Early the next morning. After the commander Liu Hua announced the departure, the commander of the first regiment, Sun Xingbang, led a regiment and a new regiment of more than 3,000 people to leave the barracks.

Under the guidance of a cavalry company in the avant-garde, more than 3,000 people and horses took the trail where there were no people, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yangquan County along the Zhengtai line, after many reconnaissances, after the devils occupied Yangquan County, Yangquan was built into a large material transfer station, and many of the materials transported from Tianjin were all transported to Yangquan, and after being distributed to various strongholds in Shanxi, Yangquan had a large number of materials for the army, of course, Sun Xingbang did not have the courage to attack the county town with heavy guards with his 3,000 men and horses.

The purpose of Sun Xingbang's trip was to sabotage the railway, with Yangquan as the center, to attack a large number of railway trunk lines along the Zhengtai line, so that the army could not use the railway to transport supplies and soldiers in the near future

After two days of silent marching, the troops finally reached the Yangquan area, and Sun Xingbang and his two regiments chose the camp in a deep mountain less than ten miles away from the main railway line, because only with the cover of the deep mountains could the troops evade the detection of the devil's plane.

Soon, all the scouts of the two regiments were sent out, and even a cavalry company attached to it was sent out as a scout. However, the effect was very fast, and on the second night, the situation of the nearly 50-mile railway line centered on Yangquan was all polished clearly. Even the garrison situation of all the strongholds was figured out, and soon, with the efforts of the staff officers, a map along the Zhengtai Railway showing the deployment of enemy troops was placed in front of Sun Xingbang.

Due to the frequent activities of the Eighth Route Army in the rear of the Yue Army in the past two months, the logistics and transportation of the Yue Army have been interrupted many times, and in order not to be attacked again, the vigilance has been strengthened. The devils have added a certain number of troops to each stronghold, especially along the railway, and each stronghold has at least one squadron or more. And on the railway, there are constantly devils' armored patrol cars, and in the face of these armors, ordinary infantry can be said to be powerless, except for the use of 9 mountain guns of the mountain artillery company.

In the face of the enemy's heavily guarded Zhengtai Railway, how should we complete the combat mission assigned by the commander? Sun Xingbang fell into deep thought, and several other leaders of the command also fell into deep thought

However, soon, under the discussion of many staff officers, a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain appeared in the hands of Sun Xingbang, attacking the enemy's material transfer station with a certain number of troops, allowing the devils along the railway to go to reinforcements, and the main force took the opportunity to destroy the railway in large quantities

Seeing this thrilling and practical battle plan, Sun Xingbang quickly nodded and agreed, and the battle plan was then sent to the hands of the following six battalion commanders: "With one regiment and one battalion, one new regiment and one battalion, and the mountain artillery company as the siege troops, led by the commander of the new regiment, rush to Yangquan County, and all the remaining troops are led by Sun Xingbang himself, destroy the enemy's railway, and the baggage company stays at the station, and the troops prepare two days of dry food, and set off at 10 o'clock this evening, and the attacking troops will attack first, and after the army is mobilized along the enemy's railway, The main forces are carrying out a sabotage attack. All scouts are assigned to enemy strongholds to monitor the movement of enemy forces.

The two regiments, which had rested all day, quickly moved into action after receiving the order, and the mountain artillery, which had already been disassembled, was carried by mules and horses, and the speed was comparable to that of the troops.

The 10-mile journey was easy for these soldiers who had come from the Long March, and in less than an hour, the soldiers could see the faint lights of Yangquan. After preliminary reconnaissance, Shen Qinghua, the commander of the new regiment, decided to set up a position two miles away from the county seat, and the troops who received the order quickly concealed themselves, and the soldiers of the mountain artillery company began to assemble the mountain artillery. At this time, the devil stationed a large team of troops in Yangquan County, as well as several squads of baggage soldiers. And that's all there is to it. For the squadron, it is already very strong, due to the fact that a train of ammunition and materials has just been transferred from Tianjin during the day, the entire county army has been busy for a whole day, and now, except for the sentries patrolling and guarding, all the devils have entered Mengxiang, but the devil material warehouse, but in order to prevent the destruction of the people of China (especially the [***] guerrillas), the whole house is piled up by several large searchlights to find bright, such an obvious light, Of course, a good target was given to the fighters of the artillery company. Although they knew that they were going to bomb the enemy's supply warehouse, none of the soldiers regretted it. Because everyone knows that it is impossible to capture the county town with their own troops, it is better to blow them all up, and let the devils use him to harm the people.

Soon, twelve o'clock arrived, all nine mountain guns were assembled, and all the muzzles were aimed at the enemy's material warehouse. The muzzle of the black hole was so deep under the faint light of the city. "Open fire," saw that the time had come and the commander of the new regiment decisively ordered.

"Boom, boom, boom" The nine mountain cannons let out an angry roar, and in an instant, a violent explosion sounded in the city, and then another group of nine shells shot out.

The soldiers outside the city watched excitedly at the sparks that continued to explode inside the city, after all, it was rare for the soldiers to have the opportunity to see such brilliant fireworks. The city was in a mess, perhaps because of the luck of the Reading Brigade, there were two shells in the first group of shells of the mountain artillery company, which happened to hit the warehouse where the army stacked ammunition, and in an instant, the ammunition of the entire warehouse was detonated, and a shell exploded, blowing up the shells next to it everywhere, and then the shells exploded again, the explosion of the shells, the bullets flying everywhere, and the grenades shrouded the entire material transfer station. The most fortunate thing is that the explosion of the material warehouse unexpectedly drowned all the devils stationed in a squadron next to it.

It turned out that when he heard the first explosion from the material warehouse next to him, the squadron leader's first feeling was that someone had attacked the material warehouse, and immediately gathered all the combatants, picked up their weapons and rushed towards the material site angrily. However, as soon as they arrived, the ammunition stored in the entire warehouse began to explode, and there were shells and grenades flying everywhere, and a squadron of troops was surrounded before they could react

Similarly, the earth-shattering explosion also alarmed everyone in Yangquan County, and from the first explosion, the entire county was on alert. The captain of the army looked blankly at the material warehouse that kept exploding, "Baga, hurry up and investigate, how could the materials of the empire explode!" ”

Soon, the captain knew the situation, the material warehouse was attacked by unknown artillery fire outside the city, and the materials were almost lost, and at the same time, a squadron stationed next to the warehouse was also shattered because of the rescue warehouse. "Baga, the cunning Shina will only sneak attack, I will make you pay." The captain picked up his katana and split one of the agents in front of him in half.

As an officer of the Empire, the captain of the group knows what will he face when he loses so much war material in the Empire? Be sure to catch the sneak attacker, definitely. The captain thought viciously.

"Order, the second squadron, go out of the city immediately, and be sure to eliminate the soldiers of China who sneak into the county seat, the warriors of the empire will not be afraid of them. The third squadron is immediately ready for battle, and all the baggage squads are ready to put the whole city under martial law and search for the internal response of the sneak attack troops in the city! The captain quickly came back to his senses and ordered.

"Hi" The officer who got the order quickly went out of town.

Because when the mountain artillery fired, there would be a large flame in the muzzle, so after a few rounds of shells, the position of the entire artillery position was exposed under the noses of the devils on the city wall. The soldiers who received the order immediately shouted one by one, and rushed to the artillery position outside the city with rifles with bayonets in hand, wanting to eliminate the Chinese soldiers who attacked them in one fell swoop......

As an intermediate commander who followed Liu Hua, Shen Qinghua, the commander of the new regiment, saw that there was only one squadron, and immediately showed a cunning face: "Order, the mountain artillery company will immediately transfer its position, the new regiment and one battalion will protect the mountain artillery company, and the one regiment and one battalion will immediately arrange a pocket formation in front of the position to cover the transfer of the mountain artillery company."

You must know that a regiment and a battalion are one of the main forces that have been following Liu Hua to fight. For the arrangement of pocket formations, ambushes can be described as handy, the first battalion commander who received the order immediately took action, the first company moved to the left flank, the second company moved to the right flank, and the third company directly blocked in front of the devils to build a simple bunker.

Looking at the devils who were getting closer and closer, the faces of the soldiers of the entire battalion showed an excited look, you must know that there are more than 400 people in a battalion to fight devils, and there are less than 200 people in a squadron, which is 2; 1 is not only, everyone is full of confidence, just now still complaining that there is no battle, the soldiers are also excited, aiming at the Type 38 rifle in their hands, the light machine guns are loaded, and the grenadier barrel begins to adjust the design angle.

"Da Da Da" first of all, the three companies fired, the three light machine guns spewed out the tongue of fire swept to the front of a dozen devils, the rest of the devils have lying on the ground and began to fire back, although the devil's accurate bullets caused a lot of casualties to the three companies, but it did not last long, a battalion of a total of nine grenadiers were all concentrated on the positions of the three companies, and they began to fire grenades, and immediately the devil's position exploded with sparks, and from time to time exploded a devil's corpse, The smoke from the grenade explosion quickly obscured the devil's field of vision, and the pressure on the position of the third company was instantly reduced a lot. The two companies next to them took advantage of this advantageous gap and slowly surrounded the two wings of the devil.

"Tick tock" saw that the two companies surrounded by the two wings were only a few dozen meters away from the devils, and the smoke on the devils' position was about to dissipate, the regiment commander Shen Shuqing decisively ordered the trumpeter to blow the trumpet. The soldiers jumped up one after another, holding their rifles with bayonets and rushing towards the devils lying on the ground.

(To be continued)