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Time is a magical thing. It commands things to move forward and never go backward, leaving no one with a chance to look back!

For example, just a few hours ago, when Captain Zuo and his men ambushed more than 1000 Japanese and puppet troops, Ichiro Mitsui, who was trapped in Huolu Town, regretted it so much!
That's right, Zhang Dabiao's bombing of the Japanese and puppet troops rushing out of Huolu Town did not kill Mitsui, because Mitsui was careful when he went out, and his guards and an infantry squadron walked at the end. Then, the bombing came, and they saw that the situation was not good and returned to Huolu Town smoothly.

That's right, Mitsui was one of the puppet soldiers who managed to escape back to Huolu Town during the bombing. However, when he returned to Huolu Town, there were only about 40 guards and the infantry squadron left, and the rest were killed in the bombing.

At this time, Mitsui's regret was overflowing! He regretted that he should not have been arrogant and treated the Eighth Route Army as a soft persimmon, thinking that the Eighth Route Army was nothing more than that! He regretted that he should not have brought the team out to reinforce, so that he was trapped here. What he regretted even more was that when his own artillery unit was bombed, he should have had a chance to escape, after all, the Eighth Route Army was still on the mountain at that time.

If he could have predicted the current situation at that time, he would have arranged all the teams to disperse out of the city in groups of three or five, and run in different directions in waves! If so, he would not be targeted by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army while mixed in the crowd. As long as the teams were dispersed far enough, the Eighth Route Army would think that a shell would only kill one person, and then the Eighth Route Army would probably not fire...

But now, it was too late to say anything. He could only strengthen the defense of Huolu Town in order to hold out until night, and then escape at night. What he hoped was that the Eighth Route Army would not destroy the houses in Huolu Town easily because they belonged to the Chinese. In that case, the Eighth Route Army would not mobilize those heavy artillery bombardments, and it would be possible to persist in the battle.

Thinking of the topic of escaping at night, Mitsui Ichiro thought of another thing, so he called some of his men and asked them to dig tunnels nearby, and then escape from the town through the tunnels to avoid the siege of the Eighth Route Army! Yes, Mitsui Ichiro also realized what was going to happen next. Because the Eighth Route Army had an absolute advantage in terms of manpower, the next step was to surround Huolu Town and fight!

Mitsui Ichiro's guess was right! Just when the Japanese and the puppet army were on high alert, Zhang Dabiao also issued an order to have all three battalions of troops go down the mountain and surround Huolu Town from all directions in the west! For safety reasons, he even had someone send a telegram to Guo Liandong...

Guo Liandong had been paying attention to the actions of the Duyi Regiment, so after receiving the telegram from Zhang Dabiao and others, he also sent two battalions of troops eastward to build a defensive position directly between Huolu Town and Shimen to prevent the Japs from coming to rescue from Shimen! Guo Liandong believed that with the Duyi Regiment besieging Huolu Town, the Japs inside were doomed to be unable to escape.

The only variable is the possible reinforcements from Shimen! As long as we hold on to this direction, the Japanese puppet troops in Huolu Town will be our meal sooner or later!
At that time, Shimenshi was not as big as it was later. It was only 6 kilometers from east to west and 4 kilometers from north to south. It was just a medium-sized city in North China. Moreover, it was a new city developed from a small village and did not have the ancient charm of an ancient city. Of course, this did not prevent the Japanese from building a defense line here, strengthening the city wall, and guarding against the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Speaking of distance, the west wall of Shimen is only 10 kilometers away from Huolu Town, and you can see the city gate from Huolu Town. However, at this time, this 10 kilometers has become a distance that Sanjing cannot reach, a distance that he can't reach even if he looks forward to it. Because just when Zhang Dabiao and his men completed the siege, and the comrades of the 2nd Regiment were guarding the railway line and building a new line of defense, Li Yunlong came!
Li Yunlong came with the main force of the independent detachment, and even the mountain artillery was brought over! After seeing more than 6000 Eighth Route Army soldiers coming, Mitsui, who was trembling in Huolu Town, was completely desperate! In despair, he used the existing resources at hand to make the last decision of his life - to send a telegram to his family.

The contents of the farewell telegram were unknown to outsiders except Mitsui's family! After sending the telegram privately, the telegraph machine was handed back to the signalman, and then the farewell telegram was sent to the city defense headquarters in Shimen and then to the military headquarters of the front army. The contents of the farewell telegram were nothing more than expressing loyalty, greetings to the emperor, and talking about the current situation. There was nothing much to say. However, this telegram still brought some small shock to Okabe Naozaburo and others in Peiping.

"The Eighth Route Army has dispatched more than 1 main forces at once, and the mountain artillery captured from us has also been equipped to the front-line troops... From this, it can be seen that the Eighth Route Army is no longer the beggars of the past, but a force with modern military standards! Therefore, our next situation will be very passive! I have sent a telegram to the headquarters to inform them of this situation!"

"If the people in the base camp are still mad, they will send more troops to North China! So, we just need to survive this period of time, and a new turning point will come!"

"Moreover, we also occupy major cities such as Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, control many ports, and can obtain a steady supply of resources from the rear! So, don't worry, the difficulties are only temporary..."

At the newly opened meeting, Naosaburo Okabe comforted the officers present by saying things that he didn't quite believe in.

"For the Emperor, for the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, we fight to the death..." On the city wall of Huolu, looking at the Eighth Route Army organizing an attack outside, Mitsui completely gave up on escaping and gave his final speech to the defending troops.

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom, boom... With whistling sounds, countless shells landed on the walls of this ancient town and in the courtyard of the stronghold, causing the Japanese to flee in panic. Then, heavy machine guns suppressed, grenade launchers accurately killed, snipers and precision shooters suddenly suppressed, and the infantry rushed towards Huolu Town from all angles.

After an hour of fierce fighting, Huolu Town was captured, and Mitsui's body was found on the gun tower of the stronghold. At this time, Mitsui was naked, kneeling facing the east, with his hands clasped in front of him, holding a short knife in his hand. The blade of the short knife was deeply inserted into his stomach, his intestines were all over the ground, and his head was attached to a layer of skin, hanging between his hands, as if he was holding his head.

Next to Mitsui, there was a bloody command knife thrown on the ground, and the body of a Japanese officer in a captain's uniform fell beside the command knife, with several bullet holes on his body. (End of this chapter)