It's not that Kao Binzhi doesn't want to completely annihilate this group of devils, it's really that the combat power of the little devils exceeds the combat power of Kao Bin's regiment too much. This is also something that can't be helped, although Kao Bin's regiment is the most elite unit under Li Wenli, but it is just a militia regiment, not to mention the lack of training of the soldiers, and the weapons and equipment are not at the same level as the army. At the same distance, the little devils hit Kaobin's regiment one by one, but the rifles of Kao Binzhi's soldiers couldn't hit the little devils, they hit by chance, and the bullets no longer knew where they flew.

This is not only the case in today's battles, but also in many of the battles of [***]. Chinese soldiers fight to defend the country, so brave, if the little devil and [***] are the same weapon, one-on-one face-to-face, the little devil will definitely suffer heavy casualties. It's a pity that the little devils used airplanes, tanks, and artillery, and the Chinese soldiers couldn't see the figure of the Yue army, so they suffered heavy casualties.

At this moment, more than 30 little devils who launched an attack, with the help of the puppet army's human shield, with the support of machine guns and grenadiers, alternately covered and attacked, causing great casualties to Kao Binzhi's spy company and machine gun company. If Kao Binzhi doesn't change his mind, the casualties will be even greater, and it is likely that the little devils will attack the village.

The leader of the devil squad held the binoculars and observed the attack formation of his soldiers intently, and kept shouting yo xi while looking at his mouth, and suddenly, a loud charge sounded in the village, and the leader of the devil squad was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily turned his neck to look around. At this glance, the frightened soul of the devil squad leader was almost gone. In between, the north, south, and west, there were [***] teams rushing towards their positions, clearly trying to completely surround themselves.

The reason why the combat effectiveness of this little devil's special division is relatively poor is that it is poor in terms of will to fight, and the reason is very simple, the soldiers of the special division are all from the reserve, most of them are about 30 years old, and they are basically married people. These guys are particularly good at harming the common people, burning and killing silver, and doing all kinds of evil. But when it comes to the moment of desperation, the minds of these guys are alive, and no matter how high the quality of individual combat is, they can't stop thinking about their wives and children at home, and they often can't attack and run fast. This is very different from the fanatical young soldiers in their 20s who are in their 20s in the permanent division, the garrison division, and the security division. yes, they're all grown men, and they don't understand anything! In China, women who destroy silver take advantage and bully others, and if their wives let others destroy silver, they will suffer a big loss. If he is really loyal to the emperor, won't the wife who stayed in the book want to call other men master, and the son will call other men father?

The leader of the devil squad is the captain of the 108th Division, and his thoughts are naturally the same as those of the soldiers, and he does not have the courage of the young officers of the permanent division to fight to the death in the face of a strong enemy, and he only thinks that he will not dare to fall into the encirclement of the [***] team, and he doesn't even want the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle, so he hurriedly ordered the front and rear teams of the devil soldiers who were attacking to retreat quickly, and ordered the armored vehicles to open the way, and the machine guns were like the wind, and they rushed out.

Seeing that the little devil had retreated, Kao Binzhi hurriedly ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield and prepare to retreat.

In the end, although the devils were driven away and the victory was won, Kao Binzhi's spy company and machine gun company also suffered heavy casualties. The soldiers are all children of Weixian, a village, a district, some are relatives and neighbors of each other, when they see their comrades killed in battle, many people have tears in their eyes, and their anger is all sprinkled on the wounded soldiers of the puppet army who have no time to run away. As a result, there were bursts of pig-killing howls on the battlefield.

When Qiao Mingzhi and the two scouts were attacking, they climbed on the roof, taking advantage of their good guns and marksmanship to suppress the machine gun fire of the little devils and cover the defenders' defense. As a result, they were targeted by the grenadiers of the little devils, and the two shells hit them, which not only blew up a big hole in the roof, but also collapsed the earthen walls of the house by the air waves, and all three people fell from the house and were buried in the dust. The other two scouts were injured, Qiao Mingzhi was good, and after rescuing the two fighters, he simply bandaged them and rushed out to fight.

At this time, although the battle has ended, the danger has not been lifted, and the reinforcements of the little devils will come up soon, and if they encounter the devils who have withdrawn, they will definitely join forces to attack. With the firepower, training, and command level of Kao Bin's troops, I am afraid that they will suffer a big loss. Therefore, Qiao Mingzhi found Kao Binzhi and suggested that he retreat quickly, clean up the battlefield quickly, and do nothing except the weapons and ammunition of the puppet army, and gain time is the most important thing.

When Qiao Mingzhi said this, Kao Binzhi, who had already ordered the troops to prepare to retreat, became more sober, and immediately ordered the troops to end the cleaning of the battlefield and quickly retreat to the southwest mountainous area. As long as you enter the mountain, it is relatively safe.

After the troops began to act, Kao Bin saw that Qiao Mingzhi's two comrades-in-arms were injured and couldn't ride the bicycle, so he wanted Qiao Mingzhi to act with him, so that he could take care of him.

Qiao Mingzhi went to Anqiu to investigate the enemy situation and the mission was not completed, where would he act with Kao Binyi. He told Kao Binzhi that he had to return the two wounded to the army, and that there would be a period later.

Kao Binzhi was a little reluctant to go. To tell the truth, the reason why today's battle was like this was that these three soldiers of the Eighth Route Army made meritorious contributions, and basically all the dead little devils were hit by them. If it weren't for the three of them to shoot accurately on the roof and suppress the devils, I'm afraid that the casualties of their troops would be even greater. Kao Binzhi thought about it, sent two people, got two donkeys, and let the two wounded of the Eighth Route Army ride on, and then retreated with confidence.

After the captain of the Devil Brigade stationed in Anqiu, Kondo Shuzo, sent troops to pursue and attack the Tohachi Road, who had killed Yukio Asaichi's staff, he hurried back to the team headquarters and sent a telegram to His Excellency the Wing Commander to report the unfortunate news that Yukio Asaichi had been killed in an attack. As a result, the wing commander in turn reported to the brigade commander, who in turn reported to the division commander, up to the XII Army Command.

After receiving the report, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, commander of the 12th Army, and Major General Asaburo Kobayashi, chief of staff, strictly ordered the defenders of Anqiu to eliminate the murderer of Yukio Asaichi, and strictly ordered the 108th Division to step up deployment, quickly concentrate the main forces, strictly implement the battle plan, clear the resistance forces on both sides of the Jiaoji Road, and restore law and order in the occupied area. At the same time, the 33rd Division was strictly ordered to quickly assemble troops and prepare to cooperate with the 108th Division to launch a sweeping operation.

To say that the military orders of the Yue Army are indeed strict, but since the 108th Division and the 33rd Division have been stationed at key points during this period of time, how can it be said that they can be assembled immediately? Isn't there still time to adjust the deployment? Therefore, the orders of the Twelfth Army were conveyed layer by layer, and in the end, there was only one that was executed the fastest, that is, ordering the defenders of Anqiu to pursue and eliminate the Tubalu that had entered the city and committed murder.

When Kondo received an order from his superiors, it was also when he received a telegram from the leader of the team chasing Tsuchihachi for help. At this time, Kondo Shuzo was relieved, and the opponent turned out to be not the Eighth Route Army, but Li Wenli's militia entrenched in the mountainous area southwest of Anqiu. If it was the Eighth Route Army, Kondo Shuzo might still be worried about falling into a trap, since it was Li Wenli's militia group, what else was Kondo Shuzo afraid of? Don't say that there are not necessarily traps, but what if there are traps? How can the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army be able to compete with those militia groups?

Kondo felt that his troops had behaved a little humiliating during this time, and they had completely lost the majesty of the imperial army. It's good now, even Li Wenli's militia dares to bully the door. This really fulfills the old saying of the Chinese people: "If the tiger is not powerful, it will be considered a sick cat!" ”

Kondo Shuzo did not hesitate anymore, and ordered a squad and a company of guards to cooperate with the police to garrison the county seat, pick up the rest of the people, and kill Xiaoguanzhuang in a mighty way.

To say that the strength of a squad to defend the county seat is a little less, but Kondo Shuzo is now thinking that Li Wenli's troops are militia groups, and Xiaoguanzhuang is very close to the county seat, so he can return to help at any time. Besides, at this time in history, the army itself was very arrogant, and it was common for a county to be stationed in a small team. It was only because of the achievements of the Eighth Route Army that the Yue Army in North China did not dare to be so arrogant. However, in central China and eastern Henan, this phenomenon still exists.

Not far out of the city, I met the withdrawn devil squad leader, and after asking about the situation, Kondo Tree's three qi seven orifices smoked, and easily slapped the captain's face into a pig's head, scolding him for simply losing the face of the imperial army, what is there to be afraid of a group of people's militia? Just a machine gun on an armored car can stop their attack, it's an idiot!

After scolding, Kondo Shuzo saw that it was still early, and immediately ordered the captain of the devil squad to turn the head of the car, catch up with the militia group that dared to offend the imperial army, wait for the main force of the brigade to arrive, and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

encountered the main force of the brigade, and the leader of the devil squad was not timid. In the battle of Xiaoguanzhuang, he also saw the firepower of Li Wenli's department, which was simply not worth a selenium. At that time, the reason why the retreat was ordered was because I was worried that there were many people in those militias, and now His Excellency the Captain is leading the main force to reinforce, what else is there to fear? So, the captain of the devil squad gave a military salute to Kondo Shusan, and as soon as Hai said, he took the remnants of his squad to get into the car and chase after Xiaoguanzhuang.

When I arrived at Xiaoguanzhuang, the village was quiet, except for the corpse of the puppet army, I couldn't even find a chicken or cat. Needless to say, those militias ran away. This is not difficult for the captain of the devil squad, the military dog used to track Qiao Mingzhi and them has been led by him during the battle in Xiaoguanzhuang, and now it has come in handy again.

At this time, there were no roads in the countryside at all, and it would be nice to have a large road with mules and horse-drawn carts. Although he has no formal military education and is not at any level of tactical command, he is smart-minded, and when he retreats, he naturally avoids the main road and slanted along the country road to the southwest mountainous area. In this way, the military dog of the little devil is no problem, it runs happily, but cars and armored vehicles are not good, how can they run without a road? The leader of the devil squad had no choice but to send someone to report to the captain, and then left the soldiers to guard the vehicle, and he led the main force of the squad to lead the wolf dog to pursue forward.

Although they were all on foot, the little devil ate well and had good physical strength, and he chased for more than two hours, and finally caught up with the rearguard of Kao Bin's regiment in front of a small village called Zhoujiaxiazhuang by the Ling River.

The leader of the devil squad was overjoyed, and while reporting to Kondo Shuzo, he organized his troops to attack, trying to stick to Kaobin's group and let them return to fight, so as to wait for the main force to arrive.

The withdrawal of troops here is equivalent to entering the mountains. Kao Binzhi was no longer worried, and after sending a report to Li Wenli on the battle situation in Xiaoguanzhuang, Kao Binzhi left three battalions to deploy along the Ling River, and he led the main force to continue to retreat.

After the commander of the third battalion, Gao Xinghua, was worried that the little devils would follow, so he hid a platoon in the village of Zhoujiaxiazhuang, and the rest of the troops quickly crossed the river and built a position, preparing to block the pursuing devils.

Xinghua's judgment was really accurate, and the little devil really caught up. This is good, this is already a shallow mountainous area, the terrain is much better than that of Xiaoguanzhuang Village, you can fight and withdraw, since the little devils are going to send them to death, then fulfill them.

After the battle of Xiaoguanzhuang, Kao Bin's regiment cleaned up the battlefield and captured the seven 38 big covers of the devils and the thirty Hanyang made by the puppet army, which were good guns in Kao Bin's troops. When leaving the third battalion behind, Kao Binzhi left all these guns to Xinghua, and also strengthened the third battalion with two light machine guns. Now that the range and accuracy of the rifle are available, Xing Huayi was excited, counted his eyebrows, gathered the people with the highest shooting level in the whole battalion, organized a reinforced platoon, personally mastered it, distributed all the newly captured rifles, and prepared to use the platoon guns and the little devils to do a good job.

The captain of the devil squad is actually very cunning, after discovering the rearguard troops of Kaobin's regiment, he knows that his strength is limited, and whether he has tanks and armored vehicles such as offensive weapons, the strong attack will inevitably cause heavy casualties. Therefore, he did not act brutally, and secondly, he divided his soldiers into several combat groups to block Zhou's Xiazhuang from three sides to prevent the troops in the village from escaping. He commanded the grenadier and machine gun crews to carry out fire reconnaissance on the defenders of Zhuangnai, and waited for the arrival of the main force led by His Excellency the Captain.

As soon as they saw the little devil coming, the villagers of Zhou's village panicked, and began to lead the cattle and sheep, dragging their children and daughters out of the village to run to the river, wanting to cross the river into the mountain.

As soon as the leader of the devil squad saw this, he immediately ordered the machine gun team and the grenadier group to shift the direction of attack and shoot at the fleeing civilians. The infantry combat team of the little devils also turned their guns and began to slaughter the civilians. The east bank of the Ling River immediately shook the sky with cries and blood.

As soon as the defenders stationed in Zhuangzi saw that the little devil was so crazy, they immediately fired back, covering the retreat of the common people, and the two sides crackled together. Two light machine guns from the third battalion on the other side of the river also began to fire, suppressing the devil combat group and covering the villagers to cross the river.

In this way, the fleeing villagers were relatively safe, and the firepower of the defenders was exposed.

It didn't take long for Kondo Shuzo to lead the puppet army brigade to Zhou's Xiazhuang. This guy is much more cunning than the captain of the devil squad, and as soon as he looks at the terrain, he knows that Zhoujiaxiazhuang is only an outpost of the [***] team, and the main force of the Chinese defenders must be on the other side of the Ling River.

Looking at the sky, Kondo Shuzo suddenly felt that he was a little miscalculated, he ran so far that he forgot the time, this time to fight, I don't know when I hit three sides, if the defenders on the opposite side are strong and can't attack for a long time, I will definitely not be able to return to the county seat before dark. In case something happens to the county, the responsibility is too great. After thinking about it, for the sake of safety, Kondo Shuzo sent a telegram to the captain of the 1st 0th Fifth Wing, Kudo Zhentaka Daisa, reporting that he had caught up with the rear guard of the Li Wenli militia and was about to attack. I request that His Excellency the Wing Commander must send troops to quickly reinforce Anqiu County to ensure the safety of the county.

After receiving the order to approve the attack, Kondo Shuzo immediately ordered the eight heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron of the brigade and the two infantry guns of the infantry artillery squad of the brigade to establish positions, and ordered the grenadiers of each squadron to concentrate and cooperate with the infantry artillery squad to attack Zhoujiaxiazhuang and cover the infantry to capture Zhoujiaxiazhuang in one fell swoop.

After observing the defenders' positions on the other side of the Ling River in detail with a telescope, he found the commander of the puppet army battalion who cooperated with the battle, and asked him to send two platoons to lead the way for the imperial army, cross the river from the upper and lower reaches of Zhoujiaxiazhuang, and outflank the defenders on the opposite bank. After the main force captured Zhou's Xiazhuang, it attracted the defenders on the opposite bank with a frontal attack, and completely wiped out the middle [***] team on the opposite bank with a roundabout tactics on both wings.

This puppet army battalion commander was originally an officer under Zhang Zongchang, and what he was best at was whiskers and horses, eating, drinking, and gambling, and he was not good at fighting at all. Only the Great Han Annihilation of Ma Liang can reuse him, if he was left in the puppet Manchuria [***] or the North China Security Army, I am afraid that he would have been removed from his post by the advisers of the army. Therefore, as soon as he heard Kondo Shusan's deployment, this guy smiled all over his face, stretched out his thumb and said that Taijun is smart, Taijun is smart, and then he went to arrange it.

Kondo Shuzo called the leaders of the devil squadrons of the third and fourth squadrons and told them about their deployment, asking them to take their squadrons, led by two platoons of the garrison, and quietly detour from upstream and downstream, so as not to be discovered by the defenders on the other side.

After the two squadron leaders were given the order, Kondo Shuzo ordered the second squadron to serve as a reserve and be responsible for battlefield vigilance, and ordered the first squadron to take up the main attack mission. However, Kondo Shuzo told the squadron leader of the first squadron that the small village in front of him was dilapidated and could not hide many militia groups, so he should send a squad to serve as a supervising team to supervise the attack of the garrison.

When the little devil was busy and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, Kondo Shuzo ordered an attack.

The devil's infantry artillery and grenadiers began shelling. After the artillery fire was prepared, the walls of the Zhou family's Xiazhuang, which was originally a quiet small village, collapsed, and the shells also ignited the thatched houses in the village, and soon a fire broke out, enveloping the entire village in smoke and fire.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Kondo Shuzo let out a cruel grin, drew his sword and pointed at the village, and ordered the infantry to attack.

More than 100 puppet soldiers began to rush towards the Zhou family under the threat of the machine guns and bright bayonets of the black hole of the Devil Supervision Team.

Whether it was Xinghua or Kondo Shuzo, no one could have imagined that at this moment, a small unit of the Eighth Route Army disguised as a Yue army had approached the troops guarding the vehicles of the devils in Xiaguanzhuang.

(To be continued)