As the day dawned, the field of vision became clearer. The fields where the cold wind was howling were filled with many corpses of puppet soldiers dressed in yellow dog skins. Their limbs were broken and their arms were piled on top of each other. The blood had solidified into dark red.
The puppet troops prepared to attack east and west and rushed into the city from the south of the city to meet the Japanese, but they accidentally got into a fight with the Japanese skeleton special forces who broke through.
In the end, the guerrilla officers and soldiers took advantage. As all the mines in the minefield detonated, the main force of the puppet army was almost completely lost. The remaining ones were frightened and fled in all directions. They no longer posed a threat to the guerrillas.
The fifth brigade of the puppet army, who followed the Japanese to help the tigers, declared complete disintegration in just one day. Even their brigade commander was bombed to pieces and was so bloody that he could not recognize his original appearance.
Yang Ling fell into the puppet army's plan of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, and hurriedly mobilized his troops to the south of the city. However, by the time the reinforcements led by the battalion commander Blacksmith arrived in the south of the city, the battle was already over.
Seeing the densely packed mass of puppet troops being killed, the guerrilla officers and soldiers who came for reinforcements took a deep breath and became a little more wary of landmines.
Company commander Hua Gou led a company of guerrilla officers and soldiers to blow up almost a battalion and a half of puppet troops, and then began to pursue and capture prisoners across the mountains and plains.
In the dark night, the puppet troops encountered a big explosion. They were scared out of their wits and ran away one by one in a panic.
But running around in the water network area is not an option. Those criss-crossing rivers have become a nightmare for the remaining puppet troops. They will either become prisoners of the guerrillas or jump into the water and freeze to death.
In the end, the stragglers of the puppet army who had no way to go to heaven and earth chose to surrender. Huagou and his brothers in a company actually captured more than 300 prisoners, and the number of prisoners they captured was twice their own number.
"Report to the battalion commander that we have eliminated one and a half battalions of puppet troops from the brigade commander down, and captured more than 300 prisoners..."
After Hua Gou captured the prisoners and came back, he excitedly reported to the battalion commander Blacksmith, with indescribable excitement on his face. This was a real victory.
And when they eliminated so many puppet troops, their own losses were almost negligible. Except for the initial loss of more than ten people in a sneak attack on the surveillance post, the other brothers were mostly scratched by the fragments of the explosion, which had almost no impact.
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This was a victory with a very objective exchange ratio. Even the blacksmith, who had fought many battles, found it a bit incredible. A rare smile appeared on his unsmiling face.
"I'll go back to Commander Yang to ask you for credit!" The blacksmith was very satisfied with HuaGou and his team's achievements and praised them.
While the blacksmith sent people to report the victory to Yangling, he also sent people to build field fortifications in the south of the city, completely blocking the way for the Japanese in the city to finally break out.
Previously, Yang Ling was going to pretend to leave a way for the Japs in the city to survive, but it is no longer necessary. The reason why the Japs in the city are still there now is for fishing.
As long as the Japs in Gaoyou City are still resisting, the Japs will not be able to resist death. Whether they are puppet soldiers or Japs, they will continue to come over and become the meat in Yang Ling's mouth.
Huagou and the others relied on landmines to eliminate the main force of the puppet army in the south of the city. The news was sent back to the general command. The frightened staff officers were stunned for a moment, and then burst into loud cheers. Everyone was so excited that it was hard to express.
"Immediately promote Second Lieutenant Company Commander "Hua Gou" to Major Deputy Battalion Commander, and the remaining brothers will be rewarded based on their merit!"
Yang Ling also came for a front-line promotion to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers of the guerrilla corps to prepare for the coming war.
Although Yang Ling is now the commander of the First Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps in Northern Jiangsu, his military rank is not high, so his promotion to the front line still needs to be reported to the Theater Command and approved by the Theater Command.
However, Yang Ling is not worried about the disapproval of the theater headquarters. With the deterioration of the war situation, both the Sulu Theater and other theaters, due to the extreme shortage of materials and ammunition, most people like to write blank checks.
In order to win over the anti-Japanese forces, many self-defense armed commanders can be appointed as majors and lieutenant colonels. Anyway, it is just a paper appointment. There is no need to allocate food and ammunition. On the contrary, it can add a force to fight against the Japanese out of thin air. Why not
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This resulted in the emergence of a large number of officers who had never served as soldiers in the occupied areas. Although they had titles, the ranks of the people under their command were uneven, and most of the time they lost the battles.
Yang Ling and his troops first liberated Huaiyin and then went south to attack Gaoyou. Their achievements were obvious to all. Therefore, the theater headquarters had no reason to refuse the promotion of officers. After all, they still needed Yang Ling and his troops to continue fighting.
Yang Ling and the others were celebrating another victory with joy, but the mood of the Japanese soldiers in the city, whose retreat was completely blocked, was not so good.
After a night of fighting, the Japs have now been compressed into the garden area in the east of the city. This area was originally a leisure place for high-ranking officials and rich people, but was later requisitioned by the Japs as the headquarters.
The more than 150 remaining Japanese soldiers have built countless fortifications in this area and are preparing to fight to the death.
The Japanese also heard the explosion like landslides and earth-shattering outside the city. The Japanese commander Qingchuan also hurriedly sent people to check. When daybreak, the Japanese would observe the situation and report back in a hurry.
"The security brigade has been completely wiped out..."
When the Japanese commander Major Qingchuan received the news, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He slumped down on his chair in a daze and was stunned for a long time without saying a word.
Now that the Skeleton Special Forces left without saying hello, their hope for the puppet army's response was in vain, and the ammunition depot was bombed again. The haggard Japanese commander Major Qingchuan, with bloodshot eyes, felt an indescribable despair.
Is it really going to be broken here? Major Qingchuan screamed unwillingly in his heart, he was not willing to give in!
"Send a report to the Nanjing headquarters immediately. Our unit has reached a critical moment of life and death..."
The Japanese's telegram for help became even more urgent. Not only was it sent to Nanjing, but all surrounding friendly forces also received the telegram for help. Everyone knew that Gaoyou could no longer defend it.
The Japs had reached the end of their strength and were about to be wiped out. The guerrilla officers and soldiers were still attacking, but the thunder was loud and the rain was light. After fighting for a long time, they still stood still.
Their purpose of doing this was also very simple, that is, to give the Japanese soldiers the illusion that they still had hope of survival, so they urged the surrounding reinforcements to get closer.
The Japanese supporting armies also received orders to move closer to Gaoyou at all costs, because the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters knew that once Gaoyou fell, it would lead to a series of chain reactions.
Yancheng, Nantong and other places will also be under greater pressure. It is very likely that the entire war in central and northern Jiangsu will be corrupted and difficult to control. Such consequences are unbearable for them.
Yang Ling and others were still fishing in Gaoyou, on the one hand to mobilize the Japanese and on the other hand to fish for friendly forces.
Seeing that Gaoyou was about to be liberated, the Sulu Guerrilla Corps actually couldn't sit still.
"Brother, the latest news is that Yang Ling actually killed the fifth brigade of the puppet army. Now the Japanese in Gaoyou City have become defeated soldiers. Gaoyou will soon be recaptured..."
The news that Gaoyou was about to be recaptured had been released, and the Sulu Guerrilla Corps, which had spies everywhere, quickly received the news. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Changjiang hurriedly found his commander Li Mingyang.
After hearing the news that Gaoyou was about to be recaptured by Yang Ling and others, Li Mingyang, the commander of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps, instead of being happy, frowned, not showing any sign of being happy for the friendly forces.
Yang Ling had sent several messages before, requesting the Sulu guerrilla troops to send troops to jointly attack Gaoyou, but they had been waiting and watching and did not move.
Because they felt that the Gaoyou Japanese and puppet troops were not weak, and if they fought, they would suffer heavy losses. In order to preserve their strength, they planned to wait until Yang Ling and the others had beaten them almost as quickly as they could before going to clean up the mess.
But Yang Ling and the others were so powerful that they were close to conquering Gaoyou in just a few days.
Yang Ling and others' capture of Gaoyou was not a good thing for their Sulu Guerrilla Corps, but a bad thing.
Because since the winter offensive, except for a few small-scale raids, the Sulu Guerrilla Corps has almost been conserving its strength.
However, the newly established Jiangsu North General Corps has been winning consecutive battles. If they capture Gaoyou, it will further highlight the incompetence of their Sulu Guerrilla Corps, and Li Mingyang's incompetence.
"Which of our units is closest to Gaoyou?" Li Mingyang raised his head and asked after thinking about the pros and cons.
"It's the fifth guerrilla regiment..." Li Changjiang replied.
"Order them to march quickly to Gaoyou at all costs. They must arrive at Gaoyou before Gaoyou is captured, and then go into battle!"