At the assembly place of the Japanese puppet army, the chief of staff ran into the wing commander's room with an excited face with a call back from the logistics base.

Exactly as the two men had judged before, there was not a single word of rebuke in the telegram.

There is no doubt that the chief of staff has no intention of pursuing the fact that the baggage team was killed by the Eighth Route Army.

After reading the telegram, the wing commander was also relieved.

After staring at the map and thinking for two minutes, he replied: "The baggage team sent by the base to us will set off tonight, rest in the no-man's land for a few hours tomorrow night, and enter the base at six o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." ”

"Chief of Staff, you will make arrangements, at dawn tomorrow, an infantry brigade of the Imperial Army and a regiment of the Imperial Allied Army will be dispatched to rush to the receiving point to join the baggage team, and enter the garrison base area on time at six o'clock in the morning after tomorrow to escort the baggage team to the front line safely."

"Rest assured, the captain of the wing, this time there will be no accidents."

The wing captain nodded, and continued with a look full of longing: "When the baggage supplies are in place and the attacking troops take the hostages back, we can continue to attack the garrison regiment and kill them." ”

Speaking of this, the wing commander unconsciously glanced at his watch, and then asked: "According to the battle plan, the two-way attack force should come back in another hour." ”

"Have they sent a telegram back in the past few hours, and how many hostages have they taken in the mountains?"

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "There is no telegram, but everything is normal with the two sorties, and they are marching to the garrison under the escort of aircraft." ”

"It must be that the Eighth Route Army is biting too tightly and has no time to send a telegram!" The co-captain comforted himself.

Today's sortie was planned by him, and he was very confident and confident.

An hour passed quickly, and the sky slowly darkened, and the escort plane had returned half an hour earlier.

The wing commander stood at the gate of the garrison and waited in anticipation for the victorious return of the attacking troops.

"It's back......" one of the men shouted.

Raising the binoculars, some figures loomed at the end of the road, rifles in their hands, and hurriedly trotted towards the station.

After five minutes, dense sorties began to appear.

They all carried their guns on their backs or carried them, and they marched in a hurry, marching at neat steps.

At the first sight of them, the co-captain was very excited.

The neat appearance of the army seemed to tell him that the attacking troops had won the battle outside and returned victorious.

Looking at it, the co-captain's smile disappeared, and his face slowly became serious.

When the last row of imperial troops fully entered the field of vision, his face had been replaced by solemnity.

Compared with before departure, the group that came back was at least a third shorter, and more than 100 stretchers were carried in the middle of the procession.

What's more, he searched the entire sortie and he did not find any hostages.

At this time, Nakata Saburo Shaozo, who led the troops to attack, hurriedly ran over, and several subordinates and the commander of the Imperial Association followed behind.

After seeing the co-captain, he lowered his head and reported: "Co-captain, you have not completed the task and ask for punishment?" ”

The co-captain's eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, and they were red and red.

Staring at his subordinates, he asked several questions in a row before stopping: "Tell me, what the hell is going on, what happened to the troops in the mountains?" What about the Imperial Allied Army that is cooperating with your actions? Why is this the only person left! ”

Saburo Nakata summoned up the courage to reply: "Strictly carry out the orders of the commander, and after the attack, go straight to the hiding place of the Chinese, regardless of the harassment and obstruction of the Eighth Route Army along the way." ”

"When we arrived there, the Chinese had already transferred, and along the way we lost a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army, and the Imperial Army was more than sixty people."

"After the airfall, the lowly post did not stay there for long, and immediately led the troops to pursue along the traces left by the transfer of the Chinese."

"I was about to catch up several times, but the Eighth Route Army suddenly came out to block the way of the imperial army, and bought a lot of time for the hostages to transfer."

"By three o'clock in the afternoon, we had pursued at least 20 kilometers in the mountains, fought with the Eighth Route Army no less than five times, and attacked us no less than 40 times on the way to pursuit."

"A total of one company of the Imperial Allied Army was lost, and more than 200 Imperial troops were killed, of which one-third were seriously wounded by mines."

"After three o'clock, the troops began to retreat, and the sneak attack and harassment of the Eighth Route Army did not stop, in order to minimize the losses of the imperial army, he took the initiative to order the imperial army to counterattack the Eighth Route Army in platoons and drag them down."

"Abandon all the seriously wounded of the Imperial Army, take only the wounded of the Imperial Army, and march out of the mountains and rush back to the garrison."

"In this process, the Imperial Army lost a battalion and a company, and the Imperial Army lost more than 50 people."

"So Wing Commander, you only saw one company of the Imperial Allied Army and more than a hundred seriously wounded Imperial Army in the ranks."

The wing captain suppressed his anger and asked: "It is also said that you went out to fight for a day, not only did you not complete the task and capture the hostages, but also lost more than 300 imperial troops, nearly a regiment of imperial army. ”

In the face of the facts, Saburo Nakata couldn't say a word of rebuttal, so he could only lower his head and let the co-captain's spitting star spray on him.

The wing captain became even more angry, and scolded loudly: "Bage Yalu, you have something to say!" ”

"If you lose the battle, don't you give me an explanation, just think about it!"

Saburo Nakata's head lowered.

He strictly followed the Wing Commander's orders throughout the day, and he never thought it would be such a result.

Knowing this, he didn't fight as planned.

But there is no such thing as a regret pill.

In the face of the commander's anger, he could only endure it, and he couldn't stand in front of the wing commander and say that there was a problem with the battle plan he had formulated, in which case the wing commander would definitely be even more angry.

The chief of staff relieved the siege in time and said: "Wing Commander, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to scold." ”

"Although they did not complete their mission, most of the imperial army was saved."

"It is recommended that they go down and rest first, and then make plans when the other striking force returns."

The co-captain waved his hand and did not speak.

Saburo Nakata disappointed him so much that he didn't want to say a word to him.

Saburo Nakata was relieved, grateful to see the chief of staff, took a long breath, and quickly left here with his subordinates.

But he didn't go far, watching from afar at the gate of the garrison and waiting for another striking force to return.

If they complete the task and compare the two, they will definitely have a problem with their own command ability, and with the character of the wing commander, they will punish themselves lightly.

So he was anxious to know what was going on with the other force, and even a little bit expecting that they hadn't completed their mission.

In that case, the co-captain will give up accountability, after all, doesn't the law hold the public accountable?

Half an hour later, when it was completely dark, and everyone was a little impatient to wait, there was finally a fire at the end of the road.

The Wing Commander, who was resting in the tent, rushed out, raised his binoculars, and looked at the end of the road with a look of anticipation.

Saburo Nakata was even more nervous than he had just faced the Wing Captain, and he also raised his binoculars to look at the road.

"Captain, they also carried a lot of stretchers, several times more than ours." The subordinate beside Saburo Nakata whispered.

"They must have brought back the wounded of the Imperial Army." Saburo Nakata judged.

The tense nerves were noticeably soothed a little more than they had just been.

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