At this moment, a dense burst of gunfire had already sounded outside the West Gate, which had been calm before. As a battalion of the vanguard, the three companies were all bayoneted according to Li Ziyuan's order. Under the full cover of light and heavy machine guns and mortars behind him, the finished glyph swept all the way to the west, opening a passage for the main force behind him to break through.

In front of them, the main forces of the 2nd Battalion were also all bayonets, all the way* plus bayonets, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns to open the way, to meet the main forces that were breaking through to their positions. Under the attack from both sides, most of the Japanese puppet army was originally transferred, leaving most of the Japanese squadron responsible for surveillance, plus the outer defense line composed of more than 200 puppet troops, which could withstand such a blow.

The 2nd Battalion did not dare to fight the Japanese troops who were blocking the attack, and turned around and fled north. The remaining more than 200 puppet troops were one step slower and were collectively disarmed by the second battalion. The entire outer blockade line of the Japanese puppet army in the west of Hubei County was completely torn to pieces in less than half an hour. After breaking through the blockade of the Japanese puppet army on the periphery, the second battalion did not make any stop and continued to attack and rush towards Hubei County.

According to Li Ziyuan's order, the second battalion did not compete with the Japanese puppet army for any outlying strongholds. It's just to the west of Hubei County, and tear up a route for the main force to break through. Li Ziyuan's order was carried out to the letter. The 2nd Battalion ran all the way to the gunfire in the direction of the 1st Battalion, but it just kept attacking and advancing.

In front of the 2nd Battalion, three companies of the 1st Battalion were armed with rifles with bayonets, and they also rushed violently all the way. did not compete with the Japanese puppet army for any strategic stronghold, but just rushed in the direction of the second battalion. Compared with the direction of the second battalion and the direction of the attack of the first battalion, the Japanese puppet army had slightly more troops.

But the fire support received by the 1st Battalion is not comparable to that of the 2nd Battalion. As long as there are fortifications held by the Japanese puppet army, the mortar behind him is directly a cannon. With the cooperation of the artillery, the first battalion tore through the three blockade lines of the Japanese puppet army in one breath. Less than 40 minutes after the breakout battle began, it joined the 2nd Battalion at a location less than 20 miles west of Hubei County.

After the division, according to Li Ziyuan's deployment, a platoon of the reinforced engineer company of the second battalion was the lead of the whole army to break through to the west, and in the middle was the regimental headquarters, non-combat units such as baggage and artillery, as well as the sequence of the wounded. The three battalions were all reinforced with two captured heavy machine guns and a mortar as a rearguard to block the pursuit of the Japanese puppet army.

After tearing a gap in the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army, a battalion launched a counterattack against the Japanese puppet army on both flanks. But at this time, the puppet army in the western part of Hubei County, as the main force, was already beaten and had no fighting spirit. Basically, it collapsed at the touch of a button, and fled all the way to the northwest.

A small number of Japanese troops could not turn the tide of the war at all. Moreover, the Japanese officers were not stupid, seeing the unusually fierce eight-way approach in front of them, and the light and heavy firepower was quite fierce. After only a slight pursuit or bluff to launch two counterattacks, he stuck to a limited number of strongholds and waited for reinforcements.

At this moment, the main force of the Japanese puppet army concentrated at the north gate fell into a bitter struggle under the more than 100 rounds of poison gas shells fired by the artillery. These poison gas shells were originally transported by the Japanese army to deal with the Eighth Route in the city. As a result, he has now reversed himself and has become Li Ziyuan's right-hand man when he broke through.

The artillerymen did not know what restrictions there were on the use of these gases, or what conflicts they had with each other. Even the artillerymen who participated in the war only knew about these gas bombs, and as for what type of gas bombs, they did not know. As a result, more than 100 rounds of poison gas shells were fired in one go, causing considerable confusion to the Japanese puppet army in the north of the city.

The entire Japanese position was filled with poisonous gas. From tear gas to erosive gas, it's all mixed together. The Japanese army had gas masks, but they couldn't protect themselves from breathing. What's more, at the time of the gas shells, these people almost did not wear gas masks.

No one thought that the Eighth Route would actually use gas shells to fight back. So, almost no one in the Japanese army wore gas masks. Of course, the Japanese army carried gas masks in this operation, after all, the Japanese army brought poison gas shells, and they planned to use unconventional means to completely solve the eight routes at one time.

As a result, he didn't expect that these gas shells had not been used before they were captured by Li Ziyuan in the counterattack. Then he will return the favor to the other in his own way, and use these gas shells to cut off his own back. Some Japanese soldiers even left gas masks in the camp.

The kind of thing that affects both breathing and vision is generally not liked to be worn except by necessity. As a result, the Japanese soldiers, who did not wear gas masks on their heads, were the first to be hit. In addition, a large number of various poisonous gases are mixed together in a mess, which aggravates the effect of poisonous gases.

Some Japanese soldiers tried to reach for their waists to remove their gas masks, but most of them did not have time to take off their gas masks due to severe coughing and difficulty breathing. Because of the deep hatred for Li Ziyuan, only part of the poison gas shells transported by the Japanese army this time were tear-jerking.

Most of them are erosive mustard gases, or gases mixed with phosgene and Louis morale. The artillery of the Eighth Route Army, which fired these shells, did not know how to use poison gas, and fired all the poison gas shells when they caught them. As a result, the master was killed indiscriminately, and even the Japanese soldiers with gas masks had no way to deal with the situation of mixing multiple poisonous gases in front of them.

The Japanese soldiers who carried gas masks were like this, not to mention the puppet army without any anti-poison tools, it was even more tragic. One by one, they covered their noses and mouths, and they were smoked and didn't even have time to cough. A small number of puppet soldiers who were not poisoned ran away when they saw this situation.

They fought with the Japanese army all year round, especially when they were sweeping the base areas behind enemy lines, and the Japanese army often used poison gas. These puppet soldiers naturally know the power of poison gas, but it was their compatriots who suffered in the past, and it is not good for them to be their turn today.

Seeing that the Eighth Road is actually anti-guest today, and also uses poison gas shells, how can these puppet soldiers not run? As the poison gas hazard continued to attack, the Japanese puppet army was like a smoked fly. The remnants of the Japanese puppet army at the entire North Gate almost fell into complete chaos.

Even if the Ximen side is in full swing, these self-caring Japanese puppet troops will be unable to protect themselves, and there is still energy to pursue Li Ziyuan's department. By the time they struggled out of the poisonous gas, Li Ziyuan's main force had already been under the second battalion, and they had torn a hole in the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army.

Escorting the four or five hundred puppet army prisoners captured during the breakout, they did not even drop a gun or a wounded, and marched away in a structured manner. The Japanese army, which had lost its unified command and could not pursue it, was afraid that the rear road would be outflanked. He could only withdraw to Hubei County and ask for help from the division headquarters.

Major General Nakajima Tokutaro fell into a coma, according to the statement of the military doctor, Major General Nakajima may not only become a eunuch in the future, but also his chrysanthemum will lose the ability to seal, and it is estimated that he will be completely incontinent in the future, and he can only live with diapers all the time. Looking at the poisoned corpses and wounded in one place, almost all the Japanese puppet soldiers wanted to cry without tears.

The Japanese army is fine, but the puppet army has a strong feeling of sadness for the dead rabbit and the fox. They don't know if the Japanese will treat their poisoned brothers. If the Japanese do not give them treatment, the fate that awaits these brothers will be extremely miserable. What should I do if my family dies, but if I don't die, I am afraid that the second half of my life will be spent in torment.

Faced with the current situation, a Japanese lieutenant who took over the command could only reluctantly report to the division and regimental headquarters, demanding that Changzhi immediately transfer to martial law in the whole city and comprehensively strengthen the defense. The problem is that most of the Japanese puppet army in Changzhi City is here, where can I find so many troops in Changzhi City to strengthen its defense?

Transferring troops from the Zhengtai Line, even if the Japanese army has wings and can fly, I'm afraid it's too late now. The most important thing is to transfer troops from the Zhengtai line, so what about the Zhengtai line, which controls the only foreign railway connection in the entire Shanxi Province? You must know that the various strongholds on the Zhengtai Line have to face the attack of the two strategic areas of the Eighth Road.

On weekdays, there is no wind in the three feet of waves, if you transfer too much at once, it is estimated that the eight roads on both sides will catch the opportunity again, come to Zhengtai Road to catch a handful. This Zhongzuo didn't dare to imagine what kind of impact it would have on the First Army if the Zhengtai Line was completely paralyzed.

In desperation, the senior staff officer of the 62nd Division, who had temporarily taken over the command, could only command the remaining troops to quickly return to reinforce Changzhi. Hubei County has been conquered twice in succession, and the 62nd Division has lost face. No matter what, Changzhi City can no longer be attacked by Li Ziyuan.

As for Hubei County, whoever wants to take care of it now can take care of it, anyway, he can't take care of it. It is nothing if Hubei County is lost again, if Changzhi City is lost, it is estimated that the angry division commander will directly give himself a ticket to the military court. As the headquarters of the brigade and regiment, Changzhi can still distinguish which is more important than Hubei County.

However, this Zhongzuo was also interesting enough, and after sending a telegram to the original Hubei County garrison that was still in ambush in the east, he quickly retreated. As for the reaction from there, he couldn't control it. Anyway, he thinks that he has done his best.

It's just a pity that when his troops were transferred back to Changzhi, his colleagues and the pseudo-security independent division were already unable to protect themselves at this time. In Li Ziyuan's two dozen Hubei counties, almost the entire Japanese puppet army in the southeast of Jin was mobilized to surround and intercept it like crazy.

However, the Japanese puppet army remained in the western plain of Hubei and set up an ambush between the eastern mountains and only two Japanese squadrons and an independent mountain artillery squadron. For a cunning opponent like Li Ziyuan, the 62nd Division had already made up its mind to completely eliminate it even at all costs.

During the encirclement and suppression of Hubei County, most of the thousands of puppet troops who participated in the war were transferred from other directions. But the 62nd Division was afraid that this cunning guy would put on a posture of defending Hubei County. Because they knew that with the strength and firepower of the Eighth Road, it was simply not enough to support them to fight a defensive battle in the county.

No matter what posture Li Ziyuan put on at that time, the ultimate goal was to withdraw to the Taihang Mountains. In the eyes of the Japanese army, it was their nest. Therefore, in order to achieve the strategic goal, even if Li Ziyuan put on a stubborn posture in Hubei County. However, the 62nd Division still did not transfer all the troops in ambush back to the battlefield in Hubei County.

In the eyes of the 62nd Division, even if Li Ziyuan really stayed in Hubei County and didn't leave, he was already poor in donkey skills and couldn't play any tricks. But the Eighth Route in other areas is bound to be rescued. This strange army, which is ambushed in the eastern mountains and enters the western plains of Hubei, must pass through, can at least use this opportunity to get rid of the Eighth Route reinforcements.