After a brief hesitation, Wang Ping was not polite and stared at Yang Xiong and asked, "Platform Commander Yang, you are also a veteran, and you have also fought the Japanese! How about it, do you have any ideas to follow me to continue fighting the Japanese? I can't guarantee anything else, it's still okay to give you a platoon leader!"

As a pure soldier, Yang Xiong really doesn't know what else he can do after leaving the army.

Therefore, since he was rescued, Yang Xiong had the idea of ​​continuing to join the army to fight the Japanese.

As for the Eighth Route Army, he had thought about it. But as soon as this idea came out, he denied it himself. In his consciousness, the Eighth Route Army was too poorly equipped, and many people didn't even have a rifle. If such a unit encounters well-equipped Japanese, wouldn't it be a death sentence?

But the independent battalion he saw in front of him was completely different from the Eighth Route Army he imagined.

All of them are covered with 38 large covers, a large number of crooked handles, grenade launchers, and even heavy machine guns and artillery.

Such equipment is not bad even compared to the Jinsui Army.

More importantly, Yang Xiong was shocked by the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Independent Battalion in the attack just now.

As the former Jinsui Army, Yang Xiong also thought that if the Jinsui Army sent a battalion to attack the Guanliang stronghold, the final analysis result was that it could not be. Even if it could be taken down, the battalion would suffer heavy losses.

As for the Eighth Route Army, a major battalion with severe lack of organization, easily captured the Guanliang stronghold. Not only did it eliminate seventy or eighty well-equipped Japanese, it also suffered very little losses, which can be described as negligible.

In this case, Wang Ping was moved as soon as he spoke.

But he did not answer immediately, but asked with a hesitation look on his face, "Sir, I want to ask, what will you do if you surrender to others with me?"

"Take two steps and make screening first. When the puppet army did not do evil during the period, choose two roads. One way is to join the Eighth Route Army and continue to fight the Japanese. Another way is to leave the army. We will pay a silver dollar for each person!"

"As for those who have done evil, especially those with blood debts, we will send them to the rear base area for labor reform according to the actual situation, or directly conduct a public trial and shot!"

After the last doubt in his heart was resolved, Yang Xiong was not pretentious and said directly: "The chief thinks so much of me. If I, Yang Xiong, don't fight the Japanese with the chief, I would be so sorry for my conscience!"

"From the future, my life of Yang Xiong will be the leader. I will do whatever you want me to do!"

"Okay! Welcome to join the Independent Battalion of the First Military Sub-district of the Eighth Route Army! From today on, you will be the Eighth Route Army!" Wang Ping also smiled and answered very happily.

Then he did not forget to add: "Also, our Eighth Route Army is not the Jinsui Army, and the officers and soldiers are equal, and there is no such thing as a superior. If you see an officer above the regiment, you should call him the commander. If you are directly called the position below the regiment, you can just call me the battalion commander in the future!"

"Yes, battalion commander!" Yang Xiong immediately reacted.

Wang Ping was so happy that he could imagine how he had captured the Japanese artillery tower and accepted the talent Yang Xiong.

Not long after, Yan Song, the third company commander who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, ran over and reported with an excited look on his face: "Battery Commander, we have money, we have money!"

"In the ruins of the artillery tower, we found a heavy machine gun, a crooked handle, three doors and two grenade launchers, 24 large 38 covers, all intact and will be used immediately."

"The puppet army and the Japanese behind seized 34 38 blocks, 96 other rifles, 6 pistols, a thrust of crooked handles, a total of 294 grenades and grenades, and a lot of bullets!"

"The most important thing is the arsenal behind the Japanese artillery tower. A total of three new crooked handles were found, with 75 38 large covers, and more than 40 boxes of bullets, shells, grenades, and grenades!"

"As for other materials, there are also a lot of them, with at least 5,000 kilograms of refined grain and dozens of boxes of canned food. As for other materials, there are too many types, and there is no careful counting yet!"

"In addition, we found 26 horses behind the artillery tower, five of which were war horses, and the rest were scattered horses transporting supplies. They were all fat and strong, and they could be used as soon as they were pulled out!"

Wang Ping frowned and asked directly the questions that everyone around him wanted to ask!

"How come there are so many equipment and supplies? Isn't the Guanliang stronghold only a Japanese intensified team? How can we stock up on so much equipment?"

Yang Xiong, who had just decided to join the independent battalion, quickly replied: "Battery Commander, you don't know anything. Although the Japanese here only have one reinforcement team, the Japanese head is the rank of captain. I heard that when the Japanese in Laiyuan City replenished troops arrive, the reinforcement team will be expanded into a squadron!"

"If I'm not mistaken, these equipment must be used for the Japanese expansion, and then they happened to be caught up by the battalion commander!"

"It seems that God is helping us!" Wang Ping's frown immediately let go and said very happily.

Then he ordered the two company commanders: "Zhang Yunshan, you are responsible for the captives. I will ask Yang Xiong to cooperate with you and ask them to help us carry the capture. Each person has a load of 30 kilograms, and he specially carries ammunition and boxes of canned food."

"Company Commander Yan, you are responsible for transporting the seized food and other materials with the seized horses and war horses. If there are more horses, transport some equipment. As for the extra weapons and equipment, we will be distributed to our own people. Each person carries one or two more rifles, which should not affect the marching and combat."

"I'll give you two hours to prepare, and retreat in two hours, and strive to return to the hidden point of our independent camp before dawn!"

The purpose of Wang Ping's two Japanese strongholds was to disrupt Laiyuan City and then take advantage of the troubled waters.

However, the Japanese were not vegetarians. The independent camp was cleaning the battlefield and preparing to retreat. Wang Ping didn't know that a huge crisis was covering him.

Before the battle began, the Independence Battalion cut off the telephone line from Guanliang stronghold to Laiyuan City. Because the distance was too far, the sound of gunfire here could not be heard from the county town.

But Wang Ping ignored the other two strongholds around Guanliang.

Because it is only seven or eight miles away, the sound of gunfire from the attack still vaguely reached the two strongholds.

The two consecutive strongholds were captured by the Eighth Route Army, which really made Ono panic. He didn't know how many Eighth Route Army came to Laiyuan. Similarly, Ono also alerted that all the strongholds scattered in Laiyuan might be attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

So, just after Ono learned that the Wuzhen stronghold was also captured by the Eighth Route Army, Ono issued an order to strengthen the guards of all the strongholds. Once the Eighth Route Army appeared, report to Laiyuan City immediately.

The sound of gunfire from the direction of Guanliang could never have been made by the defenders at the stronghold themselves.

The biggest possibility is that the Guanliang stronghold was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army was also equipped with artillery. Although I don’t know if the Guanliang stronghold could withstand the Eighth Route Army’s attack, the defenders of the two strongholds reported the situation to the Laiyuan Command immediately.

The Chief of Staff, who was preparing for the dispatch of troops, immediately realized that the Guanliang stronghold might be in danger, and then reported it to Colonel Ono as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!