The investigator nodded and reported: "The Japanese who attacked us were still from Yangquan. There was an Japanese in the infantry brigade, a cavalry squadron, a mountain cannon squadron, a rapid-fire cannon squadron, and a baggage team, about 1,500 people."

"The Japanese and puppet troops attacking Zhangzhuang Town mainly pacified the garrison, and added more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops from Yangquan. There were a total of two infantry squadrons, most of the mortar squadrons, most of the heavy machine gun squadrons, one mountain artillery squadron, one cavalry squadron, and one puppet army and one regiment, about 1,800 people."

Zhou Cheng's face was more serious than before, and he ordered decisively: "The old saying is good, it is a mule or a horse that pulls it out."

"Now that the enemy is facing, the Japanese and puppet troops are about to reach our doorstep. If they cannot defeat them, the villagers in the defense zone will definitely suffer the loss."

"So the national rescue army must be determined to die, fight the Japanese and puppet troops to the end, protect our garrison, and protect our parents, wives and children."

"Send a telegram to Chief Chen immediately: implement the scheduled combat plan, block it layer by layer, and bring the Japanese and puppet troops into the mountain!"

"Order the Sixth Company to set off immediately. The artillery company will divide a mortar squad to cooperate with their operations, bring enough mines, first use cold guns, cold cannons and mines to greet the Japanese and puppet troops coming from Yangquan, taste the power of our national rescue army, and then rely on their positions to block them!"

Neither the Japanese brigade commander of Asakawa Nakasa who attacked Zhangzhuang Town or the Japanese brigade commander who led the team to attack Donghui Town, he had never really fought with Zhou Cheng.

My understanding of Zhou Cheng is still on paper. Through the several battles that Zhou Cheng fought when he was the battalion commander of the third battalion, he analyzed his combat style and tactics he had used.

Especially the commander of the Japanese Brigade, he knew that the National Salvation Army had built a large number of blocking positions on the necessary path for his attack, and there were also a large number of hidden castles hidden inside. He also knew that Zhou Cheng especially liked to attack him unexpectedly...

He was particularly alert since the troops left the city.

Regardless of whether the report from the subordinates about Zhou Cheng is true or not, there are any exaggerations, there is always no big mistake to be careful.

The troops walked very smoothly at the beginning of seven or eight kilometers after leaving the city, because there were an infantry squadron in front of the team and more than fifty imperial army fronts, and there were cavalry squadrons on both sides patrolling and guarding. The march for more than an hour did not encounter any danger.

As he walked, the brigade commander couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: "It's just like this to pacify the National Salvation Army and Zhou Cheng. It's much easier to deal with than the Eighth Route Army he had ever encountered!"

With this idea, the brigade commander decisively ordered: "The army speeds up and strives to fight to Donghui Town before noon, launches an attack after lunch, and take down the headquarters of the Punishment and National Salvation Army before dark..."

"Boom...Boom..." Before the order was finished, an explosion like a slap in the face sounded at the location of the vanguard's troops.

The brigade commander was so scared that he almost fell from the war horse.

The guard squadron reacted the fastest, and the guards walking beside the brigade commander quickly dispersed, forming a circle around the brigade commander, holding a gun, staring at the surroundings with a vigilant look on their faces.

Two machine gun teams rushed directly to two mounds of soil more than ten meters away, and a crooked handle was lying on the ground, and they opened the machine gun security, pulled the bolt, loaded the bullets, and prepared for fire cover...

All this happened very quickly. When the brigade commander raised his telescope, the guards had already protected him tightly...

Several groups of black smoke rose in the middle of the vanguard troops, and several soldiers fell around each group of black smoke. Some were motionless and some were squirming on the ground.

All the uninjured soldiers were busy back and forth in the black smoke to rescue the wounded.

"Bageya Road, the vanguard troops stepped on the landmines buried by the National Salvation Army in advance!" The brigade commander frowned and judged.

After waiting for two minutes, a second lieutenant came over to report: "General, the vanguard troops just stepped on a serial mine. A total of six mines exploded at the same time. All of them were standard mines. They were very powerful. We suffered heavy casualties: 8 imperial troops were killed on the spot, six imperial troops were seriously injured, their legs were broken, and nine imperial troops were slightly injured!"

"We ask for support from the engineers and go to the front of the team to clear us mines!"

The brigade commander's brow was already frowning. After listening to the report, especially the casualties data, his brows frowned even deeper.

He was very dissatisfied and scolded: "The National Saving Army is indeed extraordinary and does not play according to common sense."

"In the past, we often encountered landmines when we swept the Eighth Route Army, but they were all made of landmines one by one, and their power was limited. At the beginning of today, they took out six standard mines to deal with us. This is to give us a warning!"

"But the warriors of the Imperial Army were made little by little by little by little by little by warriors, not scared. This little bit of warning would not affect our military morale and morale!"

"Immediately transfer the engineers to reinforce the vanguard troops and change the infantry team's vanguard."

"The cavalry squadron is in a more vigilant way. According to our previous experience in dealing with the Eighth Route Army, after the mine appears, the cold guns that attack us should be coming soon. After the troops find suspicious targets, I allow everyone to take the initiative and shoot immediately, so as not to give the enemy the chance to attack us!"

The reason why Zhou Cheng sent Huang Hu's sixth company to fight against the Japanese was that he was interested in Huang Hu's rich guerrilla warfare experience.

Among the three company commanders of the Second Battalion, only he was able to fully fight guerrilla warfare, but Zhou Cheng was indeed not disappointed.

The Japanese have a lot of troops and must be equipped with special infantry and mine detectors, so the troops must be cautious when using landmines.

Either don't use it, or if it is used, it will cause a fatal blow to the enemy.

Otherwise, the mines buried by everyone will become the spoils of the Japanese engineers, and that would be a huge loss.

As expected, as soon as the chain of thunders composed of six landmines exploded, the Japanese dispatched engineers to clear the mines.

If the six mines just now were not connected and buried in the official road, one by one exploded one by one, the Japanese vanguard troops would stop after being bombed twice at most and demand reinforcements from engineers. The remaining four mines would probably be found by the Japanese...

Now that six mines explode at the same time, the Japanese sent engineers to the front to clear the mines, which not only delayed the speed of the march, but also returned in vain.

Because Huang Hu decided not to use landmines for the time being, he would use landmines to make them suffer a second loss after the Japanese relaxed their vigilance.

The three engineers moved forward little by little with their mine detectors on their backs.

The two hundred meters of road that can be completed in more than ten seconds of marching normally, because it was necessary to clear mines, the three engineers walked for nearly ten minutes before they finished.

The result disappointed them. Not only were there no landmines on the road, but there was no iron found.

"General, there should be no landmines on the road?" The Chief of Staff, who received the report, was very pleased.

The longer the troops were delayed on the road, the later they arrived in Donghui Town, and the shorter the attack time left for everyone.

With the good news that the engineer just reported, the troops can speed up the marching and take back the time they had just been delayed.

The brigade commander was also very anxious and ordered without waiting for the Chief of Staff to remind him: "The troops set off again, and they must hurry to Donghui Town before noon. There is less than two hours left, so hurry up."

On a small hill more than a thousand meters away, Huang Hu witnessed the Japanese army's every move. When he saw the engineers withdraw from the battle, he immediately realized that his opportunity had come again.

"A row of mines went around to the front of the Japanese to bury mines, and they were still preparing a series of mines composed of six mines, but the location of each mine had to be changed, leaving the Japanese without a trace, and were bombed again to suffer heavy casualties."

"The others stayed here with me to attack the cavalry used by the Japanese patrol."

"Our sixth company only has two war horses. The correspondent will lose it once it is used. We will try to seize two horses from the underworld of the Japanese in the future."

Cavalry patrols kept passing by Huang Hu, but he never started!

It was not until the main force of the Japanese passed by him and the troops behind the palace slowly entered their sight that Huang Hu decided to act!

There are too many Japanese on the official road, and there are more than a hundred cavalrymen. Any accident may lead to the loss of the sixth company.

Huang Hu didn't want to be surrounded by the Japanese vanguard troops and the rear troops when he attacked the cavalry. In the end, he didn't even have a chance to escape.

It is different to fight the troops behind the palace. No matter how fast the Japanese who walked past the front reacted, no matter how many troops were sent to turn around and encircle him, there was always one direction around him without Japanese, that was the direction of his breakthrough.

"Baoba...daoba..."

Huang Hu was holding the rifle in his hand and four crooked handles around him fired at the same time. The dense rain of bullets quickly covered the cavalry squad behind the palace.

All the cavalry were marching on horseback, which looked particularly majestic, but also particularly conspicuous, just like a row of live targets.

Nearly a hundred bullets flew towards them in fan shapes, five of the ten live targets fell down on the spot, and two live targets fell to the ground along with the war horses.

The remaining five Japanese lie down quickly, their bodies pressed against the horse's back to reduce the area of ​​shots.

His feet were not idle either, and at the same time he tried to knock on the belly of the war horse, urging the war horse to run.

The cavalry is fast and difficult to be locked in a running state, so the chance of being shot is less.

The cavalry troops patrolling and guarding around the team were attacked, and the opponent's firepower was still very strong. Of course, the main force that was moving would not allow the cavalry to be killed and stopped immediately.

The nearest infantry squadron quickly rushed out of the official road and rushed towards the high ground where the Sixth Company was hiding.

The mortar squadron quickly set up the cannon, adjust the shooting direction, and prepare to fire a few rounds of volleys first, use artillery fire to cover the high ground where the national rescue army is hiding, and cover the attacking troops to kill them!

The cavalry behind the hall had already run away, and there were three intact war horses parked in the position where they were attacked.

But there is at least two hundred meters away from the high ground. If people are sent to rush over and confiscate the war horses and withdraw them, it will take at least five minutes.

The Japanese have already come here, and five minutes are enough for them to rush to three or four hundred meters away. Moreover, the Japanese artillery fire will not be used to wait. They will definitely use this time to blow the high ground where everyone is hiding into a sea of ​​fire.

Even if the troops finally succeed in getting rid of the Japanese's pursuit, the casualties caused by the shelling will not be too small.

Huang Hu couldn't do it when he sacrificed his soldiers for three war horses.

Looking at the war horse not far away, although he was unwilling to accept it, he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let's retreat and leave here immediately!"
Chapter completed!