Wang Zhankui and others waited for several days near the highway from Peking to Cangzhou, but still did not see the Japanese heavy artillery brigade passing by, so they reported this situation to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu had sent a telegram to the Military Control Commission to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army in Peking, and he had never received a reply.

Tomorrow is the day to break through. Gao Jiu hopes that Wang Zhankui and others can come back to help, so he sent a telegram to the Military Control Commission again.

The Military Control Commission responded to the telegram, saying that they had just received accurate news that the Japanese heavy artillery brigade had confirmed that it would not go to Cang County. After Gao Jiu received the news, he immediately sent a telegram to Wang Zhankui, asking him to lead his troops to the periphery of Cang County and cooperate with Gao Jiu and others' breakthrough operations tomorrow.

Wang Zhankui received the telegram and immediately led the guerrillas to set off overnight and headed straight for Cang County.

Gao Jiu also sent a telegram to Tianchuan, asking them to stay near the scheduled tunnel exit, preparing to welcome Gao Jiu and others to break through.

Tianchuan and others were always worried about Gao Jiu and others in the city. They finally waited for the news that Jiu Ye was going to lead people to break through. Everyone was very happy and no longer continued to attack the Japanese and puppet troops. They made every effort to prepare to respond to Gao Jiu and others.

These days, they have wiped out hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops, seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, and buried them in dispersion. They knew that Gao Jiu and others were already in short supply of ammunition, so they took out all the guns and ammunition and transported them to the entrance of the tunnel.

The next morning, Gao Jiu gathered the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas, the Jiang family father and son, and Jiang Jing, the head of the underground anti-Japanese army, and others to deploy a breakthrough.

After the meeting began, each unit reported its respective status quo, and the situation was already quite serious.

The Taohua Mountain guerrillas have lost 55 people in the battle these days. The number of people lost in this battle alone has exceeded the total number of people lost since the establishment of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, and there is no more ammunition.

There are only 28 guerrillas left by the Jiang family father and son. The machine gun bullets have basically been exhausted, and each rifle bullet is left with only a few dozen.

The losses of the underground anti-Japanese army have become even worse. Over the past few days, more than 570 people have been injured or killed, and the ammunition consumption has become even worse. Each person has an average of less than 30 bullets.

Gao Jiu said: "Brothers! We have successfully completed the anti-Japanese evacuation operation covering the riots and will start breaking through tonight."

These days, everyone has been exhausted by the Japanese and puppet troops' repeated attacks. They know that they will die here sooner or later. When they continue like this, they heard that they will break through soon, so everyone can't help but feel energetic.

Gao Jiu did not tell everyone about the things that had already been excavated. There were too many Japanese and puppet troops outside, and forcibly breaking through the siege will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The possibility of directly breaking out of the siege is extremely small. Now this tunnel is the only hope for everyone to break out of the siege, and Gao Jiu has to keep it strictly confidential.

Gao Jiu's deployment was to continue to defend the city wall this morning. During dinner, it was confirmed that the Japanese and puppet troops would not launch a large-scale attack today, leaving a small number of personnel to continue to monitor the enemy on the city wall. The main force gathered in the southeast direction of the city and launched a breakthrough operation at night.

Gao Jiu asked the troops to resolutely repel the attacks of the Japanese and puppet troops during the day, creating the illusion of continuing to defend the county town of Cangxian to ensure the suddenness of the breakout at night.

Everyone saw the hope of survival and was full of fighting spirit, expressing their determination to defend the city.

After the meeting, the commanders returned to their respective troops and reported the good news that they were about to break through. The soldiers were in high spirits and entered the position with high spirits.

That morning, the temporary command center of the 132nd Division also held a combat meeting, and officers with or above Japanese brigade commanders and officers with or above Peace Corps attended the meeting.

The Japanese division commander said: "Everyone, these days, after the persistent attacks of the Huang army and the Peace Army, more than half of the enemy troops in the city have suffered casualties and few ammunition are left. Today is the time to completely eliminate them."

The Japanese and puppet troops have not only suffered a lot of casualties these days, but also were very tired and their morale was quite low. They finally waited for the time to launch the general attack and were all excited.

After the division commander made the mobilization, the chief of staff deployed a specific attack.

The Japanese army was deployed to divide the main force into three echelons, and the forces of each echelon gradually increased. After the attack operation began, the attacks between the three echelons should be closely connected, and the anti-Japanese troops in the city should not be given a chance to breathe.

When the Japanese and puppet army officers heard that this attack would have to be invested 11,000 people at once, everyone was very confident. They believed that the enemy troops in the city were exhausted and would definitely not be able to stop this general attack.

After the meeting, the officers from each branch returned to the army and began to form an offensive echelon, waiting for the division headquarters to send an offensive order.

The commander of the 132nd Division believed that this battle would be successful. He transferred all the artillery of the Japanese and puppet troops to the forefront and started to bombard the county town from 9:10 am. This time, the artillery fire was ready for 50 minutes, and most of the walls of Cang County were collapsed.

At about 10 o'clock, the division commander issued an order for a general attack, and tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops rushed towards the walls of Cang County.

Gao Jiu did not expect that the Japanese army would launch a general attack at this time. He knew that the city wall could not be defended, so he issued an order to allow the troops to retreat to the southeast of the county after repelling the first wave of the enemy's attacks. He wanted to shrink his limited troops to the southeast of the city, launch street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops until the tunnel was dug.

The Japanese and puppet troops fought hard this time. They rushed towards the city walls of Cang County regardless of their casualties.

Faced with so many Japanese and puppet troops, the anti-Japanese army, which was already scarce in their hands, consumed half of the remaining ammunition and finally repelled the enemy's first wave of attacks.

What they did not expect was that the enemy's second wave of attacks came so quickly that the size of the troops exceeded that of the first wave.

Everyone couldn't stand it anymore. After waiting for Gao Jiu's order, they started to retreat to the southeast of the city.

When the Japanese and puppet troops saw that the Anti-Japanese Army had abandoned the city wall, they were very excited and swarmed in through the gap in the city wall. At this time, the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops was high and they were chasing the retreating Anti-Japanese Army.

The battle was extremely fierce, and a large number of anti-Japanese soldiers fell down during the retreat.

The anti-Japanese troops in Cang County shrank to the southeast corner of the county town. They climbed onto the roof or hid behind the courtyard wall to engage in street fighting with the Japanese and puppet troops.

When the Japanese division commander saw that he finally broke through the enemy's city defense, he was very excited and ordered the troops to continue their efforts and not give the anti-Japanese army a chance to breathe.

The Japanese and puppet troops were very crazy. Some of the troops climbed onto the roof to suppress the firepower of the Anti-Japanese Army. Other Japanese and puppet troops continued to launch attacks and competed for every house with the Anti-Japanese Army.

The fierce battle continued, and it was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that the Japanese offensive came to an end temporarily.

After a fierce battle in the morning, the anti-Japanese army suffered serious losses, and the Taohuashan guerrillas lost another 39 people. Jiang Xinshan and his son's guerrillas are now only 12 people left, and the anti-Japanese army is only more than 300 people left.

The city guard troops, which originally had more than 1,600 people, have only more than 500 people left so far.

At 3 pm, the Japanese officers and soldiers had enough food and drink, brought artillery outside the city into the city, and launched fierce bombardment towards the area where the Anti-Japanese Army was defending.

Many houses fell down during the bombing, and this round of shelling caused more than 30 casualties to the anti-Japanese army.

At 3:30, the Japanese and puppet troops launched another fierce attack.

Both sides fought for every courtyard and every house, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

The area where the Anti-Japanese Army defended gradually shrank, and the Japanese and puppet troops were like chicken blood. They were crowded with power, constantly investing in vital forces and continued to attack fiercely.

The officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army all knew that this was a time of life and death. They fought tenaciously, hoping to hold on until dark.

At 5:50 pm, Gao Jiu knew that the Japanese and puppet troops were not good at night battles, and they would definitely stop attacking for an hour at most.

He asked Jia Liu to lead the correspondents to tell the anti-Japanese soldiers, and let them persevere for the last minute to gain time for the night breakout.

God finally helped a little. From 5 pm, the sky began to turn cloudy. It started to rain at 6:30. By 6:50, the visibility was already very low. The Japanese and puppet troops finally stopped attacking.

Gao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the troops to count the number of people again.

The afternoon battle was even more tragic, and the losses of the Anti-Japanese Army became even more serious. So far, there were only more than 340 people left in the Anti-Japanese Army, and they had been compressed in a small area in the southeast corner of the city.

Most of the people who died were those underground anti-Japanese troops with weak combat power. The Jiang family father and son have now become the commanders of the bare hands. There are only six people left in total. Most of the remaining people are from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

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Gao Jiu knew that if they could not break through successfully tonight, they would definitely not be able to stop the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops tomorrow, and it would be a foregone conclusion that the entire army would be destroyed.

The division commander of the 132nd Division captured the county town of Cang County and compressed Gao Jiu and others into a small area in the southeast corner of the city. He was particularly comfortable and full of confidence. He reported the news to the North China Expeditionary Army Command, and the building of the North China Expeditionary Army Command was filled with joy.

They reported this good news directly to the Japanese base camp in Tokyo. The base camp instructed North China to send military affairs to continue its efforts and to eliminate Gao Jiu and others, especially the bandit leader Gao Jiu, and he must not let him escape.

Sakai, deputy chief of staff of the North China Expeditionary Army, was very excited. He decided to rush to Cang County overnight to command this historic battle himself.

Cui Zhenshan, Wang Shuanzi and others led the troops of the Fourth Military Sub-district of the Hebei Central Military Region to cover the riots of the anti-Japanese military and civilians to withdraw to the Hebei Central Hebei region. In order to ensure the safe evacuation of the anti-Japanese military and civilians, they continued to send troops to escort along the way. The troops around them were getting fewer and fewer. The 3,500 people originally brought out were only more than 2,000 people left.

Cui Zhenshan and others knew that Gao Jiu and others were in a critical situation, so they led the two thousand men to continue to move towards Cangxian. On the way, they contacted the high school using the radio station and said that they were marching urgently and should be able to arrive near Cangxian around 3 a.m.

Gao Jiu felt very comforted. With Wang Zhankui, Tian Chuan and others outside, and with these Eighth Route Army troops, the possibility of successful breakthrough operation was even greater.

What Gao Jiu is most concerned about now is the excavation progress of the tunnel. He came to the courtyard where the tunnel is again. After entering the courtyard, he did not see Huang Wei. Someone told him that Huang Wei had already gone into the tunnel.

Gao Jiu was about to enter the tunnel to inspect it personally when he saw Huang Wei coming out of the tunnel.

When he saw Gao Jiu, he said with a frustration: "Master Jiu, I really didn't expect that a huge rock suddenly came across a huge rock blocking the way. I have already carefully surveyed it. To get around this rock, I need to dig an extra 60 meters. It was originally planned to dig the tunnel before 2 o'clock tonight, but I was afraid that it would not be able to dig the tunnel until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

The sudden change suddenly disrupted Gao Jiu's deployment. After thinking about it, Gao Jiu said decisively: "The next tunnel is to use three people to dig at the same time. I will draw another 50 team members to help you dig. Change shifts every five minutes. Be sure to dig the tunnel before 5 a.m.."

Gao Jiu immediately dispatched 50 special forces members. These special forces members did not need Gao Jiu to mobilize them. Everyone knew that the situation was critical and joined the ranks of digging tunnels without saying a word.

The division commander, chief of staff and others of the 132nd Division had a lot of combat experience. Although they surrounded Gao Jiu, Gao Jiu was famous after all, so they did not dare to be careless. They once again issued strict orders to the various branches. No matter all Japanese and puppet troops inside and outside the city, they must maintain a high level of vigilance to prevent Gao Jiu and others from launching a breakthrough operation at night.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the city blocked every street and every house, and it was impossible to break through them. The Japanese and puppet troops outside the city ignited a large number of fires, illuminating the lights within hundreds of meters outside the city. They built a large number of fortifications, and everyone took turns to sleep, maintaining more than half of the troops at any time to prevent Gao Jiu and others from breaking through.

Gao Jiu and others are now only more than 300 people left, and there is insufficient ammunition. If you want to break through forcibly, there is only a dead end. The only hope is on the tunnel.

Huang Wei and others who participated in the excavation of the tunnel knew that life and death were at stake now, and they used their strength to dig the tunnel desperately.

At 4:45 am, the tunnel was finally dug.

Gao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately organized troops to enter the tunnel in batches and began to break through.

At this moment, Jia Liu suddenly received a telegram. The telegram was sent by the underground party. They said that the last ten thousand people who participated in the riot were suddenly blocked by the enemy and cut off their way. In order to ensure that these people could break through the enemy's interception, Gao Jiu and others were asked to stay in the county town of Cangxian for another 24 hours.

At the same time, Cui Zhenshan also sent a telegram saying that they had received the order and could not go to Cang County for the time being. The superiors sent them to rescue the last unit that was blocked and participated in the riot.

The sudden change put Gao Jiu and others in danger.

There is only one dead end to the county town. Gao Jiu must never do such a fool. However, the anti-Japanese army with tens of thousands of people did need Gao Jiu and others to continue to restrain the Japanese army as the main force.

"what to do?"
Chapter completed!