Chapter 62: The Fall

First of all, I apologize to the readers, but I was a little late for today's update. In the past, the mountain people wrote it the day before and uploaded it the next day, but they didn't have time to write it last night. In addition, the update can only guarantee one chapter per day for the time being, and the update plan was suspended last week, and the following is the text:

There is a good house in Wan'an Town, Tongping County, which was originally owned by a wealthy businessman. However, it has now become the temporary headquarters of the 11th Wing of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army.

Wing Leader Yuichi Nagano was sipping on the newly delivered sake from Japan as he slipped his hand into the kimono of a Japanese geisha next to him. The geisha said coquettishly: "Tooth selling! As he spoke, he fell into Nagano's arms, revealing most of his white breasts.

Nagano smirked proudly and said, "Shinato sake (a well-known sake genre), Apoza Beauty, Sato-kun, do you say that there is anything faster in life than this?" ”

Staff Officer Zoten took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Drunk and lying on the knees of the beauty, wake up and kill the sword!" Your Excellency, wine and women are just an amateur pastime for me, and cutting off the head of the man makes my blood boil! ”

Nagano bowed his head in recognition and said, "Yo Sai! Expedition for more than three months, half a trip to Shanxi! What a remarkable martial feat! It's a pity that the military headquarters is now going to throw us into the ravine to fight the bandits, which is simply a humiliation for us. ”

Zoten also felt a little regretful and said: "A big war is about to break out on the Jinpu line, and we must put down the bandits as soon as possible, so as not to miss the opportunity to make another special honor." Your Excellency Dazuo, Jing Zejun has now led his troops to attack Ping'an County, should we follow up immediately? ”

Nagano waved his hand and said, "No, Izawa-kun will take care of it!" ”

Zoten hesitated for a moment and said, "But the Yamamoto brigade ......"

Nagano has always looked down on friendly troops, he sneered, and said arrogantly: "Don't mention the Yamamoto Brigade, they are just a garrison force, and their combat power is only equivalent to the police in Tokyo Town, how can they compare with our field troops?" ”

While they were laughing, an officer in charge of communications sent a confidential document. Nagano motioned for Zoten to take a look first, and Zoten took a look and said, "Yo Sai, it was Izawa-kun who sent it!" ”

Nagano teased, "Izawa-kun? Has he already captured the county seat of Ping'an, or has he annihilated the legendary security force? He had never believed that the Yamamoto Brigade had been annihilated by a security force, and often used it to mock the Special High School.

After seeing it, Zuo Teng smiled and said: "No, Izawa-kun found a huge explosion on the way to Ping'an County, and he thought that he had found the reason for the destruction of Yamamoto's brigade." With that, he handed the confidential document to Nagano.

Nagano sneered, "Ha, he always likes to prove that he is talented with a novel point of view. He flipped through it, but was quickly drawn to its contents.

After a while, Nagano restrained his smile and said, "Saten-kun, what do you think of this point of view?" ”

"Theoretically, it may be possible, but I still find it incredible," Zoten said. In order to do this, it is not enough to have explosives, but also to be proficient in explosives and our tactics. ”

"Makes sense, it looks like we've got an interesting opponent," Nagano said. If that's the case, the Yamamoto brigade is unjustly defeated! Zuo Teng-kun, you go and inform Jing Ze-kun, let them attack Ping'an County as soon as possible to eliminate that security force, and it is best to capture their leader alive, I really want to meet this guy! ”

In fact, there is no need for Nagano to order, and the Izawa brigade is almost in Ping'an County. Due to the failure to stop the enemy at Erlong Mountain, Zhang Haiyan had to lead his troops to retreat to Panjiaao. This is the last natural checkpoint to enter Ping'an County, and Zhang Haiyan ordered that he must hold on for an hour in order to buy time for the transfer of military and civilians in the county. Unfortunately, the 4th Independent Battalion held out for less than half an hour before it was blown up by the grenadiers of the Kawaguchi squadron.

Du Ergou, the battalion commander of the 4th Independent Battalion, is also an old brother from the northeast. Seeing that the devils were attacking more and more, he felt that he couldn't defend it anymore, so he grabbed Zhang Haiyan and said loudly: "Chief of Staff, if you don't withdraw, you will have to give it all here!" ”

Zhang Haiyan smashed his fist on the ground in frustration and said, "Cough! You immediately organize the companies to retreat, and I will take the guards to protect me. ”

As soon as the troops withdrew from their positions, the devils took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and a burst of machine guns hit Zhang Haiyan so that they couldn't even lift their heads. Under the cover of machine guns, many devils bent down and rushed to the pass.

The situation was critical, and Zhang Haiyan was about to organize the soldiers to fight for bayonets, when a burst of shell guns came from behind him. When he looked back, it turned out that Du Ergou had brought a few brothers with short guns and returned. The devil was killed by this indiscriminate shooting, so he had to retreat in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Du Ergou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chief of Staff, the brothers have all withdrawn, let's withdraw too!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the devil threw a large number of grenades, blowing up the position in a mess. Zhang Haiyan suddenly felt a huge pain in his right leg, and when he looked down, he saw that the blood on his thigh was pouring out, and the wound was covered.

Du Ergou also saw it and screamed in surprise. He was about to call the hygienist, but was stopped by Zhang Haiyan.

Zhang Haiyan endured the great pain, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, and said, "Don't let the brothers know the truth!" You immediately withdraw from the position with the platoon of guards, it will be too late! ”

Du Ergou shook his head and said, "No! You withdraw first, and I will take cover. ”

Zhang Haiyan felt dizzy, gritted his teeth and shouted: "There's no time to rub in, obey the order!" ”

Du Ergou said with red eyes: "Brother Haiyan, I have always listened to you before, and you have to listen to me again today!" After saying that, he ordered the guard platoon to retreat, and called a few soldiers, and shouted at them: "You guys take the chief of staff on my back, he will have three long and two short old men kill you!" ”

The soldiers answered, and several people picked up Zhang Haiyan and left. Zhang Haiyan was injured and unable to struggle, so he was so anxious that he scolded. Du Ergou smiled: "Brother Haiyan, if you want to be alive this time, remember to avenge me." After saying that, he returned to the forward position with a squad of fighters.

The soldiers of the guard platoon had not gone far before they heard a roar of fighting behind them. When they looked back, they saw that a large number of devil soldiers had poured into the original position, and then the sound of a grenade explosion came, and the position was quickly covered by flying dust.

When the Panjiaao position was lost, the transfer and evacuation work of Ping'an County had not yet ended. At the west gate of Ping'an County, Li Zhenan was sweating profusely. This is the only way for the county to lead to the eight districts, and a large number of people have to move from here to the Taihang Mountains.

The operation began yesterday, but the county seat has a large population, and it is impossible to evacuate all of them for a while. Of course, the large number of people cannot be blamed squarely, and there are indeed problems with the organizational and mobilization capacity of the security regiments. During the anti-sweeping period, several major base areas such as Jin-Cha-Ji and Hebei frequently organized the transfer of more than 100,000 people, and the population of a county could be emptied at a time.

The security regiment is still far from reaching the level of the Eighth Route Army, and can only try to let the people evacuate on their own. After receiving the evacuation notice, some families dragged their families and relatives without saying a word. But this is only a minority, most of the people have not many places to go when they leave their homes, and the security team must come forward to make arrangements.

When he was busy, Wang Da took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the job. They had already arrived in Ping'an County, and in addition to Wang Da, there were more than 20 people, which showed that the 129th Division attached great importance to this cooperation. These people were supposed to be here for political work and military instructors. But Zheng Weiguo was not there, Yu Laogen and they had some scruples, and they didn't arrange things for them to do, but just offered them delicious food and drink.

This can suffocate the comrades, who originally wanted to show their strength, who would have thought that they would be idle. Many comrades were clamoring to go back, but it was only Wang Da's persuasion that they were appeased.

This time, the security group organized the evacuation and transfer of the people, and they were very busy, so Wang Da took the initiative to ask for help. Li Zhenan, who was in charge of the operation, was in need of manpower, so he agreed to Wang Da's request.

In other words, the organizational ability of the Red Party is really not covered. These people, whether they are political cadres or military cadres, are good at dealing with the people, and at first the villagers were a little recognizable, because they all spoke with southern accents. But in just one afternoon, the villagers agreed with these people.

With the help of the Eighth Route Comrades, Li Zhenan reformulated the retreat plan and set up a task force with these people as the backbone, which was responsible for the evacuation in different sections. In this way, the transfer is considered on the right track.

Seeing that the last group of people withdrew from the West Gate, Li Zhenan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said to Wang Da: "This time it is really thanks to you! Otherwise, I won't be able to keep myself busy. ”

Wang Da smiled slightly and said, "County Magistrate Li is polite, this is what we should do." ”

The two sighed a few words, and a cavalry correspondent rushed over and reported: "Li County, Director Wang (Yu Laogen gave him the name of the director of the Political Training Office), the devil's spearhead has passed Panjiaao, and the chief of staff asked me to inform you to evacuate as soon as possible!" ”

Li Zhenan was taken aback and said, "So fast! Didn't the 4th Independent Battalion start to block from Chenjiagou? How did Zhang Haiyan and Du Ergou command! ”

The correspondent said: "The devil is fierce, and the 4th Independent Battalion can't stop it at all. The chief of staff was wounded, Battalion Commander Du, Battalion Commander Du, he ......" Speaking of this, the correspondent choked up before continuing: "Battalion Commander Du, he sacrificed!" ”

Li Zhenan and Wang Da both exclaimed, and Li Zhenan hurriedly asked, "Is the chief of staff seriously injured?" Who is in command of the 4th Separate Battalion now? ”

The correspondent secretly wiped his tears and said: "The chief of staff is injured in the leg, but now he is still in command." ”

Li Zhenan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly evacuated Ping'an County with the last group of people. Not long after they left, the Kawaguchi squadron and a cavalry squadron were killed, and the county town of Heian fell.