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Chapter 348 Detonate!

"Division Commander, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has already entered the city, fighting house-to-house with the imperial army."

At the 37th Division Headquarters, Chief of Staff Ishida Kinzo reported to Hirata Kenkichi.

Intensive gunshots and explosions sounded like popping beans, only a few hundred meters away from the command post.

The current Changzhi County is already a pot of porridge.

The most abrupt gunshot was the submachine gun of the Eighth Route Army, which kept screaming wildly, making Hirata Kenkichi and Ishida Kinzo unbearably upset.

Both of them knew very well that the submachine gun in Balu's hand had an advantage in street fighting, and Sanba Dagai was completely incomparable.

When the Eighth Route Army first entered the city, Hirata Kenji ordered the firing of poison gas bombs in an attempt to drive the Eighth Route Army out of the county and regain the city wall.

However, what the devils never expected was that the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had a gas mask in their hands. When the devil soldiers were wearing gas masks and were about to go up to collect the heads of the Eighth Routers, they were hit by sudden intensive firepower.

Not only did the city wall not be recaptured, but another squadron was lost.

Hirata Kenkichi asked coldly: "Ishida-kun, how many people do we have now?"

Ishida Kinzo's face was ugly: "There are less than 2200 people, and half of them are artillerymen who took up rifles and turned into infantry."

It was already in the afternoon. That is to say, since the firing of the Eight Routes in the morning to the present, the casualties of the Japanese army have exceeded 2000.

It seems that 2300 troops are many, but in fact, these troops are scattered in the county, and there are not many at all.

Because the Eighth Route Army was fighting in depth from all sides, fighting was happening everywhere.

"Nani, there are less than 2300 people?" Hirata Kenkichi asked.

"Hi!" Ishida Kinzo said, "When the Eight Routes attacked the city, we lost about four squadrons. When we fired poison gas bombs to recapture the city wall, we lost one squadron. When the Eight Routes attacked along the streets, we lost another two squadrons." The Eighth Route Artillery Artillery Wing suffered about 4 casualties, and two squadrons have been lost in street fighting since the morning."

Hirata Kenkichi's face changed: "This means that at the latest tomorrow afternoon, all the imperial troops in Changzhi County, including the Division Headquarters, will be wiped out by the Eight Route Army?"

"Master, I'm afraid it won't be until noon tomorrow."

Ishida Kinzo said helplessly: "Even if the artillerymen have rifles, their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the infantry. What's more, our soldiers have no experience in street fighting. There are at least 37 infantrymen on the Eighth Route. By noon tomorrow, if the reinforcements have not arrived before noon tomorrow, the [-]th Division will become the first division of the Imperial Japanese Army to be wiped out."

As soon as Ishida Dazuo's words fell, the communications staff turned around and stood up, holding a folder to report: "Division commander, chief of staff, the train on which the reinforcements from Taiyuan, the Yoshino Regiment, derailed in Yezhugou. The Yoshino Regiment is rushing to help !"

Hearing this, Hirata Kenkichi grabbed the communications staff officer's collar and asked angrily, "Baga, I don't care about the Yoshino Regiment. Where are the 14th and 18th Brigades?".

Unless the 14th and 18th Brigades came, a mere Yoshino Regiment came to deliver food to the Eighth Route Army.

With the current combat power displayed by the Eighth Route Army, it is simply too easy to defeat a regiment.

The communication staff looked flustered, but he still tried to keep his words fluent: "Report to the division commander, the 14th and 18th brigades are being blocked by the Eighth Route, and they will not be able to reach Changzhi for the time being."

"Where is the 2nd Guards Division?"

Hirata Kenkichi asked loudly: "Why didn't the 2nd Guards Division come to help?"

Behind him, Ishida Kinzo bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Commander Shinozuka called just now, and the 2nd Guards Division is advancing towards the sky, besieging the Eighth Route Arsenal, and forcing the attack on Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng The eight-way return aid, relieve the siege of our 37th Division!"

Hirata Kenkichi let go of the communications staff officer, who paused, then turned around and walked towards the radio station.

Afterwards, Hirata Kenkichi's tone was extremely puzzled: "Will Eight Routes return to help Yixiantian?"

Ishida Kinzo's eyes flickered: "It depends on whether the Eighth Route Army is determined to eat up my 37th Division, or whether they want to abandon their arsenal."

Hirata Kenkichi asked, "Ishida-kun, what do you think?"

Ishida Kinzo said: "If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely not choose to return to help and continue to attack the 37th Division."

"Why?" Hirata Kenkichi asked.

Ishida Kinzo said: "Because even if the Eighth Army returns to aid, it may not be able to keep the first-line sky arsenal, and may even fall into the encirclement of the 18th Brigade, the 14th Brigade, and the 2nd Guards Division. The 37th Division can seize a large amount of weapons and ammunition."

Hirata Kenkichi suddenly changed his expression: "If we blow up the 37th Division's arsenal, will the Eighth Route Army come back to help Yixiantian?"

"It's hard to say... Division commander, after all, this is just our guess, because we don't know what Li Yunlong and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route are thinking." Ishida Kinzo hesitated.

For such a big matter, Ishida Kinzo didn't dare to say it to death. After all, he was just a senior officer and couldn't bear such a big responsibility.

"You can't sit still, you have to give it a try." Hirata Kenkichi said awe-inspiringly: "Ishida-kun, ordered to blow up the arsenal and grain depot."

"Why don't you ask Commander Shinozuka for such a big matter?" Ishida Kinzo asked.

"There is no need to ask Commander Shinozuka." Hirata Kenkichi said, "Before our jade is broken, the grain depot and the arsenal will still be blown up. Sooner or later, it will be blown up. It is better to blow up earlier."

"It's a pity that so many ammunition supplies and food were blown up, after all, the empire's supplies are not abundant." Ishida Jinzang suggested: "Division commander, it happens that Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng have a lot of reserves. Gasoline and diesel, how about detonating these gasoline and diesel and a small amount of ammunition together to make it look like the imperial army detonated weapons and ammunition to confuse the Eighth Route Army?"

"Even if the Eight Routes don't return to help Yixiantian, we can still blow up all the ammunition and supplies at the last moment, leaving no bullets or grains for the Eight Routes."

"Yoxi!" Hirata Kenkichi said happily, "Ishida-kun, arrange it immediately. There will also be fake bombings in Xiangyuan and Licheng, so that the Eight Route Army will mistakenly think that the imperial army has blown up the arsenal!"

"Hi!" Ishida Kinzo bowed his head, turned and left.

……

Outside Changzhi City, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Old Li, the headquarters sent a telegram that the 2nd Guards Division of the little devil has rushed to the Huangyadong Arsenal."

Li Yunlong, who went to the west city to inspect the battle situation and returned to the headquarters, heard Kong Jie and said to him.

Hearing this, Li Yunlong's expression suddenly became a bit dignified. Apart from the 2nd Guards Division, there was another Devils Regiment whose target was also the Huangyadong Arsenal.

He walked to the table of the Eight Immortals, lay down on the map and asked, "Where is the 2nd Guards Division now?"

"It has advanced to the Liaoyang area. We have troops to stop it. It is estimated that the 2nd Guards Division will arrive at the Arsenal area at noon tomorrow." Kong Jie said.

Li Yunlong quickly found Liaoyang Town on the map. The previous headquarters, brigade headquarters and Yang Village were also nearby, only 20 kilometers away from Huangyadong Arsenal.

"The devil is clearly besieging Wei and saving Zhao."

Zhao Gang saw Yoshio Shinozuka's intentions, pointed to the map and said, "I want to besiege the arsenal and force us to go back to rescue."

Kong Jie said: "Although the arsenal is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is no problem for a regiment to defend a regiment of the Japanese army, but adding another division will certainly not be able to defend it."

Li Yunlong squinted his eyes. The arsenal can now produce 1800 mortars, 40 shells, 40 grenades, and 150 million reloaded bullets annually.

If such a large-scale arsenal was destroyed, Li Yunlong would definitely not be reconciled.

If you can get rid of the old devil Hirata Kenkichi, you can switch to the production line of smokeless gunpowder and 60mm mortar from Chen Feng's brother.

However, Li Yunlong always wanted everything in war. He wanted to keep the arsenal, and he also wanted the head of that old devil Kenkichi Hirata.

Li Yunlong was thinking about how to keep the arsenal and kill Hirata Kenkichi.

At this moment, there was a huge explosion sound like thunder and shaking mountains and mountains in front of Changzhi City. Everyone looked up and saw a huge orange-red flame bursting from Changzhi City. The ball of flames rolled up layer by layer in a short time, and every time the flames rolled up, the flames expanded a little, and the height increased a little bit.

Then, the orange-red flame turned into thick black smoke, rolling out a cloud of mushroom smoke hundreds of meters high!
"What's the situation?" Kong Jie looked at the mushroom cloud in shock.

"This...couldn't be the arsenal of the 37th Division exploded?" Zhao Gang's eyes widened, his tone confused.

Li Yunlong shook his head and said: "Probably not, our troops haven't reached the arsenal so quickly."

"Did the devil blow it up by himself?" Zhao Gang said, "The devil knew he would be wiped out, so he detonated the ammunition in advance?"

"Probably so!" Kong Jie nodded and said.

"Damn it!" Li Datuan couldn't help yelling, "Pingtian, don't let me catch you, if I catch you, I'll kill you like hell."

Needless to say, the arsenal of the 37th Division must be much richer than that of the 4th Brigade.

In Li Yunlong's view, the 37th Division's arsenal is his Li Yunlong's arsenal. If his arsenal is blown up, can he not get angry?

Zhao Gang said: "It's a bit strange, what is this devil trying to do in such a hurry to blow up the arsenal before he reaches the end of his life?"

"Who knows." Kong Jie said, "Maybe they deliberately detonated the explosives, telling us that there is not much oil and water in the city, and forcing us to go back to the arsenal, so that the 37th Division of his goddamn regiment will be safe."

Not long after, Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa sent telegrams one after another, saying that devils in Xiangyuan County and Licheng County suspected of detonating the arsenal.

This caused Li Datuan to curse again.

Chief Li Datuan likes to scold the street as soon as he loses money. He scolded the little devil and Hirata Kenkichi's ancestors like his father and mother.

After scolding, I immediately felt relieved: "I want Hirata Kenkichi's head, and we have to protect the arsenal."

(End of this chapter)