Shanxi, Yangquan.

Headquarters of the 4th Brigade of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander."

His face was smoked into the bottom of the pot, and Masao Yamano, who was carrying the rank of Shaozuo, walked in, stood straight and then paused.

Mitake Tsuda frowned.

It only took a brief look at him to know that the troops who went to support the railway station must have suffered defeat, otherwise it would never have been this embarrassed posture.

"As soon as we got out of the city, we encountered the Eighth Road, and the firepower of the Eighth Road was very fierce. The jade is broken. ”

Gangmura was another squadron leader who was hit by a rocket from Super Bazooka during the battle, leaving his body to pieces. Eight Chinese Net

Seeing that Mitakeshi Tsuda's face became extremely ugly, Masao Yamano suddenly said: "Brigade commander, please give me another chance, I will definitely defeat the Eighth Road!" ”

"How many people have been lost?" Mitake Tsuda's face was gloomy.

"More than 140 people have been lost, and the railway station has been breached by the Eighth Road!" Masao Yamano paused.

"Yaga!"

Holding a telegram, the communications staff officer walked up to Mitakeshi Tsuda and gave a military salute.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, General Shinozuka telegram!"

Mitake Tsuda stared at the map and said without looking back: "Read! ”

"Hey!" The communications staff officer picked up the telegram and read it, "The Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway have been attacked on a large scale by the Eighth Route, and the General Staff is drawing up a counterattack plan. ”

As soon as Mitake Tsuda waved his hand, Masao Yamano and the communications staff officer paused, and then walked out.

After the two left, his face gradually turned black as the bottom of a pot, and the situation was even worse than he imagined.

At first, he thought that the Eighth Route was only aimed at the Fourth Brigade, but he never expected that the Eighth Route would launch such a big campaign in such a large area.

How many troops do you need to dispatch to attack so many strongholds at the same time, 50,000? Or 100,000?

"Yaga!" In the end, Mitake Tsuda had to scold hatefully.

……

Lion Rock, Li Yunlong looked in the direction of Yangquan City with a telescope, and the entire Yangquan City was like a fierce beast lying in the night.

Behind him, a new regiment of fighters was busy building fortifications such as trenches and foxholes.

"Report to the head of the regiment, the devil has not left the city, the city gate is closed, and the whole city is under martial law." Lu Yingjun ran to Li Yunlong and reported to him.

"Your sword squadron continues to monitor the devils on the Yangquan side, and report immediately if you find an abnormal situation." Li Yunlong's tone was calm.

The devil was afraid of being ambushed, and he didn't dare to come out at night, but tomorrow there was likely to be a fierce battle.

"Yes!" Lu Yingjun saluted and turned to leave.

"Signal Soldiers!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.

"Yes!" A young soldier with a slightly immature face, but a clever look in his eyes, ran to Li Yunlong with a gun on his back and saluted.

"Immediately report to the brigade headquarters, the new regiment of our department has taken Yangquan Railway Station and Lion Rock!"

"Go ahead!"

"Yes!" The Messenger straightened up, then quickly ran over and turned on his horse, and quickly disappeared into the night with the sound of the horse's hooves.

……

Yangjia Village, Temporary Brigade Headquarters of the 386th Brigade.

Although it was late at night, the brigade commander, Deputy Brigade Commander Han, Chief of Staff Zhou, and a group of operational staff officers were all busy.

"At present, the three regiments of our 386th Brigade participating in the railway raid, the 772nd Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the Independent Regiment have all launched sabotage attacks on more than a dozen enemy strongholds."

"In addition, the new regiment of the main attack has launched an attack on Yangquan Railway Station."

"Hmm," the brigade commander raised his wrist and glanced at his Roman watch, "there should be news soon." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a neighing of horses sounded outside the door.

"The brigade commander is really like a god." Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile.

Soon, a communications soldier hurriedly ran in and reported: "Report, the new regiment has taken Yangquan Railway Station and Lion Rock!" ”

"Li Yunlong did a beautiful job!" The brigade commander cheered and said to Chief of Staff Zhou, "Chief of Staff, hurry up and mark it on the map." ”

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly picked up a red pen, circled the Yangquan Railway Station on the map, and drew a red cross.

"It's only been more than half an hour, and it is estimated that it won't take 10 minutes to take the train station, Li Yunlong is so fast." Chief of Staff Zhou's tone was amazed.

"Last month, the new regiment lost more than 30 strongholds, and I estimate that the new regiment will be able to take it in less than 5 minutes at the railway station." Deputy Brigade Commander Han said with a smile.

"After all, Yangquan Railway Station is very close to Yangquan City, and Li Yunlong and the others still have to face the pressure of reinforcements from devils at any time." Chief of Staff Zhou said, "I dare to assert that among the entire Eighth Route Army's sabotage troops tonight, Li Yunlong also came out on top. ”

"Li Yunlong has made a good start, and the other troops should be soon." The brigade commander smiled.

For this sabotage battle, the 35 bazookas looted by the brigade commander from Li Yunlong were assigned to the 772nd Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, and the Independent Regiment that participated in the sabotage attack.

Each bazooka is equipped with two experienced bazooka soldiers, and even the reinforced concrete devil turret can't stop the rockets at all.

If one rocket doesn't work, then two.

After the communication soldiers of the new regiment finished reporting, they did not have time to drink saliva, so they turned around and left.

After more than ten minutes, another neighing of horses sounded outside the door.

A communications soldier ran in, saluted the brigade commander and reported: "Report to the chief, the 772nd Regiment has taken the two strongholds of Xiaozhuang and Xizhi!" ”

"Cheng Shifa is also very fast, in less than 1 hour, Lianke has two strongholds." The chief of staff found two strongholds on the map, Xiaozhuang and Xizhi, and drew two crosses.

Not long after the communication troops of the 772nd Regiment left, the communication troops of the New Second Regiment also arrived, and they had already taken the Sangzhang Bridge and the Yanzigou stronghold.

The communications troops of the Independent Regiment arrived a little later, and it took another hour to arrive, but the Independent Regiment Lianke Langyu and Zhangjing two strongholds, and a railway station in Qinquan, came three at once.

Immediately afterwards, the signal corps of the 772nd Regiment came to report that the other two stronghold missions were successfully terminated.

In the brigade headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhou circled the two strongholds of the 772nd Regiment on the map, looked at his watch again, and said in a surprised tone: "3 hours and 10 minutes, the first phase of our brigade's offensive tasks were completed 5 hours ahead of schedule." ”

"Our brigade should be the first of all the attacking troops to complete the first stage of the attacking task." Deputy Brigade Commander Han smiled happily.

"Brigade commander, it's still early, I suggest ordering the sabotage troops to immediately start the second phase of the sabotage mission." Deputy Brigade Commander Han suggested again.

"I think it can!" The brigade commander nodded, "Immediately let the communications squad convey the order to the regiments." ”

"In addition, immediately collect the strongholds and railway stations that our brigade has lost and send them to the division headquarters."

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "I have already summarized it. ”

He then tore the summary list out of his notebook and handed it to the telegraph operator next to him, who sent it to the division headquarters.

The Eighth Route Army's means of communication were backward, and the signal corps first reported to the brigade headquarters, which then reported to the division headquarters and the headquarters, and the headquarters reported to the whole country.

……

After a night of sabotage operations, all brigades and regiments basically completed their scheduled combat missions.

Among them, the 386th Brigade was equipped with Bazooka rocket launchers and overfulfilled the task, and the second stage of the sabotage mission was also completed.

Although good results were achieved, this was far from enough, and the goal of the Eighth Route Army was to completely destroy the Zhengtai Railway.

The first stage of the raid mission is only a few small and medium-sized strongholds, the second stage is a medium-sized stronghold, and the third stage is to eliminate a large stronghold.

During this period, various ministries mobilized and organized the people to use methods such as demolition, blasting, burning, and flooding to destroy railways, stations, and their ancillary facilities.

The entire Zhengtai Railway was completely paralyzed.

After a night of fighting, the small devil strongholds were basically wiped out, and only a few medium and large strongholds remained.

The communication of the Zhengtai Railway has been completely paralyzed, and the devils and puppet soldiers in these strongholds are trembling, but they have no choice but to pray that reinforcements will come as soon as possible.

Early the next morning.

Yangquan, Headquarters of the 4th Brigade.

Chief of Staff Shoji Kurosawa returned to the operations hall from the communications room.

He reported to Mitake Tsuda: "Brigade commander, the situation is very bad, and all that can be contacted now are several large strongholds with radio stations, although not every large stronghold has a radio station, but at present, relatively speaking, the large strongholds are still safe. ”

"Those small strongholds, even some of them medium-sized strongholds, are very likely to be breached by the Eighth Road."

"The Eighth Route is menacing, and you may want to eat my Fourth Brigade in one bite."

"What's worse is that the large strongholds that can be contacted at present are surrounded by the Eighth Road, and it is very difficult to retreat to Yangquan."

"Those medium-sized and large strongholds that are not connected are also likely to be surrounded by the Eighth Road."

"It's obvious that the Eighth Road will definitely also launch an offensive against medium-sized strongholds and large strongholds."

"Yaga!" Mitake Tsuda said angrily, "Is Hachiro crazy? How dare you attack medium-sized and large strongholds? Eight-way why? ”

Kurosawa Shoji said: "Although the equipment of the Eighth Route is poor, but the battle has always been brave, fighting with the Imperial Army, it has always been a lifeless way to fight, if the Eighth Road is really willing to pay the capital, according to their lifeless fighting style, these large strongholds and medium-sized strongholds, I'm afraid they won't last long!" ”

Mitake Tsuda said: "Kurosawa-kun, immediately report our situation here to the headquarters and ask the headquarters for tactical guidance." ”

"Hey!" Kurosawa shook his head and walked towards the communication room.

Not long after, the 4th Brigade Communications Room received an order from Yoshio Shinozuka.

Kurosawa Shoji walked into the war room with a telegram, and said with a pause: "Brigade commander, General Shinozuka is in an emergency!" ”

Can't wait for the other party to read the telegram, Mitake Tsuda snatched the telegram from Kurosawa's second-hand and then looked at it.

I saw that the telegram read: Your unit immediately gathered troops, attacked westward along the railway from Yangquan, and attacked the 9th Brigade on both sides, driving away the Eighth Route Army that had invaded the Zhengtai Railway, and His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Japanese Army were on board.

Although Yangquan has only two infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, and a tank squadron.

However, there are still many medium and large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway that have not been broken by the Eighth Route Army.

Gather troops and push all the way along the railroad to free the forces in these strongholds, and the strength will soon snowball more than 1 wing.

Coupled with the puppet army troops, the number of troops in the east exceeded tens of thousands, and the 9th Brigade in the west was flanked on both sides.

The crisis can be solved!

"Yo Xi, General Shinozuka is worthy of being a master tactician, and he will find the key to breaking the game at once."

Mitake Tsuda had a cold expression: "Kurosawa-kun, pass the order, leave a squadron and all the Imperial Alliance troops to defend the city, and all the rest of the troops will assemble at the West Gate!" ”

Shoji Kurosawa: "Hey! ”

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.