When it comes to fighting guerrilla warfare, the Eighth Route Army can definitely be called the ancestor of the Japanese army.

Less than ten minutes after the reconnaissance troops were sent out, gunfire began to sound nearby, with rifles shooting and machine gun strafing. There were also many explosions mixed in between. As soon as you heard it, you knew that the reconnaissance troops were attacked by heavy enemy troops, otherwise they would not have had such strong firepower.

A few minutes later, a scout ran back in panting, as if he was seriously injured.

He ran all the way to the captain and reported: "Sir, we were attacked in the No. 1 search area. The opponent was equipped with three light machine guns and at least one grenade launcher, with a minimum of one company."

"The entire reconnaissance team except me escaped, all the others died in battle!"

The captain did not expect that he was so lucky, so he caught the enemy who cut off the Imperial Army's logistics supply line.

Staring at the scout, he confirmed with disbelief, "The other party really has an infantry company, are you not mistaken?"

The scouts answered very affirmatively: "They equipped three light machine guns and at least one grenade launcher. The pocket array that ambushed us was about fifty meters long. There were figures on both sides of the mountain road, and at least one company."

The squadron leader on the side began to get ready to go, and then the scouts analyzed: "It should be no mistake. Only the main company of the Chinese army is qualified to equip three light machine guns and grenade launchers. If our opponent is the Eighth Route Army, a main company may not even have two machine guns."

"The No. 1 search area is less than two kilometers away from here. It is still time to go there. As long as the captain gives an order, I promise to arrive at the battlefield within ten minutes and never let the enemy run away."

"Captain, give orders!" Another squadron leader was unwilling to fall behind and shouted immediately.

"The whole army gathers together and marches to kill him!" The captain was moved, and quickly made up his mind, and then ordered with a murderous intent.

"The brigade commander made it very clear in the order: the enemy we are going to deal with is very cunning, and no one knows the true strength, so the troops must not divide their troops when they besiege them, and they will not give their opponents any chance to defeat us."

When more than 700 Japanese and puppet troops reached the fire exchange point, the enemies of the ambush reconnaissance team had already run away. The three imperial troops were stripped out and fell naked to the ground.

The accompanying scouts immediately dispersed, looking for traces left by the enemy when they retreated. In less than five minutes, scouts came over with good news.

"Sir, the enemy of the ambush reconnaissance team should have run southeast!"

"Catch up!" The captain ordered without hesitation.

God cares about himself so much that he can find the enemy's traces when he comes up. He will definitely not let them slip away from his nose. Even if the opponent is only a part of the enemy, it doesn't matter. If one opponent is destroyed, there will be no mistake.

After giving the order, the captain prepared to take action and followed the troops to chase the enemy.

After walking less than ten meters, another scout caught up from behind. His face was flushed red, he gasped heavily, and obviously ran a lot: "Sir, we were attacked by the enemy in the No. 4 search area. The opponent was equipped with at least three light machine guns, a heavy machine gun and a grenade launcher, and at least one company of troops?"

"Nani?" The captain was confused by this report.

There is a multi-company enemy here just escaped, and the No. 4 area encountered another multi-company enemy, and it was equipped with heavy machine guns. That must be a well-deserved main force.

If the enemies in both places are real, then the opponent you will face will have at least one battalion, and the enemy is still in a dispersed state.

If you continue to execute the order you just issued and pursue the enemy you just escaped here, the enemy you found by the No. 4 search target will definitely take the opportunity to slip away.

It is not okay to divide the troops and chase two targets at the same time. It is a disobeying the military order of the brigade commander. If something happens to the troops during the battle, they have to bear all the responsibilities themselves. The cost is too high and it is likely to ruin the rest of their military career.

After thinking about it, the captain decided to pursue the enemy closest to him first, fight steadily, and if he could destroy one enemy first, he would destroy one first.

Immediately ordered: "Don't worry about the enemies in the No. 4 search area, continue to chase and kill the enemies who have just escaped, destroy them and then return to the No. 4 area."

"Hi!" The subordinates who were guarding the side immediately received the order.

Especially the two squadron leaders who were ready to fight, the captain rushed out as soon as they issued their pursuit orders and rushed towards their own troops, fearing that the military achievements of destroying the enemy would be gained by another infantry squadron.

More than 700 Japanese and puppet troops lined up in two columns, marched forward and pursued them at a very fast speed.

Because some soldiers were carrying ammunition and heavy weapons, and their loads were several times that of ordinary infantry, and their marching speed was definitely not as good as that of ordinary infantry. As they ran, they fell down, resulting in a team of more than 700 people being dragged directly into seven or eight hundred meters. As time passed, the length of the team continued to lengthen and slowly became cut off.

Fortunately, the captain noticed the danger at this time and decisively ordered the troops to slow down the marching speed so that the artillery and heavy machine gun troops could keep up.

But in this way, another problem arises: the troops march too slowly, and it is very likely that they will not be able to catch up with the national rescue army that fled.

The captain was in trouble again and didn't know how to make a decision.

At this time, another scout chased after him, looking very anxious.

"Report to the sir, we found a large number of enemies in the sixth search area. We looked like the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, with about one company of troops, but very well equipped."

"When we found them, they also discovered us. When we dispatched three light machine guns to attack us, the other three scouts came back to report to cover Bei Yi and reported that they were all killed by the Eighth Route Army. Please kill them back and avenge them!"

"Bageyalu, how is this possible?" The captain's first reaction was that he didn't believe it, so he quickly stared at the scouts and asked.

The scout replied very affirmatively: "Sir, everything that I just said is true, and there is absolutely no lie, otherwise military law would be carried out."

The captain believed it, and then the suspicious expression on his face was replaced by shock and worry, and he raised his hand to order.

"The troops stopped first, we figured out the enemy situation before continuing to pursue, otherwise we wouldn't know what the enemy had put on us!"

"Sir, if there is a multi-company enemy in the first, fourth and sixth search areas, then the enemy we want to destroy will have at least one reinforcement battalion." The first squadron leader frowned and analyzed.

"If we continue to pursue the enemy who is running away in front, the other two local enemies will either take the opportunity to escape, or run over and set up an ambush on our pursuit path and sneak attack us."

"There is another problem. The troops are now marching too slowly. If the enemy runs out with all their might, we will not be able to catch up with them at all, and we can only follow them around in circles."

"If other enemy troops take the opportunity to attack us, the casualties of the troops will definitely be very large during the entire pursuit process, which is equivalent to being passively beaten. Please think twice!"

"Report to the sir!" Another scout chased after everyone.

"Bizhi is responsible for searching the No. 3 area. When retreating, he was attacked by the enemy. The opponent was equipped with three light machine guns and had about one company of troops. Only one of the entire reconnaissance team came back."

"Dongdongdongdong..." Before the captain could react from the concealment, a series of heavy machine guns suddenly sounded on a high ground nearly three hundred meters away on the flank.

The heavy machine gun unit more than 200 meters behind him fell into chaos in an instant, and several people fell to the ground, and a heavy machine gun hit the ground because the machine gunner was killed.

The captain quickly threw away the questions in his mind and ordered decisively: "The heavy machine gun troops counterattack immediately, the artillery fired and killed the opponent's firepower point, the second squadron drew two infantry squadrons to kill them, and surrounded the enemy there."

"We are worried about chasing many enemies. Now they run under our noses to attack, and even dispatch heavy machine guns, saying that they can't let them escape!"

"Hi..." The captain of the second squadron replied with his eyes lit up, and then hurriedly ran towards his troops.

"Da da da da...b...b...b..."

Before the captain could breathe a sigh of relief, the gun began to fire at the front of the team, all of which were familiar to him as he was the sound of stragging straggling and the sound of 38 large cover shooting.

The nerve that had just soothed became tense again and immediately shouted to the messenger next to him: "Why are you still standing there? Immediately find out what happened in front of the team?"

"Hi!" The two messengers quickly ran towards the position where the gun was fired.

Two minutes later, he came over with a second lieutenant: "Sir, the vanguard troops were attacked by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. The opponent was equipped with three light machine guns, and the troops were unknown. He rushed towards us for a moment and retreated."

"Our captain asked for instructions: Should we pursue it immediately!"

"What are you chasing!" The captain was very upset and rejected: "I forgot the military order given to us by the former brigade commander: no matter what the situation is, the troops cannot rashly divide their troops."

"Go back and tell your captain that the troops will be more vigilant, and then they will be directly repelled by fire after encountering an enemy's surprise attack."

One wave was not settled and the other was rising again. The gunshots from the vanguard troops had not stopped, and a violent explosion suddenly rang out not far away.

The captain turned around and saw a ball of fire rising from the ground.

Although the bounce point was still dozens of meters away from the team, no subordinate was injured in the explosion, and the captain was still shocked.

The enemy he wants to destroy even has mortars equipped, which is definitely not an ordinary Eighth Route Army guerrilla team, which means that their real strength is higher than what he expected.

More importantly, the other party can attack himself with a mortar where he cannot see it.

"The opponent's mortar must be destroyed immediately!" This was an idea that suddenly popped up in the captain's mind, and it was also the only way to solve the current dilemma.

Immediately ordered: "The artillery fights back immediately, concentrate all artillery to destroy the enemy's newly exposed artillery positions, and destroy the mortars above."

After giving the order, the captain turned his attention to the heavy machine gun position three hundred meters away.

"Boom boom boom..." The mortar team that cooperated with the second squadron has joined the battle.

Three shells hit the high ground accurately. The moment the explosion sounded, three balls of black smoke also soared into the air on the high ground.

The sound of heavy machine gun strafing has not sounded for a long time, and I don’t know whether it was the fire counterattack of heavy machine guns or the shelling just now.

The two infantry squads had rushed out more than two meters, as if they were two extended arms, preparing to surround the heavy machine gun position.
Chapter completed!