On the Qilu Plain, a group of ownerless war horses were grazing leisurely, only the corpses and weapons on the ground proved the bloody battle that had just occurred, Zhang Wei sent a signal soldier and quickly reported the situation to Chen Chunyi.

Chen Chun heard the gunshots early in the morning, and when the signal corps came, he learned that Zhang Wei's independent company had defeated a group of devil cavalry.

"Commander Chen, our independent company has just destroyed more than 20 devil cavalry, and the company commander asked me to tell you that the devil's reinforcement of Zaozhuang is behind."

"Got it, I will send a connection to you one by one, telling you company commander, hurry up and disengage and assemble here."

The signal corps received the reply and hurriedly ran back, Zhang Wei and they also had a premonition of the upcoming Japanese army, they didn't even pack up the loot, and they didn't bury the corpses of their own people, so they pulled a few horses and retreated, Zhang Wei walked in front, and the people of the communication squad led three tall horses and walked back, leading the horses to increase the mobility of the communication squad, anyway, it was the captured horses, and they were tired and pulled down.

Zhang Wei judged according to the marching speed of these Japanese cavalry, the main force of the Japanese army to reinforce Zaozhuang was only four or five kilometers away from here at most, and it was necessary to retreat quickly, anyway, the Japanese target was Zaozhuang, and they should be placed in second place for the living force of the Chinese army, as long as they accelerated their speed, they would definitely be able to disengage.

Running all the way, Zhang Wei saw the 23rd Regiment in the distance, and a column of chaotic teams was moving towards the farther mountainous direction, which should be the direction of retreat.

As soon as Chen Chun saw the three tall horses, he completely believed that Zhang Wei got rid of the cavalry, in the past, the big guys were used to concealing reports and injecting water, Zhang Wei took the horse over this time, whether there were twenty Japanese cavalry or two, killing the Japanese was a real deal.

Zhang Wei trotted in front of the Yanma for a while and ran to Chen Chunyi.

"Commander Chen, I killed a group of devil cavalry, it is estimated that the large army is behind, hurry up and retreat."

"The devil's army is coming to help, the division has already reported that it is coming to Zaozhuang, and it is estimated that the number of troops is not very large, let's go quickly, I left the most complete company as a guard."

Chen Chunyi arranged it very well, they knew that the Japanese were heading for Zaozhuang, and the report of the 4th Division showed that the reinforced Japanese troops were at most the strength of a reinforced brigade. Therefore, he dared to leave only one company of troops as the rearguard, covering while retreating, otherwise, if the Japanese army really pursued, it was estimated that half of his regiment, and even the troops of the 4th Division besieging Zaozhuang would be defeated.

"Let's go, let's go.". The troops of the 23rd Regiment began to retreat, except for the rear guard company, which was slowly retreating in the rear, everyone else was retreating as fast as they could, and the stragglers could only be dealt with by the stragglers. MI100,000 is urgent.

The Japanese reinforcements continued to advance, and their commander, Shosa Fujita, learned the shocking news that the cavalry search team sent out had been wiped out after the forward search detachment had been severely damaged! The people who saw the scene saw only more than twenty corpses of cavalry and a smaller number of war horses, in addition to three or four corpses of Chinese troops on the ground.

Fujita was shocked, in fact, the loss of more than 20 people is nothing, these days of fierce battles, the number of their losses far exceeds this number, what really shocked him was total annihilation! , all extinguished! In the past battles, the imperial army was often able to resist the Chinese army several times its size, and the strength of the Chinese army's combat effectiveness usually depends on the size of the casualties caused to the imperial army, but today, there is not a single living person in a cavalry squad, and a cavalry squad with high mobility is not spared.

In other words, the Chinese army on the opposite side has a lot of troops, so many that it can first inflict heavy damage on the forward infantry and then annihilate the search cavalry, although the order above is to try to reinforce Zaozhuang, but Fujita must slow down, he doesn't want to put his troops in the ghost gate.

"Order the troops, reduce the speed of advance, the first squadron must be slow to search and advance."

Fujita had a hunch that the Zaozhuang defenders were really finished, from the time of reinforcements, the radio called, and the Zaozhuang defenders did not respond, and now, encountering a very large number of Chinese troops, Fujita had to consider the worst.

The Fujita Brigade quickly completed the transition from a rapid march to a slow advance, and the squadron in front advanced forward under the leadership of the squadron leader. The news of the total destruction of the cavalry squad forced them to be doubly careful.

Zhang Wei's move to kill the cavalry squad inadvertently reduced the marching speed of the Japanese army, and the infantry company in the rear guard thought that it would have a big fight with the Japanese army, but after the large army basically withdrew, he vaguely saw a few devil soldiers, and the company commander was not a fool, so he hurriedly pulled at this time. In this way, the Japanese army missed the 23rd Regiment, but the main purpose of the people was not to kill the Chinese army near Zaozhuang.

Zhang Wei walked in the middle of the team, looking at the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Regiment around him, the team can now be said to be in disarray, although the team escaped the pursuit of the Japanese army, but the attack battle in Zaozhuang also caused them heavy losses, and the troops that had just been reorganized suffered heavy losses again.

The wounded soldiers in the team were placed on the cart and pushed forward by the horse-drawn people, and some stragglers who straggled, were accommodated by the containment team organized by the regiment, and at the same time, it was also to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to desert and the deserters were caught, there was only one word, kill!

Chen Chunyi walked in the middle with the regimental headquarters, just when the Japanese were still carefully searching, Chen Chunyi had already let the troops march to the Qingshan Mountains according to the order, according to Tang Enbo's order, the 52nd Army was transferred to the direction of Taierzhuang, and the 85th Army continued to stay to contain the Japanese army, containment, just not to let him move, so there is no need to fight to the end with the devil, and at the same time, there are no conditions, the 85th Army has also suffered heavy casualties since the war, whether it is the 4th Division or the 89th Division, the casualties have exceeded 2,000, and it is difficult to go down.

Therefore, Tang Enbo ordered the 85th Army to retreat to the area of Qingshan and Fushan to contain the Japanese army, rely on the dangerous place, confront the Japanese army, attract the Japanese army, contain the Japanese army, and prepare for the siege and annihilation battle in Taierzhuang. As long as the 85th Army exists in this area, the Japanese army will not dare to advance rashly, let alone support Taierzhuang rashly, to a certain extent, it is also an existential strategy, however, the 85th Army is not a complete existence strategy, and the Japanese army must be engaged in real battles.

In the predetermined assembly area, there is also a batch of urgently rushed supplies and the last batch of recruits of the replenishment regiment, and in the Qingshan area where the Japanese army is contained, the various units of the 85th Army will be replenished once and for the last time.

Chen Chunyi rode on his horse, thinking about the orders directly sent by the division commander and the telegram inquiring about the battle situation, and finally, he asked the signal corps to bring the translation paper.

"The independent company of the friendly 200th Division, the company commander Zhang Wei, took the lead in breaking through the city gate in the battle of our army's counterattack on Zaozhuang, and supported the regiment many times in the battle in the city. After our regiment left the city, the two armies practiced their hands, annihilated a small squad of Japanese cavalry, and suspended the powerful offensive of the Japanese army......