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#192 - Delicate relations outside the Great Wall

The main force of the Northwest Army detoured to the upper reaches of the Yellow River to find a crossing. At this time, the Yellow River had passed the flood season, and the local guerrillas had already found the crossing near a small village called Yuancheng Hao.

When the main force connected with the guerrillas hiding here, they brought out 50 sealed iron-skinned boats that had been sent to the Yellow River and hidden long ago. More than 200 people were mobilized to quickly erect an iron pontoon bridge on the river surface, which was only more than 200 meters wide at Yuancheng Hao!

At the same time, a wooden road more than one kilometer long was laid on the滩涂 ground on the opposite bank, which happened to allow vehicles to pass through the somewhat soft sandy ground, creating a complete pontoon bridge.

Overnight, the artillery regiment and the main force of 3 regiments of the Northwest Military Region crossed the Yellow River overnight. With the support of the Daqingshan Detachment lurking near Jiuyuan, they quietly surrounded Jiuyuan from a few kilometers away.

At the same time, according to the intelligence on the distribution of Japanese troops in Jiuyuan obtained by the Daqingshan Detachment, a full-scale attack was launched at dawn.

36 107 rockets launched a salvo. 432 rockets, carrying several kilograms of explosives, directly buried the Japanese barracks in the whistling artillery fire. The overwhelming rockets provided good coverage of the Japanese barracks. In just one round, almost all of the Japanese barracks were destroyed, igniting raging fires. Half of the Japanese were directly blown into pieces by the artillery shells, and the other half were burned alive in the raging fire, turning the Japanese in their dreams into a pile of black ashes forever on this prairie!

As the rocket artillery attack ended, the forward main regiment approached Jiuyuan City, and they shifted their attack target to the city walls. After a bombardment by the main regiment's 75mm mountain guns and 107 rockets, the originally not-so-strong city gate of Jiuyuan collapsed, burying the Japanese and puppet troops guarding it in the ruins.

Immediately afterwards, the charge horn sounded. In less than an hour after the battle began, the main regiment of the Northwest Military Region and the Daqingshan Detachment attacked into the city from all sides. With the Daqingshan Detachment leading the way, the main force of the Northwest Military Region quickly found the various strongholds of the Japanese in the city. In the close-quarters street fighting, the RPGs and Type 56 semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the Northwest Military Region exerted the advantages of the strongholds. Often, as soon as the Japanese machine gun fire points emerged, an RPG would silence them. Faced with the firepower suppression of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifles and the precise sniper attacks of the infantry squads, the Japanese infantry simply couldn't raise their heads.

The light machine gun would be targeted by an RPG as soon as it showed its head. In rifle combat, they were completely unable to withstand the opponent's fierce and precise counterattacks.

As soon as the battle ended, the newly arrived 3rd Provisional Division announced the liberation of Jiuyuan and telegraphed the whole country about the great victory of Jiuyuan!

It was also announced that Jiuyuan would henceforth be under the jurisdiction of the 3rd Provisional Division, which also claimed that it would liberate all the territories of the prairie and annihilate or drive all the Japanese out of the prairie!

As soon as the news was announced, the world was shocked!

Wuyuan.

After hearing that Jiuyuan had been taken down by the Border Region in one fell swoop, and the Japanese cavalry group and puppet troops in Jiuyuan had been completely wiped out.

Qi Luban directly smashed two cups without calming down. You know, this was a piece of fat he had been eyeing for a long time.

Damn it, we just got the ammunition together and the troops reorganized, and the Eighth Route Army took Jiuyuan. What are the intelligence departments doing? How could there be no news of such a big event? Are they blind in the Border Region?

Chief, calm down, calm down. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. After all, the Border Region is not justified in its name. The chief might as well lead the main force to Jiuyuan on the one hand, bring the army to the city, and on the other hand, send a telegram to the Border Region, ordering it to hand over Jiuyuan to our Suiyuan garrison. With a two-pronged approach, we might take Jiuyuan without firing a single shot," said the confidant staff officer Shao Guangming calmly.

"I don't think so," Qi Luban shook his head. "Now that the Border Region has established the Northwest Military Region, it is clear that it will include the Ik Zhao League and Jiuyuan under its command. If we rashly send troops, it is easy to be misjudged. With the strength of the Northwest Military Region of the Border Region to take Jiuyuan in one day, even if our main force goes, it may not be able to gain any advantage. This plan will not work."

"Instead, send a telegram to the Border Region to start a war of public opinion. We must be righteous and sternly question them. In addition, we must also directly propose to them to suspend our transactions with the Border Region until the Jiuyuan issue is resolved. You will be in charge of this matter," Qi Luban said, feeling somewhat calmer after smashing two cups.

"Contact Staff Officer Ye and tell him that I want to enter the Border Region to discuss this matter in person."

"Ah, Chief, Suiyuan cannot be without a master for a day," Shao Guangming was shocked when he heard Qi Luban say this.

"It doesn't matter. We will meet at the border between the two sides. I think Yanchi is a good place. I believe Staff Officer Ye will think so too."

Qi Luban waved his hand, obviously having a plan in mind.

When Shao Guangming heard this, he knew that the chief had thought everything through. He also knew that the Japanese were not easy to deal with. The fact that the Border Region could take down the Japanese so quickly meant that their combat power was definitely much stronger than he had previously thought.

In addition to this battle victory, the Eighth Route Army had previously fought a hearty annihilation battle in Lingchuan, in which they wiped out a Japanese brigade in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, this time it was even more outrageous, and they directly surrounded the Japanese cavalry group in Jiuyuan City and ate them.

Together with the Japanese cavalry group, there were also two puppet army divisions. Although these puppet army divisions in the prairie were a bit weak, with a strength of only three to four thousand people, their combat power was sparse.

But added together, that's a strength of more than ten thousand people. Shao Guangming knew very well that with the strength of Qi Luban's 100,000-strong army, it would take more than a day to send out 50,000 to take it down.

"Yes, Chief. I think the intelligence department should give priority to figuring out where the Border Region's rocket artillery technology came from. They actually managed to produce this powerful heavy artillery themselves, and I heard that a horse can pull it. One gun is no worse than a 75mm field gun artillery battalion. If we can master this technology, then it will undoubtedly be a huge boost to our future development," Shao Guangming suggested.

"Alas, how easy is it? Ever since the Eighth Route Army attacked the Japanese airport, we have known of the existence of this rocket artillery, but whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the Border Region, they have kept the secret of this artillery tightly under wraps. Until now, our people have not even figured out where it is produced, let alone get this technology," Qi Luban sighed.

"Let's not talk about this, let's concentrate on solving the issue of the ownership of Jiuyuan, otherwise, with the ability of those people in the Border Region to do ideological work, in less than three months, even if we get Jiuyuan, it won't be ours."

Shao Guangming was silent.

There was indeed no way to compare with the Border Region in this regard. After all, their slogans and policies were more attractive to the general public. This was an indisputable fact, even if the chief had imitated 75% of their skills, it was still different after all.

In the current situation, the Border Region will obviously not easily hand over the fat they have eaten.

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