The result was that Yuncheng was attacked from within.
The Jinsui Army was even powerless to stop it because they didn't know which of those people were ordinary people and which were "common people" pretending to be common people.
The first one to be rushed open was the south gate, because this gate faces Zhongtiao Mountain and is closest to the Eighth Route Army defense area.
The Japanese also knew this, so they deliberately cooperated with this movement and attacked from the north and east gates. From time to time, they also fired a few random shells to increase the panic of the people and make them think that the Japanese were really invading.
When Yan Laoxi was disturbed like this, he immediately knew that the general trend was over and Yuncheng could no longer hold on.
Yan Laoxi is a refined individualist. Everything he does is for his own power. It is impossible for such a person to give up his life for a certain city or Shanxi... People like them know clearly in their hearts,
No matter how precious something is, it is still an external possession.
Therefore, although Yan Laoxi kept talking about saving Shanxi, and later dreamed of fighting back to Shanxi, it was just a desire for control and power, not the kind of love that could sacrifice his life for Shanxi.
On this basis, once Yan Laoxi concludes that Yuncheng cannot be defended, he will immediately choose to escape.
But of course, what Yan Laoxi said was "retreat", and he didn't even tell Chu Yunfei about this "retreat".
On the one hand, he hopes that Chu Yunfei will stay longer to give him more time to escape. On the other hand, Yan Laoxi doesn't know how to tell Chu Yunfei...
Chu Yunfei led the 358 regiment to fight life and death outside, and finally managed to hold the northern wing of Yuncheng with so much casualties. As the commander, he, Yan Laoxi, held heavy troops to guard the "impregnable" Yuncheng. The Japanese did not
It's shameless to kill a few and then lose Yuncheng in less than a day!
There was another point that became the reason why Yan Laoxi didn't mention it: after Kazuki Yamamoto's special agent team blew up the arsenal, they immediately turned their target to Yan Laoxi's headquarters.
Yan Laoxi withdrew from Yuncheng under the cover of the guard battalion, and took only more than 500 people with him when he left the city.
When there was chaos in Yuncheng, Wang Xuexin knew the situation immediately.
Because the explosion from the Yuncheng Arsenal reached Luotuoling immediately.
It was already past midnight. Wang Xuexin was woken up and sat up from the bed as soon as he rolled over. He heard such a loud explosion and it sounded very close. He thought that some of the troops failed to prevent the Japanese from infiltrating.
The ammunition depot was touched.
Wang Xuexin put on his military uniform and rushed to the battalion headquarters. While buttoning his buttons, he asked Chen Songyong who came out of another dormitory: "Where did the explosion happen?"
Chen Songyong was also confused. He looked at the direction from which the fire came and replied: "Batalion Commander, it seems to be in the direction of Yuncheng! The Japanese are attacking Yuncheng!"
Wang Xuexin looked in the direction of Yuncheng, and secretly thought something was wrong. The Japanese had turned the target of their infiltration war to Yuncheng...
Thinking about it, Wang Xuexin couldn't help but blame himself. He should have thought that the Japanese would do this.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's defense line was not defended by the Eighth Route Army, but also by the Jinsui Army, and the Jinsui Army was the weak point of this defense line... How could I completely ignore this weakness?
Wang Xuexin thought about it and felt that this should be caused by his habitual thinking.
He has always only cared about the Eighth Route Army and ignored the stubborn army and the Jinsui Army, even if he cooperated with the Jinsui Army.
As a result, the Japanese took advantage of the situation.
Sure enough, the subsequent phone call proved that Wang Xuexin's guess was correct.
The call was from Li Yunlong. He ordered in an anxious tone: "Come to the regiment headquarters immediately, something happened!"
Wang Xuexin hurried to the regiment headquarters with his guards, where the battalion commanders were already talking among themselves.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were still sorting out the collected intelligence one second before the meeting.
Seeing that everyone was here, Zhao Gang raised his hand to signal the cadres to calm down and said: "Comrades, the headquarters has also sent a message. It is confirmed that the Japanese infiltrated into Yuncheng and attacked the arsenal of the Jinsui Army. Yuncheng is now in chaos.
The specific situation of the group is still uncertain, but... the situation is not optimistic, and we must prepare for the worst!"
"The Japs have two hands!" Zhang Dabiao said: "We set up the Longmen Formation and waited for the Japs' agents to arrive. They turned around and went to attack Yuncheng!"
Li Yunlong's face was ashen and he didn't speak for a long time. His expression made the cadres dare not speak.
Not long after, another telegram was sent from the headquarters. Zhao Gang glanced at the telegram and sighed, saying, "Yan Laoxi escaped!"
Li Yunlong cursed in a muffled voice: "Damn it, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have given Yuncheng to Yan Laoxi. I originally thought that the Jinsui Army had guns and artillery, and there were still a few usable aircraft in the sky that could always be used.
It worked, but I didn’t expect that the Japs beat me away before my buttocks were even hot. Didn’t our efforts go in vain..."
Zhao Gang said "Hey" twice: "We can't use the results to deduce the approach. 'It depends on people to make things happen.' Our decision to cooperate with the Jinsui Army is obviously correct. No one would have thought that Yan Laoxi would be so disrespectful."
Keep up the good work! It’s useless to talk about this now, the key is how to deal with it!”
"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong said in embarrassment: "Yuncheng is the gateway to our Zhongtiao Mountain and Luliang Mountain bases. Once Yuncheng is lost, we will be divided and surrounded by the Japanese. Besides fighting back, how can we deal with it?"
Sun Ming said: "It's definitely not possible to fight back. We finally captured Zhongtiao Mountain. If we give up like this... I'm afraid there will be no next time!"
"Then what else can we do?" Guan Dashan asked back: "Zhongtiao Mountain is full of mountains, and it is very difficult to farm and grow food. Our troops of tens of thousands are surrounded by Japanese soldiers here, and we will not be able to get in any ammunition or food."
…What do you use for what you eat?”
The cadres nodded in agreement.
No one is willing to evacuate, but it will definitely be difficult to stay in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Although the Eighth Route Army has a strong ability to survive in the wild and mountainous areas, the same cannot be said for troops with tens of thousands of people. What's more, even if it can barely fill its stomach by relying on the mountains and mountains, what about the ammunition?
The Eighth Route Army's arsenals are all located in the Luliang Mountain area, and the ammunition transportation route has been cut off by the Japanese... It will return to the previous era when there were no more than ten rounds of ammunition per capita.
While the cadres were discussing, the correspondent walked into the conference room and handed Zhao Gang another telegram.
Zhao Gang couldn't help being surprised when he saw the telegram. When he handed the telegram to Li Yunlong, he said: "Old Li, there are many people who fled to Zhongtiao Mountain, a lot of them!"
Li Yunlong took the telegram, read it, thought about it, and said: "Damn it, this may be what the Japanese did on purpose!"
Zhao Gang nodded, he also thought of this: "In order to make us short of food!"
The expressions of all the cadres in the conference room suddenly changed. It was difficult to maintain tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops on Zhongtiao Mountain, and now there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of civilians...