"Sir, the enemy surrounding us seems to be retreating!" A small team leader suddenly ran over to report.

"Retreat?" The squadron leader was a little confused, so he quickly walked to the edge of the position, raised his telescope and looked outside.

The enemy who confronted him did not move, but all the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield behind him were covered with captives and evacuated from the battlefield one after another in squads.

"Are they not going to attack us?" the squadron leader muttered to himself with confusion.

Then he shook his head on his own: "This shouldn't be!"

"In addition to the troops you just brought in, we only have more than 200 people left. The enemy attacked us had at least three companies and four hundred people. They were also equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns. The strength and firepower advantages were in their hands. Isn't it a waste of this great opportunity to wipe out us all now?"

Huang Yonggui was rare to be smart once, and hesitated to analyze: "Taijun, can it be that they dare not attack!"

"There are many new recruits in the security brigade and poor combat effectiveness. The third battalion used cannons and heavy machine guns to blow them, and the combat effectiveness was lost by 50% or 60%, so we can defeat us."

"The troops stationed here are the Imperial Army, and the impact of heavy machine guns and mortars is very limited."

"The Third Battalion fought a war during the day and another war at night. The casualties of the troops must be quite large. In addition, the new recruits in the team account for a large proportion, so it is okay to fight a smooth battle. If you really have to fight head-on with the Imperial Army, even if they wiped out us all, the three companies that attacked us would be almost exhausted..."

The squadron leader asked thoughtfully: "What do you mean is the Third Battalion preserving its strength?"

"Absolutely!" Huang Yonggui replied: "I have contacted Zhou Cheng, the third battalion commander."

"This man is very cunning and never stands in wars. He especially likes to surprise him. But he has a bottom line. No matter what battle, he requires the greatest victory at the minimum price. He doesn't like fighting the kind of battle that kills one thousand enemies and damages himself by himself!"

The squadron leader nodded with approval: "That's how your judgment is really possible!"

"I remember you told me in the afternoon that although the total strength of the Third Battalion is more than 1,000, most of them are recruits who have just joined the army."

"From the combat effectiveness they showed on the battlefield today, the troops attacking us must have occupied the majority of veterans. Maybe in order to win today's battle, they will directly bring all the veterans of the Third Battalion. If they are killed, the entire Third Battalion will be affected by the lack of veterans.

"But we can't be careless: the troops are more alert and keep a close eye on the enemy outside."

"After the enemy confronting us begins to retreat, all the reconnaissance troops will be dispatched to ensure that the enemy really evacuates the town, instead of confusing us, kill everyone when we relax our vigilance."

Half an hour later, the Eighth Company, which was confronting the Japanese army, began to retreat.

The Japanese squadron leader was about to breathe a sigh of relief when a string of shells whistled across the sky suddenly rang above his head.

Before he could react, the guard's screams rang in his ears.

"Arson, concealed...protection squadron leader..."

With a "puzzle...", the squadron leader was thrown to the ground by the guards, and then a few violent explosions rang out in his ears. The fireball closest to him was only more than ten meters.

The squadron leader was thrown into mud, and his teeth were trembling with pain. He was shocked and puzzled, and scolded loudly.

"Baga...what does the enemy want to do? Are you really planning to kill us and shoot us back?"

"Boom boom boom..."

The explosion continued, but the squadron leader was getting farther and farther away, and only three rounds of artillery were bombarded, and two barracks were blown into a pile of waste not far away.

The squadron leader quickly got up from the ground, rushed into the position quickly, and raised his telescope again to look outside.

There are black dust everywhere, and you can't even see personal images...

"Sir, the enemy who was confronting us just now is still retreating and has not come back!" A long-time Cao, a detective team, ran back to report.

"What's going on with the enemy's shelling? Are they going to teach us a lesson before retreating?" This is the only explanation the squadron leader could think of.

"Boom..."

An obviously more violent explosion suddenly rang behind everyone, trembling with their ears, and the ground under their feet trembled...

The squadron leader turned around and saw a fireball like a mushroom cloud rising into the air in the camp, rising to a height of 20 or 30 meters before stopping.

The powerful shock waves and air waves were like storms, spreading rapidly around.

The squadron leader was at least fifty meters away from the explosion point, and he still felt a rolling heat wave hitting his back, almost overthrowing him...

"No, our ammunition depot has been destroyed..." a small team leader shouted with fear..

"Boom boom boom..."

The explosion continued, and the shells fell from the sky without any money, all of which fell into the empty barracks area.

The positions that hid from a large number of soldiers did not get a single shell.

Thinking of the ammunition depot that had been blown into waste, the squadron leader finally figured out why his opponent had shelled himself when he retreated. His face became pale and pale. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and cursed: "The enemy wants to destroy our material reserves before retreating, so that we will be hungry tomorrow and no ammunition is available."

"What a cunning opponent. If you can't get any advantage from us, you will attack directly against the baggage and ammunition!"

Huang Yonggui quickly comforted: "Don't worry, Taijun, there are nearly a thousand people in Zhangzhuang Town. Even if the Third Battalion destroyed our food, it would be easy to raise two or three thousand kilograms of grain from the town. We can completely persist in sending us new ammunition supplies to the county town."

The squadron leader looked much better: "Then the task of raising grain will be left to you. I am responsible for contacting the county town to transport ammunition and supplies to us. After the third battalion completely retreats, I will also build a stronghold and artillery tower here. Your second regiment will also seize the time to rebuild it, form combat power in the shortest time, and then go to fight Donghui Town, and fight for tooth!"

When the third battalion of the East Return to the town, Zhou Cheng, who was rushing back in a hurry, had not yet settled down. Deputy battalion commander Chen Zhengyu, Deputy battalion commander Li Honghui, and several company commanders walked in at the same time. He was in a very good mood and could not close his smile.

Chen Zhengyu was the first to speak: "Battery Commander, the harvest we gained from attacking Zhangzhuang Town has been counted on the way, and the results are very great."

"The Eighth Company, the Guard Company, the Cavalry Company, the Artillery Company, and the Fourth Company that revolted on the battlefield, captured a total of 421 officers and soldiers of the security brigade, of which more than 200 were recruited by Wang Dehou, who had just caught a gun yesterday."

"Destroy nearly 200 officers and soldiers of the security brigade, and wipe out a fully-organized infantry squad of the Japanese army."

"The seizures are also abundant: there are more than 600 rifles alone, of which 150 were found in the ammunition depot of the Guard Brigade, all of which are formal."

"I also harvested a mortar, a heavy machine gun, 11 light machine guns, and three grenade launchers."

"Nearly 50,000 bullets of various types, grenades, grenades, and more than 2,000."

"I also seized 300 new sets of quilts, more than 30,000 kilograms of grain from the second guild brigade's material warehouse, enough for a thousand people to eat oil and salt for two months..."

Zhou Cheng was very calm, as if he hadn't heard Chen Zhengyu's report just now, and his expression was calm.

In Chen Zhengyu's eyes, these were captured a lot, enough for the Third Battalion to expand several main companies.

But Zhou Cheng didn't think so. Perhaps it was because the Second Regiment of the Security Brigade had just been expanded and had no assets. The Third Battalion almost wiped out them before seizing the supplies, weapons and ammunition. It was not as much material and ammunition as the Japanese infantry squadron had reserved.

But no matter what, mosquitoes are small and meaty, which is better than nothing.

More importantly, the real purpose of this operation is to crack down on the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops.

From this point of view, the Third Battalion successfully completed the task.

Not only did it destroy the adaptation conference of the Japanese and puppet troops, it also severely damaged the security brigade under the nose of the Japanese, slapped Wang Dehou in the face.

As the news spread, the bad effects caused by Wang Dehou's surrender to the enemy and becoming a traitor will definitely be minimized.

He immediately asked Chen Zhengyu: "Is the army's casualties serious?"

"I'm not worried about the Eighth Company. Most of the veterans are in it. The Guard Company and the Cavalry Company are almost all new recruits. Although the opponent is also a group of new recruits and has no combat power, they are the defensive side after all!"

Chen Zhengyu quickly reported: "Don't worry, the battalion commander, there are not many casualties."

"The Eighth Company lost more than 20 people, the Guard Company lost about one platoon, only two soldiers in the Cavalry Company were injured, and the Fourth Company of the Battlefield uprising lost two squads."

"Most of the puppet troops that we eliminated the battlefield were killed by mortars and heavy machine guns."

"Ordinary infantry almost chased behind the enemy's butt on the battlefield. They only fought head-on when dealing with the Japanese infantry squad, but our machine gun firepower was three or four times that of the Japanese. In the first round of firepower attack, more than half of their troops were destroyed, and then a counterattack wiped out all of them."

Seeing Zhou Cheng nodding and feeling much better, Chen Zhengyu continued to report: "Battery Commander, how to deal with the more than 400 prisoners we brought back."

"I learned about it and more than 80% of the prisoners are willing to join us to fight the Japanese."

"If we build a new force, we will be able to have two more companies soon."

"There is still the Fourth Company. Now that we follow us, it will definitely not be good to use the title of Fourth Company."

"When I came, I calculated that our third battalion originally had three main companies, and the subsequent secret service company, the guard company, the baggage company, the cavalry company, and the artillery company, totaling eight companies."

"Now there are another fourth company and more than 300 prisoners willing to join us. Both the strength and the system have reached the standard of a regiment. It is a bit inappropriate to call the Third Battalion."

"We all think that battalion commander, you should take over as commander of the Punishment and Rescue Army, take up the banner of the Punishment and Rescue Army, and expand the Third Battalion into a regiment."

As soon as Chen Zhengyu finished speaking, all the battalion commanders who had just followed in became hot, staring at Zhou Cheng with their eyes lit up.

This is the real purpose of their headquarters together.

Everyone hopes that the battalion commander can take over the position of the National Salvation Army Command and rebuild the National Salvation Army.

In this way, not only can everyone rise and rise as the water rises, but the troops will also need at least three battalion commanders and six deputy battalion commanders after the expansion. They will definitely have to be selected from the inside, and everyone here will have a chance.
Chapter completed!