"Captain Zhou, we finally meet!" The leader of the Independent Group was a little older and spoke first.

"Hello Captain Wang, I didn't expect that we had been in such a long deal, and we didn't meet for the first time until today. And we met in this environment. We didn't receive a good hospitality in our independent group. Please forgive me!" Zhou Cheng replied embarrassedly.

Commander Wang quickly shook his head: "How can this be considered a poor hospitality? He sent us a county town before we met, which contained countless food, weapons and ammunition!"

"When I came from the county town, the political commissar had already started organizing troops to transport spoils, but found that the more than 200 large trucks he brought were not enough, so he had to temporarily buy large trucks in the city."

"With such a big meeting, we can meet anywhere!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head and said, "How can this be considered a meeting gift? You took down the county town by yourself, and you also destroyed the Japanese and puppet troops inside. The food, weapons and ammunition stored in the county town should of course belong to you!"

"By the way, I really brought one to the meeting gift."

"In the battle just ended, we seized more than 3,000 intact 79-caliber rifles, more than 20 Czech-built light machine guns, and nearly 200,000 supporting bullets."

"The caliber of these weapons and ammunition is different from the caliber of our active equipment of the National Salvation Army. It is useless to keep it in your hands. It would be better to give it to you to fight the Japanese."

"I arranged two companies to escort this batch of weapons and ammunition, and before dawn, I sent it to a valley about five kilometers north of Yangquan City to hide it. Commander Wang, you'd better send troops to take over this batch of equipment tomorrow night and then transport it away as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams!"

Captain Wang knew that Zhou Cheng was telling the truth and immediately expressed his gratitude: "Then I'm not polite. But our independent group cannot get these equipment and ammunition in vain!"

"The reason why our Independent Regiment successfully captured Yangquan this time was entirely due to the glory of the National Salvation Army. You must not deny this. Commander Zhou. I originally wanted to empty Yangquan City as you asked, but now I have changed my mind."

"I will send someone to notify the political commissar in a while and ask him to keep all the 38th bulwarks and supporting ammunition seized in the county town and secretly store them in the houses near the arsenal, and wait for you to take over Yangquan County town and take over."

Only when the relationship between the two parties can last for a long time. Zhou Cheng was not polite and decisively accepted the return gift from Captain Wang.

Commander Wang continued to ask: "Captain Zhou, I will receive the meeting gift from the National Salvation Army. How should our independent group cooperate with the acting next? You give the order directly, and I will definitely cooperate with you unconditionally!"

Zhou Cheng was not talking nonsense, and he quickly told his plan, which made Captain Wang amazed...

Ten minutes later, the two returned to their respective troops with anger.

The subordinates knew that the two had broken up when they saw each other.

"Dadadada...dadababa..." When the commander of the Independent Regiment was still cursing on the position, a string of gunfire suddenly rang in front of the position.

The soldiers next to him were shocked and did not expect that the National Salvation Army would really dare to "use strength" against the Independent Regiment in order to occupy Yangquan.

Many soldiers raised their hands and wanted to pull the bolts and prepare for combat.

Captain Wang quickly ordered: "What are you doing? Have you forgotten my order just now? Without my order, no one can call weapons insurance. Turn off the insurance. Don't get out of the fire!"

The first battalion commander was very anxious to remind: "But the national rescue army has already fired. What if they really attack us?"

"Then we have to wait until they really launch an attack. We can only fight back after casualties!" Captain Wang answered firmly.

Seeing that the two battalion commanders showed a look of unwillingness, the regiment commander continued: "The superior ordered us more than once. When we were with friendly forces, we could only fight back in self-defense and never take the initiative to fire the first shot."

"Although the National Salvation Army in front of us fired, the bullets were all flying into the sky and did not aim at us."

"So they didn't dare to shoot the first shot at us, and took the initiative to provoke the war, and at most threatened and intimidated us."

"Let the soldiers stay calm and be restless. The National Rescue Army dare not shoot at us. Everyone must not act rashly. Otherwise, we will take the responsibility for firing the first shot and taking the initiative to provoke the war. The Independent Regiment will also become the criminal of the Eighth Route Army."

After hearing this, the two battalion commanders began to be scared and quickly ordered their subordinates to turn off the insurance.

A minute passed, and the gunshots in front of the blocking position not only did not stop, but were getting closer...

Two minutes have passed, and everyone can already see the blurred figure of the National Salvation Army.

Five or six hundred soldiers lined up in several rows, holding guns, approaching step by step, and shooting into the sky for every ten steps.

When the two sides were less than a hundred meters apart, the National Salvation Army still had no intention of stopping and continued to move forward with a gun.

On the blocking position, except for the regiment commander, the other soldiers and cadres were so nervous that they began to sweat coldly.

Everyone had not even had the weapons in their hands, and the National Salvation Army had rushed to eighty or ninety meters away, and continued to advance with guns.

Once they turn the deterrent attack in front of them into a strong attack, they can rush to everyone in the blink of an eye, and the troops don't have time to react...

"What should I do if the regiment commander...the national rescue army...is still rushing forward?" The two battalion commanders began to get anxious again. The right hand holding the gun was cold sweating, and they were so nervous that they couldn't speak well.

The regiment commander thought about the order: "One of you controls a heavy machine gun, and shoots at the sky like the National Salvation Army, warning them not to move forward again... You must control the shooting angle of the heavy machine gun and never hit anyone!"

"Yes, regiment commander..." The two battalion commanders breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They were particularly worried that after the National Salvation Army turned the deterrent attack into a strong attack, the weapons in the hands of the soldiers were still closed and could not fight back.

Now the regiment commander allows two heavy machine guns to fire, which means that there is really an accident on the battlefield. At least two heavy machine guns in the army can fight back immediately, so as not to be passively beaten or be hit by the military aiding military gun.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

The dull shooting sound of heavy machine guns sounded quickly. Faced with the warning, the National Salvation Army rushing towards him finally reacted and stopped at about 70 meters in front of the formation.

The tense nerves of the two battalion commanders had just relaxed, and before they could catch their breath, the national rescue army opposite moved again.

This time they lined up in a denser formation, but they stopped firing, just putting the rifle in their hands and pressing towards the blocking position at a slower speed than before.

The nerves of the two battalion commanders tensed up again, cold sweat appeared in their palms again, and they looked at the commander and waited for him to give orders.

The National Rescue Army will not shoot, so they will definitely not shoot, otherwise the provocation will be too strong.

"The National Rescue Army is cruel enough. They know that we dare not take the initiative to provoke the war, so they asked the troops to rush forward with their chests... We lost this game, everyone retreated, all the troops evacuated from their positions and went straight back to the county town!" The regiment commander gritted his teeth and ordered.

The two battalion commanders were very unwilling to give in and frowned and asked, "Captain, let's withdraw now!"

"Then the trenches we dug out for several hours were not dug in vain!"

"What should I do if I don't withdraw?" the leader asked in anger.

"The National Salvation Army rushed forward with its chest outstretched. We must not shoot. We can't put away the gun like them and fight them on the position later. That's too embarrassing. If we really want to fight, we may not be their opponents!"

"Retreat immediately. The National Rescue Army can rush forward with its chest and occupy our positions, but it cannot rush up to the city wall."

"After entering the city, we sealed the city gate, and the troops guarded the city to see what tricks the national rescue army had to rush to the city."

The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the opportunity of the National Rescue Army fighting outside the city and took advantage of the opportunity to enter Yangquan County, seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food, and wanted to occupy Yangquan and not leave. They established a defense line one kilometer east of the city to prevent the National Rescue Army from entering Yangquan County.

The National Salvation Army was not willing to be outdone and attacked the defensive positions of the independent regiment.

After a series of spears, the Independent Regiment evacuated its position in a panic and retreated back to Yangquan County. The National Salvation Army took the opportunity to occupy the Independent Regiment's position in the east of the city.

This intelligence was soon passed through the intelligence flyer of the Taiyuan Japanese Army and the theater command.

"Commander-in-Chief, the National Salvation Army fought with the Eighth Route Army. They clashed outside Yangquan City and even fired guns!" The Chief of Staff rushed into the Commander-in-Chief's Office and reported with an excited look on his face.

"The news is true?" The commander-in-chief first showed a shocked expression with difficulty in self-confidence, and then stared at the chief of staff and repeatedly confirmed, fearing that he would hear it wrong.

"It's true..." The Chief of Staff answered very affirmatively.

"We lurked in the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army sent the same information, so there must be no problem."

The commander-in-chief continued to ask: "Not right!"

"I remember that the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Yangquan surrounded a National Rescue Army yesterday and were preparing to wipe them out. Shouldn't the National Rescue Army be focused on dealing with the Japanese and puppet troops and rescued their surrounded troops? Why did they suddenly fight with the Eighth Route Army? Is there any fraud here?"

The Chief of Staff quickly explained: "There is no fraud, it is because the Independent Corps has done too much!"

While handing the information in his hand to the commander-in-chief, he explained: "They took advantage of the situation where the National Rescue Army and the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops were fighting outside the city. The Independent Regiment took advantage of the opportunity to enter and seize Yangquan County, and also took all the weapons, ammunition and food seized in the county for themselves."

"The National Salvation Army and the Japanese and puppet troops fought hard for so long, with the purpose of taking over Yangquan County. As a result, they did all their hard work and were able to take advantage of the independent regiment. They would be angry, let alone the National Salvation Army, which only took advantage of the situation but did not suffer losses!"

"Zhou Cheng led his troops to Yangquan as soon as possible, trying to drive the Independent Regiment out of Yangquan City. As a result, the Independent Regiment refused to withdraw, and the two sides fought like this."

"In order to prevent the situation from worsening, after a brief fire exchange, the Yangquan Independent Regiment voluntarily evacuated its position and retreated back to the county town. Now the two sides are confronting each other in Yangquan County, and no one is allowed to let anyone!"
Chapter completed!