Seeing that Li Muren was kind, Zhang Wenquan boldly asked, "Boss, are you troops in the Fifth War Zone?" ”

"Do you ask this?" Li Mu suddenly became alert, and said in a deep voice, "If you shouldn't ask, don't ask." ”

Zhang Wenquan was startled, and shook his hand again and again: "Don't get me wrong, boss, I don't mean anything else, just ask casually." ”

"Fellow, you don't have to be afraid." Gao Shenxing glared at Li Mu, walked over and said, "We are troops in the First War Zone, and we were ordered to recover Shanxian County, fellow countryman, you are a local, right?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Wenquan hurriedly said, "I'm a local. ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Then do you know how many small Japanese are stationed in the county?" ”

"Boss, I really don't know about this." Zhang Wenquan's face suddenly fell, and he hurriedly said in order to make amends, "But I know that there is a place where you can enter the county seat without knowing it, and you don't have to go through the city gate." ”

Gao Shenxing stared at Zhang Wenquan's eyes for a few seconds, Zhang Wenquan was stared at by Gao Shenxing, and instinctively avoided his gaze, but his eyes did not flicker, Gao Shenxing took off his military uniform and changed into a Japanese military uniform, and asked another veteran and Zhang Wenquan to also change into a Japanese military uniform, and then stepped on a side three-wheeler.

Gao Shenxing turned the accelerator, and the three wheels roared, and then turned his head and instructed Li Mudao: "Xiao Mu, you take the brothers to stay here and prepare to respond." When the veterans who had changed into Japanese military uniforms and Zhang Wenquan got on the motorcycle, the side three wheels swooped out, and after a while, they turned onto the highway and disappeared into the billowing smoke and dust.

When the main force of the 19th Brigade marched to the outside of Shanxian County, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning.

Gao Shenxing, who had already reconnoitred clearly, hurriedly stepped forward, and Xu Shijiu asked directly: "How many Japanese troops are there in Shanxian?" ”

Gao Shenxing replied: "There are not many Japanese troops in Shanxian County, there are only two infantry squadrons, half of the squadron is stationed in the county office, half of the squadron is scattered and stationed in Simen, and another squadron is stationed in the arsenal in the north of the city. ”

Zhang Wenquan is worthy of being the local chief of the hometown, and knows the topography of the county well, he took Gao Shenxing to an abandoned drainage outlet, Gao Shenxing easily entered the city from the drainage outlet, and then relied on his fluent Japanese, openly wandered around the county for a day, and walked all the streets and alleys, of course, the details of the Japanese army

"Arsenal?" Xu Jiu was stunned, "There is still an arsenal in Shanxian County?" ”

Gao Shenxing said: "It's not clear what exactly happened, but it is indeed an arsenal. ”

Zhang Youquan, the commander of the second company, was a little excited, and said in a cruel voice: "Captain, we have bitten the fat." ”

Hu Jie, the commander of the artillery company, was worried about the lack of artillery, and said with anticipation: "It is best to have a few mortars in the arsenal, so our artillery company will not have to sing empty city plans." ”

Xu Shijiu was concerned about another question and asked Gao Shenxing: "How did you get into the county seat?" ”

"It's thanks to a fellow." After Gao Shenxing finished speaking, he turned around and called Zhang Wenquan and Wang Yidao to him, and introduced to Xu Shijiu, "Captain, this fellow is Zhang Wenquan, the chief of Shunchengji in front of him, this is his family worker Wang Yidao, who has a good knife technique, and this time he was able to successfully find out the details of the Japanese army in Shanxian County, thanks to Zhang Baochang." ”

"Wherever and wherever you are, you should serve the party and the state." Zhang Wenquan was humble again and again.

Gao Shenxing said again: "Captain, there is an abandoned drainage channel in the northeast corner of the county, which can lead directly to the city. ”

Zhang Youquan said: "If the troops can be fully deployed, and the little Japan is defenseless, the battle can be resolved in half an hour at most, and even if the Japanese troops from nearby Fengxian, Chengwu, and Jinxiang come to reinforce at that time, it will be too late in time." ”

"You're just wishful thinking," Xu Shijiu said coldly, "The troops must not be used enough, otherwise once the Japanese army in the city is on guard, and the nearby Japanese army comes to reinforce it, we will be passive." ”

Zhang Youquan pursed his lips and didn't refute, but he could see that he was still a little unconvinced.

Xu Shijiu did not reprimand again, and said to Gao Shenxing: "Shen Xing, you lead a company to attack the arsenal in the north of the city, remember, you must be steady, accurate, and ruthless, you must not let the little Japan blow up the arsenal Youquan, you lead the second company to fight the county office, the second company has more recruits, remember not to fight with the little Japanese bayonet easily." ”

"Yes" Gao Shenxing and Zhang Youquan left with the troops.

Xu 19 said to Shu Tongwen again: "Tongwen, the task of your third company is to contain the Japanese guards of the four gates, and you must not let them reinforce the arsenal or the county office, and at the same time you must be vigilant against the devil reinforcements in the three directions of Fengxian, Jinxiang, and Chengwu. ”

"Yes." Shu Tongwen saluted and left with the troops.

Three infantry companies attacked one after another, while the artillery company, guard platoon, and health team of the brigade headquarters began to intensively set up temporary headquarters and field ambulance stations.

It turned out that Xu Shijiu's caution was very necessary.

The commander of the Shanxian military police, Abe Kameo, was very cautious, and the delay in the return of the Japanese troops, who were chasing the Chinese mob during the day, had already made him more vigilant, and after nightfall, not only the county office and the arsenal in the north of the city, which were the garrison of the gendarmerie, were on guard, but patrols were sent in the city and on the city walls.

Gao Shen led a company to advance into the city, veterans are veterans, well-trained, disciplined, encountered a small Japanese patrol will immediately disperse and hide, as soon as the patrol team leaves, immediately gathered and rushed forward, a team of 400 people, from the abandoned sewer in the northeast corner into the city, and then to the arsenal in the north of the city, there is not a trace of error.

Then when it was Erlian's turn to enter the city, an accident inevitably happened.

Because of his carelessness, a recruit accidentally kicked over a clay pot under the wall when he was walking in the dark, and as a result, there was a "clang" sound in the silent night sky, and the Japanese patrol that had not gone far in front immediately turned back, and six or seven bright flashlights shone at the same time, and the whereabouts of the second company were exposed at once.

As soon as Zhang Youquan saw that his whereabouts had been exposed, he immediately ordered to open fire.

As soon as the gun rang out here, the prefectural office and the little Japan in the arsenal were alarmed.

Thankfully, Gao Shenxing's company had basically entered the attack position, and the small Japanese garrisoning the arsenal were still taken by surprise despite the increased vigilance, and the two ring barricades at the gate of the arsenal and the two patrols on the periphery were lost in the first round of fire of the first company.

When more little Japanese dressed up and rushed out of the barracks, the first company had already set up more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns on the wall of the arsenal, and the two Type 92 heavy machine guns at the gate also turned their muzzles, and in an instant, the entire courtyard was completely enveloped by criss-crossing ballistics, and the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front were killed on the spot, and the remaining Japanese soldiers quickly shrank back.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100 veterans of the bombing group threw grenades into the courtyard, and by the smoke and dust of the explosion of hundreds of grenades, 50 commandos had already rushed into the arsenal with a roar.

Little Japan desperately counterattacked, 92-style, crooked handles, 38 big covers, bullets from various firearms also poured like raindrops, the commandos in front were shot and fell, and the commandos in the back quickly took over, and in a short distance of less than 50 meters, the 20 commandos who charged were all killed, and none of them survived

However, the death of 20 commandos was not without a price, and with the help of the fierce attack of the commandos, the remaining 300 officers and men of the first company quickly deployed, dividing and surrounding the Japanese squadron guarding the arsenal in two barracks, and nearly 100 Japanese soldiers were crowded in the small barracks, and the troops could not be deployed at all, and it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.

What's more, it is impossible for little Japan to blow up its arsenal now.

Gao Shenxing's first company went smoothly, but Zhang Youquan's second company was in big trouble.

The gunfire made the second company expose its whereabouts in advance, but before the second company entered the attack position, the Japanese squadron garrisoning the county office had already deployed its strength and was ready for battle, as a result, as soon as the two sides fought, the weaknesses of too many recruits in the second company were suddenly exposed, and many recruits were stunned as soon as the guns rang out, and people were stunned, some people fired guns into the sky, some people cried on the ground, some people shouted and ran around, but more recruits stood in place and were stunned, and the machine guns of the little Japanese swept over, and they fell down in rows.

The small Japanese garrison of the prefectural office only attacked with a round of firepower, and the second company suffered more than 50 casualties.

The training level of recruits in the 19th Brigade is already good, but the actual combat of training is completely different things, and there are some things that it is impossible to grow without experiencing them, just like recruits, who have not experienced the cruel baptism of iron and blood, they will never be able to grow up, and they will never become veterans, but the baptism of iron and blood is at the cost of life.

The battle of the county office fell into a stalemate, fortunately, the small Japanese of the county office actually had only one squad, and there was no spare strength to organize a counterattack, and as time went by, the recruits who escaped the first wave of fire attack of the Japanese army gradually settled down, although people were still a little dazed, and their hands and feet were still a little soft, but at least they knew that they had shot back.

Outside the south gate, the temporary headquarters of the 19th Brigade has been built.

Xu 19 is taking a piece of raw beef to feed the military dog Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei followed the 19th Brigade to eat meat every day during this time, eating shiny coat and fat body, but running is still as fast as the wind, Xu 19 threw a small piece of beef far away, Xiao Hei rushed out like a sharp arrow, and put it in his mouth without waiting for the beef to land.

After feeding a piece of beef, the good news also arrived, the first company successfully occupied the arsenal in the north of the city, and the 100 and 7 Japanese squadrons guarding the arsenal were all annihilated, and although the second company had not yet captured the county office for the time being, it had also taken the initiative in the battle situation, and if nothing else, the battle should be ended before dawn.