"The speed has to be accelerated, the Eighth Route Army is hiding around, and they must be thrown off immediately!" The squadron leader walked in the middle of the crowd and shouted.

In order to avoid becoming a target for the independent battalion, all the devil officers, including Watanabe, abandoned their horses and marched on foot with their soldiers.

"Sir, we are overtaking the baggage and artillery units, do you want to protect them and advance together!" The team leader caught up and reminded.

A flash of hesitation quickly flashed across the squadron leader's face, and then he fell into deep thought.

His own task was to protect the baggage and artillery units behind the palace. If you lose them and run away by yourself, even if you bring all your subordinates back to Lingqiu in the end, it will be disobeying the military order.

But if they don't leave, the troops on the way back to Lingqiu County will definitely suffer heavy losses under the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army.

Most of these subordinates were brought out by themselves and have been on the battlefield for a long time. was killed by the cold guns and cannons of the Eighth Route Army, and he didn't even see what the opponent looked like, which was too embarrassing.

The more he thought about it, the deeper the squadron leader's brow furrowed, and he struggled inwardly and didn't know how to make a decision.

"Da Da Da ......"

A string of gunfire suddenly rang out in the forest on the right-hand side, pulling the squadron leader back to reality.

The two subordinates fell on the road with a scream, and their bodies were beaten with several bloody holes.

"This is already the tenth warrior who was killed by the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army!" The squadron leader did not suppress the anger in his heart, and scolded with a gritted tooth expression.

The squad leader hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Sir, whether to maintain the speed to protect the artillery and baggage troops to continue to advance, or ignore them, we will speed up ourselves and get rid of the surrounding Eighth Route Army, you must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise we will have people who will continue to be killed by cold guns and cold guns!" ”

The squadron leader seems to have seen one of his subordinates die tragically under the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army.

The expression on his face became more and more ugly, and he clenched his fists and made a decisive decision.

"Continue to speed up the march and get rid of the surrounding Eighth Route Army, regardless of the artillery and baggage troops!"

"If we suffer heavy casualties under the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army along the way, the artillery and baggage troops will also be in danger, and all of us may be killed by then!"

"Let's speed up and get rid of the Eighth Route Army, at least we can safely withdraw to Lingqiu County!"

"Inform the artillery and baggage troops that they should also speed up their march, try to keep up with the team, and get rid of the Eighth Route Army that is moving around us!"

"Only in this way can all our troops safely withdraw to Lingqiu County!"

The infantry squadron marched faster and faster, and it took less than half an hour to overtake the artillery and baggage troops!

Seeing that he was about to fall behind, the leader of the baggage squadron was anxious, shouting back and forth in the middle of the team at the top of his voice.

"Quick, we have already begun to fall behind, we must speed up, catch up with the infantry, and get rid of the Eighth Route Army next to us, otherwise it will be too dangerous!"

The scolding of the soldiers, the whipping of the leather whips, the neighing of mules and horses, soon resounded on the road.

The speed of the march was indeed much faster, but the baggage team, which was still orderly just now, was obviously more chaotic than just now.

The squadron leader couldn't care so much, and continued to shout: "Just rush like this, and the speed will be faster!" ”

After a large number of baggage troops were dispatched to supplement the infantry, the remaining soldiers of the baggage team were less than a hundred, and on average, a baggage soldier controlled at least three mules and horses, and no matter how fast it was, it could not compare with the infantry only equipped with rifles.

By the time they returned to Dongtian Village, the infantry, baggage team, and artillery had been completely separated.

The team, which was less than 800 meters at the beginning, was stretched to more than 1,000 meters.

The cavalry squadron, the guards, two infantry squadrons went to the front.

The cavalry squadron relied on its speed to patrol back and forth on the road to ensure everyone's safety.

More than 300 little devils of the baggage team and two artillery squadrons walked last under the drag of the baggage artillery, separated at least 300 meters from the infantry, and were still expanding.

"Sir, the baggage and artillery are too far behind, do you want to wait for them!" The adjutant caught up with Watanabe and reminded.

"No, keep the speed and keep going, and wait until you get past Dongtian Village!" Watanabe Nakasa refused without hesitation, and then thought for a while and analyzed.

"None of us were attacked by the Eighth Route Army for nearly an hour just now? It shows that our tactics work. As long as the marching speed is fast enough to get rid of them, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to help us! ”

"When the baggage and artillery march together, the speed will slow down, and if you don't know, the Eighth Route Army will catch up with us again and continue to sneak attack us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a second lieutenant of the cavalry squadron rushed over!

"Sir, we have reconnoitred the ruins on both sides of the road through the hole Tamura with firepower, and there is no danger!"

Watanabe Nakasa immediately made a decision: "Order the troops to maintain speed and march through Dongda Village in a hurry!" ”

A squadron of cavalry, two squadrons of infantry, a guard detachment, quickly passed through the village.

Two or three hundred meters after leaving the village, the baggage and artillery units entered the village.

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom Boom Boom ......"

Suddenly the sound of explosions sounded on the road outside the village, breaking the silence of the village.

Six shells fell from the sky and smashed on the road outside the village, and one of the shells smashed right in the middle of the devils, blowing up the four devils around.

"It's the artillery company of the Eighth Route Army, and they're still here...... All do not stop, go around the shelling area and rush over! Watanabe Nakasa subconsciously ordered.

Independent battalion headquarters, Li Hao stared at the scene, his eyes didn't blink, he was afraid of missing something.

"Battalion commander, the devil infantry is the same as you judged before, there is no choice to stop and counterattack, and directly bypass the shelling area and continue to advance!"

Li Hao replied confidently: "The losses of the Watanabe Brigade in the past two days are already big enough, stop and counterattack, there will definitely be greater losses." Only by continuing to retreat can we minimize losses and bring more soldiers back to Lingqiu! ”

"Since the devil doesn't turn back and fight back, then we will act according to the original battle plan and intercept the little devil's artillery and baggage troops~"

"The fire company, the independent company immediately attacked, blocked the devil's baggage and artillery in the village, and separated from the infantry in front!"

"After the guards broke off, they first surrounded the devils in the village. There are many of them, but there are few of us, so we definitely can't swallow one bite, so we can only eat slowly little by little! ”

"Da Da Da ......"

More than a dozen soldiers suddenly appeared in the middle of the ruins at the entrance of the village, and at least half of the soldiers held crooked handles and Czechs in their hands, and set fire to the devil artillery who had already rushed to the entrance of the village.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army wants to block us in the village...... Those with guns immediately counterattacked, and we rushed over! The commander of the artillery squadron, seeing the purpose of the independent battalion, drew his command knife and pointed at the light machine gun platoon of the fire company and ordered.

There were more than 200 gunners in the two artillery squadrons of the devils, only 50 or 60 soldiers armed with rifles, and only four light machine guns, and they were scattered in the middle of the 200-meter-long line.

After the squadron leader's assault order was given, only a dozen riflemen and one machine gun in the vicinity reacted, firing a barrage of bullets into the fire.

The shooting accuracy was very good, and the first two machine gunners fell in response.

"Heavy machine gun fire suppression, light machine gun raid devil gunners, kill them!" Chen Bing, the commander of the firepower company, did not panic and ordered with great confidence.

Today's firepower battery is not what it used to be, with twelve heavy machine guns and nine Czech-made.

With such a firepower intensity, he is not afraid of a reinforced squadron against the devils, not to mention that the opponent is just a bunch of artillery and baggage soldiers.

I don't know when four heavy machine guns appeared in the ruins, and behind each heavy machine gun were two fighters, one machine gunner and one secondary shooter and bombardier.

"Da Da Da ......"

The heavy machine gun fired, and four thick tongues of fire erupted from the muzzle, covering dozens of devils on the road in the blink of an eye!

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