Under the temptation of the ocean, the spirit of the puppet army was greatly boosted, and they accelerated their pace to pursue the mountains ahead.

The puppet army only carried some guns, ammunition and dry food, and although it was night, they marched fast.

On the other hand, Zhang Liechen's team is bloated and huge, many people have dragged their families and mouths to the difficult trek, and some factory machines in Huaiyin are still heavy although they have been disassembled and packed.

Zhang Liechen, the deputy captain of the team, led some officers to constantly boost the morale of the team and urge everyone to move forward quickly, but the effect was very small.

In the second half of the night, the reconnaissance officers and soldiers in charge of monitoring the pursuers in the rear team chased after them sweating profusely.

"Report to the chief, the puppet army is less than five miles away from us!"

After hearing the report of the scouts, Zhang Liechen, the deputy chief commander, was also in a state of mind, and led a group of officers to climb a hill on the side of the road to observe the enemy situation.

As far as the eye could see, in the distance of the dark and silent mountains, a long dragon of torches was rapidly approaching them from behind.

"Chief Zhang, what should I do?"

At the current speed, it is difficult to get rid of the pursuers of these puppet troops, and the faces of all the officers are extremely solemn.

"Now we can only send someone to stop it, otherwise we will be caught up sooner or later."

Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen's gaze passed over the faces of these dusty officers, and he asked, "Who wants to lead the troops to block the attack and buy time for the retreat?" ”

Everyone knows that there are quite a few puppet soldiers catching up behind them, and the blocking after this interruption has always been a dead battle, and maybe their lives are gone, which can be said to be extremely risky.

"I'll go."

"I'll go."

......

After only a few seconds of silence, everyone opened their mouths to fight.

"That's it, Battalion Commander Zheng, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, you take two companies to block these puppet troops and buy time for the big guys to retreat." In the end, Zhang Liechen set his sights on the battalion commander Zheng Gang and the deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming.

Now Yang Ling has taken away all the troops that can fight, and now the only battalion-level officers who can command the battle by the side of Deputy Commander Zhang Liechen are Zheng Gang and Wang Dongming.

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Battalion commander Zheng Gang and deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming opened their mouths in unison and agreed.

"Remember, don't fight, repel the puppet army and retreat." Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen was not at ease and gave one more advice.

Now they have such a small number of troops in their hands, if they are entangled by these puppet troops behind them, then if the bandits attack, they will not be able to deal with it.

Zheng Gang, the battalion commander who received the order, and Wang Dongming, the deputy battalion commander, quickly led two companies and more than 200 officers and men of the guerrillas to build a blocking position on the spot, relying on the mountainous terrain.

Zheng Gang is the commander of the patriotic battalion, and Wang Dongming is the deputy commander of the combat battalion.

"Lao Zheng, we only have two companies, the number of puppet troops is more than ours, if we resist, we won't be able to hold out for long, and the casualties will be large."

Wang Dongming, deputy battalion commander, was also from a combat battalion, and when the two were discussing blocking tactics, they took the lead in putting forward their own opinions.

"Lao Wang, then how do you want to fight?"

Although Zheng Gang is the battalion commander, after all, he has been serving as a garrison in the rear, and when he heard the deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming say this, he immediately humbly asked for advice.

"The puppet army is in a hurry, and there must not be much time to conduct effective reconnaissance on the dense forests on both sides of the road, I mean that instead of passive defense, we should take the initiative to attack, with the help of the cover of the dense forest, first hit him in an ambush, and weaken their vital force."

"Okay, that's it!" Battalion Commander Zheng Gang agreed without thinking about it.

Zheng Gang pointed to both sides of the road and said: "I'll take a company to ambush in the dense forest on the left side of the road, you lead people to ambush in the pile of rocks on the right, and when the puppet army comes, let's give him a dismount!" ”

"Well, send an infantry squad with a machine gun on the hill to control it."

"Gather our grenadier groups and use them, and shoot all the grenadier grenades later."

......

Battalion commander Zheng Gang and deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming finalized the details of the ambush in a few words and quickly arranged it.

The officers and men of the two companies quickly divided into several routes, with the machine-gun fire group seizing the commanding heights on the side of the road, and the riflemen and others taking the squad and platoon as units into the dense forest beside the road and laying an ambush.

"All guns must be closed first, and it is strictly forbidden to make movements from head to ear, otherwise battlefield discipline will be enforced!"

After all, the number of puppet troops is large, and the success of the ambush is related to the length of the blocking time, so Zheng Gang and the others repeatedly told the officers and soldiers in the ambush to maintain absolute silence.

After everyone was ambushed, they didn't wait long, and under the light of the torches in the distance, the puppet soldiers wearing big-brimmed hats appeared in the field of vision.

The puppet army all wanted to get the reward, although they were running out of breath on the mountain road, and some people fell from time to time, but no one complained about it, and they ran fast along the mountain road.

Seeing that these puppet soldiers didn't even send out sharp soldiers, they went deep into the mountains to pursue overnight, and the corners of Zheng Gang's mouth, who was ambushed in the dense forest, hooked a sneer.

Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the puppet legion, who was bent on asking for merit and reward in front of his new master, had already received information that the remnants of the guerrilla force they were pursuing belonged to a logistics unit and did not have much combat strength.

Most of the combat troops were on the other side, and he was chased all over the mountains by the little devils, so he became bolder.

Anyway, there are more than 500 people under his hands, and if he can't even win the logistics unit of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, he will buy a piece of tofu and kill him.

The puppet army ran staggered along the mountain road, and the line of more than 500 people stretched for nearly two miles, and many puppet troops really couldn't run and fell behind.

Single-mindedly trying to catch up with the retreating Zhang Liechen, their puppet army didn't expect that in the dark jungle on both sides of the mountain road they ran to, the muzzles of countless black holes had been pointed at them.

Seeing that the puppet soldiers were about to get out of the ambush circle in the previous stage, the brothers in ambush opened the insurance, gently pulled the bolt of the gun and loaded it, and began to aim to find their target.

"Tom tom!"

When most of the puppet army had already entered the ambush circle, a red light suddenly rose from the dark hillside.

The bandits who were marching along the mountain road all subconsciously looked up, and saw that the red light was constantly expanding in their pupils, and their faces turned pale in an instant.

"There is an ambush! There was ......"

"Boom! Bang! ”

The shouts of the puppet army officers were quickly drowned out in a deafening crackling sound, and between the explosions of fireballs rose up on the mountain road, and the puppet soldiers holding torches were suddenly blown up to pieces.

Suddenly encountered a grenade attack, the puppet army on the mountain road suddenly exploded, and scattered to both sides of the road to dodge.

In the darkness, scorching fragments and rubble flew everywhere, the wounded puppet soldiers let out a terrible wail, and in the thick smoke of gunpowder, countless figures were running around.

"Hit!"

Taking advantage of the chaos of the puppet army, the guerrilla officers and soldiers who were ambushed in the dense forests on both sides of the mountain road opened fire one after another with an order.

"Teng Teng Teng—"

The muffled roar characteristic of the Type 92 heavy machine gun rang out, and strings of scarlet bullets licked the ground, sweeping out clouds of blood mist.

Immediately followed by light machine guns and rifles, tongues of fire also erupted, and a rain of bullets poured down on the mountain road, and the puppet troops who encountered the surprise attack immediately suffered heavy casualties.