In the woods nearly a kilometer away from the mountain pass, the Japanese puppet army, which had been running for more than ten minutes, was resting here to replenish their strength for a retreat.

The chief of staff was not idle, and seized the time to count the casualties and find out the family background.

Soon, he appeared in front of Zhou Yunian with a calm face.

He opened his mouth twice in a row before he spoke: "Tuanza, the casualties and losses have been counted!" ”

"There are still 16 Japanese who entered the mountain, and the highest rank is a second lieutenant, and the others are dead. The mortars, heavy machine guns, and ammunition they brought into the mountains were all lost to the Eighth Route Army, and the losses were heavy! ”

"It's over!"

Zhou Yunian almost fell to the ground as if his whole body strength had been drained in an instant.

Then he replied: "With so many people dying at once, and losing all the heavy weapons, Commander Noda will definitely not let us go!" ”

"We must find a way to give the commander an explanation!"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Putting the responsibility on Huang Sheng of the Fifth Company, let's just say that they have already colluded with the Eighth Route Army, and take advantage of our inattention to kill those Japanese from inside and outside, so that we only need to bear the responsibility of unfavorable supervision and command errors!" ”

Zhou Yunian calmed down a little, thought for a while and affirmed: "It's so decided, when the time comes, we must unify our voices, only in this way can we avoid the accountability of Commander Noda, otherwise the two of us will have to take off a layer of skin if we don't die!" ”

"Yes, Tuanza!"

After the biggest problem was solved, Zhou Yunian breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask.

"What about our own losses and casualties? How many more people are there in the mountain troops! ”

The chief of staff's face became even more unsightly.

He lowered his head and replied: "The first battalion only withdrew one battalion headquarters and one company and one platoon, and the second battalion and five companies did not withdraw because of the battlefield anyway!" ”

"We also have four companies by our side, one company of six, one guard company, plus dozens of remnants of a battalion, and there are less than four hundred people left!"

Zhou Yunian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "This means that we have suffered nearly four hundred casualties since we entered the mountain, and three of them have been wiped out!" ”

The chief of staff lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "There are more than 360 people left in the troops entering the mountain, including dozens of wounded. Our direct losses are more than four hundred people, plus the wounded, almost four hundred and fifty people! ”

This time, Zhou Yunian really couldn't stand on his feet, and fell to the ground with a thud.

"The group seat is angry, you must hold on, the rest of the brothers in the group are now pointing at you to take everyone out!" The chief of staff was anxious, and hurriedly rushed over to help him and persuade.

"Although our losses are a bit large, the main force is still there, and the three battalions that remain in the county town are still full battalions. As long as we return to the county safely, it won't be long before we can regroup and get revenge. ”

"Yes, I still have troops, there is also a battalion in the county, and I still have the capital to regroup!" The desperate Zhou Yunian reacted suddenly, and hope was rekindled on his face.

After standing up with his body bracked, he replied with a serious face: "Although we have suffered a lot of losses in this battle, it is not without gain if you think about it carefully!" ”

"The biggest hidden danger in the regiment, Huang Sheng is gone, this is a good thing!"

"When I return to the county seat, I will directly pull him out to take the blame, let the Japanese look for him on a large scale, and then kill him to completely solve this hidden danger."

"As long as there is no him in the regiment to make trouble, we can properly clean up the troops and form a main force regiment that unconditionally obeys our command when we return to the county seat!"

"The second good thing is to recognize the strength of the Eighth Route Army and know that they are not as easy to deal with as the devil said!"

"When we fight against the Eighth Route Army in the future, we will not know nothing, and we will no longer be blind and deaf!"

"And if you can avoid fighting them, avoid it, and try to hide behind the devil."

The chief of staff knew that the regiment commander was comforting himself, but he still echoed with a flattering face: "The regiment is right, these are indeed two good things!" ”

Zhou Yunian's heavy face suddenly looked a lot better, and then he began to give orders.

"This is too close to the mountain pass defended by the Eighth Route Army, they may kill them at any time!"

"The forest under our feet is too dangerous, the Eighth Route Army is haunted, it can sneak attack us everywhere, hit us, and the troops must withdraw immediately!"

"As long as we leave the forest and return to the stronghold of Hongquan Village, we will be safe!"

"The troops will rest for another five minutes, and then we will set off, without stopping all the way, and directly march out of the forest and return to the stronghold of Hongquan Village!"

Li Hao obviously didn't plan to give them this break.

Zhou Yunian gasped and sat on the ground in disregard of his image and waited for less than three minutes, when the sixth company of the palace rushed over a communication soldier.

"Sir, the eight roads are chasing after you!"

"There were a lot of them, and they also brought light machine guns and heavy machine guns!"

"The Eighth Route Army is forcing us to death, trying to kill us all!" Zhou Yunian frowned and scolded.

Then he slapped his ass and stood up from the ground and ordered: "Retreat, retreat on a rapid march, we can't let them catch up with us!" ”

The chief of staff suddenly reminded: "Tuanzao, I suggest leaving a force behind the palace and dragging the Eighth Route Army to pursue the soldiers!" ”

"Leave a troop behind? That's not a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, let them send ...... Die...... Is it? Zhou Yunian subconsciously retorted.

But as soon as he said the word death, he understood.

"Are you worried that the Eighth Route Army will chase us along the way?"

"Yes!" The chief of staff affirmed.

"The Eighth Route Army is more familiar with this forest than we are, and as long as they want, some of them will run in front of us in a short way, block us, and strike us. In that case, it will be very difficult for the troops to successfully withdraw from the forest, and even if they do, the troops will suffer heavy losses! ”

Zhou Yunian completely understood: "Lose the car to protect the commander, leave a force behind the palace, and ensure the safe withdrawal of the main force from the forest!" This is indeed a good way to minimize the losses and casualties of the troops! ”

"Wise in the group!" The chief of staff seized the opportunity to shoot another batch, although he came up with this solution.

Zhou Yunian no longer hesitated and made a decisive decision.

"It may not be fair to the troops behind the palace, but this is the best way to keep the main force of the regiment safely out of the forest, I agree!"

"Let the Sixth Company stay, they are usually the closest to the Fifth Company Huang Sheng!"

"Order the sixth company to arrange a defensive line on the spot, and be sure to block the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army for five hours before retreating, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

"The rest of the troops immediately retreated, returned the way they came, and marched out of the woods!"

"Tell the brothers, except for weapons and ammunition, all the things that can be thrown away on your body must be thrown away, and you must rush out of the forest as fast as possible!"

The chief of staff replied with admiration: "Tuanza, your move is really too high!" ”

"It not only dragged the pursuers of the Eighth Route Army, but also excluded dissidents, killing two birds with one stone!"

"Humble duty go and give orders immediately!"

After receiving the order from the queen of the palace, the commander of the sixth company knew that he had been abandoned by the regiment and became an outcast!

Execute the order, stay here and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army, and finally die here, he is definitely unwilling.

Disobeying the order to retreat, he did not dare.

The head of the regiment is ruthless, and he has the support of the Japanese, plus he is not treated by him in the first place, so it is possible to shoot himself because of this incident.

After thinking about it for a long time, the commander of the sixth company couldn't think of a solution, so he could only take one step at a time.

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