I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 616: 1st Independent Regiment Enters the City

Some of them used daggers, some used darts, and some simply used their fists to smash the Japs' Adam's apples.

Twenty-eight little Japanese soldiers didn't even make a sound.

The Japanese soldiers could only slowly sit down on the ground in the city gate.

Their faces were filled with expressions of panic, resentment, and regret.

In the end, they could only reluctantly leave this world where they should not have come.

Shopkeeper Dong: What a sharp knife! Is this the strength of the guerrilla division’s independent regiment?

Xie Duan and Huang: Fortunately, we have taken the initiative to join the independent regiment outside the city.

Otherwise, with the skills of these brothers, they could come to Huya County at any time and take my life.

Zheng Lei asked a three-person combat team to follow Captain Xie back to the north gate to prepare to welcome the independent regiment outside the city into the city.

An artillery observation team quickly climbed up the city wall, set up the gun scope, and observed the location of Sato Brigade's camp.

They have to calculate data and calibrate parameters for the independent regiment's artillery.

Platoon Leader Zheng asked Captain Huang to take him to the gendarmerie in Huya County.

Tonight the city is under garrison control. The captain of the gendarmerie and the deputy captain of the detective team are both resting inside the gendarmerie.

Twenty minutes later, the east and north gates of Huya County were secretly opened.

A total of two battalions of independent regiment soldiers began to slowly enter the county town.

In particular, the artillery battalion's thirty Type 82 mortars had already established an artillery position inside the East City Gate.

And according to the data observed by the artillery, they were prepared to launch artillery bombardment on the Sato Brigade's camp at any time.

Behind the artillerymen, boxes of ammunition had already begun to be stacked.

The number of mortar shells alone was enough to make Chief Duan of the pseudo police station break out in a cold sweat.

It's too brutal. There are at least forty shells behind one mortar.

How many people are left in Sato's Brigade? There is only one battalion and a brigade headquarters left.

The 1,200 artillery shells fired by the Independent Regiment were almost enough to hit the Sato Brigade, with each man being hit by a shell.

Under the leadership of puppet police, puppet soldiers and detectives, the two battalions of the independent regiment moved towards the west and south city gates respectively.

The detective team, the puppet police, and the armed prisoners all picked up their rifles.

They all tied white towels around their arms and followed Platoon Leader Zheng, slowly approaching the perimeter of the detective team.

They had already divided their respective tasks. The independent regiment was responsible for the west and south city gates, and the barracks of the Sato Brigade.

Platoon Leader Zheng’s job is to take down the gendarmerie.

When Captain Huang heard that Platoon Leader Zheng had more than 30 people, he was about to attack the gendarmerie.

He began to have doubts in his heart, after all, there were only more than a hundred people in the gendarmerie.

Add to that the deputy captain of the detective team, who brought more than 30 people with him, and Platoon Leader Zheng’s chances of winning are slim.

But then he thought again, he had also seen the strength of Platoon Leader Zheng.

If we can follow the tactics we used at the city gate just now, it wouldn't be difficult to destroy the gendarmerie.

Besides, there is a saying from our ancestors that wealth and honor must be sought in the midst of danger.

In this counter-insurgency operation, the two old guys, Director Duan and Captain Xie, were really steady.

Director Duan is a smart man and is the mastermind of this operation.

Captain Xie has more soldiers and more guns, and is definitely the main force in this operation.

I am the only one left. There is usually great public anger, and the military forces I have are all a bunch of misfits.

When it comes to fighting, they are not as good as those guys who were released from prison.

Therefore, whether he can make meritorious deeds to atone for his sins depends on whether he can perform well in tonight's action.

At this moment, outside the city, in the independent regiment headquarters, it seemed very lively because of the crowd.

The congestion was not because of the upcoming war, but because the main force of the Huyashan Military Sub-district came to help in advance.

They only rested in the base for one day, but it couldn't really be considered a rest.

That is, the weapons were maintained in the morning, and then guns and ammunition were distributed and the troop structure was integrated in the afternoon.

The next morning they left the troops behind to take care of the wounded and the locals at the base.

Then he brought the main regiment and training camp of the military sub-district and rushed to the county town to help.

It was Political Commissar Yi who proposed going down the mountain to fight this time.

He is right, we are the local bosses in Huya Mountain.

We cannot allow the guerrilla division’s troops to fight the Japanese for us and seize the county town for us.

Finally, the county and all the spoils will be left to us.

What have we become? Picking up what's already there? This is too demoralizing!

In the future, will the Eighth Route Army of Huya Mountain continue to stay in Hebei?

Commander Yuan was stunned by these words. They were becoming more and more confused about Political Commissar Yi.

He is usually very dogmatic in doing things, but now when it comes to fighting, he is more radical than me.

Could it be that he was provoked by that expert Song?

Well, Political Commissar Yi is a strong-willed man, and he was stimulated by Lu Changfeng's guerrilla division.

Look at the weapons and equipment in the hands of other soldiers, and then look at the equipment in your own military sub-district troops. It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.

The teacher from the Anti-Japanese University is right. We have to fight a few tough battles.

Even if your troops have good equipment, they will never be able to stand up.

Captain Tong was naturally very happy about the arrival of the Eighth Route Army, but he didn't want to see them participate in the war.

"Two commanders of the Eighth Route Army, I am not forbidding you to join the war.

The east and north gates were actually under our control because of the surrender of the puppet troops in the city.

The troops of my independent regiment have been deployed in the city according to the attack order.

If you go over now, it will be easy for you to cause misunderstandings with our army, and it will be easy for the Japanese to discover your target."

Commander Yuan and Political Commissar Yi in the regiment headquarters both understood this truth.

But they had come all the way here, and they were unwilling to not fight a battle.

Captain Tong said: "However, if we want to completely wipe out the Japanese in this attack, we do not have enough troops.

Sirs, do you think this will work? A squadron from the Sato Brigade is guarding the city on the tower opposite us.

The main force of our independent regiment is now entering the city from other gates. This South Gate will be handed over to you two.

We don't need you to launch a siege. Once the battle begins, you just need to prevent the Japanese from escaping the city."

Commander Yuan and Political Commissar Yi, what else do you have to disagree with? It's better to have a war than no war.

After Captain Tong handed over the position outside the city, he gave it to the Eighth Route Army on Huya Mountain as a gift.

He left behind five Maxim heavy machine guns and two Type 92 infantry guns.

Then he immediately led the first battalion of the independent regiment and the regiment's direct subordinate troops and ran towards another city gate.

Commander Yuan was standing behind, smacking his lips as he watched the independent regiment going away.

"The people in these guerrilla divisions are really wealthy. You said that they all fought behind enemy lines. How did they accumulate such wealth?"

At exactly eight o'clock in the evening, led by Captain Huang, Zheng Lei and his search platoon moved forward rapidly.

Soon they had arrived at the alley outside the gendarmerie's gate.

They did not attack immediately, but took out the Japanese military uniforms from the backpacks behind them and put them on.

Even Captain Huang, an outsider, nodded secretly after seeing it.

This wave of national troops is indeed an elite force, and they can even carry out sneak attacks so professionally.