"Have the artillery stop and withdraw the shells..." Li Yunlong ordered with helplessness on his face.
"Captain..."
The combat staff lowered his head and reported: "In the battle just now, at least a thousand little Japs came out of Taiyuan City..."
"Reconnaissance force report..."
"Yoshio Iwamatsu followed the first wave of breakout troops out of Taiyuan and has withdrawn to three kilometers east of the city. He is accompanied by at least 500 Japanese soldiers, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars."
"Even if we send out cavalry, we can't take them down."
"Damn it..." Li Yun punched the battlement like a dragon, his face full of indignation.
"Yoshio Iwamatsu, this old devil, is really difficult to deal with..."
"They all rushed to our lips... but we still let them run away..."
"Sooner or later, I will get back this loss from him."
"Notify the pursuit troops in the city..."
"The fat guy is not late. The soup and water left by Iwamatsu Yoshio at the back of the palace must be eaten by me. No Japanese can be spared!"
"Send a telegram to Huang Yu immediately."
"Yoshio Iwamatsu led a team to break out of the encirclement from the east of the city. I didn't stop them and allowed the Japanese to escape by more than a thousand people."
"The inner city of Taiyuan is empty..."
"Let him immediately divide his forces to seize the inner city...especially the arsenal and Shanxi Garrison Headquarters. They must not be blown up by the Japanese."
"Otherwise our trip to Taiyuan will definitely lose money."
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"The first row is outflanking from the left...the second row is outflanking from the right, and the third row is infiltrating from the front..." Duan Peng ordered excitedly as he looked at the Japanese ammunition depot surrounded by a courtyard wall not far away.
Holding a submachine gun in both hands, he bent down and, like a ghost, quickly passed through the corner of the wall towards the entrance of the arsenal.
Several machine gun positions were built with sandbags at the entrance.
The black hole wound of the heavy machine gun protruded from behind the sandbag.
Behind the position is the arsenal gate and a four-meter-high wall. All masonry structures are very solid. There is also a circle of barbed wire on the wall. The word "strict" is not an exaggeration to describe the defense of the arsenal.
"Company commander..." the third platoon commander following Duan Peng whispered.
"There seems to be something wrong at the entrance of the arsenal..."
"There are only machine guns behind the bunker, no machine gunners."
Duan Peng also noticed this and raised his eyebrows and asked: "Is it possible that Yoshio Iwamatsu took away the arsenal garrison when he broke out..."
The third platoon leader frowned and said, "That's not realistic!"
"The arsenal has a large stock of weapons and ammunition."
"Even if Yoshio Iwamatsu takes away the arsenal garrison, he will blow up the weapons and ammunition inside. It is impossible to give it up and give it to our Eighth Route Army!"
Duan Peng replied angrily: "What good thing do you want to do?"
"There is a whole warehouse of weapons and ammunition. You think Yoshio Iwamatsu is a fool and you just give it away..."
"There must be a conspiracy here."
"Perhaps the Japanese have already planted explosives in the arsenal, and they will detonate them when we enter, blowing us all to pieces..."
"First send a squad to go in and have a look..."
"Be careful...don't touch things randomly, and don't open doors randomly. If you can, climb over the wall to prevent there are traps inside..."
Ten minutes passed, and there was no movement in the arsenal.
The class that entered did not send any message, as if they had disappeared.
Twenty minutes later, there was still no movement in the arsenal...
Duan Peng is definitely a very calm person when it comes to fighting, but now he is a little anxious. Just as he is about to send another team in to take a look, the team leader Huang Yu suddenly appears behind him.
As soon as she saw his expression, she frowned and asked, "What are you thinking about? You are so anxious...where has your usual poise gone..."
"Captain..."
Duan Peng saw Huang Yu as if he were seeing a savior, and quickly asked for guidance: "The inner city arsenal is a bit mysterious..."
"The defense is very strong..."
"There is a heavy machine gun behind the bunker at the door, but there are no Japs inside."
"I suspect that the Japanese army planted explosives inside and suddenly detonated them after the troops entered the arsenal, blowing us all to pieces..."
"Twenty minutes ago, a squad was sent in to investigate the situation..."
"As a result, they disappeared after entering the arsenal, and no news came out..."
"I'm worried about something happening to them inside..."
"What are you thinking about?" Huang Yu asked with a smile.
"The assault company was trained by you. You still don't know their combat capabilities."
"Do you think the little devil has the strength to wipe out a squad of an assault company without being too strong?"
When it comes to the combat effectiveness of the assault company, Duan Peng becomes particularly confident and confident.
"Each squad in the assault company has machine gunners, assaulters, and snipers..."
"Each perform their duties, disperse their actions, and cover each other..."
"If any team member is attacked, other team members will definitely shoot to cover..."
"No matter how powerful the Japanese army is, they cannot use cold weapons to kill one of my squads at the same time."
"That's fine..." Huang Yu replied with a smile.
"You didn't hear any gunshots, which means there were no accidents in the troops marching into the arsenal..."
"As for the lack of news, it's possible that the arsenal is too big and they haven't finished investigating yet."
"It's also possible that they were frightened by your inference. They were afraid that the Japanese would actually arrange explosives in the arsenal, which would affect the speed of investigation..."
The tense expression on Duan Peng's face suddenly relaxed, and he stared at Huang Yu and continued to ask: "Captain..."
"Then do you think it's possible for the Japs to arrange explosives in the arsenal..."
"Blow up our troops who have seized the arsenal, and die together with the arsenal!"
Huang Yu shook his head and replied: "Don't worry...there must be no explosives inside...you kid is overthinking it."
"If Yoshio Iwamatsu really wanted to blow up the arsenal, he would have blown it up during the retreat, and he would certainly not have waited until now."
"If the explosives they arranged in the arsenal were discovered by us and did not explode, then the weapons and ammunition in the arsenal would not be cheap for us!"
Duan Peng was still a little confused and continued to ask: "If Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't arrange explosives in the arsenal, wouldn't he give up the arsenal and give it to us?"
"He is not afraid that we will take all the ammunition in the arsenal back to the base area and arm the Eighth Route Army!"
Huang Yu thought for a moment, his face suddenly became very serious, and he answered seriously: "He is really not afraid..."
"I just received a piece of information forwarded to us from the headquarters..."
"Yesterday morning, the Japanese and puppet troops that swept through northwest Shanxi began to retreat."
"There are troops at the rear, and there are troops marching urgently back to Taiyuan..."
"The fastest unit is too far away and is less than a hundred kilometers away. It can be reached by marching for twenty hours."
"Based on this calculation, we can occupy Taiyuan for at most sixteen or seventeen hours before we have to retreat. There are still about ten hours during the day, and Japanese aircraft can come over our heads at any time."
"The real time that can be used to transport the loot is only six or seven hours."
"The arsenal is so big...how much do you think we can move in this little time?"
"Things that cannot be moved must be blown up or left to the little devils..."
"Maybe after the Japanese reinforcements are in place, they can chase us and get some loot back."
