After discovering that the Maotang stronghold was very tightly defended, Liu Tianshu decisively led his troops to withdraw. However, the Maotang stronghold did not move, and he was not polite at all to the devil puppet army left by Saito to guard Songkan Town.

After Saito occupied Songkan Town, in order to consolidate the fruits of victory, he still forced the people of Songkan Town, who did not flee, to repair the fortifications, and this time he led his troops westward, leaving a small team of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops in Songkan Town.

Now these Japanese puppet soldiers have just become the flavored dishes in Liu Tianshu's hands. He commanded the machine gun company, the fifth company and the militia squadron to wave their divisions to fight back, and the Japanese squad leader stationed in Songkan Town immediately reported to Saito, but unfortunately Saito had led his troops to the Qinglong stronghold at this time, and was preparing to rendezvous with Oda's brigade, so he naturally could not return to help, and finally had to order the Japanese puppet army stationed in Songkan Town to quickly retreat south.

It was only at this time that the Japanese troops stationed in Songkan Town remembered that it was too late to retreat, and as soon as the commander of the devil squad withdrew from the town, he fell into the ambush circle of the machine gun company, and the two sides fought fiercely for ten minutes, and the devil squad was seriously injured, at this time the fifth company took advantage of the situation to attack, and the militia squadron was responsible for attacking the puppet army.

The puppet army of that company saw that the Japanese soldiers were soon killed under the blow of the Eighth Route Army, and they had to obediently raise their hands and surrender in fear.

If it weren't for the Eighth Route Army's mercy on these puppet soldiers, their lives would definitely be shorter than those Japanese soldiers.

After destroying the enemies in Songkan Town, the people evacuated to the surrounding mountains immediately returned to their homes under the guidance of the local party organization and repaired the buildings destroyed by the devils.

Saito was extremely depressed when he learned that a squad he had left behind in Songkan Town had been eaten by the Eighth Route Army, but unfortunately even if he wanted to return to retaliate at this time, he was out of reach, and finally had to report to Watanabe and lead his troops to retreat to Pingyuan Town.

Xiao Tian was attacked by the Eighth Route Army in Shigou Village all night, and he had the intention to fight back, but he was afraid of falling into the ambush of the Eighth Route Army.

Throughout the night, although the troops only lost about 30 men, the physical strength and energy of the soldiers decreased dramatically.

Finally staying until dawn, Oda immediately let a squadron of Japanese troops open the way in front, and he led the main force of the brigade to follow, and Zhang Deming led the rest of the Imperial Allied Army to walk behind.

As soon as Zhang Deming saw Xiao Tian's placement, he knew that Xiao Tian put his Imperial Association Army behind as an outcast, and he was angry in his heart.

"Eight lambs, how can this treat us as human beings." Zhang Deming looked at Niu Jihuan, the adjutant who was following him, and said indignantly.

"The head of the regiment is so right, this little devil is not a human at all, the brothers are working hard for them, and when they encounter danger, they will all be thrown to us." Niu Jihuan echoed on the side.

Zhang Deming's eyes rolled, looked at Niu Jihuan and said: "There is no master here, there is a place to keep the master, since the little devil is not righteous, don't blame me for Zhang Deming." Tell the brothers, slow down when we can act, distance ourselves from the devil, and when we cross the Gufeng Pass, we will go west and go to Jiping County to join the commander of the Ma Division. ”

The name of the Ma division commander mentioned by Zhang Deming is Ma Xuekui, a guerrilla force left in Shandong by the Nationalist Government, and its territory is in the Changlai Mountain area of Jiping County.

Ma Xuekui once sent someone to contact Zhang Deming, hoping that he would take the national righteousness first and lead his troops to join his team.

Since Oda Tashiro doesn't regard himself as a human being, Zhang Deming doesn't want to work for the Japanese anymore, besides, Fuchang County has Liu Tianshu's Eighth Route Army, and this time his own troops have lost almost half, if he stays here any longer, he will become a bare-bones commander if he encounters Liu Tianshu, a bad star.

Instead of going there with no way out, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there are still a few hundred brothers in your hands to go to Master Ma, and maybe you will get a regiment commander when you arrive.

"Commander, I understand, I'll go and inform the brothers." Hearing that Zhang Deming was about to take refuge in Master Ma, Niu Jihuan couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart.

Just as Oda Tashiro commanded the troops to leave Shigou Village, Yang Donghu led a company of four companies to the south of Gufengkou, and according to Liu Tianshu's instructions, ambushed the troops in a valley.

It's just that considering that Oda Tashiro still has two infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron in his hands, plus the Imperial Association Army named after Zhang, with only two infantry companies, even if you add three companies led by Zhu Aiguo, you may not be able to eat, so the target of this ambush is Oda Yoshiro's rear guard troops.

According to this idea, one company was ambushed on the east side of the valley, four companies were ambushed on the west side of the valley, and one company was arranged on the hill south of the valley. As soon as Oda's main force passed through the hill, after the battle began, a company and a platoon immediately cut off the connection between Oda's rearguard troops and the main force, creating conditions for the main force of the troops to destroy Oda's rearguard troops.

After Yang Donghu arranged his troops, he immediately sent people to get in touch with Zhu Aiguo. Zhu Aiguo commanded the troops to follow Oda Tashiro in pursuit, and when he learned that Yang Donghu had been ambushed in front, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered the troops to cover up and kill the broken Zhang Deming Division from behind.

Zhang Deming was beaten by Zhu Aiguo and lost his temper, seeing that there was still some distance from Gufengkou, he gritted his teeth, and after leaving a break, he took the main force of the Imperial Association Army and ran all the way to Gufengkou, suddenly broke into a valley in the east, and rushed towards Jiping.

Zhu Aiguo received a report that Zhang Deming suddenly led his troops to flee westward, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked people to run to report to Yang Donghu, while commanding the troops to let go of the Imperial Association Army and chase after Oda Taxilang.

As for the platoon left by Zhang Deming, after firing a few shots with the Eighth Route Army, he obediently raised his gun and surrendered.

When Oda Tashiro learned that Zhang Deming had run away from the other side, he was immediately angry. It's just that at this time, he couldn't send troops to pursue, so he had to curse a few words in a row, and then ordered the troops to speed up and move closer to Pingyuan Town.

The main force of the Saito Brigade has been prepared to meet five miles north of Pingyuan Town, as long as the two brigades meet together, no matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army is, there will be no worries.

His brigade still had nearly 500 people at that time, but these soldiers were harassed by Tubalu all night and did not rest well at all, and their morale was very low at this time.

In addition, Zhang Deming betrayed the imperial army, which directly exposed the two squads walking behind to the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and the morale of the troops was greatly affected.

Seeing that the pursuers behind him were endless, Oda really had the urge to order the troops to stop and turn back to fight with the Eighth Route Army, but even thinking that the Yang Donghu Division of the Eighth Route Army had lost its trace since the attack on the Qinglong stronghold, Oda Tashiro felt a little dangerous.

Although the Imperial Japanese Army was brave and good at fighting, the Eighth Route Army in Fuya Mountain did not seem to be easy to get along with. Especially that Liu Tianshu, his tactics are a bit whimsical, which makes him a little confused.

The troops passed through the Furumine Pass, and as long as they passed through the valley in front, they would soon be able to join Saito Sobu, and Oda Tashiro finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the squadron that had opened the road in front of them carried out fire reconnaissance of the surrounding mountains and forests, they successfully passed through the valley, and Oda Tashiro ordered the two squads behind to block the pursuers on the north side of the valley, and he himself ran into the valley with a squadron and an artillery squad of the machine gun squadron, regardless of fatigue.

As soon as he entered the valley, he saw that the mountains and forests on both sides were very dense, and he was a little worried. Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way.

Of course, the two squads after the break were fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army following the pursuit at this time.

Tashiro Oda finally crossed the southern end of the valley on a large ocean horse, and he felt relieved when he looked at the relatively flat ground in front of him.

Just as his machine-gun squadron, artillery squad and an infantry squadron were passing through the southern end of the valley, he suddenly heard fierce gunfire behind him, and his face changed.

In the valley, there are two infantry squads with more than a hundred imperial soldiers, could it be that the Eighth Route Army is really ambushed in the valley.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly ordered the third squadron leader, Saburo Okamura, to immediately return with his troops for reinforcements.

Saburo Okamura drew his command knife, waved his eyes back, and led his infantry squadron back to Taniguchi, but when he reached Taniguchi, he saw countless figures flashing in the originally silent mountain forest, bullets coming from the mountain forest, and the six imperial soldiers who ran in front were unfortunately shot and fell to the ground screaming.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had blocked Taniguchi, Okamura Saburo's face changed and he urgently ordered the troops to launch a counterattack.

Unfortunately, a company and a platoon had a geographical advantage, and the soldiers lay on the hills at both ends of the valley mouth, and the dense bullets fired blocked the road to the valley.

Okamura knew that his companions who were left behind were in a difficult situation, and ordered a squad of soldiers to quickly charge the hills on both sides.

Hearing this, dozens of devil soldiers immediately held their guns and rushed towards the top of the hill without their lives while firing, and behind them, the devil's light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers opened fire one after another, knocking the two hills into leaves flying sideways, and gunpowder smoke bursting into bursts.

Waiting for the devil's 92 infantry artillery to join the counterattack camp, the hill guarded by a company and a row immediately continued to burst into flames.

As soon as the battle began, Yang Donghu immediately ordered the first and fourth companies to attack with all their might, and the soldiers ran out of bullets in their guns in a blink of an eye, and then countless grenades were thrown towards the devils in the valley.

These two squads are responsible for the devils who are in charge of the broken back, and they were very tired by Zhu Aiguo last night, and they were arranged to serve as defenders in the back early this morning.

At the beginning, there was still the Imperial Association Army behind, who knew that Zhang Deming actually left the Imperial Army at Gufengkou and fled alone, so that the two squads were directly exposed in front of the pursuers behind.

At this time, he heard the sound of gunshots in the mountains and forests on both sides, and countless bullets flew towards the valley, and the leader of the devil squad suddenly changed his face.

At this time, if you still don't understand the true purpose of the Eighth Route Army, these two devil squad leaders are really stupid.

While complaining in their hearts, they could only order the soldiers to immediately find cover and fight back desperately, so as to buy time for the main force of the brigade to return to the rescue. (To be continued.) )