...Originally, several battalion commanders of the Independent Regiment were ready to forcefully break through the city gate, but who would have thought that Chen An changed the subject and actually let him go!
With a creaking sound, the city gate not far away was indeed opened wide, and even the roadblocks were moved away under Chen An's order.
"Captain?"
The generals' eyes focused on Kong Jie.
Obviously, everyone was hesitant. It was enough to say that the puppet army held the city gate, but the city gate was suddenly opened to let people out. Who knew if it was a trick?
Don't wait until the team is in the middle of the march, and these Japanese soldiers will suddenly open fire, catching everyone by surprise.
"Commander Kong, please!" Chen An laughed loudly from the top of the city gate.
Du Aiguo was also a little unsure at this time and suggested: "Captain, let me lead the new battalion to the front. After all, we are former comrades. This Chen An should not be ruthless. Even if there is an ambush, Commander If you follow me, you will be able to react."
Kong Jie scolded: "Bullshit, if Chen An really has bad intentions, will he care whether you are former comrades in arms or the Eighth Route Army?"
"In this way, the mortar company is placed at the end of the team, and the team is stretched into a long column. I can't gamble with the lives of the soldiers. If Chen An is really ambushed, in this way, our rear artillery fire can also be sent to the city immediately. Fire strikes from the door direction, and a longer column will not suffer too much damage at once."
"yes!"
Everything was ready, but Kong Jie wanted to lead the team from the front. Now all five battalion commanders panicked.
"Captain, you can't do this. If Chen An is cheating, it will be too dangerous. You can't take this risk!"
"That's right, Commander, please let me go to the front!"
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The generals exhorted one after another, and Kong Jie shouted: "Okay, don't be nagging, this is an order! Remember, our independent regiment can never lose its momentum. Now Chen An has chosen to let us go, making it seem like As if we owe him a great debt, I have to let him know that even if he doesn't choose to let him go, we can easily break through the city gate he defends."
"Set off!"
Kong Jie gave the order, and the battalion commanders had no choice but to obey.
In this way, Kong Jie took the lead and led the opposing column to stride toward the city gate.
Behind them were the teams of each battalion, trucks transporting equipment, pallets pulling supplies, family members of the puppet soldiers, workers from the arsenal, and doctors from the hospital following in the center of the team.
On the top of the city gate, Chen An stood by the battlements and watched Kong Jie and his entourage approaching. Seeing Kong Jie leading the way, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth involuntarily, and he murmured: "Just With this courage, he is worthy of being Commander Kong!"
There was a platoon leader next to him with fiery eyes, "Captain, the person walking at the front is Kong Jie, the commander of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Over in Taiyuan City, I heard that the reward amount is as high as 50,000 oceans! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. .”
As soon as the puppet platoon leader spoke his words, the breathing of the other company platoon leaders nearby became a little rapid.
Man will die for money, and birds will die for food. This is indeed an eternal truth.
Chen An just sneered and said, "If Kong Jie dies, the independent regiment will go crazy. Have you seen those grenades and mortars in the rear? By then, let alone you and me on the city gate, Our entire North China Security Army will probably be bloodbathed, if you have the courage, you might as well give it a try."
The expressions of several company and platoon leaders froze. The guns they had quietly held in their hands felt as heavy as lead, and they were quietly inserted back into their holsters.
Fifty thousand oceans is tempting, but if you don't even get a life, it's not worth the gain.
In recent years, the North China Security Army has been quite afraid of the Eighth Route Army.
Kong Jie was like a general who had returned from victory. He seemed to be ignoring the puppet troops and hidden gunfire at the city gate. He just led the leading column and strode through the city gate. , successfully left the county.
Immediately afterwards, the entire column followed smoothly out of the city gate, including trucks carrying equipment and pallets transporting supplies.
Until the mortar company at the rear of the team also successfully exited the city gate, the puppet soldiers guarding the city gate secretly swallowed their saliva and breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, I can't help but feel a little weird. They came to our home base and took away the arsenal and hospital. It's good for us, but they sent them out again so brazenly.
After leaving the city, Kong Jie, who was at the end of the team, said loudly to the city gate: "Battle Commander Chen, I, Kong Jie, have recorded the favor for opening the door this time. I still say the same thing, as long as you, Chen An, are willing to surrender." , join our Eighth Route Army, our independent regiment is always open to welcome you."
Chen An laughed and said: "Captain Kong is joking. I just hope that next time our two armies fight, Commander Kong will not be merciful."
"Of course!" Kong Jie said.
"Then I wish Commander Kong a smooth journey. After all, after leaving the county, we have crossed the boundary of my jurisdiction."
"Thank you!" Kong Jie said, turned around and led the team away.
The Independent Regiment was not slow and soon disappeared from Chen An's sight, becoming a small dot in the distance.
I, the company commander, sighed and said, "Battalion Commander, are we just going to let people go?"
"I've said it before. It's impossible for a small city gate to stop this Eighth Route Army. I want to avoid unnecessary casualties for our troops."
"Battal Commander, the little devil won't listen to your explanation, so why are you doing this?"
Chen An smiled and said: "Third company commander, let me ask you, when the Eighth Route Army persuaded me to surrender, did you have any idea in your mind that you wanted to leave with the Eighth Route Army and join the anti-Japanese team?"
"I..." The third company commander was speechless for a moment.
"Look, if you were the battalion commander, maybe you would have made the same choice. What's more, my name is Chen An. This is peace of mind."
"Yes, battalion commander, don't worry. I have arranged this matter and asked the brothers to keep it secret. We just said that we fought fiercely in the direction of the city gate for a long time, but we still let the Eighth Route Army break out." said the third company commander.
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For Kong Jie, although some time was wasted negotiating with Chen An in the direction of the city gate, compared with the estimated time to breach the city gate, it was naturally much faster.
The result was that the Japanese and puppet troops had no time to surround them.
The only obstacles along the way were some small strongholds and roads along the way. The Japanese who learned the news tried to stop them.
Kong Jie ordered the transportation team and their families to be guarded in the center of the team, and then drove in with the main force, destroying everything along the way, and broke out directly from the hinterland of the North China Security Army Arsenal.
In Taiyuan City, the Japanese army learned that the Independence Regiment had broken out from the hinterland of the Third Group Army of the North China Security Army.
The old Japanese Yoshio Shinozuka was furious again, but he contacted reinforcements from all walks of life several times. The reinforcements from all walks of life said that they were ambushed and delayed by the Eighth Route Army on the way.
Even on a road section, laying a mine every few hundred meters would be enough for a kid.
Coupled with the extremely fast breakout speed of Kong Jie and his party, in the end the Japanese reinforcements were unable to block the independent regiment in the hinterland of the North China Security Army in time.
Originally, if the Japanese army used aircraft bombing, they might be able to stop one or two.
On the Yamazaki Brigade's side, they could have used reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance in advance.
But a few days ago, the Mingbao Airport was bombed by the Eighth Route Army commandos. The oil depot that stored a large amount of fuel, as well as the temporarily suspended fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft at the airport were all destroyed. The operational performance of the Jaap Airport could not be restored in a short time. .
If we call a plane from an airport further away, it will be too late.
Whether it was the destruction of the Yamazaki Brigade, or the independent regiment's sneak attack on the arsenal in the hinterland of the North China Security Army, and their breakout, this series of actions was too fast.
Soon after, Kong Jie and his party successfully reunited with Li Yunlong who came to meet them.
When he returned to the station with a face full of joy, Li Yunlong never took his eyes off the dozens of trucks behind him, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart:
Lao Kong is really a profiteer. He left the Yamazaki Brigade, which had little profit, to himself. It was good for him to turn around and beat up the Japanese reinforcements along the way, and also stole other people's arsenals and hospitals along the way.
This deal was so worth it!
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