After Jing Yukun occupied Xianning, he immediately arranged for the second infantry battalion, the air defense battalion, and the police battalion to enter the city, and the third infantry battalion and artillery battalion were stationed together; The 1st Infantry Battalion, the Anti-Tank Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, the Engineer Battalion, the Health Team, the Baggage Battalion, and the Special Service Battalion were stationed in situ; The two bases support each other.

The devils of Huangshi went to the lake area north of Xianning as planned, and received a report from Kurahashi Shoji on the way: Xianning is lost! I had to turn around and rush to Xianning, which was the frontal front of the Ninth Theater of Operations of the Chinese Army and could not be lost.

The devil was adjusting the formation, and he encountered the rout of Kurahashi Shoji. Although Kurahashi Shoji was defeated, his mind was not confused, he still had considerable tactical literacy, and he understood the surrounding terrain and situation, according to his suggestion, a brigade of 12 mountain guns from the Hirano Wing with the Artillery Wing recaptured Xianning, in order to achieve a quick victory, and the Sawa Wing and the three brigades of the Artillery Wing quickly passed through the road on the north side of Xianning to continue to advance westward; The Hirano Wing was divided into four routes: a brigade on the left front with 2 mountain guns attacked the east of Xianning; Two infantry squadrons and one heavy machine gun squadron with 8 mountain guns on the south side of the left road seized the original artillery position in the south of Xianning City, and then attacked the front troops of the South Xianning Army and defended the front of the China Army to the southwest; 1 infantry brigade with 2 mountain guns on the front of the right flank, flanking the north of Xianning; On the north side of the right flank, a squadron attacked the base area of the Lake area of the China Army and interspersed it to the west of Xianning, blocking the retreat of the China Army.

At this time, Jing Yukun in Xianning City also captured 3 75mm mountain guns and 1 mortar that could be used to strengthen the artillery battalion, and at the same time, the troops in the city hurried to build anti-artillery fortifications, and the people evacuated from the west and put on a posture of fighting to the death.

The devil on the front of the left road came to the outside of Xianning City, and found that the water level of the moat had risen, flooding a large area of the road, so he had to force his way through, only to find that there were mines in the mud pond! ----This is an underwater mine that Jing Yukun made from a seized condom.

The devils who outflanked the north of the city on the right were unlucky, but they found that the artillery behind them was missing.

It turned out that Jing Yukun's engineer battalion had finished arranging the defense in the east of the city and withdrew from the north of the city, but was caught up by the devils who were outflanked on the right, so he had to retreat into a woodland on the side of the road.

When the infantry of the Devil's Brigade passed, they saw that the Devil Artillery behind them was slightly out of touch with the infantry in front, so they went up and turned the road sign left by the infantry and led the two mountain guns of the Devil Artillery to a road leading to the lake area in the north.

The devil artillery found that they had taken the wrong road, so they wanted to return the same way, but the original road had been blocked by a minefield, and a lot of river water flooded, and the feet became muddy, and the water was still rising.

The few sappers of the Wumu army did not dare to attack, so they hurriedly returned to the base area to move rescue troops. Hearing the gunshots from the base area, a peripheral alert squad arrived just in time to launch an attack with more than a dozen sappers on the artillery squad of more than 40 devils.

The leader of the Wumu Army's alert squad is a veteran of a hundred battles, he commanded the soldiers to approach the devil artillery but did not fire, but used a Type 96 light machine gun with a sniper scope to shoot from a distance, first starting with the squad leader, then Cao Chang, Jun Cao, Wu Chang, and the rest of the devils saw that the situation was not good and wanted to self-destruct the artillery, and Wu Mujun's Qiguang style opened fire together.

When the devil reinforcements arrived, there were only 2 mountain cannons and corpses left in the muddy pond, and they could only be watched through the minefield.

Seeing that the rescue was hopeless, the devil set up a grenadier to blow up the artillery. Of course, Wu Mujun couldn't let the loot in his hands be destroyed, and more than 30 people and more than 20 Qiguang fired at the devil's squad to protect their loot.

The devil's reinforcements arrived, and the reinforcements of the Wu Mu army also came, fighting around the two mountain artillery. There has not yet been a war in the city, and the north of the city is already in full swing.

The 1st Infantry Battalion sent a company, divided into 9 roads in squads, and led the devils into Jedi such as rotten meadows, groves, depressions, and lonely mountains, while they used prepared climbing ropes, straw mats, and bamboo rafts to withdraw from the Jedi...... By the time it got dark, all the devils in the north of the city were in trouble, waiting for the attack of the Wumu army's cavalry battalion with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west. It's a pity that the artillery of the Wumu army is deployed in the city, otherwise the artillery will be too enjoyable to fire the infantry group! Fortunately, Wu Mujun has a large number of flying thunders, so I will give the devil a chance every once in a while!

The Zuo Ze Wing, which was originally scheduled to pass quickly, could not see death without help, and sent troops to rescue, and at the same time fired 36 mountain guns and field artillery to shell suspicious targets.

Wu Mujun saw the fierce artillery fire of the devils, and they all went into the anti-artillery holes to hide, and at the same time, a small group of troops sprinkled starfish fire that had not been used for a long time around the devils in distress, indicating the targets to the devil artillery, and as a result, the devil's vanguard brigade was wiped out by one-third of the artillery commanded by the Zuo Ze wing overnight. Wu Mujun smuggled away 2 mountain artillery pieces overnight.

The troops to the south of the devil made the most progress, not only taking the artillery positions in the south, but also began shelling the city. So much so that the devils, who could not break through from the front, made a feint with 2 mountain guns while moving the infantry to the south.

The south of Xianning is a mountainous area, there are a number of commanding heights overlooking Xianning, Jing Yukun, who has received formal military education, will certainly not ignore it, his artillery battalion Feilei Company is all ambushed in the mountains outside the south of the city, and the artillery battalion in the city is also hidden in the south, ready to let the large army of the devils in the north fight a decisive battle with the devils besieging the city in the south, and then break through to Huangshi to attack, leaving the empty city to the devils. Guerrilla warfare and stubbornly defending the city are taboos.

Jing Yukun ordered the 3rd Infantry Battalion to be responsible for defending the northeast two sides of Xianning, the 2nd Infantry Battalion to be responsible for the defense of the south, and the Jingtong Battalion to guard the retreat road to the west; The artillery battalion hides its strength, leading but not firing; The anti-aircraft battalion was on standby.

Without artillery support, the 2nd Infantry Battalion withstood 17 attacks by the devils by relying on its own equipment and the city fortifications built by the devils, and the casualties were nearly one-third, and Jing Yukun was stunned and did not provide any fire support.

When it got dark, the smell of dinner wafted from the devil's position, and this was the time Jing Yukun was waiting for. He ordered all 6 mountain guns to attack a 3-burst fire on the artillery position south of the Devil City, and then moved the position. 、

The devil who was having dinner was attacked by artillery and damaged 2 mountain guns, so he urgently ordered the artillery to shift their positions and then retaliate. The devils are shifting their artillery positions, and the flying thunders that have been hidden for a long time are bursting in unison, covering the devil artillery with meteor flying thunders.

The devil infantry quickly rushed over, and the flying thunder didn't even like to fight, and withdrew from the battle even faster!

The devil was attacked by Wu Mujun and lost 2 of the 8 mountain guns, and the round of flying thunder attack failed to blow up the artillery because the flying thunder was not powerful enough, and it did not cause a martyrdom, but it killed and injured most of the devil's artillery personnel.

The devil suffered a big loss, and he had artillery but no soldiers, so he resorted to ---- poison gas bombs, because gas bombs do not need accurate shooting. As a result, there was a heart-rending howl in Xianning City!

Wu Mujun is equipped with gas masks, how can they be injured by poison gas bullets like this? It's just dubbing, and it is impossible for a gas bomb to cover the whole city at the same time, and where there is no poison gas, it is responsible for dubbing, and when the gas comes, wear a gas mask. Jing Yukun doesn't have so many tricky eyes, but he has a lot of people under him, as long as Jing Yukun can understand it.

Early in the morning, the devil launched a confident attack. Wu Mujun's gunfire was much sparser, and Kurahashi Shoji, who was in charge of the command, let out a long breath of evil, but he didn't notice that the attacking troops were all squad leaders, Cao Chang, Jun Cao, and Wu Chang who fell.

The devils finally broke through to the south gate, but they were blocked in the limited space by the dense fire on both sides of the street, and the troops behind were still rushing in wave after wave.

Suddenly, Wu Mujun's mortar rang out, and a large number of poison gas bombs exploded among the devils. Just when the devils hurriedly put on their gas masks, Wu Mujun put on gas masks and launched a counter-charge and drove the devils out of the city again. Kurahashi Shoji forgot that he had left a batch of poison gas bombs in Xianning City.

The siege was blocked, and the Zuo Ze United also joined the battle group and completely surrounded Xianning. All 48 mountain guns and field artillery of the Devil's Artillery Wing launched a covering bombardment in Xianning City.

Jing Yukun and the others were fortunate to have fully equipped sappers and shovels and pickaxes to build temporary fortifications in the collapsed ruins and hold on to the city.

The base area in the lake area outside the city is also under attack by two and a half brigades of devils. However, many troops were introduced into various unfavorable terrain by the Wu Mu army and withstood sudden fire strikes; Although the Wu Mu Army was small in number, it relied on its familiarity with the terrain and multiple sets of combat plans to carry out guerrilla warfare with the devils, and only the special service battalion fought with the devils, and the other troops were still on standby.

Seeing that the devils were slowly adapting to the terrain and there were signs of gradually gathering, several battalion commanders of the Wumu Army launched a comprehensive counterattack as soon as they discussed.

The engineer battalion used the captured 2 mountain guns as fire support to hold the camp, warehouse, and core positions in the base area; The cavalry battalion attacked the main road to the east, which was not flooded; The 1st Infantry Battalion attacked the swamps to the southeast and met the special battalion in the melee; The anti-tank battalion launched long-range artillery attacks on the devils trapped in the mud.

The anti-tank battalion entered the battle the fastest: 2 anti-aircraft guns were mounted on the preset position, condescending to shoot directly at the devil's infantry guns, don't worry about the devil's infantry guns with insufficient range and rate of fire, bully the devil's artillery, and then the devil's heavy machine gun position, covering the cavalry battalion and infantry battalion; For the devils in the muddy pond closest to the base area, just use heavy shotguns to bombard, armor-piercing meteors flying thunder to hit the devil infantry is too wasteful, replace the grenade explosion department, bombard indiscriminately, and the devils leave the wounded and equipment desperately fleeing.

The cavalry battalion and the first infantry battalion launched an attack while suppressing the fire of the devils with anti-aircraft guns of the anti-tank battalion, and the devils had no choice but to retreat in the face of the counterattack in the Wumu army's field.

It took two days and one night for the base area in the lake area to repel the attack of the devils. In Xianning City, Jing Yukun ordered the troops in the city to endure except for the necessary blocking and counterattack; The engineer battalion, the first infantry battalion, the cavalry battalion, and the anti-tank battalion of the troops outside the city attacked in the direction of the artillery wing north of the Devil's City, and at the same time reported to Xue Yue to organize troops to eliminate the main force of the 33rd Devil's Division around Xianning.

Xue Yue also launched an attack in the direction of Nanchang at this time, except for the seven columns of the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region advancing into the army, and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border area advance army was scattered on the front of 3 and 400 miles from Xianning to Ruichang, only three columns could reach within two days, and the other columns could not quench their thirst from far water, so they could only send two more columns to attack Huangshi nearby.

Jing Yukun held out in the city for another day and night, and the receiving troops of the Wu Mu Army launched an attack on the Devil Artillery Wing in the north: anti-aircraft artillery mobile artillery bombardment, strafing the Devil Artillery positions, forcing the Devil Artillery to shift positions many times; The cavalry battalion took turns attacking the devil's artillery positions; The infantry brigade of the Devil Zuo Ze Wing also fiercely flanked the troops outside the city of the Wumu Army, and was blocked by the heavy shotgun company and the armor-piercing flying thunder company of the anti-tank battalion, which greatly reduced the pressure in the city.

** A guerrilla column finally arrived, and under the guidance of the Flying Thunder Company of the artillery battalion on the southern periphery of the Wumu Army's city, launched an attack on the position south of the Devil's City. The guerrilla column did not have heavy firepower, and relied on the cover of the flying thunder of the artillery flying thunder company to defeat the devils in the south of the city.

The 33rd Division of the Devils received the information that the guerrilla columns were assembled and attacked Huangshi and Xianning, so they had to order the devils who attacked Xianning to withdraw their troops, and were pursued and killed by Wu Mujun and the guerrilla columns that arrived one after another, and lost a large number of weapons and equipment and fled back to Huangshi.

Jing Yukun's troops captured 6 field guns, 4 mountain guns, 4 infantry guns, 7 mortars, 25 heavy machine guns, 47 light machine guns, 65 grenadiers, more than 800 rifles, 87 pistols, some ammunition, and captured 5 wounded devils; ** The three guerrilla columns also captured a lot of equipment, including 4 mountain guns, 3 infantry guns, 4 mortars, 31 heavy machine guns, 21 light machine guns, more than 400 rifles, 37 pistols, and some ammunition, which was the richest capture they had since the Anti-Japanese War; The two sides exchanged some trophies as needed, ** exchanged 4 mountain guns for 24 heavy machine guns of Wu Mujun, and Jing Yukun sold 5 mortars, 42 light machine guns, 40 grenadiers, 600 rifles, 87 pistols, 30 grenades, 2 radio stations, 4 telephone exchanges, and 12 telephones to the Ninth War Zone for 70,000 yuan; 6 field cannons and 8 mountain cannons were exchanged for 17 tons of tungsten sand, and 5 devil captives were trained by Wu Mujun and given to Xue Yue as gifts.

In this battle, Jing Yukun's losses were not small: 341 people were killed, 579 were seriously wounded, 1,037 were lightly wounded, and one-third of the casualties were lost; So Jing Yukun exchanged Xianning City and the base area in the Lake District, asked the Ninth War Zone to receive the wounded, and led his troops to southern Gannan to rest and recuperate. Before leaving, he built several brick kilns and lime kilns, and instructed the officers and soldiers of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi who remained behind to provide them to the common people for free to repair the destroyed houses.

Along the way, Jing Yukun sent troops to hunt in exchange for supplies while marching. Quite simply, the troops sent small groups of troops to the mountains on both sides at dusk, waiting by the pond to hunt the prey that came to drink water, or roasted meat and bones with hot stones, attracted carnivores, and then sniped, and returned after dark; In the early morning, a small force was sent to ambush the prey. Along the way, the troops' ability to fight at night and in the mountains has been greatly improved, and at the same time, the terrain they pass by has been mapped, which can also be sold for money in the future.

When he arrived in southern Gansu, Jing Yukun arranged for the whole training of the troops, and went out for drills and training every day; Then the production activities were carried out: purchasing sulfur and saltpeter to make gunpowder, teaching the local people to make kraft paper, burning clay pots and lime, purchasing foreign explosives, making simple javelin flying mines, clay pot grenades, and clay pot mines, and then selling them to the Ninth War Zone and the neighboring Fourth War Zone, and purchasing the money earned into tungsten sand and medicinal materials and transporting them back to Xishan.

Jing Yukun, who was idle, invented a kind of tripping paper tube mine: half of the coarse paper tube was filled with gunpowder and half of it was filled with iron sand, which was detonated with a traditional cracker, and a bamboo tube could be used instead of a paper tube; The cost was very low, the manufacturing was simple, and it was quickly passed on to the New Fourth Army by the instructors of the New Fourth Army.

Jing Yukun also came up with the old method to mobilize the masses: printing and distributing a large number of newspapers with photos of devils mutilating Chinese, telling stories and singing mountain songs to arouse anti-Japanese enthusiasm; Semi-finished products of shovels, picks, plows and hoes were transported from Xishan to teach the common people to make advanced agricultural tools; teach the common people to make simple carts; There are also a variety of efficient farming, breeding, hunting, and fishing techniques; organize militia-style training for ordinary people; ……

It provided Xue Yue with a large number of high-quality troops and a prosperous rear base.

Xue Yue saw that Jing Yukun's method was effective and immediate, so he sent a special person to follow Jing Yukun to study and assist in the work, and it was vigorously promoted in the war zone, and the personnel sent also had a task to supervise the Wu Mu Army and the New Fourth Army personnel in the Wu Mu Army, and all external activities must be carried out in the name of the Ninth War Zone! Of course, while putting a tight spell on Jing Yukun, Xue Yue did not forget to use both grace and power, and promoted Jing Yukun to a major general to senate, responsible for guiding the people's livelihood issues in the jurisdiction.

Jing Yukun doesn't care about these, as long as he can exchange tungsten sand for Xishan, everything is easy to say!

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