Scarface nodded as if he didn't understand, and after thinking for a long time, he held back a sentence and said, "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, isn't that what it means?" ”

Liu Yidao was amused by his brother and said: "Yes, okay, you go out to inspect the laid-off post quickly, the commander should arrive tomorrow, before that, we must be in good spirits, and we must not let the matter of Ranzhuang repeat itself in our Dingzhou." ”

Scarface put away his smile and stood up and said, "Yes!" Then he turned and strode away.

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After Zhao Erniu returned to his station in the city, his subordinates, who were also demoralized, came over and surrounded him when they saw him returning.

"Battalion commander, how is it, did the regimental headquarters say anything?"

"Looking at the appearance of the battalion commander, it should be punished, right?"

"We deserve to be punished, who let us be careless and let the devil take advantage of the loophole, and almost ended up in a nest!" Several company platoon commanders led by them were talking a lot.

The deputy battalion commander and so many comrades-in-arms sacrificed, they were all very sad, and now they were afraid that their battalion commander would be held accountable, so they were all very concerned, but this group of devil-fighting people were not ambiguous, and they were not very good at observing words and saying something considerate.

It's all a group of straight-up rectums, a few words, Zhao Erniu, who was already in a low mood, was irritable, waved his hand and said angrily: "Shut up Lao Tzu, go back to sleep, and wait for the regiment to deal with the opinions, anyway, the battle is defeated, if you want to be held accountable, I will bear all the responsibilities alone!" ”

When everyone saw that the battalion commander was angry, they immediately scattered as birds and beasts, and turned around and left.

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After more than a day of rapid marching, Qiao Youhua finally led his troops to Dingzhou City when the sky was just dawning the next day.

It was October, and there were endless sorghum fields everywhere outside the city, and tens of thousands of acres of lush sorghum were gradually turning red.

At the south gate of Dingzhou, a road and a railway are separated by about three to four hundred meters of sorghum fields, which meander to the south.

Qiao Youhua and they took the road, there was a ditch on both sides of the road, and on both sides of the ditch was the lush sorghum field that was more than one person high, and they rode at the front of the team, with the gust of breeze brought a burst of fragrance of grass and trees that only belonged to the field, which was refreshing.

Wan Ying'er rode a horse and followed behind Qiao Youhua, looked at the looming city in front of her, and immediately rode forward, parallel to Qiao Youhua, pointing to the front and saying, "Commander, is it Dingzhou City in front?" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "That's right, the front is the purpose of our trip." ”

Wan Ying'er said excitedly: "Great, it's finally here, you can take a good rest." ”

Qiao Youhua glanced at her sideways, this little girl followed her all the way to march quickly, but it was really hard, and said to Li Yansan: "Yansan, you have been to Dingzhou, and when you enter the city, you will be a guide for Deputy Director Wan, take her around Dingzhou City, eat something good, buy some other daily necessities, we will come to Dingzhou this time, and we will probably stay for a while." ”

Li Yansan, who also followed on horseback, immediately responded: "Yes! Commander, don't worry! It is guaranteed to make Director Wan satisfied. ”

Wan Ying'er smiled happily when she heard this: "Thank you, cousin-in-law!" ”

Qiao Youhua said: "Be polite to me." Looking back at the subordinates, Qiao Youhua lowered his voice and said: "In the future, in front of people, it is better to call me Commander Qiao, and brother-in-law should not be called, it is not appropriate." ”

Wan Ying'er muttered, "Oh, I know, cousin-in-law...... Hee-hee. ”

Qiao Youhua rolled his eyes helplessly, and Li Yansan said at this time: "Commander, look ahead, it seems that Deputy Brigade Commander Liu Yidao has come to greet us." ”

Qiao Youhua looked up, and sure enough, he saw a team of dragon tooth officers and soldiers rushing over from the city.

As far as the eyes could see, it was Liu Jianhua and Scarface who had not seen each other for many days who took the lead, and the defenders found Qiao Youhua and reported to Liu Yidao and Scarface.

When the two learned the news, they immediately rushed out with a team of guards to greet them.

Qiao Youhua and the others rode forward, and when they came to the front, Liu Yidao and Scarface took the lead in standing up and saluting: "Commander, you are finally here, you have worked hard all the way, hurry up and go into the city to rest." ”

Qiao Youhua knew that now was not the time to speak, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, let's go into the city!" ”

Liu Yidao and the others immediately turned around and got out of the way, and let the soldiers of the first battalion of guards led by Qiao Youhua enter the city, and after entering the city, Scarface went to settle the troops, and Li Yansan took Wan Yinger to go shopping in the city.

Qiao Youhua, accompanied by Liu Yidao, came to the headquarters in the city.

"The battle in Ranzhuang, you have already made it very clear in the telegram, now I want to know, what is the situation of the retreating defenders, and also, the officers and soldiers of other troops, is there anything abnormal?" After entering the command headquarters and sitting down, Qiao Youhua asked.

Liu Yidao said: "The morale of the other troops is okay, and the impact is not great, but some commanders and fighters want to have a decisive battle with this wave of devils and avenge the sacrificed comrades."

However, Zhao Erniu and the soldiers who withdrew from his subordinates were relatively demoralized, and his battalion was a mixture of me and Scarface's three hundred veterans of my dragon teeth, plus more than seven hundred captive soldiers that you had previously replenished for us.

For the captive soldiers, who accounted for more than half of the battalion, the battle of Ranzhuang was the first battle they had fought in our Dragon Tooth Column, and it ended in a fiasco, and the blow was indeed quite big. If their confidence is not reinvigorated, the battalion will be abolished, and the only way out is to reorganize the structure, break up the personnel, and remix with other units. ”、

Qiao Youhua nodded and wrote it down, and asked again: "By the way, have you figured out what kind of army the devils who attacked Ranzhuang Town are?" ”

Liu Yidao said: "After the battle, I sent people to Ranzhuang Town to reconnoitre, and found that the devil had given up and the town was empty. ”|

As he spoke, Liu Yidao turned around and pulled out a drawer from a cabinet, and took out a few bullet casings with some black ash around them.

Handed it to Qiao Youhua and said, "This is the bullet casing left behind by the enemy army found by the scouts in Ranzhuang Town!" ”

Qiao Youhua stretched out his hand and picked up a bullet casing, looked at it for a while, and said, "This is the cartridge casing of the German-style MP38 submachine gun, how can you be sure that this is not left by our own people?" ”

Liu Yidao said: "Except for one guard platoon, most of Zhao Erniu's battalion is equipped with rifles, and seventy percent of the captive recruits are still Japanese-style 38 big covers.

In and around Ranzhuang Town, the shells of this MP38 submachine gun can be seen everywhere, especially inside and outside the fortifications in the south and north of the town, I asked the retreating subordinates, and they said that where was the most fierce exchange of fire between the enemy and us at that time, so it can be concluded that these shells are left by the guns equipped by the devils. ”

After listening to Liu Yidao's analysis, Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "It seems that this is really not an ordinary devil, all German-style submachine guns should be devils' special operations troops!" ”

Liu Yidao said: "It should be, if it is an ordinary devil, it is not so easy to finish off the light and dark sentry posts and defensive positions on the periphery of Ranzhuang!" Encountering this kind of devil elite, our people are a group of newly formed troops dominated by the puppet army that has just been recruited, so it is not surprising that there is such a defeat. ”

Qiao Youhua put the bullet casing on a table next to him, stood up, and said, "Where are Zhao Erniu and his remnants?" ”

"Rest in a barracks in the west of the city!" Liu Yidao replied.

Qiao Youhua waved his hand and said, "Let's go, lead the way, and accompany me on a trip!" ”

Liu Yidao hurriedly answered yes, and while leading the way in front, he asked in a low voice: "Commander, didn't you say in the telegram that you wanted to send us four more tanks and combat vehicles?" Why are you all here and you still can't see them? ”

In fact, the reason why Liu Yidao took the liberty to ask Qiao Youhua was not because he was bold, but because the tank fighting vehicles equipped by the Dragon's Tooth Column were too attractive to all infantry units.

Because, the No. 4 tank is currently on the North China Plain, almost invincible, if the Dingzhou garrison really has four invincible, invincible, invincible German tanks, then the combat effectiveness will be greatly strengthened, with these big guys in hand.

There is also the capital to argue with a large number of Japanese soldiers, to use an old saying, if you have goods in your hand, your waist will be hard!

However, the group of infantry brought by Qiao Youhua arrived, and the four tanks and combat vehicles that he said were good, but he didn't even see a shadow, so he couldn't help but ask.

Qiao Youhua didn't plan to say it, but when Liu Yidao asked, he didn't want to embarrass this old subordinate, so he lowered his voice and said: "I suppressed their marching speed and made them arrive late, so that when necessary, I would give the enemy a fatal blow."

Help you Dingzhou garrison troops and win back the lost dignity! ”、

Liu Yidao nodded suddenly, and immediately left the headquarters with Qiao Youhua, and soon came to the barracks where Zhao Erniu and his remnants were located.

Liu Yidao They came on horseback surrounded by a team of guards, and the two riflemen guarding outside the barracks were obviously stunned when they saw the two of them appear, and it took a while to come back to their senses, and they hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Commander, Deputy Brigade Commander Liu!" ”

Liu Yidao waved his hand and said, "Go, hurry up and inform you Battalion Commander Zhao, the commander is here, let him come out to greet him!" ”

One of the fighters hurriedly answered, turned around and ran towards the barracks.

It didn't take long for Zhao Erniu to run out in a panic with a few of his subordinates. Qiao Youhua and Liu Yidao turned over and dismounted, and walked to the gate of the barracks.

Facing him, Zhao Erniu hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Commander, deputy brigade commander, I didn't know that the two of you were coming, and I didn't come out in time to greet you, please punish the two chiefs!" ”

Qiao Youhua smiled slightly and waved his hand: "Battalion Commander Zhao, you don't have to be too nervous, I'm not here to be accountable, I'm here to see you and the defender brothers of Ranzhuang Town, go, gather all the brothers, I have something to say!" ”