Chapter 88 The People
The result was that Yuncheng was hit by an internal impact.
The Shanxi-Suizhou Army was even powerless to stop it because they did not know which people were the people and which were the "people" disguised as the people.
The first one to be washed open was the Nanda Gate, because this gate faces Zhongtiao Mountain and is closest to the Eighth Route Army Defense Zone.
The Japanese knew this and deliberately cooperated with this action to attack from the north gate and the east gate. From time to time, they even fired several shells randomly to increase the panic of the people, making them think that the Japanese were really invading.
After Yan Laoxi was furious, he immediately knew that the situation was gone and Yuncheng could not be defended.
Yan Laoxi is exquisite individualism. Everything he does is for his own power. Such people cannot give up their lives for a certain city or Shanxi... People like them can clearly understand what is precious, it is an outsider.
Therefore, although Yan Laoxi kept saying to save Shanxi and then dreamed of fighting back to Shanxi, it was just a desire for control and power, not the kind of love that could give life to Shanxi.
On this basis, once Yan Laoxi makes a judgment that Yuncheng cannot be defended, he will choose to escape as soon as possible.
But of course, what Yan Laoxi said was "retreat", and this "retreat" was not mentioned to Chu Yunfei.
On the one hand, I hope Chu Yunfei will guard for a while and give him more time to escape. On the other hand, Yan Laoxi doesn’t know how to tell Chu Yunfei…
Chu Yunfei led the 358th Regiment to fight and kill him outside. He finally managed to defend the northern wing of Yuncheng with such a huge casualty. As the commander, Yan Laoxi held heavy troops in charge of Yuncheng, which was "imperfect". The Japanese did not kill many of them but lost Yuncheng in less than a day. He was shameless to say it!
Another reason Yan Laoxi didn't say: Yamamoto's special agent brigade immediately turned its target to Yan Laoxi's headquarters after blowing up the arsenal.
Yan Laoxi withdrew from Yuncheng under the cover of the guard camp, and only brought more than 500 people when he left the city.
When Yuncheng was in chaos, Wang Xuexin immediately knew the situation.
Because the explosion from Yuncheng Arsenal reached Luotuo Ridge immediately.
It was already past twelve o'clock in the evening. Wang Xuexin was awakened and turned over and sat up from the bed. He heard such a loud explosion and it sounded very close. He thought that some unit had not prevented the infiltration of the Japanese and had been touched off the ammunition depot.
Wang Xuexin put on his military uniform and rushed to the battalion. While holding the buttons, he asked Chen Songyong who was rushing out of another dormitory: "Where is the explosion?"
Chen Songyong was also confused. He looked at the direction where the fire light came and replied: "Battery Commander, it seems to be in the direction of Yuncheng! The Japanese are fighting Yuncheng!"
Wang Xuexin looked towards Yuncheng, and thought to himself that something was wrong. The Japanese turned the target of the infiltration war to Yuncheng...
Thinking of Wang Xuexin, he couldn't help but blame himself. He should have thought that the Japanese would do this.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's defense line was not the Eighth Route Army that was defending, but also the Jinsui Army. The Jinsui Army was the weakness on this line of defense... Why did I completely ignore this weakness?
Wang Xuexin thought about it and felt that this should be the cause of his inertial thinking.
He has always been concerned about the Eighth Route Army and stubborn army and the Jinsui Army, even if he cooperates with the Jinsui Army.
As a result, the Japanese took advantage of the loopholes.
Sure enough, the subsequent call proved that Wang Xuexin was right.
The phone call was from Li Yunlong, and he ordered in an anxious tone: "Come to the regiment headquarters immediately, something happened!"
Wang Xuexin hurried to the regiment headquarters with the guards, and the battalion commanders of each battalion were already talking about it.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were still sorting out the collected information one second before the meeting.
Seeing that everyone was coming, Zhao Gang raised his hand to signal the cadres to calm down and said, "Comrades, the headquarters also sent a message. It is confirmed that the Japanese infiltrated Yuncheng and sneaked into the Jinsui Army's arsenal. Yuncheng is now in chaos. The specific situation is still uncertain, but... the situation is not optimistic. We must make the worst plan!"
"The Japanese have two skills!" Zhang Dabiao said: "We have set up the Dragon Gate Formation and wait for the Japanese agents to come. They turn around and go to Yuncheng!"
Li Yunlong had a slight face and didn't speak for a long time, and his expression made the cadres dare not speak.
Not long after, another telegram was sent from the headquarters. Zhao Gang looked at the telegram and sighed, saying, "Old Yan has fled!"
Li Yunlong cursed in a muffled voice: "Damn it, I wouldn't have given Yuncheng to Yan Laoxi if I had known it. I originally thought that the Jinsui Army had guns and cannons, and there were still a few useful aircraft in the sky that could always play a role. I didn't expect that the butt was beaten away by the Japanese before it was hot. Isn't we wasted our time..."
Zhao Gang said twice: "We cannot use the results to counter-referencing the practice. 'Planning is based on people and accomplishing things is based on heaven'. Our decision to cooperate with the Jinsui Army is obviously correct. No one would have thought that Yan Laoxi would be so unsuccessful! It is useless to say these things now, the key is how to deal with them!"
"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong said in embarrassment: "Yuncheng is the gateway between our Zhongtiao Mountain and Luliang Mountain bases. Once Yuncheng is lost, we will be divided and surrounded by the Japanese. How can we deal with it except to fight back?"
Sun Ming said: "It will definitely not work if we fight back. We finally built Zhongtiao Mountain and gave up like this... I'm afraid there will be no next time!"
"What else can I do?" Guan Dashan asked back: "Zhongtiao Mountain is full of mountains, and it is difficult to farm and grow grain. Our troops of tens of thousands of people are surrounded by the Japanese. At that time, all ammunition and food will not be in... What should I eat?"
The cadres nodded in agreement.
No one wants to withdraw, but it will definitely be difficult to stay in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Although the Eighth Route Army has strong survivability in the wild and mountainous areas, the troops of tens of thousands of people are different. What about even if they can rely on the mountain to feed themselves, what about the ammunition?
The Eighth Route Army's arsenal was located in the Luliang Mountain area, and the ammunition transportation route was cut off by the Japanese... and it was time to return to the previous era when there were no 10 bullets per person per person.
Just as the cadres were discussing, the correspondent walked into the conference room and handed Zhao Gang another telegram.
Zhao Gang was shocked when he looked at the telegram. He handed the telegram to Li Yunlong and said, "Old Li, many people have escaped to Zhongtiao Mountain, and there are quite a few people!"
Li Yunlong took the telegram and looked at it, thinking for a while, and then said, "Damn it, this may be what the Japanese did on purpose!"
Zhao Gang nodded, and he also thought of this: "To make us short of food!"
The cadres in the conference room suddenly changed their faces. It was originally difficult for tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army to maintain the situation on Zhongtiao Mountain. Now, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people...
Chapter completed!