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On the second day, outside an abandoned hut in Hongdong County, hundreds of Japanese soldiers surrounded the place tightly.

In the room, a Japanese lieutenant colonel pointed at two bodies dug out from the soil and asked: "Damn it, who killed our imperial warriors? Also, who is this other person? Have you found out his identity?"

The puppet colonel standing guard nearby quickly replied, "Taijun, there's no need to check this person, I know him!"

"Oh? You know him? Who is he?"

"This man is the second in command of the Black Dragon Gang, named Chen Dezhi, and he came to our Hongdong a few days ago." The colonel pointed his finger in the direction of Taiyuan and said:

"He was sent there, saying he was on a special mission. I didn't dare ask any more questions. I saw him near the train station the day before yesterday morning. Yesterday, two other members of the Black Dragon Gang who were traveling with him came to me and said they had lost him. I sent people to look for him, but they couldn't find him, so I didn't ask any more questions. After all, he was such a big living person, he couldn't just disappear out of thin air.

I just didn't expect that he was already dead!"

The lieutenant colonel immediately thought of the battle at the train station yesterday: "I see. Those people who showed up at the train station yesterday, I was wondering how they knew so much about the station. They must have gotten something out of Chen Dezhi. Humph, I told you that you can't trust the people of the Tang Dynasty. They only sell out their friends for glory at critical moments."

Hearing this, the colonel puppet soldier lowered his head and remained silent.

He really wanted to say: I am also a Tang Dynasty person. If you had the ability, you shouldn’t have asked me just now. After you used it, you said you couldn’t trust me. You are really good at crossing the river and then destroying the bridge.

Lieutenant Colonel: "Let's go, the higher-ups will handle this matter, our mission is to keep an eye on the county. We lost hundreds of people in yesterday's battle, and we can't make the same mistake again! The field division will be coming in soon, and our current mission is to repair the train station and keep the railway open!"

The colonel hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Taijun, we haven't found any clues about the people who attacked the train station yesterday. Should we continue investigating?"

"Investigate, we must investigate thoroughly, we must find a way to find them!"

"But, Madam, I heard that a group of people escaped over the city wall late last night. Could they be the ones who attacked the station?"

"That's not certain, but according to the soldiers defending the city, only a few dozen people escaped. I checked the traces left at the train station, and it would take at least hundreds of people to cause such firepower. So I'm sure that most of the people who attacked the station are still hiding in the city.

I have already deployed additional personnel at each city gate. If you lead a careful search, you will find them sooner or later!"

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Not many people who had seen Xu Le and others survived, so the Japanese thought that Xu Le participated in the siege of the train station with hundreds of people.

However, no matter how hard they looked, they couldn't find anyone, because Xu Le and the 50 guards had all run away, and even the people in the intelligence station had broken up into small groups and disguised themselves in various industries.

As for the rescued people, they were just ordinary people. They could slowly disperse in two or three days at most.

The Japs are bound to search the air!

Because the road from Linfen to Pu County had been occupied by 5 Japanese invaders, Xu Le and others had no way to return to the headquarters from here. They could only take a detour from Linfen to Xiangling, and then enter the Luliang Mountains from Fencheng, and go back along the road from Fanzhuang to Meidong Mountain.

Two days later, Xu Le returned to the headquarters and without any rest, he immediately called a meeting of all officers above the regimental level.

"What is the current situation of the troops? Tell me in detail!"

Jiang Feng, Liu Quanhua, and Wang Dafu looked at each other, and no one was willing to speak first.

Finally, Jiang Feng stood up and said, "I am the commander-in-chief of this operation, so let me speak! In fact, the first half of this operation went quite smoothly. The troops quickly occupied Yanxian, Yonghe, Shilou and other counties. At most, we can occupy all of Fenxi in one more day.

At that time, the troops can launch the final stage of the attack and take Majiazhai in one fell swoop.

However, Japanese heavy artillery suddenly appeared in Shuitou Town. The Independent 2nd and 3rd Regiments were the main attacking force. No one expected that there would be Japanese heavy artillery in such a place. The two regiments were caught off guard and suffered more than a thousand casualties.

Fortunately, the artillery regiment responded promptly and covered the area around Shuitou Town with intensive firepower, giving the two regiments a chance to withdraw.

The Japanese troops supporting Shuitou Town had no chance to catch up because the artillery regiment's firepower was too dense.

Anyway, as the commander-in-chief, I failed to take this sudden change into account. It is my fault and I am willing to accept the punishment!"

Xu Le waved his hands hastily: "You can't be blamed for this. No one could have imagined that the heavy artillery that the Japanese were so proud of would be deployed in a small town like Shuitou. And everyone knows that the Japanese heavy artillery weighs at least several thousand kilograms, and even more than 10 tons. There is no way to deploy it in a short time.

Therefore, the Japanese had planned this in advance, and it was not aimed at us. It was just that we happened to be in the right place, so the Japanese brought out their heavy artillery!

I am holding this meeting not to find out who is responsible, but to hope that everyone can reflect on it, find out the key to the problem, and avoid similar situations in the future!"

As he spoke, Xu Le could not help but feel a pain in his heart: "The loss of more than a thousand people is the biggest price my 176th Division has paid since leaving Kang! Needless to say, this Shuitou Town must be taken, and this hidden heavy artillery must also be dug out and destroyed to commemorate the sacrificed soldiers!

What about the Fenxi direction? What’s going on over there? "

At this time, Liu Quanhua spoke up. It was his 388th Brigade that attacked Fenxi and Majiazhai: "Starting from Yan County, although the Yan County devils put up a desperate resistance, the troops' battles went smoothly, it was nothing more than a delay of a little time.

Originally, there were no more than a thousand Japanese devils and puppet troops in Fenxi, but because the city wall was thick, it took a little more time. As long as the city wall was broken, it would be easy to break into the city.

Originally, the 4th Independent Regiment was already engaged in street fighting to clear out the remaining enemies.

However, the Japanese large-caliber artillery shells suddenly fell from the sky and indiscriminately bombed the city. Many buildings in the county were destroyed, thousands of civilians were affected, and the Independent 4th Regiment also suffered hundreds of casualties.

I realized the seriousness of the problem at that time. In order to prevent the county town from being bombed further by the Japanese, I ordered the 4th Independent Regiment to withdraw from the county town in an orderly manner.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Japanese troops entered the county town and gathered in the direction of Majiazhai.

The Japanese heavy field artillery was a huge threat. In order to avoid further losses to our troops, we decided to withdraw from the battle.

So far, the 664th and 666th Regiments have established fortifications in Weicheng, and Yan County has been taken over by the devils again. According to preliminary investigations, there are more than 2 devils in Yan County and more than 2 in Fenxi. As for Pu County, although the 5 devils have not launched an attack from beginning to end, I dare to conclude that as long as we make any movement, they will definitely open fire and attack! "