"What? How many Japanese are there?" Liu Guodong was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly.

"According to the fourth platoon leader, the Japanese troops were fewer than a thousand. At present, he has mobilized all militias and the people in the city to resist with all their might. Please find a way to reinforce them as soon as possible." The correspondent soldier said anxiously.

"Damn it, where did these Japanese come from? Could it be that they have broken through the Yingzhou defense line?" The first company commander Li Er said in confusion.

Liu Guodong immediately rejected: "Impossible. If Yingzhou really can't be defended, it is impossible for the front line to notify us to move quickly."

After saying this, Liu Guodong said again: "As for this Japanese, it is very likely that he took advantage of the loophole and sneaked in."

"Captain, what should we do?" Li Er said anxiously: "There are not one or two hundred Japanese. They have thousands of people, and we only have more than two hundred people." "I know, don't urge me, let me think about it carefully." Thinking of the nearly 100,000 people inside and outside Taihe City, Liu Guodong felt like he was on pins and needles.

After frowning and strolling for a moment, Liu Guodong suddenly stopped and said to the communication soldier beside him: "Communication soldier, immediately report the news of the Japanese attack on Taihe-County to the Fourth Division, no! Report directly to the military seat. Taihe = County and Guanji Arsenal is in danger. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The communications soldier stood up and then turned around and took the order to leave. After watching the communications soldier leave, Liu Guodong told Li Er again: "Company Commander."

"Xiao!" Li Er responded quickly with his chest raised.

"You stay behind to command the troops to prevent the Japanese from attacking my arsenal. I will come when I go!" After saying that, Liu Guodong led two soldiers to rush into the arsenal.

Looking at Liu Guodong leaving, Li Eryi was puzzled and waved his hand to his subordinates behind him and said, "Brothers, enter the fortifications, and everyone is ready to fight!"

Xuzhou City, Tiger Ben Army Headquarters.

"Military seat, Taihe = County Chengguanji Arsenal Guard Brigade sent an emergency telegram from above the level!" Cai Jiahan reported to Qiao Anbang with a telegram in hand.

"What do you say on the telegram?" Qiao Anbang asked in shock.

"The garrison brigade reported that more than ten minutes ago, Taihe County was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army. Taihe City is currently in danger. The garrison brigade and local militia are desperately defending the city. The garrison brigade captain Liu Guodong requested emergency reinforcements." Liang Jiahan said truthfully as the content on the telegram.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Anbang slammed the table and was furious: "Fuck him, come whatever you worry about."

At this moment, a messy footsteps came from outside. Qiao Anbang looked up and Xie Jinyuan and Chi Fengcheng walked in together.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's face was solemn, Xie Jinyuan saluted and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The Japanese army's roundabout troops attacked Taihe, and Taihe is in a hurry." Qiao Anbang replied calmly.

"What? How many Japanese troops are there?" Xie Jinyuan asked suddenly.

Qiao Anbang turned his attention to Liang Jiahan. He had not come to examine and ask about these things.

Facing the three people's inquiring eyes, Liang Jiahan immediately replied: "The telegram says that the Japanese army has a force of about a thousand people. Although they do not carry heavy weapons, their combat power is quite strong. They should be the elite troops of the Japanese."

"More than a thousand people." Qiao Anbang and others took a breath when they heard this. If the 1,000 Japanese army were in normal times, Qiao Anbang might not even frown, but the situation is different now. In order to win the Battle of Xuzhou, all the elite troops of the Tiger Ben Army were released. Now Taihe = county town is an empty city.

Liu Guodong's garrison brigade was only two infantry companies, and there were hundreds of militias, but most of the equipment of these militias were Japanese-style equipment seized by the Hu Ben Army, and their combat effectiveness was far from that of the main force.

Therefore, relying solely on the garrison brigade, we must not only defend the arsenal and take into account the safety of Taihe County, which is absolutely unbearable. What's more, this may be just a roundabout force of the Japanese army.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's serious look on his face, Xie Jinyuan asked tentatively: "Anbang, what are you going to do?"

Qiao Anbang pondered for a while and said decisively: "Call back to the garrison brigade and tell Liu Guodong that he would do his best to cover the retreat of more than 100,000 people in Taihe County. As for the arsenal, if you can guard it, you cannot guard it, you will destroy it all, and you cannot leave it to the Japanese."

"Give up Guanji Arsenal?" Chi Fengcheng next to him was nothing, but Xie Jinyuan changed his color.

"Yeah." Qiao Anbang nodded solemnly: "The arsenal can be rebuilt, but the lives of more than 100,000 villagers and elders are only once. As soldiers, we shoulder the mission of defending the country and protecting our compatriots. Therefore, nothing is more important than the life and death of tens of thousands of people."

"Yes!" Xie Jinyuan admired Qiao Anbang and felt very regretful. He knew that it was all the assets of the Hu Ben Army. All the equipment of the two arsenals, a large number of guns, ammunition and medicines that had been produced, and various light and heavy weapons were burned down. If he was not the person involved, he would not be able to understand Xie Jinyuan's mood at this moment.

In fact, Qiao Anbang had no choice but to make this decision. The battle in Xuzhou is at a critical period, and he has no time to mobilize too many troops to return to the base area. Moreover, Xuzhou and Taihe are too far apart, which is really beyond reach.

If you use the aircraft, because the aircraft carrying capacity is too small, it can only carry twenty or thirty soldiers at a time, which is like a drop in the bucket. The most important thing is that the special operations camp is about to set off and the aircraft is unable to do anything.

Whether the special operations battalion's successful combat mission is more important to whether this battle can completely wipe out the main force of the Japanese army in North China and open up a new situation in the anti-Japanese war. Therefore, Qiao Anbang chose to put the overall situation first.

As long as this battle is won, it will completely reverse the passive situation of China's resistance to the sun, and the Hu Ben Army will usher in sufficient time for development, so it is worth it even at the cost of its own two arsenals.

Seeing that Xie Jinyuan was about to leave, Qiao Anbang suddenly remembered something and waved his hand and called him: "Brother, wait a moment."

"Hmm? What else is there?" Xie Jinyuan stopped and replied.

"Send another urgent telegram to the flight regiment, so that it can temporarily suspend the bombing and air strikes of Japanese divisions in North China, dispatch all fighter planes to Taihe to assist in the operation, cover the transfer of the people, and send reconnaissance planes to search for the whereabouts of other detoured Japanese troops." Qiao Anbang ordered.

"Well, I understand." Xie Jinyuan nodded, then turned around and left.

Taihe City.

When the 34th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army arrived at Taihe County and launched an attack, most of the people outside the city rushed into the city. For a time, the city was crowded and many people were frightened to flee.

Many of them were cruelly shot and killed by the Japanese, and some were captured by the Japanese soldiers and captured.

As the militia and the people in the city resisted desperately, the Japanese launched several attacks in a hurry and failed to capture the county town.

"You guys have only one chance to survive. I hope you will cherish it." In the temporary field command of the 34th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Tagusawa Hachiro looked coldly over the several Chinese prisoners kneeling in front of him, and said coldly.

The young man on the far left was still blushing blood on the corner of his mouth. After listening to Hachiro Takami's broken Chinese, he snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

Takami Hachiro didn't care, but asked directly: "How many Chinese Huben Army are there in the city?"

Several prisoners were so timid that they didn't know what to do. Tanakami Hachiro turned his head and raised his hand to the young man and said coldly: "You answer."

The young man looked up at Tian Shanghararo with hatred eyes, and gritted his teeth and said with gritted hatred: "I don't know anything. I want me to betray the Tiger Ben Army, be a traitor, and be your mother's big dream! You little Japanese devils, sooner or later, the Tiger Ben Army will destroy you all and avenge the Chinese who died under your gun!"

"Bagaya Road!" Tian Gu Hachiro was furious and pulled out his assistant sword and slashed at the young man with all his might.

With a "puff" sound, the incredible sound of the steel knife sinking into the flesh suddenly rang out. The young man's head and half of his shoulder were cruelly chopped off by him, and blood suddenly surged out, splashing all over Takami Hachiro.

Seeing this, several other prisoners were so scared that they were lost. They kept begging for mercy in a low voice: "Taijun, please spare me. Let's say, we say, there is only one platoon of the Hu Ben Army in the city, and there are about four hundred militias."

"Yoxi! What is that base in the northeast of the city?" Takami Hachiro asked while using his white gloves to wipe the blood from the knife.

"It is the arsenal of the Hu Ben Army. I heard that a lot of equipment was transported from the north some time ago." A prisoner about 40 years old replied first.

"Oh? Arsenal?" Takami Hachiro was overjoyed and continued to ask: "How many people are there in the Hu Ben Army?"

"There are only one or two hundred people. The Hu Ben Army that was originally stationed nearby was all drawn away. Now there are only these people in the Hu Ben Army in Taihe." The middle-aged prisoner said as if he was pleased.

"Yoxi." Taguami Hachiro waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to take the Chinese in front of him, then turned his head to the adjutant behind him and said: "Tanmura, send an order to stop the attack immediately, and bypass the Taihe County, attack directly at the arsenal of the branch."

After finding out that the Guanji base was the arsenal of the Huben Army, Hachiro Tanakami was very excited. Therefore, he immediately decided to give up the attack on Taihe County and instead attack the Guanji Arsenal, because he knew that compared with the arsenal of the Taihe County and the Huben Army, it was simply insignificant.

"Hayi!" Major Tamura responded suddenly with his head down, then turned around and quickly took the order and left.


Chapter completed!