"Wait...you just said how many Japanese and puppet troops were killed by the assault battalion of the Independence Regiment?" Li Yunlong's eyes quickly widened, showing a shocked expression of disbelief.
"There were more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops along the way. After deducting the hundreds who were killed by the county brigade and the district squad, and the one or two hundred who escaped, the remaining 2,000-plus Japanese puppet troops were all wiped out by the independent regiment's assault battalion and cavalry company.
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"The independent regiment also paid a huge price...the assault battalion and the cavalry company lost more than 700 people, nearly 100 people were seriously injured, and only about 200 people can still move..."
"What a boy!" Li Yunlong sighed with envy in his eyes.
"I originally thought it would be good if he could guard the Earth Temple and block the peak of Japanese and puppet troops. I didn't expect that this guy had prepared such a big surprise for us. He could completely wipe out the Japanese and puppet reinforcements in one battle!"
"Well done..."
"Kong Er is so lucky. Huang Yu alone is more powerful than one or two main battalions!"
"Although the price paid was high, compared with the number of Japanese and puppet troops that Huang Yu eliminated, this is definitely an unprecedented victory. Compared with this battle, I suddenly feel that the Ping An County in front of me is not good!"
After saying that, he stared at Zhao Gang and asked: "The Tutu Temple destroyed so many Japanese and puppet troops in one battle, so there should be a lot captured!"
Zhao Gang guessed that Li Yunlong was jealous as soon as he saw his expression, and quickly shook his head: "The seizure is not as big as imagined!"
"In order to prevent us from supporting war with war, the Japanese destroyed many weapons and ammunition before retreating!"
"Despite this, Comrade Huang Yu still took out a mortar, a heavy machine gun, nearly ten light machine guns, two to three hundred rifles, and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition... to reward our county brigade and district squad."
"After replacing the equipment they lost, at most one battalion's equipment will be left..."
Li Yunlong was indeed a little jealous. If the assault battalion captured dozens of mortars in one battle, Li Yunlong would shamelessly ask Kong Jie how many he wanted.
After listening to the political commissar's report, he immediately put away his petty thoughts.
The assault battalion paid such a high price to seize a battalion's equipment, and gave so many weapons and ammunition to local troops before leaving. No matter how shameless they were, they were too embarrassed to divide the equipment.
He sighed and said: "We have a combat mission, and Ping'an County has not been captured yet, so we don't have time to send the assault battalion!"
"When the battle is over, I will definitely go to the Independent Regiment to thank Comrade Huang Yu!"
"If it hadn't been for him, my Sixth Company would have been wiped out by the Japanese!"
"It is even possible that the Tutu Temple will be lost, which will affect the New Second Regiment's capture of Ping'an County!"
"Snapped……"
A red signal flare suddenly rose into the sky from inside the city.
Li Yunlong laughed on the spot, patted the city and stamped: "The guard company succeeded!"
"This is the signal I agreed with them...take down the arsenal and shoot a red flare into the sky immediately!"
"Send the order to all the siege troops. They can let go of their hands and feet and attack fiercely... strive to end the battle within an hour and eliminate the Yamamoto special agent team!"
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in the city, Colonel Yamamoto was like an ant on a hot pot, restless.
The headquarters has contacted several reinforcements, but the results made him worried.
The nearest reinforcement force in Ping'an County is still more than 20 kilometers away. Due to the delay of the Eighth Route Army, it can only advance two or three kilometers per hour.
At this rate, they won't be able to kill Ping'an County in five or six hours.
Reinforcements cannot be expected, and the situation in the city is getting worse and worse. The battle plan of using Ping'an County to annihilate the New Second Regiment seems to be disintegrating bit by bit...
He is now eager to receive good news, break the current defeat, and at the same time boost the morale of the troops, so that everyone can regain hope of annihilating the New Second Regiment.
"Sir... something happened in the arsenal!" A messenger rushed into the war room in a panic and reported with a panic look on his face before he could stand still.
"A company of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared on the flank of the arsenal... The military police only left twenty soldiers to protect the arsenal. They were no match for them. The entire Eighth Route Army was destroyed without even blocking a single attack!"
"Send someone to recapture the arsenal immediately!" Colonel Yamamoto ordered without hesitation.
After thinking about the current situation of the battle, he immediately changed his order: "No...send troops directly to destroy the arsenal..."
"Ping'an County has a high chance of falling. The weapons and ammunition we have stored in the arsenal must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hurry up and send people...the arsenal must be destroyed immediately..."
"But we only have two infantry squads in hand?" the guard captain looked embarrassed!
"Deploy an infantry squad to destroy the arsenal. Go and mobilize troops now!" Yamamoto gritted his teeth and made the decision.
The guard captain was embarrassed, but he did not refute again.
He saw the determination in Yamamoto's eyes, which was definitely not something he could convince with just a few words.
Instead of wrangling here, it is better to send troops immediately, destroy the arsenal as soon as possible, and let the troops sent out come back as soon as possible.
Before anyone could move, the headquarters phone rang. The soldier picked up the phone and listened for half a minute before hurriedly reporting: "Sir... the west of the city has been breached by the Eighth Route Army..."
"At least one reinforced battalion went to the county seat. The offensive was very fierce and they went straight to the headquarters...
"Sir..." Another messenger ran into the war room, still smelling of gunpowder smoke. It was obvious at first glance that he had just come off the battlefield and was breathing heavily to report.
"The Eighth Route Army that entered the county from the east of the city suddenly stepped up its offensive. Our troops can hardly stop it and we are in urgent need of reinforcements!"
"Sir, the north of the city has been lost. The Eighth Route Army has entered Ping'an County. The garrison in the north of the city has been defeated and has almost lost its combat effectiveness!" the telephone soldier reported again.
"The Eighth Route Army entering the city is overwhelming. Troops must be sent over immediately for reinforcements!"
The garrison captain stopped decisively, looked at Colonel Yamamoto and suggested: "Sir... there is a shortage of troops everywhere in the city..."
"We cannot waste our troops on an arsenal that cannot be recaptured, regardless of other battlefields!"
"I suggest that two teams reinforce the east and north of the city respectively, and block the Eighth Route Army's offensive at all costs, so that we can persist longer and inflict greater damage to the Eighth Route Army in the battle!"
Seeing that Colonel Yamamoto began to hesitate, the garrison captain continued to persuade.
"Counterattack the arsenal. We are on the offensive side, and the price we have to pay will definitely be much higher than that of the Eighth Route Army. It is not cost-effective!"
"And the Eighth Route Army sent a company to raid the arsenal. These troops must be around the arsenal!"
"We only sent one infantry squad. It is possible that even if all the troops are exhausted, they will not be able to get close to the arsenal, let alone destroy the arsenal. Sir, please think twice..."
With almost no troops at hand, the new second regiment marched into the county town again. Even if they fought one on one, they were no match.
With no reinforcements to be counted on, Colonel Yamamoto realized that his combat plan was ruined.
He let out a long sigh and said, "Just do as you say!"
"Two mobile teams are respectively reinforcing the east and north of the city!"
"All soldiers in the headquarters are issued with weapons and swear to live and die with Ping'an County!"
"Let me tell you, even if we want to break out, it is impossible for the headquarters to break out with this small force!"
Thirty minutes later, the first battalion captured the garrison headquarters.
Colonel Yamamoto led less than ten team members straight to the arsenal, intending to do one last thing for the empire before he died, destroying the arsenal and denying the Eighth Route Army a chance to fight.
Ten minutes later, a fierce battle broke out at the arsenal.
Yamamoto's special agent team is very strong, and the new second regiment's security company is not a vegetarian either.
The guard company is also equipped with more than a dozen submachine guns, and its firepower is just as powerful as that of the Yamamoto special agent team...
The exchange of fire between the two sides lasted only five minutes and ended with the guards winning a single victory.
Colonel Yamamoto died in a grenade explosion, with six fragments stuck in his back and he died on the spot...
Ten minutes later, Li Yunlong walked into the Japanese garrison headquarters.
But he didn't stop here. He took a quick look and went straight to the arsenal.
In the battle of Ping'an, the New Second Regiment also suffered heavy casualties and consumed a large amount of weapons and ammunition, so it was in urgent need of replenishment!
He wanted to know immediately how many good things the troops had harvested in Pingan County.
"Commander, political commissar, we are rich!" As soon as we arrived at the gate of the arsenal, the guard company commander came out beaming.
"The warehouse is filled with weapons and ammunition, including thousands of rifles, and all kinds of ammunition are also piled up!"
"Except for the Jinzhong Arsenal that we captured during our raid on Taiyuan, the Ping An Arsenal is definitely the second largest weapons depot I have ever seen."
Li Yunlong didn't answer, but the faster and faster pace showed how anxious he was and how much he wanted to see the weapons and ammunition in the arsenal with his own eyes.
Kong Jie marched continuously for 38 kilometers and finally found the 1st and 2nd Battalions at around 4 o'clock in the morning.
"Captain, after our sneak attacks and harassment along the way, the Japanese and puppet troops on the middle route have lost more than 600 people!" Second Battalion Commander Xiao Yuanchang reported.
"Lao Shen made an ambush plan with me as soon as he arrived, preparing to ambush the Japanese rear troops two kilometers ahead..."
"The troops have been deployed and will start taking action in about ten minutes..."
"Everything goes well, we can kill at least 500 Japanese puppet troops in this battle!"
With Chen Quan's help, Xiao Yuan was even more powerful. Kong Jie didn't bother to ask about the specific situation. After hearing this, he sat on the ammunition box with his eyes closed and rested, waiting for news.
"Batalion Commander...emergency!" the second battalion correspondent suddenly broke into the headquarters to report.
"The Japanese and puppet troops who were reinforcing Ping An suddenly nodded and retreated..."
"We planned to ambush the rear troops of the Japanese and puppet troops...but they suddenly turned around and the rear troops ran away before they could enter the pocket formation."
Xiao Yuanchang was confused by this unexpected incident. Before he could react, Kong Jie had already opened his eyes and asked: "Where are the Japanese and puppet troops now? What kind of devils are in their pockets... How did they retreat!"
"Report to the leader, when the Japanese and puppet troops retreat, the main force is passing through the pocket formation... In ten minutes at most, the rear troops will be able to enter the pocket formation!" the correspondent reported.
"As a result, the Japanese troops suddenly changed from the rear team to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team, turned around and retreated..."
"Have our troops been exposed?"
Kong Jie shook his head and said: "If the ambush force is really exposed, then the little devil will not simply retreat, but will launch a counterattack against us!"
"Besides, their goal is to reinforce Ping'an County, how can they easily retreat for no reason!"
"Eighty percent of it is that Li Yunlong's work was finished. These Japanese and puppet troops sensed the danger and hurriedly retreated!"
"Then what should we do? Such a good fighter plane let the little Japanese escape from under our noses. What a pity!" Xiao Yuanchang asked with a heartbroken look on his face.
