Northern Bureau, Xinhua News Agency.

On the morning of June 5th.

Belch~

Walking into the newspaper office's rented fire brick house for ordinary people, the moment he crossed the threshold, the newspaper photographer Lao Xia suddenly hiccuped.

He immediately blushed!

Quickly cover your mouth with your hand!

"Hey, Lao Xia, your stomach doesn't hurt now, but it hurts to change your mouth?"

But it was still too late, and Xu Lin, a comrade of the newspaper and a friend of his, the editor and printing technician of the newspaper, found out and ushered in a joke.

"A little too much in the morning!"

Lao Xia's voice was a little weak.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

In the canteen of the Northern Bureau Newspaper, he has been full for more than half a month, but I don't know why, he always feels a little weak after eating every meal until his stomach is full.

He suspected that it was his old stomach problem.

As a veteran comrade of the Xinhua News Agency, he has been following the army for a long time, and he has not been able to eat enough coarse grain for many years, and he still eats irregularly.

Doctors have said that stomach problems can affect pain in the heart area, resulting in misdiagnosis.

But since the white flour buns are full, stomach pains rarely occur.

Last week, he went to the doctor, who told him that the burping was caused by stomach damage caused by his chronic stomach problems in the past, and it didn't make a big difference.

But I don't know why.

The doctor actually advised him to eat a little less, but every time he came to eat and smelled the smell of food in the cafeteria, he forgot about it, or rather, he couldn't help it.

It's just that the fried white flour buns in lard in the canteen are so delicious.

Later, when I saw that it didn't have any effect, I simply left it alone and let go of it every day to eat a full meal.

Recently, he has been able to train with the troops in the evenings, or participate in night school training organized by the headquarters and serve as a teacher.

"The new issue of Xinhua News is published today, right?"

Lao Xia brought the topic back to the topic.

"Yes."

Speaking of this, Xu Lin became interested:

"This time, the Independent Regiment and Grand Master Li are making headlines again."

Xinhua News is published once a week, and almost every month, Li Yunlong has to make headlines on the front page, and every time it is a big victory.

And this time...

"Inflict heavy damage on a devil brigade and annihilate more than five hundred devils."

Xu Lin was filled with disbelief.

At the end of last month, the independent regiment conquered the Xiazhuang stronghold, and also ambushed the reinforcements of the devils uphill on their backs, and the two times combined, killed more than 500 devils.

Until now, Xu Lin still feels incredible.

More than 500 devils!

There's a whole brigade of devils!

Although it is not a full brigade of 1,000 people, in the past, when devils swept the base area, such a 500-strong devil brigade even dared to enter and exit at will in the depths of the base area, and the troops had no good way.

But now, it was easily wiped out by the independent regiment!

The casualties of the Independence Regiment were only a quarter of the dead devils.

If it weren't for Lao Xia being at the scene, and even taking a photo, the photo of the corpse of the devil all over the ground, and the corpse of the bone Zhongzuo, Xu Lin probably wouldn't be able to believe it now.

This was something he had never dared to think of.

is also because of the photos taken by Lao Xia, this time in Xinhua News, even printed pictures.

"Speaking of which."

Xu Lin said suddenly:

"This time, I heard from the soldiers of the headquarters guard battalion that there is a devil wing attacking the independent regiment?"

His tone was worried.

The independent regiment can defeat a devil brigade, but this time it is a devil wing, a full 3,000 devil soldiers.

"I'm going to check it out."

Lao Xia raised the camera in his hand.

···

"Captain, the Imperial Army didn't even call us?"

Liao County Garrison Station.

In the open space outside the station, the Imperial Army's Shandao Wing was assembling to prepare for an attack on the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time, more than 500 people mobilized from the direction of Yangquan, Wuxiang, and Yuxian were also assembling the so-called North China Appeasement Army, that is, the Imperial Allied Army.

This scene made many members of the Liao County Garrison very dissatisfied.

"Yes."

Someone started, and the surrounding dog traitors suddenly coaxed and expressed their dissatisfaction:

"Captain, it is said that in other places, our garrison is the first to suppress this group of imperial troops."

"The locust army praised the garrison for its neatness, scolded the Imperial Association Army for its poor work, and said that we are the backbone of maintaining local law and order, and the equipment given to us is also the best, and 30 kilograms of grain per month are enough."

"Why did you come to us, the locust army would rather take the Imperial Alliance Army from other places to sweep the Eighth Route than take us?"

There are also worries between the words.

The Imperial Allied Army is different from the Garrison.

The Imperial Allied Army was mainly composed of the original Guoguo troops, which were nominally under the command of Wang's puppet government, although the actual command was in the hands of the devil's advisers.

The garrison was mainly adapted from local armed forces such as county security regiments, and later the devils stuffed a group of local ruffians and traitors into the garrison in order to win over the traitors.

It stands to reason that the combat effectiveness should be stronger for the Imperial Army.

However, in the process of actual summoning, the devil unexpectedly found that the low-level soldiers of the Imperial Association Army were unwilling to fight, and their enthusiasm was very poor, and most of the time they sent guns, ammunition and supplies to the Eighth Route Army, which was the biggest loophole in the encirclement.

And because the garrison is composed of some hardcore traitors, ruffians and others, it is even more fierce, and fierce clashes broke out with the Eighth Route Army several times.

In the documents of the troops, it is also described: The puppet security army is politically vacillating and less destructive to me than the local puppet army (i.e., the garrison).

Seeing this, the devils then increased their investment in the garrison, improved their treatment, equipped them with sophisticated weapons, stuffed more traitors, and even sent Japanese officers to train.

Now Yamashima Osa and the Imperial Allied Army don't take them with them, so that these traitors are worried about losing the favor of their Japanese fathers.

"Why don't you take us?"

Hearing the grumbling of a group of subordinates, Captain Jia sneered.

Why?

I don't trust them.

It is suspected that they colluded with the Eight Roads and revealed information to the Eight Roads, but there is no evidence, so it is difficult to ask and investigate directly, otherwise it will scatter people's hearts.

Therefore, the Imperial Allied Army was mobilized from other places to support the locust army in the battle.

"The locust army will do whatever we want, and honestly obey the command."

Captain Jia didn't answer directly, but changed his tone and persuaded him.

Don't let the garrison go?

He still has to go.

As for why the garrisons in other counties were rewarded by the locust army, and the imperial army was questioned by the imperial army, but the opposite was true on the Liao County side?

I don't want to think about it, who is the Eighth Road here in Liao County?

That's Li Yunlong.

It was the ruthless man who killed Sakata Daisa in Cangyun Ridge!

Last month, Beijing Zhongzuo led more than 600 imperial troops to attack Li Yunlong's territory, but was ambushed by Li Yunlong, and only more than 100 people ran back, and even Beijing Zhongzuo died.

The locust army is like this, how much more of their garrison?

Can they be blamed for this?

"It's not good..."

"Let's be active in doing things for the imperial army!"

The members of the garrison were clearly not satisfied.

"If anyone wants to go, I can go and ask the Imperial Army to take him."

Captain Jia naturally knew what his group of subordinates were thinking.

It's just that there are a lot of imperial soldiers this time, and they also have six cannons, and they are strong, and they want to follow the imperial army to mix some military industry and go to the Tubalu base to make some money.

But

"A wing, okay?"

Captain Jia always felt unreliable in his heart.

In Cangyunling, that Li Yunlong not only killed Sakata Daisa, but also defeated the Sakata United! This was something that Lieutenant Tominojima, who had served in the Sakata Wing, had personally admitted.

You can't fake it.

And

"First a squadron, then a brigade, now a wing..."

Captain Jia thought about the imperial army's step-by-step movements, and after reading a little bit of the military book, he felt in his heart:

"Isn't that a refueling tactic?"

If he commanded, he would not hesitate to command a locust brigade to attack, bring planes, tanks, and artillery to destroy Li Yunlong in one fell swoop.

Instead of just raising the unit by one level, send a wing to attack.

The Eighth Route Army dared to ambush the Beijing Brigade, and only more than 100 people from the Beijing Brigade escaped back, presumably having guessed that the Imperial Army would mobilize more troops to attack.

Be sure to be prepared!

And didn't that Li Yunlong defeat a locust army wing before?

Captain Jia couldn't figure it out.

Isn't this really a giveaway?

can serve as the captain of the garrison, Captain Jia is naturally capable, and his attitude also made many members of the garrison hesitate, but there are also a few traitors in the garrison who ask to participate in the battle.

Captain Jia also spoke his mind, and immediately contacted the devil and asked these team members to join the team.

···

Noon on the same day.

"Let's go!"

The Yamashima United was assembled and prepared.

Three infantry brigades.

The Heyue Brigade stationed in Wuxiang County, the Jingsen Brigade stationed in Yu County, the original Beijing Wing stationed in Liao County, are now commanded by the deputy wing commander, the cavalry squadron, and the artillery squadron.

A full 3,000 devils, with more than 600 imperial troops, marched along the highway to Xiazhuang.

In the center of this huge team, there are six 41-style mountain cannons!

If you add the three Type 92 infantry guns belonging to the major units, it is a full nine barreled guns.

Originally, the Yamashima Wing only had three 41-type mountain guns, but after watching the battle on the back uphill in detail, the commander of the 29th Brigade, Matsubara Ere, deeply felt the strength of the firepower of the Eighth Road.

So he strengthened the artillery power of the Yamashima Wing, and told Yamashima to be cautious and avoid falling into an ambush.

Yamashima apparently listened to persuasion.

After the Shandao Wing passed through Liaozhen, it ordered the troops to spread out and maintain the highest alert.

But

The devil didn't notice either,

Starting from the county seat of Liao County, Wang Gensheng held an eight-fold large-field observation scope along with the new 82 mortar, and always maintained a distance of three miles from the Shandao Wing.

Next to him, there was also a soldier carrying a walkie-talkie on his back, informing the regimental headquarters of the devil's movements at any time.

The distance of three miles is actually within the warning range of the Devil United.

However, Wang Gensheng, as one of the most elite reconnaissance fighters of the Independent Regiment, coupled with his extreme familiarity with the terrain and the detailed map provided by the regiment commander's boss, the devil has never been able to find his traces.

(End of chapter)