When Nobuyuki Matsushita received a telegram from Saburo Okada, he couldn't help but be surprised. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Saburo Okada passed through the Boar Ridge, he was very likely to be attacked by Liu Tianshube, and he was mentally prepared for this. However, in his opinion, Okada Saburo's department not only has a full Japanese brigade, but also two battalions of the Imperial Allied Army, even if it is attacked by the New Fourth Army, they can deal with it, and as long as Liu Tianshu's troops are dragged in the wild boar ridge by Okada Saburo, his other two armies will step on Sanguba, Banqiaoji and Sujiatang, and destroy the base of the New Fourth Army in one fell swoop.

Without the support of the base area, Liu Tianshu's New Fourth Army will become a tree without roots, and in the end, even if it gets out of its own encirclement, it will have to flee in the wilderness.

It's just that he didn't expect that Saburo Okada was suddenly attacked by the New Fourth Army in the Black Eagle Valley, and the losses would be so heavy.

One transport squadron was eaten directly, a squad of Japanese troops was all buried alive, and with other losses, the losses of the Okada brigade alone were about two hundred people.

And this, the two sides only fought fiercely for less than two hours.

It seems that Liu Tianshu's teeth are indeed sharp. Matsushita Nobuyuki couldn't help but start to re-evaluate Liu Tianshu in his heart.

After thinking for a moment in the command post, Nobuko Matsushita ordered Saburo Okada not to stop at Boar Ridge, and Okada's brigade must quickly get out of Wild Boar Ridge and join the first brigade that bypassed from the southern tip as soon as possible.

Of course, in his telegram, he still asked Saburo Okada to be careful, because according to intelligence, the main force of the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Regiment is still staying at Sanguba.

If the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Regiment suddenly moved westward and blocked the way out of Okada's brigade, the situation could become uncontrollable.

After giving the order to Saburo Okada, Nobuko Matsushita thought about it and ordered the 1st Brigade to abandon its advance towards Itabashi and rush to the west of Mitani Dam with all its might, striving to join the Okada Brigade as soon as possible.

Seeing the trophies brought back by the soldiers of the Eighth Company, Liu Tianshu was really a little overjoyed, he didn't expect that Okada Saburo's transport squadron would have so many good things in his hands. There were two ninety-two heavy machine guns alone, and as for grenades and bullets, there were countless of them.

What made Liu Tianshu even happier was that among the captured trophies, there were two mortars and more than 100 shells.

It turned out that after Nobuko Matsushita arrived on the Chinese battlefield, she found that the Imperial grenadier was still good as a melee support firepower, but as a suppressive firepower on the battlefield, it was obviously inferior to the mortars equipped by the Chinese army.

Mortars equipped by the Chinese army. Compared with the 92 infantry guns equipped by the Imperial Army, it is more flexible and lightweight, and it is also very adaptable to the battlefield.

So, Nobuko Matsushita prepared to distribute the captured mortars to the three brigades below.

It's just that the artillery of the first brigade and the three major teams are used to operating grenadiers and infantry guns, but they are somewhat resistant to this kind of mortars that are rarely practiced in peacetime, and only Okada Saburo is very fond of these mortars, so the more than 20 mortars captured, in addition to those who served the imperial army, the remaining six were all given to Okada Saburo.

Everyone walked east in the mountains and forests for half an hour, and a soldier from the reconnaissance company came to report that the devils who had returned to the Black Eagle Valley would collect the bodies of the dead devils and hand them over to a company of the Imperial Association Army to transport them back to the Baisha stronghold, and the rest of the devils and the Imperial Association Army would turn around and walk eastward.

"Hehe, it seems that this Saburo Okada hasn't been hurt yet." Liu Tianshu looked at Ou Biaofei and smiled, and then asked, "Battalion Commander Ou, where is the fourth company of the second battalion now?" ”

After the fourth company of the second battalion drove the wild boar ridge, Liu Tianshu did not let them participate in the battle of the Black Eagle Valley, this company was used as a reserve company, left in a mountain forest five miles east of the Black Eagle Valley, when the battle started, Liu Tianshu sent someone to send a letter to the commander of the fourth company, asking him to take the fourth company to block the enemy on the Mahuang Slope eight miles east of the Black Eagle Valley.

The task of the Fourth Company is to adopt the method of blocking one by one to delay the eastward advance of the devils. Try to keep the devil from coming out of the Boar Ridge before it gets dark.

"Regiment commander, at this time, the Fourth Company should be ready to block the attack in Mahuangpo." Ou Biaofei calculated in his heart and said.

"According to the estimation of the speed of the devil's eastward advance, there is still half an hour to reach Mahuangpo, Battalion Commander Ou, order the troops to speed up, we will catch up, and then give Okada Saburo some blood." Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

The soldiers who had just won the battle were naturally full of spirit at this time, and under the encouragement of the instructors of each company, everyone quickly ran east with their weapons on their shoulders.

Look at the Mahuangpo, I heard the fierce gunfire in front, and I could see the smoke rising from a distance, it seemed that the fourth company had exchanged fire with the devils.

Liu Tianshu was very worried in his heart, and rushed forward without saying a word.

Just past a hill, Zhou Aiguo ran over and reported: "Regiment commander, the fourth company has repelled two enemy attacks, and is currently retreating to the east under alternate cover according to your instructions. In the first two attacks, Saburo Okada let the Imperial Alliance Army take the lead. ”

Hearing this, Liu Tianshu felt relieved.

Okada Saburo was still thinking about letting the Imperial Association Army be cannon fodder at this time, and it seemed that after he stepped on Chinese soil, he really became more and more unaware of the sky.

How much combat power did the Imperial Allied Army have?

But this is also just right, anyway, the goal of the fourth company is to drag the enemy, try to delay the speed of the devil's eastward advance, and buy time for the third battalion to catch up.

Now the third battalion has reached the side of Ephedra Slope, and in another hour, it will be dark, and then there will be Okada Saburo to see.

"The commander of the third battalion, order the seventh company to rush here, prepare for an ambush, tell the commander of the seventh company, let him listen to the command of staff officer Qin, concentrate all the machine guns, and build an inverted triangular machine gun position there according to the usual training, as long as the enemy steps into the valley, immediately give me a fierce blow, and don't let go of an enemy." Liu Tianshu asked Lei Yong to take out the map and pointed to a small valley east of Mahuangpo.

That small valley, to the east of the four companies' blocking positions. When Liu Tianshu went to Wild Boar Ridge to inspect the terrain, he especially went there to see it, and he also specially explained in detail to the Qin staff officer who followed him to see the terrain how to arrange the machine gun position there.

Since Saburo Okada doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, then give him another punch.

Of course, if all the main forces of Okada Saburo's brigade rushed there, the seventh company alone, even if twenty-four light machine guns were arranged, plus four heavy machine guns, I am afraid it would not be able to stop it.

Fortunately, the terrain is limited there, and according to Liu Tianshu's prediction, the devil will rush there, and it should be tomorrow morning.

As long as you have a good grasp of it, only let one squadron-level devil step into the ambush circle, Liu Tianshu is sure that within half an hour, let them all lie there.

"Commander, don't worry, I'll arrange it myself." Ou Biaofei knew that Liu Tianshu wanted to concentrate all the machine gun firepower in his hand to inflict heavy damage on the devil, and Staff Officer Qin had already made a detailed plan, so his heart itched at this time, and he wanted to personally feel the fire ambush that the regiment commander said.

"Okay, you go, smoothly bring Jiulian over and arrange it in this position." The location that Liu Tianshu pointed to was on the side of the hill on the west side of the ambush circle.

According to the predetermined plan, the task of this company was to kill the devils suddenly and cut off the enemy behind once the devils entered the ambush circle.

With Liu Tianshu's order issued, the 789th Company quickly rushed forward. As for the ammunition and weapons that were not needed for the time being, they quickly found a hidden place and buried them.

Seeing that there were only grenadiers and mortarists from the third platoon of the reconnaissance company and the machine gun company around him, Liu Tianshu looked at them and said: "Comrades, the fourth company has dragged the devils to Mahuangpo, and it will be up to us next." Since the damned devil has come to send him to death, all of us don't have to be polite. Company Commander Zhou, grouped up with six fighters per combat group and a grenadier or mortar group, followed me to Mahuangpo. ”

The machine gun company had two mortars, and after the excess shells were temporarily buried, each mortar was equipped with twenty-four shells.

It's just that these shells need to be carried with the help of the fighters.

After Zhou Aiguo temporarily organized the soldiers of the machine gun company and the reconnaissance company, he immediately followed Liu Tianshu to the east.

By this time, the Fourth Company had withdrawn eastward from the two places.

When Saburo Okada saw that the New Fourth Army, which had blocked him, was retreating eastward, he did not feel a trace of joy in his heart, but became even heavier.

After handing over the bodies of the dead soldiers of the transport squadron to the Imperial Allied Army and sending them back to the White Sands stronghold, he marched east according to the order of the wing commander, but unfortunately because of the long delay in the Black Eagle Valley, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

But at this time, there are still more than 30 miles of mountain roads from the mountain pass east of Wild Boar Ridge.

After walking five miles to the east, as expected, the Imperial Association Army, which was walking in front, was attacked again by the New Fourth Army, and the New Fourth Army suddenly appeared and beat the Imperial Association Army to the point that it was overturned, and in less than ten minutes, the battalion commander of the Imperial Association Army ran back with a sad face.

Okada heard him say that the New Fourth Army in front of him was fierce, and his brother couldn't resist it, so he had to retreat, and he couldn't help but be angry.

These damned Imperial Allies don't have the slightest dedication to the emperor at all, and as long as they are attacked, they know that they are lying on the ground and trembling.

What New Fourth Army firepower is fierce, even if the New Fourth Army ambushed itself in Black Eagle Valley and ran to the front, it should be exhausted at this time. Besides, the New Fourth Army walked through the mountains and forests on both sides, and its speed was naturally not as fast as that of its own troops.

Therefore, Saburo Okada immediately judged that it should be a small force of the New Fourth Army that was blocking in front, maybe it was the small unit of the New Fourth Army that had blocked him in the east of Black Eagle Valley just now.

The dignified battalion of troops can't even defeat a small New Fourth Army, and this face is too big.

Thinking of this, Okada Saburo was angry, raised his slap and threw himself at the commander of the Imperial Association Army, until he felt the pain in his palm, then he shouted in disgust, and asked the commander of the Imperial Association Army to gather the team and attack forward at all costs, at the same time, in order to avoid the Imperial Association Army being greedy for life and afraid of death, Okada Saburo also sent a small team of imperial soldiers to supervise the formation behind.

It's just that his artillery squad is walking behind, and it can't be arranged to the front for a while. (To be continued.) )