"Ah, I see, the commander-in-chief wants to blast the little devils out of their turtle shells with pepper smoke. Hehe, how did I not think of this idea? At this time, a battalion commander saw the position of the army that had been completely covered by thick smoke, and immediately reacted and said excitedly. And it was only after everyone listened to the battalion commander's words that they suddenly realized and understood the reason, and couldn't help but look at the commander-in-chief, Commander Li, with admiration.

However, at this time, Li Yongcai didn't care what kind of eyes others had, because he was carefully observing the actions of the army on the battlefield with a telescope. Although, the position was completely covered with thick smoke and was very blurred. However, under the strong searchlight of the railway station, every move on the position of the army can still be seen clearly.

Finally, when the artillery fired the third round of shells, there was movement in the positions of the army. A little devil covered his mouth and nose, desperately rushed out of the hidden bunker and ran towards the train station. Immediately after, with the first, there was the second, and in less than a few seconds, hundreds of little devils were drilled out of the position that had been blown into ruins. Everyone ran to the train station in unison.

"Order the artillery company to fire immediately," Li Yong did not put down the telescope in his hand, and ordered loudly to the communicator behind him.

"Woo woo boom" Less than ten seconds after Li Yong's order was transmitted, there was a whistling sound above the heads of the soldiers, and then the position of the little devil was covered by heavy artillery fire. Seeing the little devils who had just come out of the turtle shell, they were instantly blown up into the sky by raindrops of cannonballs. , or if he was unlucky, he was ruthlessly torn to pieces, and Li Yong's mood was extremely excited.

"Order the second commando team to charge immediately, be fast, and rush to the position before the little devil can react" Watching the little devil collapse under the fierce blow of artillery fire. There were even many soldiers, in the face of thick smoke and shells, who ignored the threat of the commander's command knife and fled to the train station in desperation. At this moment, Li Yong seized the opportunity and ordered the captain of the second commando team behind him.

"Tick tock" Immediately, the sound of a loud charge was remembered on the battlefield. , hundreds of fighters, led by the leader of the commando, rushed to the position of the little devil with a roar. Although, at this time, there were still a few firepower points on the position of the army, constantly killing and wounding the charging soldiers. However, after a few blows of intensive fire from the fighters, one by one the firing points were destroyed. After the 2nd Commando paid the price of half a company's casualties, it finally took the position.

"Comrades, rush" saw that the fighters of the second commando team had already fought bayonets with the dozens of little devils remaining on the position. Li Yong, as the commander-in-chief, immediately jumped up and rushed towards the battlering position with the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers. With the sudden arrival of more than a thousand fighters joined the ranks of the stabbing bands. In an instant, the entire battle became a one-sided situation, and the remaining dozens of little devils were quickly swallowed up by the sea of warriors.

After occupying the front-line positions of the army, all that remains is a horse and a flat river. All the fortifications of the railway station were displayed in front of everyone. And the little devils of the remaining two squadrons are also preparing for the final battle of trapped beasts with various fortification bases.

"Commander Wang, one of us has an artillery company, you attack from the left, and I attack from the right. Let's two armies, little by little, eliminate the remaining little devils in the railway station, and start acting now" After looking at the deployment of the fortifications in the railway station, Li Yong, as the commander-in-chief, immediately ordered.

"Okay, let's go now, brothers of the second regiment, come with me"

Immediately, the entire Baoding railway station was full of gunfire, explosions. In the face of the desperate resistance of the two squadrons of little devils, the soldiers of the two regiments can be said to have paid a heavy price. In front of almost every fortified stronghold of the railway station, the blood of the fighters was left. However, under the cover of two mortar companies, the two regiments, when the rapid reaction brigade captured Baoding County, completely occupied the railway station and annihilated all the little devils.

Just when the sun just hung in the sky the next day, the remnants of the enemy in Baoding County were finally completely wiped out. Liu Hua took the guards, and under the leadership of the special operations team, came to the headquarters of the army. Although the soldiers had been cleaning for more than half an hour, Liu Hua, who had just walked into the compound, still smelled a strong smell of blood. In the crater-ridden compound, there were still quite a few stumps and severed arms of the enemy.

"Commander, when attacking the little devil headquarters, the little devil's resistance was too tenacious, and we had to use a large number of mortars, and the front was the war room of the army, which was not shelled by any shelling, and it was well preserved." Liu Xiaogang next to him pointed to the house in front of him and said.

"Well, I won't go in and let the staff officers of the staff department go in and collect all the useful information, sort it out in parts, and then report it to me. The main purpose of our attack on Baoding this time is the materials and ammunition in the county, how is it, have they all been counted? Take me to see it. Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, now Captain Wang of the First Squadron is holding the material warehouse, and the specific seizure of him is being counted" Just when Liu Hua and his party came to the door of the material warehouse, they saw Wang Hong, the squadron leader of the first squadron, running out of the warehouse with a smile

"Commander, commander, chief of staff, a bumper harvest, it's really a bumper harvest, the little devil is really rich" Seeing Liu Hua and his party, Wang Hong was so excited that he forgot to shout the report. Exclaimed excitedly.

"Hehe, what's the good thing, tell us about it, let a few of us open our eyes," Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Yes, commander, chief of staff, according to the data records in the warehouse and our preliminary statistics, a large amount of food, military uniforms are stored in the warehouse. The army was covered with weapons and ammunition, including more than 2 million catties of food, more than 50,000 sets of military uniforms, and a batch of weapons. As for ammunition, there are more, more than 10 million rounds of bullets, more than 10,000 boxes of shells, and countless grenade commanders.

"Okay, very good, Chief of Staff, immediately notify Political Commissar Chen, let him organize the militia villagers to go into the city to carry supplies, as much as you can move as fast., in the shortest possible time, Baoding County will become an empty city for me" Hearing Wang Hong's words, Liu Hua and the others were also full of shock, and immediately ordered to the chief of staff behind them. You know, he doesn't want these ammunition to be blown up by the little devil's plane as soon as he gets it

"Yes, Commander. It's just that, Commander, we have captured the county town of Baoding and annihilated a brigade and regiment of the army, should we immediately send a report to the headquarters to report the victory?" the chief of staff suggested.

"No, it won't be sent for at least a day. Due to the participation of our electronic detachments in the battle. So far, the army has not known that the county seat of Baoding has been taken by us. We must take advantage of this time to hurry up and move supplies, if we let the devils know, their air force is not vegetarian, how much can we move back with so much ammunition? Liu Hua asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Commander," the chief of staff replied with a salute, turning and running towards the radio.

"Commander. Commander: "Just as Liu Hua and the others were about to enter the warehouse to take a look, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind them

"Report to the commander, the cavalry group successfully completed the task, completely annihilated the artillery wing of the army and an infantry squadron, captured 12 105-mm howitzers, 12 75-mm field guns, and countless shells. In addition, 54 enemy artillery personnel were captured, and the commander was asked to instruct "Commander Wang rode a war horse, ran in front of Liu Hua, and quickly dismounted and said.

"Okay, the cavalry group is doing a very good job" Liu Hua was excited, you know, with these cannons, his artillery regiment is going to really become the first heavy artillery regiment of the Eighth Route Army. However, to Liu Hua's delight, another good news came one after another. Li Yong, the commander-in-chief of the First Attack Group, also quickly ran towards him with the political commissar.

"Report to the commander, the first regiment and the second regiment of the third division successfully completed the task, and the total number of 853 troops was annihilated. Among them, 42 wagons of materials were seized, including a large amount of ammunition and food, and the report has been completed, please ask the commander to instruct," Li Yong said excitedly.

"Well, all very well done. Now each unit has only one task, and that is to have a full meal and then a good rest for the day. How about joining the army of carrying supplies, and is there any difficulty? Liu Hua said with a flushed face.

"Yes, Commander, I promise to complete the mission" In less than half an hour, bursts of cries came from the county town that had been bombed into ruins, and countless soldiers, after only eating a few mouthfuls of dry food, lay on the ground and fell asleep. However, fortunately, a large number of local troops, militias, and ordinary people organized by Political Commissar Chen have entered the county one after another and began to carry mountains of materials and ammunition.

In this way, for two consecutive days, the entire county, in addition to the porters, was still the porters. It was not until the evening of the second day after the capture of the county seat that the good news that the county seat of Baoding was successfully broken by the Reading Division reached the general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Boss, boss, good news" Zuo Quan, as the deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, took the telegram he had just received, and hurriedly ran to the command room where Mr. Peng was, shouting as he ran.

"What, the reading division is fast, show me" You know, just when the reading division began to lay out until now, for several days in a row, Peng Dehuai, as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, couldn't sleep at night. I often stare at the small county seat of Baoding on the map for more than ten hours a day. Now that he finally heard the good news from the reader, can he not be happy?

"Mr. Peng, Liu Hua and they captured Baoding, and completely annihilated a brigade of the army and a division of the public security army. In addition, it was said that the commander of the brigade, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, was killed by a shell, and the commander of the puppet army, Wang Deli, was captured by our army. This is a great victory, a great victory that our Eighth Route Army has never had," looked at the impatient General Peng, Deputy Chief of General Staff Zuo Quan said excitedly.

"Okay, well fought, did the telegram specifically mention the number of enemy annihilations and captures, and how about the casualties of the readers?" Mr. Peng grabbed the telegram and asked.

"Having said that, 8,340 people were annihilated, of which 87 were captured. 3,200 puppet troops were annihilated and more than 2,200 were captured. As for seizures, that's more. All the combat materiel and weapons of a brigade of the army. In addition, in the material warehouse of Baoding County, samples of the two divisions of the Chinese Army were found in the past six months. Also, more than 40 wagons of strategic materials were intercepted at the Baoding Railway Station, and more than 10 million rounds of bullets alone were issued.

"Liu Hua, this kid, really has you. Haha, with so many ammunition materials, our Eighth Route Army can hold on to ammunition for another year and a half. No, I want to personally ask the Party Central Committee for credit for Liu Hua and the entire reading teacher, he has helped us a lot," Mr. Peng said excitedly.

"Mr. Peng, it's just so many supplies, how can Liu Hua finish moving them in one night. You know, we have received the news that Baoding has been captured by the Reading Division, and the North China Headquarters of the Yue Army must have also received it. As soon as it dawns tomorrow, the planes of the little devils will definitely all be dispatched to launch a bombing of Baoding County.

"That's right, this is really a problem, send a report to Liu Hua immediately and ask them about the specific situation" After listening to the analysis of the chief of staff, Mr. Peng also frowned, so many materials, but don't let anything happen Mr. Peng prayed secretly.

However, soon the chief of staff came in with a telegram, but from his face there was no worry about going out, but a face full of excitement.

"Mr. Peng. Liu Hua, this kid even deceived the two of us. Mr. Peng, you see, the reading division broke through the county seat at six o'clock in the morning yesterday morning, and began to carry materials at eight o'clock in the morning. At that time, in order to keep it secret and gain more time to carry the materials, he was dozens of hours late, and the news was reported to us. So far, they have been moving for more than 30 hours, and tonight, if there are enough people, they should be able to complete the task. The chief of staff of Zuo Quan said with a smile.

"Well, I'll just say, there are a lot of nobles in this kid, will he let the little devil take advantage of him?" Mr. Peng also smiled, "Mr. Peng, since the materials of the reading force master have been almost moved." You see, do you want to send a telegram to the Central Committee at once, you know, the chairman and the commander-in-chief must be waiting for our telegram in front of the map? Zuo Quan, who had no worries, said with a smile.

"I agree, we will send a report to the chairman and the boss right away, so that they will be happy and happy." Mr. Peng, who reacted, said with a smile.

And when the chairman took the telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the whole person was completely shocked. What a great victory this is, since the founding of the Eighth Route Army, it can be said that it has never achieved such a great victory. Reading power teacher, it's really good, Liu Hua, he really deserves to be the youngest division commander in our army

"Boss, with this victory, it not only solves the ammunition problem of our Eighth Route Army. More importantly, we refuted the Kuomintang's remarks on the battlefield that we could not swim in time, and eliminated more than 8,000 little devils, even in the Battle of Taierzhuang, [***] paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties to completely annihilate more than 10,000 people. Hehe, now our Eighth Route Army is really proud of it. I have decided that today I will personally write a commentary and send it to Xinhua News Agency to inform the whole country and the world about this matter," the chairman finally relaxed after frowning for several days.

"Chairman, I agree to immediately let the Xinhua News Agency broadcast the great achievements of our Eighth Route Army's Reading Division, so that the little devils know that our Eighth Route Army can not only fight guerrilla warfare, but also have the conditions for a major battle. At the same time, it is also possible to gag the mouth of the Kuomintang. It's just that, Chairman, in this case, the Reader will definitely become a key target of the army in the future, and I'm afraid that they will be under a lot of pressure," the boss reminded worriedly.

"This is for sure, if you annihilate a brigade of the army, the army will definitely retaliate. Didn't so many weapons and equipment be captured this time, and sent a telegram to Peng Dehuai on the front line. Let's just say that this batch of equipment readers will be replenished first, and then the remaining materials will be the turn of the other three divisions to replenish enough equipment and ammunition for the readers, and we believe that Liu Hua will definitely create a miracle for us again. The chairman said confidently.

"The latest report of the Xinhua News Agency, the latest report of the Xinhua News Agency: At 6 o'clock yesterday morning, the reading division of our heroic Eighth Route Army regained the county town of Baoding, which had been occupied by the Yue Army for a long time, and completely annihilated a brigade and a division of the puppet army. Among them, Major General Katsuzo Kitamura, commander of the brigade, was killed by our army, seized all kinds of ammunition and materials, and at the same time paralyzed the railway transportation line of the army from Beiping to the south, thus making tremendous contributions to the cause of the entire country's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression." Less than two hours after Liu Hua's good news was issued, the Xinhua News Agency, which was under the leadership of the party Central Committee, broadcast this bomb-like news to the whole world.

"Niang Xipi, [***] The Eighth Route Army launched such a big campaign, why do we not know until now, how did your intelligence department do things, such a big campaign, why is there no intelligence at all" Just after listening to the Xinhua News Agency's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, called Dai Li, from the Military Unification Bureau, slapped the table, and scolded loudly.

"Headmaster, our intelligence department has just gotten the news. Before listening to Xinhua Radio, our intelligence bureau didn't get any news about the whole battle, and [***] kept it secret," Dai Li replied with his head down.

"Niang Xipi, then whether the enemy annihilation figures just released by [***] are reliable, and are there any exaggerated elements?" asked Chiang Kai-shek, who had calmed down.

(To be continued)