Seeing the combat staff officer in front of him, who was still staying in place and motionless, Commander Xu Guozhen, who had nowhere to vent his anger, immediately said with an angry face: "What are you still doing in a daze." There are more than 10,000 of us, so we are blocked by a small team of devil soldiers. Ordered the troops to move forward and pursue the Japanese breakthrough troops. At the same time, we will dispatch a company of troops to pursue the little devils who attacked us, and no matter what, we must wipe out these dozens of little devils and avenge the soldiers who have just died..."

"Yes, army commander, I will go and give the order immediately...."Facing the angry army commander, the combat staff officer did not dare to stop at all, and hurriedly took the order and left.

In the blink of an eye, the strength of a company, under the command of his company commander, followed the retreat route of the Japanese army and quickly pursued the past. Of course, the marching column, which had just stopped for less than two minutes, continued to pant and take its own steps under the command of Commander Xu Guozhen, pursuing the Japanese breakthrough troops.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A few minutes later, when the marching army of Haohao Dàngdàng, under the command of Xu Guozhen, continued to pursue the Japanese breakthrough troops. Several loud explosions rang out from the front of the line to everyone's ears. Immediately after, a series of fierce gunshots also reached everyone's ears.

"What's going on, why are there gunshots again, what are the reconnaissance troops doing, why didn't they discover the enemy situation in advance...."The army commander Xu Guozhen, seeing the pursuit team that stopped again around him, shouted loudly at the combat staff officers who came in a hurry, without any good face.

"Commander, it was our reconnaissance unit that was attacked....an infantry company that went out to reconnoiter was ambushed by a Japanese squadron. In just one minute of fighting, more than 100 members of the avant-garde company lost more than half of them under the combined attack of Japanese mines and machine guns. The little devil ambushed the troops, and before our main force arrived, they withdrew from the battlefield in a hurry..."The combat staff officer, who came out of breath, reported loudly.

"Dog-day little devils, what do they want to do. The strength of a squad just now, now it becomes a squadron ... Send a battalion of troops at once, and I must catch up with this group of little devils and annihilate them all. The main forces, continue to advance. We must not be blinded by these tricks of the little devils, so as to give up the pursuit of the Japanese breakthrough troops..."After a short period of anger, Xu Guozhen ordered with an angry face.

"Yes, Commander......"

Looking at the marching army column that was running again, Du Ping, the chief of staff, who was the supreme commander of the breakthrough force, slowly surfaced in his heart with a faint uneasiness through two small-scale sneak attacks.

"Mines, ambush warfare, cold shots, how do they sound so familiar..."Recalling the two attacks he had just encountered, Chief of Staff Du Pin couldn't help but mutter.

"Chief of Staff Du, what were you talking about just now?" Commander Xu Guozhen asked.

"I'm wondering if we're taking the little devil too simply. I always felt that the two sneak attacks that happened around us were premeditated sneak attacks by little devils. Of course, it was only my temporary conjecture, and I felt that the two attacks were definitely not as simple as I imagined. Perhaps, at this moment, there is a huge yīn conspiracy slowly looming over us..."Chief of Staff Du Ping said thoughtfully.

"Chief of Staff, maybe you're thinking too much. Now the little devil can't even run for his life, what can he premeditate. You can rest assured, our East China Field Army is not afraid of anything, even if the little devils have a plan, we will meet the tricks and eliminate them all...."Xu Guozhen replied confidently.

"Lao Xu, maybe it's really me who is too worried, order the troops, continue to move forward, and pursue the little devil to break through the troops..."Chief of Staff Du Ping shook his head helplessly, and then replied.

And just as Du Pin's words fell, a dense burst of gunfire once again reached his ears. Immediately afterwards, the panting voice of the operational staff officer also appeared in front of Commander Xu Guozhen and himself for the first time.

"Chief of Staff, Army Commander, the troops were attacked by about a squadron of Japanese troops, losing more than fifty people. I have sent a battalion of troops in pursuit, in accordance with your order, and you see, whether the main force is ordered to move on. ”

"What, I lost more than fifty people, little devil of the dog day, I must destroy you all. By the way, Staff Officer Wang, is there any news about a battalion that was ordered to attack just now? Frowning his brows, Commander Xu Guozhen opened his mouth and asked rhetorically.

"Nope..."

"There is no news, how can this be, a battalion of troops can't solve the problem of a Japanese infantry squadron lacking guns and ammunition"

For a while, a trace of doubt and uneasiness slowly appeared on Commander Xu Guozhen's face for the first time. At the same time, the anger in my heart has also become the current incomprehension. After a short period of contemplation, Commander Xu Guozhen, who had no thoughts, had to put his puzzled gaze on Du Ping, the chief of staff beside him. Then he asked.

"Chief of Staff, what do you see?"

"Lao Xu, it's still my worry just now. Think about it, mines, small-scale ambushes, cold shots....what do you think of through these tactics that the little devils use against us?" Also after a short period of contemplation, Chief of Staff Du Ping asked thoughtfully.

"Mines, cold shots, skirmishes ... Chief of Staff, I understand, this is the guerrilla warfare that our army is best at....You mean, the little devils are also waging guerrilla warfare against us..."Xu Guozhen's face immediately showed a sudden realization, and then he spoke.

"Yes, it's guerrilla warfare....Lao Xu, think about it, in the three attacks just now, the tactics used by the Japanese army are exactly the same as the guerrilla tactics that our army is good at. If it had not been known in advance, it would have been the Japanese army who attacked us. I thought there was some kind of misunderstanding between us and the friendly forces...", replied Chief of Staff Du Ping with great approval.

"Chief of Staff, in that case, what should we do next?" At this moment, Xu Guozhen, who had no choice, couldn't help frowning his brows, and put his last expectations on the body of Chief of Staff Du Ping. Then, he asked.

"Now for us, there are only two possible courses of action that I can think of. However, these two combat plans, for us, will be the tricks of the little devils. ”

"The first plan, if we ignore the sneak attack troops of the little devils around us, concentrate our forces, and pursue the Japanese breakthrough troops. Then, even if we catch up with the Japanese breakthrough force, the limited forces in our hands will suffer heavy losses in the continuous sneak attacks. At that time, not to mention the destruction of the Japanese breakthrough troops, maybe even to drag them down, we may not have the strength. Chief of Staff Du Ping said helplessly.

"What about the second course of action?" Xu Guozhen, who did not give up, continued to ask with the last trace of expectation.

"The second plan is to abandon the Japanese breakout troops and concentrate on dealing with the sneak attack troops of the little devils. In this way, we can pay less casualties and eliminate the Japanese sneak attack force. However, we had to give up the main force of the Japanese army that broke through....and the order given to us by the headquarters was very clear, that is, to drag the Japanese breakthrough force regardless of the consequences. And neither of these options can complete the tasks assigned to us by the headquarters..."

"So....Chief of Staff, what the hell are we going to do next?"

"What to do, there is only one way, that is, to report to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to make a decision..."Du Ping replied helplessly.

"Yes, Chief of Staff, I'll send a telegram to headquarters right away...."

On the battlefield around Huai'an City, with the departure of the Japanese breakthrough troops and the beginning of the general offensive of the troops, the speed of progress of the various attacking units can be called very rapid after losing the Japanese army's sworn resistance. In less than half an hour, tens of thousands of Imperial Allied troops, including the remaining thousands of Japanese troops, have been compressed by the strength of the three corps of the East China Field Army to an area with Huai'an City as the center and an area of less than dozens of square kilometers....

In the temporary headquarters of the East China Field Army, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, Political Commissar Xiaoping, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, and several operational staff officers were discussing the battle situation around the huge operational sand table.

"Report to the chiefs, the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Corps Du sent an urgent telegram..."

"Lao Du's telegram. Didn't Lao Du go with six regiments to pursue the breakout troops of the little devils. Now an urgent telegram is being sent, is there something going on?" Chief of Staff Zuo Quan took the telegram with a suspicious look on his face and began to read it.

"Chief of Staff, Lao Du is sending a telegram now, is it the pursuing troops, what happened?" Seeing that the chief of staff beside him had just stretched out, he immediately wrinkled into a 'Chuan'. A trace of bad premonition also appeared in Liu Hua's heart for the first time, and he hurriedly asked rhetorically.

"Commander-in-chief, this time, our old opponent Matsui Ishine, but we have a big problem...."After quickly reading the telegram in his hand, facing the commander-in-chief's question, Zuo Quan let out a long sigh, and then spoke.

"This time, the little devils used their 'nirvana' against us. No, I'm wrong, the specific founder of this 'nirvana' is not a little devil, but us...."

"'Nirvana'... Wait a minute, Chief of Staff, you mean guerrilla warfare. The little devil used guerrilla warfare against my pursuing troops...."Liu Hua replied with a look of surprise.

"Yes, it's guerrilla ......warfare," Zuo Quan, chief of staff, replied in the affirmative.