Li Chendong still underestimated the efficiency of the Kuomintang army. In less than an hour, Chen Hao's Anping Army Division troops began to attack the 338th Brigade. They had a 3 to 1 strength advantage and Wei Wei. The powerful weapon of the divine cannon, the combat power of both sides is completely different.
Less than half an hour after the battle began, Li Yuanzheng's regiment could no longer withstand it and began to collapse towards the core position.
"Brigade, Chen Hao was too cruel. He used hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and fired more than a hundred heavy artillery shells at one time. The brothers suffered heavy casualties from the explosion. They were defeated after only one round of artillery fire!
This time the Eighth Route Army has made a desperate move. Even if the whole brigade is exhausted, it won't be able to withstand it for a few hours. Let's run away for our lives. "
Li Yuanzheng could still see the situation clearly. The Eighth Route Army had a large number of heavy artillery, and the 335th Brigade could not withstand it for half a day. If he did not escape, he would not be able to save his life.
Li Chendong still couldn't believe that Chen Hao really dared to attack him. If he knew that he would not reach out for the supplies of the Eighth Route Army.
"Expedition, I have tens of thousands of people. As long as we persist for one day, Zhongcai will put pressure on Yanzhou——"
"Housemaster, we can't wait any longer. Do you know who we have offended? Chu Xiong! When did Chu Laohu ever be afraid of racial discrimination? Hurry up and change into common people's clothes. If you don't run away, it will be too late!"
As soon as Li Chendong heard that it was Chu Xiong, he started to change his clothes without saying a word. He knew Chu Xiong too well, and he would never get any good results from him if he caught him.
Outside Qijia Town, just as Li Yuanzheng expected, the 335th Brigade was quickly defeated. After thousands of people were killed or injured, others chose to escape or surrender.
"Kill! Capture Li Chendong alive!"
"Don't let Li Yuanzheng escape!"
Screams spread throughout Qijia Town. The 335th Brigade was completely wiped out. The previously stolen supplies returned to the hands of the Eighth Route Army. These would be irrefutable evidence of Li Chendong's friction. Chu Xiong specially sent a small team of special forces to escort Ali. Ya came to collect evidence;
Unfortunately, the two brothers Li Chendong and Li Yuanzheng were not caught. The two executioners who owed 300 lives to the Eighth Route Army ran away.
Chen Hao sent troops to search Qijia Town but could not find him, so he had to give up and remove the encirclement outside the town, so as not to affect the lives of the people too much.
Late at night, everything was quiet, and a bright moon hung high in the sky. From an abandoned well in the town, two figures sneakily crawled out. They were the two brothers Li Chendong.
Li Chendong was a CC agent, and he was indeed cunning. He knew what it was like to be in the dark under the light. Instead of blindly escaping, he found an abandoned well and hid first, successfully evading the Eighth Route Army's search and saving a small life.
After the two escaped from Wanjia Town, they did not stay much and fled southward. Their destination was central Sichuan, where they wanted to file a lawsuit against the emperor.
"Brother, will the breeder care about our affairs?"
"Expedition, don't worry. The Eighth Route Army is developing too fast in Hedong. Zhongcai Zhengchou has no reason to attack them. Encircle and annihilate a brigade of the Central Army. This time Chuxiong will be in big trouble!"
At the Liu Town headquarters, Zhong Guoliang came in excitedly and reported:
"Old Chu, the main forces of the Anping Army Division have finished their work. They have wiped out the 338th Brigade and captured more than 7,000 people. The two culprits Li Chendong and Li Yuanzheng have escaped!"
Chu Xiong nodded and said:
."Let Chen Hao organize the backbone of the political workers and carry out ideological reform on the prisoners as soon as possible. It is estimated that it won't be long before Shuzhong will ask us for them, and we will have to hand them over to them.
Launch the political offensive as soon as possible, let reporters interview more fellow villagers, and comprehensively report on Li Chendong’s evil deeds of sabotaging the Anti-Japanese War. A nationwide reward is offered for the capture of Li Chendong and Li Yuanzheng! "
Zhong Guoliang continued to ask:
"Old Chu, the prisoners of war were handed over to the Central Army. What about Qijia Town?"
Chu Xiong thought for a while and said:
“The location of Qijia Town is too important, like a nail wedged between the Anping Military Division and the Yuci Military Division. If it is not pulled out, it will be like a nail stuck in the throat;
It's fine now. Since it's been pulled out, there's no reason to let him come in again. It's okay to talk, but Qijia Town is determined not to let him out. "
Zhong Guoliang has generally understood what Chu Xiong meant. This time can be regarded as a lesson to the Central Army. As long as you dare to reach out, you must be mentally prepared to be cut down.
After settling the matter of the 338th Brigade and supplies, the Liuzhen detachment's front team rushed to Qijia Town again, loaded up the truck and continued to support the front line.
In the middle of Shu, in Zhongcao Villa, Niang Xipi has been floating in the sky, and the crows have to take a detour when passing by.
"Damn it, Mom, the Eighth Route Army is sabotaging the united front. They did the first grade of junior high school, so don't blame me for doing the fifteenth grade!
The land grab has gone to the Central Army. As I have said a long time ago, if we must form a united front and raise tigers, now the entire Hedong will almost belong to the Eighth Route Army!
The telegram ordered Yanzhou to deal with the generals responsible within one day, revoke the division designation of the Anping Army, and withdraw the main force of the Eighth Route Army from southern and western Shanxi. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army would be declared a rebel, and the government's 3 million-strong army would go all out to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army... "
Zhong Zai is preparing to make things bigger and find excuses for his third anti-CP campaign.
In Taiyuan City, a fierce battle is going on. Since the incident in Qijia Town, the Yuci Military Division has stepped up its offensive. Three main brigades launched a general attack on Taiyuan City from three directions, and the battle has entered a fever pitch.
In Nancheng District, the main force of the New First Brigade has entered Taiyuan City. The two sides started street fighting. The Japs suffered heavy losses. After more than ten days of fighting, the main force of the Japs, the 114th Division, had suffered more than half of its casualties.
At the First Army Headquarters, Major General Miyamoto is reporting the latest battle situation to Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu:
"Your Excellency, Commander, the Eighth Route Army has suddenly stepped up its offensive. The Imperial Army has lost control of more than 30% of the city. At this rate of advance, they will reach the headquarters in two days at the latest."
Yoshio Iwamatsu seemed to have made up his mind and said to Major General Miyamoto:
"Miyamoto-kun, the First Army has done its best. In order to prevent another army of the empire from being wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and to save more bones and blood for the empire, I have decided to withdraw from Taiyuan City from now on, turn north, and attack the Jin Dynasty entrenched in Suiyuan. Fu Yisheng Department of the Sui Army."
Major General Miyamoto felt happy after hearing this. He was secretly glad that he no longer had to live and die with Taiyuan. As for the matter of turning to attack Suiyuan, just listen to it. You must find a beautiful reason for the retreat.
One day later, the main force of the Japanese in Taiyuan City suddenly withdrew from Taiyuan City and fled to the northwest of Shanxi. Since the Japanese still had half a division and two independent brigades, nearly 20,000 troops, the 120th Division could not stop them at all.
We can only get out of the way, and then block and peel off layer by layer, destroying many Japanese.
The Yuci Army divided the New First Brigade to pursue the Japanese all the way, the New Second Brigade took over territory along the way, and the New Third Brigade stayed behind in Taiyuan City.
At the same time, the main forces of the 129th Division and the 81st Division launched a counterattack across Hedong. The Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out one after another, and the cities were recovered one after another. Good news came frequently.
