Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 74 Unexpected surprise
After a short hesitation, Wang Ping was not polite, staring directly at Yang Xiong and asked: "Platoon Leader Yang, you are also a veteran, and you have beaten devils before! How about it, do you have any idea to continue to fight devils with me? I can't promise anything else. , it’s no problem for you to be a platoon leader!”

As a pure soldier, Yang Xiong really didn't know what else he could do after leaving the army.

Therefore, after he was rescued, Yang Xiong had the idea of ​​continuing to join the army to fight devils.

As for the Eighth Route Army, he hadn't thought about it.But as soon as this idea came out, he himself denied it. In his mind, the Eighth Route Army was too poorly equipped, and many people didn't even have a rifle.If such an army encounters well-equipped devils, isn't that going to die?
But the independent battalion he saw before him was completely different from the Eighth Route Army he had imagined.

All [-] covers, a large number of crooked handles, grenades, and even heavy machine guns and artillery.

This kind of equipment is not bad at all even compared to the Jinsui Army.

More importantly, Yang Xiong was shocked by the strong fighting power shown by the independent battalion in the attack just now.

As a former Jinsui Army, Yang Xiong also thought about whether it would be possible to take it down if the Jinsui Army sent a battalion to attack the Guanliang stronghold. The final analysis result was that it was not possible. Even if it could be taken down, the battalion would suffer heavy losses.

As for the Eighth Route Army, a main battalion that was seriously understaffed even easily captured the Guanliang stronghold.Not only did seventy or eighty well-equipped devils be eliminated, but their own losses were very small, which can be described as negligible.

In this case, Wang Ping's heart was moved as soon as he opened his mouth.

But he didn't answer right away, but asked hesitantly: "Sir, I want to ask, what will you do with the other people who surrendered with me?"

"Take two steps, first to screen those who did not do evil during the puppet army, choose two paths, one is to join the Eighth Route Army and continue to fight devils. The other is to leave the army, we will give each person a silver dollar Toll!"

"As for those who have done evil, especially those who have blood debts in their hands, we will send them to the rear base area for labor reform according to the actual situation, or directly public trial and shoot them!"

After the last doubt in his heart was resolved, Yang Xiong was not hypocritical, and directly affirmed: "The officer thinks highly of me, if I, Yang Xiong, don't follow the officer to fight devils, I will be too sorry for my conscience!"

"From now on, my life, Yang Xiong, belongs to the commander. I will do whatever you want me to do, sir!"

"Okay! You are welcome to join the Independent Battalion of the First Division of the Eighth Route Army! From today onwards, you are the Eighth Route Army!" Wang Ping replied happily with a smile on his face.

Then I did not forget to add: "Also, our Eighth Route Army is not the Jinsui Army, officers and soldiers are equal, and there is no such thing as a senior officer. When you see an officer above the regiment, you will call the head, and those below the regiment will directly address the position. From now on, you will directly call me the battalion commander." That's it!"

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" Yang Xiong immediately realized.

It is conceivable that Wang Ping was overjoyed to take down the devil's blockhouse and take in Yang Xiong.

It didn't take long for Yan Song, the third company commander who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield, to run over and report excitedly: "Battle Commander, we've made a fortune, we've made a fortune!"

"In the ruins of the gun tower, we found the devil a heavy machine gun, a crooked handle, three and two grenade launchers, and 24 three-eight large covers, all intact and ready to use immediately."

"The puppet army and the devils behind seized 34 96th caps, 6 other rifles, 294 pistols, a crooked handle, a total of [-] grenades and grenades, and a lot of bullets!"

"The most important thing is the arsenal behind the little devil's gun tower. A total of three new crooked handles, 75 three-eight caps, and more than 40 boxes of bullets, artillery shells, grenades, and grenades were found!"

"As for other supplies, there are a lot of them. At least [-] catties of refined grains, and dozens of boxes of canned food. As for other supplies, there are too many types, so I haven't counted them carefully yet!"

"In addition, we also found 26 horses behind the gun tower, five of which were war horses, and the rest were poor horses carrying supplies. They are all fat and strong, and they can be used when they are pulled out!"

Wang Ping frowned, and directly asked the question that everyone around him wanted to ask!

"How can there be so much equipment and supplies? Isn't there only one devil in the Guanliang stronghold who strengthened the team? How can there be so much equipment hoarded?"

Yang Xiong, who had just decided to join the independent battalion, quickly replied: "Battalion Commander, you don't know. Although there is only one reinforced squad for the devils here, the leader of the devils is the rank of captain. I heard that when the devils in Laiyuan City arrive. , this strengthened squad will be expanded into a squadron!"

"If I'm not wrong, these equipment must be used by the devils to expand, and then you happened to catch up with you, battalion commander!"

"It seems that God is helping us!" Wang Ping's frown immediately relaxed, and he said very happily.

Then he ordered the two company commanders: "Zhang Yunshan, you are in charge of the prisoners. I will ask Yang Xiong to cooperate with you and let them carry the captured ones for us. Each of them will carry [-] catties of ammunition and boxes of canned food."

"Company Commander Yan, you are responsible for transporting the captured food and other supplies with the captured horses and war horses. If there are more horses, transport some equipment. As for the extra weapons and equipment, we will distribute them to our own people. Each of us will carry an extra one or two. A rifle, it should not affect marching operations."

"I'll give you two hours to prepare, and retreat after two hours, and try to return to the hiding place of our independent battalion before dawn!"

Wang Ping's purpose of taking down two strongholds of the Japanese army in a row was to disrupt Laiyuan City, and then he would fish in troubled waters.

However, the devils are not vegetarians either. The entire independent battalion was cleaning the battlefield and preparing to retreat.Wang Ping didn't know that a huge crisis was looming over him.

Before the battle started, the Independent Battalion cut off the telephone line from Guanliang stronghold to Laiyuan City.Because the distance is too far, the sound of guns here can not reach the county town.

But Wang Ping ignored the other two strongholds around Guanliang.

Because it was only seven or eight miles away from here, the sound of offensive guns still faintly spread to the two strongholds.

Two consecutive strongholds were captured by the Eighth Route Army, which really made Ono panic, wondering how many Eighth Route Army troops had come to Laiyuan.In the same way, Ono was alerted that all his strongholds scattered in Laiyuan might be attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, after Ono learned that the Wuzhen stronghold was also captured by the Eighth Route Army, Ono issued an order to strengthen the guards of all strongholds.Once the Eighth Route Army is found, report to Laiyuan City immediately.

The sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Guanliang could never have been made by the defenders of the stronghold.

The biggest possibility is that the Guanliang stronghold was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and this Eighth Route Army was also equipped with artillery.Although they didn't know whether the Guanliang stronghold could withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack, the defenders of the two strongholds immediately reported the situation to the Laiyuan headquarters.

The chief of staff, who was preparing for the dispatch of troops, immediately realized that the Guanliang stronghold might be in danger, and immediately reported it to Ono.

(End of this chapter)