However, Oda Takiro was angry and returned to his senses after a while. A squadron was knocked out at once by the dirt eight roads, which calmed down his fanatical mood.

This time, in order to completely sweep the Eighth Route Army's Fuyashan base area, his brigade followed him to the base area except for the transport squadron, but who knows, he fought with the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army at Rhino Ridge, losing almost two squads, and now another squadron was eaten by the Eighth Route Road.

When did the Dirt Eighth Road have such a strong combat effectiveness, it was a full squadron.

As for the loss of the Imperial Army, counting Liao Deyuan's battalion, it also lost nearly half.

Although he finally captured Yaping Village, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, this record was indeed too small compared to his own losses.

After sending a squadron to Jinshuigou to collect the bodies of the fallen imperial soldiers, he did not dare to disperse the forces in his hands again, so he could only arrange the remaining infantry squadron and machine gun squadron around Yaping Village to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneaking up again.

When Liu Tianshu advanced to the Xintianzui area with the 5th Company, the Machine Gun Company and Zeng Wei's militia squadron, Hao Mengxuan and Hou Guoquan took the improvised 6th and 7th Companies to join Zhu Aiguo and Yu Guangzhong's 3rd Company, and then went to Chenjiayu in the east of Yaping Village to rest.

The sixth and seventh companies were all composed of the Imperial Association Army of Toucheng, Liu Tianshu naturally did not dare to take them with him, if when fighting against the enemy, these two companies made some trouble, it would be a big deal.

Anyway, these two companies did not form combat effectiveness, so they simply asked the instructor to take them to Chenjiayu to rectify, there are three companies, these imperial alliance troops are already leaderless, and they should not have the courage to cause trouble for Liu Tianshu.

Besides, Hao Mengxuan is not a good man and a woman.

Of course, Zhu Aiguo still sent troops to closely monitor the devils in Yaping Village.

After Liu Tianshu arrived at Xintianzui with the fifth company and the machine gun company, he joined Yang Donghu's first company and militia squadron that had withdrawn from the east, and at this time, Hua Xiaohu with the fourth company also began to withdraw in the direction of Xintianzui.

Because the Eighth Route Army's westward retreat was not deliberately camouflaged, Saito knew at the first time that the Eighth Route Army was suddenly fleeing westward.

It's just that he feels very puzzled, you know, since he led his troops to sweep Songkan Town, the Eighth Road stationed in Songkan Town immediately disappeared, of course, occasionally his troops will still be attacked by the Eighth Road of Tu on the way,

For example, while on the way to a village, a sudden rain of bullets flew out of the woods on the side of the road, knocking over a few unlucky Imperial Allies or unlucky Imperial soldiers, and the attackers immediately disappeared like the wind.

For another example, if he sent a dozen imperial soldiers and dozens of imperial troops out to look for the people, suddenly the Eighth Route Army would come out from the side of the road, and in an instant, the imperial soldiers and the Imperial Association army would be killed and wounded, and then suddenly left.

In short, the attack tactics of the Eighth Route Army in Songkan Town, like flies, made Saito very nervous, and his large army went out to sweep, and he couldn't even see the slightest shadow of the Eighth Route Army.

These people are simply answering their own questions.

In the end, Saito couldn't control it anymore and slashed several old men with a knife. vented the anger in his heart, but since then, even the slightest shadow of the common people has disappeared.

At this time, two Eighth Route Armies suddenly appeared and fled in the direction of Xintianzui, which made him feel pleasantly surprised, but very confused.

At this time, he received a telegram from the wing commander, learning that although the Oda Brigade in the west had captured Yaping Village, where the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was located, the Oda Brigade had lost nearly 300 elite soldiers and almost the same number of Imperial Cooperative Army.

Even the logistical supply depot of the Oda brigade was bombed clean by the despicable Chinese.

Thinking of this, Saito couldn't help but gasp.

At this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Songkan Town suddenly retreated westward, did Liu Tianshu want to eat the Xiaotian Brigade?

The current location of the Xiaotian Brigade is in Yaping Village, if the target of the Eighth Route Army in Songkan Town is the Xiaotian Brigade, it should go straight to Yaping Village through Chenjiayu.

How could these eight roads retreat westward along the highway in a big way?

Although Saito's heart was full of endless doubts, the order of the wing commander that followed him made him decide to lead his troops to follow and pursue.

Because the wing commander said in the order that the losses of the Eighth Route in Yaping Village should be very heavy after repeated fierce battles with the Xiaotian Brigade, the Eighth Route Army had to withdraw to Songkan Town, and it was expected to attack Pingyuan Town along the road from Songkan Town through Qinglongzui to block the rear road of Xiaotian's Brigade.

The Oda Brigade's supplies were blown up, resulting in a significant reduction in its ability to continue fighting, and the Wing Commander feared that once the Eighth Route Army captured Pingyuan Town, the Oda Brigade would be trapped in the mountains by the Eighth Route Army.

It's just that Watanabe doesn't have any more troops in his hands, so he can only order the devils in the Qinglong stronghold and the Imperial Concord Army to desperately wait for reinforcements, and at the same time order Saito's brigade to rush west.

Just as Saito's brigade began to advance westward along the road from Songkan to Pingyuan, Yang Donghu's company had already passed Xintianzui and directly attacked the Qinglong stronghold.

Cao, the Japanese soldier guarding the Qinglong stronghold, saw the figure of the Eighth Route Army shaking, brazenly preparing for an attack around the stronghold, and immediately panicked and hurriedly asked the Pingyuan defenders for help.

It's a pity that the Pingyuan garrison is also short of troops, so how dare they easily leave the stronghold and come out for reinforcements.

Watanabe vetoed the request of the defenders of the Qinglong stronghold to abandon the stronghold and retreat to Pingyuan, and ordered the defenders in a stern tone to hold the stronghold at all costs and block the westward advance of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, Watanabe ordered the Oda Brigade in Yaping Village to quickly retreat south and approach Pingyuan Town.

After learning that the Oda Brigade retreating south from Yaping Village was attacked by the Tubalu Road, and that another Eighth Route Army had also passed through Xintianzui, Saito finally made up his mind and commanded the Japanese puppet army to which the brigade belonged to advance in the direction of the Qinglong stronghold with all his might.

The attack on the Oda Brigade was a small militia force, which adopted the method of retreating with one blow, and did not fight to the death with the Oda Brigade at all, which made Oda Tashiro have the embarrassment of staying behind to pursue fiercely, but he could not stop.

Seeing that the Saito brigade finally walked murderously along the highway towards Xintianzui, Liu Tianshu stood in the mountains and forests, and said to Liu Sutang, the commander of the fifth company, Xu Yongdong, the commander of the machine gun company, and the leader of the mortar squad and Zeng Wei: "It seems that Saito, the old devil, is about to become a master, not only all of them are dispatched, but also a vigilant search force is sent to both sides, so that the ambushed troops are ordered to retreat two hundred meters, and after the devil's search force has passed, they will return to the latent position and let go of the puppet army and Saito's combat troops in front, Attack the baggage troops that are walking behind with all their might. ”

In this ambush battle, he didn't think about destroying the enemy, he just wanted to bite off a piece of fat on Saito's body.

Therefore, he finally decided to let go of the main force of Saito's brigade, and then take advantage of the favorable terrain of the mountain mouth, use mortars and heavy machine guns to block the passage for the devil to return to the rescue, and strive to concentrate the main force of the Van Artillery Company and the Fifth Company and the militia squadron to eat the baggage squadron behind Saito within 20 minutes.

Saito saw that the soldier in charge of the search reported that there was nothing unusual within 400 meters on both sides of Xintianzui, and asked the artillery team to fire a few indiscriminate shots into the mountain forest, but unfortunately there was still dead silence in the mountain forest.

It seems that the Eighth Route Army really wants to attack Pingyuan Town, and the target is the Xiaotian Brigade.

Since the Eighth Route Army did not have an ambush in such a dangerous place, he naturally had to speed up and rush to the Qinglong stronghold, you know, the Eighth Route Army had launched two rounds of attacks on the Qinglong stronghold, but fortunately, the turret was strong, and the Eighth Route failed to succeed.

When the main force of Saito's brigade passed through Xintianzui, the machine gun company, the fifth company, and the militia squadron quickly and quietly returned to the ambush site from the forest, ready for an ambush.

Shu Zhi's mortars aimed at the dangerous place of Xintianzui, and as soon as Saito's infantry squadron passed there, they immediately opened fire on that position.

cooperated with the artillery team to guard there, as well as a platoon of Liu Sutang.

Seeing Saito's infantry squadron walking across the mountain mouth, Liu Tianshu made a firing action at Shu Zhi, and the four mortars immediately fired at the mountain mouth, directly blowing up more than ten Japanese troops walking behind, and at the same time, the second platoon of the fifth company lurking there also quickly seized the advantageous terrain and prepared to block it with all its might.

When Shu Zhi's mortar sounded, the machine gun company with all the heavy machine guns prepared on the side of the highway began to fire continuously at the panicked Japanese troops on the road.

Although the Japanese army's baggage soldiers were also equipped with guns, their main task was to escort the baggage, and their combat quality was naturally inferior to that of the infantry squadron, and this time they were shot by Liu Tianshu's heavy machine gun with all their might, and in less than three minutes, corpses fell on the road one by one.

Seeing that Saito's baggage troops were beaten to the point that they had no power to resist, Liu Tianshu immediately ordered Liu Sutang's fifth company and militia squadron to attack, and countless soldiers came out of the mountains and forests, and those devils who hid behind the carriage to resist were not opponents at all, and there were a few stubborn guys who were directly named by Liu Tianshu.

The fifth company and the militia squadron rushed onto the road and fought fiercely with the remnants of more than twenty devils.

At this time, Saito, who had passed Nittazui, was stunned by the sudden sound of gunfire behind him, and after two seconds, he came back to his senses and frantically ordered the 4th Infantry Squadron, which was walking behind, to return to reinforcements on all sides.

It is a pity that the Fourth Squadron has crossed the mountain, and now the Shanzui is tightly blocked by the Eighth Route Army with mortars and heavy machine guns, and the Eighth Route Army has a geographical advantage, although the Fourth Squadron has the advantage of numbers, and more than 20 soldiers have fallen one after another, but it cannot break through the fire net formed by the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the 92nd infantry artillery belonging to the Saito Brigade had already been erected, and as the shells flew out, thick smoke continued to rise from the mountains and forests on the mountain mouth. (To be continued.) )