Several gunners nodded in unison, and Qiao Youhua picked up a cannonball, loaded it into the muzzle and said, "Open the cannon!" Before the sound fell, the hand was released, and the cannonball slid into the chamber.

Several other gunners followed suit......, tom The muffled sound of a few cannon shots rang out in a cloud of smoke and flames.

Several shells flew into the air, and the city was fired in a parabolic shape towards the surface of the canal not far away.

A devil patrol boat that was cruising back and forth on the river was hit by a shell on the spot, and it exploded with a roar, and several other shells also fell into the water, setting off a huge wave of water.

The devils on the remaining patrol boats were taken aback, and they all turned around and wanted to escape, but how could they escape at a speed that could catch up with the speed at which Qiao Youhua and the gunners fired.

A few more cannonballs rang out, and a few shells flew out of the reeds on the shore with scarlet flames, covering them under the terrified gaze of the devil patrolmen.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! The violent explosion suddenly enveloped the patrol boats, and the waves set off by the shock wave instantly overturned them into the water one after another.

The devil soldiers above also screamed and were blown away, falling heavily into the water, splashing in waves.

Soon, through the artillery fire, Qiao Youhua wiped out the devil's surface patrol, and when they heard the sound of cannons, Billy Lavis and Hu Ling'er, who had already prepared, immediately rushed over with the fleet.

Under the cover of the cavalry battalion, the fleet followed the water blocked by the Japanese army, and at the same time, a group of mysterious armed men suddenly appeared in the east of Hengshui County, attacking some of the devil's strongholds in the east of the city, and the Japanese army in Hengshui could not take care of this side of the canal.

The fleet entered the waters of Shimen smoothly, the devils of Shimen had just suffered a defeat, and the waters of the Taiping River, Hutuo River and other waters were already under the control of the dragon's tooth column, so the fleet safely passed the waters of Shimen.

Going upstream, directly to the area of Huangshan Town in Pingshan County, political commissar Guo Meng has already led people to wait here for response, this is already the hinterland of the base of the dragon's tooth column, and it is relatively safe.

Qiao Youhua and the cavalry battalion also arrived, and with them came another group of men and horses led by Wan Hu, which was an escort team composed of people from the rivers and lakes recruited by Wan Hu from Tianjin.

It was they who attacked the Japanese stronghold east of Hengshui at a critical moment, so that the Japanese army in Hengshui had no time to look west.

The two sides met, and after some greetings, they rushed to Pingshan County, and Liu Jianhua led the cavalry battalion to leave behind to cover the people and the escort team to carry the equipment.

A day later, all the equipment needed for the arsenal of the Dragon's Tooth Column was in place, and the regiments on the front line also returned to their respective defense areas.

In particular, the artillery directly under the 21st Division and the artillery battalion of the puppet army in Zhishan exceeded 50 guns, plus other small-caliber mortars, the total number of captured guns was close to 100, which greatly increased the artillery strength of the Longya Column.

After the equipment was in place, Johnson and other technicians quickly installed and debugged, and the arsenal was completed so far, and it should not be long before it could be put into production.

In the compound of the Pingshan County Column Headquarters, Qiao Youhua held a celebration banquet, which was attended by Billy Lavis, Wan Hu, Johnson, and foreign journalists such as Adru, Matolaev, and Tanasha.

Celebrating the completion of the Dragon's Tooth Column Arsenal and the complete victory of this covering operation, after the banquet, Qiao Youhua took a somewhat excited Billy Lavis to his residence.

He took out the drawings that had been prepared a long time ago, handed them to Billy Lavis, and said, "Mr. Billy, these are all the drawings that follow, and now it's time to hand them over to you." ”

Billy Lavis, who drank some wine and blushed a little, took the drawing with a precious face, and Qiao Youhua found that the foreign devil's hands seemed to be trembling uncontrollably.

Billy Lavis wanted to cry excitedly at the moment, after working hard for so long and taking such a big risk, he finally got the coveted drawing, he looked up to Qiao Youhua with emotion and said: "Dear Joe of Mies, I swear to God, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and sincerely!" ”

Qiao Youhua smiled, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Mr. Billy, it's serious, happy cooperation!" ”

"Happy working together! Hopefully we can continue to work together in the future. Billy Ravis said.

"That's nature." Qiao Youhua said.

"Then I'll take my leave first." Billy Lavis Road.

"If Mr. Billy wants to leave, it's best to wait a few days, because now that we have just defeated the surrounding Japanese puppet army, the outside of the base area is not very peaceful, and I will ask Mr. Wan to send someone to escort you at that time." Qiao Youhua reminded.

"Okay, thanks for the reminder, I will." Billy Lavis nodded in acknowledgement.

After Billy Lavis left, the guards came to report, and Adrew asked to see him, and Qiao Youhua's heart moved, and he immediately asked people to invite him in.

Adrew, who was dressed in a black suit, may have met the Englishman Billy Lavis outside, his face was a little not good-looking, but it was just a flash, and after seeing Qiao Youhua, he immediately regained his respectful appearance and said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, I took the liberty of disturbing you." ”

Qiao Youhua smiled and said, "Where, Mr. Adru, come, please take a seat." What do you want me to do? ”

Yadru was not polite, and after sitting down, he said: "That's right, I just got reliable news that the batch of German-style weapons you asked for has secretly arrived in Tianjin, and for the sake of safety, my boss hopes that Commander Qiao will do your best to organize people to transport them away and receive them." ”

"Really?" Qiao Youhua was overjoyed when he heard this, the arrival of this batch of German-style weapons is self-evident for the Dragon's Tooth Column, which has just fought a big battle, and it can at least increase the combat power of the Dragon's Tooth Column by several grades.

However, on the surface, Qiao Youhua was indistinguishable from joy and anger, and nodded indifferently: "Well, I know, so let's do it, within ten days at the latest, my people will rush to Tianjin to receive this batch of weapons and ammunition, but I hope that your country's institutions in China can also provide some help as much as possible, so that we can transport the weapons out of Tianjin without fail." ”

"That's no problem, so in that case, Adru will take his leave first." Adrew stood up.

"Okay." Qiao Youhua got up and said goodbye.

After seeing Adru leave, Qiao Youhua pulled his throat and said outside, "Yunshan, go and call Mr. Wan to see me." ”

Zheng Yunshan, who had been guarding the door, suddenly promised: "Yes." He turned and took his orders.