"Cooperate with Comrade Yangquan to kill the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army of the devils?"

The Zhengtai Line, a railway artery that runs through the east and west of the middle section of Shanxi, divides the entire Shanxi into two, and at the same time, also divides the Taihang Mountains into two.

Yangquan is the midpoint of the Zhengtai line, and is also located on the edge of the Taihang Mountains.

Entrenched in the mountains near Yangquan was the 129th Regiment of the 16th Division.

One of the veteran main regiments.

In the early morning of the same day, an order from the headquarters, escorted by synchronous correspondents overnight, came to the hands of the commander of the 16th Regiment - to send a death squad to cooperate with the intelligence of the underground comrades in Yangquan, and kill the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff of the First Army at any cost.

This order made the commander of the sixteenth regiment somewhat dissatisfied.

Let him be the elite of the main regiment to fight the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the devil's First Army, which is somewhat uneconomical.

These two are not elite officers.

"This matter was personally ordered by the boss."

"It can solve the problem of insufficient funding of our troops..."

The headquarters correspondent who came to convey the order took out the boss's handwritten order.

"No matter the cost!"

"Three million oceans a month!"

The boss's order made the 16th regiment commander feel a trace of unhappiness in his heart and suddenly disappeared.

"First battalion commander."

"You choose a group of combat backbones and personally lead the team."

Without hesitation, he sent the commander of the most elite battalion of the 16th Regiment to personally lead the team.

An officer with glasses and a gentleman who looked like he was about twenty-five or sixteen years old.

"Three million!"

Hearing the numbers, the first battalion commander's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's three million a month."

The head of the 16 regiment emphasized.

"Commander, just take a look."

The commander of the first battalion straightened his eyes and exhaled loudly:

"This devil's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army are dead!"

"Lord Yama is here, and he can't be saved."

Only half an hour later, the commander of the first battalion rushed to Pingxian County, south of Yangquan, with more than 130 carefully selected combat backbones, carrying mortars, grenadiers, submachine guns, explosives packs, and other weapons.

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In the afternoon of the same day.

Yang Spring.

The new chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army came to Yangquan, prepared to change cars, and under the protection of a squadron, took armored vehicles along the Pingxian route to Li County.

Considering safety, this time the convoy had two armored vehicles, one was in him and the other was in the deputy chief of staff, and the two went to Lixian together to investigate the fiasco of the Westfield United.

Because Liao County is occupied by devils, after arriving in Xiyang, they will avoid the activity area of Tuba Road, divert to Wuxiang County, and then follow the Baijin Railway to Li County.

During this time, the new chief of staff of the First Army has been thinking about one thing.

In June, the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Mountains made great moves.

Not to mention the total annihilation of the Yamashima United.

At the end of the month alone, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army dispatched more than 5,000 troops to besiege and blockade Wuxiang County, cut off the Baijin Railway, and forced the First Army to mobilize a brigade to relieve the siege.

At the same time, the independent regiment in the south fought with the Westfield United, and then sent a small force to seize the wing flag of the Westfield United.

According to the analysis of the General Staff of the First Army,

The 386th Brigade surrounded Wuxiang County in order to cover the independent regiment's capture of the imperial wing flag.

But this analysis does not hold water.

Although they both belonged to the First Army, Lixian County was in the south of the Taiyue Mountains and was guarded by the 33rd Brigade and other troops, while Wuxiang County was in the middle of the Taiyue Mountains and was guarded by the 29th Brigade.

There is no overlap in the forces of the two sides.

Even if Wuxiang County was attacked, it was the locust army stationed on the Zhengtai Line that went to support, and it had nothing to do with the troops near Lixian County and Changshi.

However, after the reinforcements arrived in Wuxiang County, the more than 5,000 troops of the 386th Brigade quickly retreated after only a short battle, and the other party's purpose was obviously to attract the locust army stationed on the Zhengtai line.

"Are they covering, the supplies from the Taiyue Mountains pass through the Zhengtai Line and go to the base area in the north?"

The chief of staff of the First Army quickly analyzed and came to a conclusion.

It is not difficult to draw this conclusion.

In the cage plan, the Zhengtai line was the main pillar, and the continuous garrison and stronghold turrets almost prevented the passage of large-scale convoys between the north and south of the Taihang base area of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the locust army is seriously insufficient, and once the railway garrison is temporarily dispatched, it must shrink its vigilance, and there will naturally be a large number of blockade loopholes, which is very suitable for convoys to pass through the railway.

"What the hell?"

"Food?"

"Weapons and ammunition?"

The new chief of staff of the First Army opened the map and looked at the Taiyue Mountains in the center, his brows furrowed deeply.

For months.

The strange flow of materials from the Taiyue Mountains has increased the strength of Tubalu.

But the locust army has not been able to find out where the supplies came from.

"No matter who they are, at the end of this month, they can find out."

Stretching his brows, the chief of staff of the First Army flashed sharply.

The field division, the 27th Division, will assemble in late July to launch an attack on the Taiyue Mountains and destroy the Taiyue base area in one fell swoop.

The chief of staff then turned his mind to the next thing.

The incident of the seizure of the wing flag of the Westfield United.

"The internal officers of the Locust Army have Tubalu spies?"

He did not believe this speculation.

The officers within the Locust Army, who were all recruited from the local area and received Bushido training since childhood, how could they be spies of the Dirt Eight Road?

He prefers to be Tubalu to obtain the position of the wing flag by some means and means.

"Be sure to find out about it."

The voice of self-talk had just fallen, and suddenly.

Boom·

An explosion came suddenly, and the armored car he was riding in also braked suddenly, causing the chief of staff to almost hit his head.

"What's going on?"

Grasping the handrail, the devil's chief of staff wanted to look up and poke out the armored car.

"Enemy attack!"

The mournful screams of the guards made the chief of staff of the devil frightened, and he quickly retracted his head.

This is near Ping County!

Anyone dared to attack a convoy of locusts?

Who is it?

Don't want to live anymore?

The Pingxian cavalry squadron did not need thirty minutes to arrive, and the Yangquan cavalry brigade and the armored squadron could also arrive for reinforcements within an hour.

The guard then answered his doubts:

"It's dirt eight roads!"

"Eighth Route Army!"

The chief of staff of the devil was shocked, and he put his eyes in front of the observation hole and looked out.

The scene in front of him made the chief of staff of the devil feel cold in his heart, and the cold sweat on his back continued.

Outside the narrow firing hole, on the position of the accompanying escort squadron, there were dense explosions one after another, including 75 mortars comparable to the power of 82 mountain guns.

The fighting escort squadron could only hastily organize a counterattack.

Even armored vehicles had to be continuously transferred to avoid being hit - even ironclad vehicles would have been seriously damaged in the face of explosions comparable to 75 guns.

"The main force of the Eighth Road?"

The violent explosion and ferocious artillery fire made the chief of staff of the devil realize that it was the main force of the Tubalu that attacked him.

But how dare the main force of the Eighth Route Army rely on ** county?

In confusion, the shells outside were still dense like rain, and the counterattack organized by the escort squadron in a hurry could not form a scale at all, and was easily suppressed by the ferocious artillery fire of Tubalu.

But at this time, the density of artillery fire increased again.

Then, on the side of the road, more than 100 people came out, armed with submachine guns, and launched a charge towards the road in a skirmish line.

Machine guns, grenadier canisters were also added to the suppression.

The enemy's firepower increased again, and the charge was not afraid of death, as if it was a decisive charge, and the escort squadron could not stop it at all, and it was defeated and retreated, even if the armored vehicles urgently provided fire support, they could not stop it at all.

"Withdraw!"

"Retreat to Ping County!"

This scene made the chief of staff of the First Army realize that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the troops to start retreating.

But the shells that fell in a row, especially the artillery platoon from the headquarters, three 82 mortars specifically stared at the devil armored car and fired.

hindered the retreat of armored vehicles.

The devil's thin-skinned armored car, the main armor is less than six millimeters, and the tires are also low-grade bulletproof tires, not to mention being directly hit by 82 mortar shells, and even close-range fragments can't be stopped.

A few minutes later, a Devil armored car was hit directly, although it was not destroyed, after all, it was the fuse of the grenade, but it was also lying on the spot, the machine gun tower on the roof of the car was blown away, and the life and death of the deputy chief of staff in it was unknown.

The other car was damaged by the transmission system and was also lying on its stomach.

Without the suppression of the 82 mortars, the escort squadron was finally free to block the attacking Tubalu, but contrary to the devil's expectations, the attacking Tubalu was not only powerful, but also fearless of death, almost staring at the firepower of the escort squadron and scattering the escort squadron.

Then they came straight to the two armored vehicles lying on their stomachs.

Boom...

Fifteen minutes into the battle, the commander of the first battalion of the 16th Regiment led the team to blow up two armored vehicles and kill the two devil chiefs of staff.

"Withdraw!"

It was determined that the target was dead, and the commander of the first battalion did not love to fight, and retreated with his troops.

(End of chapter)