The sounds of gunfire and explosions were getting closer and closer to the Japanese brigade headquarters.

Masao Murano has long been indifferent to external affairs.

Even the last trump card in his hand has been controlled by Zhao Zhiguo, and the Japanese troops in Pingcheng don't even have a chance to die with Zhao Zhiguo.

In the end, Masao Murano chose to be decent, even though disembowelment was very painful.

Maybe one stab would miss the vital point, and it would take two or three hours of struggle before he dies.

More and more areas in the city were controlled, and Japanese reinforcements did not even have time to participate in the battle.

Bodies of Japanese and puppet soldiers were piled up in every corner of the city.

The little Japs outside the arsenal heard the gunshots getting closer and closer, and knew that the situation was over.

No longer entangled with Yao Pengju and the others, retreat towards their brigade headquarters.

When the retreating Japanese troops arrived at the brigade headquarters, the entire room was in a mess, with scraps of paper everywhere.

When they saw Masao Murano's body, the last inner defenses of some of the Japanese soldiers also collapsed.

Most of the little Japanese soldiers in the guard chose to point their guns at their own heads and die together with Masao Murano.

"After five hours of fighting, our troops have occupied most of the city. There are still hundreds of little Japs scattered in the east of the city who are resisting. They no longer pose any threat."

"Let the third battalion be responsible for destroying every kid in the city. The second battalion will immediately establish a defense line in Pingcheng to prevent the kid from counterattack."

Zhao Zhiguo will never let the little devil take Pingcheng back easily again.

"Send a telegram to the Chief of Staff. An hour later, all of them will withdraw into Pingcheng..."

After receiving the order, the troops began to retreat one after another.

After the Japanese army learned that Heicheng was lost and Masao Murano's brigade was wiped out, there was no point in going to support them.

The little devils around started to retreat!

Zhao Zhiguo left the affairs of Wangxian County to Matthew Wen and rushed to Pingcheng without stopping.

On the outskirts of Pingcheng, there were still militiamen carrying the wounded and retreating to Wang County one after another.

Although this battle successfully wiped out the Japanese defenders in Pingcheng, the Second and Third Battalions suffered considerable casualties. The number of dead soldiers has been counted at 2,000.

The hospital is even more crowded with injured people, and it is estimated that there will be some seriously injured people who will not make it through.

As a soldier, since we cannot expand our territory, we must still stand up when the nation is in crisis.

During the Anti-Japanese War, those brave and fearless ancestors did it.

Arriving at the outskirts of Pingcheng, the artillery troops were still guarding their position.

Seeing Zhao Zhiguo's arrival, the artillery trainees gathered around him one after another.

"It's a good shot! But it's not your fault. With the distance and coordinates, a blind man can hit it." Zhao Zhiguo said, "From now on, all of you put down your command, go back to school, and continue to study."

"Ah, Captain, we have played so well, why do you want us to go back to study?"

"The agreed eight months of study is eight months, no one can bargain! If anyone doesn't want to learn, he can return to the original army and continue to lead the troops." Zhao Zhiguo said.

In the future, Zhao Zhiguo will strive to develop the artillery force, and these artillery trainees will become commanders in the future.

At this time, they need to lay a solid foundation.

The artillery unit does more than just learn to load the cannon and then fire it.

They had to dig bunkers for the cannons and camouflage the cannons. Zhao Zhiguo wanted them to do this so that the cannons could be pushed right under the eyes of the little devils without them being able to detect them.

Destroying Pingcheng's artillery positions with artillery fire is just a simple appetizer.

After all, Zhao Zhiguo has already done all the preliminary work for the artillery. The last job of the artillery is to fire according to the marked data.

"Report to the commander, we must study hard and bring out a more powerful artillery force." Zhu Hongsi assured Zhao Zhiguo.

"Go back and study hard. Don't think that you don't need to study because you have experienced actual combat. In this study, I may eliminate the bottom five and let them never touch cannon again."

After hearing Zhao Zhiguo's words, everyone immediately felt the pressure.

Because the companions around them have become competitors. If they don't study better than them, they will leave.

"The artillery school will be moved to Wang County in the future. After Zhu Hongsi returns, you can find the political commissar."

From now on, Zhao Zhiguo and others will go out of the mountains and enter the city for development.

Especially all kinds of schools and hospitals!

In the future, they will have various factories around the city.

After the cannons were dismantled and carried back to Wang County, Zhao Zhiguo entered Pingcheng.

When we arrived in Pingcheng, the air was still mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, and some dejected and captured puppet soldiers were sitting on the side of the street.

Zhao Zhiguo passed through them, and the soldiers saluted.

"Reporting to the regiment leader, Tian Kezhi led the company directly under the regiment to successfully complete the mission."

Tian Kezhi has been waiting for Zhao Zhiguo's arrival.

"I've lost weight!" Zhao Zhiguo said with a smile.

There's nothing better than seeing more familiar faces at the end of a fight.

Being able to see so many familiar people come back alive is a great comfort to Zhao Zhiguo.

"If a brigade of brats can't fatten me up, I'm sure I'll be fat when one day we wipe out a division of Japanese troops." Tian Kezhi said with a smile.

"You, Lao Tian, ​​have done a great job in this battle!"

"Captain, please don't be polite to me. I'm just running errands."

Tian Kezhi returned the military power of the directly affiliated company to Zhao Zhiguo.

"Let's go, let's go to the city and have a look. There are still many things waiting for us to do in Pingcheng."

Bodies of Japanese soldiers littered the streets and could be seen everywhere.

"It seems that the little devil fought to the last soldier."

Tian Kezhi glanced sadly at the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the roadside. Almost all of them were shot in the front.

Although they were on the verge of despair, they never gave up the fight.

"Our opponents are never ordinary people," Zhao Zhiguo said.

As soon as Zhao Zhiguo and the others turned the corner, Zhao Ziming rushed over with his guards.

"Brother, are you not injured?"

"I'm fine. We found Masao Murano's headquarters. He committed suicide. Do you want to go over and have a look?"

Not long after the fighting in the city ended, gunpowder smoke was still rising everywhere. Some soldiers were putting out fires and some were resettling homeless people.

Along the way, the number of beggars in Pingcheng seemed to increase again.

After letting out a long sigh, Zhao Zhiguo stopped, and a large number of people appeared in front of him.

The leading men were holding torches, carrying canes, and were dressed in rags, no different from beggars.

When the surrounding soldiers saw the unknown person approaching them, they immediately protected Zhao Zhiguo.

"Get out of the way!" Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Captain! They..."

"Get out of the way and execute the order!"

The people in front of me were originally innocent people from Pingcheng.
Chapter completed!