At this time, Guto Jingfu smiled bitterly and said: "Report to the brigade commander, we only have more than 2,000 people left!" At this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up! ”。

"Nani? Just over 2,000 people left? How can it be? ”

Ikemoto Taro said with a frown on his brows when he heard this, and his heart couldn't stop dripping blood. In the battle of the siege of Sanshan Town, he lost more than 6,000 horses in less than fifty minutes of fierce fighting? How can it be?

However, Guto Jingfu only nodded with a wry smile and said, "Brigade commander, there are really only more than 2,000 people left. The artillery and machine-gun fire on both sides of Li Yunlong's ambush was too strong, and the non-stop artillery bombardment, as well as countless light and heavy machine gun condescending firepower. We were completely suppressed, forced to break through in the direction of the entrance and exit of Sanshan Town, and lost countless more soldiers. And in Sanshan Town, there is no place to counterattack condescendingly, and we below can only be beaten passively! The casualties are so certain! Brigade Commander! ”。

"Baga Ya Road! Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road!!! ”

Ikemoto Taro scolded several times in a row, looking at the surrounding gunpowder smoke and the corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, his heart was bitter.

With this kind of loss, in the post-war situation, his post as brigade commander may not be able to be saved.

It's just that at the moment, Li Yunlong should have received information that Matsui Shigen's main force came to help, and his main ambush force had retreated north. At this time, the remnants of the Japanese army under Taro Ikemoto, who were surrounded and ambushed, should be the troops pursuing Li Yunlong and dragging Li Yunlong's main force.

But judging from the current situation, the situation is not optimistic!

"No matter what, we must send troops to pursue, and we must catch up with Li Yunlong's main movement. Otherwise, Admiral Matsui won't spare us! Hurry up and drop! ”

Thinking of Matsui Ishone, Ikemoto Taro still waved his hand with a gloomy face and ordered to Kyofuku Furuto.

The main force of the other party's ambush has been withdrawn, if Ikemoto Taro is beaten so that he does not dare to send troops to pursue him, if he loses the trace of Li Yunlong's main force, Matsui Shigen will definitely not spare himself.

And Matsui Ishine was angry and killed himself after he was ambushed by the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade to Miyama Town. Therefore, Ikemoto Taro could only order troops to follow and pursue. At the very least, it is necessary to track down the traces of Li Yunlong's main force.

Seeing this, Kyofuku Furuto thought about it and felt that Taro Ikemoto's consideration was still a little right, "Hai, the brigade commander, obey the order. Brigade commander, how many men do we send? All?"

"You don't have to do it all, send a squadron north to pursue and see how it goes! Li Yunlong should have left His Royal Highness's troops behind us to block our pursuit! It's not impossible! ”

Guto Jingfu paused and said: "Haiyi, brigade commander, I understand my humble position!" Subsequently, without caring about gathering the remnants of the Japanese army, Kyofuku Furuto hurriedly sent a squadron of Japanese troops from the north of Sanshan Town to pursue Li Yunlong's main force in accordance with Ikemoto Taro's order.

It's just that as Ikemoto Taro guessed, the first battalion behind the palace ambushed and ate the pursuing Japanese infantry squadron, and completely annihilated more than 200 pursuing Japanese troops.

The defeated troops fled back to Sanshan Town, so that Ikemoto Taro, who heard the news of the battle, no longer dared to send troops to pursue Li Yunlong's main force.

And more than 20 minutes later, he led the main force of the 3rd Division to Matsui Shigen in Sanshan Town, and saw the miserable appearance of the devil remnants of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade who had already suffered heavy casualties, and was immediately furious!

"Yagaya Road, Ikemoto Taro, you are a mixed brigade, eight thousand elites, and you were ambushed by Li Yunlong in this small Sanshan Town, and ate more than six thousand soldiers and horses?"

Hearing that he hurriedly rushed to report the casualties of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, Matsui Ishine suddenly slapped Ikemoto Taro with a slap in his eyes and roared angrily!

Although he was photographed with Venus in his eyes, he was angry with Matsui Shigen in his heart. But Ikemoto Taro didn't dare to lash out at Matsui Ishine face-to-face, after all, the casualties of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade under his command exceeded 75 percent, and it was a strange thing that a mixed brigade was beaten to the ground and lost its combat effectiveness.

Therefore, in the face of Matsui Ishone's angry roar and a slap on the face, Ikemoto Taro could only nod and plead guilty.

"Your Excellency, please punish you! After entering Sanshan Town, Li Yunlong's main force of at least seven or eight thousand fired at the same time on the hills and mountains, and the artillery fire was very fierce. The terrain of Sanshan Town is narrow, easy to enter and difficult to exit, although the humble position is brave to kill the enemy, but it is also impossible to rush out of Sanshan Town for a while. If they had fought with Li Yunlong's troops face-to-face, all the warriors of the Imperial Army of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade would not have fought so badly! ”

When Matsui Shigen heard this, he sneered: "Bagaya Road, what people are best at is ambushes. Since you have already conducted artillery reconnaissance before entering Sanshan Town, why don't you send infantry to the canyons and mountains on both sides of Sanshan Town to reach and reconnoitre? After a small artillery reconnaissance in a daze, he led the main force of the brigade directly into the mortal enemy of Sanshan Town! What is the current trend of Li Yunlong's department? ”。

"Report to Your Excellency General, the main force of Li Yunlong's department has withdrawn north! We sent troops to pursue, and the other side had a covering force behind the palace, and the firepower was very strong. There is no way for us to break through the pursuit of the opposing army! ”

The defeat was already a fact, and Taro Ikemoto did not have the confidence to face Matsui Ishone's rebuke.

"Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! ”

Matsui Ishine unabashedly scolded Ikamoto Taro and the surviving ghost officers of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade in front of all the devil officers present, and Ikemoto Taro and other devil officers did not dare to reply to Matsui Ishone.

On the one hand, he was indeed ambushed by Li Yunlong in Sanshan Town, and more than 6,000 elite devil soldiers were killed, and it was natural to be scolded. On the other hand, Matsui Ishine is a general, and the devil officers who survived the catastrophe of a small independent mixed brigade do not dare to be disrespectful to Matsui Ishine!

After scolding for a while, Matsui Shigen nodded at Ikemoto Taro and the rest of the officers of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade who were guilty of pleading and ordered with a gloomy face: "The 7th Independent Mixed Brigade will rest in Sanshan Town!" Hold this transportation supply line! Next, I personally led the main force of the 3rd Division to pursue northward, and you are optimistic about the rear here! If the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army take this place, Taro Ikemoto, you should know what to do! ”。

"Haiyi, Your Excellency General, obey your orders!" Taro Ikemoto and the rest of the remaining devil officers of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade paused and said, not daring to question Matsui Ishone's orders.

What's more, Matsui Shigen's order is also to take care of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade that has already suffered almost 80% casualties, otherwise, if he continues to follow the action, he may be eaten and annihilated by Li Yunlong's troops in the next battle, which is a bit ugly.

After dealing with the remnants of Taro Ikemoto, Matsui Ishine hurriedly led the main force of the 3rd Division with more than 30,000 Japanese troops to continue the pursuit north. Along the way, he was not afraid of Li Yunlong's ambush, you must know that there were more than 30,000 people in the 3rd Division, and it was ridiculous for Li Yunlong to ambush him.

And Li Yunlong's department had already given up Lingqiu City at this time, and after rushing north through Guangling, he suddenly conquered Yangyuan, and then attacked Huai'an directly, so fast that Matsui Shigen, who was chasing behind, was also annoyed when he got the news!