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On a high ground three kilometers outside Lingqiu City, Li Hao held a telescope and carefully observed the little devils on the road at the foot of the mountain who were rapidly rushing towards the county seat.

The last baggage car bypassed the detour in front and disappeared behind Li Hao's field of vision, and Li Hao, who had been lying on his stomach for nearly half an hour, finally put down the telescope and got up from the ground.

A smile appeared on his serious face for the first time in a long time.

"Last night's night attack, the results were bigger than I expected!" Li Hao said happily.

"I thought I was killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred!"

"Now it seems that the combat effect is better than expected!"

"The devil's march is at least a third shorter!"

Hong Linfeng also had a smile on his face, and hurriedly said: "There are several large truckloads of wounded!" ”

"Dragged by a baggage cart, they must all be seriously injured! I counted it, there were eight carts in total, and one cart was counted as five seriously wounded, which was also forty seriously wounded! ”

"Coupled with the ones killed by us, the casualties of the little devils last night must have exceeded five hundred, and almost three infantry squadrons were wiped out!"

Yuan Qingfeng, the commander of the artillery company, was the happiest: "In the two battles, we also defeated a lot of devil artillery!" ”

"I just counted, the little devil only has four mountain guns and five mortars left, and almost half of the artillery was blown up by us.!"

The smile on Li Hao's face also became thicker, and he replied confidently: "More than 800 little devils were killed in two battles, and even if the remaining little devils arrived in Lingqiu County, all the Watanabe brigades would be replenished, and the total strength of the Watanabe brigade that could be used to attack the military division would not exceed 2,000 people!" ”

"There are still forty or fifty kilometers from the county seat to Lingqiu. As long as we are ready, we will definitely be able to complete the task and drag the little devil Watanabe Brigade to Lingqiu! ”

"The next thing we need to do is to rest, after the reinforcements sent by the instructor are in place, we will immediately replenish the troops, so that your instructors and deputies will carry out run-in training and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

"You guys follow me, and from tomorrow onwards, we'll discuss along this road and discuss how to deal with Watanabe's brigade according to the terrain along the way!"

In Lingqiu Castle, it took Watanabe Nakasa two full days to mix the reinforcements with the Watanabe Brigade.

"Sir, all the additional troops brought by the reinforcements have been replenished to the combat units, and each infantry squad has begun to conduct run-in training!" The adjutant walked into the command and reported.

"What about the quality of those replenishment troops, and how long it will take for the troops to regain their combat effectiveness! Last night, the brigade headquarters sent another telegram, urging us to send troops as soon as possible, enter the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and unite with other sweeping troops to completely wipe out the First Division of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"Very good!" The adjutant hastened to answer.

"Except that he has never been on the battlefield, he is undoubtedly different from a veteran in all other aspects!"

"As long as they are familiar with their commanders and comrades-in-arms, and learn to cooperate with each other on the battlefield, they will be able to form combat effectiveness immediately!"

"Yo Xi!" Watanabe Nakasa finally had a satisfied smile on his face.

Then he asked: "Tell me that a few staff officers have discussed the plan to send troops, and if there is no problem, we will send troops according to your plan!" ”

The adjutant hurriedly replied: "After mixed addition, Lingqiu now has an infantry squadron, a military police squadron, a special service brigade, and a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army!" Our Watanabe brigade consisted of five infantry squadrons, a cavalry squadron, a mortar squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron and another squad, a baggage squadron, a guard squadron, and then a mixed artillery squadron with four mountain guns, five mortars, and an infantry artillery squad! ”

"The total strength includes 2,200 people from the Imperial Army, 300 people from the Special Service Brigade, and 400 people from the Imperial Army!"

"Our plan for sending troops is: the garrison, the special service brigade, and the garrison battalion of the Imperial Association Army are all left!"

"In addition, a heavy machine gun squad, a mortar squad, and an infantry squadron will be drawn from our brigade to assist in the defense!"

"All other units were dispatched, a total of four infantry squadrons, one cavalry squadron, two artillery squadrons, one heavy machine gun squadron, one baggage squadron, and one guard squadron, with a total strength of 1,600 people, forming a reinforced mixed brigade!"

Watanabe Nakasa replied with satisfaction: "I agree with this division plan!" ”

"But one more!"

"I'll give you a day to train, and tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, we will send troops on time!"

At the same time, he ordered the special team to immediately collect mules and horses in the city. In one day, two hundred mules and horses were collected from the imperial army at all costs, plus those carried by the baggage squadron itself, to make up two hundred and fifty horses! ”

"The baggage squadron abandons all baggage wagons and uses the collected mules and horses to transport supplies and ammunition!"

"The artillery of the mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squad were also all split and transported by mules and horses!"

"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and in order to prevent us from entering their base area, it will definitely slow down our march by destroying the road! Transporting heavy supplies and artillery with mules, horses, and camels minimizes this effect! ”

"Also, transfer two companies from the Imperial Cooperative Army!"

The adjutant hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Sir, the Imperial Allied Army is too weak, not only is it not beneficial to bring them, but it may also distract the attention of the Imperial Army and affect the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army, do you want to think about it again!" ”

Watanabe Nakasa replied with a sneer: "I know everything you said!" ”

"On the field battlefield, they are indeed a bunch of guys who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures, and they don't look like soldiers at all!"

"But on the march, they play a very big role!"

"Not only can you carry the wounded and supplies to the imperial army, but most importantly, you can also use it as cannon fodder for the imperial army to reduce the casualties of the imperial army!"

The adjutant's eyes lit up and replied: "I understand, let's arrange it now!" ”

"This time, the imperial army will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory and kill the independent battalion!"

Outside Lingqiu City, more than 100 captives sent by Wang Hong restored several main companies of the independent battalion to 80 people.

A veteran brings a captive soldier to ensure that these captive soldiers are integrated into the army as soon as possible to form combat effectiveness.

As soon as he finished breakfast with the guard company, Chen Wei, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon, rushed over panting.

"Battalion commander, the city gate is open, and the little devil has moved!"

Li Haoxin exclaimed, "Take me to see it immediately!" ”

"All troops are ready to be assembled at once, and the battle is about to begin!"

Climb up the slope and peek out from the top of the mountain beam, and the Lingqiu City Gate two kilometers away appears in front of you.

A mixed squad of Japanese puppet troops took the lead, and less than fifty meters behind was the main force of the devils.

In less than ten minutes, they had already come out with two infantry squadrons, a cavalry squadron!

The infantrymen carried their rifles on their shoulders and walked in the middle of the road with a swaggering expression.

More than a hundred cavalry guarded the infantry back and forth.

Immediately after that came out were the little devil's baggage troops.

One after another, four or five mules and horses loaded with various supplies were strung together, led by a puppet army, and slowly walked out of the city gate.

Except that the mortars were dismantled into parts, carried by the little devil gunners, and advanced with the infantry.

Mountain artillery and infantry artillery were also dismantled into parts, mules and horses were carried, artillery was led, and marched with the baggage troops!

Looking at it, Li Hao's face became solemn.

"The devil is very well prepared, and he is completely in an imperative posture!"

"Abandon the carts and let the troops all be mules and horses, and even the mountain artillery and infantry artillery should be carried by mules and horses. In this way, our destruction of the road will not affect the speed of the little devil's march! ”

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