The chief of staff of the Japanese army was in a very bad mood.

Eating and sleeping in the mountains for several days, although several raids almost killed the opponent, they were all allowed to slip away at the last minute.

The brigade commander wants the result, not the process.

No matter how hard you chase after yourself, if you don't destroy the other party, you won't eliminate it, and no amount of reason will be useless.

What's more, the casualties were much larger than they had planned.

In the face of the elusive sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army, even if the troops in their hands were already familiar with the mountains under their feet and knew where there were ravines and valleys, they were still overwhelmed.

In the past few days, nearly 300 soldiers have been killed in the battle alone, 300 more have been wounded, and more than 100 seriously wounded have been carried on stretchers by the puppet army on the march.

Huge losses, seemingly indefinite pursuit, suddenly appeared out of nowhere to sneak attack his Eighth Route Army...... He tortured his officers and soldiers all the time, draining their morale and morale.

The chief of staff saw very clearly that with each passing day, the morale of the troops would drop somewhat.

If the pursuit continues in this situation, the morale of the troops will fall to the bottom for a maximum of three days.

The chief of staff tried several times to complain to the brigade commander to end the chase or change the general, but he vetoed it at the last moment.

If he goes back in embarrassment without accomplishing an inch, he will definitely become the laughing stock of the whole brigade, and he will not be able to keep the position of chief of staff of the brigade or regiment.

After thinking about it, the chief of staff decided to continue the pursuit.

Every time he reported the results of the battle to the brigade commander, he deliberately omitted the casualties of the troops, and planned to report them together with the results after he killed the Eighth Route Army.

There are results to cover, even if some people are dissatisfied with the losses of the troops, they will not be able to make any big waves.

The chief of staff has made a good calculation, but whether he can achieve his goal depends on one crucial thing: whether he can destroy the Eighth Route Army in the mountains before the morale of the troops falls to the bottom and get this result.

He saw the turbulent morale of the soldiers and the declining morale of the soldiers.

In another two to three days, if he still can't get rid of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains, even if he is taken out of the position of chief of staff by the brigade commander after he returns, he must withdraw the army, otherwise the troops will definitely collapse, and the losses will be even greater, and the responsibility will be greater.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the troops, as usual, stopped at a fairly flat high ground for dinner, replenishing their physical strength after a day's exertion.

The chief of staff knew that the Eighth Route Army he was looking for was hiding within a radius of ten miles and staring at him, and as long as the troops showed flaws, they would immediately pounce and bite everyone.

In order to avoid this, as soon as the troops stopped, the chief of staff scattered all the reconnaissance troops in his hands.

It can not only ensure the safety of the garrison, but also look for the traces of the Eighth Route Army along the way, killing two birds with one stone.

You must know that a few days ago, I almost wiped out the Eighth Route Army several times, that is, the reconnaissance troops accidentally discovered the temporary camp of the Eighth Route Army, and then the troops surrounded it in several ways and completely annihilated the other side......

If you don't know how to do it, today's investigation will also have a windfall.

As soon as dinner was over, a second lieutenant of the reconnaissance detachment rushed over and reported excitedly: "Sir, we have found the camp of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"They are also having dinner, judging from the amount of cooking smoke, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army should be about 300 people."

"But they have so many sentinels that we can't get up close."

"Where? How far away are we? The chief of staff was also excited, but he didn't expect that this reconnaissance would have a real windfall.

"To the southwest, less than five miles away from us!" The second lieutenant thought for a moment and replied.

"God help me!" The smile on the chief of staff's face grew even stronger, and he immediately ordered.

"I am very familiar with the terrain in the southwest direction, there are only hills, there are no valleys that can be ambushed, and the Eighth Route Army is simply sending itself to death if it runs in that direction."

"The whole army was assembled at once, leaving a reinforced squad of the Imperial Army and a company of the Imperial Allied Army to take care of the wounded. The others brought their equipment and ammunition and marched with me to kill them. ”

"The Wuli Mountain Road can run through it in half an hour, and this time we will not outflank it, but attack from one direction."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army reacts quickly and moves in time, we won't be too far away from them."

"The superiority in strength is in our hands, and the troops can chase after them and fight behind their butts."

The elite is worthy of being the elite, and the nearly 1,000 Japanese puppet troops only took ten minutes to complete the assembly, and then slaughtered out of the camp.

When there were still two miles left before the target, the chief of staff who was attacking with the team could already see the figure of the Eighth Route Army hastily assembling.

Exactly as judged by the scouts, three hundred, but well armed, with mortars and heavy machine guns.

"The Eighth Route Army in front must be all the Eighth Route Army that entered the mountain." The Chief of Staff made a judgment on the spot.

"There are a total of six or seven hundred people in the Eighth Route Army that we want to destroy, and we have killed three or four hundred people in the past few days, and there are still about three hundred people left."

"The troops will kill them immediately, and we will be able to return to the county seat after killing them."

I slept in the mountains for several days, and I couldn't even eat a stable hot meal, and there was no devil who didn't want to go back to the county.

As soon as they heard the chief of staff say that the battle could be ended by destroying the Eighth Route Army in front, the Japanese army immediately became crazy, as if they had eaten chicken blood, holding a gun, and rushing forward with a roar, and the speed became faster and faster.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was shortened to 500 meters.

The Eighth Route Army had just completed its assembly, carrying guns on its back, heavy machine guns and mortars, and rushed out of the camp in a panic.

Seeing this scene, four words immediately came to the chief of staff's mind: flee in the wilderness.

The smile on his face became even stronger, and he continued to order: "The Eighth Route Army must run, catch up, and kill them." ”

"There are a lot of us, there are only three hundred of them, there will definitely be no traps on the road, so I will chase them as fast as possible and kill them."

Nearly 1,000 Japanese puppet troops, nearly 300 Eighth Route Army, you chase after me on both sides, don't rush forward with your life.

The more the chief of staff chased, the more relieved he became, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker.

After chasing for more than ten miles in a row, there was no other danger on the road, except for the mines temporarily arranged by the Eighth Route Army.

It shows that his judgment is right, the Eighth Route Army is indeed only the people in front, and there is no longer a force to come and attack him and ambush him.

The terrain on both sides of the road is also getting gentler.

It is all small hills less than 50 meters above sea level, and there is not even a place for Tibetans......

Everything made the chief of staff feel good, believing that there would be no danger in the next pursuit, and the troops could safely and boldly rush forward.

In the blink of an eye, the troops chased forward for another hour.

The chief of staff obviously felt that the physical strength of his subordinates had decreased again, his face was red and his neck was thick, he was constantly panting, and the speed of the pursuit was also a lot fuller.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army was also slow to escape.

The distance between the two sides was actually shortened from more than 500 meters at the beginning to less than 400 meters, and the forward troops could already see the figures of the troops behind the palace of the Eighth Route Army.

"Speed up, and we'll be catching up with them." The chief of staff drew his command knife and shouted.

Then gritted his teeth, gasped for breath to speed up, and set an example for his subordinates.

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