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When the agreed time arrived, Wang Chengzhu received the order to fire.

Mountain artillery and mortars fired together, and the shells whizzed towards the county fortifications.

A rumble broke the pre-dawn.

Wang Chao from the security team was still struggling over whether or not to arrange for his men to turn against the government and open the gate of the county town.

Hearing the sound of the exploding artillery, he immediately urged Wang Yong.

"Yongzi, take the people to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to enter the city. I will go to gather the trusted personnel. Let's do it. Fight the devils."

Sometimes it is not your inner self but the external situation that helps you make decisions.

Any later and Ding Wei won't need you to surrender.

Gunshots were heard in the county town, including the sound of pistols, rifles, and light machine guns, as well as the sound of grenade explosions.

The security corps turned against the enemy, attacked the defenders at the city gate from the inside, and broke through the Japanese defensive fortifications.

Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Dabiao immediately launched a charge.

Arrange heavy machine gun fire cover and attack from both inside and outside.

The demolition team rushed forward to blast open a gap, providing cover with artillery fire.

The Japanese squad on guard was confused. Bullets were fired from the rear, and the security regiment suddenly turned against them, disrupting the deployment.

The Eighth Route Army's charge has arrived with strong firepower.

Mortars and grenade launchers fired at the top of the city wall, blowing the heavy machine gun positions into pieces.

Taking advantage of the situation, the county gates were opened and the troops filed in, joining forces with the security corps to clean up the remaining Japanese invaders, traitors and puppet troops.

The total force in the city was only 1500 people. After the security corps turned against the city, only the Japanese and traitors were left, totaling 700 people.

The fighting capacity of this group of people is barely at the third-rate level. If it weren't for the 200 Japanese devils supporting them, it wouldn't even be considered third-rate.

The new third regiment attacked continuously, and the assault team killed all the defenders.

The entire battle was carried out with great ease. The comrades killed the Japanese soldiers on the ground as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

The remaining traitors and detectives all knew that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well, so they laid down their weapons and surrendered, fearing that if they surrendered too late they would be shot dead.

We attacked at 4 o'clock and captured the county town by o'clock.

When the people woke up in shock, the flag of the Fourth Military Sub-district had already been hoisted on the county town gate tower.

This is too fast.

Ding Wei did not give the troops too much time to rest and immediately mobilized the main force to approach the southwest direction of Kelan.

The area surrounding Kelan County is full of steep mountains. The small county town cannot compare to Wuzhai, and there are even fewer Japanese and puppet troops left behind, only a few hundred people.

We only need to guard against the supporting Japanese invaders and the garrison troops in Jingle, Lanxian and Xingxian.

These three forces of support all have to pass through the mountainous area.

Even if we can't take the county town, we can surround it and attack its reinforcements, at least killing a few hundred Japanese and puppet troops.

The highly mobile cavalry battalion and reconnaissance battalion were the first to deploy to the southwest, while the main forces of the new third regiment and the artillery battalion marched quickly.

The two counties are 80 miles apart.

Be ready to attack before 2pm.

With plenty of mule and horse carts and bicycles, and the help of the masses in transporting ammunition, the troops' advance speed was not slow.

The most critical situation lies in the First Army Headquarters. Yoshio Shinozuka has stepped down and the new commander is still on the way.

Send troops or abandon the county?

Who will make this decision?

Since no one is making the decision and there is no military support, we will just have to attack and take it by force.

After the Japanese occupied the county town, they strengthened all the county towns, built fortifications and bunkers, dug trenches, and recruited puppet troops to defend the city walls.

It would be difficult to fight without artillery, but it would be difficult if there were artillery.

The reinforced defenses seemed insignificant, and the infantry artillery was used to fire at the bunkers, hitting them accurately with every shot.

It only took a dozen or so shells to clear out the firepower.

Masonry fortifications and bunkers were not very defensive, and could only defend against rifles and machine guns, which could be destroyed by any cannon.

It was also impossible for the Japanese to build concrete fortifications in a mountainous county town.

I just can't bear to spend such a huge price.

There are so many counties in the war zone, and if each of them is to be built according to the standards of permanent concrete fortifications, the island country will have to be hollowed out.

While Zhang Dabiao was commanding the attack, he also kept a reserve force to guard against the arrival of external reinforcements from the Japanese invaders.

But then they received news that there were no reinforcements, so they could attack boldly.

What was there to be afraid of? He just threw off his hat and ordered a fierce attack.

Under the cover of firepower, the soldiers approached the city wall and climbed to the top of the wall using tools such as hemp ropes.

Rush forward and fight a bloody battle with the Japs.

Artillery fire covered and destroyed multiple machine gun firepower. More and more soldiers climbed up the city wall and jumped into the county town.

The resistance of the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly became weak.

The assault team successfully broke the attack and provided cover for the main force to break into the city gate.

The gunfire was intense. The remaining Japanese soldiers fought desperately but were suppressed by the assault group's submachine gun fire.

After losing the fire cover of bunkers and artillery towers, the Japanese and puppet troops in the county town quickly collapsed.

At 5 pm, Zhang Dabiao's New Third Regiment captured the second county town.

The traitors and puppet soldiers were dealt with in a first-rate manner, and the stubborn ones were all shot dead. Those who could still be reformed were arranged for ideological education and sent to reform camps for study.

The Fourth Military Division lost 317 troops, killed more than 1600 Japanese and puppet troops, and seized a large amount of combat supplies in the county.

One old mountain cannon was seized.

Mainly when they were storming Kelan County, the assault group suffered heavy damage and had to climb the city wall by force, which was similar to the merit of being the first to reach the city.

Those who participated in the war were collectively promoted and publicized as model representatives within the Fourth Military Sub-district.

Zhang Zhenguo, the platoon leader who led the team to climb to the top of the city wall first, was promoted to company commander and was commended individually.

The new Third Regiment's forces were split and deployed, with checkpoints set up at major traffic arteries along the mountain roads and additional sentries and reconnaissance personnel added.

The New Fourth Regiment was stationed along the Wuzhai direction.

Ding Wei’s headquarters was settled in Wuzhai County.

The main force of the Fourth Military Division was deployed to strengthen guerrilla forces in several counties in the northwest and provide some of the captured ammunition to friendly forces.

The base area in the mountainous area was expanded, and all the traitors and traitors were cleared out in this area.

Arrange the main company to eliminate the bandits entrenched in the mountainous areas.

The bandits took refuge and hid in the farther ravines.

In the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army,

Chu Yunfei received news about the Fourth Military Sub-district one after another, and its garrison area had been expanded to two county towns.

Adopt a defensive posture based on the terrain.

In just a few days, the entire area was cleaned up.

"Brother Ligong, the organizational ability of the Eighth Route Army is truly amazing. This group of people must be a powerful force in the future, and they are also our greatest enemy."

"I don't think so. In terms of the number of soldiers and weapons and equipment, the Eighth Route Army is still a long way from being a regular army. The war of resistance is still difficult, and I conclude that they have no more room for development."

Chu Yunfei took a deep breath and imagined how long it would take to pacify the local people if his 358th Regiment took over the county town.

Xin County is in a plain area, so don’t even think about it.

Jingle, Lanxian and Loufan can be considered, but it is quite difficult as the three counties are close to each other and each has battalion-level troops stationed there.

The more he compared, the more Chu Yunfei felt inferior.

Ding Wei had just started his journey, and after a short rest, he set his sights on the two county towns of Shenchi and Ningwu.

This is an important gateway into the mountainous area. The Japanese have more troops stationed there and their firepower is also sufficient.

A strong attack will inevitably be blocked.

It is necessary to cut off the railway lines, capture the surrounding artillery towers and strongholds, and nibble away at them step by step.

Take advantage of the border where the First Army and the Mongolian Army are stationed and find suitable attack opportunities in this gap.

The New Fifth, New Third and New Fourth Regiments made every effort to eliminate the artillery tower strongholds on the edge of the garrison.

There is no need to dismantle the ones within the country, instead you can use them yourself.

We must continue to infiltrate the Japanese war zone and expand the scope of our base area.

Solve it one village and one town at a time.