Devil's Army

The Japanese troops in Gao County began to take turns to cover their evacuation from Gao County.

The commander of a regiment outside the south gate of Gao County soon discovered that the firepower of the Japanese troops on the city wall had obviously weakened, and ordered the mortar soldiers to bombard the south gate wall more fiercely.

Two rocket soldiers rushed to the city gate under the cover of machine gunners.

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud "boom" and the south gate of Gao County collapsed by a rocket attack.

A group of soldiers outside the city rushed into Gao County and fired desperately at the Japanese troops on the city wall and in the city. However, the resistance of these Japanese troops was not tenacious, and they retreated deep into Gao County while fighting.

After taking over the south gate of Gao County, the regiment commander divided his troops into three groups. One group continued to pursue the remaining enemies, another group reinforced the east gate of Gao County, and another group reinforced the north gate of Gao County.

At this time, soldiers from the 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the 2nd Brigade were already attacking the north gate and east gate of Gao County.

With the cooperation of the soldiers of the first regiment in the city, the soldiers of the second and third regiments quickly broke through the north gate and east gate of Gao County and drove the Japanese army to the north gate of Gao County.

To the surprise of the soldiers of the Second Brigade, the resistance of the Japanese troops in Gao County was not strong.

After more than an hour of clearing, the Japanese and puppet troops in Gao County were basically cleared out.

Gao County fell into the clutches of the Japanese army in 1937, and returned to our hands three years later.

The jurisdiction of the First Anti-Japanese Army also advanced nearly 50 miles westward and entered the territory of Shijiazhuang.

When Commander Li of the Independent Brigade of the Hebei-Central Military Region heard that Shenze County and Gao County had been recaptured, he rushed over with his troops.

They have been active in Shenze County and Gao County for a long time and have deep feelings for the local people.

Commander Li personally led his troops and the troops of the Second Brigade to participate in the cleanup and reconstruction of Gao County and Shenze County.

Gray Wolf heard from Deputy Brigade Commander Dai that the troops had recaptured Shenze County and Gao County and were now approaching Shijiazhuang. He sent them a congratulatory message and told Deputy Brigade Commander Dai:

These two counties have always been the activity areas of the Eighth Route Army. The Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army has rich experience in the construction of local governments and has sufficient local cadres and personnel. The two counties can be handed over to the management of the Eighth Route Army. The Second Brigade is responsible for garrisoning and protecting the safety of the two counties.

Deputy Brigade Commander Dai immediately conveyed Commander Tan’s instructions to Commander Li of the Independent Regiment, asking him to send local cadres to take over the management of the two counties.

Captain Li couldn't believe his ears after hearing this.

While other warlords were desperately trying to expand their territories, the First Anti-Japanese Army actually unconditionally gave the conquered territories to the Eighth Route Army for management.

While expressing his gratitude to Deputy Brigade Commander Dai, he said he would consult his superiors.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army and the First Anti-Japanese Army were showing signs of getting closer.

The commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram to express his gratitude to Commanders Leng and Tan, and at the same time dispatched capable local cadres from the headquarters to manage the two counties.

When Deputy Brigade Commander Dai's Second Brigade and the Eighth Route Army's Hebei Military Region Independent Regiment were busy rebuilding Gao County, two sentries came to report that they were looking for the supreme commander of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

The highest commander of the First Anti-Japanese Army here is undoubtedly Deputy Brigade Commander Dai. Deputy Brigade Commander Dai asked the sentry to take them to the headquarters, and he arrived soon.

After a while, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai arrived at the headquarters.

The sentry introduced the two men dressed as ordinary people:

"This is Deputy Brigade Commander Dai of the Second Brigade of our First Anti-Japanese Army."

"Hello, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai! We are from the county brigade of Shenze County. A group of Japanese soldiers are harming the people of Shijia Village, and the members of the county brigade are fighting with them. We heard that you have reached Gao County, so we came here to request reinforcements."

"How many devils are there in this group?"

"There are more than 100 devils in this group. It is very likely that the devils who were defeated in Shenze County found that Gao County was surrounded by you when they fled to Gao County, and then turned to Shijiazhuang to cause trouble in Shijia Village."

"Guards, tell the commander to immediately send a company to reinforce."

"Yes!"

"You two go with the guards and lead the way for the captain's troops."

"Thank you, Deputy Brigade Commander Dai!"

"It's an emergency, go quickly, go quickly."

Two members of the county brigade quickly took a company of the first regiment and rushed to Shijia Village.

Soon, the sound of gunfire from the front could be clearly heard. The sound of the Type 38 rifles and the Type 99 rifles suppressed the sound of the Hanyang rifles.

It is obvious that the members of Shenze County Brigade are at a disadvantage.

When they arrived near Shijiazhuang, members of the Shenze County Brigade were fighting fiercely with Japanese troops at the village entrance.

Two members of the county brigade led soldiers from the first company of the first army to encircle the village from both sides.

The Japanese army was busy eliminating the members of the Shenze County Brigade and did not notice that a troop was coming from both wings.

When the company commander arrived at the village wall, he immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops at the village entrance.

The Japanese troops at the entrance of the village were suddenly bombarded by fierce fire, and the troops were in chaos.

The first to be annihilated were six Japanese mortar soldiers, which greatly reduced the firepower of the Japanese attacking the county brigade.

The lieutenant quickly divided his troops to block the company's attack from both wings.