Zhao Gang still did not stop Li Yunlong. After sending the correspondent out, the battle to attack Ping'an County began.

The Independent Regiment wanted to attack the county town, so the bases it opened and local armed forces in the guerrilla areas naturally could not stand by and watch, so they started working vigorously.

Yamamoto Ichiki Na of the county seat was the commander's confidant general. A telegram for help was passed by, and the northwestern Shanxi was boiling like a pot. The Japanese defenders from all over the country went from all directions to reinforce from all directions regardless of the risk of being ambushed.

In addition to the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the surrounding guerrilla areas also have large numbers of county brigades, district squads, militia and other local armed forces.

There are also many Central Army stationed in the Jinsui Army nearby. Although there is no order to cooperate in combat between the Eighth Route Army and the Kuomintang army.

Moreover, the communication capabilities within the Eighth Route Army were very poor, and the communication between the main forces and local troops was also poor. The departments in the surrounding guerrilla areas did not know that there was a Li Yunlong here to attack the county town.

But as long as the Japanese army comes out of the stronghold in front of him, he cannot let him walk happily. This is a good opportunity to ambush and pull out the stronghold. Can you avoid taking advantage if you see it?

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, the Shanxi Sui Army, the Anti-Japanese Armed Forces in various regions, including the bandits and kings who Xiaojue the mountains and forests, were all trapped in, and the northwest of Shanxi was really in chaos.

The Taiyuan defenders sent two corpses to northwestern Shanxi to reinforce. After walking for dozens of kilometers, the train stopped. When the commander got off the car, he saw that more than ten kilometers of railway tracks were gone. They had to get off the car and walk.

But before they walked far, they hit the defense zone of Kong Jie of the New Second Regiment. At this time, the communication cavalry of the Independent Regiment had not arrived yet!

Kong Jie had already figured out some of the taste. Li Yunlong's independent group was around Ping'an County. With his trouble-provoking nature, he must have made trouble again. The Japanese were really anxious this time, so they couldn't let them go.

With his order, the New Second Regiment, the county brigades, district brigades, and militias almost all entered the battle. Relying on favorable terrain, the situation was to launch a comprehensive blockade.

The Japanese army in Fu'an received the reinforcement order, and the two regiments met Ding Wei's new regiment as soon as they left the stronghold.

The Japanese were like crazy. They launched a group charge seven or eight times in one breath. The artillery fire to cover the charge was also very fierce. They used all the heavy artillery of large caliber and killed all the second battalion of the New First Regiment.

The troops fought so hard with the Japanese, sooner or later they would be killed. But if the Japanese were allowed to pass, the independent regiment would suffer.

Ding Wei thought about it for a moment and immediately had an idea. The Xinyi Gang defense zone is more than 30 miles deep, including passes, bridges and more than a dozen commanding heights that can guard the highway.

Build landmines on the range of the highway, leaving the Japanese with no way out. Send a small group of troops to occupy the commanding heights and resist the sharp edge of his attack step by step. Then blow up all the bridges, and he will not think about participating in this group of Japanese with this big banquet in Ping'an County.

As expected, as soon as the Xinyi Regiment opened the intersection, the Japanese had no idea of ​​entanglement, and they gathered the troops and started rushing.

But before I could walk far, the front car was blown up and it was a landmine.

The Japanese sent engineers to detect mines. As soon as they swept to the minefield, the mines were fired again, and half of the Japanese engineers were killed. The remaining half wanted to clear mines, but they were knocked down by the sudden machine gun fire.

This time I didn't even have minesweeping.

The Japanese were also anxious and rushed forward in battle formations, but they rushed out again. In the past, the Japanese commander would definitely not have fought such a cowardly battle, but the order he received was to reinforce at all costs.

Therefore, they could only order attacks and advance, and the troops fought while walking. The Eighth Route Army continued to harass. After walking less than twenty kilometers, one-third of the Japanese were injured or killed, and the Japanese commander was almost vomiting blood.

The Japanese reinforcements stationed in Luyang were ambushed halfway. They were first attacked by a battalion of the Central Army. They exchanged fire for an hour, and both sides suffered casualties.

After the Central Army withdrew, the Japanese army continued to walk, and encountered harassment from guerrillas, landmine wars, and sparrow wars in turn.

The guerrillas had a variety of weapons, including local cannons from Guangxu, large poles, bird guns, and condone guns, as well as firecrackers installed in iron buckets, which kept cracking and cracking.

The earth cannon has a great lethality in close range. Dozens of kilograms of gunpowder were wrapped in a large amount of iron sand. With a "boom", it was directly plowed within thirty or forty meters. All living targets were either dead or injured.

The Japanese army was getting more and more wounded, and the commander ordered a team of soldiers to escort the wounded back to the stronghold. Who would have thought that on the way back to the stronghold, they were attacked by a group of bandits, and all the soldiers in a team were killed.

The bandits did not give preferential treatment to prisoners or implemented humanitarian policies. They first snatched military supplies, even stripped off the clothes of the wounded, and then slaughtered none of the wounded. Dozens of naked bodies were thrown on the road, as if mocking the Japanese army's incompetence.

The offensive troops were fighting lively, and Ping'an County was not bad either. The Independent Regiment divided one-third of its troops to lead local armed forces to fight aid, blocking all roads within 50 kilometers of the county, and buried thousands of landmines alone.

At the combat meeting to attack the county town, the battalion commanders of the first, third and fourth battalions were all fighting for the main attack. Only Yuan Pengfei and Zhang Dabiao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

No matter which battalion is the main attacker, Zhang Dabiao must lead the team. Yuan Pengfei had known Li Yunlong's personality, and of course, he would have to be the full main attacker with a 10-to-1 force!

But this time he was wrong. He did not have heavy artillery fire to open the city gate. Of course, Li Yunlong had to attack from all directions and disperse the enemy's firepower.

At this time, there were four Italian cannons and 219 shells, which were more than enough to hit them all the way.

Li Yunlong directly assigned a mission and said, "I've heard it all. This time we attacked from all directions. One battalion was the main attack on the city walls on the west side, and the others were all feints, dispersing the enemy's troops.

The Japanese in the county town have an infantry squadron, a military police, and a puppet army brigade. The Japanese are also capable of strength, so we won’t be too ill.

But that puppet army brigade was originally a security regiment and its combat effectiveness was simply inefficient. I found the direction they were stationed, four Italian cannons and eight mortars, and I flattened the top of the city.

Remember, don’t rush into the deeper troops that attack first. First, infiltrate along the city wall, kill the enemy’s defensive forces on the city wall, open the city gate, and then fight in depth from four directions, compress the enemy in the center, and finally clean up."

Isn't that his business?

Yuan Pengfei didn't care about his reserve and quickly said, "Captain, I am the most familiar with this Italian cannon. I will take the cannon company to fight!"
Chapter completed!