Zhengding County, the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army.

Ichiro Nakagawa and Saburo Aoki, who had returned from the defeat at Zhengcun, finally received a telegram from the North China Front, and both were dismissed from their military posts and received a ticket to return home.

This is more uncomfortable than death for the active duty of the Japanese army officers who invaded China, and death can be regarded as loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Yasukuni Shrine is glorious for little Japan.

But now, they have become the object of everyone's shame, and Saburo Aoki, an old devil, committed suicide by seppuku in a fit of rage.

Only Nakagawa Ichiro was ordered to leave Zhengding County, took the train directly to Tianjin, and embarked on the journey back to China.

Of course, this is all an afterthought, the Shimen Japanese army was defeated, and more than 2,000 Japanese troops were wiped out, although the Japanese military high-level was angry, but they still wanted to temporarily block the news, so as not to affect the morale of the imperial army fighting on the front line, but they didn't expect Qiao Youhua to send out a paper and telegram code, so that the whole world knew about it.

The Japanese army couldn't block it even if they wanted to, and the commander of the Japanese North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, was furious, and strictly ordered all subordinate troops to kill Qiao Youhua and his subordinates at any cost, the anti-Japanese team that disgraced the imperial army.

In the end, it was the chief of staff Okabe Naosaburo who persuaded him to take the overall situation first, after all, the Battle of Xinkou and the East China Battlefield had reached the most critical juncture, and some of the troops of the North China Front Army were transferred to reinforce the Songhu battlefield in Central China.

The existing troops still have to be stationed in Hebei, Pingjin, Chahar and other vast areas, and it is really impossible to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, which has become a serious problem for the henchmen.

However, in view of the fiasco of the Shimen encirclement and suppression army, one or two brigades are obviously no longer enough to encircle and annihilate Qiao Youhua's Dragon Tooth Task Force, and only by mobilizing more troops and besieging them can they win two battles in one battle.

Therefore, until there were not enough troops to use, Okabe Naosaburo did not build a small force to make senseless sacrifices.

In the end, the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, agreed to the construction of the chief of staff Okabe Naosaburo and did not encircle and suppress the Dragon Tooth Task Force for the time being, but the Dragon Tooth Task Force had already been registered on the North China Japanese Front Army, and once the Japanese army finished fighting the frontal battlefield and freed its hands, it was bound to be the first to get rid of it as soon as possible.

The anger of the Japanese North China Front, of course Qiao Youhua didn't know, this time, he was saying goodbye to the people of Zheng Village.

On the training ground at the west end of the village, more than 400 dragon tooth task forces lined up in four columns and were ready to go, and in front of them were hundreds of Zhengcun villagers, all men and women, old and young.

The village head, Xu Youcai, stood at the front of the crowd, and Xu Yu'er, who was dressed in military uniform, supported him on the side.

Facing the reluctant eyes of the villagers, Qiao Youhua said loudly: "Fellow villagers, the country is in trouble, and the national capital Nanjing is also in danger, as soldiers, we have no choice!" So, please forgive us for leaving, but I promise that if we can stay alive, we will definitely come back! ”

"All of them, salute the folks!" Ma Biao roared and saluted with more than 400 soldiers.

"We're sure you'll be back." Xu Youcai's old eyes were full of tears, and he said with some stalks.

"Don't worry, village chief, we will definitely come back alive and triumphant!" Qiao Youhua said.

"Zhang Yunshan, I ordered you to lead the guard platoon to stay in the base area to protect the safety of the elders of the whole village, even if the whole platoon dies in battle, you must protect the villagers thoroughly, remember?" Qiao Youhua said to Zhang Yunshan on the side.

Zhang Yunshan stepped forward with tears in his eyes and replied loudly: "Remember your humble duties!" Please rest assured, Captain! ”

Qiao Youhua walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said: "If the Japanese army attacks again on a large scale before we come back, then let the fellows retreat to the back mountain, relying on the tunnels and the little devils, I believe you will be able to hold out until we come back!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Yunshan, a nineteen-year-old man, finally couldn't help but shed reluctant tears, "Captain, I am reluctant to part with you, and I also want to go to Nanjing with you." ”

"I understand your feelings, but if you go with me, who will protect Zheng Village and the nearby villagers? Believe me, sooner or later, we will come back, I hope that at that time, you can develop our left-behind team even stronger, and I will not take away the weapons and ammunition captured before.

It's all left to you, you can recruit new recruits and expand your team, but you must strictly control it, and people with bad intentions must not be retained! Qiao Youhua patiently instructed.

Zhang Yunshan wiped away his tears and nodded solemnly: "Yes, I remember, Captain." ”

Qiao Youhua turned around and waved his big hand: "Get in the car and get on the horse, let's go!" "This time to the south, Qiao Youhua with three squadrons and two platoons, about 400 troops, due to the shortage of horses, so he mobilized twelve military trucks, so that it can also pull the food and other materials needed on the road.

After so many battles and captures, the task force has stored a lot of gasoline, at least enough for these ten trucks to go south to Nanjing.

Of course, along the way, it is indispensable to travel through the Japanese theater, even if the gasoline is not enough, as long as you can win a few battles, you are not afraid of having no place to replenish.

As soon as Qiao Youhua gave the order, the soldiers of the three squadrons, the reconnaissance platoon and the machine gun platoon turned over their horses one after another, got on the car, and Qiao Youhua also rode the white war horse and left Zhengcun, a place where he had been staying for nearly two months, with the team.

On the North China Plain, the weather in September is still relatively hot, especially this year's sorghum is late ripening, leaving Zheng Village, you can see people harvesting sorghum in the fields everywhere.

Seeing that an army had driven by, many people looked sideways, and within the confines of Yangliu Town, the people were extremely supportive of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force so much that they would not be afraid.

Horses galloped, trucks roared, and the Dragon's Tooth Task Force roared by, quickly disappearing into the dust.

With the team out of Yangliu Town, Qiao Youhua went all the way south, and it only took half a day to drive more than 50 kilometers, which was already within the range of Zhengding and Shimen.

The reconnaissance platoon was all riding war horses and turned into a cavalry reconnaissance platoon, and in a wood, Qiao Youhua was stopping with the main force to rest.

Liu Yidao took the reconnaissance platoon to the front to explore the way.

While waiting, more than a dozen cavalry scouts galloped over, and one of the leaders was Liu Yidao, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon.

When he came to the woods, Liu Yidao turned over and dismounted, and Qiao Youhua and others walked out.

Liu Yidao stepped forward and saluted: "Captain, there is a railway line ten miles ahead, and if we want to continue south, we have to cross this railway line." ”

"Did you find a good path?" Qiao Youhua asked, if it was just a march on foot, then you could find a section of railway line to pass, but now that the team has trucks and war horses, you have to take the real road.

"I found it, there is a small town ten miles away, called Lingwu Town, there is a road across the railway in the town, we can pass Guò, it's just that there are a lot of devils and puppet soldiers stationed in this town, and there is an ironclad train to stop, I'm afraid it's not so easy to break through." Liu Yidao said.