The Japanese in the Huting outpost were shocked by the bombardment. The highest commander of the outpost was a junior officer of the Japanese. At this moment, he was extremely glad that he did not take the initiative to attack.
However, such a terrifying bombardment made him realize that the Tiger Pavilion outpost was in danger.
In the beginning, the major did not take the main force of the Eighth Route Army seriously. It was only because of the orders of the commander, Hirata Jiro, that he did not take the initiative to attack and asked for help from the commander.
And now, he completely understood why the regiment commander would give such an order.
Without hesitation, the major picked up the phone again and asked for help from Pingan County. This time, his tone was full of anxiety.
"Commander, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is very strong. A large number of the stronghold's fortifications have been destroyed. Commander, please support Huting Stronghold as soon as possible.”
"Even if all of you die, you have to defend the stronghold. I will order the reinforcements to advance at full speed.”
At this moment, the reinforcements in Pingan County City were already rapidly marching towards the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold.
After receiving another telegram from Hirata Jiro, they could only continue to speed up the march.
Hirata Jiro, who was waiting, received a telegram from the rescue team not long after. They were surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army on their way to support and were also requesting backup.
At this moment, Hirata Jiro thought of the dangerous Huting outpost and could only order the outposts outside the city to send troops to support the Huting outpost.
At the same time, they sent another infantry unit out of the city to provide support.
However, the next few hours were simply torture for Hirata Jiro.
All the troops supporting the Huting outpost had encountered the so-called main force of the Eighth Route Army. At this moment, it was as if the entire Pingan County was surrounded by enemies.
This forced Hirata Jiro to ask for support from several nearby counties because he only had one brigade left to guard the county town. He could not use this brigade in any case. Otherwise, if the Eighth Route Army attacked the county town, he would have no troops to defend it.
It was just that if the troops from other counties wanted to come over, it would take at least a few hours in such a snowy environment.
The only thing that Hirata Jiro could do now was to hope that the troops outside the city could hold on until the new reinforcements arrived.
However, just as the distress message was sent to the nearby county, the 1st Infantry Brigade, which was going out of the city to support the Huting Stronghold for the first time, sent a farewell message.
The 1st Infantry Battalion and the fake legion that were surrounded on the march lasted less than three hours before they were all wiped out.
The 3rd Infantry Company, which was the second batch of reinforcements, also suffered more than half of their casualties and failed to save the 1st Infantry Company.
Furious, Hirata Jiro could only order for the 3rd Infantry Battalion to be retrieved. If they continued fighting, the 3rd Infantry Battalion would be in danger of being wiped out.
The annihilation of the 1st Infantry Battalion was like opening Pandora's Box.
In the next hour, all kinds of bad news came one after another.
The Huting Stronghold, which seemed to have lost its function, also sent a farewell message.
Soon after, several strongholds and large number of turrets outside the city were also destroyed and captured by the 8th Route Army.
The battle that lasted less than five hours came to an end.
What terrified Hirata Jiro was that in these five hours, more than half of his garrison regiment had suffered casualties, and two of the three fake legions in his hands had been destroyed.
The only remaining fake army was still in the county city.
Five hours later, Hirata Jiro helplessly realized that he had completely lost control of the city.
At this moment, not only was he unable to take back the lost strongholds and turrets, he was even worried that the 8th Route Army would take the opportunity to attack the city.
Fortunately, the reinforcements from the other counties were still approaching Pingan County. Otherwise, Hirata Jiro would really have to worry about the safety of the county.
This was also the reason why Ye Ming didn't plan to touch the county town at this stage.
The city wall of the county was not the wall of the stronghold. The Japanese who relied on the city wall to defend themselves were not easy to deal with.
With the support of the other counties, it would be a loss for the New Team One to take down the county. Even if they could take it down, the New Team One would suffer a lot of losses.
Ye Ming, who had taken down the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold, did not give up immediately. Instead, he began to garrison the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold.
After all, the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold was not small. It looked like a small fortress and had all kinds of barracks. It could house at least 10,000 troops.
It was originally a front line for the Japanese to attack the base. Although a portion of the wall was destroyed during the attack, it could still be a very good base with some repairs.
The only bad thing was that this place was relatively close to the Japanese. It was only an hour away from Pingan County.
At this stage, the new regiment was still unable to fight the Japanese head-on, but before the Japanese could take the initiative to attack Pingan County, this stronghold was still very useful.
This was because if the Japanese wanted to enter the base, they would have to pass through the Huting Stronghold.
Controlling the Tiger Pavilion Stronghold meant controlling the gate leading to the base in Pingan County.
In this winter, it would not be easy for the Japanese to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle the new regiment.
Moreover, the intelligence department of the Eighth Route Army was not blind.
By the time the Japanese made a move, the new group would have already fled far away.
In this battle, the new regiment had earned quite a bit again. The weapons and ammunition could be used to strengthen the fighting strength of the militia and guerrillas in the villages.
In fact, in the past two months, the weapons and equipment that belonged to the militia and the county brigade of the new regiment had been fully replenished, and they no longer had guns and cannons.
Sometimes, Li Yunlong even lamented that the weapons and equipment of the militia He County brigade were better than those of the new regiment. There were all kinds of light and heavy machine guns and even mortars. They were better than the regular army.
Although the new regiment had Ye Ming as their deputy commander, they were quite generous. Some of the Japanese equipment that they looked down on was handed over, and some were given to the guerrillas.
However, in this battle, the biggest gain for the new regiment was the large number of puppet captives.
The Japanese basically all died in battle, and the puppet soldiers basically did not dare to really fight with the new regiment. They just fired a few shots into the air to deal with it. When the situation was not right, they all surrendered.
From beginning to end, all the puppet troops who surrendered were counted. There were actually as many as 3,000 people. There were also some who retreated faster and ran away. Otherwise, there would be more puppet troops who surrendered.
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