Huang Rui is one of the main representatives. He believes that so many guerrillas retreated to remote mountainous areas, and it was difficult to replenish supplies. It was too much pressure to support so many people. Maybe they didn’t wait to fight with the Japanese. Because the food and drink problem could not be solved, the troops would be dragged down soon.

Guan Tieshan felt that Huang Rui's concerns had some truth. After discussion, everyone finally decided to stay in the county town first, fight a war with the Japanese and puppet troops first, and then talk about it. If you can repel the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, you can buy a period of time for the guerrillas to carry out training, and at the same time raise materials and build a secret camp in the mountains. When it is absolutely necessary, retreat to the mountains.

After they decided to make up their minds, the third battalion began to strengthen its defensive offensive on the city wall. Due to too many people, some of them were divided into digging trenches outside the county town and preparing to fight against the Japanese army.

The commander of the Binjiang Public Security District and the captain of Watanabe's regiment sent a large number of spies to inquire about the situation of the guerrillas. When they learned that the guerrillas were preparing to rely on Baolin County to fight against the Japanese army, they were all very happy.

The commander of the security zone and the captain of the Watanabe regiment have long-term experience in fighting guerrillas. What they are most worried about is not how many enemies there are, but are afraid that the guerrillas will enter the mountains and forests.

They suffered a lot in order to track these guerrillas in the vast forest. The guerrillas were in the dark and in the light, and they were in the light, which made them exhausted and exhausted.

Although there are many guerrillas now, they are still in Baolin County to fight the Japanese army, which is exactly the result that the Japanese army likes the most.

The commander of the security zone and the captain of the Watanabe regiment decided to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely annihilate the third battalion.

The Japanese army was very confident that they could defeat the troops of the Third Battalion. What they were worried about was that after the large army was defeated, the backbone of the Third Battalion ran into the mountains and forests, so they decided to attack Baolin County head-on by the Watanabe Regiment, divide the troops in the security area into two groups, encircle Baolin County, and cut off their retreat to the mountainous areas.

That morning, the captain of Watanabe's regiment led his troops to Baolin County. After observation, he ordered the troops to attack the troops of the Lao Third Battalion.

The troops of the third battalion were large and powerful. They dug two trenches outside the city. At the beginning, they saw that the number of Japanese troops was not as large as that of them, so the guerrillas became more courageous. They held guns and prepared to repel the Japanese attack in the trenches.

The Japanese infantry tactics, whether it is the Kwantung Army or the Japanese army within the pass, are based on the same set of textbooks during training. The tactics are very simple, that is, artillery bombardment and infantry rushing, just like this. However, for guerrillas who lack heavy weapons, this offensive tactic is very effective.

The Japanese infantry were ready and then the shelling began.

There is a saying on the battlefield that "new soldiers are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns." As soon as the Japanese cannons were bombed, the guerrilla recruits were frightened. When they saw someone around them being blown away by flesh and blood, their spirits began to collapse.

The Japanese infantry launched a charge, and the guerrillas guarding the first trench began to flee. The old guerrillas guarding the second trench shouted desperately, and finally stopped the new recruits' escape.

The recruits all entered the second trench. Seeing that there were more people in the trench, everyone became more courageous, and they raised their courage to stay.

The Japanese artillery fire began to extend and continued to shell the second trench. Although everyone was hiding, it still caused great casualties.

The Japanese infantry began to charge, and the Japanese soldiers' attacks were very organized. They did not rush up in a swarm, but first sent a small number of people to approach in the form of scattered soldiers. They reached about 50 meters away from the enemy's trenches, and began to lie down and crawl forward, preparing to throw grenades within 30 meters of the enemy's trenches, and then jumped up to launch a charge.

When the vanguard rushed into the enemy trenches and fought with the enemy, the large troops behind rushed up quickly and finally resolved the battle.

At the beginning, the guerrillas saw that the enemy was not rushing up, so they became much more courageous. They even hit some Japanese soldiers with a burst of guns. Seeing this situation, the guerrillas were all excited and their morale suddenly increased a lot.

However, when the Japanese soldiers reached a distance of 50 meters and began to crawl forward, watching the Japanese soldiers approaching step by step, the guerrillas began to panic again.

When the Japanese soldiers climbed to more than 20 meters away from the trench, a burst of grenades were thrown over, and the guerrillas were blown away from blood and flesh.

Taking advantage of the smoke rising from the explosion, the Japanese soldiers jumped up from the ground, held a sharp bayonet, and rushed up with a strange scream. The brigade of Japanese soldiers behind them also howled and rushed forward.

The recruits were very scared and had no intention of fighting. They climbed out of the trenches and ran towards the city gate. The old guerrillas who had just been appointed as commanders could not stop the resignation of these recruits from escaping no matter how they shouted.

They could only be forced to follow the recruits and run towards the city gate.

Seeing this situation, Guan Tieshan hurriedly opened the city gate. The guerrillas crowded into the city, and the Japanese soldiers opened fire violently behind them, and many guerrillas fell in a pool of blood.

The Japanese soldiers saw the guerrillas running into the city in a mess, and they rushed forward, hoping to mingle with the guerrillas and take the opportunity to seize the city gate.

Guan Tieshan commanded the guerrillas to block the Japanese army behind with machine guns on the city wall, and finally stopped the Japanese army's pursuit and rescued the guerrillas outside the city.

After a brief battle, the guerrillas had lost nearly 1,000 people, and the morale of the guerrillas was very low.

The commanders coaxed and deceived each other, and finally forced these recruits to go up to the city wall to defend.

The Japanese army approached the city wall and continued to bombard the city wall. While using firepower to suppress the firepower of the guerrillas on the city wall, they launched an attack on the city gate.

Guan Tieshan knew the importance of the city gate. Both city gates were guarded by officers and soldiers from the Guerrilla Corps directly under the Guerrilla Corps. These officers and soldiers had participated in several battles, and many old members of the underground party organizations sent by other guerrilla teams. Their combat effectiveness was very strong and they soon repelled the Japanese attack.

The new guerrillas guarding the city walls originally wanted to escape when they saw the Japanese army rushing up, but after seeing that the Japanese army's attack was repelled, they calmed down a little.

Because the Japanese army did not carry the siege ladder, they saw that they could not get the city gate for a while, so they suspended their attack and organized troops to tie the ladder under the guidance of the engineers.

Three hours later, the Japanese army launched another attack. The Japanese officers and soldiers carried the ladder and screamed, rushing towards the city wall.

Guan Tieshan lined up on the city wall with his close guards to patrol. Seeing that the recruits on the city wall began to shake again, he shouted loudly: "Don't run away, the county town has been surrounded by the Japanese. Only by sticking to the city wall can everyone have a way out. Don't be afraid of the Japanese, they are also humans, and they are also afraid of death. Look at me."

Guan Tieshan took a Type 38 rifle from a guerrilla, shot the Japanese commander outside the city, and shot the guy with a flowery face. Then he fired three more shots in a row and killed three more Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers suffered such a severe blow and all of them lay on the ground all of a sudden.

Seeing the embarrassing appearance of the Japanese soldiers, the morale of the guerrillas suddenly increased. They held rifles and kept shooting at the Japanese soldiers outside the city. Some of the Japanese were knocked to the ground by them as soon as they stood up, and the morale of the new recruits became even stronger.

Guan Tieshan kept patrolling the city walls, and rushed wherever there was danger. As the Japanese soldiers were repelled, the morale of the guerrillas gradually recovered, and then they repelled two attacks from the Japanese army.

The guerrillas experienced the test of war and began to adapt. Before dusk, they repelled the Japanese attack again.

Seeing that it was almost dark, the captain of Watanabe decided to temporarily stop the attack and sent someone to contact the commander of the security zone. When he learned that they had completely encircled the guerrillas' retreat and surrounded the county town, he discussed with the commander to suspend the attack tonight. As long as he firmly defended the county town and did not allow them to escape, he would ask the Air Force to send bombers to support him. At that time, he would take down the county town in one fell swoop and completely annihilate the third battalion.

After receiving Gao Jiu's telegram, the commander of the Third Military Sub-district of the underground party, Jidong Military Region, immediately reported the content of the telegram to the Jidong Military Region.

The head of the Hebei Military Region attached great importance to this matter and immediately contacted the underground party organizations outside the pass through his superiors.

After communication, the underground party organization outside the pass requested the Hebei Military Region to send reinforcements to support the Lao Third Battalion.

The Hebei Military Region issued an order to the Third Military Sub-district, ordering them to send a regiment of troops into the pass to support the Third Battalion.

The team was led by a deputy chief of staff from the Third Military Sub-district of the Hebei Military Region. He led the troops to set off overnight according to the route map sent by Gao Jiu.

In order to ensure the safety of the Third Military Sub-district, Gao Jiu airdropped a batch of weapons, ammunition, medicine and other supplies for them, and airdropped a special combat squadron of the Taohua Mountain Guerrillas to escort the troops of the Third Military Sub-district to outside the pass.

Gao Jiu planned to play a big guy this time until the Kwantung Army was completely surrendered.

Baolin County.

After fierce battles during the day, Huang Rui realized that he had estimated the combat effectiveness of the new troops of the Lao Third Battalion over high ground. He now believes that Guan Tieshan's opinion is correct, and with the current combat effectiveness of the Lao Third Battalion, it is not enough to fight against the Japanese army.

He agreed with Guan Tieshan's opinion and retreated the troops to the mountainous areas as soon as possible.

But it is too late now. Baolin County is surrounded by the enemy. Although the Japanese army's troops are scattered on all sides and there are not so many troops in each place, the third battalion is now dispersed and surrounded by the county town. In order to save their lives, everyone can unite to fight the Japanese and puppet troops. Once they leave the city and encounter attacks from the Japanese and puppet troops, the troops are likely to collapse.

After all, Guan Tieshan has more than ten years of combat experience. After comprehensive analysis, he decided to leave Baolin County. Otherwise, a large number of Japanese reinforcements rushed over and the third battalion would be completely eliminated by then.

He planned to take advantage of the lack of enemy troops outside to launch a breakthrough tonight and calculate as much as he could. As long as he ensures that the backbone of the Third Battalion is there, he will have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Huang Rui had no idea now and expressed his obedience to Guan Tieshan's arrangements.

Guan Tieshan summoned the backbone of the Third Battalion and asked them to gather most of the new soldiers who performed well in the daytime battle. Guan Tieshan wanted to form a commando team to break through the siege, and then cover the new soldiers to evacuate Baolin County together.

Outside the city, the two captains of Watanabe and the commander of the security zone did not rest. They were worried that the third battalion would use the night to break through, so they ordered the troops to strengthen their vigilance, half of them rest and half on duty, ready to block the third battalion's breakthrough at any time.

At midnight, the third battalion's breakthrough operation began. Guan Tieshan knew that the two gates in the county would definitely be closely monitored by the Japanese army. In order to achieve the suddenness of the breakthrough, he did not choose the gate, but chose the city wall on the other side.

They put down a few ropes from the city wall and organized commandos to climb down from the city wall.

A few guerrillas went down the city wall and observed around them for a while. They found no movement and began to shake the rope to indicate safety.

Guan Tieshan was very happy to see that the enemy was not prepared, so he organized people to continue slipping down the city.

Suddenly, gunfire sounded loudly outside the city.

Guan Tieshan could clearly see the enemy's muzzles flashing densely, and a large number of Japanese troops were already ambushing here.

The guerrillas who had already fallen down the city wall were shot and fell down one after another. The officers and soldiers who were going down the city along the rope were even more miserable. Many people were shot and fell directly from the city wall.

"Oh no! The enemy is prepared." Guan Tieshan secretly complained in his heart. He had no choice but to retreat the troops back.

After repelling the breakthrough of the third battalion, the captain of Watanabe was very satisfied and believed that the third battalion surrounded in the city would definitely be completely destroyed this time.

In order to prevent the trapped beasts from fighting and taking the risk of breaking through the siege, he ordered his troops to remain resting and half of them continued to defend their defensive positions.

The commander of the security zone was also very happy. The sudden expansion of the team of the third battalion made him worried for a while. Unexpectedly, this turned into a good thing. The so-called small boat can turn around. The third battalion in the past always maintained a guerrilla state. They were hidden in the vast forest. It was really difficult to find them.

But this time they automatically got into Baolin County and were surrounded and could not escape. It was no longer possible to escape.
Chapter completed!