Author: No one left alive

Ping'an County, with four battalions and more than 5,000 troops, made this small county feel packed. Anyway, when the gunfire stopped and the people peeked out from the cracks in the doors, they found that the streets were full of people. The figure of eight soldiers. Moreover, these eight soldiers were carrying guns that they had never seen before, and some were even looking at some food sacks running away...

In Ping'an County, inside the city defense headquarters, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were being placed together by soldiers. Zhang Dabiao looked at the three-story building with several large holes blown out by long-distance grenades, and felt a little unsatisfied: "Old Shen Ah, this little devil is so inexperienced! In today’s battle, I feel like we can fight Taiyuan directly!”

"Don't even think about hitting Taiyuan, but there are still three counties left. How many do you think we can get?" Shenquan was not satisfied either, so he started thinking about other counties.

"I'm afraid!" Zhang Dabiao also had a strategic vision. He said directly: "The location of Ping'an County is too important. I'm afraid our next step is to fight a defensive war! By the way, report to the regiment leader quickly!"

When the news reached Li Yunlong, Lao Li laughed loudly: "Well done! Damn it, Ping'an County belongs to our independent regiment. The communications soldier immediately told Lao Xing and asked him to take the third battalion and the fourth battalion. Battalion, immediately rely on the county to build defenses! Let the second battalion commander lead the second battalion to my side, and ask Zhang Dabiao to reinforce the first company over there!"

Li Yunlong's order quickly reached the city via phone. Lao Xing was helping Political Commissar Zhao count the loot and went directly to work with his people.

In fact, the city defense fortifications in Ping'an County are very good. They were all built by the Japanese and used a lot of materials. They are by no means a shoddy project. What's even more advantageous is that because the independent regiment made a sneak attack, the fortifications outside the city defense headquarters , basically intact. What Lao Xing needs to do is to dig new trenches among the peripheral fortifications to increase the depth of tactical defense.

Of course, necessary sandbags must be prepared, and barricade fortifications also need to be built in the city. Even if these fortifications may not be used, they are still better than not being used.

Ping'an County was captured, and of course Political Commissar Zhao immediately sent the news to the headquarters.

"Okay, very good! Now, the four brigades of the 36th Japanese Division have been divided by us. The only thing left is to destroy them! Tell Li Yunlong to hold Ping'an County tightly for me and never let the enemy in the direction of Yangquan. The Japanese reinforcements go over and rescue those Japanese!" The deputy commander directly gave the independent regiment a death order, and even this order had no time limit.

"Let the leaders rest assured that not a single fly will fly from Ping'an County before receiving orders from the headquarters!" Li Yunlong vowed.

"Just one independent regiment is not enough!" At the headquarters, the chief of staff reminded: "Around Ping'an County, we have three main regiments. The new regiment defends Yuci, the new second regiment defends Jingxing, and the independent regiment defends Yangquan. But once the Japs from Liao County break through to the north, their troops will be a little insufficient. After all, they are only four brigades."

"I know! Now, order the 1st Division, 1st Regiment, and 3rd Regiment to move westward immediately. They must arrive at Ping'an County within 24 hours! Order the 2nd Division 1st Regiment to immediately move toward Heshun to stop the enemy's northward movement. Order the surrounding county brigades and district squads to immediately destroy the Pingliao Highway so that the Japanese cars cannot run. In addition, lay out more landmines!"

Orders from the headquarters were notified directly to various military divisions through telephone calls. The calls were transmitted through the telephone in the dialect of the soldiers, and the level of confidentiality was very high. At least except for the locals, outsiders could not understand it.

From Liao County to Ping'an County, there is 180 miles. This distance can be said to be far away. However, if there is a car as a vehicle, the marching speed will be very fast. Under the current conditions, it will be about 5 to 6 miles.

You can get from Liao County to Ping'an County in just an hour. However, that is only when the road is in good condition and there are no landmines.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, the basic regiments, main force regiments, and various guerrilla groups that had been carrying out assassination battles against these counties took up weapons and tools one after another, and rushed to the Pingliao Highway to carry out evil deeds.

At this time, we can see the strategic significance of the operation to clean up strongholds that started last year. Because there are no constraints from strongholds along the way, the militiamen and even ordinary people participating in the operation do not need to worry about the Japanese coming over. Therefore, they only need to

Swing the pickaxe, swing the shovel, dig out the road, cut it off, and dig out continuous trenches and holes.

Some guerrillas, on the other hand, take all kinds of landmines and lay them on the roads, then wait for harvest.

However, there is a problem here. What is the problem? That is, when Gangcun was attacking Ping'an County, he ordered the four brigades of the 36th Division to take action. However, the headquarters gave the order later.

When the Japanese received the order, they began to arrange the transfer to the north very quickly. However, due to transportation and communication methods, it took time for the military division to assemble the team.

Therefore, when these guerrillas arrived near the highway, there was actually a Japanese group that had already moved north from the highway.

Because the Japanese have trucks? Although there are not that many trucks in the 36th Division, by gathering the trucks of the 4 brigades, the Doi Brigade of the 36th Division can be loaded and set off in advance.

Here, let’s talk about Okamoto Yasuyuki. Yes, this order came from Okamoto Yasuyuki, but his next order was for the remaining three brigades to break out directly from Liao County to the south.

Is this somewhat different from Gangcun's order? Okamoto also has his own considerations. There are 180 miles from Liao County to Ping'an County in the north, but only more than 160 miles to Lucheng in the south. The key is that when we arrive

At the Ping An Line, we still have to break through, and we have to return to the Lu'an area by other routes. But to break through to the south, we will directly return to the defense area of ​​the 36th Division. And our six brigades will press forward to Panlong Town together, and we can also support them.

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On Okamoto's side, they first arranged the order for the north-south breakout before reporting to the front army headquarters. Therefore, when Okamura received the news, one of Doi's brigade had already disappeared, and the remaining three brigades

, we have also sorted out our equipment and are ready to break out of the encirclement to the south. Why not break out of the encirclement directly? The six brigades in Lucheng need to go north for support.

In short, Gangcun's ability to control the team was greatly challenged today. And when the headquarters received news that a brigade had broken out from Liao County, the Dojing brigade had already arrived in Xiyang. In short,

There are always various unexpected situations in battle...
Chapter completed!