On May 1, at nine o'clock in the morning, Liu Gen and the soldiers of the artillery battalion rested in Yonghe County.

At six o'clock in the morning, the 2nd Regiment of the 120th Independent Brigade of the 120th Division, with the assistance of Liu Gen and others, successfully captured Yonghe County, which was occupied by the devils. The geographical location of Yonghe County is relatively special, after the devils occupied Yonghe County, although they did not make much action, they always threatened the safety of Yan'an.

Once the devils launch an attack on Yan'an, then Yonghe County will become a bridgehead for the cabinet to attack the southern gate of Yan'an, and it is precisely because of this consideration that the 120th Division will choose to take Yonghe County and establish a certain strategic depth.

Yonghe County is in the hands of the 120th Division and plays an extremely important role in safeguarding the security of Yan'an. If the devil wants to attack Yan'an and exert pressure on Yan'an, then he must take the lead in taking Yonghe County.

It can be said that Yonghe County will become an important weapon to restrain the devils from attacking Yan'an.

All the units of the 120th Division that attacked the county town of Guizi last night achieved good results, achieved the original goal in the battle plan, and also captured two more county towns of Guizi. In just one night, the devil lost five county seats, even if the devil is rich and easily loses five county seats, it is a great loss.

Of course, the night is the time for the units of the 120th Division to play, so the day will also become the time for the devils to launch a counterattack.

For the troops of the 120th Division, it is not so difficult to take the county seat of the devil, but it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to successfully resist the counterattack of the devil's troops. Even if you can successfully resist the devil's counterattack today, what about the next time?

According to the battle plan formulated by Division Commander He, how to successfully defend the county town next will become an urgent problem for the 120th Division to solve.

"Comrade Liu Gen, why haven't you rested? Last night, you and the comrades in the artillery battalion worked so hard, you should go and rest. ”

"Yonghe County is guarded by our 2nd Regiment, unless the devil mobilizes two infantry brigades to come, there will be no problem." After inspecting the defensive bunkers arranged by the soldiers, Commander Fu of the 2nd Regiment found Liu Gen, who had not yet rested.

Commander Fu is an old Red Army, at the age of 16, he went to the 2nd Company of the 6th Army Guard Regiment of the Red 2nd Army Corps as a soldier, brave in combat, shrewd and capable, during which he served as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion commander.

Today, Commander Fu is not yet thirty years old, and he can be said to be the youngest commander of the Eighth Route Army. Captain Fu is a little young, but no one will dare to despise him, in the battle with the devil, he has already fully proven his ability.

Especially in the bloody battle of Chenzhuang in 39 years, due to the outstanding performance of the 2nd Regiment led by Commander Fu, it successfully withstood the breakthrough of more than 1,500 elite devils of the 8th Brigade of the Japanese Army, and only the only brigade of the 120th Division completely annihilated the elite of 1,500 devils.

"Head Fu, didn't you also take a break? I'm still young, so it's okay to sleep less. ”

"With Commander Fu here, I am very confident in the defense of the 2nd Regiment, but you also know that the devil has always reported flaws, and it is not so easy to block the devil's attack."

"There is no problem with the 2nd Regiment defending Yonghe County, but I don't know if other troops can successfully defend other captured county seats, according to Division Commander He's plan, we still can't fight hard with the devils." Liu Gen said with some concern.

With the 2nd Regiment and artillery battalion in Yonghe County, Liu Gen naturally would not worry that Yonghe County would not be able to defend it, unless it was the devil who used more than two brigades of troops to attack Yonghe County, otherwise there would be no problem with the defense of Yonghe County.

Now, Liu Gen is most worried about Liulin County and Jiaokou County, which are relatively close to the devils, and the devils will inevitably take the lead in attacking these two counties, who will let these two counties be at the forefront? If the devil wants to attack other counties, then he can't avoid Liulin County and Jiaokou County.

In these two counties, each has the strength of the main force of the 120th Division, and it will be very difficult for the strength of a regiment to resist the crazy counterattack of the devils. In addition, these two regiments do not have strong enough firepower, and it will undoubtedly be quite difficult to defend Liulin County and Jiaokou County.

Even if these two regiments still have the assistance of the county brigade and district squads, it is difficult to resist the attack of the devil's troops, but helplessly, even so, the 120th Division cannot easily let the devils take Liulin County and Jiaokou County. Only by resisting the devil's counterattack for a certain amount of time and giving the devil enough casualties can it be possible for the devil to temporarily give up the idea of counterattacking.

"Worrying won't solve the problem, all we can do is trust them."

"The division commander must have considered the problem of dealing with the devil's retaliation and counterattack, and I believe that he will definitely be able to successfully block the devil's attack."

"Even if we don't succeed in blocking the devil's attack, aren't we still there? With us here, Yonghe County will definitely remain in the hands of our 120th Division, I want to see if the devil's teeth are really that good! Head Fu said with a sneer.

Liu Gen nodded, he agreed with Captain Fu's words, with them, there would definitely be no problems with the defense of Yonghe County. What's more, in the case of devils, it will not be so easy to draw enough troops to launch a counterattack on the 120th Division.

At least in a short period of time, it is difficult for the devils to draw out more than five infantry brigades, and the devils have a lot of garrisons in North China, but there are also many areas that the devils need to defend, and they can't give up other areas in order to launch a counterattack against the 120th Division.

With the actions made by the 120th Division, what about the rest of the Eighth Route Army? The Jin Sui army and the national army may not have the idea of taking the county seat of the devil.

At the same time, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, at the headquarters of the First Army of the Devils, Yoshio Iwamatsu had an ugly face, and he looked at the relevant information in his hand, but he had an urge to kill. Iwamatsu Yoshio knew that the 120th Division had made a lot of movement last night, but he didn't expect the 120th Division to move so fast.

In just one night, five county towns close to the base area of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army fell into the hands of the 120th Division, which Iwamatsu Yoshio did not expect at all.

Iwamatsu Yoshio knew that the Eighth Route Army had the 120th Division, but because the 120th Division was responsible for protecting the safety of Yan'an after withdrawing to Yan'an, and rarely fought with the devils, Iwamatsu Yoshio did not have a clear enough understanding of the 120th Division.

Only now did Iwamatsu Yoshio realize that the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army was very strong, comparable to that of the 129th Division, which had been active in the occupied area.

"Report! An order from Commander Okamura! ”

"Read!"

"Order the First Army to recapture the county town occupied by the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army in one day, otherwise the First Army will be the sinners of the Great Japanese Empire!"

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Iwamatsu Yoshio's face became more and more ugly, and the order was very short, but he could feel the anger of Gangcun Ningci, and was taken by the troops of the Eighth Route Army in one night, which was the first time such a thing had happened in the rear occupation area, and it was also a shame for the First Army.

Only by recapturing these county towns in the shortest possible time can the shame of the First Army be washed away, otherwise he, the commander of the First Army, may leave in shame like his predecessor.

"Give the order now! The 9th Brigade was ordered to move closer to the base area of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and if necessary, to put pressure on Yan'an of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"I also order the 36th Division, the 3rd and 4th Brigades to always pay attention to the movements of other Eighth Route Army troops and Jin Sui Army troops in the occupied area, and once any abnormalities are discovered, immediately mobilize troops to carry out encirclement and suppression!"

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