Near noon, Qiao Youhua and Liu Jianhua finally withdrew to Shimen with the main force of the cavalry battalion of more than 550 people.

Political commissar Guo Meng, head of the Second Longya Regiment Ma Biao, and commander of the Third Regiment Wu Ming also handed over the command of the troops to their deputy commanders, and they all went to the Erdaogouzi area to greet them.

Before the withdrawal, Qiao Youhua sent them a telegram, informing them that he would lead the cavalry battalion to withdraw from Xishan through Erdaogouzi.

As soon as they met, Guo Meng, Ma Biao, Wu Ming and others ran over together, and Qiao Youhua also jumped off the war horse, looking at his partners and comrades-in-arms, he was very happy.

Guo Meng almost cried with joy, "It's great that you're back." ”

Although Wu Ming and Ma Biao did not speak, they solemnly saluted Qiao Youhua, which was the best greeting between their brothers and soldiers.

The concern and joy in his eyes were palpable.

Qiao Youhua smiled and looked at Guo Meng, who had not been seen for a few days, and her beautiful face was a little more haggard, which added a pitiful look to her.

Sensing that Qiao Youhua's eyes were staring at him, Guo Meng, who was still excited, blushed suddenly, glanced at Qiao Youhua with disgust, and hurriedly took out his momentum as a political commissar, and said loudly: "The commander and his comrades have been fighting continuously, running all the way, and they have worked hard, so hurry up and go into the city to rest." ”

Seeing her somewhat embarrassed appearance, Qiao Youhua couldn't help but smile slightly, waved his hand behind him, and Liu Jianhua immediately led the cavalry soldiers to continue forward.

After returning to the city, the dragon tooth cavalry disbanded on their own, and Guo Meng had already arranged a room to prepare a sumptuous meal of wine and meat for them, and washed the dust for them.

Qiao Youhua did not stop the cavalry from drinking, they followed him all the way to bloody battles, went through a lot of hardships, and now they have returned with a big victory, and they should drink some wine to celebrate.

Replenishing ammunition for the cavalry battalion, feeding the horses, and settling the wounded and sick Guo Meng arranged for his own people to do it, and Qiao Youhua was able to relax for the time being and went straight back to the headquarters.

Wu Ming and Ma Biao followed Qiao Youhua back to the headquarters, and Qiao Youhua asked them, "These days, how are the casualties of the troops?" ”

Ma Biao replied first: "The casualties of the troops are not large, we already have strong fortifications to rely on, plus sufficient ammunition, and the firepower is much stronger than that of the Japanese puppet army, so the casualty ratio of the enemy and the enemy can almost be maintained at ten to one."

This time, the Dragon King, you led the cavalry battalion to turn over the river and the sea behind the devils, attracting a large number of elite Japanese troops to come back to help, and our pressure was even less.

The rest of the puppet army is completely vulnerable, and it can't organize any decent attack at all, and if it continues like this, Four Eyes and I are going to lead the troops to counterattack. ”

Wu Ming nodded and said: "That's right, if it weren't for Political Commissar Guo to stop him, Ma Biao would have taken advantage of the failure of the puppet army's attack yesterday to launch a counteroffensive." ”

"Hehe, commander, don't you know, these puppet army two devils are too vegetable, their combat effectiveness is simply scum, without the leadership of the Japanese army, their equipment is not good, one of our battalions can defeat his two brigades!" Ma Biao smiled and said.

Qiao Youhua walked to the conference table and sat down, waved his hand to signal the two of them to sit down, lit a cigarette and said: "Political Commissar Guo is right to stop you, although the puppet army is vulnerable, but there are still thousands of devils, rashly counterattack, even if you can repel the puppet army, you can't really achieve victory."

But now it's okay, the logistics bases of the Japanese puppet army coalition forces on the east and west roads have basically been completely destroyed by us, and they won't be able to support it for long, so all of your departments have a good rest, replenish ammunition and rations, and prepare for the next big counteroffensive! This time, we must go to the seashore, seize a port, and bring the tanks, combat vehicles, and artillery production equipment that the Germans have prepared for us into our base area. ”

Wu Ming and Ma Biao both looked shocked when they heard this, they had already fought enough of this kind of defensive battle.

At this time, political commissar Guo Meng arranged the things outside, walked in, and said, "Commander, I agree with the counteroffensive plan, but will our troops be insufficient?" After all, we have to fight to the sea, seize the port, and maintain the security of this route to the base area. ”

Wu Ming and Ma Biao couldn't help frowning when they heard this, this is true, the three main regiments of the Dragon Tooth Column and several directly subordinate battalions have fought until now, although the strength still exists, but they have also lost some troops.

There is more than enough to hold onto, and this kind of long-distance counteroffensive is really a bit of a lack of troops.

Qiao Youhua smiled disapprovingly: "I have my own way to solve this problem, you probably have forgotten, we still have nearly 7,000 puppet army captives, right?" Moreover, in the future, once the Japanese puppet army is not supplied, we will take advantage of the situation to counterattack and capture more prisoners.

These captives are our best source of soldiers at the moment! ”

Ma Biao and Wu Ming suddenly realized, and said, "Yes, aren't these captive soldiers our best source of soldiers?" ”

Guo Meng was a little puzzled: "You mean to take in these puppet army prisoners, can you do it?" How much combat power can they have? ”

Qiao Youhua said: "Political Commissar Guo, you don't understand this, whether the puppet army captives have combat effectiveness or not, it depends on who brings, of course, the battlefield shape is also extremely important, if before, even if all the puppet army is added to our dragon tooth column, in the case of the Japanese army pressing the border."

Of course, they will not be able to exert much combat effectiveness, but on the contrary, they may even escape and mutiny, affecting the overall combat effectiveness of our Dragon's Tooth Column.

Therefore, even when the fighting was at its most critical, I did not transfer them to the regiments to replenish the troops.

But now it's different, the logistics of the Japanese puppet army was completely destroyed by them, and there was no way to continue, and the next battle was a smooth battle to beat the water dogs.

These newly added puppet army prisoners, without the slightest pressure, can follow us to abuse little Japan, and become national anti-Japanese heroes, and no longer have to be traitors and lackeys and be scolded by others, why not? ”

Qiao Youhua's explanation, Guo Meng finally nodded and agreed.

At this moment, Liu Ruhan walked out of the communication room with a message, and when he saw Qiao Youhua, a touch of surprise first appeared in his beautiful eyes, but then he was replaced by an anxious look.

"Commander, political commissar, this is the Japanese telegram that our communications office has just deciphered, and the Japanese army already knows about Raoyang and Anping being attacked by us.

The commanders of the Japanese puppet army on the east and west roads were very angry, and the commander of the western route army, Chuan Kangmu, ordered his subordinates to encircle and suppress the troops, and make every effort to encircle and suppress a small force of our in Dingzhou, which should have fallen into the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army! Liu Ruhan saluted the two of them.

"Small troops?" Guo Meng suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to see Zhao Tiezhu, the deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, outside the city just now, and hurriedly turned his head and asked Qiao Youhua: "Commander, what's going on?" ”

Qiao Youhua told everyone about the situation, Guo Meng and the others were full of worry, Wu Ming said: "Commander, what can I do?" At such a distance, even if we wanted to, it would be too late for reinforcements. ”