Easily solving the remnants of the devil's remnants, Jiang Haidong and the officers and soldiers of the third battalion swarmed over, and quickly controlled the bomb craters and a messy battlefield.

The officers and men carefully inspected each tank and armored vehicle with guns in hand to see if there were any devils who were pretending to be dead, and they all mended their knives and killed them.

A few minutes later, a company commander came to Jiang Haidong's side and said, "Regiment commander, the battlefield inspection is over, there is no survivorship, and nearly a hundred devils have all been killed by us." ”

"Very good, communications soldier, immediately send a telegram to Commander Qiao to inform us of the situation here." Jiang Haidong nodded happily.

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At the east gate of Xinle, the Japanese attack had stopped for a while, and Qiao Youhua was also busy squatting behind a battlement wall, smoking a cigarette.

Liu Jianhua commanded the soldiers under the city to strictly guard against a counteroffensive that the Japanese army might launch at any time.

The communication soldier carried the radio on his back, found Qiao Youhua along the battlement wall with his waist bent, squatted down and said, "Commander Qiao, the first regiment and three battalions are in an emergency." ”

"Oh? How so? Qiao Youhua looked up and asked.

"The third battalion successfully ambushed nearly 20 enemy tanks and armored vehicles that came to reinforce them, and all of them were wiped out, and none of them escaped the net." Signal Soldier Road.

After hearing this, Qiao Youhua was overjoyed, immediately took the last puff of his cigarette, threw away the cigarette butt and said, "Great, Jiang Haidong has finished his work, we can also withdraw." Herald, inform Battalion Commander Liu and Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao to prepare to retreat! ”

One of the heralds answered, and quickly ran down the city towards the cat's waist and toward the city.

It didn't take long for Qiao Youhua and Liu Jianhua to quietly withdraw from the county seat with the team alternately covering, and the deputy battalion commander Zhao Tiezhu led more than 100 cavalry to break the rear cover, and they quickly ran towards the place where the horses were hidden.

When the Japanese puppet army in the city noticed it and wanted to go out of the city to pursue, they were immediately blocked by Zhao Tiezhu's fire and were forced to retreat into the city.

Qiao Youhua took the officers and soldiers on the horse, and after the signal came, Zhao Tiezhu led his subordinates to turn the horse's head and swaggered around and evacuated.

They are all two-legged Japanese puppet troops, of course, they can't catch up.

In the city, Zhao Haipeng, the commander of the puppet army, came to the headquarters of Saburo on the shore, saluted him and bowed his head: "Taijun, the Tuba Road at the East City Gate has been withdrawn, and they are riding away, and we have not been able to catch up." ”

Kishibe Saburo wanted to slap him very much, but after thinking about it, he said secretly: Could it be that the people of China knew that the chariot brigade of the imperial army had arrived, so they took the initiative to withdraw?

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the adjutant to send a telegram to the chariot brigade, but soon, the adjutant ran over with a sad face and said, "Sir, I can't get in touch with the chariot brigade." ”

"What?" Saburo Kishibe was shocked when he heard this: "How can you not be contacted?" Get in touch again! ”

"Sir, the lowly position has made the signal corps call many times in a row, but it is true that it cannot be contacted, and the radio station of the tank brigade has not responded." The adjutant looked puzzled.

Saburo Shore's face sank, it's not a good thing that he can't be contacted at this time, it stands to reason that it is impossible for the tank brigade to keep the radio silent at this time, then there is only one possibility, something happened to the tank brigade.

Although Kishibe Saburo was extremely reluctant to think about this, the fact that he could not be contacted was now in front of him, and after pondering for a moment, he said to his adjutant: "Immediately arrange for the communication troops to go out of the city to find the chariot brigade, and send a telegram to Daoyu Zhongsa and Yu Zhishanbu, so that they can also send liaison troops to find the chariot brigade." ”

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After leaving Xinle, after Zhao Tiezhu also caught up with the cavalry, Liu Jianhua rode up to Qiao Youhua and rode with him, and asked, "Commander, where are we going next?" ”

"Rendezvous with a regiment and three battalions, prepare to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the Ci River, and strive to defeat them in one go! Win this battle. Qiao Youhua said.

"Good idea. However, there is a question about the lowly position, why don't we take advantage of the current emptiness of the Japanese army in Xinle County, unite with a regiment and three battalions to kill him, maybe we can capture Xinle County in one fell swoop. Liu Jianhua said.

Qiao Youhua explained: "First of all, the Japanese puppet army in Xinle City has been alarmed after the battle just now, and it is already vigilant, and there are city walls to defend, even if we join forces with a regiment and three battalions, it will be difficult to eliminate the Japanese puppet army in the city and capture this city.

The main force of the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the Ci River may learn that the tank and armored vehicle reinforcements it sent have been wiped out by us, so they will return to Xinle and flank us with the Xinle defenders.

Even if we can capture Xinle County before the main force of the Japanese puppet army returns to the division, we are bound to pay a lot of casualties, and at this time, the main force of the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the Cihe River is vigilant and may have withdrawn.

We also lost the fighters to annihilate them, so I decided that we would first attack the battalions of the same regiment in front and back and eat the main force of the Japanese puppet army, as long as they were eliminated, the small Japanese puppet army in Xinle City would not be worried.

It is still the same purpose, regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, and the main purpose of the operation is to destroy the enemy's living forces as much as possible.

In addition, the cavalry battalion is good at field warfare, not good at attacking fortifications, and it is suitable to attack the Japanese puppet army on the north bank of the Cihe River. ”

After listening to this explanation, Liu Jianhua suddenly realized, and saluted Qiao Youhua with admiration on his face: "Commander, Jianhua has been taught. ”

Qiao Youhua smiled and said: "Hey, we brothers don't have to be polite, to be honest, you and my brother met on the battlefield in Nanjing, and fought side by side all the way from birth to death until now, your growth is very gratifying!" ”

Liu Jianhua scratched his head a little embarrassed, and followed Qiao Youhua to continue to ride forward.

Soon, the cavalry battalion and the first regiment and the third battalion joined forces, Jiang Haidong came to Qiao Youhua's horse, Qiao Youhua jumped off the horse, and the two brothers first bumped their fists, and then hugged.

"Well done, well done!" Qiao Youhua said.

"That's also the good cover of the commander and the brothers of the cavalry battalion, otherwise how can we have a chance!" Jiang Haidong said with a smile.

"Okay, don't be modest, I will remember the merits of this battle to the soldiers of the third battalion. We won't break the oath tonight! You immediately send a telegram to the other troops on the south bank, and order them to prepare to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army on the north bank, and attack the three battalions and cavalry battalions inside and outside, and break the Japanese invaders! Qiao Youhua commanded with a smile.

"Well, that's exactly what I wanted." Jiang Haidong had a kind of refreshment that coincided with each other, and nodded happily.

Suddenly, there were several gunshots in front, the officers and soldiers were highly vigilant, Qiao Youhua and Jiang Haidong and others also pulled out their matching guns, and Liu Jianhua had already personally led the cavalry forward to find out.

After a while, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and I saw Liu Jianhua and Zhao Tiezhu returning with part of the cavalry.

"Battalion Commander Liu, what's going on?" Jiang Haidong asked.

Liu Jianhua turned over and dismounted, came to the two and said: "Just now, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao and they found a few devil scouts, and the devils also found us, and they wanted to flee back to report the news, but they were afraid that the devils would escape by taking the path, so Deputy Battalion Commander Zhao ordered to shoot." ”