"Brothers, please hold on a little longer. The heavy artillery brigade will be ready for artillery support soon!"
Zhao Gang shouted at Lu Ming and others, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boom boom boom..."
Not long after he finished speaking, overwhelming artillery shells fell on the Jinsui Army's position.
"Damn, it's so enjoyable!"
Looking at the Jinsui Army covered by artillery fire, Lu Ming clenched his fists and shouted.
"Finally we're here, I'm so nervous!"
Seeing the artillery support arriving, Zhao Gang also rarely cursed.
With the reinforcements from the heavy artillery brigade, the pressure on Zhao Gang and the others dropped sharply, and they were no longer beaten as before.
There are no problems on Zhao Gang's side, and Li Qiufan is also starting to wrap things up.
Thousands of surviving Jinsui troops and Japanese soldiers were surrounded. All the soldiers stared at them, and soon Li Qiufan came over.
Seeing Li Qiufan coming, everyone moved out of the way, and he came directly in front of the Jinsui Army and the Japanese.
"Brother, be careful, they haven't..."
"fine."
Heizi stood in front of Li Qiufan, fearing that the enemy would resist and shoot him with a black gun and injure Li Qiufan.
But Li Qiufan didn't wait for him to finish, then he said lightly that it was okay and pushed him away.
"All Chinese put down their weapons!"
Li Qiufan looked at the thousands of people in front of him and shouted at them.
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the Jinsui Army and the Japanese looked at each other but made no move.
"Raise the gun!"
Seeing that the other party did not move, Li Qiufan gave an order to the soldier beside him.
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's order, all the soldiers raised their guns and loaded the guns.
Seeing this scene, the atmosphere instantly became tense, with both sides confronting each other.
"Put down your guns, everyone!"
In this atmosphere full of gunpowder, a voice suddenly sounded.
The commander of the 16th Army walked out of the crowd and waved his hand towards the soldiers of the Jinsui Army.
Upon hearing the commander's order, all members of the Jinsui Army lowered their guns.
When the Japs saw the Jinsui Army put down their guns, they all looked at each other and then put down their weapons as well.
"I am Wu Tiansheng, commander of the 16th Army of the Jinsui Army."
Wu Tiansheng, commander of the 16th Army, saluted Li Qiufan and introduced himself to his family.
"Li Qiufan of the Independent First Column of the Eighth Route Army."
Seeing Wu Tiansheng's show of goodwill, Li Qiufan nodded and returned a military salute.
"I heard that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners preferentially. Is that true?"
Wu Tiansheng had already lost his high spirits at this time. He sighed and asked Li Qiufan.
"Of course it's true!"
Li Qiufan answered him without hesitation.
"Thank you, and please take good care of my brothers!"
"Throw away the guns!"
Hearing Li Qiufan's affirmation, Wu Tiansheng nodded, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers of the Jinsui Army.
After hearing Wu Tiansheng's words, everyone hesitated and then threw their guns to the ground.
The Japs on the side frowned when they saw this scene, and at the same time they clenched the weapons in their hands.
"Do you still want to resist? Put down the gun quickly!"
Seeing the Japs' actions, Wu Tiansheng frowned. If he continued to resist in this situation, he would only die.
Although he didn't want to worry about these devils, he was afraid that these devils would drag him and others down.
After hearing Wu Tiansheng's words, the Japanese were unmoved and still held the weapons in their hands tightly.
"Commander Wu, there's no need to tell them. You take your men and exit first!"
Seeing that Wu Tiansheng was about to speak, Li Qiufan stopped him directly and asked him to lead the soldiers of the Jinsui Army to exit first.
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Wu Tiansheng felt a little different, but he was not allowed to think too much. Heizi Chao and his men pushed out all the soldiers of the Jinsui Army.
Seeing that only the Japs were left in the field, Li Qiufan's lips curled up slightly.
At this time, an officer suddenly walked out of the Japs group and said in broken Chinese:
"Your Excellency must be the commander of this force. We have always upheld the spirit of Bushido. If..."
"boom!"
Before he could finish speaking, Li Qiufan took out his pistol and shot him in the head.
"Slaughtered!"
Looking at the corpse lying in front of him, Li Qiufan's heart didn't waver at all. He said coldly to his side and left.
"Bang bang bang..."
After Li Qiufan turned and left, intensive gunshots rang out continuously, and the remaining more than two thousand Japanese were slaughtered in an instant.
There was no guilt or uneasiness in everyone's hearts, only the pleasure of revenge.
In the hearts of Li Qiufan and the soldiers in his unit, no matter whether they are armed Japs or unarmed Japs, their only end is death.
Accepting the surrender of the Japanese was absolutely impossible for Li Qiufan. He would rather be dismissed from his post than kill these beasts.
"Clean the battlefield as soon as possible, we must seize the time to evacuate!"
Li Qiufan found Heizi who was handling the prisoners and said to him, and then came to the radio station.
"Send a telegram to the heavy artillery brigade and ask them to cover the political commissar's retreat!"
"Send a report to the political commissar and ask them to evacuate quickly under the cover of artillery fire and gather in Datian County!"
The war here is over, so there is no need to continue fighting. Li Qiufan sent a telegram to Zhao Gang asking him to seize the time to retreat.
After giving the order, Li Qiufan came to the Second Division again. Looking at the Second Division with only more than 3,000 people left, Li Qiufan clenched his fists.
"Commander, we have completed our mission!"
He smiled at Li Qiufan, covered in blood, but then burst into tears.
"Brother, thank you for your hard work!"
Li Qiufan patted his shoulder, looked at the soldiers of the second division and said.
Hearing Li Qiufan's words, everyone's eyes turned red. They had lost too many comrades in this battle.
The battlefield was quickly cleared, and Li Qiufan led his troops toward Datian County while suppressing the prisoners.
On Zhao Gang's side, after receiving Li Qiufan's telegram, he communicated with the heavy artillery brigade and determined the time for artillery cover.
A few minutes later, the heavy artillery brigade began a covering bombardment, and the suppressed Jinsui Army could not raise its head.
Taking advantage of this moment, Zhao Gang began to command the troops to retreat.
The actions here were naturally discovered by some Jinsui troops, but they were helpless.
Because they were facing such fierce artillery fire, it was difficult for them to raise their heads, let alone rush out to pursue them.
In this way, Zhao Gang also successfully evacuated Zhao Gang, and the whole team headed towards Datian County.
On the way, we encountered a belated garrison division. The garrison division carrying the equipment of three divisions was almost exhausted, and the division commander Li Xiping had a dark face as if he was in a pot.
"I said Xiping, are you feeling emotional?"
Looking at the dark-faced Li Xiping, Zhao Gang came to him and asked.
"Hmph, I wouldn't dare!"
Li Xiping snorted coldly, saying he didn't dare but his expression was that of a wronged little wife.
