Chapter 98: The Jinsui Army Wants to Pick Peaches
After the vanguard battalion was captured at Baihuling, the Japanese soldiers in Linyuan County learned the news and withdrew their troops from Linyuan County overnight without saying a word.
The Japanese's confusing operation directly confused the puppet army responsible for defending the front-line positions and the attacking Eighth Route Army.
"What the hell, what did the Japs mean?! They asked us to resist the Eighth Route Army, and they ran away?"
Lin Dexu, the puppet army commander at the front line in Linyuan County, was stunned when he heard his subordinates report that the Japanese had escaped.
He has been exchanging fire with the Eighth Route Army for a whole night now, and both sides are almost at the point of losing their temper. He is still counting on the Japanese reinforcements to come and help.
Not only did they not receive any reinforcements, but the Japanese in Linyuan County also ran away!
"Captain, what should we do now? The Eighth Route Army is surrounding us from behind!"
Lin Dexu listened to the adjutant's questions and was angry while thinking about what to do.
"We definitely cannot surrender. If the Eighth Route Army knew what we did, they would definitely shoot us."
"Where did the devils run from?"
"Did you go to Shiquan or Dagu?"
"Captain, the Japs are running north with their troops."
Lin Dexu listened to his subordinates' answers and began to think.
"Hiss, the Japanese didn't go to the closer Shiquan County, but went to the farther Dagu County. Something must have happened in Baihuling."
"We have lost more than half of our troops. If we go north, we might be killed by the Japanese. If we surrender, we will be killed by the Eighth Route Army..."
"Captain, how about we contact the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army again?"
"Aren't you friends with Qian Bojun, the commander of the first battalion of the 358th Regiment?
They are now in the nearby Gujiabao, and it only takes an hour to reach Linyuan County.
Let's hand over Linyuan County to the 358th Regiment, and Commander Yan will definitely save our lives."
Lin Dexu listened to the adjutant's report and spoke after thinking for a while.
"Go, send someone to contact the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army immediately, and have all the brothers retreat back to Linyuan County and defend the city. Send someone to contact the Eighth Route Army and tell them that we want to surrender, and delay the time as much as possible."
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"Captain, Deputy Captain Kong said the Japs broke through his defense line and ran away!"
Li Yunlong, who was commanding the battle, was stunned when he heard the news reported by Goudan.
"What little devil ran away?
Didn't Deputy Regiment Commander Kong fail to hold back the Japanese?"
"No, Commander, it was the Japanese soldiers from Linyuan County who escaped and ran towards Deputy Commander Kong. It seemed that they used our tunnel to sneak away.
Deputy Regiment Commander Kong reported that it was the Japanese soldiers in Linyuan County. The Japanese soldiers ran too fast.
Then the Japanese reinforcements from Dagu County joined forces with the Japanese from Linyuan County. Deputy Regiment Commander Kong was worried about unexpected situations, so he did not chase them. "
"Quick, tell Captain Ding and Zhang Dabiao not to delay, and move forward with all the troops to quickly break through the puppet army's defense line and take over Linyuan County as quickly as possible!"
"Yes!"
"Let Deputy Regiment Commander Kong quickly lead his troops to support Battalion Commander Qin and see if there is a chance to take a piece of territory from Shiquan County!"
"Let Deputy Commander Wu take the reserve team to take over Deputy Commander Kong's position."
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At Baihu Ridge, Qin Yangming, who was building a position to resist the Japanese reinforcements from Shiquan County, received a telegram from Li Yunlong. He was stunned for a moment, then climbed to the top of the mountain and watched the Japanese reinforcements from Shiquan County begin to retreat.
"No, what are the Japanese doing? Are they just going to give up Linyuan County? Don't they want Linyuan County anymore?"
Watching the Japanese reinforcements retreat, Qin Yangming was very puzzled. What on earth did the Japanese want to do?
"Quick, let Sun Desheng lead the cavalry to catch up and see the situation. If we can take advantage, we will take advantage. If not, we will try to slow down the speed of the Japanese and don't let them return to Shiquan County safely!"
Although the Japanese reinforcements in Shiquan County retreated, Qin Yangming had no intention of letting them go.
With only Linyuan County as a county town, it is impossible to support the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment with more than 10,000 troops. Therefore, Shiquan County is also the target of the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
Now that Linyuan County has been taken, we naturally have to consider attacking Shiquan County.
The Japanese reinforcements in Shiquan County all come from the county seat. If we kill more of them now, it will be easier when we attack the city.
After receiving Qin Yangming's order, Sun Desheng directly ordered the cavalry company, which had been waiting for a long time, to rush towards the Japanese quickly.
The soldiers at the front of the cavalry company held submachine guns and lined up, charging and pulling the trigger at the Japanese. After the bullets were used up, the cavalry in the front row immediately turned their horses around and retreated to both sides, leaving the shooting position to the soldiers who were ready at the back.
Sun Desheng's cavalry company was equipped with more than 50 submachine guns, all of which were the Russian PPSh-type, with a drum magazine of 71 rounds, which was enough to give the Japanese a hard time.
When the Japanese saw the cavalry chasing them, they dodged while quickly having their machine gunners set up heavy machine guns in preparation for using them to resist the cavalry.
But there were snipers in Sun Desheng's cavalry company. As soon as the Japanese heavy machine gun was set up, the machine gunner was shot dead by the sniper. Anyone who went near the heavy machine gun would die.
The Japanese had no choice but to blow up their heavy machine guns, give up the main road and retreat from the mountains.
However, in terms of mountain marching speed, the Japanese were no match for the Eighth Route Army and were soon caught up by the first company of the Vanguard Battalion.
The cavalry company, with the infantry riding slow horses, quickly went around and blocked the Japanese's retreat, forcing them to fight the Eighth Route Army in the wild.
A good pursuit battle was forcibly turned into a positional battle under the operation of Sun Desheng and others.
Although it turned into a positional battle, it was actually more advantageous to the vanguard battalion.
In positional warfare, it's nothing more than which side has better equipment and higher morale.
The Eighth Route Army happened to be stronger than the Japanese in both aspects.
The Japanese soldiers had been chased all the way and their spirits were exhausted. Their morale was even lower than that of the vanguard battalion soldiers who had just captured Baihu Ridge.
As for weapons and equipment, the Pioneer Battalion's weapons and equipment were of the same level, and the Japanese were no match at all.
"Damn it! Gather all the grenade launchers and cover me with fire!"
The company commander saw that all the Japanese were hiding in the middle of the ravine, using the slopes on both sides to block the Eighth Route Army and waiting for Shiquan County to send more reinforcements. He directly ordered his troops to concentrate their grenade launchers and use them to bomb them.
"Yes!"
Because the company commander had taken this situation into consideration when he was pursuing the enemy, the company brought thirty grenade launchers and more than five hundred small grenades this time.
Under the command of the company commander, small grenades flew towards the Japanese positions.
There were also some mortar shells and some small grenades mixed with chili powder, quicklime and the like.
The Japanese wanted to fight back with grenade launchers, but as soon as the grenade launchers appeared, they would be killed by snipers.
As for the last remaining heavy machine gun of the Japanese, it had never been fired since it was set up and stood alone on the hillside.
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"Captain Qian, I wonder what you mean by leading your troops into the defense zone of our independent regiment?"
Outside the county seat of Linyuan County, Li Yunlong looked at the Jinsui Army officer who was walking over with several hundred Jinsui Army soldiers and asked with a stern face.
Qian Bojun looked at Li Yunlong, who had a bad expression on his face, and pointed at the county seat of Linyuan County and said with a smile.
"Captain Li, of course I'm here to fight the Japs."
"The puppet troops in Linyuan County have decided to surrender to our army. From now on, Linyuan County is taken over by our Jinsui Army. Please withdraw your troops, Commander Li."
Qian Bojun was very happy at this moment. Originally, he was just stationed with his troops in Gujiabao to guard against the Japanese invaders in Linyuan County.
But he didn't expect that the Japanese in Linyuan County ran away, and the remaining puppet troops wanted to surrender to him.
Every time he fired a shot, he could take over Linyuan County, which was a great achievement.
Li Yunlong was so angry that he laughed when he heard what Qian Bojun said: "Our Eighth Route Army has been fighting in Linyuan County for a whole day, and you, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, have done nothing, and you want to take over Linyuan County?"
"Qian Bojun, our Eighth Route Army does not need your help. I think you should withdraw your troops!"
"Captain Li, the puppet army surrendered to our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army 358th Regiment, not to your Eighth Route Army. No matter what, it should be your Eighth Route Army that retreats!"
"From now on, Linyuan County is under the control of our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army 358th Regiment. Commander Li also hopes that your Eighth Route Army will withdraw from Linyuan County as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
"Although you have two regiments of the Eighth Route Army in Linyuan County, my 358th Regiment is no pushover!"
Qian Bojun's battalion of more than 2,500 people gave Qian Bojun and Li Yunlong the confidence to challenge!
"Fuck you, how can you talk to our leader like that?"
"Believe it or not, I will kill you!"
Li Yunlong's bodyguard Hu Zi looked at the arrogant Qian Bojun and couldn't help it, so he raised his gun and aimed at Qian Bojun.
(End of this chapter)
