As more and more new groups of warriors poured into the city, the situation completely turned against them.

Soon they defeated the Japanese barricades one by one and fought all the way to the original county government, which is the area where Watanabe Squadron is now located.

Unfortunately, Watanabe Kogoro had already fled to the west of the city with the Japanese from the squadron headquarters.

By the time Zhang Dabiao led his troops to occupy the Watanabe Squadron headquarters, the place was already deserted, with only some unburned documents still burning.

A company commander led his troops to search around and reported to Zhang Dabiao: "Report to the battalion commander that the Japanese from the headquarters have disappeared. They must have escaped towards the west gate."

"I will lead my troops to pursue you right now!"

Zhang Dabiao: "Of course we have to pursue, but don't be too anxious, they can't escape!"

The company commander reacted suddenly: "That's right. There are two battalions guarding outside the city. These Japanese soldiers escaped from the city and just threw themselves into a trap."

"Our first battalion has eaten this meat, so we should leave some soup for the second battalion."

Zhang Dabiao had a solemn expression: "Give me the order to continue the attack. We must eliminate the remaining enemies in the city and prevent any of them from escaping!"

"yes!"

The company commander agreed, then led his troops out of the headquarters and continued to join the battle...

The other side.

Japanese squadron leader Watanabe Kogoro had already fled to the west of the city with squadron deputy Nojiri Shinpei and about 10 Japanese soldiers from the squadron headquarters.

He looked back and saw that the gunfire seemed to be still some distance away from the west of the city, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Presumably it was his headquarters that attracted the attention of the Eighth Route Army.

The soldiers who stayed behind also bought him a certain amount of time.

Thinking of this, Watanabe Kogoro couldn't help but whip his whip hard on the back of the army horse. The army horse felt the pain and roared, then spread its hooves and continued towards the west gate.

The Japanese soldiers behind him ran and followed closely behind him.

At the west city gate, the Japanese guarding the city were highly concentrated. To be precise, they were extremely nervous.

Especially those part of the puppet army, everyone was sweating profusely.

From a distance, they saw Watanabe Kogoro coming on horseback.

The leader of the Japanese team immediately went down the city wall to greet him, but before he could speak, Watanabe Kogoro took the lead and said, "Kurai-kun, is there anything unusual outside the West City Gate? Have you found the Eighth Route Army?"

Captain of the Japanese squad: "Report to the squadron leader, there is nothing unusual, and no trace of the Eighth Route Army was found outside the West City Gate."

Watanabe Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Yoshi, Kurai-kun, open the city gate quickly and lead the fifth team to follow me in and out of the city quickly!"

The Japanese squad leader was stunned: "Squadron leader? Are you saying we have to abandon the city and break out of the siege?"

Watanabe Kogoro: "Tuba Road used the artillery of the armored train to blast open the east city gate. At present, at least thousands of Tubal Road have rushed into the city. The imperial army's defense force is extremely limited and cannot stop Tubal Road's attack at all.

It is a foregone conclusion that we will suppress the fall, but we must report everything that happened in the city to the Commander, so that he can be aware of it and make plans in advance!"

"Hiyi!"

The Japanese team leader paused heavily, and then said to the two Japanese soldiers on the side: "You two, go and open the city immediately!"

"Hiyi!"

The two Japanese soldiers nodded heavily and quickly ran towards the city gate.

The Japanese team leader turned around again, shouted at the top of his lungs at the city wall: "Squad 5 will get off the city wall immediately and follow the squadron leader in and out of the city!"

After receiving the order, about 50 Japanese soldiers from the 5th team quickly and orderly ran down the city wall along the road leading to the city. The puppet troops on the city wall also followed closely. After learning that they were going to escape from the city, they were all relieved.

tone.

They didn't want to fight in the first place, so being able to escape without fighting was certainly what they wanted.

One kilometer outside the west city gate of Pingding.

When an Eighth Route Army soldier saw the West City Gate open, he spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth, and then ran to Shenquan to report: "Report to the battalion commander, the West City Gate has been opened, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops are coming through the opened city gate.

Get out!"

"Well done!"

Chen Quan's eyes turned cold, and he immediately issued an order: "Give me the order to prepare each company for battle. We must kill all the Japanese and puppet soldiers who have escaped from the city, and we must not let any one go!"

After the order was issued, more than 1,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers lurking on both sides of the road pulled the bolts of their guns and loaded the ammunition.

Shanxi is mostly mountainous, with almost no plain areas.

Even outside Pingding County is no exception. Not far from the west city gate is a mountainous area, which is also made of rocks. It is not easy to level it.

In addition, Pingding County is not a strategic location, so the Japanese troops stationed in Pingding did not bulldoze the nearby hillsides like Niangziguan and other important strongholds, and did not even cut down the nearby weeds and trees.

As a result, the soldiers of the second battalion hid behind the trees and weeds. Not to mention at night, even during the day, they would not be able to find them unless they walked in.

Watanabe Kogoro rode a military horse and took the lead. He quickly ran one kilometer out of the city and entered the ambush circle of the Second Battalion.

Just when he was mocking the Eighth Route Army for not knowing how to use troops, and not knowing how to allocate some troops to guard outside the West City Gate to block their retreat, a long rope suddenly and strangely bounced up from the ground, and then stretched straight.

The military horse running at full speed was unaware of the situation. It tripped and fell heavily to the ground, accompanied by a neighing sound.

Watanabe Kogoro, who was on horseback, was thrown several meters away and landed on his face, almost fainting.

Before he could get up from the ground, there was a burst of crackling gunfire from both sides of the road.

"Tu tu tu tu!"

"Da da da!"

"Pah! Pah, pah, pah!—"

The soldiers of the second battalion used whatever they had in mind and opened fire one after another, pouring out a large and dense rain of bullets in an instant.

As soon as Watanabe Kogoro got up, before he could react, he was directly hit by a dense rain of bullets and turned into a hornet's nest.

Along with those who were beaten into a hornet's nest, there were more than 50 Japanese soldiers from the 5th Squad who followed closely behind him.

On the other hand, the dozens of puppet soldiers following behind were somewhat out of touch due to their lack of physical strength, or they had anticipated this scene and deliberately kept a safe distance from the Japanese, but they luckily escaped.

Then when they saw that the situation was wrong, they immediately threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

The Eighth Route Army has clear discipline and must wait for prisoners.

Seeing that they were so sensible, the soldiers of the second battalion were reluctant to continue firing, so they could only hand over their weapons and allow them to surrender.

At the same time, the fighting in the city has ended, and all the Japanese who resisted have been wiped out.

The puppet soldiers who cherished their lives also chose to surrender.

At this point, Pingding County was completely recaptured by the Eighth Route Army!
Chapter completed!