"Evacuate, evacuate immediately."

The situation in Huaiyin City has taken a turn for the worse, the devil has already entered the city, and seeing that it can no longer be defended, Yuan Guangtao, the deputy captain, also panicked, and hurriedly shouted for retreat.

At this moment, there are devils in the east, west and south directions, and if you don't leave, when the devils block the north of the city, you will really become a turtle in an urn, and none of them will survive.

Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao's face was full of unwillingness, if he could hold Huaiyin and repel the devils, then he would be able to add more money to the credit book.

It's a pity that the plan is not as good as changing, and Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the fourth battalion who was killed by the sky, coerced three companies of people to defect to the enemy at this juncture, making them suddenly fall into a passive state.

Now the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao has forgotten about his merits and promotions, and his life is at stake at this moment.

When the order to retreat was given, the staff officers of the general command were all busy with panicked expressions, packing all kinds of things into boxes and preparing to take them away.

"When is it, all the useless things have been thrown away, it is important to retreat quickly."

Seeing that everyone had packed up a lot of things, Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao scolded angrily.

"Sir, what about the people of the city?" A staff officer stepped forward to ask.

Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao said: "I can't control so much now, let's withdraw first." ”

Now Yuan Guangtao is also remorseful in his heart, if he had listened to Zhang Liechen's words and prepared to evacuate in advance, he would not have been so anxious to evacuate now.

When the general commander was preparing to evacuate Huaiyin in a panic, there were also staff officers who called the troops who were fighting the devils to convey the order to retreat.

"Jingle Bell ......"

In the trembling sound of artillery, the telephone of the fifth battalion headquarters rang rapidly.

"Hey, I'm the Fifth Battalion." The communications soldier who had been guarding the phone hurriedly grabbed the phone.

"I'm always referring to it, the devil has already entered through the east gate, and Chief Yuan orders you to retreat from the north of the city immediately." On the other side of the phone, the urgent voice of the chief of staff officer was heard.

"Yes!"

After the signal soldier put down the phone, he hurriedly rushed out of the battalion headquarters, threw himself into the thick smoke of gunpowder, and went straight to Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, who was directing the battle at the front.

More than 200 devil soldiers are launching a fierce attack on the defenders of the west gate, and the positions outside the city have been lost, and at this moment the troops are relying on the houses, window edges, steps and pillars along the street to resist the little devils.

"Da Da Da ......"

The streets were already covered in the smoke of explosions, the bullets were whizzing and raging through the streets, and the shocking explosions were one after another, and the battle was already heating up.

Although there were only about 200 little devils attacking, they were all strong troops of the Kwantung Army, well-equipped and strong in combat, so that the five battalions could not raise their heads, and the casualties continued to rise.

"Hold on! Resist! “

"Go and take back the commanding heights of the wooden building on the street corner!"

Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, was covered in blood and smoke, and his rough face was black, and he was trying to push the devil out in the rain of bullets at this moment.

It's a pity that the firepower of the little devils is too strong, and the machine gun crews of several devils have seized the commanding heights and built fire support, and the five battalions have been beaten back several times, and the devils in the back continue to rush over, making them particularly hard.

"Battalion commander, battalion commander, always tell us to retreat!"

Just as Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, was fighting with the devils, the communication soldiers rushed to Liu Zhi's side along the wall and lay down, shouting loudly.

"What do you say? Say it again! ”

Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, was buzzing in his ears because of the grenade explosion just now, and in the dense gunfire, he did not hear clearly what the signal soldiers were shouting.

The communication soldier hurriedly came to the ear of Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, and shouted loudly: "Chief Yuan told us to retreat from the north gate, and the devil has already entered from the east gate." ”

After hearing the words of the communications soldier, Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, was stunned for a moment, and then cursed unwillingly.

"One company commander, one company commander!" Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, waved his arm at the company commander who was lying on the steps and shooting at the devils.

After the first company commander heard the voice, he hurriedly turned around and ran to Liu Zhi's side of the fifth battalion: "Battalion commander, what is the order?" ”

"You take people to cover the battalion headquarters and the wounded to evacuate from the north gate, and I will cover!" Liu Zhi gave an order to the commander of a company.

"What? Fall back? The company commander was stunned for a moment, and then shouted unwillingly: "Battalion commander, why are you going to withdraw, give me another ten minutes, and I will be able to suppress the devil!" ”

"Where is so much nonsense, carry out the order!"

"Yes!"

Although the commander of the first company was very puzzled, he still buried his doubts in his heart in the face of Liu Zhi, the commander of the fifth battalion, who had a straight face.

Soon, the commander of the first company covered the wounded and the battalion headquarters towards the north gate, and at this moment the general commander had hurried out of the north gate and began to retreat.

Seeing that the troops began to retreat from the north gate, many people also knew that Huaiyin could not hold it, so they packed their luggage one after another, dragging their children and daughters towards the north gate, like a mud flow, which made the entire road crowded and impassable.

The retreating troops, the wounded and the common people, fled north in a noisy and chaotic manner, panic spread among the crowd, and all had panic on their faces.

When Zhang Liechen, the deputy chief commander, received the order to retreat, and retreated with the brothers to the location of the commander, he found that the headquarters had been emptied, and only the documents scattered on the ground were discarded at will.

"Damn, I can run faster than a rabbit."

Seeing the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao and the others who had retreated, Zhang Liechen couldn't help but curse.

"Send a few people over to pick up the scattered documents and burn them all, don't leave them to the little devils." Zhang Liechen commanded.

"Yes!"

Some brothers hurried into the general command to gather some documents that were too late to take away and destroy them.

"Daozi, you go and send someone to ask, that army is behind the palace, tell them to hold out until dark, and cover the evacuation of the people."

"Yes!"

The deputy commander of the fourth battalion answered with a knife, and immediately strode out of the general command and ran to the street.

Soon the knife came back in a hurry: "Chief Zhang, the general commander directly ordered the troops to evacuate, and did not arrange the troops behind the palace. ”

"What? No troops? Hearing this answer, Zhang Liechen was stunned for a moment, and then an angry look appeared on his face.

"This Yuan Guangtao is derelict in his duties! The people of the Staff Office are also derelict in their duties! Zhang Liechen scolded angrily.

I can't see it in normal times, but now the situation is chaotic, everyone is bent on going out of the city to escape, who can care about arranging the palace.

"Chief Zhang, what should we do now?" The deputy commander of the fourth battalion asked.

"Order our men to resist layer by layer along the streets, covering the evacuation of the people in the city."

"Yes!"

When the situation in Huaiyin City was in a mess due to the hasty evacuation of the general commander, Yamaguchi Akamatsu, the commander of the devils outside the city, also got the news that the defenders in the city had withdrawn from the north gate.

"Yo Xi, let the cavalry squadron attack immediately and kill the Chi Na people!"

Yamaguchi Chisong did not surround the entire Huaiyin, but surrounded three and missing one, deliberately leaving a gap to break the will of the defenders in the city to resist.

Because once the entire Huaiyin is surrounded, then the defenders in the city will inevitably fight to the death, but if there is a way to live, once they can't resist, they will definitely evacuate from the only escape route.

And out of the city is an unsheltered flat area, as long as the cavalry covers it, it can make the other party suffer heavy losses, I have to say that the devil's commander Yamaguchi Akamatsu's calculation is very insidious.

Soon, more than 130 devil cavalry turned over and rode straight to the north of the city with murderous spirit.