"Captain, captain, no, the Eighth Route Army has attacked the city from the south gate." The chief of staff hurried in.

"Baga, what a panic, order all the troops to hold their positions and swear to live and die with the positions. Chief of Staff, let's go to the radio room! I will personally report to the Taiyuan commander all the circumstances we have encountered, and we suspect that we may have fallen for the Eighth Route Army. The captain said with his head down.

"Your Excellency, Commander, in the afternoon, our unit was attacked by about a brigade of troops of the Eighth Route Army. According to reconnaissance, it is suspected to be the Second Brigade of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army. At this moment, my original county seat has been broken. I will lead the remaining Imperial Army and the Chinese to fight to the end. In addition, according to reconnaissance, the entire Yuanping area has now fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and there is no longer a single figure of the army in the entire Yuanping. I ask Your Excellency the Commander to quickly send troops to recapture the county after the city of Yuanping County is broken, destroy the Eighth Route Army here, and avenge us."

"Baga, order all the soldiers to pick up their guns, we will fight with the Eighth Route Army to the end, and we will all kill me" The captain pulled out his command knife and rushed in the direction of the south gate, followed by the only dozen or so soldiers left in the headquarters.

At this time, the Taiyuan headquarters of the army was full of excitement. Because the various units that were responsible for attacking the base areas in the eastern part of China and Jindong had frequently sent countless good news.

"Our department has entered the base area of China. Except for slight resistance from the local militia, no main force was encountered."

"Our unit has penetrated deep into the territory of the China base area, successfully repelled the blocking force of one battalion of China, and is now pursuing the remnants of the enemy."

Looking at the successes one by one, the commander couldn't help but be happy with his decision. "Haha, Reader, this time I must wipe you all out to wash away the shame that the Imperial Army has suffered in the past few months." The commander thought to himself.

"Your Excellency, Commander, something has happened, something has happened." The chief of staff recklessly pushed open the door of the commander's room, and said hurriedly without caring about shouting a report.

"Baga, what are you panicking, is there still a little bit of majesty of this imperial army?" Looking at the panicked chief of staff, the commander's happy mood was also disturbed, and he said depressedly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, but, here's an urgent telegram from Harahei." The chief of staff wiped the sweat from his head and handed over the telegram that was already soaked with sweat.

"Nani, Yuanping County, isn't our immediate target now in the Jindong base area of China, what urgent information can Yuanping have?" The commander asked suspiciously, but still picked up the telegram and read it carefully.

"Baga, how could it be, impossible, how could Yuan Ping be attacked by the Eighth Route Army, impossible, absolutely impossible." The commander asked incredulously. "Chief of Staff, what do you think of this telegram?" The commander asked, looking at the chief of staff in front of him.

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, I can't believe it's true. However, as soon as I received the telegram, I called back, and there was no movement from Yuan Ping? It is estimated that the original county seat has now fallen. What's more, I called several bases with radio stations in Harahei, but there was no response. ”

"What do you mean?" The commander looked up at the chief of staff in disbelief. "Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I think that now the entire Yuanping has fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. And according to the telegram sent by Yuan Ping, it was the Second Brigade of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army that participated in the attack. The chief of staff said his own words and looked up at the commander in front of him, who was suddenly speechless.

"You go out and let me think about it?" The commander waved his hand.

"Hi Commander, before I leave, allow me to say one more word." The chief of staff thought about it and still did not leave.

"Say it, Chief of Staff." The commander said with his head bowed.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander, if that unit is really the 2nd Brigade of the Reading Division. Well, so far, the 3rd Brigade of the Reading Division has not appeared. So we have to prepare all counties to hold on. With that, he turned and left the commander's room.

Seeing the back of the departing chief of staff, the commander fell into deep thought. Could it be that he was really fooled, the commander of the branch did not die, this is a complete hoax? Impossible, absolutely impossible. However, what happened to the fallen Haraping, and where are they now, as well as the 3rd Brigade of Reading Force, which has not appeared until now. Will it be like the Second Brigade of Reading Force, suddenly occupying a county seat?

You must know that since the Imperial Army entered China, it has never lost the occupied county seats. Unexpectedly, this precedent was suddenly broken by himself. If you let the North China Headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor know, then what will be waiting for you? I know it very well.

Thinking of this, the commander's forehead began to sweat. "Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff," the commander shouted loudly outside the door.

"Your Excellency, Commander, what are your orders?" The chief of staff, who had been guarding the door, heard the commander's shout and hurriedly pushed the door in.

"Chief of Staff, immediately record the order, give the order to the departments of the front." The commander said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Hey." The chief of staff looked pale when he heard this, and immediately took out the folder. Prepare to record commands.

"Order, all the troops attacking the base area of China should immediately stop their advance and return to their own stations, so as to prevent the people of China from taking the opportunity to sneak attack our station. After receiving the order, the ministries must immediately carry it out, otherwise the military law will be involved. In addition, the Yuanping garrison immediately concentrated its forces, recaptured the county seat of Yuanping, and cleared the Eighth Route Army in the garrison in the shortest possible time. Taiyuan Command, Supreme Commander"

An hour has passed since the siege. The gunfire in the city slowly thinned out with the death of the captain of the army. As for the police forces who fled into the county seat, they had already knelt on the ground and surrendered when they saw the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army, which entered the city, occupied the whole city with almost no resistance.

"Brigade commander, the troops have already taken the county seat, do you want the soldiers to rest." Looking at the city wall in front of him, which had been blown into ruins by explosives, the political commissar next to him proposed.

"Rest, commissar, this is a telegram just sent by the division headquarters, look at it!" As he spoke, Gao Yuan covered a telegram in his hand to the political commissar next to him.

"It's so fast, I really didn't expect the devil's reaction to be so fast, we just took the devil's county seat, and the devil withdrew his troops from the base area." The commissar said.

"Well, the devil's speed is beyond my expectations. Maybe it's because the army is too far away, and the headquarters is afraid to take the responsibility for losing the county! Anyway, anyway, we must withdraw from the county seat before dawn, and I estimate that there will be a plane of devils coming to the county seat tomorrow morning. Gao Yuan nodded.

"Chief of Staff, what's going on in the city now?" Seeing the chief of staff running towards him, Gao Yuan asked loudly.

"The brigade commander, the political commissar, the devils in the city have all been cleared, and more than 200 policemen have been captured. Now the fighters are cleaning the battlefield. In addition, according to the confessions of those puppet policemen, there is also a small arsenal of the Japanese army in the city, which stores about a month's combat supplies for a brigade of the Japanese army. The chief of staff said excitedly.

"Well, very good, Chief of Staff, just now the division headquarters called, asking us to withdraw from the county seat before dawn, take a look, is it possible?" Takahara asked.

"In such a hurry, brigade commander, we can withdraw before dawn, but we will have to leave behind some of what we have worked so hard to capture," said the chief of staff, after a moment's thought.

"Drop a part. No, absolutely not, these captured supplies and ammunition were all bought by the fighters with their lives. How can we say throw away, throw away. Think of a way to see if you can ship it all back. After listening to the words of the chief of staff, the commissar said with a frown.

"Chief of Staff, have we captured the devil's car?" Takahara asked.

"Yes, brigade commander, a total of 12 devil cars have been captured." The chief of staff immediately replied.

"Well, it's easy to have a car. Chief of Staff, you immediately go to the reconnaissance platoon, and the guard company will find 12 soldiers who can drive cars, drive the devil's car directly to the door of the devil's arsenal, and empty all the arms and grain stored by the devil inside. By the way, Chief of Staff, I will give you another task, and do not forget about the pharmacies and hospitals in the county. Those are all opened by devils, so don't be polite, and transport all the medicines inside. Not only us, but also the division headquarters are in urgent need of a large number of medicines. Brigade Commander Gao Yuan said.

"Brigade commander, I'm going to do it, and I must move all the things that should be moved in the city before dawn, leaving an empty city that doesn't make any sense to the devils." After listening to the brigade commander's suggestion, the chief of staff said excitedly.

In this way, the fighters who fought for a day, with the encouragement of their respective instructors. Joined the ranks of handling again. The door of the devil's small arsenal was brightly lit at this time, and 12 devil's transport vehicles were neatly parked at the door, and about a company of soldiers was constantly running in the middle, carrying a large amount of ammunition inside

Ammunition depots were emptied, grain depots were emptied, pharmacies were swept away by soldiers, and the soldiers were like a big sweep, and before dawn, almost everything that should be removed was removed.

"Brigade commander. This is the last company to retreat, and there are no more troops in the city except for the guard company. The chief of staff said as he looked at the last group of soldiers to evacuate, and then at the sky that had slowly brightened.

"Okay, yes, guard company commander, go, leave some gifts for them in the devil's barracks, and then retreat immediately." Brigade Commander Gao Yuan said happily, his words full of excitement. Because so far, I have completed part of the northward expansion plan.

Of course, there are happy and sad ones. When it was dawn the next day, the plane that the devil took off from Taiyuan really came to Yuanping County. However, to the disappointment of the pilot, except for the messy battlefield and the corpses of his own people, there was hardly a living person in the entire county. Therefore, the planes that came to carry out the bombing mission, after searching for no results, could only wag their tails and return the same way.

However, as the infantry who regained the county seat, they did not have such good luck, although they did not pay any casualties in the process of recovering the county seat. However, when he saw the empty ready-made, the captain who led the team realized how serious his losses were. What made me even more angry was that the people of China actually planted a large number of mines in their military camp, so that their avant-garde team was almost lost, and they really wanted to cry without tears!

(To be continued)