The sudden withdrawal of the two infantry squadrons to the assembly area was something that no one expected, and it also frustrated Li Hao's plan to destroy them at night.

Fortunately, the three striking troops of the Independent Regiment did not disappoint everyone, conquering two strongholds in one night and eliminating more than 400 Japanese puppet troops.

With the loss of so many troops, the Japanese puppet army in the assembly area will certainly not be indifferent.

Li Hao decisively ordered the troops to approach the assembly area, lurking fifteen kilometers southeast of the assembly area, waiting for an opportunity.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, the radio at the headquarters sounded.

More than ten minutes later, the telegram about the gathering place of the devils was sent to Li Hao by Zhou Liang.

"Regiment commander, the commando team reported that the devils in the assembly area were dispatched as soon as dawn, and the troops were divided into three ways to kill the three troops sent to the independent regiment, and there were half a brigade of little devils and a battalion of puppet troops on each road, which was very strong."

Head Zhou's face quickly flashed with a touch of worry.

After a moment's hesitation, he reminded: "Commander Li, there is only one reinforced company of the three attack troops, and the Japanese puppet army that killed the past has a full four times the strength advantage. It's daytime, and the devils can still call for air support, and I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it. ”

Li Hao didn't answer Head Zhou's question, but stared at Hong Linfeng and asked.

"Chief of Staff, count it now, how many people are there in the devil's assembly area?"

Hong Linfeng didn't calculate, as the chief of staff, it was his job to inform the regiment commander all the time about the intelligence he wanted, so these data had long been reflected in his heart.

looked at Li Hao and blurted out directly: "Plus the other reinforcement that just arrived last night, there is a total of devils in the assembly area, a full-fledged infantry brigade, an infantry brigade lacking a squadron, a cavalry brigade lacking two cavalry squadrons, two mountain artillery squadrons, and a regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army." ”

"After subtracting the attack just now, there is still one infantry squadron, two cavalry squadrons, two mountain artillery squadrons and some baggage troops, with a total strength of no more than eight hundred people, and the real combat force is only one infantry squadron and two cavalry squadrons, less than four hundred."

Introduced here, Hong Linfeng clearly saw that Li Hao's eyes became hot.

As soon as his mind turned, a bold idea immediately popped up, and he looked at Li Hao and hurriedly asked.

"Commander, you don't want to fight the devil's assembly place, do you!"

Li Hao replied with a sneer: "This is a godsend, why don't you fight." ”

"Less than eight hundred little devils, if the attack goes well, the battle can be ended in two hours."

Head Zhou was also moved, the gloom on his face was swept away, and he looked at Li Hao with his eyes shining and shouted, "Head Li, this is indeed a godsend." ”

"The assembly area is the starting point of the devils' counterattack on Laishui, and most of the supplies, weapons and ammunition they need for the battle have been hoarded. Taking the assembly area can not only replenish our material losses and increase our strength, but also weaken the morale of the devils, force them to remobilize combat materials, and postpone the time for the counterattack on Laishui. ”

"Didn't the main force of the devils go to besiege our attack troops? We can let the attacking troops fight and retreat, and take the devil as far away as possible. ”

"Once the attack starts, even if they know that the assembly area has been attacked, they won't be able to come back in a short time, and we have at least a ninety percent chance of winning."

Chief of Staff Chen of the Independent Regiment suddenly reminded: "Regiment Commander, if you fight like this, even if the pressure is on the three striking troops, their casualties will definitely be very large. ”

Regiment Commander Zhou shook his head and replied: "As long as you can take the assembly area and kill the little devils inside, it is worth the casualties." ”

"Commander Li, I completely agree with your proposal and take the opportunity to take down the devil's assembly place."

Seeing that a few people had no opinions, Li Hao began to give orders on the spot.

"The second, fifth, and eighth companies of the independent regiment, as well as the directly subordinate units of the three battalions, which are commanded by their respective battalion commanders and instructors, set off in squad platoons for an hour later to reinforce the first, fourth, and seventh companies."

"The task is what Commander Zhou just said, stick to the Japanese puppet army's attacking troops and lead them away from the assembly area."

"Commander Zhou, you personally give them orders, and you must explain the task clearly."

"The guard company of the garrison regiment, also in a squad platoon, set off in an hour and return to our hiding place yesterday, no matter what method is used, we must make the devil believe that we are still in that big mountain."

"The rest of the troops rested in place, ate and slept well, and started to move after dark."

On a high ground ten kilometers away from the assembly area, the chief of staff stood on it, staring at the battlefield motionlessly, his face full of anger.

Half an hour earlier, the troops had marched here, and had just been about to pass through the mountain pass in front of them, when a shuttle of heavy machine-gun bullets fell from the sky and swept towards the troops.

Two Imperial soldiers were killed on the spot, and one was seriously wounded.

The chief of staff quickly judged the enemy situation from the brief exchange of fire: about a platoon of the Eighth Route Army was on the high ground ahead, armed with a heavy machine gun.

With heavy troops in his hands, he will definitely not be frightened by a platoon of the Eighth Route Army.

Immediately ordered a company of the Imperial Allied Army and two squads of the Imperial Army to launch an attack, completely annihilating this Eighth Route Army, and making a good start.

Contrary to his wishes, the Eighth Route Army had no intention of fighting him here at all.

At the beginning of the attack, several gunshots rang out from the top of the mountain, and after the troops rushed halfway up the mountain, the top of the mountain became inexplicably quiet.

Rushing all the way to the top of the mountain, not a single gunshot was heard from the battlefield.

The chief of staff knew that the Eighth Route Army had run away again, and although he was very unwilling, he could only bear it.

Suppressing his anger back to the bottom of his heart, he ordered his troops to pursue and kill the Eighth Route Army that had just withdrawn.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the chief of staff commanded the troops and the Eighth Route Army to fight a total of six battles, several of which were about to be won.

Killed all the way here, and only killed less than a hundred Eighth Route Army, but there is one thing that the chief of staff can confirm.

The Eighth Route Army, which he was pursuing, did have a reinforced battalion, which was exactly the same as Yoshino Shaosa's judgment.

After the Eighth Route Army slipped out of his nose again, the chief of staff was just about to give the order to continue the pursuit, when the telegraph operator suddenly rushed towards him.

"Sir, the two captains called to ask: It's getting dark, whether the troops will continue to pursue the Eighth Route Army or retreat to the assembly area."

Only then did the chief of staff remember that it had been seven or eight hours since he had been out of the assembly area.

After glancing at his watch, he said to himself: "It will be dark in three hours, and it will be almost twenty kilometers away from the assembly area, and the rapid march will return to the assembly area just before dark. ”

"But if we don't kill the Eighth Route Army in front, they will definitely continue to attack the nearby imperial stronghold tonight and wreak havoc behind us."

"Call back to the two captains right away: ask what they mean."

"I also sent a telegram to several surrounding counties and air units, asking them if they have any news of other Eighth Route Army."

After waiting for ten minutes, the return calls were delivered to the chief of staff one after another.

One of the squadron commanders, who also served as the temporary deputy of the chief of staff, took the telegram and said: "Sir, the two captains mean to continue the attack. ”

"Otherwise, the surrounding imperial army strongholds will definitely suffer tonight, and the Eighth Route Army may also take the opportunity to slip away, and it will be too difficult to catch them tomorrow."

"They also said that if at least one reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army they pursued and killed was killed, if all of them were killed, the remaining Eighth Route Army in the occupied area would not be afraid, as long as they dared to take the lead, we could gather heavy troops to kill them and kill them."

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