Chapter 368 Counties and towns synchronize and cooperate with the action

The county seat of Lin'an County. The second half of the night.

After leaving the Fangjia Coal Plant on the north side of the west gate of the county seat, several correspondents of the special column moved through the streets and alleys to covertly pass through the Guanxiang block outside the county, and quickly returned to the ambush point of the special column a few miles south of the county seat. I met with the deputy commander, Meng Dakui, and reported to him that Fang Jiren had already set off with his people. Meng Dakui nodded and told them to rest and stand by. Then a scout was called in and pointed to the telephone pole on the side of the North-South Boulevard.

"Yes." The scout whispered in response and trotted to the bottom of the telephone pole, clinging tightly to the wooden pole with the thick mouth of the bowl with his hands and legs, and climbing the wooden pole more than three meters high with agility. He sat on an arm-thick crossbar, took pliers from his small backpack and cut the black telephone wire, and then used black strips of cloth to stagger the two cut threads and tie them together. The scout cut another telephone wire, which was also tightly fastened with strips of black cloth and looked unusual. The scout put away his pliers and slipped off the pole back into the group.

When the Japanese army found that the telephone was not working, they would immediately send a signal corps out of the city after dawn to inspect the line, but it was difficult to find out where the telephone line was cut, and it was even more difficult to find which telephone pole the broken end was. Unless the signal soldiers climb the hundreds of telephone poles on the road from the county seat to Lin'an Town to find them, they can only be connected and repaired after they are found.

Takagi Hirochi drove a three-wheeled motorcycle carrying combat staff officers and quartermaster staff officers on the dimly lit and silent streets of the county seat, and he thought in his heart that the plan had been a small step ahead. Whether the rest of the matter can be successfully completed depends on the actions of the sixth brother Ji Renjun. What Takagi Hirochi didn't expect was that Commander Ono completely shirked and left it alone. Hmph, I know what you're thinking and what you're thinking. If you want me to command the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army attacking Lin'an Town, if you win it is your credit, if you fail, then it is my responsibility, if Lin'an Town is captured and occupied by the Eighth Route Army, I will not escape the responsibility, and I will be escorted to a military court for trial. Haha, Ono, you don't know, according to our plan, the Eighth Route Army will not capture Lin'an Town, this is just a strategic night raid, and the real purpose is not in Lin'an Town at all.

Returning to the headquarters of the Fangjia compound, the operational staff officer read out to all the officers and soldiers of the headquarters Ono's authorization to Takagi Hirochi to command Lin Anzhen to counterattack the Eighth Route Army.

The quartermaster staff officers successively telephoned the arsenal and the grain depot located next to the railway station, and ordered the officer on duty to immediately load the trucks according to the quantities of weapons, ammunition, and grain on the list of supplies he had mentioned, and set off for delivery to Lin'an Town half an hour later.

Takagi Hirochi issued an order to immediately dispatch two squads of Japanese troops to quickly rush to Lin'an Town by truck to participate in the battle. The Imperial Allied Army was ordered to dispatch two companies of troops, and the Japanese army to dispatch one more team, and it was necessary to set off in ten minutes. Takagi Hiroshi wants to personally lead the team to reinforce Lin'an Town.

Fang Jiren led a small group of 38 fully armed Japanese soldiers to the north-south highway leading to Lin'an Town three or four miles south of the county seat. Order the team to go down the ditch and sit down to rest and stand by. Two miles north and south of the avenue are set up with double concealed guard posts.

In the town of Lin'an. The second half of the night. The Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army fought fiercely in the streets and alleys near the Japanese headquarters. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army skillfully took advantage of the favorable conditions of terrain and dim light to attack the Japanese army freely, advanced dozens of meters and then retreated, repeatedly attacking and retreating. When the Japanese army concentrated its forces to attack and pounce, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army retreated into the alleys and alleys, scattered and then went around and back to carry out counter-encirclement of the Japanese army. The Japanese army was dizzy and embarrassed. The Japanese could not find the target of the attack, but they felt that the killer was close by, and they could be shot and killed at any time. The Japanese army did not dare to divide their troops into the alleys and alleys to find opponents to fight. Lin Anzhen became a pot of porridge, but there was no trace of the Imperial Army. It turned out that after the Imperial Cooperative Army left the barracks, several companies wandered around the streets of the town where there were no gunshots, and from time to time they fired a few shots into the sky. Wherever there is a heavy gunfire, quickly evacuate there. Then go back to the street closest to the barracks and hide.

On the main roads and paths in the dim wilderness in the west of Lin'an County, people carrying burdens and wheelbarrows to transport grain on their shoulders hurried away. They came to several land temples one after another, and after exchanging code words with the soldiers of the special column who came to meet them, they poured the wheat into the sacks prepared by the soldiers in advance. Then he left and disappeared into the night.

Hegu Shaozo was so anxious that he was like an ant on a hot pot circling around the headquarters. He grabbed the phone and dialed, but there was no sound. He knew that it must have been the Eighth Route Army that had cut the telephone lines. Hegu shouted and sent a telegram to the Lin'an County Headquarters, urging him to send troops to reinforcements quickly.

In the street near the Yongan Hotel in Fangjia, about 60 soldiers of a squad brought by Han Dagang, more than a dozen men from the hotel, and He Zhongliang, deputy company commander of the Imperial Cooperative Army, led by more than 30 soldiers, were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army. Han Dagang ordered the innkeeper Xu and He Zhongliang, who were squatting in front of him, to evacuate immediately. Boss Xu said that he would withdraw if he agreed to the conditions we proposed.

"Huh? Uncle Xu, are you still asking me conditions at this time? Han Dagang asked puzzledly.

"Da Gang, you take half of my guys here to join the Eighth Route Army, they have long wanted to defect to the Eighth Route Army, and they are determined to kill the devil. Besides, the inn has no business now, I can't afford to support so many people, the guys are young and vigorous, and I don't know when I provoke trouble in the town, I will be targeted by the special high school and the detective team, and then I will suffer. Dagang, I have such a condition, can you promise me? ”

"Commander of the Eighth Route Army, these brothers under me also wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, they were all poor children from poor families, and they were arrested and forced to lead troops. Except for a dozen wounded brothers who remained, please take everyone else with them. He Zhongliang pleaded earnestly.

"Uncle Xu, Company Commander He, this is your condition?"

"Yes, that's it. Dagang, no problem, right? ”

Han Dagang thought silently under the fierce and dense gunfire.

"Ouch, Dagang, okay, you can give me a word quickly, stop grinding."

"Okay, I'll promise your terms. Uncle Xu, Company Commander He, you quickly organize the people who are going with me and prepare to withdraw from the battle. Ay? Company Commander He, you have so many soldiers under your command, how can you explain to your boss when you go back? ”

"Huh? Ouch, Chief of the Eighth Road, this? I haven't thought about it yet. ”

"Ouch. Zhongliang, this is a fatal matter, you have to quickly figure out a way to go back and deal with it. Boss Xu said anxiously and worriedly.

"I, I. Big brother, I can't think of anything I can do right now. ”

"Uncle Xu, don't worry about this, I've come up with a way, I will definitely make Lian Commander He safe. Without further ado, get ready for action. ”

Boss Xu and He Zhongliang got up and left, and went to greet their subordinates.

Han Dagang called over the squad leader and ordered him to immediately lead the soldiers into the alley to deal with the Japanese army, and then quietly withdrew from the north gate of the town. The squad leader took the order and left. Han Dagang also ordered the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army and the men in the inn to prepare each of them* and wait for his orders.