Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 192: Delicate Relations Outside the Great Wall

The main force of the Saibei Army went around the upper reaches of the Yellow River to look for a ferry. At this time, the Yellow River had passed the flood season, and the local guerrillas had already found the ferry near a small village called Yuanchenghao.

When the main force connected with the guerrillas hiding here, they took out 50 sealed iron boats that had been sent to the bank of the Yellow River and hidden there, and mobilized more than 200 people to quickly build an iron floating bridge on the Yuancheng moat, which was only more than 200 meters wide!
At the same time, a wooden boardwalk more than one kilometer long was paved on the mudflats on the opposite bank, which is just enough for vehicles to pass through the somewhat soft sand and has a complete floating bridge.

Overnight, the artillery regiment and three main regiments of the Saibei Military Region crossed the Yellow River, and with the support of the Daqingshan Detachment lurking near Jiuyuan, they quietly surrounded Jiuyuan from a distance of several kilometers.

At the same time, based on the intelligence on the distribution of Japanese troops in Jiuyuan obtained by the Daqingshan Detachment, a full-scale attack was launched at dawn.

36 107mm guns launched a salvo of 432 rockets carrying several kilograms of explosives, which directly buried the Japanese army camp in the whistling artillery fire. The overwhelming rockets covered the Japanese army camp very well. Just one round almost completely destroyed the Japanese barracks and ignited a raging fire. Half of the Japanese were directly blown into pieces by the shells, and the other half were burned to death in the flames, leaving the sleeping Japanese soldiers with endless pain and turning into a handful of black ash and staying on this prairie forever!

With the end of the rocket attack, the main front-line regiment approached Jiuyuan City and shifted their attack target to the city wall. After a bombardment by the main regiment's 75mm mountain artillery and 107 rocket launchers, the Jiuyuan City gate, which was not very strong to begin with, collapsed, burying the Japanese and puppet army defenders guarding it in the ruins.

Immediately afterwards, the charge was sounded, and less than an hour after the battle began, the main regiment of the Saibei Military Region and the Daqingshan Detachment attacked the city from all sides respectively. With the people of the Daqingshan Detachment leading the way, the main force of the Saibei Military Region quickly found the various strongholds of the Japanese in the city. In the close combat of street fighting, the RPG and 56 semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the Saibei Military Region played the advantage of the strongholds. Often, the Japanese machine gun fire points had just appeared, and the RPG would be silenced by a shot from the RGP. Faced with the fire suppression of the 56 semi-automatic rifle and the precision shooter attacks of the infantry squad, the Japanese infantry could hardly raise their heads.

As soon as the Type 99 light machine gun shows up, it will be hit by the RPG. As for the rifle, it is completely unable to defeat the opponent's fierce and accurate counterattack.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Saibei Military Region won a great victory in Jiuyuan, and none of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops surrounded in Jiuyuan escaped.

The only difference is that the puppet army still had a chance to surrender, but this time the Japanese were completely destroyed.

Because when they were heading north, Ren Zhong told the 359th Brigade not to take any prisoners in this battle!
As soon as the battle ended, the Third Temporary Division that arrived later announced the news of the liberation of Jiuyuan and sent a telegram to the whole country about the great victory of Jiuyuan!

It was also announced that Jiuyuan would be included in the jurisdiction of the Temporary Third Division. The Temporary Third Division also declared that it would recover all the territories of the prairie and annihilate all the Japanese devils or drive them out of the prairie!
As soon as the news was announced, the world was shocked!
Wuyuan.

After hearing that Jiuyuan was captured by the border area in one fell swoop and the Japanese cavalry group and puppet troops in Jiuyuan were completely wiped out.

Qiluban smashed two cups without calming down. You know, this is the fat meat he has been eyeing for a long time.

"Damn it! We just gathered all the ammunition and reorganized the troops, but the Eighth Route Army has taken Jiuyuan. What the hell is the intelligence department doing? How could there be no news about such a big event? Are they all blind in the border areas?"

"Commander, calm down, calm down. I don't think this may be a bad thing. After all, the border region is not legitimate. You might as well lead the main force to Jiuyuan and lay siege to the city, and at the same time send a telegram to the border region, demanding that they hand over Jiuyuan to our Suiyuan garrison. With two approaches, maybe we can take Jiuyuan without losing a single soldier." Shao Guangming, a trusted aide, said calmly.

"I don't think so." Qiluban shook his head. "Now that the Border Region has established the Saibei Military Region, it is clear that it will bring Ikh Zhao League and Jiuyuan under its command. If we rashly send troops there, it will be easy to be misjudged. With the strength of the Saibei Military Region in the Border Region, it can take Jiuyuan in one day. Even if our main force goes there, it may not be able to please them. This plan will not work."

"We should call the border region to start a war of public opinion. We must be righteous and stern. In addition, we should also ask them to suspend our transactions with the border region before resolving the issue of Jiuyuan. You will be in charge of this matter." After Qiluban smashed two cups, he was now somewhat calmer. "Contact Chief of Staff Ye and tell him that I want to go to the border region to discuss this matter in person."

"Ah, Chief, Suiyuan cannot be without a leader for a day." Shao Guangming was shocked when he heard Qiluban say this.

"That's fine. Let's meet at the border of both sides. I think Yanchi is a good place. I believe that Staff Officer Ye will think so too."

Qiluban waved his hand, obviously he already had a plan in mind.

When Shao Guangming heard this, he knew that the commander had thought of everything. He also knew that the Japanese were not vegetarians. The fact that the border region was able to defeat the Japanese so quickly meant that their combat power was definitely much stronger than he had previously thought.

In addition to this victory in battle, the Eighth Route Army had previously fought a thorough annihilation battle in Lingchuan, in which they wiped out an entire brigade of the Japanese in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, this time it was even more outrageous. The Japanese cavalry group was surrounded and captured in Jiuyuan City at once.

There were also two puppet army divisions together with the Japanese cavalry group. Although these puppet army divisions on the grassland were a bit weak, with only three or four thousand people, their combat effectiveness was sparse.

But added together, this is a strength of more than 10,000 people. Shao Guangming himself knew that with the strength of 100,000 troops under his seven and a half routes, it would take more than a day to defeat them even if he sent out 50,000 troops.

"Yes, Chief. I think the intelligence department should give priority to finding out where the border area's rocket artillery technology came from. They actually achieved the goal of producing this powerful heavy artillery on their own, and I heard that it can be pulled by a horse. One gun is no worse than a 75mm field artillery battalion. If we can master this technology, it will undoubtedly be a huge boost to our future development." Shao Guangming suggested.

"Well, it's easier said than done. Ever since the Eighth Route Army attacked the Japanese airport, we have known about the existence of this type of rocket launcher. However, both the Eighth Route Army and the border areas have kept the secret of this artillery a secret. Until now, our people haven't even figured out where it is produced, let alone obtaining this technology." Qiluban sighed.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's focus on resolving the ownership of Jiuyuan. Otherwise, with the ability of those people in the border area to do ideological work, it will take less than three months for us to take Jiuyuan and it will not belong to us."

Shao Guangming remained silent.

In this aspect, there is really no way to compare with the border areas. After all, their slogans and policies are more attractive to the general public. This is an indisputable fact. Even if the leaders have learned 75% of their skills, it is still different after all.

Under the current circumstances, the border areas will obviously not easily hand over the fat meat they have eaten.

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