On the battlefield, retreat is also a very important technical work. The disorderly retreat of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info often has the potential to lead to the collapse of the entire front. At this moment, for the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the road of retreat is also extremely difficult.

The heavy artillery wing, which was the first to be evacuated from the battlefield, was originally supposed to be transferred to the rear as soon as possible. As a result, they learned that the convoy coming from the rear had been attacked, and their artillery naturally did not dare to go on the road alone.

In view of this situation, the division commander Fujie Keisuke quickly ordered an advance force with a cavalry brigade as the vanguard and an infantry wing as the rearguard, escorting the artillery wing and a group of baggage troops.

At the same time, the Japanese planes that arrived at the battlefield also began to act as reconnaissance and protection teams for the retreat of the troops, observing the dangers on the way of the troops from the air. At the same time, strike at those blocking forces that have the potential to stop their advance.

Looking at these little devil fighters flying overhead from time to time, the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade responsible for blocking the attack also said with some staggering: "Raised by a dog, retreat, and the plane needs to escort them, these little devils are quite big!" ”

This shows that the little devil has a weak heart and does not dare to go on the road easily. It's okay, let them turn! Anyway, after a few minutes, it will be dark again. The planes of these little devils will not appear in the dark! ’

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties among the reconnaissance troops, He Zhengdao, who also arrived in the rear, quickly sent a telegram to the reconnaissance brigade: "Order the forward blocking troops to only need to lay mines on the roads and delay the marching speed of the little devils.

All the troops responsible for blocking the forward line should find a good place to lurk and stand by. Put the forward troops of the little devils in the past, and constantly distance them from the main forces in the rear. The reconnaissance brigade followed a division and a regiment, looking for an opportunity to encircle and annihilate it.

A cavalry brigade, an artillery wing, and an infantry wing add up to a lot of troops. But as long as they find a good place, they can't fly away either. As for the troops blocking in the rear, they will resolutely carry out the blockade.

At all costs, block the reinforcements sent by the Japanese army. At the same time, the 2nd Division was ordered to continue to rush tonight and put the main force of the division at the forefront. I want to retreat from the official road and let the little devil dream!

The rest of the reconnaissance and combat detachments, in coordination with the guerrilla units in various places, held the main communication routes through which the Japanese army might pass. In addition to assisting the people in evacuating, they used guerrilla warfare to constantly harass the retreating troops of the little devils. ”

In He Zhengdao's view, it is not easy for the little devil to withdraw the entire 16th Division of the Japanese Army at one time. They necessarily had to divide their troops into several marching sequences in order to guarantee an orderly retreat of the troops.

As long as they interrupted their marching sequence and divided them into several lines of troops to encircle and annihilate, He Zhengdao believed that the 16th Division of the little devil would inevitably suffer heavy losses. And the real hard bones should be the main force of the little devil's division.

Now the troops of the Fifth Theater have launched a counterattack on all fronts, and the Japanese army wants to ensure the smooth retreat of them, but they are afraid that they will continue to send rearguard blocking troops. In this case, the distance between the advance force and the rearguard force will become wider and wider.

And what He Zhengdao has to do is to command the troops under his command and divide these troops of the little devils. As long as he bites a group of little devils, he will send a telegram to Li Zongren, asking him to instruct the troops in the war zone to come over and encircle them.

This kind of 'wolf pack tactic' was also specially formulated by He Zhengdao to fight the little devils. The fat dragged down the little devils. Finally, find the opportunity to completely annihilate the small Japanese troops who were divided!

Although the reconnaissance and combat detachment lurking not far from the 16th Division did not launch an attack on the retreating troops that were in the vanguard. According to He Zhengdao's order, the reconnaissance detachment planted a large number of mines on the road when it left.

The most important thing is that the mines are not laid in the form of minefields, and they are densely planted in many places and sparsely buried in others. So much so that the Japanese cavalry, who were the pioneers, were frightened by these strange mines.

The convoy with artillery towing behind them found that they had waited for half an hour, and could only drive half a mile at most, and they needed to get out of the car to be on guard, waiting for the troops in front to clear the mines, and then they dared to continue on the road.

This situation made Fujie Keisuke, who was in a hurry to retreat, very angry and said: "Yaga, if we retreat like this, when will we be able to join the 13th Division?" Let the cavalry brigade, speed up! ”

'Division commander, no way! The enemy is so insidious that they have laid a large number of mines on the roads, and they are scattered. The cavalry brigade suffered heavy losses, as did our sappers.

In addition to laying mines on the road, the enemy also arranged a lot of snipers, focusing on shooting our minesweepers. The infantry wing that was sent in the past, an engineer squadron, is now more than half dead and wounded. ’

Looking at the angry division commander and the chief of staff who received the message from the front, he knew that he couldn't blame the advance troops for walking too slowly. It was really a great trouble for them to march by laying mines like this!

Looking at the retreat route, Fujie Keisuke suddenly said: "Order the 30th Infantry Brigade to send a wing to disperse to these places for me, capture those people who are hiding, and let them go to the front tomorrow."

According to the situation detected by the military headquarters, it was the 67th Army of the Eighth Route Army that was responsible for blocking us. If nothing else, it was this unit that attacked our 13th Division in the first place. This time, we must withdraw from their encirclement as soon as possible.

They use such despicable means in order to delay the pace of our march. In that case, then don't blame us for not following the rules. Capture more civilians and let them serve as our manpower minesweepers.

At least I know that their Eighth Route Army will not easily harm the common people. If they want these people to live, they must remove the landmines from the roads. This is carried out after dark, and it must be fast! ”

Catching ordinary people as meat shields is not an uncommon thing for little devils. Although Keisuke Fujie also took over as division commander not long ago, he also did not want to be a defeated division commander, let alone die here.

For the use of such tactics, albeit somewhat shameful. However, many officers and men of the 16th Division did not feel anything about such an order. In their opinion, there are many Chinese people, and they can't kill them.

Using the people to wade through thunder will certainly attract some criticism. But as for the 16th Division, which had participated in the Nanjing Massacre, they didn't care much. What they were most concerned about at the moment was to retreat safely to the rear.

Just after Keisuke Fujie gave this secret order, the advance troops, who had not been able to go far, soon received orders from the rear. Let them, find a safe camping spot, and wait for reinforcements from the rear.

The cavalry brigade, which had already suffered heavy losses, also breathed a long sigh of relief when it heard that more mine-sweeping troops would be sent over tomorrow. Today's march has cast a psychological shadow on the surviving cavalry.

Because, they have no idea that there is a deadly mine buried in this survival passage in their opinion. If they are not careful, they and the war horses under them may fall.

Such fear makes them physically and mentally exhausted. Now that they heard that the division would send a large number of mine-sweeping troops over tomorrow to clear the obstacles to their advance, they naturally enjoyed resting and quietly waiting for the arrival of tomorrow.

At this moment, the 19th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, which served as the rearguard, was also under attack by various units in the Fifth Theater. Even at night, the guns were still roaring on the blocking positions they had set up.

On the other hand, the main force of the division and regiment, which had also left the garrison at this moment, also chose to set up camp under the protection of an infantry brigade. And Fujie Keisuke also knew that night fighting was the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and he also intended to order the troops to strengthen vigilance.

The saber special operations detachment, which had already stared at them, looked at the alert troops set up by the Japanese army outside the camp, and said with a headache: "It seems that the commander of this little devil division is really a guy who is afraid of death, and there are so many vigilant forces outside!" ”

'Are you really stupid to be a little devil?' Their former division commander was beheaded off by Captain Song. They should know that we are capable of night fighting. It is also normal to strengthen peripheral vigilance.

Order all the squads to stay and keep an eye on the actions of these little devils. If you can't find a chance tonight, there will always be a time when you find a chance. Targeted by our sabers, we have to bite off a piece of their flesh no matter what. ’

As the captain, Zhu Fei knew very well that the former division commander of the 16th Division was ambushed by Song Yuping, who is now in the New Fourth Army. And this time, their saber naturally set their sights on the new division commander.

Although he couldn't find a chance to attack for the time being, Zhu Fei knew very well that he had to endure loneliness as a special combat team. He believed that the retreat of the Japanese army this time was destined not to be too smooth.

If the troops encircled in the rear can arrive, the Japanese army will inevitably be in chaos. As long as the Japanese army is in chaos, the saber will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and kill the newly appointed commander of the Japanese division.

The decapitation battle is no longer an uncommon thing for the saber special combat team. But to do that, timing is also important. If you are in a hurry, the gains often outweigh the losses.

Not long after, the Saber special combat team, which was on guard on the periphery, suddenly saw a Japanese infantry wing from the barracks. Looking at the cautious appearance of these Japanese soldiers, the special combat team members felt a little curious.

Especially when he saw that they arrived at the periphery and began to divide their troops, Zhu Fei felt that there was a situation. Immediately, he said, "Take the squad as a unit and keep an eye on them." I'd like to see what these little devils want to do! ”

In Zhu Fei's opinion, these little devils sneaked out of the camp in the middle of the night, and they were not afraid of being ambushed, there must be some ulterior conspiracy. And at this moment, with only one combat detachment, they naturally could not ambush such a Japanese army who was camping.

Therefore, it is wisest to follow these little devils and see what they want to do. If there is a chance, Zhu Fei will also unite the nearby troops and find an appropriate time to annihilate them! (To be continued.) )