Two kilometers away from Shixian County, the soldiers of the cavalry detachment of the 120th Division had been waiting for Liu Gen and others for a long time.

After helping Liu Gen get all the mortars on horseback, the cavalry detachment and Liu Gen and others set off directly, and the existence of the cavalry brigade was the key to the successful completion of this battle plan. Only the cavalry detachment could allow Liu Gen and the soldiers of the artillery battalion to quickly transfer the combat site with mortars.

"Captain Yao, it's up to you this time, we need to arrive in Wubao County as quickly as possible, it's best not to meet the devil troops on the road, to avoid delaying time, there is not much time left for us." Liu Gen said seriously to Captain Yao beside him.

Captain Yao nodded and said confidently: "Comrade Liu Gen, don't worry, before leaving, more than thirty soldiers have already set off in advance to conduct reconnaissance in front of us. ”

"Once we find the traces of the devils, then we will immediately change the route of travel, and the appearance of the devil troops will not affect the speed of our advance."

Seeing that Captain Yao had arranged it so properly, Liu Gen was relieved that he and the soldiers of the artillery battalion were the main forces of the attack to take the county town of Devils. There was not much time left for the 120th Division, and according to the battle plan formulated by Division Commander He and others, the 120th Division's combat time was only one night.

Before dawn tomorrow, all combat operations must be ended, and only in this way can the casualties that the devils may inflict on the 120th Division be reduced.

There is not much time in one night, according to Liu Gen's estimate, he can only run to three county towns at most, which is also based on the fact that Liu Gen's combat time in each county town cannot exceed half an hour, otherwise it will have a certain impact on the battle plan.

Of course, before Liu Gen arrived, the troops attacking the county towns of the devils would also make an attempt, and if they could directly take the county towns occupied by the devils, then Liu Gen would not have to run. According to the plan formulated, the battle will be carried out half an hour after the troops from the various counties of the devil go to support.

During this night, the main force of nearly 4,000 people appeared in the 120th Division, and with the county brigades and district squads that cooperated with the operation, there were tens of thousands of personnel participating in the operation. At the same time, the area where the 129th and 115th Divisions are located is also ready to fight the devils at any time.

An hour later, Liu Gen and the others appeared on the outskirts of Wubao County, which was not far from Shi County, less than forty kilometers.

After the cavalry detachment got the mortars for Liu Gen and others, they withdrew directly to the periphery, first, to let the war horses rest for a while, and secondly, to be on alert. As soon as the devil troops were spotted on the periphery, then the cavalry detachment needed to be thrown directly into battle. Avoid Liu Gen and their backs from being attacked by the enemy.

As soon as he arrived at the outskirts of Wubao County, Liu Gen heard shouts and killings not far away, as well as the sound of shells exploding. From the sound of the shell exploding, Liu Gen's brows furrowed slightly, the devil who was defending in Wubao County still had artillery in his hand.

The Eighth Route Army unit responsible for attacking Wubao County is the 714th Regiment of the 120th Division of the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division, and the 714th Regiment is also the main combat force of the 2nd Independent Brigade.

Shells from the devils kept coming towards the 714th regiment, and the explosions continued to roar. Fortunately, Wubao County was not the focus of the devil's defense, and there was not much artillery in the hands of the devils defending the county, and the casualties of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were responsible for the defense were not large.

"I'm Liu Gen in charge of the artillery battalion of the division headquarters, take me to see your regiment commander!" Liu Gen led the soldiers of the artillery battalion to advance quickly, and after encountering the soldiers of the 714th Regiment who were in charge of guarding in the rear, he directly asked the soldier to take them to Commander Zhang of the 714th Regiment.

The soldiers had already received the order of Regiment Commander Zhang, and knew that there would be an artillery battalion of the division headquarters to come to support, so the soldiers did not hesitate, and directly took Liu Gen and others towards the front-line command post of Regiment Commander Zhang. In order to be able to grasp the specific situation of the battlefield at the first time, Regiment Commander Zhang set up the command post at the forefront.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The devil's artillery has not stopped, and it will fall around Liu Gen and others from time to time, but the progress of Liu Gen and others has not been affected in the slightest, even if the shells really fall in the team, they will not stop Liu Gen and others. As they got closer and closer to the front line, not only would artillery shells fall around Liu Gen and the others, but also bullets from the devils flew past Liu Gen and the others.

It can be said that Liu Gen and the others are completely braving the rain of bullets and bullets of the devils and are moving forward quickly, and it is also at night, and the devils cannot see the location of Liu Gen and the others clearly. If it was placed in the daytime, then Liu Gen and the others would definitely have a lot of casualties. Even at night, casualties are inevitable.

Several soldiers of the artillery battalion were unfortunately hit by the stray bullets of the devil and could not continue to keep up with Liu Gen's footsteps, so they could only choose to stop and wait for the 714 regiment's hygienists to bandage them. Liu Gen did not give up because of the wounded soldiers, his pace of progress did not stop in the slightest, and now is not the time to care about those wounded soldiers.

"Report! Comrade Liu Gen of the artillery battalion of the division headquarters arrived. Outside the front-line command post, the fighters shouted loudly.

In the command post, Regiment Commander Zhang's frowning brows spread out, obvious joy appeared on his face, and he walked out quickly.

"Comrade Liu Gen, our 714th regiment is waiting for you." Head Zhang came to Liu Gen and held Liu Gen's hand tightly, a little excited.

Liu Gen directly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Please send the prepared shells over to Commander Zhang, within three minutes, I will kill all the artillery of the devil and blow up the devil's heavy machine gun." ”

"I hope that the soldiers of the 714th Regiment can rush forward as soon as possible, and take advantage of the fact that the devils have no power to resist and directly take Wubao County."

Regiment Commander Zhang was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect Liu Gen to be so resolute, but Liu Gen was undoubtedly able to speed up the time for the 714 Regiment to take Wubao County. Originally, Regiment Commander Zhang wanted to let Liu Gen enter the command post to discuss, but now it seems that he can't use it at all.

"Good! As long as Comrade Liu Gen can kill the devil's artillery and heavy machine guns, then our 714th Regiment will definitely be able to successfully break through the defense of the devil's puppet army, and will definitely completely occupy Wubao County in three hours. Head Zhang said directly.

Even if the combat effectiveness of the 714 Regiment is not weak, it will not be so simple to completely occupy Wubao County, but Regiment Commander Zhang still chose to do so. Liu Gen was able to kill the devil's artillery and heavy machine guns, but the devil did not have enough fire support, and the 714th Regiment could no longer take Wubao County.

"Good!" Liu Gen nodded, he stopped speaking, and directly led the soldiers of the artillery battalion towards the preset artillery position not far away.

Watching Liu Gen leave with the soldiers of the divisional artillery regiment, Regiment Commander Zhang looked serious, this time the 714 regiment must not be held back. In just a few minutes, it was necessary to organize the soldiers of the whole regiment to launch a general attack, which was also a big challenge for Commander Zhang!

Coming to the preset artillery position, they didn't have to wait too long, and the mortar shells were sent over.

Because Liu Gen and others needed to quickly transfer the combat location, they simply had no way to carry enough shells, and it was precisely because of this that the 714th Regiment was needed to provide shells.

"Next, we started to perform, and we all cheered up! There can be no problems! Liu Gen looked at the soldiers around him and said coldly.