Check in from the bright sword

A dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers who were charging forward fell down at once.

Kong Jie suddenly became anxious, and roared: "Heavy machine gun company, fire cover!"

Kong Jie gave an order, and the heavy machine gun company on the side and rear no longer cared about being exposed, and fired at full power.

Intensive machine gun fire poured from the flanks towards the two hills, and the devil's machine guns were suppressed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion rushed up two small hillsides, and had a tragic hand-to-hand fight with dozens of devils guarding the top of the hill.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, Kong Jie could clearly see that Guo Yuansheng had removed half of a devil's shoulder with just one knife, and even cut the three-eighth cover in the devil's hand in half.

"What a boy!" Kong Jie couldn't help but applaud, as expected of him.

But soon, Kong Jie couldn't laugh, because a devil sneaked up from behind without saying a word, and pierced Guo Yuansheng's vest in one fell swoop.

After being hit by the knife, Guo Yuansheng still slashed with his backhand, cutting off the head of the devil who was sneaking up behind him.

Seeing Guo Yuansheng lying on the ground twitching, Kong Jie trembled with distress. This is the cadre he brought back from the independent regiment with 2 machine guns, gone!

The knife was stabbed in the vest, and the gods couldn't save him.

But fortunately, the hill on the right was finally taken down.

At the same time, the hand-to-hand combat on the hill on the left has also ended.

But looking at the dozen or so figures scattered on the top of the hill, Kong Jie was in a bad mood again.

The number of veterans in the New Second Regiment was originally small, but now it is even smaller. Now it is even more incomparable with Lao Li and Lao Ding. Why is it always me who is behind?

In a blink of an eye, it was noon.

The correspondents sent out came back one after another.

"Brigade Commander." Communications Company Commander Yuan Qinglin said, "There is nothing wrong with the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment. The devils have been attacking for a whole morning, but they haven't even been able to break through their first line of defense."

"Only the situation of the new second regiment is not good."

"The 41st Division of the Japanese Army sent at least one regiment to detour from Migou in the southwest."

"Although the New Second Regiment tried their best to block the attack, due to the lack of favorable terrain to use, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and several battalion and company-level cadres have already sacrificed."

The Brigadier frowned suddenly.

He did not expect that the 41st Division of the Japanese Army would send a unit to detour in the direction of Xiaodian.

According to past experience, the Japanese army would at most send an infantry brigade to detour from the flanks.

The foundation of the New Second Regiment is weak, and it is really difficult for them to block a Japanese regiment.

Frowning and pondering for a moment, the brigade commander said again: "Send someone to call Political Commissar Zhao of the Independent Regiment immediately."

Yuan Qinglin hurriedly sent someone to call, and after a while, Zhao Gang hurried into the brigade headquarters.

"Zhao Gang." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "Have the first batch of civilian husbands returned? How many supplies are left?"

Zhao Gang said: "The first batch of civilian husbands have returned, and now there are about 3 supplies left in the warehouse, all of which are food."

Chapter 325 Trouble with the Cavalry Battalion

The brigade commander said: "There is no time, the rest of the food should be burned!"

"Burn it?" Zhao Gang was stunned, "Brigade Commander, it will definitely be transported away before evening."

The brigade commander said: "As I said just now, there is no time. The New Second Regiment is almost overwhelmed."

Zhao Gang said: "Brigade Commander, in this case, I have a suggestion. In fact, there is no need to burn the food."

"Suggestion?" The brigade commander asked in surprise, "What suggestion do you have?"

Zhao Gang said: "From the current situation, the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment have all been entangled with the devils, and it is impossible to get out completely."

"This is not surprising." The brigade commander said, "From the very beginning, we never thought of retreating, but prepared to fight a real decisive battle with the Japanese army in Taiyuan!"

Zhao Gang nodded and said: "As the saying goes, under the collapse of the nest, there will be no eggs. After the war starts, the whole Taiyuan may be reduced to ruins, and the people in the city will suffer."

The brigade commander frowned and said, "There is no other way."

Zhao Gang said: "Although it is said so, the people of Taiyuan will definitely blame us in their hearts."

"So?" The brigade commander said with a heartbeat, "Zhao Gang, do you have any good solutions?"

"Yes, there is indeed a solution." Zhao Gang nodded, and said, "We can distribute the remaining 3 tons of grain to the people of Taiyuan, on the condition that we move out of Taiyuan City."

"Take food in exchange for their evacuation from Taiyuan City?" The brigade commander asked in amazement, "Is 3 tons of food enough?"

"Just 3 tons of grain is definitely not enough." Zhao Gang shook his head, and said, "There are 30 people in Taiyuan City. 3 tons of grain sounds like a lot, but in fact, each person is only two hundred catties."

"It's really unreasonable for the people of Taiyuan to abandon their homes for just two hundred catties of grain."

"So, I think we should also take out 1000 million running dog tickets, so that each person can get 30 yuan, and a family of three can get [-] yuan running dog tickets."

"Basically enough for them to rebuild their homes."

"Well," the Brigadier fell into deep thought.

This move by Zhao Gang is, to put it bluntly, to win the hearts of the people.

This is very good for establishing the image of the Eighth Route Army in the hearts of the people in Taiyuan and improving the mass base of the Eighth Route Army, and the effect may not be seen in a short time.

But there are many changes that have occurred imperceptibly.

The brigade commander nodded and said: "Yes, you hurry up and do it!"

"Yes!" Zhao Gang paid the military salute, turned around and left in a hurry.

The brigade commander turned his head and said to Yuan Qinglin: "Order the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment to cover alternately and withdraw from the battle one by one!"

"Yes!"

In Gujiao County, the cavalry battalion is in trouble.

"Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander" A scout cavalry came galloping from the north.

Sun Desheng rode up to meet him and asked, "What's the situation? Have the devils and puppet troops in Gujiao County been dispatched?"

Sun Desheng didn't pay much attention to the devils and puppet army in Gujiao County, because according to reliable information, there is only one squad of devils left in Gujiao County, and only one company in the puppet army.

With such a small number of devils and puppet troops, it is not enough to put a cavalry battalion between their teeth.