"What's the hurry? Haven't I decided to keep the seized equipment yet?" Zhou Cheng shook his head.

"The Japanese want me to spit out the things I have eaten. It's not that easy. Aren't they chasing them? Then come, it's not certain who will kill me?"

Li Honghui was not optimistic about the result of the troops fighting against the Japanese head-on, and was stopped by Zhou Cheng as soon as he was about to speak.

"We divided our troops to retreat. Deputy Battalion Commander Li took most of the captured artillery shells to retreat and retreated directly into the mountain."

"The Seventh Company, the Guard Platoon, and the Firepower Platoon are left behind, and the Japanese pursuers are led to other places. The three mortars just seized are all taken. The Seventh Company helps carry shells, each with twenty shells. On average, one soldier is less than one, weighing only three or four pounds, which will definitely not affect everyone's marching speed."

"The guard platoon draws a squad to follow the Ninth Company behind him, clearing the traces left by the Ninth Company's retreat."

"The others followed the 7th Company to arrange thunders, prepare some meeting gifts for the pursuers first, and wait until there is a good terrain in front and then disperse the bullets to each soldier with them. All the extra ammunition boxes are thrown on our retreat path, so as not to chase the wrong target!"

Li Honghui heard that the battalion commander wanted to lure all the Japanese's anger on him and create opportunities for the Ninth Company to retreat.

This way he himself is in danger.

The Japanese pursued each other reluctantly, and acted like they would not show off their eagles. Both sides would definitely fight a battle and decide the outcome.

The military strength and firepower advantages are all in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness, although the proportion of veterans in the 7th Company is more than that in the Ninth Company, it is still unattainable compared to the Japanese.

If two such troops collided, they would be defeated in the seventh company.

Hurriedly object: "I don't agree!"

"It's too risky to do this. The 7th Company, the guard platoon and the firepower platoon, which are responsible for the task of luring the enemy, are likely to be gone forever. The price is too high. It's better to give up seizing and the troops will advance and retreat into the mountains with light equipment."

Zhou Cheng answered very firmly: "I am the battalion commander of the Third Battalion, I have the final say."

"Execute the command, as for the danger you said, there are indeed, but you can find a way to avoid it."

"boom……"

An explosion sounded in the middle of the vanguard troops, and black smoke rose from the ground, and the soldiers who were stepping on the thunder fell down.

Major Fujita ran in the middle of the team, raised his eyebrows and reacted: "It's a thunderbolt."

"I often encountered the last time I encircled Donghui Town guerrillas and ordered the vanguard not to go where the National Rescue Army had walked, and to open a new road next to the traces they left behind."

"The other party is wearing a military uniform of a national rescue army and can use a trick. If I am not wrong, 80% of them are from the Third Battalion."

"The troops continue to pursue, regain equipment, and kill this national-savior army."

"They are our old opponents, and they have repeatedly damaged the Imperial Army and caused us huge losses. Another key offensive target for this sweep is them. The value of eliminating them is no less than killing the National Salvation Army Command."

After the order was issued, the vanguard troops did not encounter any more thunder.

After running for more than ten minutes, the forward, Chief Cao, ran over again. Although his face was flushed and gasping as before, his expression was very excited: "Sir, we found a large number of ammunition boxes left by the National Rescue Army on the way to pursue, but they were all empty!"

Major Fujita also became happy: "The National Rescue Army can't run!"

"The shells are too heavy, a box of forty or fifty kilograms, and carrying them on your shoulders will definitely affect the speed of the march."

"They threw away the ammunition box and distributed the shells to each soldier, which greatly reduced the load on the baggage troops and increased the speed of the troops' march."

"What a smart opponent, but no matter how cunning the fox is, he can't beat the hunter."

"Even if the capture is divided into each soldier, their overall load will be more than us, and their soldiers are definitely not as strong as us. As long as we keep chasing, we will be able to catch up with them and destroy them soon."

The deputy captain had a complimentary look on his face: "Sir, wise!"

"The National Salvation Army cannot build a blocking position in advance in advance. If you continue to chase them, you will definitely kill them!"

Guard platoon leader Liang Hongjiang rushed all the way to catch up with Zhou Cheng: "Battery Commander, the Japanese are too cunning. They changed their marching methods when they hit a thunder. They opened a new way to pursue us from next to the thunder. All the thunder arranged by the troops in advance cost and did not make any contribution."

Zhou Cheng smiled bitterly helplessly.

The Japanese army has a strong learning ability. After suffering a loss in Jinshan more than half a month ago, it has a way to deal with thunder.

In this way, the effect of thunder will become more and more limited on the battlefield in the future.

The National Salvation Army has not had many tricks to deal with the Japanese army, but now that there is one less move, the pressure on combat will definitely be greater in the future.

Looking at Liang Hongjiang's order, "The Japanese are not fools, and it is impossible to suffer several losses in the same matter. Since the thunder is useless, withdraw the troops."

"You choose a few veterans to form a sneak attack team. Two people sneak attack the Japanese forwards with cold guns. You can't let them chase them too smoothly."

"There is a mound two kilometers ahead. I plan to fight the Japanese head-on battle there!"

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese vanguard, Chief Cao, ran to Fujita again, with his expression on his face more excited than before.

"Sir, the National Savior Army we pursued has stepped on the mound in front, and it seems that we don't plan to run away!"

"Really?" Fujita looked disbelieving.

On the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese have almost never lost the battle between positions. Unless the opponent's commander's head is rusted, they will definitely try every means to avoid the battle between positions.

The National Savior Army he was pursuing was obviously not as strong as his own. At this time, he chose to fight a position war. Wouldn't he be seeking death?

"I'm sure!"

When Chief Cao saw the land mound on the National Salvation Army, he was shocked and thought he had read it wrong.

After repeatedly confirming that all the national-saviors he was chasing did not continue to retreat in the high ground, Cao Cao dared to report.

"Yo Xi! It seems that God is helping us this time, and I don't want to see me, Fujita defeat the battle." Fujita was excited, afraid that the other party would slip away from his nose again, so he was so happy that he quickly ordered.

"The troops immediately kill and surround the highlands, heavy machine gun squads, and mortar squads, and prepare for combat as soon as possible. Ten minutes later the troops will start attacking."

On the high ground, Xiang Feng and Liang Hongjiang both looked guilty.

Although they are in a higher position than other places, they are nothing more than that. They are bare and there is not even a stone to hide.

If the troops want to defend here, they must repair the fortifications, and at least they must dig out an circular fortification.

But this takes time, and the Japanese army only bit behind them. Now they have started to build heavy machine guns and mortars, and can launch attacks at any time. They will definitely not give everyone time to repair fortifications.

If there were no trenches hiding, the troops would lie on the bare high ground to fight the Japanese. The Japanese could cause heavy casualties if they hit the Japanese shells, which would be no different from being killed in vain.

"Battery Commander, there are Japanese detours behind us. They want to surround the high ground. We really want to fight the Japanese here to win or lose." Xiang Feng had no confidence at all, and looked at Zhou Cheng and asked anxiously.

"Yes! Battalion Commander, should we fight the Japanese here? If not, the troops must retreat immediately. If the Japanese really want to surround the high ground, we have no chance to run away." Liang Hongjiang was also guilty and followed and persuaded him.

Seeing that Zhou Cheng didn't have an immediate contact, he hesitated for a while and continued to say it.

"If we really fight the decisive battle with the Japanese here, we must repair the fortifications immediately."

"It's definitely too late to dig a trench. We can use grenades to explode several craters as bunkers. It's definitely better to hide in it than to be bombed on the bare high ground."

"Plane leader Chang!" Zhou Cheng still didn't answer the conversation and turned his head to look at Changyuanqiao.

"Arrival!" Chang Yuanqiao hurried over.

Zhou Cheng ordered very seriously: "The key to whether we can escape this battle is the firepower rank."

"In addition to the three mortars seized just now, there are four guns in the fire platoon. Can you control these four mortars at the same time and shoot the shells into the Japanese artillery positions?"

Chang Yuanqiao hesitated for a moment: "Battery Commander, I'm not good at shooting artillery. You have to ask the deputy platoon leader, he is an old artilleryman and has more say than me."

Zhou Cheng immediately thought of a young man he was coming from the main force of the group.

Although he made him the deputy platoon leader of the fire platoon, he would rather be a gunner.

As the deputy platoon leader, he served the only mortar in the third battalion every day.

When people who are not familiar with the situation see him, they will definitely regard him as an ordinary gunner, rather than the deputy platoon leader of the fire platoon.

Zhou Cheng immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Call him over immediately!"

The high ground for the troops' defense was not big. One minute later, the deputy platoon leader who was fiddling with the mortar was found. Zhou Cheng raised his hand to stop him from saluting him and said bluntly: "Deputy platoon leader Tan, now there is an important task to the fire platoon. The platoon leader often said that you have more say than him, so I brought you first."

"The mission is simple and difficult. We are condescending, and we can clearly see the Japanese artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions. I asked the firepower line to set up four mortars within five minutes, aim at the Japanese artillery positions, use the fastest rate of fire to shoot out sixty shells, destroy all the mortars brought by the Japanese army, and then quickly transfer the target, and use the remaining twenty shells to destroy the Japanese heavy machine gun positions."

Deputy Platoon Leader Tan did not answer immediately, this question was too difficult.

If it is just a mortar, he is confident that the battalion commander will hit wherever he points, and as long as the target is within the effective range, the error will not exceed ten meters.

But the battalion commander wanted four mortars to fire.

Although the fire platoon has an artillery squad, the only real gunner is himself. The others are half-baked gunners who have not yet started and can't even aim.

It’s okay to let them be their own deputy. If they really want to operate the mortar independently, they don’t know where the shells fly.

He wanted to deny it very much, but the battalion commander's earnest gaze made him unable to say it at all. He could only swallow the word "no" and then rack his brains to think about the solution.
Chapter completed!