Chapter 45: Take Ping'an County

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhang Dabiao immediately turned around and ran to convey Li Yunlong's order.

And after Panasonic returned to the city, he also told Muto three times the conditions that Li Yunlong offered, although I don't know if what Li Yunlong said counts, but at this moment they have no other way out, they can only go all the way to the black, hoping that Li Yunlong can keep his promise.

Although the weapons and equipment of the two battalions are a bit much, it is not impossible to take them out, as the forward position of this anti-sweep, the commander of the Kwantung Army Division replenished them with some weapons and ammunition when he came last time, although it was not as much as Li Yunlong requested, it was not impossible.

The only way is to collect the guns of those puppet soldiers in the city, anyway, these puppet soldiers are not of the same mind as them, they all belong to the grass on the wall and fall in the wind, even if they are kept, it is estimated that they will surrender immediately when Li Yunlong enters the city.

Now in Ping'an County, there are three brigades of the Japanese army, and there is also a regiment of puppet troops. Although the weapons and equipment of the two battalions requested by Li Yunlong are not the battalion-level structures in the new regiment now, one battalion is also counted according to 800 people.

After collecting the weapons of the puppet army, he looted all the spare weapons and equipment in the warehouse, which was enough to meet the amount requested by Li Yunlong.

After everything was ready, Muto arranged for Matsushita to support five people and three transport vehicles out of the city gate and drove towards the temporary headquarters where Li Yunlong was located.

This time, Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Ping'an County, and he was afraid of being attacked by the artillery of the little devils, so he arranged the headquarters in a position far away from the county seat, which basically exceeded the range of all the existing artillery of the Japanese army.

I don't blame Li Yunlong for being cautious, after all, this is a battlefield, and there is only one life, and Li Yunlong doesn't want to waste his life here, he also wants to save his life to kill more little devils.

Matsushita supported the city gate and drove three trucks with a few of his men to the headquarters of the new 1st Regiment, five kilometers to the northwest.

There were no accidents along the way, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side had already received the news, got out of the way and were now on both sides of the road, watching the three trucks full of goods slowly drive towards the headquarters.

Today's trucks have a limited capacity to carry out their loads, and they can travel faster than horse-drawn wagons when they are fully loaded.

The five-kilometer journey took more than ten minutes before the three trucks slowly stopped in front of Li Yunlong.

After parking the car, Panasonic opened the car door, jumped directly from the truck, and then walked up to Li Yunlong and bowed and said:

"Li Sang, I brought everything you wanted, when will you withdraw with the troops?"

Matsushita has been cautious when he spoke, staring at Li Yunlong with his eyes, for fear that he would open a river crossing the river and tear down the bridge, and tear up the treaty with himself after collecting things.

They didn't have doubts before, but they had no other way but to gamble, betting that Li Yunlong would be able to keep his promise and withdraw his troops after receiving things.

But this kind of thing of gambling with one's own fate, if it is not a last resort, no one wants to do it.

Hearing Panasonic's words of support, Li Yunlong laughed, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I, Li Yunlong, won't joke about my character, let your people come down, I'll wait for someone to send someone to count, and then lead the troops away." ”

After speaking, Li Yunlong waved his hand behind him.

Seeing Li Yunlong's gesture, the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time immediately charged up and began to move the supplies on the cart down.

On the other hand, someone was ready to take charge of the inventory, and after five or six minutes of busy work, a soldier got up and came to Li Yunlong to report: "Regiment commander, after the inventory of weapons and equipment has been completed, there are a total of 1,700 rifles, eight light machine guns, four heavy machine guns, four grenadiers, and two mortars. In addition to this, there are bullets, shells, grenades, and .......... ”

"Head Li, I have arranged for your orders to send things here, you can see .........." Matsushita said as he pointed in the direction of the county seat, meaning that you should do something after you have taken something.

"Well said, well said, I will give the order to retreat. Don't worry, you don't know who I, Li Yunlong, are, there is a way to use people's money to eliminate disasters for others, since I have taken your things, I must do things for you. Li Yunlong said as he pressed his hand on his waist, and suddenly took out his pistol while Panasonic support was relaxed.

The head of Panasonic support is "touch, touch," two shots.

And Panasonic Support was still happy when he heard Li Yunlong's words, and he didn't expect Li Yunlong to come to such a place.

I wasn't prepared at all, and I fell straight back after being shot, and I didn't even have time to change the smile on my face.

After hearing the gunshot, the five devil soldiers just wanted to make a move, but they were shot and killed by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army guarding the sides.

Li Yunlong saw that the little devils were all killed, so he picked up a pistol and blew at the muzzle. I thought to myself, "This little devil is too easy to deceive, he got these large weapons without much effort, if he comes a few times, then his new group will definitely grow stronger and stronger." ”

Zhang Dabiao, who was on the front line, immediately organized a battalion of soldiers after hearing the gunfire not far behind him, and began to think about charging in the city. And the fighters of the second and third battalions also rushed to follow when they saw the movements of the first battalion.

Because the shelling never ended, a section of the wall had been blown out of the breach.

The Japanese troops inside the city wall saw the Eighth Route Army rushing towards them from all directions, and their hearts suddenly tightened, and then they began to organize their troops to defend.

But in the face of the disparity in strength, this kind of defense did not play a role at all, and they had few troops, although there were more than 3,000 people in total with the puppet army.

But at this time, the puppet army has been disarmed by Muto three times, and some of the 2,000 Japanese troops still have to maintain order in the city and protect the safety of the headquarters.

Therefore, there were not many troops that could be used to defend the city, and in just a moment, the Eighth Route Army with three battalions of more than 6,000 people broke through the defensive position and rushed to the city.

The three battalions were divided into three directions and rushed towards Muto's threefold headquarters, and along the way, all the devils who resisted were shot.

Anyway, as long as the person wearing the devil's military uniform, whether he has a weapon in his hand or not, it will be a shot when he goes up, and even those puppet soldiers are afraid to lie on the ground, waiting for the battle to surrender to the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, in the command headquarters, Muto Sanbei also got the news that the Eighth Route Army broke through the city gate and killed his side.

Muto Sanbei was immediately angry, although he had expected Li Yunlong not to talk about martial arts and backtracking, but when the incident came, he was still a little angry in his heart.

There is resentment against Li Yunlong for not keeping his integrity, and there is also resentment at Li Yunlong's easy belief in Li Yunlong and his initiative to send him two battalions of weapons and equipment.

If he hadn't taken the initiative to send the weapons and equipment of the two battalions to Li Yunlong, although he still couldn't change the fact that the city was broken by the Eighth Route Army, at least he didn't resist for a longer time, and he wouldn't have let Li Yunlong lead his troops into the city so easily like now.

But now is not the time to think about this, the most important thing now is to destroy the documents and commit suicide by committing suicide in the service of His Majesty the Emperor.

Although he didn't want to die, at this time, it was too late to escape, and he might be captured alive by Li Yunlong.

If it really comes to that point, not only will he not be happy, but his family members who stay in Japan will also be persecuted by the military.

In this way, it is better to commit suicide by seppuku, and die alone to save the whole family.

But the Eighth Route Army didn't give him a chance at all, and before he could finish burning the documents, he heard gunshots, and it seemed that it wouldn't be long before the Eighth Route Army would kill him.

Thinking of this, Muto Sandou didn't have time to destroy the documents, so he quickly pulled out the command knife on the table, then unbuttoned his shirt, aimed the command knife at his abdomen, closed his eyes, and stabbed hard.

Immediately, Muto's threefold body was pierced by the sharp command knife, and blood immediately flowed down.

The commander of the 69th Division of the Japanese Army, who was full of guilt, Muto Mitsubi, committed suicide by cutting his stomach in his own headquarters in Heian County.

By the time Zhang Dabiao personally arrived with the soldiers of a battalion of assault companies, Muto had already died three times and could no longer die, but fortunately, the documents and materials in the fire were not completely burned.

Although it was a pity that Muto was not captured alive three times, it was not bad to be able to get the devil's documents and materials, so Zhang Dabiao hurriedly asked the soldiers to extinguish the fire.

Save the unburned documents in the brazier, and then look around Muto's threefold command to see if there is anything else useful.

Zhang Dabiao searched around, but found nothing, and he couldn't understand those documents, so he pulled out Muto's threefold command knife from his body, and then took the soldiers out of the city to report to Li Yunlong.

The other soldiers continued to search in the city to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net, and there was also to maintain law and order in the city, although the devils were eliminated and the puppet army surrendered, but there were still many ruffians and hooligans in the city, Li Yunlong was afraid that they would take advantage of the fire to rob and cause some unnecessary trouble, so the city must leave some troops to deter these small debris.

After all, this is the first time that the Eighth Route Army has taken over a county seat, and if these people cause some turmoil, it will definitely cause some unnecessary blows to the prestige of the Eighth Route Army.

"Regiment commander, now the whole county town has been controlled by our new regiment, the devils have been completely annihilated, the puppet army has also surrendered, the soldiers are clearing out some diehards, it is estimated that it will end soon, what are we going to do next?" Zhang Dabiao came to Li Yunlong and reported to him.

With a smile on his face, after all, since he joined the Eighth Route Army, it was the first time that he had made such a big move, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Let's go to the city now, and then make plans when Commissar Zhao comes." Hearing Zhang Dabiao's words, Li Yunlong replied, and then took the lead with the guards to rush towards Ping'an County.

When I entered the city, I looked at the streets on both sides of the street, except for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who came in and out, there were no ordinary people, after all, there was a battle just now.

Before there is stability, the people will definitely hide at home and dare not come out, just wait for Zhao Gang to publicize it after he comes, Li Yunlong didn't care, but walked all the way towards the headquarters of the devil.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was far away in Taiyuan, did not know that Ping'an County had been broken by the Eighth Route Army, and the telegram he got before only said that Ping'an County was besieged by Li Yunlong's department of the Eighth Route Army and asked for support.

So after getting a telegram from Muto three times, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately asked the 21st Division and the 22nd Division to send people to support Heian County.

Afraid that Muto would not be able to hold Ping'an County three times, he asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Ping'an County every half an hour to inquire about the situation in Ping'an County, but now it has been an hour since the last telegram.

And Ping'an County did not reply, so Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly felt bad, although he did not believe that Ping'an County would be broken by Li Yunlong in such a short period of time, after all, Ping'an County has some troops of three brigades, in addition to a battalion of puppet troops, and they are also on the defensive side.

Even if he can't resist it, he won't be broken by Li Yunlong in such a short period of time, you know, he has delivered a lot of supplies to Muto three times before.

What he didn't expect was that Muto Sandou would have a private connection with Li Yunlong, and in order for the two sides to coexist peacefully, he even divided part of these materials to Li Yunlong's new group.

When Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, he gave him two battalions of weapons and equipment in one fell swoop, making the strength of the new regiment even further. Otherwise, even if Li Yunlong could break through Ping'an County, he would not have seized so much, after all, they were not dead people, and they would definitely burn the materials in the warehouse when they couldn't defend it. even went on a killing spree, leaving Li Yunlong to empty the city.

But there is no if, Muto Triple did this, which made Li Yunlong break through the county so easily.

Otherwise, even if Li Yunlong can defeat the county seat, it will not be so easy, as the Japanese army defending the city relies on the city wall for defense, as long as the troops are enough, it will definitely deal a major blow to the new regiment.

"Go, send a telegram in the direction of Ping'an County, and if there is still no reply, let the troops of the 21st and 22nd divisions go to support withdraw." Yoshio Shinozuka said to Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi with a gloomy face.

"Your Excellency Commander, do you mean ...... Ping'an County has been taken down by Li Yunlong's new regiment?" Kusuyama Hideyoshi asked in disbelief.

"I don't want to believe it, but is there any other explanation?" Hearing Hideyoshi Kusuyama's words, Yoshio Shinozuka asked rhetorically at him.

"This ........., okay, I'll go and send a telegram to Muto-kun now." Seeing that Yoshio Shinozuka said this, Hideyoshi Kusuyama had nothing to say, so he had to obey Yoshio Shinozuka's intention to send a telegram to Muto three times to inquire about the situation in Heian County, hoping that the battle situation was not as the commander said, if it really came to this point, then the next battle would not be easy to fight.