At the command center of the Japanese team in Pingan County.
Hirata Taichi was pacing back and forth anxiously. He had just received a message from the reinforcements of the Tiger Camp. They had been ambushed by the main force of the new regiment on the way and had suffered countless casualties. They requested immediate rescue.
Hirata Taiyi thought of the Tiger Camp stronghold that was already as dangerous as a pebble. He quickly ordered the Japanese in the strongholds around the county to provide support to the Tiger Camp stronghold.
In addition, he ordered a large unit of the Peace Garrison United Team to provide support as soon as possible.
However, what happened next made Taichi suffer. All the reinforcements were ambushed. All the troops said that they had encountered the main force of the 8th Route Army. It was as if Pingan County had been completely surrounded by the 8th Route Army.
Hirata Taichi had already sent out two battalions. There was only one garrison battalion in the county city to defend the county city. Hirata Taichi had no choice but to ask for help from the surrounding counties.
However, in such cold weather, it would take at least a few hours for the Japanese from other counties to rush over.
With no other choice, Hirata Taichi could only send out telegrams to various places to defend and wait for reinforcements.
As soon as Hirata Taiyi sent out his message, he received a farewell message from the 2nd Infantry Battalion, which was the first time they went out of the city to provide support.
The ambushed 2nd Infantry Brigade and the puppet army only lasted for two hours before they were wiped out.
As for the 1st Infantry Battalion, they had already lost more than half of their men. After this message was sent out, there was no more news.
With the annihilation of the Second Brigade, Pandora's box opened.
One after another, the Tiger Camp stronghold had already sent a message: "Commander, we can't hold on any longer. We will serve His Majesty the Emperor with our lives.”
The surrounding strongholds and turrets had all been occupied by the 8th Route Army.
At this point, after five hours of fighting, all the battles were over.
Hirata Taichi felt a little creeped out. In just five hours, all the strongholds around Pingan County had been taken down. Even the Pingan Garrison had suffered heavy casualties.
Out of the three puppet legions, only one was left in the county.
Hirata Taichi did not have the courage to take back the stronghold that had been captured. Instead, he was constantly worried about whether the 8th Route Army would attack the county.
Fortunately, the Japanese reinforcements from other counties were approaching, which made Hirata Taiyi feel a little more at ease.
Lu Yan did not have a plan yet. He wanted to destroy Ping An County.
The city walls of the county were tall and sturdy. It was too risky to attack the county directly.
Moreover, the reinforcements from the other counties were about to arrive. If the new regiment attacked forcefully, the losses would be huge.
After taking down the Tiger Camp stronghold, Lu Yan chose to enter.
After all, the Tiger Camp stronghold was not small. There were enough barracks. It was not a problem to station more than 5,000 people. It was like a small fortress.
It was the largest frontline in Ping An County. Although many facilities in the camp had been destroyed, they could be repaired.
Moreover, this place was relatively close to Pingan County. It only took an hour of rapid marching to get there.
Although they couldn't directly attack Pingan County, the Japanese didn't have enough troops, so this stronghold was a good choice.
This was an important road. The Japanese had to pass through here when they came out of Pingan County.
In such a cold winter, it would not be easy for the Japanese to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle and suppress them.
As long as there was any movement from the Japanese, the intelligence department of the Eighth Route Army would send the news over.
After this battle, they had obtained a large amount of guns and ammunition, which could be used to supplement the local armed forces of the county brigade and the district team.
Even Li Yunlong couldn't help but exclaim," The weapons and equipment of the local armed forces in the county brigade are better than those of the previous New Regiment. Not only do they have light and heavy machine guns, but they also have mortars."”
Although the New Regiment did not care about the Japanese equipment, it was still a piece of cake for the local armed forces and the other 8th Route Army.
Moreover, the new regiment had captured a large number of puppet soldiers. After all, there were two legions of puppet soldiers.
The Japanese didn't let any of them off, while the puppet soldiers just fooled around. During the battle, they would randomly shoot into the air. If the situation wasn't right, they would immediately throw their guns and squat down to surrender.
Other than some who ran fast, the rest were captured. There were nearly 3,000 people.
The captives from the Tiger Camp stronghold were all brought to the synthesis camp.
There were still two prisoner of war camps around Pingan County. They had also been destroyed, and there were nearly a thousand prisoners of war inside.
These prisoners of war were treated very well. Not only did they have food and drink, but those who wanted to leave could also leave with their family allowance.
However, the treatment of the puppet soldiers was different. They were all squatting on the training ground, surrounded by a new group of soldiers holding automatic rifles.
For these puppet troops, the new regiment first conducted a screening.
First, they would find those who had done a lot of bad things and shoot them to death. Then, they would send those who were not too bad to the base for education?
Then, those who had not done anything bad could choose to join the new group.
Through the identification of the guerrillas, all the bad guys were caught.
Nearly three hundred puppet soldiers were executed this time, and the rest were the source of soldiers.
Lu Yan was very satisfied with this. After all, many of the puppet soldiers were actually captured by the Japanese. There was also a portion of the national army that surrendered to the Japanese with their officers.
And those who really did bad things were mostly local ruffians and hooligans who used their dog skin to bully the people.
There were also some officers who were afraid of death who surrendered and became the loyal lackeys of the Japanese.
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