"Captain, I received a report that I met the Eighth Route Army fleeing in the direction of Foye Ridge!"

The signal soldier who was following Nishimura immediately reported the situation to Nishimura after receiving the telegram, and after confirming that the first battalion had been intercepted, Nishimura visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

After getting the location of the first battalion, Nishimura ordered the troops to speed up and join the main force of the brigade as soon as possible.

……

"Boom !!"

"Smack! Syllable! ”

"Da Da Da ......"

As soon as I arrived in the area of Buddha Ridge, I could clearly hear the dense gunfire. But Nishimura tilted his head a little hesitantly and listened carefully, and after listening for a minute or so, Nishimura spoke.

"Could it be that our troops have already wiped out most of the Eighth Route Army? From the sound of their gunfire it doesn't sound like there are many people! ”

Nishimura said this, and he was actually muttering in his heart. Because after breaking through the Black Mountain Pass before, in the garrison of the Eighth Route Army, Nishimura had already felt that from all indications, there should only be a few hundred people who have been active here for a long time, but Nishimura still has a trace of luck in his heart.

Turning the mountain road and looking at the Buddha Ridge in front of him, Nishimura's brows furrowed even tighter. On the not very tall mountain peak in front of him, starting from the halfway point of the mountain, several dense lines of troops were discharged according to the mountain, and they continued to fight back at the bottom of the mountain.

"Battalion commander, the devils behind us are catching up!"

The guards guarding the other side of the position found the squadron that Nishimura was leading and hurriedly reported it to Bai Lin.

"Now it's finally catching up, I've been waiting for them for a long time! Call me! ”

When Bai Lin gave the order to retreat to Foye Ridge, he had already considered that the devils behind him would flank him back and forth when they caught up, and he was already prepared when arranging the line of troops.

"Da Da Da ......"

The Czech light machine gun and the Madsen light machine gun sprayed bullets in an instant, and Nishimura, who had just arrived here, was crushed by the heavy bullets and hid at that time.

"Counter !!"

Nishimura, who found the bunker, immediately gave an order, and the fighting quality of the Japanese army can be said to be extremely high, and they immediately found their positions and fired back to make a counterattack.

"Captain, the firepower arrangement and battle line arrangement of the Eighth Route are very reasonable! We're looking for a suitable way to attack and get up to the top of the hill. ”

Seeing that Nishimura arrived with the squadron, the main direction of the Japanese brigade immediately sent people over to contact Nishimura.

"Yaga! How do you guys! How can you make the Eight Roads do it to this extent?! ”

Seeing the communications troops in the direction of the main force, Nishimura can be said to be furious. Obviously, it was reported in the telegram that it was intercepting the main force of the Eighth Road, but now I see that the Eighth Road has made such a level of tactical arrangements. Where can you see that there is a trace of panic in the eighth road?!

"Captain! When we searched for the eight roads, the first team came into contact with the eight roads, but this eight roads actually showed extremely high stabbing skills in the process of stabbing, and our team was wiped out in less than ten minutes! By the time we arrived here, the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn to the mountains to complete the defensive arrangement! ”

Listening to the report of his subordinates, Nishimura slapped him in the face at that time.

"You shit!"

After scolding his subordinates, Nishimura went around from behind the cover to the front and looked at his squadron leader. His face was as black as iron.

"Idiot! Rubbish! ”

Coming to the top of the position, Nishimura slapped several times in a row. Several squadron leaders under him did not dare to say anything about this, so they could only admit their mistakes against their heads.

"Captain, it's our incompetence! Please give us some more time, we will definitely capture this mountain and wipe out the eight roads on the mountain! ”

Looking at his subordinates' pleas, Nishimura's face did not improve at all.

"Give you some more time?! Why not just use shelling ?! The opposing side does not have a decent fortification at all, and with just one round of shelling, it will be able to break their position! ”

"Captain, we have considered artillery bombardment before, but after the battlefield survey, we did not find a suitable gun position, so this is the only way."

This time, Nishimura didn't lose his temper in a hurry, and his face improved slightly after looking around the surrounding terrain.

"I see, but you actually let go of their main force when you surrounded the Eighth Road, this is still your great negligence! After ensuring the absolute numerical superiority, a large number of eight-way roads will be released! When this battle is over, I hope you all will apologize! ”

"Hello!"

Cold sweat broke out on the faces of several squadron leaders, they knew Nishimura's temper, and the other party was definitely not talking angry when he said such things, he was really serious.

"But, Captain. We dare to swear by the honor of the samurai! When we were in action, we didn't see a single person who escaped from our encirclement, and we all followed the route that the Chinese pointed out to us! ”

"Chinese......"

Nishimura was stunned for a moment, then realized where the problem might have been. At a glance, he saw Che Wanji who was vaguely hiding behind.

"Che Manji !!"

Hearing that Nishimura no longer needed to talk to him in honorifics, Cha Wanji's heart trembled at that time.

"Yes, Captain Nishimura."

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Che Wanji hurriedly walked over.

"Che Wanji! Let me ask you again, are you sure that this is the main force of the Eighth Route Army that you brought us?! ”

"This ......"

Che Wanji didn't dare to confirm it in his heart now, because he didn't understand military affairs, and all the information he got was reported to him by the Zhang family.

"Captain Nishimura! You must believe that my heart is for the Imperial Army, and my interests are the same as those of the Imperial Army! It is impossible for me to do anything that harms the interests of the Imperial Army! If there is a problem with the intelligence, it must be that the Zhang family is reporting the problem to me in early summer! ”

“……”

Nishimura looked at Cha Manji coldly, he stared at the other party's eyes, hoping to see from the other party's eyes whether the other party was lying.

"Okay...... Che Sang, I believe that you are loyal to the Imperial Army, but this is by no means a reason for you to make a mistake, I will give you another chance at the end! If there is a next time, I will never forgive you. ”

After warning Che Manji, Nishimura looked at several squadron leaders under him.

"It's not your fault this time, but I ask you to annihilate this team of Eight Roads in the shortest possible time! …… No! ”

Speaking of this, Nishimura seemed to suddenly think of something, and after some thought, he spoke again.

"You must attack fiercely, to create the illusion that we are going to fight each other to the death. The movement of the Eighth Route in this direction must indicate that the main force of the Eighth Route is in this direction, and as long as our attack can attract the main force of the Eighth Route, then our goal today will be achieved. ”

Nishimura is a qualified commander, and even if this battle deviates from his expectations, he can make strategic adjustments to remedy it.

"Captain, what if the main force of the Eighth Route is cowardly and doesn't come to the rescue at all?"

One of the squadron leaders offered his opinion, which, despite fear of Nishimura, gave his own. Nishimura was very satisfied with his subordinates' questions, which meant that his subordinates were fighting this battle with their brains.

"In that case, let's find an opportunity for this group of Eight Roads to break through, and then let them take us to find the main force of Eight Roads."

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