The puppet troops were basically negligible, and the Japanese army only had 4 squadrons used for street fighting in the city.

The Japanese army also had to disperse its forces to face the onslaught of the Eighth Route Army from three directions.

With artillery fire support, the battalions of the independent regiment advanced extremely quickly.

The First Battalion of the Independent Regiment quickly advanced to the center of YQ.

In front of it is the Japanese military headquarters, an independent European and American style building, with fire points set up both inside and outside the walls and on the top of the building.

More than 20 Japanese soldiers were shooting and fleeing toward the headquarters.

Two heavy machine guns built with sandbags at the door screamed wildly and pushed back the pursuing battalion of soldiers.

After leaving several corpses behind, the Japanese jumped behind sandbags and opened fire across the street.

Inside the Japanese military headquarters, Adjutant Ishida had just received the order to use poison gas bombs. Before he could execute it, he heard the crisp sound of gunfire very close at hand.

Adjutant Ishida looked ugly: "Colonel, it's too late, Tubal Road has already attacked the headquarters!"

Watanabe Yoshio also heard the gunfire and knew that the situation was over.

With a dejected look on his face, he then opened the drawer and took out the coalition flag, lit a match and lit it with his own hands, the coalition flag given by the Emperor.

Seeing the burning alliance flag, Adjutant Ishida paused quickly.

There are more than 3,000 men in the Watanabe Regiment, but only 2,000 men are stationed in Yangquan. Since the Fourth Brigade was transferred away and the strength is insufficient, more than 1,000 men are still stationed in several nearby counties.

The regimental flag is personally awarded by the emperor and is the core of the unity of the troops. It is only owned by the established infantry regiment and cavalry regiment.

If the military flag is present, the organization will be maintained; if the military flag is lost, the organization will be sanctioned.

The military flag is a very important thing in the Japanese army, and some troops even send an elite squadron to protect it.

Throughout World War II, not only the Chinese army, but also the Allied forces were eager to capture the Japanese flag, but failed to do so.

Because the Japanese army's combat regulations stipulate that when the battle situation is judged to be in danger of the entire army being annihilated, the military flag should be burned.

The alliance flag was quickly reduced to ashes in the fire. Watanabe Yoshio picked up the command knife and pulled it out with a swishing sound.

"After today, the Watanabe Alliance will cease to exist!"

"Ishida-kun!" Watanabe Yoshio listened to the gunshots outside the window, "Let the Communications Department send a farewell telegram to Commander Shinozuka, and then we will shed the last drop of blood for the Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hi!" Adjutant Ishida paused and walked quickly outside.

Outside the Japanese military headquarters.

Zhang Dabiao tilted his hat to one side and held a shell gun. He took a look at the unique building behind the bunker and saw the enemy's powerful firepower. He knew that this was the Japanese military headquarters.

"Don't charge!" Zhang Dabiao shouted, "Tell the artillerymen to push the cannon up!"

A soldier next to Zhang Dabiao bowed and ran back quickly.

After a while, several artillerymen pushed a Type 94 mountain gun up from behind. The artillerymen behind them also carried two boxes of artillery shells on their shoulders.

Li Yunlong also came up with a shell gun.

Zhang Dabiao said: "Captain, the Japs' command headquarters should be in front of you. Please wait here while I give you the Japs' command knife."

Li Yunlong looked up and saw a hail of bullets shot over, causing rubble to fly around.

Looking at the Japanese military headquarters, Li Yunlong was reminded of the scene when he fought against the Japanese military headquarters in Yushe County.

At the last moment of that battle, the Japanese were so angry that they used poison gas bombs, sacrificing more than thirty soldiers from the first battalion.

Don't make the same mistakes again.

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Get back, call the planes to blow up the Japanese headquarters!"

Zhang Dabiao asked hurriedly: "Commander, do you want the Japanese command knife anymore?"

"At best, it's a colonel's command sword. I don't like it." Li Yunlong waved his shell gun, "Get out of here, stay away!"

Major General's command swords have been seized, and several Colonel's command swords have also been seized. Now Li Yunlong still has a Colonel's saber given to him by the Emperor.

Commander Li did not bother to make such a loss-making deal by sacrificing the lives of his soldiers for the sake of a captain's command sword.

The soldiers bowed and retreated, and the artillerymen quickly pushed the mountain cannon away.

Li Yunlong turned around and said: "Wei Xiaoyong, call the plane and blow up the Japanese headquarters!"

"Yes!" Wei Xiaoyong quickly picked up the radio and called.

After a while, Wei Xiaoyong said: "Report to the captain, the plane asked us to use red smoke bombs to mark the position!"

Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Artillery, hurry up and fire red smoke bombs at the enemy's command post!"

The artillerymen from behind came to mount a Type 99 81mm mortar, measured the range with their thumbs, and then quickly turned the sight.

The assistant gunner opened the box and handed over a smoke grenade. The main gunner put it into the mortar barrel, and the smoke grenade was shot out after a pop.

Not long after, there was a muffled sound from the Japanese headquarters, and then a plume of red smoke suddenly filled the Japanese headquarters.

"This is a big guy!" Wei Xiaoyong shouted loudly, "Let's move away!"

"Everyone go!"

"Let's go!"

"Stay away!"

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao shouted loudly, and the soldiers cheered and retreated back until they were more than 300 meters away.

There are no civilian houses within a few hundred meters of the Japanese military headquarters, so there is no need to worry about harming ordinary people.

It was Zheng Yu who came to bomb the Japanese headquarters. After the east city wall collapsed, there were still two 250-kilogram-class aerial bombs under the wings that were not used.

Yangquan City under the wing was filled with smoke, and you could even faintly hear the sound of gunfire as dense as exploding beans while sitting in the cabin. It was obvious that the battle was not over yet.

From a distance, he saw a puff of red smoke rising from a single-family villa in the general direction indicated by Wei Xiaoyong.

Then he pulled the joystick, the nose of the aircraft sank slightly, and then dived towards the villa.

After entering the bomb-dropping position, Zheng Yu pressed the bomb-drop button without hesitation.

The 250-kilogram aerial bomb descended towards the Japanese command with a sharp whistle.

The Japanese soldiers in the headquarters, including Yoshio Watanabe, who was preparing to fight to the death, could only look up and watch the aerial bombs falling overhead.

Bang——

The aerial bomb landed in the soil in front of the villa and made a crater. Half of the aerial bomb sank into the soil, but it did not explode.

Several Japanese soldiers nearby got up from the ground and cautiously approached the bomb.

"It's a stink bomb!"

"God bless the Imperial Army!"

A Japanese soldier waved his hands happily and shouted loudly.

Watanabe Yoshio came forward with the command knife in hand. When he saw the tail fin of the aerial bomb was still rotating rapidly, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"No, get out of here quickly!"

When the Japs heard this, they quickly ran away with fear on their faces.

Rumble——

The moment the aerial bomb's tail stopped rotating, an explosion like a mountain-shaking landslide suddenly resounded through the sky.

A huge flame erupted from the location of the Japanese military headquarters.

In the blink of an eye, the flames soared nearly a hundred meters high!

Finally, it turned into a mushroom cloud that soared hundreds of meters high!

Seeing the power of such a powerful weapon again, Li Yunlong, Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers behind them looked shocked.

The violent explosion made the entire Yangquan City tremble slightly.

Not only the people in the city, but also the Eighth Route Army and Japanese soldiers who were fighting in the streets heard the explosion.

At this moment, everyone looked in the direction of the explosion.

When the Japanese saw this, they immediately had a look of despair on their faces.

Of course they could see that the location of the explosion... was the Japanese military headquarters.

An explosion of this magnitude, even within a hundred meters radius of the headquarters, would be very difficult for anyone to survive.

We also know clearly that Captain Watanabe Yoshio is already in pieces!

However, the Japanese resisted without fear of death and did not hesitate to fire grenades and die together with the Eighth Route Army.

But after all, the number of troops is too small, and the mantis is just a chariot.

In the direction of Nancheng, a group of cavalry was meandering forward. The earth-shaking and violent explosion shocked the troops and horses.

Puppet brigade commander Zhou Shixiang and adjutant Sun Tao turned to look in the direction of the explosion.

Sun Taoman's eyes widened and his face was in disbelief: "Bridge, it seems... the imperial army headquarters was blown up by an aerial bomb."

"Quickly leave!" Zhou Shixiang looked frightened, "If it's too late, we won't be able to leave!"
To be continued...