Qiao Youhua sat on a wooden chair and said, "That's just your wishful thinking, don't forget, from the beginning to the present, only the puppet army has launched an attack on you, not the Japanese army." Obviously, the devil is using these tens of thousands of puppet troops as cannon fodder, but he retains his strength to recuperate.

intends to give us a fatal blow at a critical moment. ”

Zhou Dasheng and Ma Biao couldn't help but nod silently, the fact is really like this, the little devil has really not participated in the battle except for sending some people to supervise the battle and direct the attack of the second devil, as well as providing some artillery support.

Qiao Youhua continued: "You have been in front for so long, and I have not been idle in the back, using the puppet army captives captured before, I have built a complete set of fortifications in Shimen.

Where, we will have the strongest line of defense to hold on, offsetting the strength advantage of the Japanese puppet army, and it will be closer to our base area, and it will be more convenient to supply ammunition, food and other supplies.

If you continue to fight on the front line of Hengshui and Anping, once your ammunition is exhausted, and the devils send troops to blockade it, then the ammunition will not be able to come in, wouldn't it be dangerous? ”

Zhou Dasheng nodded and said, "Commander, what you said makes sense, we will resolutely carry out the orders of the column headquarters and you." ”

"After nightfall tonight, the second regiment and the cavalry battalion will withdraw first, and I will personally lead the guard camp to the rear of the palace, and after you withdraw to Shimen, you will be responsible for the defense of the east and south directions of Shimen." After Qiao Youhua finished speaking, he added: "Immediately send a telegram to the three regiments in my name, so that they can also prepare to evacuate, the artillery battalion will withdraw first, and the three regiments will be behind." ”

Ma Biao, Zhou Dasheng, Liu Jianhua, Zhao Tiezhu and others all stood up and responded: "Yes!" ”

In the afternoon, the Japanese puppet army outside the city launched several more attacks, but they were all repelled by the second regiment and the guard battalion, and the cavalry battalion even suddenly killed from the south gate, carrying out a counter-assault on the Japanese puppet army, and achieved a lot of results.

Subsequently, before the main force of the Japanese puppet army counterattacked, he took it when he saw it and withdrew to the city.

It was soon evening, and the dragon's tooth soldiers in the city were preparing for the retreat.

After dinner, it was not until about one o'clock in the morning that the soldiers of the Second Dragon Tooth Regiment quietly opened the West City Gate and quietly went out of the city.

This time period is the most sleepy day for people in 24 hours a day, and it is obviously the most appropriate time to break through and retreat at this time.

The devil and the puppet army didn't expect that the Second Dragon Tooth Regiment, which obviously still had strong combat effectiveness, would break through and retreat at this juncture, after all, they had not been able to attack even a single soldier in the city until now, and the defenders had just received reinforcements from a support army today.

Therefore, the Japanese puppet army only symbolically deployed a small number of patrol and guard sentries on both sides of the railway west of the city, and when they discovered the movement of the second regiment, the vanguard of the second regiment commando and cavalry battalion led by the deputy regiment commander Zhou Dasheng immediately opened fire on the devils and the puppet army.

A fierce fire turned them into a daze, killing and wounding, and the main force of the 2nd Dragon Tooth Regiment took the opportunity to break through along the railway.

By the time the Japanese puppet troops in other directions were alarmed and responded to the news and sent reinforcements to arrive, the combat and baggage troops of the 2nd Regiment had all broken through.

Qiao Youhua and Zheng Yunshan walked behind the guard barracks, and the reinforcements of the devil and the puppet army found that they immediately chased after them, and the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire along the railway line in the west of the city.

Qiao Youhua commanded the guard battalion to rely on its own powerful automatic firepower, and each company alternately covered and slowly retreated, although the Japanese puppet army had many troops, but it was helpless.

At this moment, Liu Jianhua led the cavalry battalion to kill back, and in response to Qiao Youhua, the cavalry battalion made a surprise attack, severely damaging the Japanese puppet army's pursuers, and Qiao Youhua led the guard battalion to take the opportunity to break away from the battle and withdraw in the direction of Shimen.

It didn't take long for the cavalry battalion to get out of the battle and retreat.

The two joined forces in one place, swaggered and slowly retreated in the direction of Shimen.

If the Japanese puppet army wants to pursue again, it is too late, and most of the puppet army are timid. Therefore, the matter of the pursuit is over.

At the same time that the second regiment broke through the siege, the third regiment of Anping County also began the breakthrough battle under the command of Wu Ming, and the artillery battalion first shelled the Japanese puppet army in the north of the city with a rush of artillery fire, so that the devils and the second devils in the north of the city thought that they wanted to launch a counterattack.

Subsequently, under the cover of the infantry of the three regiments, they suddenly came out of the south gate, and the military trucks of the artillery battalion dragged one artillery gun after another, and took the lead in rushing south to evacuate.

Wu Ming and Zhao Youde led the main battalions of the three regiments to rush out of the city one after another, and after the main forces of the puppet army in the north of the city and other directions reacted, they did not intercept them, but directly seized the county seat in order to compete for merit.

The 3rd Regiment and the Artillery Battalion were thus able to break through the encirclement and withdraw to Shimen.

As a result, the Japanese puppet army was able to take advantage of the situation to capture Hengshui and Anping County, although it was not captured with real swords, but it made a group of devil officers secretly relieved, after all, it was also considered to have completed the orders of Major General Sakai Lizo.

And, on the battlefield on the Western Front, Jiang Haidong and his six hundred elite veterans were not idle, in the past two days and two nights, they attacked the puppet army south of the Shahe River and Xinle's generation several times.

More than 300 Japanese puppet soldiers were killed, and more than 10 military trucks and motorcycles were blown up.

The Japanese puppet troops stationed in Xinle County were so frightened that they did not dare to go out of the city to patrol, especially at night.

Tonight, while the second and third regiments broke through and withdrew to Shimen, Jiang Haidong was not idle, and aimed at the Shahe Bridge under construction.

In the past two days, they have been busy attacking the puppet army patrols searching for their targets, and they have not had time to attack the bridge that the Japanese puppet army is rushing to repair.

Although the puppet army and the devils have strengthened their vigilance here, there must be a mistake in Baimi, they only guard against landing, but not in the water, no one would have thought that in this climate environment where the temperature is almost below zero, someone will attack from underwater.

However, Jiang Haidong, a madman, thought of it, not only did he think of it, but he also took action, personally selected fifty elite veterans who knew how to water and had good skills, carrying a large number of explosives and weapons and ammunition from outside the patrol range of the Japanese puppet army in the upper reaches of the Shahe River, went into the water to endure the biting cold, and quietly swam to the Shahe Bridge that was being constructed and repaired.

Because the devils are eager to get through this important traffic artery, the puppet army is working day and night, and there are puppet troops on the bridge at this moment who are braving the cold and working overnight.

Jiang Haidong has a strong qi to protect his body and is not afraid of the cold, but the soldiers behind him are different, everyone is so cold that their faces are blue and shivering, completely supported by an unyielding and tenacious will.

"Brothers, hold on a little longer, blow up his son of a bitch, let's retreat, and when we go back, there will be hot broth and wine waiting for us!" Jiang Haidong encouraged in a low voice.