"Captain, seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers ran from the south of the highlands!" Liang Hongjiang ran to Zhou Cheng and reported in a hurry, looking ready to rub his hands.

"Do I want to lead my troops to chase after me now and beat the dogs in the water. Even if I can't kill them, I can still kill a few more!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "Forget it, the Japanese and puppet troops in the south of the station still have hundreds of people. They need guns and heavy machine guns and heavy machine guns. The only heavy weapons we can take out are armored vehicles and mortars. In terms of strength, they are not as good as them. How can we beat the dogs in the water!"

"Then let's not fight, watch them slip away?" Liang Hongjiang was not satisfied with the fight, so he was unwilling to ask.

"Of course we have to fight!" Zhou Cheng did not hesitate much on this issue and answered decisively: "But we cannot fight head-on with the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, especially the Japanese and puppet troops gathered together."

"Spread the troops out immediately and specifically catch the Japanese and puppet troops who missed the net. The enemy has a squad. We will dispatch a platoon to launch an attack. The enemy has a platoon. We will dispatch a company to attack and use our superior forces and the minimum cost to kill the most Japanese and puppet troops!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Tieshan, deputy commander of the Guard Company, suddenly shouted: "Captain, there is a situation in the west of the highlands. It seems that dozens of Japanese and puppet troops are rushing towards us."

"Didn't they run away?"

Zhou Cheng looked puzzled, but his hands did not stop. He quickly raised his telescope and looked at the faces of dozens of Japanese people and was amused: "God helps me, that's a mountain cannon team of Japanese people."

"It must be that the Japanese army transferred from the south of the station to deal with our armored vehicles. As a result, the Japanese on the high ground ran away before they could stand the mountain cannons were in place, and they forgot to notify the mountain cannon team that was rushing here."

"This is the fat meat delivered to your mouth, and you have to eat it."

"The guard company immediately surrounded the mountain cannon team first, and then divide the troops to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in the garrison. However, there is a prerequisite: you must seize the two mountain cannons intact and hide them."

"The regiment headquarters has stocked a lot of mountain cannon shells, but they have been piled up there because there are no cannons. If two mountain cannons cannons can be seized tonight and then they will make a fortune!"

More than twenty Japanese gunners, more than twenty puppet troops, carried the shells and the gun barrels on the back, and they ran forward with gasp. Everyone was exhausted and had almost zero vigilance.

Liang Hongjiang only realized after he led his troops to surround them.

Although the Japanese gunners are not as fierce as infantry, they are also deeply influenced by the spirit of Bushido and will not surrender so easily after being attacked.

The soldier with self-defense weapons immediately dropped his equipment and lay on the ground to raise his gun to fight back.

The gunner without self-defense weapons quickly lay down, looking for combat weapons around with his head held high.

The guard company did not give them a chance to counterattack. Liu Ting stared at the twenty Japanese gunners in front and fired, killing more than half in the blink of an eye.

The remaining gunners finally realized something was wrong and were scared, so they wanted to turn around and run for life, but no matter how fast they were, they could not match the speed of the bullets.

In less than a minute, more than 20 gunners from the Mountain Cannon Squad were all beaten into corpses.

The gunners who covered the transport of ammunition had almost no resistance. Facing the national rescue army rushing towards him, they had no idea of ​​resistance. They kneeled down and surrendered without any hesitation.

Asakawa Nakasa joined forces with the troops south of the station and thought of the mountain artillery squad that was reinforced by the highlands. He was about to send someone to find them, but the gunshots of the guard company's elimination of the mountain artillery squad reached his ears.

He knew that the mountain cannon team had finished, and the pain in his heart was simply undesirable, but he was out of reach.

Immediately ordered: "Mortar cover, we break through from the junction of the southwest direction of the station, and break out of contact with the National Salvation Army as quickly as possible!"

Asakawa Nakasa finally escaped, but only took away more than 200 subordinates.

Nearly 500 people followed him to break through successfully, but the National Salvation Army did not intend to let them go so easily, and pursued them reluctantly. In order to bring out more imperial troops, Asakawa Nakasa had to cut off his arm and leave a large number of imperial military behind him.

In the end, only more than 200 people escaped from the pursuit of the National Salvation Army and fled east to return to the town.

The county town must not be able to go back. Tonight's great defeat completely cut off his idea of ​​wanting to make meritorious service, so he will definitely not be able to stay in the position of the captain of the garrison.

Instead of returning to the county town to embarrass the eyes and facing the sarcastic gaze of his subordinates, it is better to go to the brigade commander to apologize now.

The station, which had been lively for several hours, finally calmed down before dawn. Zhou Cheng stood on the high ground and watched the guard company clear the Asakawa Nakasa command center bit by bit, his face was already full of joy.

Asakawa Nakasa retreated very suddenly, and no other things in the three tents except the radio and confidential documents were taken away.

The command center at the Japanese brigade level is very formal, with everything related to command, and they are all treasures that cannot be bought even if you have money. There are five or six copies of the map alone, which are all urgently needed by the National Salvation Army.

Although the three tents were not big, the seized items were very rich, which made Zhou Cheng dazzled.

"Captain, do we have mountain cannons?" Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu suddenly climbed up to the high ground, looking at Zhou Cheng and asking very much.

Zhou Cheng nodded: "There are at least 80% new in the two 92 mountain cannons. The guard company is guarding a platoon of soldiers. If you want to see, let's go together!"

"You must see!" Chen Zhengyu quickly answered.

"That's a mountain cannon, which can both attack and fight in field battles. It's both use one shot and two-purpose, which is much more powerful than a mortar. Now there are two balls at once. When you fight the Japanese artillery tower in the future, pull out the mountain cannon and bomb the battle will be over. There is no need to think of a way to force the Japanese out of the artillery tower like now, and then consume a lot of their living power before daring to attack. Not only is it more risky, but it also takes time. Maybe you will attract enemy reinforcements."

Under the leadership of Liang Hongjiang, Zhou Cheng soon saw two mountain cannons hidden in the ravine.

Because there is no gunner, the two mountain cannons are still being dismantled, but just looking at the long barrel of the mountain cannon, Zhou Cheng could feel its powerful power.

Immediately ordered: "Company Commander Liang, two mountain cannons will be temporarily handed over to the guard company for responsibility. Be sure to protect them. Without my order, no one can move these parts."

Liang Hongjiang replied very seriously: "Don't worry, the guard company guarantees to complete the task."

Chen Zhengyu touched the cold cannon barrel of the mountain cannon, as if he was stroking a newborn child, very seriously, afraid that he would touch it.

It took a long time to react from the surprise and returned to Zhou Cheng and asked with anticipation: "Captain, what are you going to deal with these two cannons!"

Zhou Cheng blurted out without even thinking about it: "Of course it is to form a mountain cannon platoon for the cannon company."

"By the way, the mortars originally equipped by the artillery company were divided into two main battalions."

"In the future, the main battalion of the National Salvation Army must be equipped with mortars. This is a problem I discovered from the first battalion today. If the first battalion had two mortars to blow up the Japanese from time to time during the day, yesterday's battle would definitely be easier, and the casualties of the soldiers would be much smaller!"

Chen Zhengyu personally experienced yesterday's bloody battle in the First Battalion, and he had a deep understanding of this.

If two mortars participate in the battle at critical moments, they will definitely kill a lot of Japanese and puppet troops. When the troops retreat, they will avoid being bitten behind the butt by the Japanese due to artillery fire support.

I immediately agreed: "Captain, I support the artillery company to lower the mortars into the battalion and establish a direct firepower company under the battalion."

"The Artillery Company is permanently stationed in the regiment headquarters and the First Battalion is permanently stationed in Zhangzhuang Town. If there is a firepower company equipped with mortars, it will definitely be fine to fight against a Japanese infantry squadron."

Zhou Cheng quickly made a decision: "Okay, then this matter is decided!"

"Reduce the losses just now, there are still four mortars left in the artillery company. After the battle, I will determine how many cannons will be distributed to each battalion based on the seizure situation."

After saying that, he continued to ask: "Chief of Staff, you are so anxious that you can't just take a look at two mortars!"

Chen Zhengyu slapped his head violently and replied embarrassedly: "Captain, I just heard that the troops seized two mountain cannons. I was so excited that I almost forgot about the main business."

"The results achieved by the troops tonight have basically been counted."

"We found 186 Japanese corpses, 86 puppet army corpses on the battlefield, and captured 618 puppet army."

"Three heavy machine guns were seized, eight crooked hands were captured, six were built by the Czech Republic, five grenade launchers, 514 rifles of various types, and 19 pistols."

"By the way, we seized three mortars, but they seemed to be blown up. I don't know if they can still be used..."

Zhou Cheng's face was already full of joy when he heard it. Chen Zhengyu shouted excitedly as soon as he finished speaking: "Enough, other weapons and ammunition are not counted. We only make a lot of money by more than 600 prisoners and two mountain cannons."

"Chief of Staff, immediately mobilize all the instructors of the regiment to mobilize prisoners to join our National Salvation Army."

"According to the rules, they must first join the recruit battalion and pass the review and education before they can replenish the troops."

"But the loss of the first battalion is too great and the soldiers are urgently needed to supplement the troops. We will do a special task to add 150 prisoners to the first battalion, and each company will add 50 people. After the battle is over, we will draw people from the new battalion to make up for the remaining vacancies!"

Before the counterattack tonight, the first battalion had 250 people, and more than 50 people were lost in the feint attack battle. To this day, there are less than 200 people left in the entire battalion, which is equivalent to the first battalion directly killing two-thirds of its troops.

Chen Zhengyu saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

Facing the crowds of prisoners caught by the troops, the first idea that came to mind was to replenish them immediately.

However, the National Salvation Army has rules for the National Salvation Army. Without the order of the regiment commander, no one can recruit soldiers or expand their troops privately.

In the end, I could only suppress this idea and prepare to report it to Zhou Cheng after finishing the work.

What surprised Chen Zhengyu was that Zhou Cheng took the initiative to ask the first battalion to recruit new recruits from the prisoners, which reduced himself a lot of trouble. He quickly replied: "I'll make arrangements now! I'll guarantee to recruit 150 new recruits within an hour!"

Zhou Cheng hesitated and reminded: "Remember, the first battalion can only recruit 150 prisoners now, and no more than one."

"There are less than 200 people left in the first battalion. It is not only not good to add too many prisoners at one time, but it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, which is not worth the loss."

Chen Zhengyu quickly replied: "Don't worry, regiment commander, I understand all these, I guarantee not to recruit more prisoners!"

At the Japanese Army Command of Donghui Town, the brigade commander was awakened by the chief of staff in his sleep.

Seeing him rushing in from outside like a panic, my heart skipped a beat, realizing that something was wrong and that something big happened. Otherwise, I would not have been so panicked with the character of the Chief of Staff.

Before he could speak, the Chief of Staff was anxious to report: "General, something happened to our troops in Zhangzhuang Town."

"I just received an urgent telegram from Asakawa Nakasa: the troops were attacked on a large scale in the middle of the night by the National Salvation Army. The National Salvation Army not only dispatched a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, but also dispatched combat vehicles."

"Our army camp suffered a devastating blow, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. Asakawa Nakasa succeeded in breaking through with only more than 200 people. All other troops suffered losses. I want to rush to our side."
Chapter completed!