Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Kusunoshi Hideyoshi was surprised and asked, "What? Shouyang is in danger? How could Shouyang be in danger?"

At this point, Kusunokichi suddenly thought of something and said, "Could it be that the damned Eighth Route Army is going to attack Shouyang County again?"

Shinozuka Yoshio: "The military strength of Shouyang County is at its most depleted right now. The damn Eighth Route Army will never give up this opportunity!"

Kusunoshi Hideyoshi: "What should we do now? Should we send reinforcements to Shouyang immediately?"

Shinozuka Yoshio: "Add more troops? How? Are we going to transfer the garrison troops from Jinzhong? By then, Shouyang might not be able to be defended, and Jinzhong will also end up with an empty troop force, and then continue to follow the same fate as Shouyang?"

Kusunoshi Hideyoshi: "Since we cannot send more troops, we can only give orders to the garrison in Shouyang in advance and have them defend the county to the death."

Shinozuka Yoshio: "This morning, the 3rd Infantry Regiment almost went all out to reinforce Yangquan. Now Shouyang only has a military police unit and a security battalion, which is absolutely unable to stop the powerful attack of the Eighth Route Army."

At this point, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly paused, then changed the subject and said, "The only solution now is to notify the military police guarding the city to immediately move in and evacuate Shouyang."

Kusunoshi Hideyoshi was stunned and asked, "Are we going to give up Shouyang?"

Shinozuka Yoshio: "That's right! Give up Shouyang! Yangquan has been lost, and all the supplies in the city have been intercepted by the Eighth Route Army. Shouyang must not follow in Yangquan's footsteps."

"Order, Shouyang Military Police to immediately take all supplies and evacuate Shouyang County. At the same time, notify the wealthy friends in the city to evacuate together."

Kusunokichi suddenly realized and said, "Commander, your Excellency is very smart! In this way, the locust army seems to have lost Shouyang without any resistance, but in fact, what is left to the Eighth Route Army is just an empty city, which is meaningless to the Eighth Route Army.

Because with the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to defend the county town at all, and the mountains are their final destination.

As long as the locust army recovers, they can take Shouyang back at any time."

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded: "Not bad!"

……

I have to say that Yoshio Shinozuka was indeed a very difficult guy. Even at this time, he was not blinded by anger, but remained sober at all times.

As the 3rd Infantry Regiment lost contact, they immediately thought of the crisis in Shouyang, stopped the losses in time, and made the wisest choice.

Two hours later.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and others led their troops to the east gate of Shouyang City, exhausted.

Ding Wei raised the telescope and observed for a while, then frowned and said, "Old Li, something is wrong. How come there is not even a single Japanese guard in Shouyang County? Even the city gates are open. This is too abnormal."

Blind Cheng asked, "Could it be that the Japanese soldiers guarding the city have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and used the Empty City Strategy on us?"

Li Yunlong said with disdain: "Empty city plan? The Japs are not Zhuge Kongming, and I am not Sima Zhongda!
Now that we have come to Shouyang City, there is no reason to come here in vain!"

"Artillery company, pull up all the artillery pieces and fire a few rounds of rapid fire at the top of the city first!"

"Yes!"

Artillery company commander Li Sanpao responded, turned around quickly and left to build an artillery position.

Ding Wei asked, "Old Li, should we build a circle of fortifications first to prevent the Japanese from launching a sudden counterattack?"

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Old Ding, I think you are too cautious. Not to mention that there are not many devils left in Shouyang City, even if there are a large number of devils stationed in the city.

How many devils could come out of a small city gate at once? Could they all jump off the city wall?"

Ding Wei: "..."

A few minutes later.

Li Sanpao turned back and reported to Li Yunlong: "Report, the artillery position has been built, please give instructions!"

Li Yunlong: "Fire!"

"Yes!"

Li Sanpao nodded, then turned around and made a gesture to fire to the flag soldiers not far away.

As the flag soldier swung the command flag downward, the main gunners of the artillery company stuffed the shells in their hands into the gun barrels.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—"

As the sound of shells being fired rang out, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others raised their binoculars.

A few seconds later, bright balls of fire rose up on the city wall, followed by earth-shaking explosions that spread and reached their ears.

Kong Jie frowned and said, "It's strange, there isn't even a single Japanese soldier on the city wall, this shouldn't be the case.

Did they all abandon the city and flee?"

Li Yunlong: "The puppet army may abandon the city and flee, but the Japanese will never do that. Since the Battle of Xinkou in 37, have you ever seen a Japanese army flee without fighting?"

Everyone shook their heads. This was also something they couldn't understand.

Li Yunlong: "If we want to know the specific situation, it seems that we have no choice but to send a reconnaissance team into the city.

Zhang Dabiao! "

"Have!"

Zhang Dabiao agreed after hearing the voice.

Li Yunlong: "Immediately organize a small force to conduct reconnaissance in the city."

"Yes!"

Zhang Dabiao nodded and then turned and left.

Soon, a small reconnaissance team of more than 30 people followed a skirmish line and quickly headed towards the east gate of Shouyang, a thousand meters away.

What follows is a long wait.

About half an hour later.

A scout ran out of Shouyang City quickly. Li Yunlong saw him and hurried over to him: "What's going on in the city?"

"They ran away, all of them ran away!" the scout reported while panting.

Li Yunlong: "What ran away?"

Scout: "According to the villagers in the city, about two hours ago, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city fled Shouyang City from the west gate with supplies.

Also fleeing were the local tyrants and evil gentry in the city."

Ding Wei was stunned: "Two hours ago? At that time, our army was fighting the final battle with Kameda's unit.

The Japanese actually abandoned the city and fled at that time. Could it be that Kameda Nobuo anticipated our battle plan and issued such an order in advance?"

Li Yunlong: "Now it seems to be the case. This damn old devil is going to trick me even after he's dead!"

Ding Wei: "The Japanese puppet troops and local tyrants and evil gentry in the city carried a lot of supplies when they fled, so their speed should not be too fast.

Besides, it would take them quite a while to sort out the supplies, so they probably wouldn't have to run too far.

If we chase him now, it should still be in time!"

The scout added: "According to the villagers in the city, the last batch of local tyrants and evil gentry left less than an hour ago."

Li Yunlong: "Cavalry Company!"

"Have!"

Sun Desheng agreed upon hearing this.

Li Yunlong: "Chase them immediately, and catch up with these deserters as quickly as possible."

Sun Desheng: “Yes!”

Li Yunlong: "Remember, after catching up with them, don't fight too long, just hold them back!"

"Yes!"

Sun Desheng agreed again, then mounted his horse, gave instructions to the soldiers of the cavalry company, and led the soldiers of the cavalry company straight to the east gate of Shouyang.

"Gee! Gee!——"

More than 100 military horses trampled the ground at the same time, making waves of heart-pounding vibrations.

Because it was a siege these days, the cavalry was of no use and was basically responsible for guarding and plundering the enemy camp, which made Sun Desheng very frustrated.

Today the cavalry company was finally put to use, and Sun Desheng was very happy.

As the saying goes, "When the wind is high, the horse gallops fast." After entering the city from the east gate, Sun Desheng and his companions ran straight to the west gate along the central main street.

In the end, it took less than half an hour to catch up with the last batch of local tyrants and evil gentry.

Strictly speaking, these guys are not local tyrants, but the lackeys of local tyrants. These guys usually take advantage of the power of others and do a lot of evil things, so Sun Desheng will naturally not let them go.

When he saw this group of guys, Sun Desheng's eyes suddenly widened.

"Comrades, the target is right in front of us, kill him!"

Sun Desheng suddenly pulled out the cavalry sword from his waist, and then squeezed the horse's belly with his legs.

The military horse then neighed as if it were possessed by spirits, and then spread out its four hooves, as if a turbine had been activated, directly increasing its speed to the fastest.

"Drive, drive!"

The soldiers of the cavalry company followed closely behind.

"Oh no! The Eighth Route Army is coming! They are chasing us!"

Upon seeing this, the lackeys of the local tyrants and evil gentry were so frightened that their anus shrank, and they dropped the escorted supplies and fled in all directions.

In fact, these guys have a lot of weapons in their hands.

But they usually just bully unarmed civilians and never dare to challenge the regular army.

The momentum that the cavalry company unleashed was enough to make it almost impossible for them to breathe, let alone resist.

In order to run faster, these guys simply dropped the weapons in their hands.

But it was still in vain.

No matter how fast a person's two feet are, how can they be faster than the four hooves of a military horse?

In less than 20 seconds, the guy running at the end was caught up by Sun Desheng.

"Take your life!"

Sun Desheng swung the cavalry knife in his hand forward and hit the guy hard on the back of his neck.

"Pfft!"

The saber carried the huge potential energy of the horse's charge and easily cut off the guy's neck.

He just felt his head spinning and his whole body seemed to be floating. Then, he fell into the endless abyss of darkness, as if he was swallowed by a black hole.

Due to inertia, the headless body ran forward several steps before losing balance and falling heavily to the ground.

Sun Desheng did not stop and continued to chase the next target.

The soldiers of the cavalry company followed closely behind, vying bravely for the lead. They chopped with swords if they were close, and shot if they were far away.

In less than two minutes, more than 100 minions were killed, but twenty or thirty people still escaped.

Sun Desheng always kept in mind the instructions of the regiment commander Li Yunlong. He stopped his soldiers who wanted to pursue and led them to continue chasing forward.

As for the supplies discarded on the ground, Sun Desheng was confident that those guys would definitely not dare to come back to take them.

Even if you have the courage to take it, you will definitely encounter the main force that will catch up later, and you will end up dead.

In this way, Sun Desheng led the cavalry company to charge and fight all the way, and after eliminating several groups of local tyrants and evil gentry, he finally caught up with the Japanese gendarmerie and puppet army security regiment who were fleeing in the front.

There were a total of five to six hundred people in this group.

Although Sun Desheng is confident, he is not conceited.

Cavalry is good at charging, but is not suitable for siege warfare.

Therefore, after catching up with this group of guys, Sun Desheng did not engage in a head-on confrontation with them. Instead, he used the mobility of the cavalry to encircle the devils from the fields on both sides of the Zhengtai Highway to the front or wings, launching attacks from time to time to slow down the speed of the devils and puppet troops.

Although this move could not cause much casualties to the enemy, it effectively slowed down the enemy's speed.

After all, the sound of gunfire here soon attracted the attention of scouts from nearby brother units.

They quickly reported the situation, then contacted the cavalry company, and finally mobilized the reserve troops to fight together with the cavalry company, completely cutting off the escape route to the west by the Japanese and puppet troops in Shouyang!
Two hours later.

When the 386th Brigade caught up with them, the puppet soldiers of the Security Battalion directly chose to revolt and took the initiative to help the Eighth Route Army fight the devils of the Shouyang Military Police, which saved Li Yunlong and his men a lot of trouble...

386 Brigade Headquarters.

The time has come to 3 o'clock in the morning.

The chief of staff said to the brigade commander beside him: "Brigade commander, our brigade has basically achieved its goals. There is no important battle to fight today. Why don't you go and rest for a while. I will take care of the brigade headquarters. If anything particularly important happens, it won't be too late to wake you up."

The brigade commander waved his hand: "I'm not sleepy."

Chief of Staff: "Are you worried about Li Yunlong and his men? These guys were able to capture the heavily guarded Yangquan County. It would be easy for them to capture Shouyang, which has few troops."

Brigade Commander: “What I’m worried about is not that we can’t take Shouyang, but that I want to know their spoils as soon as possible.

Tomorrow the reporters from the Chinese News Agency will come to our brigade to do an interview, so it's a good opportunity for them to have some time to shine."

The Chief of Staff nodded.

At this time, the head of the communications section ran in from outside and said excitedly: "Report, Brigade Commander, the independent regiment just sent a telegram saying that they have successfully recaptured Shouyang County and wiped out the enemy in the city!"

Brigade Commander: "It shouldn't be like this. Why is the speed so slow today?"

Chief of Communications: "It's like this, the Japanese predicted that our army would attack Shouyang, so they abandoned the city with the supplies and fled, taking the local tyrants and evil gentry with them.

Captain Li and his men chased all the way and finally caught up with them.

In fact, it was thanks to the assistance of the 385th Brigade that they stopped the Japanese. Otherwise, it might have taken even longer. "

The brigade commander suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. That makes sense. By the way, did Li Yunlong mention their captured items in the telegram?"

Chief of Communications: "Captain Li didn't mention this, so I guess the statistics haven't been compiled yet."

The chief of staff laughed inwardly. Given Li Yunlong's personality, he would probably not tell anyone even if he had figured out the numbers, let alone the fact that they had not yet been calculated.

The brigade commander added: “Tell Li Yunlong and his men to lead their troops back to the brigade headquarters to report immediately after cleaning up the battlefield.

Oh, and remember to bring all your loot with you.

After daybreak, pay attention to air defense and avoid attacks by the Japanese air force."

"Yes!"

The communications chief nodded and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the brigade commander.

"Wait a moment."

The communications chief looked at the brigade commander in confusion and asked, "Brigade commander, do you have any other instructions?"

Brigade Commander: "Tell Li Yunlong and the others that I congratulate them on their fortune!"

"Yes!"

The communications chief nodded in agreement and waited for a moment. After making sure that the brigade commander had no other instructions, he turned around and left to convey the order.

……

Taiyuan City.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

It's finally dawn.

However, for Yoshio Shinozuka, the dawn seemed to have not yet dawned.

Because throughout the night, bad news kept coming from the front line. Several large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway, Baijin Line, and Tongpu Railway were lost.

The air in the entire headquarters seemed to have frozen. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive and no one dared to breathe loudly.

suddenly.

A burst of hurried footsteps came from outside, breaking the silence.

The person who came was none other than Jiro Toyotomi, the head of the 1st Army's Communications Section.

The old devil came to Shinozuka Yoshio in a hurry with a document in his hand, bowed his head and reported: "Your Excellency Commander, I just received news that the Eighth Route Army attacked Shouyang County again after defeating the 3rd Regiment of the Locust Army."

Yoshio Shinozuka had been prepared for this. Compared to other bad news, this was actually good news, so there was no expression on his face.

After a pause, Toyotomi Jiro continued, "Not only that, the locust army of the Shouyang gendarmerie and the imperial army of the security camp were all destroyed by the local Eighth Route Army..."

...(End of chapter)