"Why didn't you pursue?" After Xue Bing came back, Liu Gen asked directly.

Xue Bing was a little puzzled and explained: "The devil has taken precautions and continues to attack, and it is easy to have certain casualties. ”

"Now that we are the defenders, we don't have to think about killing all this infantry squad at once, and then the devils will have other troops coming, we need to maintain our own strength as much as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties."

Battalion Commander Wang nodded approvingly, he agreed with Xue Bing's point of view, after achieving certain results, he did not continue to forcibly kill this infantry squad.

The strength of an infantry squad is not much, and Xue Bing and the others have almost killed half of the devil soldiers, and if they continue to forcibly kill this devil squad, they will only usher in the death counterattack of this devil infantry squad, which is somewhat worth the loss.

"Not bad!"

"It seems that your kid is still improving, very good, keep up the good work!" Liu Gen patted Xue Bing's shoulder and said with satisfaction.

Xue Bing is older than Liu Gen, but even so, he still maintains enough respect for Liu Gen. Xue Bing was very excited to get Liu Gen's exaggeration, and his efforts during this period were very valuable. Xue Bing seemed to see the hope of continuing to stay by Liu Gen's side as a guard, and there was obvious firmness in his eyes, he had to maintain his current state and continue to work hard.

Xue Bing and the others returned to the position again, they did not choose to rest directly, but after filling all the magazines of the rifles and replenishing their own ammunition, the soldiers chose to rest. It can be seen that the soldiers of the guard company are very cautious and have a lot of combat experience.

Even without Xue Bing's order, the soldiers still did a very good job, and this is where the combat effectiveness of a unit can be best seen.

Knowing that the devils would have troops constantly attacking, Liu Gen stayed in the frontline position, and at the same time asked the soldiers to order the infantry battalion to rest well and not to rush into battle. Battalion Commander Zhang was originally a little puzzled, in his opinion, the devil army is coming, and only by going up to the top of the infantry battalion can the casualties of the soldiers be reduced as much as possible.

Now that the infantry battalion is not allowed to participate in the battle, it is only relying on Xue Bing's guard company and the artillery battalion of Battalion Commander Wang, can this really hold the position?

Even after receiving the order from Liu Gen, Battalion Commander Wang still couldn't believe it, and after coming to the front line to meet Liu Gen in person, he reluctantly returned to the rear infantry battalion to rest. Liu Gen's attitude was very resolute, and Camp Commander Zhang couldn't make Liu Gen change his mind, which made Camp Chief Zhang very helpless.

It's a pity that before leaving, the command of the troops was in Liu Gen's hands, which made it so that even if Battalion Commander Zhang didn't understand why Liu Gen made such an order, he could only choose to obey. Through the conversation with Liu Gen, Battalion Commander Zhang could see that Liu Gen's attitude was very resolute, and if he really opposed Liu Gen's order, then Liu Gen would definitely not be the slightest polite to him.

"Comrade Liu Gen, in fact, it is okay to let the infantry battalion come up."

"With Battalion Commander Zhang's ability and the fact that the infantry battalion has rested, the combat effectiveness should recover well." Seeing Camp Commander Zhang leave angrily, Camp Commander Wang couldn't help but speak.

Battalion Commander Wang admired Liu Gen's ability, and he didn't want the relationship between Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Zhang to be affected by such a thing, the relationship between the two was too stiff, and it was easy to have an impact on the battle.

"Battalion Commander Wang, I don't let the infantry battalion go up directly, because I hope the infantry battalion will have more time to rest."

"The combat effectiveness of the infantry battalion is not weak, and now the infantry battalion has not been exposed to the eyes of devils, and when the time is right, the infantry battalion will inevitably become the biggest hole card in our hands."

"What's more, the battle experienced by the infantry battalion yesterday was too brutal, and even if the combat effectiveness of the infantry battalion is not weak, it will be difficult to recover in one day."

“……”

Between Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Wang's conversation, there were devil troops that were rapidly attacking in the direction of Nuanquan Town, but the devil troops did not have many troops. Now, there are battles taking place in the surrounding area, and even if the devils are constantly drawing troops to come, they can't alleviate the tension of the devils' troops.

The Devil Squadron that came to support was the 6th Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade of the Devils, and when he received the task of supporting Nuan Quan Town, Ichiro Hirai, the squadron leader of the 6th Infantry Squadron, was very dissatisfied. The 6th Infantry Squadron was drawn to support, and Ichiro Hirai wanted to make a meritorious service.

Ichiro Hirai has been in the position of squadron leader of the 6th squadron for a few years, and he wants to improve himself, at least to become a group leader, in order to achieve certain results. Ichiro Hirai didn't want to tell his family that he was just a squadron leader when he returned to his homeland.

Ichiro Hirai can almost imagine how disappointed his family would be, being a squadron leader when he left home and still a squadron leader when he returned, which was a bit too wasteful.

"How far is it from Warm Springs?" Ichiro Hirai called the staff officer beside him and asked impatiently.

It's just a small town, Ichiro Hirai doesn't care about it, if it weren't for the fact that Warm Spring Town has a certain strategic value, then Ichiro Hirai would definitely directly refuse this support mission. In Ichiro Hirai's opinion, if you want to take a small town, an infantry squad of the Imperial Army is enough, and an infantry squadron is not needed at all.

Sending an infantry squadron to such a town would be a bit too wasteful.

"Thirty miles to go, and in two hours, we should be able to reach Warm Springs." The staff officer opened the map and replied quickly.

Ichiro Hirai frowned, "Two hours? It's too slow! It's also a waste of time! ”

"Hurry up your march now, make sure to reach Warm Springs within an hour, and attack! I'm going to complete this support mission in two hours! And then participate in more battles! ”

"Hayi!" The staff officer bowed his head in response.

The staff officer quickly ran away and gave Ichiro Hirai orders, and two minutes later, the speed of the Devil's infantry squadron suddenly accelerated.

An hour later, the 6th Infantry Squadron successfully arrived at the outskirts of Nuanquan Town, and before the devil soldiers had enough time to rest, Ichiro Hirai gave the order to attack with all his might! Ichiro Hirai did not seriously understand the specific situation of Nuanquan Town, and in his opinion, a small town would not have too many troops of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Even if the Eighth Route Army had enough troops in Warm Spring Town, Hirai Ichiro was not too afraid, he believed in the combat effectiveness of the 6th Infantry Squadron under his command, and Warm Spring Town couldn't stop them at all!

The leader of the devil infantry squad was stunned for a moment when he saw the 6th Infantry Squadron that directly launched the attack, and he was still thinking about reporting the specific situation of Nuan Quanzhen to Ichiro Hirai.

Now it seems that he should not be needed to report.