At this time, Li Yunlong, who was constantly named and praised by the chief, was on his way to Baoding.
"brigadier……"
The operator suddenly chased after him, with a heartfelt excited smile on his face. When he saw Li Yunlong, he rushed to report.
"The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent us a commendation telegram... saying that without us, the independent brigade would not have been able to capture Shijiazhuang... and ordered the entire army to be commended..."
Li Yunlong was very face-saving, and the Army-wide Commendation was just what he wished for, and he was able to make a name for himself in the Eighth Route Army.
His face suddenly lit up with joy.
After receiving the telegram, he read it twice before speaking: "Since Shijiazhuang has been captured by us..."
"The cavalry battalion returning to Shijiazhuang must have completed its mission..."
"Although they defeated and killed more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops one by one, their contribution is not small."
"Contact the cavalry battalion immediately..."
"Ask them not to return to the army, but to go directly to Baoding, monitor every move of the Baoding garrison, and report any situation immediately."
"If any Japanese and puppet troops break out of Baoding, as long as they are within their capabilities, they will be killed if they can!"
"Our next task is to conquer Baoding. There are only so many troops stationed in Baoding. If we eliminate one more outside the city, the combat pressure will be less during the attack."
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Zhangwan Town, Yizhong Sixth Army Division.
Nearly two hundred little Japs ran and hid along the path, and finally got rid of the Eighth Route Army pursuers and reached the surrounding area of the town.
The town was different from the villages they captured before. It had a large population, with more than a thousand people including old, weak, women and children.
If we could kill all the people in the town and let them burn, it would definitely have a huge impact on the Eighth Route Army base in Yizhong!
If nothing else, the Chinese people within a hundred miles radius will definitely be panic-stricken, fearing that they will become the next target of attack.
The Eighth Route Army could not even protect such a large town, and if it was allowed to be massacred by the Japanese... the people's trust in the Eighth Route Army would also be in crisis.
In order to prevent the little devils from attacking them, the common people who just want to survive will definitely find ways to alienate the Eighth Route Army...
In this way, the foundation of the Eighth Route Army was destroyed.
Without the support of the common people, they will not be able to operate like a fish in water even if they operate in their own base area.
The squadron leader led by the Japanese army became more and more excited as he thought about it. Looking at the rising smoke in the town, he felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood. His eyes flashed and he ordered...
"The army split into two..."
"The third team went around to the back of the town and launched an attack from there to block the Chinese's retreat and prevent them from leaving the town."
"The second team launched an attack from the front and rushed into the town. They killed everyone they saw and burned the houses they saw. They also grabbed some food..."
"The first team will be on guard at the perimeter of the battlefield and try to make the area as wide as possible. If they find the Eighth Route Army pursuing troops, they will fire a warning shot!"
"We still follow the old rules..."
"Evacuate the battlefield when you hear the assembly call, and march quickly out of here. You can't waste even a minute..."
The second team formed a battle formation, rifles in hand, and quickly moved toward the town entrance without giving the Chinese any chance to move.
As a result, they were still fifty meters away from the entrance of the town.
"Pa bang bang..."
Several gunshots suddenly rang out at the entrance of the town, and a soldier from the second team participating in the attack fell at the same time.
But this little firepower and casualties obviously couldn't stop the Japanese army's determination to attack the town.
The attacking troops were not affected in any way and continued to attack the town.
They had been attacked before when they attacked two villages, and it was the guerrillas in the villages who did it.
The town is several times larger than the villages we attacked before, and there must be a lot of armed forces inside. It would be abnormal if the attacking troops were not attacked.
"Da da da……"
The two light machine guns accompanying the attack team immediately opened fire, suppressing the Chinese blocking the town entrance. After that, no more gunfire was heard from the town entrance.
"Pa bang bang..."
It wasn't until the attacking troops entered the town that the familiar sound of rifle shooting sounded again.
"There are eight roads in the courtyard..." Looking at his subordinates who were shot and fell to the ground beside him, Captain Cao immediately focused his attention on the courtyard where the gunshot had just been fired, and he waved his subordinates to surround the courtyard.
"Bangdang..."
The heavy courtyard gate was knocked open by two Japanese soldiers in an instant, and three grenades with white smoke flew into the courtyard at the same time.
"Boom boom boom..."
In the violent explosion, the yard was instantly enveloped in smoke, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.
The little devils hiding on both sides of the gate took the opportunity to rush into the yard...
It was empty inside, not a soul in sight.
The Japanese subconsciously thought that the Eighth Route Army that had just attacked them was hiding in the room, and immediately rushed to the door of the room, preparing to repeat the combat method they had just used to attack the yard: first blow it up with grenades, and then fight in...
"Boom boom..."
Two grenades exploded in the room quickly, and there was no other sound at all.
The faces of several Japanese soldiers were full of doubts.
The gunfire that hit them just now showed that it was in the courtyard below, indicating that the Eighth Route Army was indeed hiding here. As a result, I almost searched the entire courtyard, but still didn't find any Eighth Route Army...
Too strange……
He rushed into the yard with a puzzled look on his face, wanting to take a closer look and find out where the Eighth Route Army that had just attacked him fell to the ground and was hiding.
At this moment, a faint sound of impact suddenly sounded at the feet of the Japs, because the room had just been bombed by a grenade, and the ground was full of broken furniture fragments. Coupled with the smoke, the three little Japs who rushed into the room were
I didn't pay attention, thinking someone had stepped on something.
Little did they know that their lives had entered the countdown stage from this moment on.
"boom……"
The sound of an explosion suddenly rang in their ears, and the three Japs were blown away before they could react from the shock. The flying grenade fragments flew everywhere in the room, easily piercing the bodies of the three Japs.
By the time they hit the ground and the wall, two people had already lost consciousness. Their life and death were unknown, and they fell to the ground motionless. Although the remaining Japanese man could still move, he had several wounds on his body, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
Life is also passing quickly.
"The Eighth Route Army is hiding in the room... Be on guard and let me go in and kill them..." The Japanese leader Cao was startled by the explosion in the room and quickly called his subordinates to surround the smoke-filled house.
This time they have to be much more cautious.
I threw six or seven grenades into the room in succession, making sure that all the blind spots in the room were bombed before I rushed in.
Unfortunately, apart from the blasted furniture and the corpses of three of our own people who were too dead to die, not a single Eighth Route Army soldier could be seen inside.
Chief Cao became anxious and asked with shock on his face: "Where is the Eighth Route Army? Where did the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us go..."
"If there was no Eighth Route Army here, how would the four of us always die...Look for them immediately, we must find them and avenge the warriors who died in the battle..."
