On the road leading from Shenzhou to Dongguang and Botou, Kawayasu Wenzo and Chief of Staff Takeshita were retreating eastward with their remaining more than 2,000 subordinates.

Compared with the menacing and high-spirited army of tens of thousands when he came, it looked particularly desolate and desolate.

Chuan An Wensan no longer talked and laughed when he came, and his face was full of solemnity.

"Takeshita-kun, where are you going to get there?" Chuan An Wensan was a little out of breath, stopped his steps, glanced ahead, and asked.

Chief of Staff Takeshita, who was also panting like an ox because of the fatigue of long-distance running, took a few deep breaths to calm down the lobes of his lungs that were almost about to explode, and then replied: "General, the front should be Dongguang County." ”

"We must go into the city to replenish and rest before breaking through, otherwise just running like this will exhaust the soldiers." Chuan An heard three things.

"Then we have to let the soldiers take a break before they have the energy to attack Dongguang County, otherwise it is impossible to take it at all." Takeshita Nakasa said with a sad face.

Just in Chuan'an, Wensan considered whether to let his subordinates rest on the spot, recover their strength, and then seize Dongguang County as a place to settle down and replenish their rest.

The rearguard unit in charge of the rear of the palace suddenly came to report: "Your Excellency, it is not good, the cavalry and mechanized infantry of the Chinese army have caught up again, and we are less than ten minutes away. ”

Chuan An was shocked and angry when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said, "Baga, the hateful Chinese pig." ”

Takeshita Nakasa's face became extremely ugly, and he said: "Your Excellency General, it is not a way to go on like this, our two legs can't outrun the four legs and car wheels of the cavalry of the Shina Army no matter what, we must change the escape route, and we can't retreat by road anymore." ”

Chuan An Wensan raised his hand and beckoned a guard carrying the map, asked him to open the map and looked at it: "If you don't take the road, if you take the path, there is no such detailed mark on the map at all, and we are likely to get lost." ”

Takeshita Nakasa said: "That's better, take the road and be caught up by the cavalry and mechanized infantry of the Shina Army." Besides, we can also capture the civilians of China along the way, so that they can lead the way for the imperial army, at least have some more chances of successfully breaking through. ”

Chuan An Wensan thought about it, and had to nod in agreement: "Yo Xi, then do as you say and take the path." ”

At that moment, more than 2,000 devils quickly evacuated the road, found a dirt road, and plunged into it, and on both sides of the dirt road were endless sorghum fields, woods, and grass, and they soon disappeared without a trace.

Chuan An Wensan ran wildly with his men for a long time, and finally caught a Dongguang County militia who was responsible for going out to investigate, this militia was only thirteen or fourteen years old, because he was too young, he had not yet been officially incorporated into the militia of the Dragon Tooth Column.

It is a supernumerary personnel, and when the entire Dongguang County adopts strong walls to clear the wilderness to prevent the Japanese army from escaping, the defenders of various towns and strongholds need to send reconnaissance personnel to the outside to prevent the devils from slipping through their defense areas and escaping.

When the Guard Regiment and the pursuing troops of the Third Division lost any trace of the devil troops near Dongguang County, they contacted the garrisons and militia units in various places and immediately sent additional personnel to reconnoiter the enemy situation in the area under their jurisdiction.

This young man named Tie Dan volunteered and took the initiative to ask Ying to come out to reconnoiter the intelligence, but he never thought that while he found the traces of the devil, he was also discovered by the Japanese avant-garde pioneers.

He was born as a cattle herder, and he is naturally not the opponent of this group of wolf-like Japanese elites. was caught by several devil soldiers and brought back to Chuan An Wensan.

"General, we've caught a little ghost." A leading devil soldier Cao Xiang Chuan An heard three things.

Chuan Yasu Wenzo and Chief of Staff Takeshita Nakasa and others were resting in a sorghum field with the main force, and when they heard this, they were overjoyed and waved their hands and said, "Bring them up." ”

The devil soldier Cao waved his hand violently, and Tie Dan was rudely escorted up by the two devil soldiers.

Chuan An Wensan looked the stubborn iron egg up and down, and suddenly smiled pleasantly and said in stiff Chinese: "Young man, don't be afraid, we are the Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire, and now we need your help." ”

Without waiting for Chuan An to finish speaking, Tie Dan spit out his saliva and said: "I'd rather die than help you Japanese beasts, be your mother's spring and autumn dream." ”

"Yaga!" Seeing this, Jun Cao next to him was furious, and slapped Tie Dan's right cheek, Tie Dan's head was suddenly twisted to the side, and half of his face quickly swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There was also a trace of blood spilling from the corner of the mouth.

Chuan An Wensan wiped the spit off his face with his gloves, changed his face and said: "You drop, don't be ignorant, if you don't cooperate with us, then you can only die!" ”

Takeshita Nakasa, who was next to him, took out his own matching gun very cooperatively, and faced the muzzle of the black hole, Tie Dan, who was originally holding the determination to die, suddenly had a thought in his mind and changed his attention.

Seeing that Tie Dan's face changed and his expression was not as resolute as just now, Chuan An Wensan thought that he was scared, and said with a good approach: "Young man, as long as you lead us through the sorghum fields and woods here, and walk out of the territory of Dongguang County, I will let you go and give you money." ”

Saying that, Chuan An Wensan groped around his body a few times, but didn't find the money, and finally took off the watch on his left hand, and swayed and tempted in front of Tie Dan's eyes.

said: "However, you want to take us on the path and avoid the dirt eight roads to work, do you understand?" ”

Tie Dan gritted his teeth, pretending to be struggling, before nodding and saying, "That's good, but you have to talk about it." ”

"Yo Xi, let's talk a lot, you can rest assured about this, as long as you take us out of Dongguang County, I will definitely let you go." Chuan An Wensan thought that he had succeeded, and couldn't help but show a smug smile.

Seeing that the devil was deceived, Tie Dan immediately deliberately pretended to have bright eyes and said, "Then you give me the watch first." ”

Chuan An Wensan turned around and glanced at Takeshita Nakasa, smiled disdainfully, and turned around and said, "Yo Xi, in order to show sincerity, then give it to you first, and show us the way." ”

Tie Dan took the watch and held it in his hand, calmed down his nervousness, turned around and said, "Okay, you come with me." ”

"Yo Xi." Chuan An was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the top soldier Cao: "You take the avant-garde troops and follow him to open the way in front." ”

The devil soldier Cao bowed his head suddenly, "Haiyi! He turned around and took his subordinates and left with Tiedan.

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On the battlefield of the Hutuo River, Guo Meng had already received the news and arrived with a group of logistics personnel.

After meeting with Qiao Youhua, she commanded the logistics staff to begin to collect the remains of the fallen soldiers with the help of the local people, and Qiao Youhua finally proposed: "These soldiers are outnumbered, blocking the enemy several times our size for a day and a night, and they died bravely, but they can sing and cry, so bury them next to the battlefield on the north bank of the Hutuo River."

May their heroic spirits forever protect this land for which blood was shed and sacrificed, and it will be convenient for the world to pay tribute and remember! ”