The Eighth Route Army, which was far away in Shaanxi, began to prepare for the war after the year. The New Fourth Army, which is in southern Anhui, is also actively preparing for the encirclement and suppression war that has begun. Many people wonder if the New Fourth Army can survive this hurdle.

Song Yuping, who attacked the cavalry brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese army at night, watched the cavalry who had left behind the corpses of horses and people, and successfully broke through from the peripheral machine gun positions. But they were not worried, these cavalry could escape from the encirclement.

Even after these cavalrymen who found their horses and successfully escaped from the garrison left, Song Yuping and the special combat team began to clear the remnants of the Japanese cavalry in the barracks. And send special combat teams with machine guns to strengthen the defense of those machine gun positions.

Looking at the cavalry war horses that were not pulled away, Song Yuping said happily: "Damn, these are all good horses!" With this batch of sabers, I believe that there should be no problem in forming a cavalry battalion! ”

'Yes! The little devil's horse is really good, this horse looks much taller than the war horses of our cavalry division. However, can we form a cavalry battalion? At most, form a cavalry squad, right? ’

The squad leader standing beside Song Yuping also knew that war horses were also high-end and scarce good things for the army. Especially in the south, many units of the Central Army did not have them. Even if there is, it's all for the purpose of delivering a message.

On the other hand, the use of war horses is more common in the northern battlefield. This may also have a lot to do with the fact that the south is not suitable for cavalry combat. But cavalry on the battlefield can sometimes play a surprise mission that infantry can't accomplish.

Listening to the team leader's words, Song Yuping smiled and said, "It's too!" With so many war horses, our special combat team definitely can't swallow them all. Even if we swallow it all, it is estimated that we will not be able to raise it, and it is not easy to raise horses!

However, it shouldn't be a problem to keep thirty horses. If we have a war horse, in the future, our special combat team will not have to rely on two legs to deliver news and reconnaissance. This horse, let people put it away, don't be surprised. ”

'Yes, Captain! ’

Look at the remnants of the cavalry who rushed out of the camp and ran towards the periphery, and dealt with the stubborn little devil cavalry in the camp. After leaving a few people to gather the horses, Song Yuping quickly led the others to strengthen the defense of the machine gun position.

If the little devil cavalry turns their horses around and charges them with cavalry, there is a great risk that there is no strong fire deterrence. What's more, when listening to the losses reported by the squads earlier, two more team members died.

For this situation, Song Yuping felt very distressed. But he knew that it would be really difficult to get a single person from such an action tonight. In general, it must be necessary to expand the Southern Saber Special Combat Team.

In the past few days, Song Yuping, who has been leading two reconnaissance battalions of the New Fourth Army Division, is actually also observing whether there are any good seedlings suitable for absorbing into the special combat team in these two reconnaissance battalions. I have to say that there are really a few good seedlings.

It's just that they haven't gone through formal special warfare training, and these good seedlings are just rough embryos, and they still need to take some time to polish them. Just when Song Yuping was fighting back with the little devil, he heard the sound of firefighting from the periphery.

As soon as he heard this, Song Yuping immediately realized that the little devil seemed to know that he couldn't get any benefits at night, and planned to break through at night. But they may not have expected that Song Yuping, who attacked the cavalry barracks, also arranged blocking troops on the periphery.

'The cavalry of the little devil is going to escape, four or five squads will stay in the camp, and one or two or three squads will attack with me! ’

Song Yuping, who responded quickly, immediately led three squads of special combat team members to rush to the battlefield where the battle was in full swing, and launched a surprise attack on these little devil cavalry from behind, giving the final blow to these little devil cavalry who were planning to break through.

Many little devil cavalrymen sitting on horses have never fought such an aggrieved battle. But looking at those potholed roads, let alone assault, the cavalry may break the horse's legs even if they lead the horse to walk.

In desperation, many Japanese cavalry could only hide behind the carcasses of horses and launch a counterattack against the reconnaissance forces that blocked them. But with the arrival of Song Yuping and others, they could only choose to flee after being attacked back and forth.

Many little devils who are panicked do not dare to run away with torches, and all they can do is run to what they think is safe under the starlight. Those moist paddy fields have also made these little devils suffer.

It is undoubtedly very difficult to get up again. In short, what they had previously thought was a great camp was now a place where they died. Many Japanese soldiers were killed in the paddy fields by the scouts who searched for them before they fled far.

It wasn't until the gunfire slowly subsided that Song Yuping said: "The first battalion and the second battalion will start cleaning the battlefield, and put all the war horses, weapons and ammunition into the little devil's barracks to count." Don't waste these horse carcasses, and drag them back to be skinned and made into horse meat.

The bodies of the soldiers who died in various units must be preserved and brought back to the garrison in the mountains for burial. Wounded soldiers, the medical staff of the battalions did their best to treat them. Use the seized medicines, don't be reluctant to use good medicines, have you heard clearly? ”

'Yes! ’

After the battle of the sneak attack on the Japanese cavalry brigade, Song Yuping asked the officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion to temporarily use these war horses as pack horses to pull all the captured materials back to the guerrilla base in Bowang.

Seeing these war horses pulling up the mountain, many guerrillas felt excited and said, "Wow, this is the Oriental horse, right?" This horse looks so tall and strong! With so many horses, it seems that this time we are rich again. ”

As far as these guerrillas are concerned, they are somewhat worried when they learn that the Japanese army is about to encircle and suppress southern Anhui. But as the battle has progressed to the present, Song Yuping and the reconnaissance battalion and the second division and one regiment seem to have won consecutive battles.

Such a victory made many new fighters who had joined the guerrillas feel a lot more confident. Even, many guerrillas feel that the little devil doesn't seem to be as powerful as they imagined!

On the other hand, Song Yuping, who had returned to the guerrilla station, quickly called the telegraph operator and said: "Send a telegram to Regiment Commander Ding, and ask him to arrange more blocking positions on the periphery of Bowang Town to block the breakthrough of the Japanese infantry wing."

At the same time pay attention to air defense, and once the planes of the little devils come, let our troops all be hidden. If a Japanese soldier finds cavalry coming, they will all be killed, and remember not to let any horses enter Bowang Town.

In the evening, I will lead the reconnaissance battalion over to join them. Tonight, we are going to annihilate this lone Japanese wing. Only by solving this little devil's wing can we let go of the main force of the Sixth Division! ”

The 13th Infantry Wing, which lost an infantry brigade yesterday, could feel the troops of the New Fourth Army staring at them outside their station. It's just that more troops were sent, and these people slipped away.

There are fewer troops sent, and there is a high probability that the whole army will be wiped out. This situation made Wing Captain Nozawa obviously very helpless, but he knew that the food left by the wing was only enough to last for two days.

This is still a conclusion made after the New Fourth Army annihilated an infantry brigade, allowing them to save a lot of food. If that infantry brigade hadn't been wiped out, the only food they had left would probably not last for two days!

Looking at the battle map hanging in the room, Nozawa said with a little anxiety: "The main force is at least two days away from us. This means that we can only hold on here now except to retreat and advance.

I believe that yesterday's reconnaissance plane had informed the division commander of our situation. Then, tonight or tomorrow, reinforcements should arrive. In light of this situation, I have decided to stick to Bowang Town, what do you think? ”

Whether it is to advance in the direction of Dangtu, or to retreat back to close the distance with the main force of the division, it is not very wise in the eyes of Nozawa Akira. On the contrary, it should not be a problem to stick to Bowang Town and hold on for two days.

Even according to the quartermaster, if you make two dry meals a day thin, you may be able to last one more day. It's really not good, those pack horses who haul supplies for the little devils can be killed and eaten for meat as food.

It was with the quartermaster's words that Nozawa felt that there were three days, and he believed that there was enough time for the division to send a force to the rescue. Then the next thing they have to do is to stay in Bowang Town for three days.

The battle plan of sticking to the town and not leaving the town again was determined, and the remaining troops of the 13th Wing began to deploy in Bowang Town. The group that stayed outside the town to monitor quickly reported the news to Ding Maoshan.

Hearing the news, Ding Maoshan quickly said: "It seems that these little devils are planning to defend Bowang Town and wait for the rescue of their follow-up main force!" In that case, it's a bit more difficult. There are more than 2,000 little devils in this town!

Send this situation to Captain Song of the martial arts team and see if he has any good ideas. With our main group, if we want to eat the remaining little devils, I'm afraid that we will also eat it! This little devil is very smart! ”

I thought that today, these little devils would continue to send troops out to search. As a result, it didn't come to pass, and he became a turtle with a shrunken head. Faced with this situation, Ding Maoshan did not think that in an offensive war, he could win the Japanese wing stationed in Bowang.

Therefore, it is wisest to think of a more feasible approach. Therefore, he quickly reported the situation to Song Yuping, who would come to meet him in the afternoon, hoping to hear what good ideas the other party had.

When Song Yuping, who received the telegram, saw the little devil put on a defensive posture, he knew that they probably realized that sending troops to search the town would only cause them to lose their troops in the end, and it was indeed a good idea to stick to it and wait for reinforcements.

Send a report to Regiment Commander Ding, closely monitor the movements of the little devils, and bring two reconnaissance battalions over later. As long as the little devil doesn't come out, don't bother with it for the time being. As far as the current situation is concerned, the main force of the little devils did not come over so quickly. ’

Judging from the situation reported by the special operations team the night before, Song Yuping felt that this infantry wing definitely did not have much food and supplies in its hands. As long as they delay each other for two more days, it is estimated that they will not be able to hold on.

But the question at present is, will the main force of the Sixth Division, which is also heading for Bowang, give them two days? Once the main force of the Japanese army attacks, it is estimated that it will not be so easy for them to encircle and annihilate this lone infantry wing! (To be continued.) )