In the morning, the sky was bright, and the county seat of Shimen finally returned to calm, to be precise, the Japanese troops in Shimen were finally able to stop and rest for a while.

Since the strongholds along the railway line from Shimen to Zhengding and other places were repeatedly attacked last night, the devils in Shimen have blown up their nests, going in and out all night, fighting fires everywhere, and becoming a firefighting team.

In the Japanese garrison headquarters, Takejun Watanabe Nakasa stayed awake all night, his eyes were covered with scarlet bloodshot because of staying up late, his expression was very decadent, and he smoked one cigarette after another.

"Your Excellency, Commander, all the strongholds report that the guerrillas in China have withdrawn and are safe for the time being." A Japanese communications lieutenant put down the phone and walked over.

Wu Chun Watanabe rubbed his temples and said angrily: "These eight-way guerrillas are really becoming more and more rampant, and they dare to blatantly attack the strongholds of the imperial army repeatedly, I must report this matter to the headquarters of the First Army, and ask the headquarters of the front army to organize troops to carry out a sweep of Luquan and other places, and completely wipe out the anti-Japanese armed forces that are becoming more and more rampant and active." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the communications lieutenant to leave.

Wu Chun Watanabe was sleepy at the moment, where would he think that behind last night's attack, it was related to the fact that Luquan County was raided.

However, Wu Chun Watanabe was destined to be unable to sleep, and before he could walk towards his bedroom, the second lieutenant of communication went and returned, looking even more panicked than before: "Your Excellency, the garrison of Erdaogouzi called for urgent help, and they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Bagaya Road, these dirt roads are really endless, order the 6th Squadron to attack! Rush to help, and tell the garrison troops of Erdaogouzi, don't panic, the Eighth Route Army is just attacking and disturbing, and they will stick to it with all their might, and the reinforcements will arrive soon. "Wu Chun Watana's anger almost went violent.

The second lieutenant did not leave, but said: "Sir, the garrison commander of Erdaogouzi said on the phone that the Zhina army attacking them should not be a guerrilla force, but the main force of the Tuba Road, because they not only have an astonishing number of light and heavy machine guns, but also grenadiers to work. ”

"Nani? Eight-way workhorse? How dare the people of China be so bold? Dare to bypass Luquan and attack Erdaogou to work? Wu Chun Watanabe's triangular eyes widened angrily, and he couldn't believe it.

"Sir, it's true, let's send more reinforcements, I'm afraid one squadron is not enough." The communications lieutenant bowed his head.

"Baga, order the 3rd and 5th Infantry Squadrons to cooperate with the 6th Infantry Squadron to immediately dispatch and quickly reinforce Erdaogouzi, and at the same time immediately send cavalry communication troops to bypass the Erdaogouzi battlefield and go to Luquan, notify the Luquan Garrison Brigade, send troops to cooperate with our department, and encircle and annihilate this main force of the Eighth Route and Erdaogouzi!" Wu Chun Watanabe ordered angrily.

"Hay." The second lieutenant of the devil's communications bowed his head again and led the order to leave.

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In Erdaogouzi Town, Jiang Haidong personally led the main force of the first battalion to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese stronghold, and the three main infantry companies of the first battalion surrounded the Erdaogouzi regiment, and the heavy machine gun fire platoon directly under it cooperated with Liu Yidao's company to attack head-on.

Suppress the fire of the Devil's Pillbox Fortress stronghold south of the town with strong and dense firepower to cover the charge of a company of soldiers.

In the past, this place was captured by the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, and the turrets and pillboxes were destroyed, but later the Japanese puppet army came back and rebuilt it.

Jiang Haidong held a 38-large cover specially responsible for firing the light and heavy machine gun fire points of the devils, and some grenadiers also opened fire at the right time, suppressing the Japanese firepower on the top floor of the turret with small grenades.

The officers and men of the first company, under the leadership of Liu Yidao and Scarface, took advantage of the situation to use wooden planks to open the blockade ditch in front of the devil's stronghold, and then rushed over with guns in their hands.

"Kill! Come on! "The shouts of the soldiers shook the earth, and all kinds of weapons opened fire, sparks flew on the outer walls of the pillboxes and turrets, and earth chips fell.

As they approached, some soldiers threw grenades into the devil's turrets and pillboxes, and the Japanese puppet defense line in the south of the town was broken through one after another.

The second and third companies also won successively, and the second ditch fell into the hands of the first battalion of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force.

"Clean up the battlefield immediately and build the devil's fortifications in case the devil's reinforcements may come from the direction of Shimen." Jiang Haidong put away the 38 big cover and commanded in his throat.

On a small road about three or four kilometers east of Erdaogouzi, a devil cavalry communications soldier was riding a horse and galloping in the direction of Luquan.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out in the woods on the side of the road, and a hot bullet swooped into the chest of the Devil Cavalry Signal Soldier.

"Ah......h With a miserable scream, the devil messenger suddenly fell off his warhorse, and the ownerless warhorse ran for a distance and stopped.

In the woods, several soldiers with three or eight big covers poured out, one went to catch the horse, and the rest came to the devil cavalry who fell from the horse, and the leading big head soldier stabbed the devil cavalry who had not completely lost his breath with a bayonet, and after he turned out, he lowered his head and picked up a 44-style horse pistol carried by the devil soldier.

Turning to a few companions behind him, he said, "It seems that he is a communications soldier, take off his military uniform and military boots, and throw his body into the wilderness for wild wolves." ”

After doing this, the big-headed soldier kicked the dry and hard road with his foot, covered up the blood that flowed from the devil's body just now with some dust, and continued to lurk in the woods by the roadside.

I couldn't put it down, and I played with the captured 44-style horse pistol, and said with a smile: "Hehe, this gun is good, Lao Tzu likes it, or our horse battalion commander is smart, and he is sure that the little devil will send someone to contact Luquan, so that we can set up ambushes and intercept them on various roads, and a few more, hehe." ”

Shimen County, the Japanese garrison headquarters.

The 3rd, 5th, and 6th Japanese infantry squadron leaders stood in front of Wuchun Watanabe on thin ice, and one of them said: "Sir, when the lowly officers led their troops to Erdaogouzi Town, the place had already been captured by the Eighth Route of Zhinatu, and the defenders were all shattered, and we launched an attack to try to recapture it."

However, they were attacked by the strong fire of the Chinese army, and they occupied the strong fortifications built by the imperial army, and our troops suffered great losses, and finally failed to recapture them, so they had to retreat. ”

"Yaga! What is the dirt road of Feiyunling going to do? What will they do to capture Erdaozi, which is located between Luquan and Shimen? What are their intentions? After Wu Chun Watanabe was angry, he finally noticed the strangeness in this.

Then he asked the communications lieutenant next to him, "Is there any news from the communications soldiers sent to contact Luquan?" ”

The communications lieutenant hurriedly replied: "Sir, from the beginning of the attack on Erdaogou to the present, the inferior post has successively sent four cavalry communication soldiers to Luquan from different roads, but none of them have come back so far, so we still have not been able to get in touch with the Luquan Garrison Brigade. ”