Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 381 Farewell Telegram!
The battle soon came to an end.

The Eighth Route Army surrounded more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in front of the city gate, including Ichiro Hirata, the military police captain of Heyuan County.

The devils are up to their old tricks again, wanting to challenge the Eighth Route Army one-on-one to demonstrate the honor of the warriors of their fraternal country.

In fact, he just wanted to delay time.

But unfortunately, it took the main force of the 26th Division a whole day to reach Heyuan County.

"Damn it, no one is allowed to move. Leave Ichiro Hirata to me. I want to fight him."

When Li Yunlong heard that the Japanese wanted to fight him alone, he couldn't wait to fight, and immediately rushed towards the city wall with a ghost-head knife in hand.

When Li Yunlong arrived at the city wall, only three Japanese soldiers were left. The rest were all killed by the soldiers of the Blade Commando.

"The leader is here."

A soldier shouted, and the other soldiers made way for them.

Seeing that only three devils were left, Li Yunlong cursed: "Why are there only three devils left? Where is that son of a bitch Hirata?"

"hey-hey…"

Wei Dayong hurried over and smiled:
"Captain, we didn't touch that bastard Hirata. We left it here for you."

Li Yunlong took a look and saw that behind the two Japanese soldiers stood a short, old-looking Ichiro Hirata.

At this time, the captain of the Heyuan County Military Police was covered in wounds and holding a saber in both hands, looking very embarrassed.

"Captain, please give me some face."

Zhang Dabiao couldn't help itching:
"I'll leave Hirata to you, and I'll take care of the two devils in front of Hirata."

"Okay." Li Yunlong nodded. "Then I'll leave these two devils to you, Monk. Have you persuaded them to surrender?"

Although Li Yunlong really wanted to kill these devils, he still had to go through the necessary procedures in case the devils surrendered.

"I persuaded them," Monk Wei said, "but these devils would rather die than surrender."

"That's good."

Li Yunlong nodded, walked forward with the ghost-head machete, pointed at Ichiro Hirata, and waved to him.

Ichiro Hirata walked out with the lieutenant colonel's sword in both hands, staring at Li Yunlong with gloomy eyes.

"So you can be a clear-headed ghost. The man who killed you is called Li Yunlong."

Li Yunlong strode forward and swung his sword, the blade sweeping towards Ichiro Hirata in a fan-shaped manner.

Ichiro Hirata did not understand Chinese, but he understood the three words "Li Yunlong" and instantly realized that the person in front of him was Li Yunlong, the new commander of the Eighth Route Army who had caused great losses to the locust army.

As long as I kill this person, it will be worth it even if I die!

Ichiro Hirata rushed forward with a knife, and in a blink of an eye, the two sides exchanged five or six moves, each aimed at the other's vital points, but each move was deflected by the other.

After two more moves, Li Yunlong rushed forward again, and when Ichiro Hirata was not paying attention, he hit Hirata's nose with his forehead.

Li Yunlong used his unique skill - Iron Head Kung Fu. At his peak, Li Yunlong's Iron Head Kung Fu could even smash stones. Ichiro Hirata was instantly knocked dizzy, with stars in his eyes, and his body instinctively retreated to dodge.

Li Yunlong seized the opportunity and swung the blade from right to left and from top to bottom, creating a 180-degree killing radius. Hirata Ichiro's right hand holding the knife was cut off by the blade at the shoulder, and blood spurted more than half a foot high due to the pressure.

Ichiro Hirata fell to the ground, screaming in despair in Japanese style. Li Yunlong chopped off Ichiro Hirata's head with a backhanded knife.

Seeing this scene, although the surrounding soldiers did not cheer loudly, admiration could be seen in their eyes. The regiment commander was really awesome.

"It's been a while since I chopped off a devil's head myself, so my skills are a little rusty."

"Da Biao, the remaining two devils are left to you."

Li Yunlong looked calm, but felt very happy in his heart. He handed the ghost-head knife to Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao took it and pointed at the two devils with his finger! The remaining two devils had the rank of staff officer, one was lieutenant and the other was second lieutenant.

Seeing Zhang Dabiao taking on two opponents at once, the two Japanese soldiers became furious and rushed forward with their lieutenant's knives raised.

Zhang Dabiao was quick and decisive, and in just a few strokes he chopped off the heads of the two Japanese lieutenants.

"pretty."

Li Yunlong praised and said loudly:

"Pass on my order, all troops, clean up the battlefield quickly!"

Later, Li Yunlong said to Zhang Dabiao, "Dabiao, have the soldiers gather the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers together, change them into the uniforms of our Eighth Route Army, and transport them to Ping'an County by truck."

Zhang Dabiao raised the corner of his mouth: "Yes, Captain."

A few hours later, large trucks loaded with "Eighth Route Army corpses and wounded" drove towards Ping'an County. There were dozens of trucks loaded with corpses and wounded.

This scene happened to be detected by two Japanese Type 98 reconnaissance planes. Because the convoy was escorted by air defense forces, the two Japanese reconnaissance planes did not dare to come down to drop bombs or strafe, but the Japanese in the back seat of the reconnaissance plane took pictures.

……

Inside Taiyuan City, the Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Communications staff officer Kasai Toshimatsu walked into the office with a gloomy face.

"Commander," Kasai Toshimatsu reported, bowing his head, "I have just received a farewell telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Ichiro Hirata, Captain of the Kawahara Military Police."

When Shinozuka Yoshio heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he cried out, "Ichiro Hirata sent a farewell telegram?"

"Hi." Kasai Toshimatsu lowered his head and reported, "Heyuan County was lost. It was captured by the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"How is this possible?!" Shinozuka Yoshio's face suddenly turned grim. "Didn't the 54th Flying Squadron just report that the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery and heavy mortar units had been wiped out? How did Heyuan County fall to the Eighth Route Army so quickly?"

"Yes," Kasai Toshimatsu said in a heavy voice after nodding his head. "According to Lieutenant Colonel Hirata's farewell telegram, after the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery and heavy mortar units were destroyed, they still launched an attack on Heyuan County. However, at a critical moment, the Locust Army in the city suddenly turned their guns on the Locust Army. With the support of the Locust Army, the Eighth Route Army broke into Heyuan County and captured Heyuan County."

There was an immediate gasp in the war room.

When everyone in the headquarters thought that Heyuan County would not be breached, completely opposite news came.

"Bagaya Road."

Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

That was a third-line infantry battalion of the Locust Army, and all of them were killed in action.

More importantly, the location of Heyuan County was very important in the attack on northwestern Shanxi, but it was actually captured by the Eighth Route Army in advance.

Not long after, the 54th Squadron sent a telegram:
"A convoy of Eighth Route Army soldiers transporting corpses and wounded soldiers was discovered on the Heping Highway. Judging from the size of the convoy, the Eighth Route Army suffered approximately 1,500 casualties in this battle."

"What!" Yoshio Shinozuka was overjoyed when he saw the telegram.

He immediately asked Kasai Toshimatsu to forward it to the North China Front Army Headquarters and request commendation from Sugiyama Gen.

There were 1,500 casualties, which was the size of a main force regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

This is a rare great victory, and it is also a comeback for the First Army. We must request commendation.

"Mutaguchi-kun, how many artillery units of the Eighth Route Army have we destroyed?"

Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief. If Heyuan County had not been captured by the Eighth Route Army, this battle would have been perfect, but he could also accept this result.

I wonder if Yoshio Shinozuka will be so angry that he vomits blood after learning the truth?

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(End of this chapter)