Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe failed to break out in the end, and was beaten into a sieve together with the baggage captain.
As the last Japanese soldier on the battlefield was killed, the battlefield that had been filled with gunshots and explosions for nearly two hours returned to silence.
Chief of Staff Zeng Quan could no longer suppress his inner excitement and shouted directly in front of Wang Ping: "We win, Captain, we win!"
"Including the frontal battlefield, we eliminated at least three thousand Japs!"
Wang Ping's tense heart also relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief and replied: "Chief of Staff, we won, but don't forget that the price we paid was also very heavy. Immediately arrange for troops to clean the battlefield and prepare for the political commissars and political commissars behind.
Director Deng sent a telegram to mobilize all the people in the Independent Regiment who can move, and bring back all the things we can use on the battlefield. If the Independent Regiment wants to regain its strength, it will need any supplies!"
In Laiyuan City, after the Japanese army was ordered to shrink its troops and engage in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army, the advance of the troops entering the city suddenly slowed down, and casualties began to increase sharply.
Captain Chen received the news quickly, frowned and analyzed to the point: "The Japanese are too cunning. They want to delay us by fighting in the streets, and then wait for the main force to return for reinforcements."
"This problem must be solved. We don't have that much time to spend with the Japanese!" the chief of staff replied with a frown.
Captain Chen is indeed an old revolutionary with rich combat experience. Soon, a sneer flashed across his tense face.
"The Japanese have a good idea, but their hasty decision to engage in street fighting, in my opinion, will not only fail to save them, but will also hasten their demise!"
"Street fighting is not easy, and you must be well prepared. Laiyuan City is in such chaos now, and the Japanese and puppet troops are insufficient. You have me and you, and it is night, and everything is pitch black. Devils
If you suddenly think of fighting in the street, aren't you afraid of hurting one of your own people?"
The chief of staff immediately reacted: "I understand, commander, what you mean is that the Japanese have hastily decided to engage in street fighting. A very key reason is that there is no distinction between the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield, so street fighting is impossible, and we just happen to
We can take advantage of this to quickly break through and capture Laiyuan City."
"Not bad!" Captain Chen affirmed.
"Order each battalion to allocate a company, put on the uniforms of the Japs and the Imperial Alliance Army, pretend to be Japanese and puppet troops in retreat, and cooperate with the main force to break through to the center of the city!"
"In addition, tell the first battalion commander that directly in front of him is the Japs' arsenal in the center of the city. The Japs are likely to jump over the wall at the last moment and blow up the arsenal. Let him use the same method to pretend to be a Japanese and puppet army and directly insert the arsenal.
The arsenal, then occupy it and ensure the safety of the arsenal!"
"With the chaos in Laiyuan City and the lack of Japanese troops, there should not be many defenders of the arsenal. At most, one company should be able to capture the arsenal."
More than thirty Imperial Army soldiers and Japanese soldiers fled toward the center of the city in great embarrassment. A company of Eighth Route Army troops followed behind them, firing continuously to chase them down.
A Japanese infantry squad was ambushing right in front of them, preparing to ambush the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.
The situation in front of him was obviously beyond the squad leader's expectation. He did not expect that there were still Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance Army ahead of them that had not been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
But soon the squad leader made a decision to save these people first.
There are not many troops left in the city. If these dozens of people join in to cooperate with me in street fighting here, I will definitely be able to persist longer and be able to destroy more Eighth Route Army troops.
"Let the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army go ahead, go up to a squad, intercept them, and reorganize them into our squad for street fighting. The other warriors will block the Eighth Route Army's pursuers!" the squad leader ordered with a serious look on his face.
More than thirty people easily rushed through the Japanese ambush circle, and then saw several Japanese blocking the street with guns in hand.
"Baga, stop all of them. You are all cowards and a disgrace to the imperial army. Now I am going to reorganize you and join us in street fighting. Let's continue fighting!" Several Japanese soldiers started talking loudly as soon as they came up.
"Platoon leader, what should I do?" The squad leader, wearing a Japanese military uniform, immediately asked the platoon leader next to him.
"The Japanese have no intention of shooting, they must regard us as their own!" the platoon leader immediately made a judgment.
Then he ordered in a low voice: "We don't know what the devils said, and acting rashly will definitely make them suspicious. There is only one way to catch them off guard and kill them!"
"Bah, bang, bang!" Soon, a burst of gunfire rang out on the street, and several Japanese soldiers fell to the ground in disbelief, not knowing why their colleagues shot at them.
On the battlefield with constant gunfire, these gunshots did not attract much attention.
Because dozens of people blocked the streets tightly, the Japanese troops ambushing on both sides of the streets directly interpreted the gunfire as a warning, or shot the Imperial Army soldiers who escaped before the battle.
At this moment, the Japanese troops who were ambushing here opened fire. The sudden burst of bullets killed more than a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers who were exposed on the street.
"There is a Japs ambush in front of us. Let's all fight back in cover! The machine guns will fire immediately to suppress the Japs' firepower!" This time, the leading company commander did not directly order the troops to rush forward like before, but stopped and calmly followed the Japanese troops.
Make a shot.
"Nani? What's going on? Why didn't the Eighth Route Army attack?" the squad leader frowned and muttered to himself.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..." Soon, the gunshots and explosions from behind gave him a clear explanation.
The dozens of imperial troops and imperial alliance troops that he had just let go had suddenly changed, from the lost dogs just now to the elites they are now.
They cooperated with each other and killed each other from behind.
Caught off guard, many imperial soldiers were killed before they could react.
"Baga, they are not the Imperial Army at all, they are the Eighth Route Army, pretending to be the Eighth Route Army. Stop them!" The team leader suddenly reacted and shouted loudly.
However, he tragically discovered that after the order was issued, not many people followed it.
An infantry team originally had only about fifty people. Half of them were shooting at the front with the Eighth Route Army. The other half of the imperial army stayed behind. After killing a few people at first, the unexpected attack killed more than a dozen of them.
.And as the Eighth Route Army kept approaching behind them, more and more imperial soldiers were killed by bullets fired from unknown sources.
It can be said that because of the appearance of these dozens of people, the squad leader suddenly found that he was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, with enemies everywhere.
As soon as the subordinates around him show their heads, they will be hit by bullets immediately.
"Captain, after changing the attack method, the troops are progressing very quickly. Now almost two squadrons of Japanese have been eliminated by us!" The chief of staff happily rushed to Captain Chen and reported.
"Is there any news about the first battalion in the direction of the arsenal?" Commander Chen, who was very satisfied with the result, immediately asked.
At this moment, a battalion of correspondents suddenly rushed over.
"Commander, our battalion commander asked me to report that the arsenal has been taken down. The Japs only put more than 20 Japs in the arsenal, and they are setting up blinkers to blow up the arsenal. If they are not wearing Japs uniforms, they will be beaten.
I was caught off guard and the arsenal was almost blown up by the Japanese!"
"Okay, by taking down the arsenal and attacking Laiyuan City, the goal has been achieved!" Commander Chen's tense nerves finally relaxed!
"Order each battalion to end the battle within half an hour! Contact the political commissar outside the city to immediately organize troops, mobilize the people, and help us transport supplies. I will evacuate Laiyuan City tonight!"
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