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Chapter 515 Chapter 514, Waiting for it

The dispatch of the independent regiment was just a move made by the head of the headquarters to take advantage of the situation. After all, Li Yunlong was there, and there was also a very strong first battalion, so it was just the right arrangement!
But it was this arrangement that caused the devil to suffer a great loss! That's right, even the head of the headquarters did not expect that just because of the strong request of a certain old man, the artillery of the 385th Brigade launched an artillery attack on the devil's headquarters, destroying the devil's command system in Licheng, leaving only an unconscious Major General Yamanouchi.

When the Eighth Route Army was at war, they would not destroy civilians' things unless necessary. This was discipline! But the stubborn old man, knowing that the Japanese had placed their headquarters in his ancestral hall and burned the tablets of his ancestors for warmth, threw a tantrum and rolled on the ground, and insisted that the heavy-duty company blow up his own ancestral hall...

Well, the ancestors of this family probably didn’t expect that they could receive more than 290 ghosts in this way. These are tributes from the younger generations...

Licheng, just because of a sentence Yamanouchi said before he fell into coma, a Japanese major immediately organized all the teams that could be notified in the surrounding area and launched a breakout towards Li Chengxi and his men.

This move really caught the comrades of the 385th Brigade off guard. We had just entered the county town, and had not yet organized a large attacking force. We had not yet had time to replenish the ammunition consumed during the siege, and the Japanese attacked us! This was not something the Japanese would do at all. At least they should defend for a while, or mobilize bombers to bomb us, right?
"What? The Japanese broke through from the west gate and headed towards the Huting stronghold?" In Qiaojia Village, Brigade Commander Chen was shocked when he received the report.

"Yes, Brigade Commander. Our regiment had just taken the city gate, and the commander was still organizing troops to fight street battles in the back, when the Japs rushed over!"

"The Japanese had no moral principles. More than 800 of them attacked our company's position, and we couldn't stop them at all! The main force of our battalion had just organized a team and hadn't even arrived yet when we saw the Japanese escaping from our gap! At this time, our regiment commander was leading people in pursuit."

"Hey, are these devils crazy? Logically, they would mobilize bombers here at this time, right? I have already made air defense preparations, but they actually ran away?"

While Brigade Commander Chen was still in a daze, the signalman excitedly brought the translated telegram to him: "Report to the Brigade Commander, the New 1st Regiment of the Third Division bombed the Changzhi Airport last night!"

"Changzhi Airport was bombed again? I remember that during the Hundred Regiments Campaign last year, the 2nd Regiment of the New st Brigade was bombed once? It was bombed again this year?" Brigade Commander Chen was surprised.

"Well, the report from the Third District said that because the Japanese mobilized too many troops to raid our base in southeastern Shanxi, the defense of the airport became weak and it was bombed!" said the signalman.

"Haha, I know why the devils are in such a hurry to break out. They will die if they stay here! But, if you break out, you can survive? You are underestimating our Eighth Route Army, right? Pass on my order, 769th Regiment, 14th Regiment, immediately abandon all heavy weapons, lighten your gear and chase these devils!"

"Brigade Commander, we have been running for several days and nights without a good rest. Is this okay?" the political commissar came over and asked.

"I have confidence in the willpower of our comrades! Isn't it just a few days of continuous marching? What's the big deal? This time we catch up with these devils and destroy them, we will have enough time to rest!"

"Okay, go!" The political commissar looked at the burning eyes of Brigade Commander Chen and the nonchalant expressions of the comrades around him, and said nothing more. However, after he left the headquarters, he found the comrade in charge of logistics and ordered the kitchen team to start working quickly and prepare at least 2000 portions of dry food and meat and vegetables as a reward for the comrades who were chasing.

On the simple road west of Licheng, Lieutenant Colonel Inukai walked with his short legs among more than 700 Japanese soldiers, panting heavily. But when he thought of the pursuers behind him and the fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, he couldn't help but speed up his pace. "Hurry up, hurry up..." Lieutenant Colonel Inukai shouted loudly, and the hot air he exhaled formed white mist in front of him.

Rumble... The Japanese soldiers also knew that the situation was urgent, so they ran as fast as they could. Even the Japanese soldiers who were carrying the unit price were moving forward at the fastest pace. In the previous breakout battle, Major General Yamanouchi was carried by them, and they were still carrying him now. If nothing unexpected happened, they would probably carry him all the way to Changzhi City...

In Qiaojiazhuang, at the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander and the political commissar sat together.

"Logically speaking, I should have mobilized the artillery to bomb the Japanese who broke through! Unfortunately, our artillery is not good enough, and we can't chase the Japanese and bomb them! Moreover, there are several mountains in between, and we haven't prepared any artillery observers to the west! So, this matter must be remembered, and if there is such a thing again in the future, I must think it through carefully." Brigade Commander Chen reflected on himself.

"That would take too long to prepare, and would also require a lot of telephones and telephone lines... If we don't have the kind of radio stations that the Japs have that can allow for direct conversations, it would probably be difficult to achieve!" said the political commissar.

"So, we hope that our comrades can run faster, catch up with the Japanese as soon as possible, and kill more of them!" Brigade Commander Chen fell into silence after saying this.

At the independent regiment's position, 1500 meters east, sentry Xiao Sun held a telescope and carefully looked at the mountain road to the east, fearing that he would miss even the slightest bit of the situation.

Suddenly, a dozen Japanese soldiers came into his sight, and then more Japanese soldiers came into his sight...

"100, 200... follow me and go back to report to the commander. The Japanese are coming, and their number is between 700 and 800!" After confirming the number of Japanese, Xiao Sun came out of his hiding place and ran back to the independent regiment's position with five soldiers.

"Haha, the commander really guessed it right. The Japanese actually passed through our side! This is to send military merit to our Lao Li... Everyone, prepare for battle!"

The Japanese are coming, and there are quite a few of them, which makes all the soldiers excited! The soldier holding the assault rifle silently stroked the magazine in front of his chest, calculating how to distribute the ammunition with four spare magazines; and the soldier holding the semi-automatic rifle also gently touched the magazine, and then looked at the direction where the Japanese were coming...

On the other side of the mountain road, the soldiers from the First Company and District Squad were also watching silently, waiting for the battle to come.

Rumble... The Japanese soldiers who were eager to escape ran past without any preparation. In the blink of an eye, more than 100 Japanese soldiers entered the ambush circle prepared by the independent regiment, which was not really an ambush circle.

(End of this chapter)