Errata correction: Readers, there was a clerical error in the previous chapter "The fierce battle is in full swing and the outcome is uncertain". The reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army attacked the north gate of Lin'an Town overnight, not the west gate, and I made a mistake in writing. Excuse me. Please forgive me. Alzheimer 's

Chapter 364: The Fall of the Four Gates Urgently Ask for Help

South of Lin'an County. Inside the north gate of Lin'an Town. Midnight has passed.

The position of the 1st Company of the Reinforced Battalion of the Eighth Route Army was attacked by Japanese troops from the southeast, east, and west, especially the Japanese artillery bombardment from the east and west, which posed a great threat to the 1st Company. The company returned fire fiercely with freshly captured machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars. For a moment, the sky-high firelight lit up the dark night sky. The two armies were separated by more than 100 meters and fired at each other, and the fighting was inextricably difficult and evenly matched, and neither could eat the other in a short time.

All the residents of Lin'an Town were awakened by the fierce gunfire in the middle of the night, and they quickly got up and left their houses, some of them hid in the tunnels, and those who did not have the authenticities hid in the firewood stacks in the yards. Everyone was terrified and rejoiced at the same time.

Han Dagang stood behind the broken wall of the gatehouse, holding a crooked light machine gun, condescendingly shooting at the devil soldiers in the southern street. As he fought, he thought: It is absolutely impossible to continue fighting like this, and if the Japanese army increases its troops to help in the war, and then transfers tanks and armored vehicles to attack, that company will suffer a big loss. As soon as Han Dagang stopped shooting, he squatted down and shouted to the first company commander and the first platoon commander, ordered the company commander to take over the battle from him here, and ordered the first platoon commander to lead a squad of soldiers to immediately withdraw from the position, enter the alley and go around to the back of the Japanese army on East Street to launch a surprise attack. I took a squad into the alley and went around to the back of the Japanese army on West Street to launch a surprise attack, and act immediately!

The company commander shouted for fire cover and dropped the bomb, and he grabbed a melon* and threw it. The warriors rounded their arms and threw them into the streets on the east and west sides.* A platoon leader and Han Dagang each led a squad of soldiers, taking advantage of the smoke screen of the explosion, bent down and ran fast into the alleys, and bravely pounced on the Japanese troops on the east and west streets.

The Japanese troops in the north street were attacked by the Eighth Route Army from the north and south, and were beaten in disarray and suffered heavy casualties. He Gu Shaozo crouched and ordered a soldier to make a detour back to the headquarters and immediately transfer a tank over. The devil soldiers took the order and left. The valley grew in confidence after hearing the fierce and dense gunfire on the east and west sides of the town's north gate. He commanded the Japanese army to split into two parts, attacking north and south respectively. He was confident that the time would not drag on too long, and he would completely annihilate this Eighth Route Army.

Just when the valley was triumphant, several earth-shattering explosions came from the west gate of the town. This was followed by intense and dense gunfire. River Valley shuddered all over, as if he had been struck down to the ground. He didn't understand what was going on? Why was the west gate of the town attacked by the Eighth Route Army again? Years of experience in the war of aggression against China and the fierce sound of gunfire told him that it was also the main force of the Eighth Route Army that attacked the west gate of the town. What to do? How to fight?

The second company launched a fierce attack with sudden movements, and soon annihilated the defending enemy, and successfully attacked and occupied the west gate of the town, and the tactical tactics were the same as those of the first company attacking the north gate of the town. The slight difference was that the commander of the second company ordered the platoon commander to lead a platoon of 40 soldiers into West Street and pounce on the Japanese headquarters from west to east, so as to achieve the tactical goal of containing and disrupting the Japanese command center.

Eight Ga Ya Road. The Eighth Route Army successively attacked the North Gate and the West Gate, and if the East Gate and the South Gate were broken again, Lin Anzhen would inevitably fall into a crisis. Seeing this situation, the Eighth Route Army is going to capture our Lin'an Town, it is not possible to fight like this, we must immediately return to the headquarters to command the Japanese army in the town, Lin'an Town must not be lost, and every soldier must be kept until the battle, and when necessary, I ask Lin'an County to send heavy troops to rush to reinforcements. Hegu ordered a squadron of soldiers and two machine guns to stay and hold on, resolutely blocking the north entrance of the street, not allowing the Eighth Route Army to enter, and preventing the Eighth Route Army from infiltrating and attacking the town. River Valley commanded the rest of the soldiers to counterattack southward regardless of everything, at any cost, regardless of casualties.

Under the leadership of the deputy company commander of the first company, the raiding party of 16 soldiers who were harassing from behind the Japanese army took advantage of the favorable terrain of the dark night, alleys, and alleys to maneuver around the enemy and fight skillfully and fiercely. However, the outnumbered Japanese finally broke through the raid and retreated to the town headquarters, leaving behind more than 30 corpses. The seventeen warriors of the Eighth Route Army Raid Team clung to it, followed all the way, and pursued it at their ends.

The valley that was about to return to the headquarters was suddenly attacked by the second company of the Eighth Route Army from the west gate of the town. After a period of scuffling in the streets, Rivervalley finally returned to headquarters in disarray.

The Japanese headquarters was already noisy and panicked, and the headquarters that had lost its military commander seemed to be a non-existent one. The grizzled river valley raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily to calm down, don't mess around. He stood in front of the map of Lin'an Town and looked at it for two minutes, then picked up the phone and ordered the Imperial Association Army to immediately assemble urgently, dispatch four companies, and two companies rushed to the North Gate and West Gate respectively to participate in the battle, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army at any cost to recapture the North Gate and West Gate. The other two companies went to the east gate and the south gate respectively to assist in the defense and prevent the attack of the Eighth Route Army. In the end, a small team of Japanese troops was sent to search and suppress the Eighth Route Army that had entered the town, and it was necessary to annihilate it completely.

After the order was issued, Hegu sat on his chair in a depressed state, so distraught that he couldn't figure out why the Eighth Route Army sent the main force to attack Lin'an Town late at night. Why didn't the special high school and the detective team get any information in advance? Why didn't Lin'an County report the news? Why didn't the secret intelligence agents lurking in the villages and towns in the western Hebei region report it? Why didn't the intelligence officers who were deep in Shuihe Village and inside the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment send out information? The river valley is puzzled and full of doubts.

The earth-shattering explosions at the east gate and the fierce and dense gunfire interrupted the valley's thinking and speculation, and he couldn't help but shake his whole body. I'm really afraid of something. Hegu immediately realized that the south gate would also be attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Well? Wrong. Why didn't the Eighth Route Army move at the same time and attack Simen at the same time? Instead, they staggered the time to attack separately, what kind of tactics is this? What is the tactical purpose of this tactic?

The third company of the reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army attacked and occupied the east gate of the town in a very short time. The commander of the third company cleaned up the battlefield and collected weapons and ammunition according to Han Dagang's orders, and commanded the soldiers to build fortifications in the east gate to prepare to meet the counterattacking Japanese puppet army. He heard fierce and dense gunfire in the town, and thought that Han Dagang had changed his battle plan and led his troops to attack the town. Therefore, he ordered the platoon commander to lead a platoon of soldiers to attack the town, join up with other companies, fight together, and expand the results of the battle.

After the expansion and reorganization of the Imperial Army, the Imperial Association Army in Lin'an Town was expanded from one battalion to one regiment with more than 1,200 people. Most of the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army came here to mix rice and work and pay for the army. In peacetime, military training is so-so, lazy and lax, but they are not willing to lag behind. No one wants to go to the battlefield, and they will not work the battlefield. So, the combat effectiveness is very poor.

Hegu Shaozuo's phone call stunned the regiment commander like a talisman, and he immediately called and ordered the three companies of the first battalion and the first company of the second battalion to be dispatched immediately and rushed to the four gates for reinforcements.

The commanders of the four companies gathered their ranks slowly, and the soldiers lazily lined up. While the numbers were being reported, earth-shattering explosions and heavy gunfire rang out at the south gate of the town. The sound of guns and cannons in the four gates of Lin'an Town frightened the soldiers into looking at each other, distraught, and panicking, and they were all secretly thinking in their hearts about how to save their lives.

The south gate of the town was broken and occupied by the fourth company of the reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army. The commander of the fourth company also sent a platoon of troops to attack the town.

Hegu Shaozo was completely panicked and couldn't sit still. The Four Gates fell, and the Eighth Route Army attacked the town again, which completely confirmed the Eighth Route Army's attempt to capture Lin'an Town. Hegu grabbed the phone and reported to the Lin'an County Headquarters, and asked for reinforcements to be sent immediately.

According to Francis Chinens' plan, Takagi Hirochi, who had been waiting next to the telephone for a long time, told Kawaya that the acting commander, Ono Shaosa, was not at the headquarters and could not give the order to send troops to reinforce the town of Rinyasu. Kawaya yelled on the phone and said to immediately find Ono and give the order. Hiroshi Takagi promised to look for it immediately. Putting down the phone, Hirochi Takagi lit a cigarette and smoked it gracefully. After smoking a cigarette for seven or eight minutes, Takagi Hirochi ordered a soldier to go to the comfort station to find Ono Shaosa. Takagi knew that no one but himself could find Ono.

Hegu Shaozo ordered a squadron to guard the headquarters, and strictly ordered the rest of the Japanese troops to be dispatched, the cavalry to participate in the battle on foot, and the tanks and armored vehicles to counterattack the four gates of the east, west, south and north respectively, and must defeat and defeat the Eighth Route Army, and swear to resolutely protect Lin'an Town.