Su Yuan led the entire regiment to conquer the first county town after leaving the base area. His original intention was to give this liberated county town to the Eighth Route Army, so after the troops entered the city and rested for a while, Su Yuan prepared to assemble the troops and move closer to the west again.
However, this was opposed by Li Qian, Zhang Hao and even Meng Tian. They did not want the county town they had worked so hard to conquer to be handed over to the Eighth Route Army. Meng Tian meant to leave some troops here to occupy it, and the large army continued westward.
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"Keep some troops, as you can imagine. If we keep too many, we won't be able to continue to advance westward. How will we recover Ancheng then? If we keep too few, do you think we can hold it? Behind here is the base of the Eighth Route Army, but the other three sides
It's the Japanese. This is the road south that the Japanese have just opened. What if they counterattack?" Su Yuan immediately objected.
Li Qian and Zhang Hao proposed to hand over the place to the National Army. They could contact them as soon as possible, but they could not hand it over to the Eighth Route Army.
"Where are you going to contact the National Army? They have already run away, and they can't hold on." Su Yuan said, "We can only hand it over to the Eighth Route Army. This is close to the base area. They can hold on, and we gave them a big gift.
They will definitely repay us. They can not only continue to cover our westward march, but also help us regain the county town in the west near Ancheng, and we will not suffer any loss in the exchange."
The three of them had no other good ideas, but they felt unwilling to do so. At the same time, they also had objections to Su Yuan's idea. At this moment, they sent westward scouts to report that the Eighth Route Army on the left and right wings were approaching to the west.
And rushed to Linxian in front.
"Is it to open up channels for us in this county?" everyone speculated.
"It's not like that." Li Qian judged based on the positions of the two Eighth Route Army troops: "Why are they on both sides of the county town in front of the two wings that were supposed to protect us? Are they waiting for us to attack the city again?"
"The posture looks similar." Zhang Hao and Meng Tian looked at the map and said, "If we continue to move westward, the county in front is blocking us."
"Could it be that we are preparing to attack the city?" Su Yuan said.
"Do they want to attack the city from the north and south?" Meng Tian analyzed: "But is there such a way to attack?"
"Guanzu, let's set off immediately." Li Qian immediately changed her mind. What she thought was that if the Eighth Route Army really occupied the county in front, then this place would become the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army. There would be no value in leaving it, so it was better to capture it.
The county seat in front.
"This is what you said." Su Yuan said immediately, and he immediately ordered: "Li Zhuang, you lead your battalion and artillery battery to advance immediately and threaten the Japanese from the front."
"Yes!" Li Zhuang responded immediately.
Just as Su Yuan led the troops to move forward, two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army had already launched an attack on the Japanese from the north and south.
They did not expect that Su Yuan would launch an attack on the county town occupied by the Japs on the road, and so quickly. Before they could come to support, Su Yuan had already captured it. There was no point in bringing troops here anymore, and there was also a suspicion of stealing the results of the battle.
Moreover, as the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the two regiment leaders also felt unconvinced. They were here to escort, but the ones being covered started fighting. Since Su Yuan could capture a county with one regiment, why couldn't they!?
And Su Yuan is likely to launch an attack on the next county.
Therefore, the two regiment leaders led the troops to advance quickly. Taking down the county seat in front of them could be accomplished with one fell swoop. They could not only capture the Japs' county seat, eliminate the Japs and obtain supplies, but also expand the base area. At the same time, they could open a passage for Su Yuan and earn back a fortune.
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The two regiment leaders were also dissatisfied with each other. Each wanted to capture a county town by their own abilities, but they could not stop the other. In the end, they wanted to negotiate who would make the main attack and who would make the feint attack.
The two quarreled again about this. Both wanted to be the main attacker. The two were arguing and couldn't decide. In the end, the two decided to attack the enemy at the same time. Then there would be no feint attack to attract the enemy. Let's see who can attack the city first.
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The Japanese who defended the city were already a little confused when they were not attacked. According to the reports of the soldiers who escaped, they learned about the opponent's siege tactics and capabilities, and began to mobilize troops to defend the east gate. However, they did not expect that there would be another attack in the north and south directions.
A large number of Eighth Route Army troops were discovered.
The Japanese began to judge that both directions might be feint attacks. In addition, they despised the weapons of the Eighth Route Army and did not mobilize troops for a while. However, they did not expect that there was no movement at the east gate, but the attacks from the north and south directions were equally fierce. It was impossible to judge which one was the main attack.
Direction. The two Eighth Route Army units refused to lag behind each other, and devoted all their firepower to launch a strong attack as soon as they came up.
Soon the two directions with weak troops were in danger. The Japanese were trying to mobilize troops from the east gate for support. At this moment, the national army was discovered in the east. They were troops with a large number of artillery. This should be the main direction of attack.
The Japanese were timid and hesitated again. Why did thousands of people suddenly appear here to attack the city?
Soon, red flags were flying on the city walls in the north and south directions. Two Eighth Route Army troops entered the city almost at the same time. When Su Yuan led the large troops to arrive, the two regiment leaders lined up at the east gate to greet them with satisfied smiles.
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Having captured two county towns in a row, the morale of the soldiers of the three regiments was even higher. There was only one county town between here and Ancheng. The order had not yet been issued. All the soldiers had already thought of it naturally and continued to fight.
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And Su Yuan also had this intention. The county seat in front must be captured. In this way, when Ancheng is recovered, there will be a channel to contact the Eighth Route Army. Also, the road from Lunan to Ancheng has reached Taihang.
Donglu, that is to say, that would cut across the mainland communication line that the Japanese had just opened and cut off their communication line here. The Japanese's large-scale Operation No. 1 not only failed but failed, their
The traffic lines are of no use.
Su Yuan's decision was approved by everyone. There was no reason for anyone to object to this suggestion. The two commanders of the Eighth Route Army were naturally willing, and Li Qian was even more in favor of cutting off the Japs' lines of communication.
Next, the three regiments almost rushed to the last county town, attacking the city from three sides, and the attacks in every direction were so powerful. The Japanese guarding the city felt the fear of extreme loss in their hearts. What happened to the Chinese?
Why did they become so powerful overnight, and since they had never seen the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperate in attacking in the past, they completely lost the confidence to resist. And those puppet troops were even more frightened. They had the Eighth Route Army that made them frightened, and the National Army that they wanted to join in the future.
No matter which aspect you look at, you must not shoot to resist.
Another county town was captured quickly. After three sieges, all the soldiers were a little tired. Now before them was their final goal. Although Ancheng was stronger and there were more Japanese troops defending it, at this time
By then they were already in panic.
To the east are thousands of murderous Chinese main forces, and to their west, the entire regiment led by Sun Jianyun from Yujiacun is gradually approaching, while several guerrillas and militia and self-defense forces in the mountains from Sujiacun have also begun to fight back. What's even more terrifying is
Yes, the surrounding people have already seen the hope of victory. Tens of thousands of people, armed with hoes, sickles and anything that can kill the enemy, shouted and surrounded Ancheng...