The deputy brigade commander continued: "As for the arrogant Cheng Xiazi, let alone him. He and Li Yunlong were sworn enemies. When they competed for the main attack mission of Niangzi Pass, they fought to the death and almost didn't take action.

How can you be willing to succumb to Li Yunlong now?"

"And Chen Lian, you must know that his 769th Regiment does not belong to our 386th Brigade, but to the 385th Brigade. For the honor of the 385th Brigade, he will definitely not obey Li Yunlong's command."

"I'm really curious about how Li Yunlong did it."

The brigade commander smiled casually: "Deputy brigade commander, you are right, but not entirely right. Xu Shengji, Cheng Xiazi and Chen Lian are all more arrogant than the other, and they have a strong sense of honor. They are

I will definitely not be willing to obey Li Yunlong’s command.”

After a pause, the brigade commander changed the topic and continued: "But it is precisely this sense of honor that makes them have to temporarily obey Li Yunlong's command."

"Xu Shengji, Cheng Xiazi and Chen Lian are all veteran party members with extremely high ideological consciousness. Not only do they have a strong sense of personal honor, but they care more about collective honor than personal honor."

"Temporarily obeying Li Yunlong's command will make them look very shameless, but if they cannot capture the target stronghold, they will lose not only their personal honor, but also their regiment, their brigade, and even our entire 129th Division, and even

The honor of the entire Eighth Route Army."

"But the armored train in Li Yunlong's hands allows them to easily capture the mission target, and it can also greatly reduce their casualties."

"Li Yunlong has figured this out, do you think they can disobey Li Yunlong's command?"

Everyone suddenly realized that indeed, compared to the collective honor and disgrace and the lives of the soldiers, personal honor is indeed nothing.

The brigade commander added: "Moreover, by taking down those mission strongholds, Xu Shengji and the others can still get a lot of loot, and with the assistance of armored trains, their ammunition consumption will also be greatly reduced.

The benefits are countless.

If it were you, would you not obey Li Yunlong's command?"

The deputy brigade commander, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff Wang and others all laughed. Although the saying "if you have breasts, you are a mother" is very unpleasant, Xu Shengji, Cheng Xiazi and Chen Lian, and even Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie

They are all such people.

Even if one of them is usually dissatisfied with the other, it is because the two sides have conflicting interests. If one of them can make the other rich, then the expression of the other will definitely make a 180-degree turn.

Don't just listen to his instructions, consider him your godfather.

It’s so realistic!

Of course, the so-called "if you have breasts, you are a mother", it only targets the people within the Eighth Route Army. If it is the Japanese and puppet soldiers, no matter how many benefits are given to them, they will not betray the organization and the people.

…

Pingding County.

The captain of the Pingding County garrison squadron was named Watanabe Kogoro, so the garrison squadron was also called the Watanabe Squadron.

Due to the news that Yangquan County was sent to Yangquan County one after another, and that major strongholds were captured one after another, plus the telegrams sent by Yoshio Shinozuka from the Taiyuan headquarters.

The Japs stationed in Pingding County have long lost their former prestige. They are all so scared that they are afraid that the Eighth Route Army will pacify the county next.

Therefore, Watanabe Kogoro not only ordered that no one should sleep, but also strengthened the security of the county town, especially the security of the two city gates.

Pingding is a small county, so it only has two east and west gates, unlike Yangquan County, which has four gates.

In front of the east city gate tower, a group of Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers on duty, fully armed, stood on guard on the city wall.

Even though they had been standing for most of the night, these Japs didn't feel sleepy at all.

Of course, those puppet soldiers were yawning all the time, just because there were Japanese soldiers watching them. Even though they were sleepy, they only dared to quietly squint.

At this moment, a bright beam of light suddenly shined from the east.

After the initial surprise, the Japanese on duty immediately reacted: "The armored train is the armored train of the imperial army!"

"No, the Eighth Route Army is about to attack Pingding County. Report to the squadron leader, quickly!"

The Japs on the city wall suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Except for one Japs who hurriedly made a phone call, the rest of the Japs took off their rifles from their shoulders, then loaded the ammunition and leaned over behind the battlements with their guns in hand.

The puppet soldiers also lost all sleepiness in an instant.

…

The Japanese's guess was absolutely correct. This beam of light came from the headlights of the armored train.

At this moment, the armored train slowly stopped about 4 kilometers away from Pingding County.

It was not because Li Yunlong did not want the armored train to get closer to increase the accuracy of the artillery fire.

In fact, the Zhengtai Railway does not attack the county seat. Even the train station is located outside the city. 4 kilometers is the closest location to the east gate of the county seat.

Also, heavy artillery is different from small-caliber mortars. The effective range of heavy artillery is more than 15 kilometers. It does not mean that the closer you hit, the more accurate it will be.

On the contrary, targets that are too close will not be hit.

The distance of 3-5 kilometers is the optimal range of heavy artillery.

As soon as the armored train stopped, a new group of soldiers on the roof got off the train one after another or from the car. Then, led by the battalion commanders, they quickly ran towards Pingding County.

At the same time, Langya's observers also ran toward a nearby high point with their telephones and artillery scopes in hand, while the rest of the team immediately began to adjust their shooting at Zhu Yuan, aiming at the east gate of Pingding County.

Everything seems tense, but it's actually quite orderly.

About 10 minutes later.

The time came to 5 o'clock in the morning.

Duan Peng put down the phone and reported to Li Yunlong: "Old commander, all artillery has been aimed at the east gate of Pingding County!"

Li Yunlong nodded: "Then fire!"

"yes!"

Duan Peng agreed, then grabbed the phone and said: "This is the command vehicle, fire immediately! Until the East City Gate is destroyed!"

Cheng Xiazi, Xu Shengji and Chen Lian immediately came to the car window, raised their binoculars and looked towards the east gate of Pingding County.

Not long after, they heard a muffled sound, and at the same time they clearly felt the train shaking, and it was more intense than every previous firing.

The 150mm caliber howitzer is used!

Although there are not many artillery pieces on the armored train, only a dozen or so, the smallest calibers are 75mm field guns and high-level dual-purpose artillery.

In addition, there are 4 105mm caliber howitzers and 1 150mm caliber heavy howitzer.
Chapter completed!