"What? How many devils are there? Liu Guodong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"According to the report of the fourth platoon commander, the devil has a small number of troops, and he has mobilized all the militia and the people in the city to resist with all their might, please ask the captain to find a way to reinforce it quickly." The signal soldier said in an anxious tone.

"Damn, where did these devils come from, could it be that the Yingzhou defense line has been broken through by them?" The first company commander Li Erbai was puzzled.

Liu Guodong immediately vetoed: "Impossible, if Yingzhou really can't hold it, it is impossible for the front line not to notify us to move quickly." ”

After saying this, Liu Guodong said again: "As for this devil, it is very likely that they sneaked in through loopholes. ”

"Captain, what are we going to do then?" Li Er said anxiously: "This is not one or two hundred devils, they have thousands of people, and we only have more than two hundred." ”

"I know, don't fucking urge me, let Lao Tzu think about it." Thinking that there are nearly 100,000 people inside and outside Taihe City, Liu Guodong is like sitting on pins and needles.

After frowning and meditating for a moment, Liu Guodong suddenly stopped and said to the communication soldier next to him: "Communication soldier, immediately report the news of the devil's attack on Taihe-County to the Fourth Division, no!" Report directly to the military seat, Taihe = the county seat and the Guanji arsenal are in danger, please send reinforcements as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier snapped forward and immediately turned and took the order to leave.

After seeing the signal soldiers leave, Liu Guodong said to Li Er again: "First company commander." ”

"Yes!" Li Er hurriedly straightened his chest and responded.

"You stay and command the troops, in case the devils attack my arsenal, I'll come when I go!" After speaking, Liu Guodong led the two soldiers and rushed towards the arsenal.

Watching Liu Guodong leave, Li Er was puzzled for a while, and then waved his hand to the subordinates behind him and said, "Brothers, enter the fortifications and prepare for battle!" ”

……………………………………………………………… Xuzhou City, the headquarters of the Tiger Army.

"Military seat, Taihe = the garrison brigade of the county town Guanji Arsenal has crossed the level and sent an urgent telegram!" Liang Jiahan held the message and reported to Qiao Anbang.

"What does the message say?" Qiao Anbang was shocked and asked.

"The garrison brigade reported that more than ten minutes ago, Taihe County was suddenly attacked by the army, and now Taihe City is in danger, the garrison brigade and the local militia are desperately defending the city, and Liu Guodong, the captain of the garrison brigade, asked for urgent reinforcements." Liang Jiahan read truthfully according to the content of the message.

When Qiao Anbang heard this, he immediately slapped the table and became angry: "it, you can come whatever you worry about." ”

At this moment, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and Qiao Anbang looked up to see that Xie Jinyuan and Chi Fengcheng walked in together.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's solemn face, Xie Jinyuan saluted and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The army attacked Taihe in a roundabout way, and Taihe was in a hurry." Qiao Anbang replied indifferently.

"What? How many troops are there? Xie Jinyuan asked suddenly.

Qiao Anbang turned his gaze to Liang Jiahan, and he didn't have time to ask about this.

Facing the inquiring eyes of the three people, Liang Jiahan immediately replied: "The telegram said that the strength of the army is about 1,000 people, although it does not carry heavy weapons, but its combat effectiveness is quite strong, and it should be the elite army of the devil." ”

"More than a thousand." Qiao Anbang and the others suddenly gasped when they heard this, if the thousand troops were in peacetime, Qiao Anbang might not even frown, but now the situation is different, in order to win the battle of Xuzhou, the elite of the Tiger Ben Army is exhausted, and now Taihe = the county seat is an empty city.

Liu Guodong's garrison brigade is two infantry companies, and the militia has hundreds of people, but most of the equipment of these militiamen is the equipment captured by the Tiger Ben Army, and its combat effectiveness is far from that of the main force.

Therefore, relying only on the garrison brigade, it is absolutely impossible to protect the arsenal and take into account the safety of Taihe = the county seat.

What's more, this may just be a roundabout force of the army.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's solemn face, Xie Jinyuan tentatively asked, "Anbang, what are you going to do?" ”

Qiao Anbang pondered for a while, and said decisively: "Call back to the garrison brigade and tell Liu Guodong to make every effort to cover the retreat of hundreds of thousands of people in Taihe = the county seat, as for the arsenal, if it can be guarded, if it can't be guarded, it will be destroyed completely, and none of it can be left to himself." ”

"Give up the Guanji Arsenal?" Chi Feng City on the side was nothing, but Xie Jinyuan was shocked and changed.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded solemnly: "The arsenal can be built again, but the surnames of hundreds of thousands of villagers and elders are only once, as soldiers, we are shouldering the mission of defending our family and country and protecting our compatriots, so nothing is more important than the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people." ”

"Yes!" Xie Jinyuan admired Qiao Anbang, but also regretted it, you must know that it was all the belongings of the Tiger Ben Army, all the equipment of the two arsenals and a large number of guns and ammunition that had been produced, all kinds of light and heavy weapons, just burned to the ground, not the parties concerned, they could not understand Xie Jinyuan's mood at the moment.

In fact, Qiao Anbang was forced to make this decision, and now the battle of Xuzhou was in a critical period, and he had no time to transfer too many troops back to the base area, and Xuzhou was too far away from Taihe, which was really beyond the reach of the whip.

If the aircraft is used, because the carrying capacity of the aircraft is too small, it can only carry twenty or thirty soldiers at a time, which is tantamount to a drop in the bucket.

Whether or not the special operations battalion's combat mission can succeed in this combat mission is even more related to whether or not the main force of the North China Army can be completely annihilated in this battle and open up a new situation in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

As long as this battle is won, it will completely reverse the passive situation of China's resistance, and the Tiger Ben Army will also usher in sufficient time for development, so even at the cost of its own two arsenals, it will be worth it.

Seeing that Xie Jinyuan was leaving, Qiao Anbang suddenly remembered something, and immediately waved his hand to stop him: "Big brother, wait a minute." ”

"Huh? What else? Xie Jinyuan stopped and replied.

"Send another urgent telegram to the flying regiment, ordering it to suspend the bombing and air raids on all divisions and regiments of the North China Army, dispatch all fighters to Taihe to assist in the operation, cover the transfer of the civilians, and send reconnaissance planes to search for the whereabouts of the devil's other roundabout troops." Qiao Anbang commanded.

"yes, I see." Xie Jinyuan nodded, then turned around and left.

………………………………………… Taihe = county seat.

When the 34th Infantry Wing of the Yue Army arrived at Taihe-County and launched an attack, most of the people outside the city poured into the city, and for a time the city was overcrowded, and many people fled in all directions in fear.

Many of them were brutally shot by the devils, and some were captured by the devil soldiers.

Due to the desperate resistance of the militia and the people in the city, the devils launched several attacks in a row, but failed to capture the county seat.

"You drop, there is only one chance to live, I hope you drop, cherish it." In the temporary field headquarters of the 34th Infantry Wing, Hachiro Tanakami swept over several Chinese prisoners kneeling in front of him one by one with a cold gaze, and said coldly.

A young man on the far left still had red blood on the corners of his mouth, and after listening to Hachiro Tanagami's broken Chinese, he snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

Hachiro Tagami didn't care, but asked directly: "How many people are there in the city?" ”

A few captives didn't know what to do, and Hachiro Tanakami turned his head and raised his hand to the young man and said coldly: "You answer by drop." ”

The young man looked up at Hachiro Tagami with hateful eyes, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Lao Tzu doesn't know anything, I want Lao Tzu to betray the Tiger Army, be a Han Annihilation, and be your mother's Spring and Autumn dream!" You little devils, sooner or later the Tiger Army will wipe you all out and avenge the Chinese who died under your guns! ”

"Yaga Yalu!" Hachiro Tanakami was furious, pulled out his adjutant knife sonorously, and slashed at the young man.

"Poof": The sound of the steel knife penetrating into the flesh sounded in vain, and the young man's head was brutally chopped off by him with half of his shoulder, and blood suddenly gushed out, splashing Hachiro Tanakami all over his body.

Seeing this, several other captives were immediately frightened, and begged for mercy in a low voice: "Taijun, spare your life, we say, we say, the Tiger Ben army in the city is only one platoon, plus the militia, it is probably less than four hundred. ”

"Yo Xi! The base in the northeast of the city, what is it? Hachiro Tanakami asked as he wiped the blood from the knife with his white gloves.

"It's the Tiger Army's arsenal, and I heard that a lot of equipment was brought from the north some time ago." A captive in his forties replied first.

"Oh? Arsenal? Hachiro Tanakami was overjoyed and continued to ask: "How many people are working in the Tiger Ben Army there?" ”

"There are only one or two hundred people, and the Tiger Ben Army originally stationed near here has been withdrawn, and now there are only these people in Taihe's Tiger Ben Army." The middle-aged captive seemed to be ingratiating.

"Yo Xi." Tanakami Hachiro waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to take these Chinese in front of him down, and then turned his head to the adjutant behind him and said, "Tamura-kun, order the troops, immediately stop the attack, bypass Taihe = the county town and attack directly at the arsenal of the Shina people." ”

After figuring out that the Guanji base was the arsenal of the Tiger Ben Army, Hachiro Tanakami was very excited, so he immediately decided to give up the attack on Taihe = the county town and attack the Guanji Arsenal instead, because he knew that compared to the arsenal of the Tiger Ben Army, the Taihe-county town was simply insignificant.

"Hay!" Tamura Shaozo suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned around and walked quickly to lead the order and leave.

(To be continued)