Except for the direction where the front enemy command was located, no enemy appeared, and a large number of troops suddenly appeared in the other directions of the breakthrough. They opened the way with light machine guns and rushed towards the mobile troops...

The sudden intensified artillery fire on the battlefield has already fooled the mobile troops. Before everyone can react, they are attacked again behind them.

The puppet army had a weak fighting will, and only under the supervision of the Imperial Army dared to confront the national rescue army's breakthrough troops against artillery fire.

Now they are under attack from both sides and back, and there are still continuous shells falling down above their heads. They are in desperate situation and collapse suddenly.

The sudden national rescue army ignored these things, held guns and attacked forward, fighting with mobile troops in less than a minute...

At the command of Yangquan Riju Garrison, the corps leader was not sleepy at all, for fear that the front line troops would have an accident and that the fat that had already eaten in their mouth would slip away.

At around 8 o'clock, the command center received news that the National Salvation Army began to break through.

The team leader's heart suddenly collapsed, and he ordered the telephone soldiers very seriously: "Continue to keep in touch with the front line and report to me immediately if there is any situation!"

What the captain did not expect was that this phone call became the last contact between the command center and the front line.

Half an hour passed, and no news came back from the front line.

At first, the wing captain thought the front line was going well, and the front-line command had nothing to report to him.

An hour passed, and the front enemy command had not called yet.

This is a bit strange: no matter how intense the front-line breakout battle is, it should be able to decide the winner in an hour. Regardless of winning or losing, there should be news on the front-line.

The corps leader immediately ordered the telephone soldiers to contact the front line to find out the situation...

"Sir, our phone contact with the front enemy command has been interrupted and we cannot contact them!"

"What?" The captain of the regiment became even more anxious after hearing this.

The front enemy command did not contact the command for an hour, which was already very wrong. Now the phone contact has been cut off, which is definitely not a coincidence. I frowned and ordered anxiously: "Where is the radio station? The front enemy command also has a radio station, and I will use the radio station to contact them immediately!"

The radio operator ran to the corps captain ten minutes later: "Sir, the radio station cannot contact the front enemy command center!"

"What happened, it must be a problem on the front line!" The captain's face suddenly became particularly ugly, and he ordered with a calm face.

"What are you still standing there? I'm sending someone out of the city to contact them and find out their situation."

"Almost all the troops operating in Yangquan are on the front line. If something happens to them, we will be done!"

At 11 o'clock in the evening, none of the scouts who left the city came back.

The captain of the regiment was getting more and more anxious as he was about to sit still, a series of explosions suddenly came from the north gate.

The explosion had not completely disappeared, and dense explosions came from the south gate, west gate and east gate.

"Dingling..." The telephone from the command center rang, and several telephones rang at the same time.

The telephone soldier grabbed the microphone and put it down after listening. Before he could report the message he received, the phone rang again...

"Sir, Yangquan City was attacked, and there were enemies in all directions. They were also equipped with mountain cannons. The city gates at the north gate and the east gate had been blown up!" The communications officer guarding the side reported anxiously...

"Aren't the National Salvation Army attacking us surrounded on the battlefield more than ten kilometers away? How could there be enemies in Yangquan?" The captain of the regiment shouted with disbelief.

After saying this, the team leader thought of the Eighth Route Army moving to the north of the county town, but soon shook his head.

Before the war, they made a judgment: in order to prevent the National Rescue Army from taking the opportunity to enter their base after capturing the county town, the Eighth Route Army has been establishing defense lines on the edge of the base to prevent the National Rescue Army from entering their base.

Moreover, it was not beneficial for them after the county town was captured by the National Salvation Army.

If you let yourself make a choice, you would rather let the Imperial Army stand between the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army than to directly border the National Salvation Army and have conflicts.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army would definitely not take the initiative to attack the Imperial Army, help the National Rescue Army take down the county town, and finally cause trouble for itself.

It is precisely based on this judgment that I have never considered the Eighth Route Army when I was fighting against the National Salvation Army.

"Report to the commander, I found out... the troops attacking us were the Eighth Route Army!" A telephone soldier put down the phone to report.

This sentence overturned all the previous judgments of the team leader, and asked remarks with disbelief.

"How could it be the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army? Do they want to seize the county town while we are fighting hard with the National Rescue Army? Do you not worry about angering the National Rescue Army and becoming enemies with the National Rescue Army?"

The corps leader was completely unable to understand the purpose of the Independent Regiment's attack on the county town.

Because taking down the county town would do more harm than good for the Eighth Route Army.

But things have happened, and even if he figured out the reason, it would be useless.

Staring at the city defense map, he began to issue an order: "The military police team draws two squads, the Imperial Army draws two platoons, and reinforces the north gate and the east gate respectively. The National Salvation Army must not be allowed to enter the city through the exploded city gate!"

The squadron leader of the military police squadron did not immediately take the order and replied in response to the gaze of the military captain: "Sir, we can no longer mobilize so many troops. All the troops left behind in the county are scattered in four directions of the city defense fortifications, with only one platoon of the Imperial Army and one squad of the military police defense command. The military police defense command was not allowed to mobilize so many troops even if the troops around the command were spared!"

The corps leader blurted out: "Transfer troops directly from the south and west of the city. A platoon of the Imperial Army and a team of military police came out of the west of the city to reinforce the north of the city. The same number of troops were drawn to reinforce the east of the city, and immediately give orders!"

The squadron leader wanted to tell the brigade leader: there were too few troops left behind in the county town, and this method of demolishing the east and filling the west walls would not work at all. The Eighth Route Army attacking the west and south of the city was also equipped with mountain cannons and infantry cannons. If the troops were transferred away, the city gate would be blown open, and they would not even have troops to fill the gap.

But he swallowed it back when he said something.

The county town has limited troops, and there is no other way to reinforce the east and north of the city except for demolishing the east and west walls.

Instead of watching the Eighth Route Army break into the county through the two city gates, causing the situation to worsen, it is better to block it. Maybe the South Gate and the West Gate will not be blown up in the next battle.

"Boom boom boom..." The explosion still rang at several city gates.

The commander of the military police squadron was about to ask the telephone soldiers to contact the South Gate and the West Gate when the phone rang again.

After grabbing the microphone and listening for a few seconds, he looked at the commander of the regiment and reported to him: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has also exploded the south gate. At least two companies of the Eighth Route Army were attacking the city gate, trying to enter the county town..."

Another telephone soldier followed the report: "Sir, the West Gate was also blown up by the Eighth Route Army. At least one company of the Eighth Route Army rushed into the county town from the city gate and requested reinforcements..."

After listening to these two reports, the military police squadron leader decisively terminated the order to dispatch troops that had not been issued just now.

The south and west of the city are already too busy to take care of themselves, and they can't even defend their own positions. They will definitely not be able to mobilize troops to reinforce the north and east of the city.

After hearing this, the corps captain collapsed on the chair. The county town had almost all its troops guarding the city defense fortifications.

If the Eighth Route Army breaks through the city defense fortifications, the city will be in a state of no defense for them, including their command center, there will be no danger wherever they want.

"Dadada..." The familiar light machine gun strafing sound soon rang out at the command department.

A gunshot also came from the ammunition depot and material depot located in the north and east of the city.

A lieutenant from the protection command ran in panic: "Sir, two platoons of Eighth Route Army soldiers from the north of the city are equipped with at least five light machine guns, and we only have three, so we can't stand it. You must move away from here immediately."

"Sir, retreat!" The commander of the military police squadron also ran over to persuade him.

The captain of the regiment shook his head and asked, "The Eighth Route Army is everywhere in the county town, where can we retreat..."

The commander of the military police squadron was silent after hearing this, and was desperate and unwilling to accept the order: "Then fight with the Eighth Route Army..."

"Everyone is ready for battle, and after the Eighth Route Army rushed in, they fought to the end!"

"The radio operator immediately destroyed the important telegram and then destroyed the radio station..."

The captain of the regiment thought for a while and added: "First send a farewell telegram to the military headquarters. The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the opportunity to attack the county town. The entire county garrison was destroyed. We failed the expectations of the commander and did not complete the task..."

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army headquarters, the commander was woken up by the Chief of Staff in his sleep. When he walked into the war room, he saw a farewell telegram sent from Yangquan County.

His first reaction was exactly the same as the Chief of Staff who was shot and killed, and he felt that the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was crazy.

After calming down, he stared at the Chief of Staff and asked: "What do you think the National Salvation Army will view this raid by the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

"I'm very angry, I will definitely cause trouble for the Yangquan Independent Corps!" The Chief of Staff blurted out.

"The National Rescue Army paid a huge price. We finally brought all our troops to reinforce Yangquan into their pocket array. We were about to win, but the Eighth Route Army took all the advantages. No matter who stood in the National Rescue Army, they would be very dissatisfied."

"I have worked hard for so long, but I haven't reaped any benefits and lost a large number of troops. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to stand it. As soon as the battle ended, I would send troops to besiege the county town, take back the county town from the Yangquan Independent Regiment, and grab the things they stolen back!"

After listening to the Chief of Staff’s analysis, the commander’s mood gradually improved.

This time, when defending Yangquan and Shouyang, there were only one real Japanese army, and most of them were garrison troops. For the Shanxi garrison with huge troops, this loss was still within the scope of bear.

Moreover, they did not die in vain. Not only did they kill thousands of troops of the National Savior Army, but they also provoked a dispute between the National Savior Army and the Eighth Route Army, making them turn against each other.

From this point of view, the price is still worth it, at least not too much loss.

As for the more than 10,000 Imperial Army troops that were completely destroyed during the battle, the commander didn't care at all.

As soon as these Imperial Army troops entered Yangquan and Shouyang, their original defense zone began to form new Imperial Army troops, and they had long been mentally prepared to destroy their entire army.

Now that these new Imperial Army troops have been formed, they can form combat effectiveness in more than a month of training, so if there are more than 10,000 Imperial Army troops in Shouyang and Yangquan are completely destroyed, it will not have any impact on the Shanxi garrison.
Chapter completed!