In comparison, after the first battalion entered the battlefield, the losses suffered were less than those of the other two battalions. This was mainly because the first battalion later entered the battlefield, avoiding the head-on attack of the Japanese army. On the other hand, the Japanese army was too small after all, and resisting the second battalion, the third battalion was very weak, and the first battalion joined the battlefield again, which actually played a catalyst role.

Another factor is that Luo Yue personally took the lead in charge as a battalion commander, and he also held two guns and fired left and right on the battlefield. With the assistance of the guard soldiers around him, he killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in a row. Many of them were killed by Luo Yue when they were fighting with other People's Army soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Several Japanese soldiers rushed towards Luo Yue with bayonets, but before they could rush forward, they were shot and killed by Luo Yue.

In this way, the morale of the soldiers of the first battalion was naturally greatly boosted, and they were not at a disadvantage in the hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese army. Although the battalion commanders of the second battalion and the third battalion also took the battle personally, they did not break out on the front line, but followed behind to supervise the battle, so their morale to the soldiers was limited.

However, after the first battalion joined, it did change the situation on the battlefield. After all, the number of Japanese soldiers was too small. Although the Japanese soldiers had very good personal bayonet skills, they could not make up for the gap in numbers. On average, each Japanese soldier had to fight at least 3 soldiers of the People's Army, and some Japanese soldiers even had to fight 4-5 soldiers of the People's Army. In this way, no matter how strong the Japanese soldiers were, they could not resist it. After all, the soldiers of the People's Army were not comparable to Qing soldiers. Although their personal qualities were indeed a little worse, their morale and fighting spirit were far from comparable to those of the pure soldiers. They fought fiercely on the battlefield without fear of death. Even compared with the Japanese soldiers, they were not inferior. Therefore, after more than 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the Japanese army finally could not resist and retreated from the battlefield.

However, under the attack of the People's Army on three sides and the number of people is at an absolute disadvantage, if you fight to the death, you can withstand a while. Once you retreat, you will be defeated for a thousand miles and become a great defeat. Moreover, the People's Army still leaves a way out for the Japanese soldiers, so the Japanese soldiers turned around and fled along the railway line.

The People's Army naturally would not miss this opportunity. Not only did they hold bayonets and chase for a while, but they also chased and shot. Therefore, when the Japanese soldiers retreated, casualties suddenly increased significantly. There were also several Japanese soldiers surrounded by the People's Army or were forced to a corner and could not escape. Although the People's Army called on the Japanese soldiers to throw guns and surrender, the Japanese army refused to surrender and insisted on resisting stubbornly. As a result, they were all annihilated by the People's Army. Of course, under the Japanese soldiers' death counterattack, some of the People's Army soldiers were killed, but this did not affect the overall situation.

The entire battle lasted for about an hour, and the skylight had begun to light up. The People's Army finally completely defeated the Japanese army and completely occupied Tongzhou Railway Station. Luo Yue immediately met with two other battalion commanders, Ran Runfeng and Liu Qinglin, to negotiate their respective zoning warning management scopes. As a result, Luo Yue's first battalion was divided into the management north platform, Ran Runfeng's second battalion was divided into the management south platform, while Liu Qinglin was divided into the management railway line. At the same time, the three of them jointly notified the front line command that the two trains could enter the station. Then the three of them all dispatched their own troops, while setting up alerts and searching the entire railway station to find out if there were any remaining enemies; while counting the battlefield, cleaning up the bodies, sheltering prisoners, and treating the wounded.

The North Platform is the main platform of Tongzhou Railway Station. The station building is located on the North Platform, ticket room, waiting room, office and other functional areas are all on this side, while the South Platform is just a warehouse area. When the Japanese army was stationed in Tongzhou train, they set up their command center in the waiting room. The Japanese army also dug a trench about 30 meters outside the station building, which was semi-arc-shaped, guarding the station building, and building several sand bags around the exterior wall of the building to form the northern defense of Tongzhou Railway Station.

In fact, the Japanese army's fortifications are still very good, but the troops stationed at the railway station are too few, so they cannot be defended. If the Japanese army's strength doubles to about 1 ooo, it will add a lot of difficulties to the People's Army's offensive. Of course, if the Japanese army's strength reaches 1 ooo, the People's Army will definitely dispatch artillery bombardment.

Luo Yue first arranged a company of troops to guard the station building outside the station building, and then dispatched other troops to search one by one in the platoon in the station building. He also concentrated all the documents, items left by the Japanese army on the open space in the waiting room, and sent his own guards to guard it. Of course, the large size and difficult to move items remained in the room, and sealed them were pasted, and handed them over to the command center for processing after the command center arrives.

Since this is the command of the Japanese army, the Japanese army left a lot of things, including a large box of various documents, and also found a large amount of grain, alcohol, medicine, bedding, and even cotton coats and quilts, as well as special food such as bacon, bacon, pickles and more than 20 cabbages. It was quite rich, but no spare parts, ammunition, etc. were found. Luo Yue estimated that the weapons and ammunition might be placed in the warehouse on the south platform. In addition, more than 20 Japanese soldiers in charge of logistics were arrested.

Luo Yue set up his temporary battalion headquarters in the ticket room. Looking at the list of items that were cleared, a soldier came to report that there were many Chinese people in the two rooms of the station building, with a number of about 2 or 30 people, including men and women, probably arrested by the Japanese army to work as a coolie. The platoon leader who led the team did not know how to deal with this group of people.

After hearing this, Luo Yue thought about it and said, "Take everyone to the waiting room and I'll take a look at them."

Not long after, the soldiers came to report and everyone was taken to the waiting room. So Luo Yue also stood up and brought a few guards to the waiting room. He saw a large area of ​​standing in the waiting room. The platoon leader led the soldiers to guard the surroundings. Fortunately, it was dawn at this time, and the soldiers lit a few torches in the waiting room, so they could see it very clearly.

The crowd was divided into two groups of men and women. There were more men, probably not 2oo, and there were 15 or 6o people. They were all unkempt, ragged, and pale and thin. At first glance, they were symptomatic of malnutrition and overwork. Women's faces were slightly better, their clothes were neat, and their faces were cleaner. However, both men and women were all numb and their eyes were dull. Luo Yue brought people to the waiting room, and only a few people looked at this side, while most of them did not even raise their heads, as if they were walking corpses.

Luo Yue frowned and was about to speak, but a man jumped out of the group of men and walked towards Luo Yue. The two guards immediately stepped forward and stopped him with guns, saying, "What are you doing, don't move forward."

The man hurriedly laughed and said, "My master, don't get me wrong. A villain is a good citizen, a great good citizen."

Luo Yue was quite unhappy when he heard this, and saw that this man's complexion was obviously much better than the others, and he was wearing a brocade robe and a melon-skin hat, which was obviously different from others, so he said, "Who are you?"

At this time, the platoon leader said, "Battery Commander, he said he was Wu Xuan, and he was the leader of these people."

After hearing this, Wu Xuan hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, villain Wu Xuan is the leader of this group. Don't misunderstand it." He also nodded and bowed continuously, looking so humble.

Luo Yue nodded. Although he hated this person's behavior from the bottom of his heart, since he was the leader of this group, he had to know more about the situation of this group. Therefore, he could ask, and seeing how he looked, there would be no danger, so he said, "Let him come here."

After hearing this, the guards let Wu Xuan go to Luo Yue, but they still stood close by Wu Xuan's side. Once he had any abnormal movement, they immediately took him down. Wu Xuan hurriedly bowed left and right again and said repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you."

A guard said, "What the chief master, what the chief master is, this is our battalion commander, we must call him the chief."

After hearing this, Wu Xuan quickly changed his words and said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, sting, little man Wu Xuan, pay tribute to the elder." As he said, bent his left knee forward, bent his thigh back, leaned his upper body slightly forward, and drooped his right hand, giving Luo Yue a thousand quiver. Then he turned around and said sternly to the group of people: "You are all dead people, why don't you kowtow to Chang quickly."

Luo Yue waved his hand and said, "No need, are you all captured by the Japanese army?"

Wu Xuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Chief, the little man dares to ask where the army is. Can you reward the title of the chief?"

The guard said: "Dori Duo, there is so much nonsense. We are the People's Army. Have you heard of it?"

Wu Xuandao had really heard of the name of the People's Army, so he was also surprised and hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "It turns out that the elders are the People's Army that beat foreigners to the point of falling. The villain has long been honored."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Are you all captured by the Japanese army? Are you from there?"

Wu Xuan hurriedly said, "If you go back to the eldest son, these people are all troublemakers in this area. They were arrested by the Japanese army to work. Now, follow the elder's instructions and ask them to do any work, dig trenches, fill mud bags, move goods, and carts. As long as the elders give instructions, the villain will keep the custody and arrange it for the elders, so that the elders don't have to work hard. If the elders are tired, they can also wait for the elders to rest, and keep the custody to satisfy the elders..."

Seeing that he was talking more and more, Luo Yue interrupted, "Enough, where are you from? Was it also captured by the Japanese army?"

Wu Xuan said: "If you want to go back to the eldest son, the villain is from Beijing, but the villain was not captured by the Japanese army, but helped the Japanese army maintain the affairs. Now of course, he also helps the chiefs to manage the affairs." As he said, his face couldn't help but show a smug smile.
Chapter completed!