry.

Learning from the scouts that the Japanese were expected to arrive at the city at 10:10 noon, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought to myself: The Japanese didn’t run away to other places, that’s great!
Ye Shuqiang immediately ordered a guard to notify Zhan Haishan and Han Yang in the city.

……

After Zhan Haishan received Yang Yuanshan’s telegram last night, he immediately arranged for people to go to the foot of the southern mountain in Heyuan County with flashlights to look for the shells mentioned in his telegram.

After struggling for half the night, they finally found the intact ammunition boxes in a pit covered with dense weeds.

Early this morning, he personally led the soldiers to move all the shells to the 1st and 2nd artillery battalions.

At this moment, Gao Yuanzhi and Wang Gensheng had already brought soldiers from two artillery battalions and deployed artillery on the streets in the east of the city.

The barrels of mighty mountain cannons, heavy mortars, and self-propelled howitzers were pointed at the sky outside the east gate, exuding a murderous aura.

At this time, Ye Shuqiang's guard came over and reported the enemy situation to Zhan Haishan. Zhan Haishan immediately ran to ask Han Yang:
“Han Yang, have all the first to fifth battalions returned?

The Japs will arrive at noon."

"came back.

I let them rest inside the South Gate."

"That's good!

I was worried that they wouldn’t be able to make it back and would be blocked outside the city by the Japanese. That would be dangerous.”

Zhan Haishan nodded, and then asked curiously:

"Have they recruited any new soldiers in their battalions?"

"Of course there were. The luckiest one was the Second Battalion, which got 77 people.

The other battalions basically got 40 to 50 people."

Han Yang answered quickly.

"nice!"

Zhan Haishan nodded repeatedly.

In just one day and one night, the five battalions together managed to gather nearly three hundred people. Although it was still far from filling the establishment of each battalion, it was already quite good.

After all, the time is too short!
Next, the two men had a brief discussion and hurried to the east city wall with the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion.

……

Soon, Ye Shuqiang and Qiao Youde came down from the city wall to greet them:

"Captain Zhan, Chief of Staff Han, what are you doing?"

"The machine guns of our Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion are relatively light and suitable for mounting on the city wall and firing.

So bring on the deployment.”

Zhan Haishan came forward to explain.

Upon hearing this, Ye Shuqiang and the other man immediately looked at the soldiers of the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion who were carrying machine guns and ammunition boxes behind them. Their eyes suddenly bulged out in envy.

He quickly said:
"Captain Zhan, is this the Su...Su Luotong machine gun?
I heard from our regiment commander that the division only has two of these things!"

Zhan Haishan nodded:
"Yes, this is the Suluotong ST-5 machine gun.

The caliber is 20mm, and can be used for low-altitude air defense and flat fire against Japanese infantry and tanks.

"Good fellows, no wonder you were able to defeat two divisions of the Japanese, you have all the weapons and equipment you could want!
Your leader is living a more comfortable life than the boss!"

Ye Shuqiang praised repeatedly.

I was roaring madly in my heart: Captain, Captain, we are both captains, but you are far inferior to Captain Yang!

If our battalion had more than ten machine guns, would I have had to stay up all night and not sleep to speed up the deployment?

...(End of chapter)