The troops stopped and stopped, the vanguard troops repaired a section of the road, and the follow-up troops walked forward for a section of the time, and the speed was very slow.

During the intermittent march, the sound of shells and grenade explosions and heavy machine gun strafing sounds were heard on both sides of the team, almost never stopping.

By noon, the troops had only walked halfway, and there were sixty or seventy bodies and thirty or forty seriously injured people who had to be carried on stretchers.

The Chief of Staff had just inspected the team and saw that the situation was very bad. When he found the brigade commander, he reported with a serious expression: "Sir, you can't go like this anymore!"

"The dozens of seriously injured people in the team have used up all the ammunition hands freed from our bombs. The road construction speed of the vanguard troops has obviously slowed down. The slower the speed, the more attacks we will be, the greater the losses will be, and the more wounded we will be. Then more soldiers will be needed to help lift the wounded, and in the end there will be fewer troops that can be used to build roads... It is a completely vicious cycle..."

The brigade commander also felt that the current team not only marching slowly but also their morale has become lower and lower, not to mention casualties. There are dozens of more stretchers for carrying wounded men than when the troops retreated...

He saw all these situations and was anxious in his heart.

But as the commander of the brigade, you must remain calm no matter where you are. No matter how anxious you are, you cannot panic. You can only think about solutions in your heart and then implement them. You must never show your inner worries and panic.

If this situation does not improve, continue to deteriorate as the Chief of Staff said. When the troops answer to pacify the county town, at least half of these subordinates around them will suffer casualties.

Whether they are ordinary infantry or artillery, they are the remaining veterans who have been through the battlefield for a long time, and the role they play in the team is far beyond the level of comparison for new recruits.

If they were beaten away, the superiors would not be able to rebuild the brigade's combat effectiveness by replacing two or three times the number of new recruits.

Compared with the heavy weapons in the team that seriously drag everyone down the marching, veterans are definitely of great value.

The gun can be replenished if it loses its superiors. As long as there is a gunner, combat effectiveness can be formed at any time.

If the skilled artillery is gone, you may not be able to train yourself for a year.

After some analysis, the brigade commander finally made up his mind.

Staring at the Chief of Staff, the command of the commander: "Die the mountain cannons, infantry cannons, and rapid-fire cannons immediately, and then discard them on the spot. The troops advance lightly, leave the official road and walk on the wasteland next to the side, and march back to the county town... The marching speed must be fast, and we will delay one minute more casualties in the army!"

The Chief of Staff had long wanted to suggest that the brigade commander blow up the artillery that had to be dragged in the marching, but the brigade commander was too determined to leave them and could not find a reason to speak.

Now the brigade commander took the initiative to propose it is undoubtedly the most convenient thing. He was afraid that he would suddenly regret it, so he quickly replied: "The brigade commander is wise, so he will arrange it now..."

"Boom...boom boom boom..."

In a series of violent explosions, a total of sixteen artillery pieces were destroyed one after another, and pushed to the side of the road. The Japanese without any burden began to march quickly.

Chen Zhengyu could see this scene clearly. He also hoped that the troops would seize two more cannons to form a mountain cannon company. He definitely didn't want the Japanese to blow them up.

With a sudden inspiration, I was very anxious to order: "Contact all artillery and grenade launchers nearby immediately, and fire the Japanese artillery troops immediately. One cannon and two shells will be transferred after it is fired, and then continue firing..."

On the highway, after receiving the order to bomb the cannon, many artillery soldiers were reluctant to let go, and looked hesitant, holding grenades in their hands, but they just couldn't make up their minds.

"What are you still standing there? The commander's order must be executed. Use a grenade to blow off the barrel and then retreat!" The squadron leader of the Shan Cannon Squadron was also unwilling to accept it, but in order to bring most of the gunners back, he had to grit his teeth and order.

"Hi!"

A second lieutenant made up his mind to quickly remove the grenade security, smashed it hard on the barrel, threw it all away, and then grabbed a few pieces of mud from the side and stuffed it into the barrel, blocking the muzzle, and finally squatted on the ground...

"boom……"

The grenade exploded, and the barrel was instantly blown out with several cracks. Although it was not completely blown up, it had lost its useful value.

The team leader glanced at the cannon and prepared to retreat: "The second team with me..."

The remaining two team leaders looked at me and I looked at you, and they all showed a determined expression, took out a grenade, and prepared to blow up the mountain cannon in the same way.

"Boom boom boom..."

Before the grenade's security was pulled out, a string of three explosions rang out in their ears, and one of the explosion points hit the side of a mountain cannon.

The moment the black smoke rose from the ground, four or five gunners around were blown up together, including the team leader holding a grenade in his hand.

The squadron leader stood not far away and saw his subordinates being killed and injured by the bomb. He gritted his teeth in hatred and cursed: "What are you still standing there?"

"Hurry up and retreat after blowing up the cannons. If we had blown up the cannons just now, we had retreated dozens of meters away. The current artillery will not cause any losses to us..."

"Boom..."

The still alive Japanese gunners no longer hesitated and detonated grenades one after another.

But at this moment, another explosion sounded in their ears, some grenades used for bombings exploded, and some shells falling from the sky exploded.

"Retreat..." The squadron leader did not want any more casualties from his subordinates, so he decisively ordered.

The Japanese who had not started to explode the cannons was also anxious. They quickly took out the grenade, pulled out the safety, smashed it hard on the cannon, and started to retreat as soon as they threw it into the cannon barrel. As for whether the grenade could explode the cannon barrel, he couldn't care so much, and he couldn't care!

"boom……"

The grenade that was thrown into the gun barrel exploded, but because the muzzle was not blocked, the hot air waves generated by the grenade explosion gushed out of the muzzle and did not explode the barrel.

The Japanese were in a hurry to escape and had already run dozens of meters away. It had nothing to do with him whether the barrel was exploded...

The brigade commander was also shocked by the sudden artillery fire. He now had only one idea to bring the troops back to the county town at the fastest speed and minimum cost.

Seeing that his subordinates had already started bombing artillery, he decisively ordered: "Let the air force continue to search and attack the National Savior Army. We will leave here immediately. There must be a large number of National Savior Army troops around. The longer we stay here, the more attacks we will be, the greater the casualties will be..."

In less than ten minutes, the brigade commander disappeared on the battlefield with more than 600 remaining Japanese devils.

Chen Zhengyu did not continue to chase them.

The Japanese army gave up the official road and went to the wilderness, and threw away all heavy weapons. No matter whether it was landmines or destroying roads, they could not be affected.

In this case, they could return to the county town in two hours after marching. Even if they chased them all the way, they would not have had a few chances of sneak attacks, so it would be better to stop.

At this moment, he was running back and forth on the official road where the Japanese army had just exploded the cannon, checking every cannon abandoned by the Japanese army, hoping to find one or two good cannons that could still be used.

"Chief of Staff, it's good to have a mountain cannon here!" A scream rang out in front.

Chen Zhengyu was delighted and rushed over immediately.

This is the mountain cannon that the Japanese soldier threw a grenade but did not block the gun. The cannon body was not damaged at all, and it still stood majestic on the official road.

Chen Zhengyu checked it carefully and ordered: "Drag this cannon away quickly. You must hide it. Never let the Japanese blow it up!"

Before the order was finished, the exclamation of his subordinates rang in Chen Zhengyu's ears again: "Chief of Staff, it's good to have an infantry cannon barrel here!"

This is an infantry cannon with a shell. The cannon wheel was blown up and overturned to the ground.

The nearby Japanese thought it had been blown up, so no one paid attention to it when retreating, so they used grenades to blow up the still-intact gun barrels.

"Twist away immediately and drag all the nearby artillery parts. There must be other artillery wheels that are good. As long as you replace the blown wheels, we can use this infantry cannon!"

"Sir, there is also a mountain cannon here, which is good..." Another subordinate reported with excitement.

The experience of this infantry cannon is exactly the same as the experience of the infantry cannon just now, and it is even better.

The entire infantry cannon was blown up, but it was intact.

The Japanese gunners were in a hurry to retreat, and no one checked the cannon, so that it could be preserved by chance.

Chen Zhengyu's face was already full of joy. He had now harvested three artillery pieces. In addition, the regiment commander seized yesterday, there were a total of five artillery pieces, which was enough for the National Rescue Army to form a veritable artillery company.

What Chen Zhengyu did not expect was that the National Salvation Army has gained much more than this today.

After a few minutes, six blown rapid-fire cannons were collected by the troops.

The company commander of the cannon company, Tan Wei rushed over, and when he saw these "scrapped copper and iron", he began to shine. He looked at this and flipped through that. After two minutes, he suddenly ran to Chen Zhengyu, as if he found a pile of gold ingots and was very excited to report.

"Chief of Staff, we're rich."

"The rapid-fire gun has a small caliber, and the Japanese cannot throw the grenades into the barrels like mountain cannons, so it is good that there are three barrels in the six rapid-fire guns!"

"If these guns can be dismantled and damaged parts can be removed, those intact parts will definitely be able to piece together two rapid-fire guns."

Chen Zhengyu was a little disbelief and questioned: "You can really piece together a rapid-fire cannon!"

Tan Wei replied confidently: "As long as you can find all the parts of the rapid-fire gun and take them back, you will definitely be able to assemble two good guns!"

Chen Zhengyu believed it, and the smile on his face was stronger than before: "I will let the first company cooperate with your actions now, and do whatever you ask them to do. I will definitely give me two rapid-fire cannons."

"When the Japanese attack us with tanks and armored vehicles in the future, we will use rapid-fire cannons to blow up as much as they come, so that they will never return."

When the Japanese garrison commander was pacified, the brigade commander sat in the commander's position, with a very complicated expression.

Since the troops blew up artillery and advanced lightly, they have not been attacked by the National Salvation Army again. More than 600 subordinates were brought in intact by him. This was originally a happy thing, but when he thought of the heavy casualties of the Imperial Army in this sweep, he was not happy.

The two sweeping troops had a total of more than 3,400 people, most of which were the Imperial Army. Now there are only more than 600 Imperial Army left. All the other troops were killed and all the heavy weapons were lost. It was really embarrassing. After the news spread, I would definitely lose all my face.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Just as the brigade commander frowned and thought about how to report this defeat to the military headquarters, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

The brigade commander subconsciously grabbed the microphone, and after less than five seconds of hearing it, he became uncomfortable. He stood up from the chair and stood next to the phone, showing a compliment from the heart. A flattering smile flashed on his solemn face, and he kept nodding and bowing to the microphone...

The brigade commander has the rank of major general, and he can be so respectful to the phone, which means that the master on the other end of the phone has a higher rank.

The chief of staff stood beside him, so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

His eyes were staring at the brigade commander, hoping to see some clues from his expression and guess what he said on the phone!

It took five minutes for the brigade commander to put down the microphone.

His face looked like a changing weather. He was still flattering just now, and he instantly became solemn, and then he frowned and returned to his position.

The Chief of Staff kept looking at him, wondering what the brigade commander had said in the call just now.

The question I wanted to ask was already on my lips, but he finally swallowed it back.

The brigade commander's face became too ugly. His rash speech would definitely cause his dissatisfaction and eventually he would get angry.

So, the atmosphere of the command center gradually became depressed. After two minutes, the brigade commander spoke: "The military headquarters already knows that we have defeated the National Savior Army. The commander is furious. As the main responsible person, I was originally going to be transferred from the Mixed Brigade. After repeated efforts by the military commander, he decided to let me continue to stay in the Mixed Brigade and make meritorious contributions."

"I'm the order: the two reinforcement squadrons that were reinforced and pacified yesterday directly supplemented the pacification garrison and led the captain as the captain of the pacification garrison."
To be continued...