The arsenal in the west of Laiyuan City was stocked with a large amount of weapons and ammunition, which was enough to supply more than 5,000 Japanese troops for several months. Once the arsenal is destroyed, Shigemamatsu Takezo will inevitably commit suicide by disembowelment, and he will not be able to afford it.

"Yaga!"

Secretly cursing, Shigematsu Musashi immediately ordered a Japanese staff officer of the headquarters to urgently transfer some of the Japanese troops defending the city in the direction of the north and south cities and some puppet troops, totaling more than 230 people, to reinforce the Japanese squad defenders in the arsenal.

After receiving the order of Shigematsu Takesashi, the Japanese staff officers quickly left to transfer troops.

At this time, Laiyuan City was full of fierce gunfire sounds, resounding throughout Laiyuan City. There were no people in the streets, and the people were hiding in their homes to avoid the flames of war affecting them.

To the west of Laiyuan City, Aono Kotaro, who received the order of Shigematsu Takesashi, led a company of puppet troops to gallop on the west street of the city, and quickly went to the direction of the head of the city of Xicheng. It's just that when I arrived halfway, I met the remnants of the Japanese army at the head of the West City, such as Handa Sota, who had retreated to the city in a hurry.

"Aono-kun, I can't stand it. The enemy army besieging the city was the Eighth Route Army, and it was also an elite unit. The firepower and combat effectiveness are very strong, and we are no match for each other. They also have mortars, the artillery fire is strong, and our western city gate was blasted open by the Chinese army at the first time! Withdraw! Encountering Aono Kotaro with the reinforcements of the puppet army, Hanta Sota was already panting and explained.

Aono Kotaro just signaled that the puppet army troops behind him were scattered in the streets, and after facing Li Yunlong and others who had caught up from the rear to launch a counterattack, he pulled Handa Sota and said urgently, "Your Excellency the squadron leader sent me to bring a section of the Imperial Association Army to reinforce your Xicheng defenders. It can't be withdrawn now, and if it does, the arsenal will be in danger! It is necessary to resist and entangle the Chinese army. Your Excellency Squadron Leader has requested reinforcements from the Imperial friendly forces in Flying Fox Pass and Sanshan Town! ”。

"Aono-kun, the enemy army besieging the city has the regular army units of the Eighth Route Army, and the combat effectiveness is very strong. The fire was also very strong, and we found a large number of submachine guns and light machine guns, several heavy machine guns, and mortars as cover for artillery fire. Fighting in the streets like this, I'm afraid the Imperial Association Army won't be able to withstand it! Handa Zong said in a hurry, his team now has less than ten people left, which is simply sad.

It is conceivable that the fierce offensive of Li Yunlong and others stunned Handa Sota in an instant. The Handa Sect who also fought was too frightened, this is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking the city! Did they know that there was an arsenal of the Empire in Laiyuan City?

However, Handa Sota thought that the grain, grass and ammunition in the arsenal in the city were enough to make the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which lacked weapons and equipment, and food, grass and ammunition, attack.

Aono Kotaro said solemnly: "Regardless of whether the incoming Eighth Route Army troops are the main force of the enemy or not, what is the combat effectiveness. Xicheng must be defended, and the troops of the Chinese army must not be allowed to fight near the arsenal. If something happens to the grain, grass and ammunition in the arsenal, the battle supplies for the later siege of the Hengshan China Army base will be troublesome. Our 3rd Squadron can't afford it, Handa-kun, and will not retreat. This is the order of His Excellency the Squadron Leader! ”。

Sota Handa also knew the importance of the arsenal, and if the Laiyuan arsenal was lost, all the Japanese soldiers and officers of the 3rd Squadron would commit suicide by disembowelment. After all, if the grain, grass and ammunition in such a huge arsenal were destroyed, it would have a great impact on the supply of the Japanese army besieging the new regiment base area in Hengshan.

Therefore, Sota Handa could only take the remnants of the Japanese soldiers under his command and occupy the streets of the road leading to the arsenal in the west of the city under the command of Kotaro Aono to counter the attack of Li Yunlong and others.

"Da !!" The bullets were blazing white, and the streets were filled with artillery fire, sending smoke and fire in all directions.

Li Yunlong led more than 100 soldiers and some of the soldiers of Laiyuan's local guerrillas who participated in the attack on Xicheng, chasing the remnants of Handa Sota's Japanese army all the way to the arsenal. When he was halfway there, he met Aono Kotaro personally leading a company of puppet troops to reinforce the head of the castle.

The two sides immediately fought in the streets west of the city, bullets collided with each other, and sparks flew everywhere!

Because Aono Kotaro led more than a dozen Japanese soldiers to supervise the battle of more than 100 people of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and the weapons and equipment of the Imperial Cooperative Army were not bad. All of a sudden, the two sides actually fought in a scorching situation.

", it's really weird. When these puppet army soldiers were in the Jin Sui Army, they couldn't do garbage, but they didn't expect to take refuge in the little devils, and their combat effectiveness soared! Li Yunlong held a Jinzao submachine gun in his hand, hit it with a shuttle, and immediately killed three puppet soldiers, scolding in his mouth.

Wei Dayong, who was less than a meter away from Li Yunlong, was holding a Czech light machine gun in his hand at this time, and he hit it excitedly, and Thunderbolt Bala suppressed the firepower of the opposing Imperial Army.

"Commander, these guys who have forgotten their ancestors are estimated to be the benefits of the little devils!" Wei Dayong said in a loud voice while holding a light machine gun and firing it.

Li Yunlong looked at the Imperial Association Army on the opposite side desperately blocking the attack, and his eyes were murderous.

"Made, transfer Wang Chengzhu's artillery team up and give me artillery cover. Monk, with a light machine gun detachment and a submachine gun detachment, give me firepower to open the way. Kill all these guys who have forgotten their ancestors! Although Li Yunlong was surprised by the desperate resistance of the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army on the opposite side, he soon found that there were not many Japanese soldiers on the opposite side, so he quickly made a decision.

Wei Dayong nodded and said loudly, "Yes, Commander!" ”。

Wei Dayong shouted to the fighters armed with submachine guns and light machine guns to gather and fire fiercely at the opposite side. At this time, Wang Chengzhu, who had received Li Yunlong's order, had already set up a temporary artillery position behind the attacking troops with several mortars.

"Directly in front of the target, the position of the enemy's machine gun fire point, the distance is eighty-five meters, the height is plus five, five rapid fire, prepare, put!" Wang Chengzhu commanded the artillery to set up the coordinates of the shelling, and after his right hand slashed down, a fierce shelling sound suddenly sounded!

"Bang bang bang!"

Mortar shells with long tail flames streaked across the sky, and fell heavily under the eyes of the Japanese officers and all the soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army on the opposite side.

Immediately, there was a violent explosion!

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

Fragments of artillery shells flew in all directions, hitting the bodies of the Imperial Allied Army and Japanese soldiers, and immediately blood flowed constantly, and some of the Imperial Allied Army soldiers and Japanese soldiers were very unlucky, and the shells exploded directly around them at close range, and they were blown to pieces on the spot, and they were killed in an instant.

Less than two minutes after Aono Kotaro and Handa Sota had just encountered a hasty meeting, Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire came immediately, blowing up the two old devils in a daze!

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