The regiment commander is the boss of their top boss, and his words are holy decrees, and the commander of the third company can only obey no matter how much he feels that it is inappropriate.

After another twenty minutes of pursuit, and when the regimental commander's firm heart began to loosen a little, the forward troops finally came with good news.

"Regiment commander, I'm about to catch up, I see the shadow of the troops behind the Eighth Route Army, they are setting traps on the mountain road, slowing down our pursuit!" The commander of the second company ran over panting and reported with an excited face.

The regimental commander regained his confidence and firmly ordered: "The troops are pursuing forward with all their might. ”

"If someone steps on the trap and gets injured, stay and leave the others alone and continue to pursue. Today we must arrest the people. ”

Another ten minutes passed.

Because everyone runs forward with their heads held high, the speed is very fast, and the vigilance will inevitably be lowered, and the chance of stepping on the trap will also be greatly increased.

In ten minutes, at least twenty wounded soldiers were left on the mountain road.

As for the troops behind the Eighth Route Army, they constantly appeared in the field of vision of the forward troops, but they just couldn't catch up with them.

"Commander, half an hour has passed. If we chase it any further, we won't be able to get out of this mountain before dark! The third company commander couldn't help but remind.

The melancholy between the eyebrows is getting stronger and stronger.

He felt that the troops were deceived, but he did not dare to say it directly.

The judgment of the people in front of them was said by the head of the regiment, and he was very sure.

If you directly say that everyone is fooled, it is to slap the head of the regiment in the face, if you provoke him and leave a bad impression, don't think about mixing up in the regiment in the future.

After thinking about it, he decided to persuade the regiment commander to stop in a tactful tone.

"Call the second company commander here!" The head of the regiment was also a little anxious.

He didn't want to lose his wife and soldiers here, and it would be a great loss to fold himself in this mountain in order to catch some people.

"Tuanza, what's the matter?" The commander of the second company ran over and was very excited.

The next decision is to some extent related to everyone's life and death, and the regiment commander didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "How did you do it, didn't you say that the troops behind the Eighth Route Army were in front, why didn't you catch up after chasing for so long." ”

The second company commander's excited expression was gone, and he replied very aggrievedly: "Tuanzao, I don't know what's going on?" ”

"At least twice in between, the distance between us and them has been shortened to more than 100 meters, and we can catch up with them if we work harder."

"But all of a sudden, the Eighth Route Army behind the palace seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and the retreat speed suddenly became faster, and the distance was suddenly stretched by more than two hundred meters."

"But no matter how much they sped up, they never got out of our sight."

"I can be sure that there are two infantry squads in the Eighth Route Army behind His Highness."

The commander of the third company couldn't help it, and reminded him euphemistically: "Tuanzao, I think there is a problem here." ”

"The Eighth Route Army behind His Royal Highness is a soldier, can they really suddenly speed up the retreat?"

"But the people they cover are ordinary people, and there are old and weak women and children inside, how can they still have the physical strength to speed up the retreat after running for so long."

The regiment commander is not a fool, and the commander of the third company understands it after mentioning it a little.

The brow furrowed deeper and deeper, and it was clear that he was aware of the seriousness of the problem.

After thinking for two minutes, he slapped his head and shouted, "Oh no, we're fooled." ”

"Company Commander Li reminded me just now, if there are really people in front, they will definitely run slower and slower, and they will never be fast or slow, they don't have so much physical strength."

"So all this is a game set up by the Eighth Route Army, so that we mistakenly think that we have found the common people along the way, and then give up the wounded and continue to pursue in the mountains, taking the opportunity to weaken our strength."

"Not good, the wounded we left on the mountain road are in danger."

"The troops will stop immediately, the rear team will change to the front team, and the army will withdraw from the mountains in a hurry, and get out of here as soon as possible."

The troops withdrew from the mountain at eight o'clock in the evening, and the result was exactly the same as the regiment commander judged.

None of the wounded who remained on the road during the entry into the mountain were left unspared, and all of them were missing.

On the way to retreat, those destroyed traps did not know when they were restored to their original appearance by the Eighth Route Army, although the regiment commander constantly ordered the troops to strengthen their vigilance, there were still nearly 100 more wounded in the ranks.

It is equivalent to going into the mountains by himself, not only did he not catch anything, but more than 100 people were missing and nearly 100 people were injured......

Hunyuan Jinsui Army Division, the atmosphere in the conference room is very dull.

The three troops that attacked in the morning all returned, without exception, all of them returned in vain, and each attack force suffered considerable losses.

"Shizuo, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, it transferred the people early, and deliberately left traces outside the village for us to pursue." The deputy division commander who commanded the other line of attack opened his mouth and poured bitter water on his immediate superior.

"After a few hours, not only did I not catch anything, but there were also a lot of wounded in the team."

"I don't think it's going to work this way, the way it is done today. Within a few days, all the troops in the city will be wounded and lose their combat effectiveness. ”

The regiment commander suffered the most and immediately agreed: "I also feel that I can't attack blindly anymore." ”

"In order to find the common people, as soon as we got out of the city, we were led by the nose by the Eighth Route Army, and we were stared at by them, and every move could not escape their eyes, and it was impossible to win against them."

"I want to ask the division seat for the guilt, if it weren't for my own decision, disobeying the order of the division, in order to catch the people hiding in the mountains, let the troops give up the wounded and pursue lightly, more than 100 lightly wounded people would not have been captured by the Eighth Route Army."

"Please ask the master to surrender, I can accept any punishment."

The division commander was indeed dissatisfied, but he endured it.

The troops were busy for a day and did not catch anything, and they also lost their troops, and their morale was low.

If he gives another punishment to his subordinates, the news will spread, and the morale and morale of the troops will definitely be hit again.

Shaking his head and replied: "This matter will be remembered for you first, and we will make meritorious contributions while we completely control the source of Hunyuan, and discuss the merits and demerits together." ”

The head of the regiment breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Shizuo!" ”

The division commander nodded and continued: "Today's sortie made me understand that the move of taking the initiative will not work, we have far underestimated the influence of the Eighth Route Army among the people, and underestimated the trust and cooperation of the people in the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Since the common people are on the side of the Eighth Route Army and fully cooperate with them to avoid us, then we can only use force."

"Starting tomorrow, the troops will continue to attack, but they will not be able to enter the mountains."

"In addition to continuing to search for ordinary people, everyone has another task: to burn down houses."

"By burning houses, the people in the mountains are forced out."

"The Eighth Route Army is notoriously poor, it is definitely impossible to help them rebuild their houses, as long as we burn down the village, their homes will be gone, and I believe that the common people will not be able to bear such a big price!"

Today's second more delivery! Ask for a subscription! Ask for a commuter pass! Collect!