The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

The sound of "horn and horn ......" of rifle shooting suddenly sounded in front of everyone, dense and short.

The vice-captain subconsciously lowered his body and lay on the horse's back.

It's still late.

A bullet went in front and out in the back, burrowing a bloody hole in the chest.

His eyes quickly widened, revealing a look of despair and shock.

Hold on to the reins of the war horse and try not to fall.

But the physical strength passed too quickly, and the body began to lose control, falling off the horse's back in a bump, and then losing consciousness......

As soon as the gunfire here ended, the gunfire from the battlefield began to weaken.

Ten minutes later, there was complete silence.

When Commander Zhou rushed over, he happened to meet the troops cleaning up the battlefield.

"Commander Zhou, the cavalry company of the Independent Regiment has fallen." Li Hao said happily when he saw him.

Commander Zhou's eyes were directly locked on the war horses not far away, and the more he looked at them, the more excited he became, and he immediately asked, "Commander Li, how many war horses have been captured?" ”

Li Hao replied very happily: "There are 98 intact war horses, and another 19 war horses are injured and can only be used as horses, and the remaining ten war horses are all killed." ”

"There are also 165 sets of cavalry equipment in good condition."

"I decided to leave all these horses and equipment to the independent regiment to form a cavalry company."

Head Zhou almost jumped up with excitement, and quickly replied: "Then I'll take it." ”

"But the cheap can't all be taken by our independent regiment, in the next battle, no matter what loot is captured, as long as Commander Li takes a fancy to it, even if it is picky, our independent regiment has no opinion."

Happy to happy, Commander Zhou did not forget about the remaining three infantry squadrons of the reinforcements.

Maybe it was because the total annihilation of the two cavalry squadrons brought him too much shock, or because the troops captured a large number of light and heavy weapons after the elimination of Kato's brigade, Commander Zhou's confidence was obviously much more than just now.

Looking at Li Hao, he took the initiative to propose: "Commander Li, according to the speed of the devil infantry, you can kill here in two and a half hours." ”

"We have taken down the Kato Brigade and the two cavalry squadrons, we must not continue our efforts and eat them together."

"I just counted, plus the capture, we have 26 heavy machine guns, 29 mortars, and one infantry gun, six mountain guns."

"If you use all these heavy weapons, you will definitely be able to take out these three infantry squadrons in half an hour."

After speaking, Head Zhou looked at Li Hao with a look of eagerness.

In his opinion, the two regiments can agree to this battle, and Li Hao will definitely agree.

Unexpectedly, Li Hao refused after glancing at his watch: "I can't fight anymore!" ”

"Commander Zhou, I also want to fight this battle, but the little devil is not stupid, he has suffered two defeats in a row here, and the infantry who came over with subsequent reinforcements must be very vigilant, if they want to fight, it is an encounter, and it is impossible to ambush them like now."

"In addition, the sky is almost dawn, and if the fight really starts, the battle will definitely continue until dawn."

"The devils have planes, and if they are targeted, a few bombs will cause us huge losses, and it is not cost-effective."

Seeing that Head Zhou nodded approvingly, Li Hao immediately ordered.

"Enough is enough, we won't fight."

"More than 1,700 devils have been killed tonight, and there are two cavalry squadrons inside, the purpose of reducing the pressure of the counter-sweep has been achieved, there is no need to continue to venture here and fight the devils to the death?"

"The troops retreated into the mountains after an hour, returned to Laishui, and responded to the devil's counterattack."

In the assembly area of the Japanese army, the chief of staff was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around in the tent, very anxious.

The radio contact of the Kato Brigade was cut off a few hours ago, and under normal circumstances, it must have been more than lucky.

This is the last thing he wants to see.

The heart has been hanging, holding a glimmer of life, hoping that the Kato brigade has not been killed, but an accident has caused the radio station to lose contact.

If you want to put your heart down and completely break this thought, or if your wish comes true, there is only one way, and the reinforcements will rush to the battlefield as soon as possible.

They brought a radio station, and as long as they arrived at their destination in time, everything would be revealed.

At six o'clock in the morning, the radio at the command finally sounded.

Everyone's eyes looked at each other as if they had been discussed.

The operator suddenly felt that he was under pressure, and put on the headphones as fast as he could, and received the message.

"Sir, reinforcements ...... urgently"

The telegraph operator nervously reported with the message that had just been translated.

If you look closely, you will find that his forehead is full of cold sweat and dense.

If it's good news, it's impossible to be so nervous, so the reinforcements are definitely coming back with bad news, but not to the point of being so bad.

The chief of staff clenched his fists and asked nervously, "Is there something wrong with the Kato brigade?" ”

"Hey!" The operator replied with his head bowed.

"Kato's brigade was completely annihilated, the captain was killed in battle, and the two cavalry squadrons that had been reinforced first were also killed."

"There was nothing left on the battlefield except the corpses of the imperial army."

"Even the uniforms were taken away."

"Yaga!"

The chief of staff slammed his fist on the table, and anger surged up, and his face was hideous, and he looked particularly scary.

He thought of the annihilation of Kato's brigade, and the two cavalry squadrons were killed together, and he didn't expect to be killed.

Staring at his subordinates, he ordered murderously: "Order the reinforcements to send scouts immediately, and be sure to find the hiding place of these Eighth Route Army." ”

"Contact the aviation force, dispatch all planes after dawn, find and then kill this Eighth Route Army."

"Swallowing one of our reinforced brigades and two cavalry squadrons in one gulp, such strength is not at all something that one or two regiments of the Eighth Route Army can have."

"I judge that there are at least three main regiments of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Kato's brigade last night."

"It's terrible that so many troops are sneaking up behind us."

"We must find them and kill them, otherwise we won't be able to counterattack Laishui."

The captain on the side agreed: "The telegram sent to us by the Kato Brigade asking for help shows that the Eighth Route Army attacking them is equipped with a large number of mortars, heavy machine guns, and flying thunder guns. ”

"According to the lowly position's understanding of the Eighth Route Army, one or two main regiments simply can't muster these heavy weapons."

"So the humble post fully agrees with your judgment, the other side has at least three main regiments, and it has also strengthened a large number of heavy weapons."

"If we don't kill them, our counteroffensive Laishui will be flanked by the independent regiment and this army."

"It's too dangerous, you may be killed at any time, and you will lose your wife and soldiers."

"The humble post proposes to suspend the counteroffensive against Laishui, and first eliminate this mysterious Eighth Route Army with the support of aviation."

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