"Baga, what's going on, how did you become the leader of your sapper squad." Looking at the sapper soldiers who were lying on the ground and moaning not far from him, Ono Jiro asked loudly to the military cao beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader, the Chinese use stone mines, and our mine detectors do not work at all." After inspecting the wounds of the completed soldiers, the engineer Cao Commander hurriedly reported.

"Baga, despicable Chinese. Ordering troops to pass through farmland on both sides of the road, I don't believe that the Chinese will have so many mines," Ono scolded loudly.

"Your Excellency, Captain, there are rivers on both sides of the road, and we can only return to the county seat from the road." At this time, a squad leader who heard Jiro Ono's order reported.

"Bagaya Road! How so. Ono Jiro glared at the squad leader who had just answered him with an angry face. Ono Jiro looked at the watch in his hand, at this time it had been an hour since he launched an attack on the position of the Eighth Route Army, needless to say, the Eighth Route Army had planted mines here, and they had only one purpose, that is, to surround themselves, and then annihilate themselves and avenge Xiao Li Zhuang's arrow.

"Baga, order the troops, cross the river with water, be fast" Thinking that his troops would fall into the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army at any time, Ono Jiro hurriedly ordered. At the same time, he quickly dismounted and began to undress

Although Jiro Ono failed this battle, his analysis was still very correct. At this time, a battalion sent by the regimental headquarters for reinforcements had joined up with the troops stationed in Zhuangquan Village, and was quickly pursuing Ono Jiro. And, after getting the news that Ono Jiro wanted to escape, the cavalry battalion quickly interspersed directly with Ono Jiro's retreat, and at this time it was already quietly ambushed in a forest about 8 miles away from the county seat, waiting for Ono Jiro to enter the ambush circle.

In this way, under the personal leadership of Ono Jiro, the soldiers began to cross the river. However, the soldiers also knew that if they didn't go now, they would never be able to go again, so the speed of crossing the river was invisibly accelerated a lot. In less than a few minutes, all the soldiers had crossed the cold river, and at the urging of Ono Jiro, they shivered and put on their uniforms, and continued to hurry, heading towards their nest.

"Yo Xi," Ono Jiro breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the remaining troops of his squadron, under his command, slowly left the so-called base area of the Eighth Route Army and entered the area controlled by the Imperial Army. Prepare to order the soldiers, who are already numb from walking, to rest and eat some dry food.

However, just as the soldiers behind him shouted hooray, lit several bonfires on the ground, and gathered around to nibble on dry food and roast their frozen bodies, they suddenly remembered a loud roar in the woods less than 500 meters away from the rest. Slowly, the roar got closer and closer, and the earth began to tremble in the roar.

Finally, a fast-moving black line appeared at the edge of the woods, getting closer and closer, and everywhere the black line moved, there was a cloud of dust everywhere. Ono Jiro felt the trembling earth, and quickly raised the telescope with trembling hands and looked at the black line.

"Baga, it's the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army, quickly, quickly organize a defense" Ono Jiro said with a surprised face, because, in his binoculars, he could clearly see hundreds of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, holding sabers, lined up in two attack formations, and were rushing towards him with a roar.

Hearing the squadron leader's order, the soldiers of the two more squads immediately panicked, knowing that they had just escaped from the wolf's den, and now they had run into the tiger's mouth so quickly. The formation, which was originally quite neat, temporarily appeared a little chaotic, the commander could not find the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the commander.

"Bang" Ono Jiro took out his pistol and fired a shot into the sky, "Baga, bastard, calm me down, don't run around, machine gun, quickly organize defense," Ono Jiro scolded loudly.

However, at this time, his gunfire played a big role. The originally chaotic formation immediately became quiet after hearing the gunshots. Under the command of the commander, the machine gunner quickly set up, and the grenadier quickly erected the grenadier and prepared to open fire.

Finally, the little devil lying on the ground could clearly hear the soldiers' shouts of killing and see the faces of the fighters clearly.

"Kill to give" Ono Jiro lay in front of the position, raised the command knife in his hand, and waved it in the direction of the cavalry battalion charge.

The machine gun of the "Da Da Da" devil fired, and the relatively dense fire composed of eight light machine guns rushed into the cavalry team that was charging, and suddenly, in the middle of the charging formation, there were several gaps.

Immediately after the "boom", the grenades of the little devils also began to explode around the soldiers, and the huge air waves generated by the explosion overturned the fast-running war horses. And the soldiers on the war horse were also smashed into pulp the moment the war horse fell to the ground.

"Comrades, keep in formation, rush," shouted the cavalry battalion commander as close his body to his horse as he could. Hearing the order, the soldiers opened up to fill the gap that had just been broken by the little devils, and the entire formation lined up in a row, and the battalion commander quickly formed a sharp cone as the center, and quickly plunged straight into the middle of the army's defensive position.

"Baga, quick, shoot" Looking at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, Ono Jiro also panicked, constantly urging the machine gunners in the front row to shoot. However, in this short period of ten seconds, how many bullets can eight machine gunners fire?

Finally, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion rushed to the edge of the position of the Yue army, facing the machine gunners in the first row of the Yue army, and the battalion commander at the front of the charging formation, tightly held the reins of the war horse in his hand, and when the war horse jumped up in front of the little devil, the knife fell in his hand, a bundle of blood sprayed on his face, and a round head fell to the ground

The machine gunner next to "Abaga" was stunned when he looked at the bloody human head rolling on the ground and at the saber dripping blood in the battalion commander's hand. (You know, in the belief of the army, if his head is cut off, then he will not be adopted by the god Amaterasu he believes in after he dies, and in the end, he can only become a lonely ghost) The army shouted, dropped the machine gun in his hand, and ran to the rear of the position.

However, even if his speed was fast, it was not as fast as the horses of the cavalry battalion, and one by one the fleeing soldiers were caught up by the soldiers and directly cut to the ground. Slowly, in the entire position, not a single gunshot could be heard, only the sound of the hooves of the war horses running, the wailing of the devil soldiers, and the sneer of the big knife slashing into the body

In less than ten minutes, the battlefield finally became slowly quiet, and the squadron leader who was lucky enough to survive hiding in a bush looked at everything in front of him blankly. At this time, the battlefield was full of round heads, all bloody, with a pair of big eyes that would not bare at the eye, as if to tell Ono Jiro about his command failure.

The cavalry battalion on the battlefield, as the commander of the cavalry battalion, learned that his cavalry battalion had lost nearly 50 troops under the fire attack just now, and the battalion commander couldn't help but be angry, and immediately ordered the soldiers not to leave a single living mouth, and in order to give the army a warning, ordered the soldiers to cut off all the heads of the soldiers. At this time, the soldiers were resolutely carrying out the battalion commander's orders on the battlefield, carefully searching for the surviving soldiers on the battlefield.

When Ono Jiro saw the soldiers hiding in the woods and grass being searched out by the Chinese cavalry and cutting off their heads one by one, Ono Jiro, as the commander, finally couldn't help it. He drew his command knife sharply, jumped up from the grass where he was hiding, and ran towards the nearest cavalryman.

"Kill to give" Just when Ono Jiro approached the warrior, he shouted loudly, and the command knife in his hand also slashed at a soldier riding on a war horse, watching his command knife get closer and closer to the cavalryman's neck, and the cavalryman did look at him coldly, a look of panic appeared in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of Ono Jiro's mouth. In his opinion, his knife was the most outstanding knife he had ever made against the enemy since he joined the army.

"Bang" A gunshot rang out, cutting through the quiet battlefield, the powerful penetrating power of the rifle bullet passed directly through Ono Jiro's chest, and a bunch of blood spilled out from the bullet in his chest, and the powerful impact of the bullet suddenly restrained his forward slashing action, and the command knife that was about to cut the enemy's neck slowly retreated, farther and farther away, and finally, the body fell backwards to the ground.

"Baga, cunning Chinese" were Ono's last words before he died. After saying that, he closed his eyes. It turned out that just when Ono Jiro pulled out his command knife and rushed out of the hiding place, a battalion commander who was observing the battlefield spotted him, so a rifle just followed Ono Jiro's pace, and just when Ono Jiro thought he had succeeded, the battalion commander pulled the trigger.

"Report to the battalion commander, all the little devils have been eliminated, and the battlefield has been cleaned." At this time, a company commander came to the battalion commander on a war horse and reported.

"Okay, order the troops, take the loot, and retreat immediately. There is such a big movement here, the little devils in the county will definitely come to reinforce and retreat immediately." The battalion commander ordered decisively.

"Yes, battalion commander" After speaking, the company commander went to assemble the troops. Soon, the warriors quickly left the battlefield with their horses and captured booty. And half an hour later, reinforcements from a brigade of little devils from the county town really arrived. However, all that was left for them was the mutilated corpses on the ground.

"Commander, commander, good news, the cavalry battalion has won a big victory" The tranquil command suddenly sounded the excited voice of the chief of staff.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, read it to me and the political commissar, you know, the cavalry regiment has been off for two days, and there is no news, I am going crazy.

"Yes, Commander, Commissar. According to a telegram from Commander Sun of the First Army Division, a reinforced squadron of the Japanese Army was equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns this morning and was ready to sweep Zhuangquan Village, but it was discovered by the garrison of a company in Zhuangquan Village. Therefore, after sending out the signal for help, Zhuangquan Village used a garrison company to hold off the devils for half an hour, and laid mines on the devils' retreat road, successfully dragging down the reinforced squadron of the Yue army that wanted to withdraw to the county seat, and after a battalion of the cavalry regiment arrived, it successfully annihilated the Yue army, and no one escaped the net. Chief of Staff Li Qing excitedly finished reading the telegram in his hand.

"Okay, fight well, tell the commander of the cavalry regiment Wang, as well as the commanders of the various military divisions, let them fight like this, as long as the devils dare to go out of the county, don't let them go back alive." Liu Hua ordered excitedly.

"Yes, Commander, I'll go and write the message." The chief of staff replied. Turn around and walk towards the telegraph room.

"Commander, I didn't expect that a reinforced squadron would be killed like this, just like this, the elimination of a few more devil squadrons would be equivalent to the total number of troops we eliminated in the last anti-encirclement and suppression operation. Hehe. Political Commissar Guan Xiangying said with a smile, obviously very happy with this good news.

"Political commissar, this is the guerrilla warfare of our Eighth Route Army, and the little devil has not yet learned home. Hehe, by the way, has there been a phenomenon of the entire village defecting to the enemy in the base areas of the three military subdivisions recently, especially the First Army subdivision? Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, if you don't ask me, I almost forgot to tell you, since you issued an order to the three military divisions, the three commanders have formed a total of dozens of small detachments. They went deep into the enemy-occupied areas and our guerrilla areas, eliminated the Han annihilation, and disrupted the transportation of the devils. Three days have passed now, and according to the latest statistics from the Intelligence Department, in these three days, each squad has eliminated a total of 122 notorious Han annihilators. Among them, they ambushed the convoy of little devils 6 times, eliminated more than 100 people, and achieved fruitful results. The political commissar took a sip of tea, saw Liu Hua listening to himself with a smile, and continued.

"Since the elimination of these Han annihilation, the shock to the army is very huge, listening to the introduction of the intelligence department, now in the enemy-occupied area has spread, as long as the notorious, and the Eighth Route Army against the Han annihilation, then he will definitely be killed the next day for a few days, not only did not the village surrender to the enemy again, but also many villages, after seeing our small detachment, took the initiative to ask to return to our arms again. What's more," the political commissar looked at the focused Liu Hua and deliberately pondered

"What's more, don't stop, hurry up, I'm in a hurry" Seeing the political commissar selling in front of him, Liu Hua hurriedly urged.

According to the statistics of Director Wang of the Logistics Department, the comrades of the squad collected a total of 356 gold bars and more than 500,000 yuan. This has greatly relieved the financial pressure on our base areas. The political commissar said with a smile.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that one thing would have such a big benefit. In this case, we must not only not relax the matter of forming a small team, but also strengthen it. Let them go deep into the enemy-occupied areas and villages, develop our local party organizations, form guerrilla units, and do a good job in mass work. At the same time, it can also send excellent soldiers to our base areas. More importantly, it is necessary to prepare the prerequisites for the liberation of these areas in the future. Liu Hua replied.

"Yes, the commander is absolutely right, I agree. By the way, Commander, we have seized so much money this time, should we keep all of them, or hand over some of them to the headquarters, after all, the headquarters is more difficult than us! The commissar asked.

"Hehe, political commissar, I didn't expect you to do the same, so many things, it's definitely not good for us to leave them all, besides, we will have another seizure in the future. In this way, all the silver dollars were left, all the gold seized was handed over to the headquarters, and a soldier of a guard company was sent from the headquarters to carry a radio station for escort. Also, didn't we capture a lot of mortars in our hands, and send some to Mr. Peng at the headquarters, the equipment of the headquarters guard regiment is too poor, and if you meet a little devil, you will definitely suffer. Liu Hua thought of the death of the future chief of staff of Zuo Quan, and hurriedly added.

"Okay, Commander, I'll take care of this matter, and send them more heavy weapons and ammunition. Have a baggage company escort and a guard company to guard along the way. The commissar nodded in agreement.

"Okay, just do it, then this matter will be handed over to the political commissar, and when the time comes, Mr. Peng and Mr. Zhu will see us and say that we are stingy" Liu Hua joked with a smile.

In this way, all military subdivisions, with the assistance of the headquarters guard regiment, completely annihilated the five squadrons of the Chinese Army, with the result that the Shanxi Army no longer dared to send squadron-sized troops to carry out their so-called guerrilla warfare, and the edge of the base area was once again restored to tranquility, and a certain degree of stability was temporarily maintained between the Yue Army and the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, thanks to the efforts of various squads, the base area quickly returned to its pre-war situation. At the same time, a large number of small detachments went deep behind enemy lines, set up guerrilla units, and attacked the logistical lines of the devils, which disturbed the army all night.

When "Baga" saw that his first battle plan since taking office not only failed to achieve the results it should have, but also caused the entire Shanxi Zhutun Army to lose nearly 1,500 troops again, the commander of the army could not help but curse loudly, and the entire command headquarters could not hear a single sound, and all the staff officers stood motionless, deeply afraid that the commander in front of him would burn the anger in his heart on himself.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is really cunning and cunning, ordering all county towns and strongholds, without special circumstances, to prohibit troops below the size of the squadron from going to the countryside to sweep. In the near future, the main task of our Shanxi garrison is to strengthen public order in the county seat where we are stationed. At the same time, we should accumulate strength, and when our strength reaches a certain level, we will launch a sweep to destroy the Jinyi base area. The commander sorted out the thoughts in his heart and ordered to the officers in front of him.

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(To be continued)