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"Good fellow!" After reading the situation report, Kong Jie exclaimed: "Good fellow!"

"Good! That's amazing!" Political Commissar Zhang was a little more educated, so he said three more words. Then, the two regiment leaders saw the confused but hopeful eyes around them.

"The situation is like this..." Political Commissar Zhang quickly explained the situation, which made the officers and soldiers around him excited.

"That is to say, we don't have to worry about the problem in Ping'an County, nor do we have to worry about the Japanese coming through our defense zone to reinforce Ping'an County! But..." Lao Kong looked at the Japanese who were still going away and said, "These damn Japanese puppet troops in Shouyang are rushing back to reinforce Yangquan! Do you really think you can come and go from our base as you please?"

"Order: Artillery company, immediately chase the Japanese troops and bomb them. Don't be stingy with the shells, fire 49 rounds for me first! Order, leave one company of the first battalion to guard Yangtou Cliff, and the rest of the troops, immediately turn back north and block these Japanese troops north of Hujia Village! Second battalion commander, take your people and follow the shells, and chase them for me! Lao Zhang, immediately organize the people to go to Ping'an County to help!"

"Didn't we evacuate the people from a dozen villages in order to stop these devils? Take the young men and women from their villages, push small carts, drive large animals, and go to Ping'an County to help! Ping'an County has seized a lot of supplies that need to be transported to the base, so you can help! Then, after the supplies are transported, check the places occupied by the devils, and bring back anything useful!"

"Window curtains, tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, plates and chopsticks, city gate towers, whatever can be dismantled and brought back should be brought back as compensation to the people!" Kong Jie said.

"Captain, why don't you discuss this with Beishan? Let the people go ahead and build things, and Ping'an County will probably only have the rammed earth of the city wall left!" said Political Commissar Zhang.

"Once you are there, you will naturally follow their orders. Once the call is connected, I will talk to them in person! Lao Zhang, Ping'an County is actually not important. What is important is that we must do our best to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing!"

"You lead the people to work, and I will lead the entire regiment's combatants to Shouyang in the north to fight. We must not let the devils reinforce Yangquan! The devils in Shouyang are nothing, the devils coming out of Taiyuan are what we should consider! You go and organize the people, and after we eliminate the devils in front of us, I will dig up more railways and cut off the railway tracks first!"

"Haha, although the pressure is a bit great, we, Old Kong, are not afraid! As long as we fight this battle beautifully, we will have the nerve to ask for equipment from the Beishan Detachment! Tell the comrades, if you want to replace the bolt action in your hand with a semi-automatic one, just fight a good battle!" Kong Jie is a far-sighted man. Through simple intelligence, he understood what to do.

South of Xiyang and west of Dazhai, on the highway, Ding Wei of the New 1st Regiment also received a situation report from the Beishan Detachment.

"Li Yunlong, you are so good, I really guessed it! Well, since you have wiped out all the devils from Yangquan, Ding Wei can't fall behind! Pass the order, when the devils from Heshun come, don't hold back, don't save your bullets, give me a hard fight, I won't live like this anymore! Messenger, go find the political commissar and tell him I said to move all the stocks in our warehouse here, now!"

"Yes..." the messenger shouted loudly and ran away.

In Jingxing, near Changshengkou, the Beishan Detachment's situation report was also transmitted here through the telephone line. When the messenger ran to his position with his handwritten situation report, the second battalion commander of the independent regiment was directing the battle. That's right, it was the devils coming from Jingxing and Niangziguan to reinforce Ping'an County.

"Captain of the 5th Company, go and pull our Italian gun over here! Although this gun is not as useful as our mortar, it is still a gun! Tell the artillerymen to get close and shoot, and focus on the enemy's cars..." The second battalion commander was still giving orders when he saw the information the messenger had put on the stone. "Damn it, the enemy will most likely choose to turn back and then head west along the railway line! We must not let these enemy retreat easily! Where's the Italian gun? Shoot at the last car, blow it up, block the road, and don't let the enemy have a chance to retreat by car, shoot quickly..."

At Jiulong Pass, Chen Changsheng, the third captain of the Beishan Detachment, finished reading the situation report, looked at the mountains to the east, and said with a smile: "I thought the Japanese would not mobilize the garrisons of Yuanshi and Zanhuang to reinforce Ping'an County. But with the fight in Yangquan, it's hard to say! Messenger, run and tell all the positions ahead to raise the defense level to the highest level!"

"Yes..." The signalmen were the most tired when it came to delivering messages. And when it came to delivering orders, the messengers had to run themselves to the frontline battlefield.

Li Yunlong and his colleagues, who caused all these changes, were holding a small meeting at the temporary command post near Wangmu Ridge.

"Let me report the situation first! I just led people to check. The 12 captured mountain cannons are all usable, except for some with shrapnel scratches on the gun bodies! There are 4 trucks of artillery shells, which is enough! So for the next siege, we will have a new batch of heavy weapons that can be used." Political Commissar Zhao talked about the situation of the seizure.

"This is not the first time we have fought in Yangquan City. It's actually not difficult! The most difficult part is actually how to take down the city wall guarded by the Japanese! Although we have the records of the renovation of the city wall, who knows if the Japanese have made any moves inside the city wall in the past two years? So, our regiment will launch the main attack first, and you will just watch the enemy's formation from behind!" said Li Yunlong.

"Aren't they just some bunkers? Let's prepare more explosive packs, a demolition team, and more long poles to support the explosive packs, and make final preparations! But before that, the mountain artillery can fire directly, the Type 92 infantry gun we just captured can also fire directly, and the heavy mortars can also bombard the city walls."

"I don't believe that the city walls can be strong enough to not be afraid of these artillery fires! Even if the city walls can hold up, the heavy mortar shells can still kill people!" Zheng Changfeng said.

"I agree with Lao Zheng's opinion, so our first team will just carry out the main attack! Our equipment is better than that of the independent regiment, and everyone has to admit that!" said Guo Zhongmin.

"I have no objection to how you fight, but let our main force handle the street fighting after entering the city!" Zheng Changfeng made a good choice.

"Hehe, I think it is necessary to leave the street fighting after entering the city to the special forces and the quick reaction company!" Li Yuexuan's voice came from not far away.

That’s right, Li Yuexuan finally couldn’t hold back his temper and came to Yangquan from Zhaojiayu.

There is nothing interesting in Zhaojiayu except waiting, so it is interesting to come here. (End of this chapter)