On April 30, Liu Gen arrived 10 kilometers away from the outskirts of Shixian County with the artillery battalion of the 120th Division.

In the battle plan formulated by Division Commander He and others, the 120th Division would not choose to take Lishi County occupied by the devils, but giving a certain amount of pressure to the Devils Lishi County could help other troops of the 120th Division to take the county towns occupied by other devils. This time, the battle plan formulated by Division Commander He and others was that the 120th Division was prepared to take at least three county towns occupied by the devils.

Only in this way can we ensure that the 120th Division has sufficient material supplies, and it will be much easier to replenish its troops.

"Commander Chen, I don't know if you have contacted Commander Huang of the 716 Regiment? Did the 716 regiment arrive at the designated position? In the hiding place, Liu Gen turned his head to look at the head of Chen beside him.

Regiment Commander Chen is the head of the Death Determination Special Service Group of the General Headquarters, and there are more than 1,000 people in the whole regiment, and any soldier who joins the Death Death Special Service Group is ready to sacrifice at any time. The task of attacking Devil Lishi County is very difficult, and it is precisely because of this that Division Commander He will choose to move with Liu Gen.

As for the 716th Regiment, it is the main combat force of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division, and the 716th Regiment has played an extremely important role in consolidating and expanding the base area in Jizhong. In the battle of Caojiazhuang, the devils used poison gas bombs in order to seize the position defended by the 716th Regiment, but the 716th Regiment braved the enemy's poisonous gas and successfully held the position firmly.

After Caojiazhuang, the 716 Regiment became famous in the first battle and became an important target for annihilation by the devils.

"I have contact with the 716th Regiment, they have not yet arrived at the designated position, there have been some twists and turns during the period, but I can guarantee that an hour before the start of the battle, the 716th Regiment can smoothly enter the designated position." Head Chen replied seriously.

Liu Gen nodded, as long as he was able to enter the designated combat position before the battle, there was no need for the Death Secret Service Group to fight alone.

"The comrades of the county brigade and the district squad have notices, right? When will they arrive? Liu Gen asked again.

A hint of excitement appeared on Regiment Leader Chen's face, "They are not far behind us, and when the battle begins, they will be able to successfully complete the mission." ”

"This dispatch of county brigades and district squads will inevitably increase our momentum, and the total number of large and small troops is as many as three or four thousand."

Liu Gen laughed, indeed, just around Lishi County, there are three or four thousand troops, even if a real attack is launched on Lishi County, there is also the possibility of taking Lishi County. It's just that Liu Gen also knows that it is not so simple to take Lishi County, and there is as many as a brigade of devils stationed there, plus the puppet army, there are also more than 1,000 troops to defend it.

However, Liu Gen didn't look at the devils defending in Lishi County, the devil brigade defending here came from the devils and independently mixed into the Ninth Brigade, and the combat effectiveness was not strong. If the devils defending in Lishi County came from the 36th Division of the Devils, then Liu Gen would not have any thoughts about Lishi County.

After all, there is a big gap in combat effectiveness between the 36th Regiment of the Devil and the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade Regiment, as long as it is a clear-eyed person, then it can be seen.

"That's okay, let the soldiers rest first, it will be a tough battle next, I hope it can be carried out according to the formulated battle plan, otherwise we will not be left here by the devils." Liu Gen opened his mouth and said in a deep voice.

When Division Commander He assigned combat missions for Liu Gen, he let Liu Gen choose by himself, and he did not choose other safer tasks, but chose to come to Lishi County. Lishi County is the focus of this battle plan, and only by letting the devils defending Lishi County feel enough pressure can the battle plan continue.

The Eighth Route Army had a tactic to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and this time the 120th Division used to divert the tiger from the mountain.

The troops mobilized by the 120th Division have long been eyeing their targets, Wubao County, Shilou County, and Yonghe County, these three county towns must be taken. As long as the devils defending in these three counties have to send reinforcements, then the opportunity to belong to the 120th Division has arrived.

After taking these three county seats, if there is enough time, then Division Commander He and the others will consider Liulin County, which is not far from Wubao County, Jiaokou County to the east of Shilou County, and Xi County to the east of Yonghe County.

The entire six county towns are within the 120th Division's battle plan, and if they can directly take the six county seats, then Division Commander He and they may be able to wake up from a dream with a smile.

In addition to the 120th Division, the 115th and 129th Divisions and other units of the Eighth Route Army will move a little bit, which will attract the attention of the devils. Only in this way can we ensure the smooth progress of the 120th Division's seizure of the county seat of Guizi.

This time, the 120th Division, which has been silent for a long time, will make a big move, a big move that is enough to excite the Chinese people.

In the rest room of the soldiers, time kept passing, and Liu Gen and Commander Chen did not have any thoughts of resting, for the two of them, there could be no mistake in the battle that was going to be fought today.

It was six o'clock in the afternoon, and the fighters had rested and became refreshed.

Liu Gen and Regiment Leader Chen glanced at each other, waved their hands at the same time, and ordered the soldiers to approach the position away from Shixian County.

This time, Liu Gen and the others did not continue to hide their tracks, but walked towards Lishi County openly. In less than twenty minutes, the devils who were on guard outside Lishi County saw Liu Gen and others attacking towards Lishi County.

Originally, the devils who wanted to stay to stop Liu Gen and the others, when they saw the mighty team of Liu Gen and the others, they suddenly didn't dare to stop any longer, and decisively rushed into the county town and closed the city gate as quickly as possible. Liu Gen and the others saw these vigilant devils leaving. But it's any idea of intervening to stop it, and they'd love to see these devils do it.

By the time Liu Gen and the others were five hundred meters away from the devils, a large number of devils and puppet soldiers appeared on the city wall, and they looked at Liu Gen and the others vigilantly, but they didn't understand why so many Eighth Route Army troops appeared outside Lishi County. Looking at the scattered troops of the Eighth Route Army, the devil commander didn't think too much about it, and directly gave the order for artillery bombardment.

The devil commander saw that Liu Gen and others were carrying artillery, but he didn't think that these artillery pieces could play much role in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. With the order of the commander of the devil, the artillery arranged by the devil on the county roared, and one shell after another continued to attack the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army within the firing range.

The fighters were scattered very widely, most of the fighters were hiding behind cover, and at a distance of five hundred meters, even the artillery of the devils could not be accurate enough.

A loud explosion sounded beside the fighters, shrapnel flew everywhere, and except for a few fighters who were injured by the shells falling too close, the other fighters had no problems. The soldiers of the Death Squad don't have much fear, what is the shelling? Even if it's a devil, it's impossible to keep shelling.

At this time, in the rear of the soldiers, Liu Gen quickly calculated the location of the devil artillery in his mind. In a moment, Liu Gen took an 81mm mortar from the soldiers beside him, and there was a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes.