Liu Cheng's guesses were mostly correct, Kasahara Kawakiichi did spot him and Zhou Zuopeng's team at the first time, but he didn't dare to step forward to intercept them.

Not to mention Zhou Zuopeng, even if it is Tianhuang of the little devil, in that case, he can only put his head in the crotch of his pants and pretend to be his grandson.

The Kasahara task force was only more than 400 people, while Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng's team combined exceeded 12,000 people!

And this is not counting Guan Hong's second company.

In the more than a month that he was repairing and replenishing soldiers on the grassland, Liu Cheng contacted the Second Company for the first time and asked about the situation on their side.

At that time, Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng were already very close to the ammunition base, but he did not dare to go to the ammunition base.

There are some things that have to be guarded against.

The ammunition base is the foundation of the independent battalion, and even more than ninety percent of the fighters don't know it, let alone Zhou Zuopeng?

Guan Hong quickly called back, telling Liu Cheng that the second company had now been expanded to 800 people, and asked Liu Cheng if he could expand to more than 1,000 people.

Moreover, Guan Hong also built a horse farm 300 miles away from the ammunition base, and there were already more than 600 horses that could be ridden just by pulling them over, not including foals.

Through the previous two large-scale battles, Liu Cheng further realized the importance of cavalry.

Therefore, when replenishing the troops this time, he asked Hao Dabao to directly expand the cavalry company to 1,200 people, divided into three cavalry platoons of 400 people.

In this kind of positional warfare, the role of cavalry is so great that it has even surpassed those tanks.

Of course, this is on the premise that the number of tanks is insufficient.

And through these things, Liu Cheng has become difficult to meet the goals he set at the beginning.

When he first got these two TF-17s, Liu Cheng thought that the independent battalion had reached its peak.

But now, looking at the five tanks, he couldn't feel satisfaction in his heart.

Although the 75-mm mountain artillery was easy to move, it did not go to fight guerrilla warfare after entering the customs, but to fight regular battles.

And in large-scale regular battles, the role of 75-mm mountain artillery is not much different from that of mortars.

If we are faced with a cluster attack of 150---200 mm heavy artillery, dozens or hundreds of planes overhead, or even more planes strafing and bombing, and groups of tanks advancing and crushing, what is the existing weaponry?

If you want to preserve your strength to the greatest extent in a battle, you must either be a turtle with a shrunken head, or you must have heavy firepower weapons and combat effectiveness that can confront the enemy head-on, otherwise after two battles, Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng, more than 10,000 people, will almost die.

Liu Cheng clearly knew that even if they could fight against Japan together with the Guo army and other local armies after entering the customs, it would be difficult for them to get the slightest support from the bald head in terms of military expenses and weapons and ammunition.

In addition to being generous to his central army, the bald head maintained a suspicious and wary attitude towards all the local troops, otherwise the officers and men of the Sichuan army would not even have a pair of decent shoes.

Therefore, before entering the customs, Liu Cheng must bring enough equipment, and at the same time, he must make every soldier full of wolf nature, no matter who he faces, he must not be weak, otherwise it is easy for them to participate in a battle and then be forcibly absorbed, and all their hard work will be in vain.

It is undeniable that there is never a shortage of capable people among the generals of the Guo army; But although they hold military power, they have to obey the command of a group of shameless villains.

The bald person is not very easy to evaluate, and he has both merit and demerit; However, until the day he fled the mainland, he did not really take full control of the Nationalist Government;

is constrained by those families everywhere, and even coerced at times, which is also the sorrow and helplessness of a generation of heroes.

However, Liu Cheng didn't care about this, he just wanted to fight the war well and do his best to reduce the casualties of his compatriots and anti-Japanese soldiers.

Although the little force in his hands now can't even make a splash on the entire anti-Japanese battlefield, as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, he will go all out!

Just when he and Zhou Zuopeng began to divide their troops and settle the team, a Japanese puppet army of about 15,000 people had quietly assembled and came in the direction of Chahar.

Knowing that Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng had expanded their ranks to more than 10,000 people in more than a month and entered the territory of Chahar, Kitajiro was furious on the spot and sent an integrated brigade under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Division, and also transferred two regiments of puppet troops from the Yuzhishan Department to fight with them, vowing to annihilate all the troops of Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng.

At the same time, this incident also gave him a good reason to attack Chahar.

In Kitajiro's opinion, Song Zheyuan did not have the courage to get involved in this battle, and while exterminating Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng, he could further encroach on some parts of Chahar, laying the foundation for the next plan to swallow Chahar as a whole.

On the way back to Zhangjiakou, Song Zheyuan received news that the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army had personally ordered a brigade and two regiments of puppet soldiers from Zhishan to enter Chahar!

Several of his staff officers agreed that Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng had recruited the devils, and now the two of them should be responsible for repelling the devils' attacks and protecting the har.

One of the staff officers with the rank of lieutenant colonel suggested directly to Song Zheyuan:

"Let's not do this, let that Liu Cheng and Zhou Zuopeng fight with the Japanese army first, if they can repel the Japanese army, it is the best; If not, we will capture these two and hand them over to the devils...... Syllable! ”

Before the man's words could be finished, Song Zheyuan raised his hand and slapped him loudly, directly knocking him to the ground.

"Bastard! Who do you think of me, Song Zheyuan?! Now the one in Jinling is cowering, bent on peace, and the huge northeast is handed over; Now there are finally a few characters who can handle it on this territory, so that the Japanese dare not underestimate it, and even send a brigade of the A Division to suppress it;

If I cooperate with them, I will definitely be able to severely dampen the morale of the Japanese, and under such a good opportunity, you, as a staff officer of the War Department, do not even think about how to fight, but are bent on how to betray your allies?!

Such a villain, what is the use of me keeping you? Come on, pull it out and kill it! ”

Several other staff officers who had the same mind were so frightened that they didn't dare to mention it anymore when they saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to intercede with them.

Tian Haoyuan, who had not spoken, suddenly took out his pistol, loaded the bullet with a "click", and aimed it at the person's head:

"Whoever dares to beg for mercy will be dealt with in the same way!"

With that, he pulled the trigger.

"Horn!"

With a crisp sound, there was an extra hole in the head of the lieutenant colonel's staff officer.

Blood mixed with brains splashed everywhere, and the frightened staff officers who wanted to ask for mercy suddenly closed their mouths, and they didn't even dare to wipe the things splashed on their bodies and faces.

Song Zheyuan just glanced at the corpse on the ground lightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Strip your clothes and throw them on the side of the road to feed the dogs! Such a person does not deserve to wear this military uniform! ”