Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

As a breach was blown open in the Yuncheng city wall.

Soon, soldiers from the 81st and 82nd Regiments began to climb the city wall using ladders.

In front of the city gate, the soldiers who rushed forward placed explosive packs, which blew the city gate into pieces.

As the vanguard troops entered the city, the soldiers of the two regiments kept raising their guns and firing, while the machine guns on the side began to provide cover fire.

All of a sudden, the Japanese troops in the city began to retreat.

As more and more troops poured into the city, soldiers from six regiments soon engaged in street fighting with the Japanese army.

At this time, the 40 rocket launcher, which served as platoon-level support firepower, was used as an offensive weapon in street fighting, constantly destroying the Japanese army's firepower points.

In less than three hours, the troops had quickly reached the center of the city.

By this time, it was already dark.

When the Japanese army marched south, the people in the city fled to the countryside for refuge as soon as they knew that Yan Laoxi had escaped.

At this time, there were only the two warring parties in the city, constantly fighting each other through various shelters.

The entire city was in ruins.

At this time, the commander of the 39th Brigade, Yoshito Takagi, saw the chaotic situation at night and made a prompt decision.

The troops began to be organized to evacuate from the side facing the mountains.

At this time, Yoshito Takagi no longer cared about Yuncheng being captured by the Eighth Route Army.

If they don't evacuate now, their brigade will probably follow the same path as the 40th Brigade in Shijiazhuang.

Wait until dawn.

At this time, the entire Yuncheng began to become quiet.

The soldiers of the westward column began to clean up the entire inner city.

After last night's battle, the Japanese army hastily evacuated towards Pinglu with about five battalions of troops.

As for the other troops, they were all wiped out in the city.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Xun Bai led a group of people into the city.

Looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the streets along the way, Xun Bai nodded.

“I saw both of your groups this time.

It was a good fight.”

After hearing the commander's words, Wang Huaide and Lu Guanying on the side finally felt relieved.

Suddenly, a sound came from the front.

"You little devil, you're still pretending to be dead!

Look quickly to see if there are any other devils pretending to be dead.

The dead ones should be stabbed with a bayonet first."

After saying that, a group of people surrounded the two Japanese soldiers.

Xun Bai and others heard the sound and looked over, and saw two Japanese soldiers with blood all over their faces, looking at the surrounding soldiers in horror.

Xun Bai became interested when he saw this scene and signaled the person next to him to ask what was going on.

Not long after, Wang Huaide told Xun Bai.

It turned out that these two Japanese soldiers were afraid of death. After the battle started, they quietly hid beside the Japanese soldiers who were killed in the explosion and pretended to be dead.

As a result, he was discovered by the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield.

Xun Bai immediately became interested when he heard this.

Before, the division had captured Japanese soldiers.

Xun Bai originally didn't have much hope for his teacher's method.

But judging from the results of the logistics department's rigorous training of these Japs, it really worked.

It's better to pretend to be dead. This is exactly what the division commander wants. He throws it to the logistics department who is responsible for capturing prisoners.

Maybe after a few years, the division commander will be able to assemble a "locust army".

So, Xun Bai waved his hand and asked someone to take the two Japanese devils away and prepare to send them to the military district.

"Order the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield and leave the rest to the local authorities."

After hearing this, Zhang Fusheng immediately nodded.

Pinglu.

Ushijima Mitsuki and Homma Masaharu were sitting in a makeshift command center.

Both of them looked unhappy.

They didn't expect that the 39th Brigade would not last even a day.

They have already evacuated from Yuncheng.

You know, in order to strengthen the military strength in Yuncheng, they also left three additional battalions.

But now, judging from Yoshito Takagi's report.

If Takagi Yoshito had not evacuated in time, the 39th Brigade would have been finished by now.

Looking at the telegram from Yoshito Takagi regarding the equipment situation of the 389th Division.

The two of them watched with their eyelids twitching.

The two flying squadrons that provided support to Xinxiang only managed to return with five planes.

The rest were all shot down outside Yuncheng City.

Moreover, this time the troops of the 389th Division were able to organize an air defense firepower network.

The 389th Division and its subordinates have actually started to be equipped with semi-automatic rifles!

Yoshito Takagi reported that the weapons equipped by the 389th Division were very similar to those of the country across the ocean.

The two looked at each other.

They both saw solemnity in each other's eyes.

Could it be that the opponent is finished?

You know, last month their quasi-ally Delin launched a surprise attack on its neighbor, which shocked all countries.

In less than a month, they divided "Bolang" with the north.

Why were they so anxious to attack the National Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area? It was because they wanted to push the front line inland and force Chongqing to negotiate.

But now it seems that this plan is in jeopardy.

Just now, they organized another attack and found that the resistance in the city was much stronger than yesterday.

At the same time, a large number of Central Army troops were discovered.

The two men understood that reinforcements from Pinglu had arrived.

The situation is now dangerous.

The two divisions in Zhongtiao Mountain are now trapped in the mountains.

In front of them was a large number of Central Army troops, and the troops of the 389th Division surrounded them from the rear.

If they are not careful, their two divisions will probably be wiped out here today.

When they thought of this, their brows were tightly furrowed.

"Send the troops to pick up Takagi-kun quickly~ Ushijima-kun!"

Masaharu Honma suggested.

Hearing this, Ushijima Mitsuki nodded.

"Send two squadrons to support Takagi."

Then he quickly looked at the surrounding terrain.

"Honma-kun, now we can either retreat to the vicinity of Zhangdian and hold our ground until help arrives.

Or we can retreat to Zhongtiao Mountain and join the locust army there."

Hearing this, Honma Masaharu instinctively resisted.

The methods that Ushijima Minoru often mentioned were actually not very good.

The two locust army divisions on Zhongtiao Mountain are still circling the mountain.

This time it was a bit sloppy.

Without figuring out the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain, they hastily attacked the Nationalist troops in Zhongtiao Mountain.

Retreat to Zhangdian, once surrounded by the Chinese army.

If they want to withdraw again, they can only hope that the locust army in Jiyuan can defeat the Chinese army and come to support them.

Neither of these two methods is what he wants.

But in the current situation, the national army supporting Pinglu has arrived, and they have to make a decision.

"Ushijima-kun, after we pick up the 39th Brigade, let's evacuate to Zhongtiao Mountain~"

Honma Masaharu thought for a moment and said.

Hearing this, Ushijima Mitsuki looked at him with some surprise.

"It's too dangerous to hold on to Zhangdian.

If it doesn’t work, give it a try~"

Masaharu Homma said to Ushijima Mitsuki.

"Let the air force at Xinxiang Airport support us.

The heavy artillery of the 389th Division was also unable to enter the mountainous area.

We are afraid we can’t hold on to Zhangdian.”

After hearing what Honma Masaharu said, Ushijima Mitsugu immediately felt that it was feasible.

“Okay, let’s follow Honma-kun’s plan.

We're retreating!"