Twelve o'clock in the night.

The general offensive of the Eighth Route Army began.

The Sword Squadron and a battalion and a company took the lead in the arms depots and grain depots.

Because Wang Zonglin, the commander of the 1st Division, greeted the devil in advance.

In the name of preventing the enemy's infiltration, he specially sent some elite units of the "puppet army" to the munitions depots and grain depots to strengthen and assist the locust army in its defense.

Due to the lack of troops of the devils, he readily agreed.

It didn't take long for the Sword Squadron and the First Company to figure out the details of the devil.

There are not many devils defending the arsenal and grain depots, and the devils are ready to blow up the arms depots and burn down the grain depots.

The devil sappers are ready to blow up the munitions warehouse by detonating with wires, and the devils guarding the grain depot are ready to pour gasoline on the grain and set fire to the grain.

In advance, the sword team members quietly cut the wires that the devil detonated.

The devil never thought that the "puppet army" around him would have the courage to attack them.

The Sword Squadron and the First Company are the elite units of the new regiment, and the Sword Squadron is the elite of the elite.

The devil is not an opponent at all.

The puppet army in the city, which heard the gunshots, suddenly launched an attack on the devil headquarters and the devils on the city.

Meantime.

As a string of red signal flares suddenly rose into the air, the main force of the Eighth Route Army outside the northern city also took the opportunity to attack Taiyuan City.

The entire city of Taiyuan was in flames.

The devils in Taiyuan City were stunned on the spot, and in the panic, there was not much room for resistance.

It only took a few hours for more than a thousand devils in Taiyuan City to be wiped out.

The Sword Squadron and the First Company also successfully completed the task and captured the Devil's ammunition warehouse and grain depot.

Cai Dong Village, the headquarters of the new 1st Regiment.

It was already the second half of the night.

Not far away, there was a dense sound of gunfire.

The devils who were surrounded in the tunnel position were trying to break through at night.

However, there were no devil troops on the periphery to respond, and the encircled devils did not have heavy firepower.

With the further consolidation of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, the firepower was further enhanced, and under the dense firepower blockade, no matter how the devils broke through, it was just in vain.

These devils have become real turtles in an urn.

"Lao Li, why don't you go to sleep?"

In the command headquarters, Zhao Gang pushed open the door and walked in, and said to Li Yunlong, who was on duty during the war.

In the command headquarters, there were two operational staff officers who accompanied Li Yunlong on duty.

"Keep me on duty."

Zhao Gang added.

Li Yunlong looked at the watch in his hand: "It's still early, I haven't fallen asleep yet, and I'll squint for a while when it's dawn." ”

After many years of riding horses, Li Yunlong has practiced the ability to sleep anytime and anywhere, and he is also in deep sleep.

"The devil is breaking through again?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong was not sleepy, Zhao Gang didn't say anything, listening to the dense gunshots, Zhao Gang said with a moving expression.

"That's right!"

Li Yunlong smiled slightly:

"At this time, the surrounded devils, the food should have run out, and the ammunition should be almost exhausted, and the devils are starting to be anxious."

Zhao Gang's expression moved: "Or, let the soldiers of the enemy's Ministry of Engineering shout to make the devil surrender?" ”

When the ammunition is exhausted, there will definitely be some devils who surrender, and not all devils want to die.

However, there are definitely not many devils who surrender, especially the devils of the Fifth Division, even if they run out of ammunition and food, I am afraid that they will stubbornly resist to the end.

"Take the initiative to ask the devil to surrender?"

Li Yunlong smiled, and his expression was serious:

"There are no doors!"

For Japanese devils, Li Yunlong naturally hates them to the core.

If it weren't for the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong would have ordered all the captured devils to be shot.

In the past, Li Yunlong had personally shot the devil's captives, and he was punished and demoted by the official.

Seeing what Zhao Gang wanted to say, Li Yunlong smiled: "Old Zhao, I know what you want to say, don't you just want to say, surrender more devils now, and our soldiers will be able to sacrifice less." ”

"It depends."

"The devils are running out of ammunition now, and they don't have much combat power, even if we surround them, we can surround the devils to death."

"There's no need to take off your pants and fart anymore, it's too much."

"But I can promise you, the devil who surrendered voluntarily, I can kill without giving the order."

"Okay then." Zhao Gang nodded.

At this moment, a telegraph soldier held the telegram in his hand, walked in quickly, and gave a military salute: "Report to the regiment commander, political commissar, just now the commander of the first battalion sent a telegram, the first battalion has recovered Taiyuan, and the sword squadron and the first company have taken the ammunition warehouse and grain depot, and they have captured a lot!" ”

Since Taiyuan is more than 15 kilometers away from Caidong Village, Zhang Dabiao reported the battle report to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang by telegram after recovering Taiyuan.

Zhao Gang was relatively close to the telegraph soldier, took the telegram and put it to the lamp to look at it.

Zhao Gang's eyes couldn't help but light up suddenly: "Great, a year later, we finally recovered Taiyuan again." ”

When the two operational staff officers heard the news, they couldn't help but smile.

Then, Zhao Gang handed the telegram in his hand to Li Yunlong: "Lao Li, this time, after we recover Taiyuan, we don't need to withdraw our troops." ”

"Of course we don't withdraw our troops!"

Li Yunlong's eyes narrowed, but his tone was categorical:

"The recovery of Taiyuan is just the beginning, in the future, we will recover Mongolia, recover the entire North China, Northeast China, Central China and South China, drive the devils out of China, and finally counterattack Japan!"

With the strength of the Eighth Route Army in North China today, the devils of the North China Front Army are obviously not opponents.

At present, unless all the Kwantung Army, known as the flower of the locust army, is transferred, the Eighth Route Army may be able to avoid the edge.

But it is simply impossible, even if the Kwantung Army is all transferred to North China, the Soviet troops in the Far East will definitely take the opportunity to occupy the Northeast.

And with Boss Chen's assistance, after this battle is over, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will skyrocket several times.

Wait for the Eighth Route Army to digest the results of this battle and the business price.

Next, the Eighth Route Army will definitely attack the devils in North China with a more powerful attack.

Boss Chen once vaguely revealed that after the counterattack on Japan is over, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will be beyond imagination.

The military industry and troops are not inferior to the current Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States, and even have the opportunity to surpass.

When Zhao Gang heard this, he was full of energy.

In the past, Zhao Gang and almost all the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army took driving the devils out of China and realizing the country's democracy, independence, and freedom as their lifelong goal.

But now, their lifelong goals have changed.

Now it is a lifelong goal to counterattack Japan, realize the country's democracy, independence and freedom, and take the rise of China.

There is a strong support behind it, and these can become a reality in the future.

Zhao Gang nodded emphatically: "I suggest that this telegram be forwarded immediately to the headquarters, the departments of the 129th Division, as well as the independent regiment and the brother troops of the Jizhong Military Region." ”

Immediately, Li Yunlong looked at the telegraph operator: "Do as the political commissar orders." ”

"Yes!"

The telegraph operator gave a military salute and turned to leave.

Retracting his gaze from the telegrapher's back, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and smiled slightly: "Lao Li, when will we enter Taiyuan?" ”

"There's no hurry!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said:

"After the defeated devil puppet army surrounded outside the city, it will not be too late for us to enter Taiyuan again, and then organize the people of Taiyuan to carry out a ceremony to welcome the Eighth Route Army into the city."

Zhao Gang: "Okay! ”

……

Southeast of Jin.

The county seat of Liao County.

Headquarters.

The chief was wearing a gray military coat, pushed open the door and walked into the war hall, although the chief was resting tonight, he got up early in the morning.

In the war hall, the chief of staff and several combat staff officers were busy there.

A telegraph soldier with a telegram in his hand was reporting something to the chief of staff.

Seeing this, the chief walked towards the chief of staff.

Seeing the chief push open the door and walk in, the chief of staff said with a smile: "Boss, you came just in time, Li Yunlong just sent a telegram that an hour ago, the first synthetic battalion of the new regiment had successfully recovered Taiyuan, and successfully captured the weapons, ammunition and grain depot hoarded by the Japanese First Army in Taiyuan. ”

"Li Yunlong, this kid, is moving so fast?" The chief's eyes lit up suddenly, and he took the telegram and read it.

Li Yunlong's front-line headquarters would send telegrams to the headquarters every day to report on the progress of the campaign.

The head of the headquarters, the chief of staff, and the operational staff officers naturally knew that there were only a few devils and puppet troops left in Taiyuan.

The main force of the devils left Taiyuan for a day, and the new regiment recovered Taiyuan.

That's too fast, isn't it?

"Then there is no way, who made the combat effectiveness of the new regiment too strong?" The chief of staff laughed.

Soon, the chief read the telegram, and the content of the telegram was exactly the same as that dictated by the chief of staff.

At this time, the chief was already smiling from ear to ear: "Well done!" ”

"Call Li Yunlong back immediately to commend him!"

The chief's tone was happy:

"Early tomorrow morning, the invention code telegram will inform the whole country that our Eighth Route Army has recovered Taiyuan, so that the people and the army of the whole country will also be happy."

Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi, the political, military and cultural center of Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army recovered Taiyuan, and the political significance is even greater than the military significance.

Internationally, the Chinese government's voice and voice in the allied forces will also be greater.

"Our people in China must be happy, but some people are afraid that they will not be happy."

The chief of staff smiled slightly, and tapped his finger twice on the location of Chongqing on the map of the country.

The Eighth Route Army marched all the way in North China, while the Nationalist Army suffered successive defeats in Central and South China.

In addition, Lao Jiang has always regarded the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army as a flood beast, and now that the Eighth Route Army has recovered and occupied such a large territory, is it strange that he can be happy?

"I'm afraid a certain headmaster is going to write a diary again." The chief smiled.

……

Lady off.

Separate regiment command.

Tonight, there was no commander to rest, from the regiment commander and political commissar to the soldiers, all commanders and fighters were on standby.

Two hours before dawn was the time for the independent regiment and the fraternal units of the Jizhong Military Region to launch a general offensive.

After two hours of shelling, a separate aerial bombardment by the 1st Flying Group and the Headquarters Flying Regiment.

The brother troops of the Independent Regiment and the Jizhong Military Region will launch a general attack on the besieged devils in Niangzi Pass.

"Are the artillery shells ready?"

The regiment commander, Kong Jie, looked at the chief of staff of the independent regiment and asked.

"Regiment commander, everything is ready, this shelling, we and the brother troops of the Jizhong Military Region have prepared three base shells for the devil, and we will be able to make the devil's breakfast full!"

The Chief of Staff replied:

"In addition, all the fighters are well rested, their morale is high, and their fighting spirit is high."

In the past few days, the artillery of the independent regiment and the fraternal units of the Jizhong Military Region, as well as the aircraft of the Eighth Route Army, have shelled and bombed the positions of the devils.

And the devil's breakthrough attack is relatively rare, and all the infantry of the Eighth Route Army have been recuperating.

When Boss Chen airdropped ammunition supplies, he also airdropped a large amount of canned meat and canned fruits, and the soldiers even had meat for their meals.

Compared with the devils who are bombarded every day, and bombarded by aerial bombs and incendiary bombs every day, the treatment of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army is simply an imperial level.

"Good!"

Kong Jie nodded, his eyes full of murder.

At this moment, a telegraph soldier walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand, and gave a military salute: "Report to the regiment commander, political commissar, the front headquarters has sent good news!" ”

(End of chapter)