"Division commander, the main force of the Eighth Route has entered the city and is fighting with the imperial army house by house."

At the headquarters of the 37th Division, Chief of Staff Ishida Kinzo Daisa reported to Kenyoshi Hirata.

The sound of gunfire and explosions rang out in the surrounding area, only a few hundred meters away from the command headquarters.

At present, the county seat of Changzhi has also been beaten into a pot of porridge.

The most abrupt gunfire was none other than the submachine gun of the Eighth Route Army, which kept screaming wildly, which made Hirata Kenyoshi and Ishida Kanzo couldn't help but be upset.

Both of them knew very well that the submachine gun in the hands of the Eighth Road was very dominant in street fighting, and the 38 big cover was completely incomparable to it.

When the Eighth Route Army first entered the city, Hirata Kenyoshi ordered the firing of poison gas bombs in an attempt to drive the Eighth Route Army out of the county seat and retake the city walls.

However, what the devils never expected was that the Eight Roads had a gas mask, and when the devil soldiers were wearing gas masks and were about to go up to collect the heads of the Eight Roads, they were suddenly hit by intensive firepower.

Not only did not recapture the walls, but on the contrary, another squadron was lost.

Hirata Kenkichi asked coldly, "Ishida-kun, how many people do we have now?" ”

Ishida Jinzo's face was ugly: "There are less than 2,200 people, half of whom are artillerymen who took rifles and turned into infantry." ”

At this time, it was already afternoon, which means that from the beginning of the 8th Road artillery in the morning to the present, the Japanese casualties have exceeded 2,000.

It seems that there are many troops of 2,300 people, but in fact, these troops are scattered in the county, and there are not many at all.

Because the Eighth Route Army was fighting in depth from all directions, battles were taking place everywhere.

"Nani, less than 2,300 people?" Kenyoshi Hirata asked.

"Hey!" Ishida said, "When the Eighth Route attacked the city, we lost about 4 squadrons, when we recaptured the city wall with poison gas bombs, we lost 1 squadron, when the 8th Route attacked along the streets, we lost another 2 squadrons, the Eighth Route Artillery Wing suffered about 700 casualties, and the street fighting has lost 2 squadrons from the morning to the present. ”

Hirata Kenji's face changed: "This means that by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, all the imperial troops in Changzhi County, including the division and regiment headquarters, will be wiped out by the Eighth Road?" ”

"Division commander, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach noon tomorrow."

Ishida Jinzo said helplessly: "Even if the artillery is equipped with rifles, the combat effectiveness is not as good as the infantry after all, not to mention that our soldiers have no experience in street fighting, there are at least more than 10,000 infantry on the Eighth Road, and we can only hold out until noon tomorrow at most, and if the reinforcements do not arrive before noon tomorrow, the 37th Division will become the first division of the Imperial Japanese Army to be completely annihilated." ”

As soon as Ishida Daisa's words fell, the communications staff officer turned around and stood up, took the folder and reported: "Division commander, chief of staff, the train on which the Yoshino Wing of Taiyuan's reinforcements was riding derailed in the Wild Boar Gully, and the Yoshino Wing is rushing to the aid on foot!" ”

When Kenkichi Hirata heard this, he grabbed the collar of the communications staff officer and asked angrily: "Yaga, I don't care where the Yoshino Wing, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade have gone?" ”。

Unless the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are coming, there is only one Yoshino Wing, and they are also coming to deliver food to the Eighth Route Army.

With the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army at the moment, it is simply too easy to defeat a wing.

The communications staff officer looked flustered, but he still tried his best to keep his words fluent: "Report to the commander of the division, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are blocked by the Eighth Route layer by layer, and they will not be able to reach Changzhi for the time being. ”

"What about the 2nd Guards Division?"

Hirata Kenyoshi asked loudly: "Why didn't the 2nd Guards Division come to help?" ”

Ishida Jinzo behind him bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, Commander Shinozuka just called, the 2nd Guards Division is advancing towards a first-line sky attack, besieging the Eighth Route Arsenal, forcing the Eighth Route Reinforcement to attack Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng, and relieving the siege of our 37th Division!" ”

Hirata Kenyoshi let go of the communications staff officer, and the communications staff officer was stunned, and quickly turned around and walked towards the radio station.

Subsequently, Hirata's tone was extremely puzzled: "Will the Eighth Road return to the first line of heaven?" ”

Ishida Jinzo's eyes flickered: "It depends on whether the Eighth Route will eat my 37th Division with iron heart, or abandon their arsenal." ”

Hirata Kenkichi asked, "Ishida-kun, what do you think?" ”

Ishida Jinzo said: "If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely not choose to return to the reinforcements and continue to attack the 37th Division." ”

"Why?" Kenyoshi Hirata asked.

Ishida Jinzo said: "Because even if the Eighth Route is reinforced, it may not be able to keep the first-line Heavenly Arsenal, and it may even fall into the encirclement of the 18th Brigade, the 14th Brigade and the 2nd Guards Division, on the contrary, if you eat my 37th Division, you can capture a large amount of weapons and ammunition." ”

Hirata Kenkichi's expression suddenly moved: "If we blow up the arsenal of the 37th Division, will the Eighth Route return to the front line?" ”

"It's hard to say... Division commander, this is just our speculation after all, because we don't know what Li Yunlong and the Eighth Route Commander-in-Chief are thinking. Ishida hesitated.

For such a big thing, Ishida Jinzo didn't dare to say it to death, in the end, he was just a big sa, and he couldn't bear such a big responsibility.

"You can't sit still, you have to try." Hirata Kenyoshi said awe-inspiringly: "Ishida-kun, order to blow up the arsenal and grain depot. ”

"For such a big thing, why don't you ask Commander Shinozuka?" Ishida asked.

"You don't have to ask Commander Shinozuka for advice." Hirata Kenyoshi said, "Before our jade is shattered, we will still blow up the grain depot and the arsenal, and sooner or later it will be blown up, so it is better to blow it up as soon as possible." ”

"It's a pity that so many ammunition materials and food have been blown up, after all, the empire is not abundant." Ishida Jinzo suggested: "Division commander, it happens that there are a lot of gasoline and diesel fuel in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng, why don't you put these gasoline and diesel fuel together with a small amount of ammunition and materials to detonate them, make the illusion that the imperial army will detonate weapons and ammunition, and confuse the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"Even if the Eighth Route does not return to the front line, we can blow up all the ammunition and materials at the last moment, leaving not a single bullet or grain of food for the Eighth Route."

"Yo Xi!" Hirata Kenkichi said happily, "Ishida-kun, arrange it immediately, and Xiangyuan and Licheng will also carry out fake explosions, so that the Eighth Road mistakenly thinks that the imperial army has blown up the arsenal!" ”

"Hey!" Ishida Kinzo bowed his head and turned to leave.

……

Outside the city of Changzhi, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Lao Li, a telegram has been sent from the headquarters, and the 2nd Guards Division of the little devil has gone to the Huangyadong Arsenal."

Li Yunlong, who returned to the headquarters after inspecting the battle situation outside Xicheng, heard Kong Jie say to him.

When Li Yunlong heard this, his expression suddenly became a little solemn, in addition to this 2nd Guards Division, there was another 1 devil wing, and the target was also the Huangyadong Arsenal.

He walked to the table of the Eight Immortals, leaned on the map and asked, "Where is the 2nd Guards Division now?" ”

"We have advanced to the area of Liaoyang, we have troops to block it, and it is estimated that at noon tomorrow, the 2nd Guards Division will arrive in the area of the arsenal." Kong Jie said.

Li Yunlong quickly found Liaoyang Town on the map, where the previous headquarters, brigade headquarters, and Yang Village were also nearby, and it was only 20 kilometers away from the Huangyadong Arsenal.

"The devil is obviously encircling Wei to save Zhao."

Zhao Gang saw Shinozuka Yoshio's intentions, pointed to the map and said, "I want to besiege the arsenal and force us to go back to the rescue." ”

Kong Jie said: "Although the place in the arsenal is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is no problem for a regiment to hold a wing of the Japanese army, but with another division, it will definitely not be able to hold it." ”

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, and the arsenal was now able to produce 1,800 mortars, 400,000 shells, 400,000 grenades, and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition per year.

If such a large-scale arsenal were destroyed, Li Yunlong would definitely not be reconciled.

If you can get rid of the old devil of Kenyoshi Hirata, you can switch from Chen Feng's brother to the smokeless gunpowder and 60mm mortar production line.

However, Li Yunlong has always wanted all of them in war, he wants to keep the arsenal, and he also wants the head of the old devil of Kenkichi Hirata.

Li Yunlong was thinking about how to keep the arsenal and kill Hirata Kenkichi.

At this moment, there was a huge explosion sound like thunder and shaking mountains in Changzhi City in front of them, and everyone looked up hurriedly, only to see a huge orange-red flame burst out from Changzhi City, this flame rolled up layer by layer in a moment, and every time it rolled, the flame expanded by one point, and the height rose by a few points.

Then, the orange-red flame turned into black smoke, tumbling and tumbling into a cloud of mushroom smoke hundreds of meters high!

"What's the situation?" Kong Jie looked at this mushroom cloud in shock.

"It's... It can't be the 37th Division's arsenal that exploded, right? Zhao Gang's eyes widened, and his tone was puzzled.

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, our troops haven't hit the arsenal so quickly." ”

"That the devil blew it up himself?" Zhao Gang said, "The devil knew that he would be wiped out, so he detonated the ammunition and materials in advance?" ”

"Probably so!" Kong Jie nodded and said.

"Fuck it!" Grand Master Li couldn't help but scold, "Pingtian, don't let Lao Tzu catch you, if Lao Tzu catches you, he will have to hack you alive." ”

The arsenal of the 37th Division is certainly much richer than the arsenal of the 4th Brigade.

In Li Yunlong's opinion, the arsenal of the 37th Division is his Li Yunlong's arsenal, and if he blows up his arsenal, can he not get angry?

Zhao Gang said: "It's a little strange, this devil hasn't reached the end of his rope yet, what do you want to do in such a hurry to blow up the arsenal?" ”

"Who knows." Kong Jie said, "Maybe he deliberately detonated the explosives, told us that there was not much oil and water in the city, and forced us to go back to the arsenal, so that his 37th Division would be safe." ”

Not long after, Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa sent telegrams one after another, saying that the devils in Xiangyuan County and Licheng County were suspected of detonating the arsenal.

caused Grand Master Li to scold again.

Grand Master Li loves to scold the street as soon as he loses money, and he scolds the little devil and the ancestors of Hirata Kenkichi again.

After scolding, my heart suddenly relaxed: "Hirata Kenkichi's head is really wanted, and we can't protect the arsenal." ”

(End of chapter)