The Japanese and puppet troops set out from the garrison and ran five kilometers before they decided to stop and take a breath.

The captain behind the palace quickly caught up with the captain: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army's pursuit troops have been thrown by us one kilometer away. Except for a few soldiers who were killed by artillery bombardment during retreat, most of the soldiers retreated safely!"

The captain didn't want to listen to these nonsense, so he shook his head and asked, "How many people are there here? Just tell me the specific numbers?"

The captain knew the captain's temper and personality, so he was prepared and blurted out in response to the captain's gaze: "There are 179 left in the combat troops, 48 ​​artillery soldiers, five mortars, 39 left in the heavy machine gun troops, four heavy machine gun troops, and 31 left in the baggage team. Their losses were the greatest, and there were 58 people left in the retreat, and more than half of them were blown up in less than a few minutes."

"Fortunately, you ordered them to give up their supplies and ammunition in time to advance lightly, otherwise the supplies team would definitely be injured and killed!"

"The Imperial Army that cooperated with our battles has more than two hundred people, a total of more than five hundred people!"

Although the subordinate's words were a bit complimentary, the captain was still very satisfied after hearing them.

This shows that my decision at that time was very correct, and I felt more confident in my heart. I ordered decisively: "The army rests for five minutes, then set off again, and march quickly to withdraw back to the county town!"

When the pursuers reached five hundred meters away, the Japanese and puppet troops set out again and marched quickly to Yangquan.

This time their luck was not that good. They just ran two kilometers forward and then got into the pocket array prepared for them by the battalion.

Although the first battalion was beaten by them to one company, the remaining soldiers were undoubtedly the elite among the elite, and the equipment was so good that it was beyond words.

The entire battalion was originally equipped with ten light machine guns. After five light machine guns were destroyed on the battlefield, the remaining five light machine guns and three grenade launchers were all equipped to a battalion that was reduced to a company. In addition, the regiment headquarters temporarily strengthened the heavy machine guns for them. The team of more than 100 people was equipped with two heavy machine guns, five light machine guns, three grenade launchers, riflemen and machine gun deputy shooters all had one rifle and two grenades...

The battalion commander kept a close eye on the Japanese and puppet troops marching on the road. The vanguard troops did not respond when they passed by, and watched them pass through the pocket formation.

The main force had not moved when it passed. It was not until more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in the back of the hall that the battalion commander's mouth raised slightly and showed a smile.

He picked up a large 38-meter cover, put the Japanese captain who had been staring for a long time into the sight, and then pulled the trigger.

Guns were suddenly heard on the battlefield, and dense bullets flew towards the Japanese and puppet troops like money.

The pocket array of the first battalion was arranged very tricky, with all the pistol guns aimed at the Japanese and puppet troops entering the pocket array. The two heavy machine guns were responsible for cutting off the connection between the Japanese and puppet troops and the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops from strengthening the Japanese and puppet troops.

As soon as two heavy machine guns opened fire, a gap broke out in the middle of the team, and at least ten Japanese and puppet troops fell in the pool of blood!

And this is just the beginning? Two heavy machine guns did not mean to stop as soon as they fired? The bullet rain quickly moved forward along the gap and continued to shoot the Japanese and puppet troops walking in the middle of the team.

In order to avoid the bullet rain from behind, the Japanese and puppet troops' first reaction was to run forward desperately. In this way, the distance between the main force and the palace behind was even further.

Wait until the captain reacted? Knowing that the troops behind the palace were ambushed? The main force that dodged two heavy machine guns had run for forty or fifty meters. The two troops were full of killing corpses, including Japanese and puppet troops.

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"Can't go! Captain, you must never go back now!" Another captain opposed.

"Judged from the intensity of firepower, the Eighth Route Army that ambushed the rear of the palace has at least two companies, and the pursuers behind it are a multi-battalion force? It is also equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars. If we stop to reinforce the rear of the palace, we will definitely be stuck with them. Not only will the rear of the palace troops be eliminated, but the reinforcements will also be trapped."

"So we not only cannot divide our troops to reinforce the rear troops, but also leave here immediately!"

"Sir, we should continue to suffer from chaos. For the sake of the overall situation, we must cut off our arm!"

The more the captain thought, the heavier the face became, the more heavier the fists were pinching, and his eyes became red.

This is a very difficult choice.

Reason told him that he had to retreat immediately, but as the captain and the direct commander of the rear of the palace troops, emotionally he could not accept the ending of giving up his subordinates and escaping.

"Report to the commander, the Eighth Route Army pursuing us did not join the battle, but went around the battlefield and rushed towards us!" At this moment, a Chief Cao hurried over to report.

"Boom boom boom..." Several explosions came from the pocket array, and the splashed flames looked particularly dazzling in the night. The captain witnessed the two soldiers being blown away in the flames...

"Dadada..."

Three light machine gun fire tongues suddenly appeared on the ridge behind the main force. The light machine gun should be held in the arms of the machine gunner, shooting while approaching the road, and there were a large number of figures behind him...

The captain of the troops who opposed the reinforcement of the rear of the hall quickly reminded: "Sir, it must be the pursuers of the Eighth Route Army who have come here. We must retreat immediately, otherwise when they rush down from the ridge, we will still have to stay behind the rear of the hall, and the losses will be greater."

The captain knew that he could not wait any longer. He had to endure it emotionally, no matter how unwilling he was, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and ordered: "The troops retreat immediately, don't worry about the troops behind the palace..."

"If any of them could rush out of the Eighth Route Army's pocket formation, they would definitely catch up with us by themselves!"

"Retreat immediately, march quickly to leave here, and get rid of the pursuers behind!"

After the first experience of giving up the troops and retreating by themselves, there is no burden when I give up the troops and run away by myself.

This is true. After entering the pocket formation prepared for them by the Second Battalion, the captain, who was considering the overall situation, once again gave up nearly a hundred subordinates.

At this moment, the more than 500 people brought out from the garrison by the captain had dropped sharply to less than 300, and there were also the secret service companies and guard companies of the independent regiment waiting for them...

Deputy Company Commander Zhang, who was active in Yangquan, lurked near the blockade line since dark, and was waiting for the main force of the company to start tearing the gaps.

The battle went very smoothly. With the fire support of an infantry cannon, the artillery tower blocked between the company's main force and the operation team was blown into ruins for only five minutes.

The first battalion commander Dong Fei also served as the company commander of the second company, so he personally led the team in this operation.

As soon as Deputy Company Commander Zhang saw Dong Fei, he ran over with a bumpy face.

The reason for this is not that he did not complete the task, but that he made many decisions without the consent of his superiors.

"Reported to the battalion commander, the operation team took a total of two days to attack, and was ordered to kill five targets designated by the regiment headquarters, four Japanese and puppet troops, eliminated 32 Japanese and puppet troops, 129 puppet troops, and 39 other traitors, two dogs, seized 121 various rifles, nine pistols, and two light machine guns."

"In the operation, 540,000 kilograms of military rations just raised by the Japanese and puppet troops, and the traitors collected 120,000 kilograms of food from the people, but I made a decision without authorization and returned most of the military rations there to the people, so the operation team only had 170,000 kilograms of military rations and 120,000 kilograms of food from the traitors."

"We also seized 2,568 yuan of oceans and small yellow croakers worth 3,200 yuan of oceans, and 135 livestock of various kinds!"

Speaking of this, Deputy Company Commander Zhang hesitated for a moment before continuing to speak: "There is one more thing!"

"In addition to secretly returning most of the food collected by the Japanese to the people, Beiyi also held a public trial meeting in several occupied villages, and executed several traitors who were extremely guilty in front of the villagers and distributed their land to the people. As a result, the villagers were too enthusiastic about us and all shouted that they wanted to join the National Salvation Army."

"I was afraid of damaging the villagers' enthusiasm for fighting the war, so I took over all the new recruits who met the requirements, and there were 87 people in total!"

After saying that, Deputy Company Commander Zhang told him about how he mobilized prisoners to join the operation team, and then stared at the battalion commander with a worried look on his face.

Dong Fei was frightened by Deputy Company Commander Zhang's actions in Yangquan, but he did not think he did anything wrong.

The general will not accept foreign military orders. If he does not recruit soldiers during the operation and does not personally urge prisoners to join the operation team, it will definitely not be possible to achieve such great results within two days.

But Dong Fei did not express this idea.

When leading troops out to perform missions independently, it is okay to change the tactics and tactics according to the battlefield situation, but this approach cannot be encouraged, otherwise no one will implement the military discipline of the troops.

Staring at Deputy Company Commander Zhang, he asked: "How many people are there in the operation team? Is the loss big?"

Seeing that the battalion commander was not held accountable, Deputy Company Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "Because we concentrated our superior forces to attack the Japanese and puppet troops during the operation, the operation team suffered very little losses, with a total of 8 soldiers sacrificed and three seriously injured. However, we added fifteen prisoners and more than fifty new recruits who had learned to shoot guns. They were mainly responsible for custodying prisoners and spoils, so the total strength of the operation team increased instead of reducing."

"Good fight..." Dong Fei finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Seeing that Deputy Company Commander Zhang was also laughing, he immediately returned to his serious expression and ordered seriously: "As for a few things you made decisions without authorization in your actions, I will not be the case."

"After returning to the garrison, all the prisoners, new recruits, and prisoners who have joined the army are immediately transferred to the battalion department. I will deal with this matter!"

"Thank you, battalion commander." Deputy Company Commander Zhang was completely relieved.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he continued, "Battery Commander, there is one more thing I want to report!"

"There is a Japanese stronghold in the town more than ten kilometers away from us. It was originally a medium-sized stronghold, but because the Japanese transferred all their troops, and we killed two grain collection teams. There were less than 30 Japanese and a platoon of puppet troops left in the stronghold. However, at least 300,000 kilograms of military rations that the Japanese just collected were stockpiled in the stronghold. If we could take the opportunity to take them down, the military rations, weapons and ammunition in the stronghold would be ours."

When Dong Fei heard this, his eyes began to shine and immediately ordered: "Map, tell me the situation in the base again, the more detailed the better!"
Chapter completed!