After Staff Officer Sun ran to give orders to the artillery battalion and the independent battalion, Liu Tianshu and Guo Sizhong were still not at ease, and finally decided to let Tong Guijie's battalion draw out another company and rush to Sujiatang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At night, according to Liu Tianshu's order, Ou Biaofei's troops did not attack the founding army of Wangjiadian, and the direction of Wangjiadian suddenly became quiet.

However, Guo Zhenlong and his men were worried all night, fearing that the New Fourth Army would attack again.

There was no movement in the direction of Wangjiadian, but the gunshots in the direction of Maowan Town rang out until dawn.

It was only the militia squads that were responsible for the attack, and as for the independent battalion and the artillery battalion, they had rushed to Yutang Bay overnight to prepare for battle.

After Matsushita Nobuyuki and Ishiya Saburo met, although Matsushita Nobuyuki respected Ishitani Saburo very much, Ishitani Saburo thought that he still had to rely on Matsushita Nobuyuki to safely withdraw from Liu Tianshu's base, so he naturally handed over the next command to Matsushita Nobuyuki.

Matsushita Nobuyuki also suffered the boss's loss in the hands of Liu Tianshu, and this time he received an order from above to ask him to take over Guo Zhenlong's division to withdraw, and his eyes were staring at the map and constantly thinking.

As for the gunfire and explosions that sounded around the town all night, he didn't care at all.

After several thousand Japanese troops were stationed in Maowan Town, the scope of its defense had reached five miles away from the town, and the New Fourth Army could only harass outside, and had no ability to break through the defense line and rush into the town.

Now what he has to think about is how to complete the tasks assigned to him at the lowest cost.

It is the most convenient way to go south directly from Maowan Town, through Shiziling to Wangjiadian, and after the Japanese Imperial Army occupies and controls Shiziling, Guo Zhenlong can withdraw from Wangjiadian and move closer to the Japanese Imperial Army. But according to Guo Zhenlong, the New Fourth Army in the north suddenly disappeared, and Guo Zhenlong was blocked by the New Fourth Army in Lion Ridge.

The terrain of Lion Ridge is dangerous, and if the New Fourth Army defends it by chance, even if it succeeds in occupying it, I am afraid that the price will not be small.

But if you don't go down from the Lion Ridge, then from where?

Matsushita Nobuyuki's cold gaze kept searching on the map, and finally put it on Su Jiatang.

Although there were also troops of the New Fourth Army to the east of Maowan Town, even if there were, they could not stop the huge forces of the empire. As long as he occupies Sujiatang, he can threaten Majiaji to the east and directly relieve the siege of Wangjiadian to the west.

Thinking of this, Nobuyuki Matsushita, after discussing with Saburo Ishitani, decided to let Kiyoya's troops advance in the direction of Lion Ridge, so as to create a posture that the Japanese army would go south from Shishiling to Wangjiadian.

At dawn, Liu Tianshu thought that the detachment would let Guo Zhenlong leave the base by himself, and besides, he really didn't have the ability to keep him, so he simply asked the third battalion to retreat from Wangjiadian.

The position south of Wangjiadian was captured by the New Fourth Army, which made Guo Zhenlong very nervous, so after reporting to the above, he called planes, and after dawn, bombed the position in the south for 15 minutes.

The devil's plane rushed to the sky above Wangjiadian, just as the fog had lifted, and when they saw the position below, the devil pilots thought that the New Fourth Army was hiding in the bunker on the position, so they began to bombard the empty position indiscriminately, until the position south of Wangjiadian was plowed all over again, and then they left contentedly.

Guo Zhenlong saw a thick column of smoke rising from the position occupied by the New Fourth Army in the south, and imagined the tragic scene of the New Fourth Army being bombed on the position, and a burst of happiness rose in his heart.

However, when the troops who cautiously rushed to the position reported that there was not a single figure on the position in the south, and there were no soldiers of the New Fourth Army who had been killed or injured by the bombing, Monk Zhanger couldn't help but be puzzled.

You must know that an hour before dawn, he also received a report that there was a fire on the position of the New Fourth Army, and he also found figures walking around from time to time.

Just when Guo Zhenlong was puzzled, Ou Biaofei was frightened into a cold sweat, if it wasn't for the regiment commander who ordered the troops surrounding Wangjiadian to retreat, maybe the company that stayed on the position would have been confessed to the devil's bombardment.

Guo Zhenlong learned that no shadow of the New Fourth Army was found in the south, and immediately asked several other directions to send people out to search, only to find that the New Fourth Army that had originally surrounded Wangjiaji had all withdrawn, and he was even more puzzled by Liu Tianshu's true plans.

It's just that although the New Fourth Army withdrew, he didn't have the courage to give up Wangjiadian and lead his troops north.

At this time, the Qinggu Brigade was ready and set off from Maowan Town and swaggered in the direction of Lion Ridge.

However, the Qinggu Brigade was still heavily guarded this time, not only sending a team to search in front, but also sending alert troops on both wings, more than 1,000 people advancing towards Lion Ridge in a plane as wide as four miles.

When the Qinggu Brigade crossed the river, it was attacked by a small group of troops of the New Fourth Army, but as soon as the New Fourth Army fired these attacks, they were beaten away by the counterattack of the Japanese army, which did not have much impact on the advance of the entire army.

Qinggu's brigade left Maowan Town and advanced towards Lion Ridge, and Liu Tianshu received a report when they left the town, however, he was not worried when he heard that there were only more than a thousand devils heading south, and he only let the soldiers of the reconnaissance company closely monitor him.

Three hours after the Qinggu Brigade left Maowan Town, suddenly the Japanese troops left Maowan Town and walked in the direction of Yutang Bay.

After the reconnaissance company discovered that the Japanese cavalry was rushing eastward, it immediately made a report to Liu Tianshu.

As soon as Liu Tianshu heard that the devil had dispatched cavalry, he immediately asked the independent battalion to prepare for the blockade, and at the same time asked the artillery battalion to pay attention to concealment. After the order was issued, he was still not at ease, and asked the first and second companies of Sujiatang's first battalion to rush to Dujialing, five miles southeast of Yutang Bay, to build a blocking defense line there.

Deputy Regiment Commander Liu originally followed the action of the independent regiment, and after receiving the order of the regiment commander, he immediately called Qin Yonghe and Gao Weiheng, and after the three of them discussed, Gao Weiheng personally commanded the first company to defend the forward position, and Qin Yonghe took the second company and the third company and the machine gun platoon to guard the main position.

According to the results of the discussions, once the forward position could not be held, it would immediately retreat to the main position.

The regimental commander gave them the order to block the enemy, but not to defend Yutang Bay.

The devil is preparing to attack Sujiatang this time, which can be described as a strong soldier. In front was a cavalry squad, followed by infantry in cars, and cavalry units on both sides of the guard.

Liu Tianshu learned that the devil's cavalry was searching and advancing on both sides, and was worried that Wu Zhongping's artillery would be discovered by the devil, so he immediately asked the guard company to draw out a platoon, strengthen two light machine guns and two mortars, and then let Hu Yezhuan and Zheng Guangdong rush over to carry out long-distance strikes on the devil's cavalry along the way.

Hu Yezhuan and Zheng Guangdong received the task, and immediately quickly went north with a sniper rifle, and after catching up with the devil's team, they immediately used a sniper rifle to shoot the devil's cavalry.

The sniper rifle used by the two of them, with an optical scope, can shoot heads with guns and guns from a distance of 800 meters, thinking that the devil cavalry is very mobile, so the two of them specially attacked the horses of the devil cavalry.

Because the gun was equipped with a pin device, searching for the advancing devil cavalry on the southern flank, from time to time the war horse made a mournful roar, and then fell to the ground.

After more than a dozen horses fell, the commander of the devil cavalry finally found that the situation was wrong, but there was no gunshot, and he didn't know where the bullets were coming from, so he could only use artillery fire to bombard all suspicious targets.

Matsushita Nobuyuki learned that there was an attack by the New Fourth Army along the way, and the cavalry on the flanks suffered a lot of losses, frowning and thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure out the meaning of the New Fourth Army's move, but he knew that his intention to attack Sujiatang must have been noticed by Liu Tianshu, otherwise, why did the New Fourth Army that surrounded Wangjiadian suddenly disappear.

It's just that at this time, he can only order the troops to accelerate their advance.

Subsequently, the platoon sent by the guard company saw dozens of devil cavalry speeding from west to east from a distance, and the platoon commander stared at the devil cavalry who were getting closer and closer in the field, and calmly ordered the machine gunners to prepare for battle.

When the devil cavalry rushed to less than three hundred meters away from their position, he roared and struck, and the five light machine guns immediately opened heavy fire on the devil cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and at the same time, the two mortars behind also began to fire shells rapidly.

The shells that fell one after another exploded in the cavalry of the devils, overturning the war horses one after another, and at the same time, the dense bullets that came to the front directly shredded the bodies of the war horses, and as the horses fell to the ground, the ghost cavalry on horseback were also shot and fell down one after another.

More than 50 devil cavalry did not rush through the 300-meter death line in the end.

When the gunfire stopped, there was not a single galloping horse in the whole field.

When the platoon commander Song saw that the devil cavalry closest to his position was less than twenty meters, he couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, and then ordered the soldiers to quickly retreat.

As for the battlefield, there was no time to clean it up, because the large army of devils had already rushed over after hearing the news.

A squad of devil cavalry who was on a search mission was annihilated, so that the devil cavalry had to be careful, and naturally, the devil cavalry began to shrink.

Seeing Yutang Bay, the leader of the devil cavalry squad who served as the top soldier glanced at the opposite mountain, rolled his eyes, and sent seven or eight cavalrymen to quickly run along the road between the mountains and towards the ridge.

Gao Weiheng didn't expect the devil to become smarter, so he had to order the soldiers to get ready.

When these seven or eight devils rushed to less than 100 meters away from the forward position, he raised his pistol and shouted to hit, and the whole company quickly opened fire, and dense bullets flew out from the foot of the mountain, and the eight devil cavalry running in front were beaten like a blood sieve by a series of extravagant firepower, and fell directly to the ground.

As soon as the leader of the devil's cavalry squad saw that the gunfire in front of him was so dense, he immediately knew that the New Fourth Army had arranged a blocking line under the mountain, and he didn't want to let the precious cavalry sacrifice on the road of the charge, so he immediately asked people to report to the cavalry captain.

When Nobuyuki Matsushita learned that the New Fourth Army was defending under the ridge east of Yutang Bay, he immediately asked the cavalry troops to withdraw, and then ordered the first brigade to be responsible for the frontal assault, and the second brigade to surround it from both flanks. (To be continued.) )