"Listen to my orders! Get ready!"

"put!"

With Liu Gen's order, the soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly put the shells into the mortar's chamber as ordered. When the Japanese artillery on the city wall realized that there were artillery soldiers, it was too late. In a short distance, the Japanese artillery did not have time to escape and were directly hit by the shells fired by the soldiers of the artillery battalion. The explosive shells took away the lives of the Japanese.

Suddenly being bombarded by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese on the city wall were stunned, and the battlefield became strangely calm. However, the Japanese quickly reacted and pulled the trigger again and fired wildly under the city wall.

The Japanese defending on the city wall knew that no matter what happened, they needed to defend with all their might. Unless there was really no hope, these Japanese would not choose to surrender. As for the puppet troops responsible for assisting in the defense, their expressions became a little strange. The Japanese artillery was killed, and the puppet troops realized that it would be difficult for Wubao County to defend under the crazy attack of the Eighth Route Army.

The puppet troops, who were not very careful in defense, became more and more careless when defending. Except for a few who committed a lot of crimes and knew that the Eighth Route Army had only one death, most of the puppet troops subconsciously raised their guns when firing.

In the front line command post, Commander Zhang saw the explosion sounding on the city wall and knew that these Japanese artillery were directly killed by Liu Gen and the soldiers of the division artillery battalion. During the gap between the artillery bombardment of Liu Gen and others, Commander Zhang could hear that the Japanese artillery on the city wall did not carry out any counterattack, and the result was very obvious.

"Transfer my order! Two minutes later, the whole regiment will be bayonets! Launch a general attack on Wubao County!"

"All the comrades of our 714th Regiment must rush up, and the county brigade and district team are behind. Wait until our 714th Regiment can't rush up!" Captain Zhang ordered loudly.

The soldiers of the 714th Regiment took out the bayonets they carried with them and placed the bayonets on the rifle in their hands. Their faces were firm, and in the night, they were like the surging waves that were about to explode. The soldiers looked firm. When they met the Japanese, they would burst out their strongest power, tear the Japanese's defense line on the city wall, and take the county town in the shortest time.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

The shells kept flying out of the mortars and landed around the firepower points exposed by the Japanese. Liu Gen personally controlled a mortar and killed 50% of the Japanese firepower points. The remaining firepower points of the Japanese were killed by the soldiers of the artillery battalion. The soldiers' skills were not comparable to those of Liu Gen, but compared with Liu Gen, they undoubtedly had a lot more mortars in their hands.

If a shell cannot kill the Japanese firepower point, then fire a few more shots. So many warriors fire together. No matter how well the Japanese firepower point is arranged, it will not have any effect.

Of course, Liu Gen and the others were able to be so smooth, because the 714th Regiment gave the Japanese enough pressure when attacking Wubao County before, which allowed the Japanese to expose these firepower points and the artillery they had. If this was not the case, then Liu Gen would have to spend more time in Wubao County.

"You guys stay here! Assist the 714th Regiment's attack on Wubao County, and other comrades will transfer with me." Zhang Wei left a soldier from the artillery company and quickly packed up the artillery with the other soldiers, preparing to transfer again.

The location of Wubao County is a bit special, and it is naturally impossible to compare with Lishi County in strategic locations, but Wubao County is the bridgehead for the Japanese to conduct Yan'an. The 714th Regiment's successful capture of Wubao County is not the end. It will only end until the Japanese react and successfully resist the Japanese's attack on Wubao County.

A company's artillery battalion soldier thought it could help the 714th Regiment relieve a lot of pressure. Even if the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the 714th Regiment would have the power to fight.

"Kill! Kill!"

"Comrades! Follow me and kill the Japanese on the city wall!"

“…”

Liu Gen and the soldiers of the Artillery Battalion had just put away the artillery and were about to transfer the artillery, and they could see the soldiers of the 714th Regiment rushed towards Wubao County. At some point, a soldier had already touched the gate of the Japanese city, and the soldiers had placed the explosive bag. In less than twenty seconds, a loud bang came from the gate of Wubao County.

Compared with the sound caused by the explosion of the mortar shell, the loud noise was undoubtedly much louder, and the city gate was directly exploded!

"It seems that the 714th Regiment will not be a problem to take down Wubao County." Seeing that the county gate was blown open, Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

The soldiers in the artillery battalion had obvious joy on their faces. What was they going to continue to move and fight with Liu Gen? Isn’t it just to help other troops successfully capture the Japanese county? The soldiers were very excited to see that Wubao County, with the assistance of themselves and others, were about to be successfully captured by the 714th Regiment.

"Okay! Next we have to move to other places, we need to set off immediately!" Liu Gen looked at the soldiers around him and said with a serious expression.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion looked stagnant and did not dare to say anything anymore. They followed Liu Gen and rushed towards the location of the cavalry detachment. From time to time, stray bullets from the Japanese flew past him, but this time the soldiers were not afraid, so what if they were hit by stray bullets? As long as they could take down the county town, all sacrifices were worth it.

Ten minutes later, Liu Gen and others came to the position of the cavalry detachment. The soldiers of the cavalry detachment helped Liu Gen and his team put the artillery again on the war horses. This was also the only time that Liu Gen and his team could rest.

"Set off!"

After Liu Gen and the soldiers of the artillery battalion were all on the horse, Captain Yao directly issued a transfer order. Next, they needed to go to Shilou County, which was nearly 50 kilometers, which took at least an hour and a half. This was based on everything going well.

At the same time, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the First Japanese Army Command, was constantly issuing orders to mobilize various troops. At the same time, all the officers Nakamoto, who were ready to rest, were summoned to the headquarters by Yoshio Iwamatsu, and he needed these officers to see the combat intentions of the Eighth Route Army in the shortest time.

Yoshio Iwamatsu didn't know much about the 120th Division. When he came to become the commander of the First Army, the 120th Division had long been transferred back to Yan'an to be responsible for the protection of Yan'an. Tonight, when he suddenly learned that the troops under the 120th Division had taken the initiative to launch an attack on Lishi County, Yoshio Iwamatsu still felt that he was joking with him.

The 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army was responsible for protecting the security of Yan'an. It rarely mobilized on weekdays, let alone directly attacking the county town occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. Yoshio Iwamatsu felt that unless the commander of the 120th Division had a problem with his thoughts, he would not choose to attack Lishi County Town.

But when Yoshio Iwamatsu really saw the telegram for help from Lishi County, his face was extremely ugly. He found that this was not a joke with him. The 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army really launched an attack on Lishi County. From the telegram given by Lishi County, the Eighth Route Army troops besieging Lishi County were strong in battle, and they should be the main force of the 120th Division.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was a little confused. Why did the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which rarely had any action, choose to launch an attack suddenly. Lishi County has a good defense, and it is not easy to win it in a short period of time.

However, considering the important strategic location of Lishi County, Yoshio Iwamatsu still issued an order to allow troops in the surrounding area to go to support as quickly as possible.

"You guys, have you seen why the Eighth Route Army troops attacked Lishi County? Are there some things we don't know about?" Yoshio Iwamatsu looked at the officers and staff members who were talking and asked in a deep voice.

Yoshio Iwamatsu dared not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army troops. He would not forget why his ex-President Yoshio Shinozuka was transferred back to the local area. The reason was that he failed to suppress the development of the Eighth Route Army troops. Especially after the Eighth Route Army launched the Hundred Regiments War, the Army Base Camp attached great importance to the encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army troops in the occupied area.

After Yoshio Iwamatsu took over the commander of the First Army, he also carried out several sweeps of the Eighth Route Army base, achieving good results.

Who would have thought that the Eighth Route Army troops suddenly took such a big move after they were quiet for a while. Could it be that these Eighth Route Army were not worried about being encircled and suppressed by the Great Japanese Imperial Army?

The officers and staff lowered their heads. They knew too little information and could not see the combat intentions of the 120th Division. The only information they saw was that Lishi County needed emergency rescue! Lishi County's strategic position was too important and must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
Chapter completed!