Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Now, even the Mei Agency far away in Shanghai knows about the intelligence and counter-reconnaissance capabilities of the southeastern Shanxi region.

Last month, the commander of the 14th Division, Kenji Doihara, quietly fled to southeastern Shanxi. If he had not relied on his intuition to gather intelligence earlier, he would have immediately hidden in the mountains for a few days and then escaped quickly under the cover of night. He would have been caught by the security department of the 389th Division long ago.

Thinking of this, Okabe Naosaburo was even more afraid to send reinforcements.

A telegram was immediately sent to Taniguchi Motojiro, instructing him to hold Yangquan and not to attack no matter what happened.

At the same time, the locust troops at various strongholds along the line must hold their positions firmly and never take the initiative to attack.

At the same time, armored trains were dispatched at twice the usual rate to speed up patrols.

Okabe Naosaburo had a premonition that Zeng Jiwen's move would not go this far. He had to wait until Zeng Jiwen made his next move before deciding whether to send reinforcements.

If reinforcements are sent now, if Zeng Jiwen's troops start attacking other places again, the First Army will not have enough troops to support them.

At 22 p.m. on the 3rd, outside Ci County Railway Station in southern Hebei.

After several days of preparation, as Taiyuan tested the 108th Division, the troops in southern Hebei arrived at their respective attack locations and began to wait for Wu Lin's orders.

That evening, the commander of the 760th Regiment, Mei Lin, and the political commissar, Chen Shengfu, received the order to capture Ci County.

Since the train station is less than one kilometer outside the city and is located on a plain, the 760th Regiment must fight quickly and decisively to capture Ci County and attract the county's defenders to come out of the city for support.

At 22:30 p.m., figures kept flashing by in a farmland not far from the train station.

On a small artillery tower outside the train station, the searchlight began to rotate and scan the open space on the side from time to time.

Then, beside a canal not far away, soldiers kept opening a tunnel and then used shovels and hoes to expand it.

In less than a moment, a tiny artillery position was built.

As the gasoline barrels were pushed out of the tunnel one by one by the soldiers of the guard company, they were transported to a location lower than the farmland and began to be assembled, and the angles were adjusted towards the direction of the train station.

After everyone was ready, the guard company commander Wei Zhiyuan took a Type 38 rifle from the side, lay on the edge of the field, pointed at the Japanese searchlight not far away, and pulled the trigger.

With a bang, the searchlight was shot down by Wei Zhiyuan using a rifle.

Afterwards, the Japanese troops on the lookout tower began to investigate what was going on.

But before the Japanese army could take action, suddenly, several objects emitting sparks flew over from the dark night sky.

Then, the entire artillery tower collapsed.

The Japanese soldiers inside were also buried inside.

At the same time, six flying thunder cannons began to continuously throw explosive packs at the train station. For a while, the entire train station was filled with bursts of explosions.

At the same time as the train station was attacked, the Japanese squadron leader in the city also heard the explosion outside the city. Without thinking too much, the Japanese squadron leader immediately gathered his troops and rushed outside the city to reinforce.

At the same time, the message was sent to the Handan Command.

When Captain Xiao Rizi led a squadron out of the city, the guard company had already captured the railway station without any damage and was setting up a position outside the station to block Xiao Rizi's squadron.

Then the two armies engaged in a firefight.

As the captain of the Xiao Rizi squadron commanded his troops to attack the railway station, the commander of the 760th Regiment, Merlin, led the first battalion and the artillery company to go around behind the Xiao Rizi squadron.

As Merlin gave the order to open fire, Xiao Rizi's rear wing was attacked by the 760th Regiment in an instant.

Under the pincer attack from both sides, the squadron's life was quickly wiped out.

After the small group of people who had left the city were eliminated, the second and third battalions, which had been waiting outside the city, immediately began to attack the county town.