Nanshan Hideyoshi left the headquarters, trotted all the way to the telegraph mailroom, and quickly asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the county seat of Ping'an inquiring about the battle situation.

But after the telegram was sent, the left and right waited and waited and did not see the call back. Another half an hour passed unhurriedly, and sweat slowly appeared on Kusuyama Hideyoshi's forehead.

This made him have to suspect that Ping'an County was really beaten down by Li Yunlong, or in a very short period of time.

"Quick, hurry up and send a telegram to the 21st and 22nd Divisions, asking them to withdraw the troops that went to support Ping'an County." Kusuyama Hideyoshi didn't have time to think about it at this time, and yelled at the telegraph operator.

Now that Li Yunlong has already defeated the county seat of Ping'an, it will not be useful to send troops to support, maybe these troops who have gone to support Muto three times will jump into the pit dug by Li Yunlong, and they will suffer a big loss if they don't make trouble.

But by this time, the telegram had passed too late, and the troops of the 21st and 22nd Divisions had already exchanged fire with the soldiers of the new regiment on the way.

After receiving the order from the division commander, Inoue Ichiro, the commander of the second wing of the 21st Division, was also in a dilemma, after all, retreating at this time, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side would definitely press up.

It's hard to suffer a big loss, but if you don't retreat, you can't do it, after all, Ping'an County has been beaten down by the Eighth Route Army, and if you continue to advance, you will definitely be surrounded by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Although there were more than 10,000 troops who came to support Muto Mitsushi this time, these troops were not concentrated.

Instead, they were divided into several teams and acted separately, and they originally planned to converge in Ping'an County.

But no one expected that Ping'an County would be defeated by Li Yunlong in such a short period of time, and their original battle plan was disrupted.

The only thing that can be done now is to withdraw, otherwise, it will definitely be broken by Li Yunlong's troops one by one.

After reading the telegram, Ichiro Inoino's face was very ugly, and after a moment of silence, he shouted to the adjutant on the side: "Quick, let the troops turn around and retreat towards the station." ”

"Captain, what's wrong, why are you retreating, aren't we going to support Ping'an County?" Vice Captain Yoshino Kuroka asked with a puzzled face.

Hearing Yoshino Masao's words, Inoue Ichiro said helplessly: "The division commander sent a telegram saying that Ping'an County has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and asked us to withdraw quickly." ”

"Ah, Ping'an County has been defeated, how can it be ......." Yoshino Masao couldn't believe it, you must know that this is a county seat, although there are not many defenders in Heian County, but how can the defense of the city be conquered in such a short time, unless it is ..........

This made him dare not imagine, after all, if there is no evidence, no one will believe it, and the commander of the 69th Division of the defending army in Ping'an County, Mu Teng, has a family power in the local area that cannot be underestimated, and it is not something that he can offend as a small officer from a civilian background.

"Okay, hurry up and give the order to let the soldiers retreat, as for how Ping'an County was defeated by the Eighth Route Army, this kind of thing is not something you and I can discuss." Although Inoue Ichiro also had some doubts, this kind of thing that undermined unity was not something that his small wing captain could discuss.

Even if Muto Midou made any mistakes, it was something that His Excellency the Commander should worry about, and the only thing he could do now was to take the more than 800 soldiers in the wing and safely withdraw to the station. As for the rest, it's better for him to worry less, after all, it's not a good thing to know more.

"Alright, I'm going to give the order to the warriors to retreat." Yoshino sighed, then ran off to deliver the order.

After a while, the rear troops of the devil began to turn around and slowly retreat towards the rear.

And the troops of the Eighth Route Army opposite the devil were led by the two company commanders of the Eighth Battalion of the New First Regiment.

"Old Wu, do you think the little devil is going to withdraw?" After Wang Xiaochuan, the commander of the second company, saw the movements of the devil from the telescope, he hurriedly said to Wu Tian, the commander of the third company, who was smoking on the side.

Hearing Wang Xiaochuan's words, Wu Tian was slightly stunned and then snatched the telescope from Wang Xiaochuan's hand, and then said to himself while observing the situation of the devil opposite: "It shouldn't be, didn't they still have a desperate posture just now, why are they about to retreat, is the regiment commander's job done?" ”

Although there is some disbelief, the facts are in front of you, and there is no other explanation, although the weapons and equipment of their new regiment are not bad, but the only thing missing is the radio station.

Although several high-grade goods such as radio stations were captured by their new regiment, they could only be equipped to the battalion level, and the troops below were not equipped.

Unlike the little devils, if there is any movement, they can use the radio station to ask their superiors for instructions, if they want to contact their superiors, they can only let the soldiers ride horses, and the troops without horses can only run forward.

So when they are fighting on their own, they can only rely on their own judgment to fight. Although this approach is somewhat primitive, it is not without benefits, and after more experience, these low-level commanders have exercised their own reflexes.

"Don't worry about it so much, what are we going to do now?" Wu Tian saw Wang Xiaochuan put down the binoculars, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"What else can I do, although I don't know why the little devil retreated, but no matter what, we can't let the little devil get his way. Whether he wants to withdraw or continue to support Ping'an County by another path, we can't let him out. Wang Xiaochuan heard Wu Tian's words, thought about it and said.

When they came here, the battalion commander said that they should stop the little devils here, and they couldn't let the little devils pass through here, and the battalion commander didn't say what to do if the devils retreated.

"Why don't we send someone to ask the battalion commander for instructions." Hearing Wang Xiaochuan's words, Wu Tian said with some hesitation.

After all, the battalion commander meant to let them come here to stop the little devils, and did not let them pursue, although the number of the little devils on the opposite side was not large, but catching up with the little devils for a field battle still made him a little worried.

After all, their eighth battalion is a newly established unit, and it has been established for less than half a year, and most of them are new recruits, and they have not even seen blood a few times.

If you rely on the commanding heights to defend, it's nothing, but in a field battle with the little devils, although it can't be defeated yet, the casualties will definitely be very large.

"No, if you go to the battalion commander for instructions, how long will it take to come back and forth, and the little devil will run away by then." Hearing Wu Tian's words, Wang Xiaochuan said with a frown.

"Then what should we do, even if we catch up and annihilate all the little devils, how many casualties do we have to suffer? When the time comes, the battalion commander will blame who will bear it, don't forget, when the battalion commander comes, he only let them block the little devils, and did not let us pursue. Wu Tian said with a cold face.

"Otherwise, let's follow behind and shoot cold guns, if the devils stop and want to fight us, then we will withdraw, you know, there are a lot of devil corpses in front of us, you can't let the devils bring back those guns." In this way, we have nothing to gain from fighting for half a day. Wang Xiaochuan saw that the devil was collecting the corpse, cleaning up the battlefield and preparing to retreat, so he said to Wu Tian next to him.

When it came to the weapons and equipment scattered on the battlefield, Wu Tian's eyes lit up, under the leadership of Li Yunlong, every commander in the new regiment, whether it was a big official or a small official, was like a fan of wealth.

Although there are not many weapons and equipment scattered on the battlefield, at most they look like dozens of rifles, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

The little devil must not be brought back so easily, so Wu Tian shouted to the trumpeter behind him: "Blow the trumpet and drive the little devil out of the position." ”

Wu Tian thought very well, the little devil can leave, but he must leave the weapons and equipment on the battlefield, and he can't let himself work for nothing.

After seeing Wu Tian's movements, Wang Xiaochuan smiled slightly, took out a pistol from his waist and rushed towards the little devil with the soldiers.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Eighth Route Army is rushing over, let's retreat quickly." The deputy captain, Masao Yoshino, saw the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushing towards his side, and hurriedly reported to Inoue.

After all, when you get entangled with the Eighth Route Army, it will be difficult to retreat at that time.

"Okay, let the fighters withdraw from the battlefield and retreat quickly" Inoue Ichiro also understood this truth, so he ordered to the adjutant.

Originally, Inoue Ichiro wanted to bring back the remains of the fallen soldiers in the army, but seeing that the Eighth Route Army was about to catch up, he couldn't care so much, and now it was important to retreat first. Otherwise, when the Eighth Route Army catches up, it will be difficult to retreat.

So a brigade of troops was left to block the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and the rest of the people all headed back.

Seeing that the devils ran away regardless of the corpses and scattered weapons and equipment left on the battlefield, Wu Tian and Wang Xiaochuan did not chase after them, and retreated after chasing two kilometers.

began to ask the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and then asked the messenger to run to inform the commander of the eighth battalion to report the situation here and see if there were any other instructions.

Although all the enemies were not left behind in this battle, fortunately, the task given by the battalion commander was completed and the devils were not allowed to pass through their defensive line.

And even after chasing the enemy just now, plus the harvest of cleaning up the battlefield, they can be regarded as making a small fortune.

I just don't know what happened to the other troops, whether they are the same as them.

At this time, here in Ping'an County, under the leadership of Zhao Gang, it has also returned to its usual appearance.

Before, Li Yunlong thought that after the county town of Ping'an was stable, he would take his troops to join up with other troops, and then fight a counterattack, inflicting heavy losses on the troops that came to support Muto three times.

But he didn't expect the devil's reaction to be so fast, and he hadn't started to act here, so the little devil retreated.

So he had no choice but to give up and send a telegram to the five battalion commanders who were on the defensive, telling them that they had already defeated the county seat of Ping'an and asked them to retreat to the area.

"Lao Li, the harvest of this operation is not small, just one Ping'an county town has taken back the materials we have put in, and it is also a lot richer." At this time, Zhao Gang was sitting in the devil's headquarters, looking at the delivery list and saying with a smile to Li Yunlong.

"Oh, how much do you gain." Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong asked curiously.

He patronized and commanded the war before, and he did not count the materials seized in Ping'an County.

In addition to the weapons and equipment of the two battalions that had been extorted three times by Muto before, he did not know how much was captured.

Hearing Li Yunlong's inquiry, Zhao Gang did not let him wait, took a sip of tea and then said: "We attacked Ping'an County this time, a total of 2,212 Japanese troops were destroyed, 1,189 puppet soldiers were captured, more than 2,300 rifles were captured, a total of eight light and heavy machine guns, eight mortar grenadiers, and we also found two Type 92 infantry guns and a 155 mm howitzer in the warehouse, and several ......... of bullets and shells. ”

"This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is daily necessities and food and other materials, so to speak, our new regiment has laid down Ping'an County, which is a fortune." The smile on Zhao Gang's face never went down.

After all, this battle was the one he gained the most since joining the new regiment. Relying on these belly tightenings, the strength of the new regiment will be improved again.

With enough time, it would be easy to expand the force to more than 20,000 troops.

You must know that although the Eighth Route Army has expanded very rapidly in recent years, the total strength is less than 500,000. To be precise, the strength of the new regiment has accounted for between one-fifteenth and one-twentieth of the total strength of the Eighth Route Army.

And the new regiment is still a regiment-level establishment, which does have some problems, but there is no way now, after all, since cooperating with the national army, the Eighth Route Army has been reorganized into a total of three divisions, six brigades and twelve infantry regiments.

Even if the above wants to upgrade the new regiment, it can't do it for a while, unless the bald head in Chongqing agrees. Otherwise, only when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ends, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will break up, and then the establishment of the Eighth Route Army will be able to have the final say.

"By the way, there are also various blocking troops, but he knows what their harvest is, and he has to wait for them to come back and count them." Zhao Gang continued.

"By the way, Lao Zhao, since Ping'an County has been defeated by us, you will definitely be asked to do the management of the city in the future, and you will see if our new regimental headquarters is going to move from Zhaojiayu." Li Yunlong thought of this question, so he asked Zhao Gang.

The reason why he hurriedly wanted to move the regiment headquarters from Zhaojiayu to Ping'an County also had something to do with Yang Xiuqin, during this time, Li Yunlong could see that Xiuqin, this girl, must be interesting to herself, she always pestered him whenever she had time, and made him really depressed.

It's not that Xiuqin's girl is bad, it's mainly that Li Yunlong has no feelings for her, after all, Li Yunlong III is a human being, and he has seen too many beautiful women, and he is not interested in Yang Xiuqin at all.

But you can't say it explicitly if you refuse, after all, people don't do anything, just occasionally sew and mend clothes on the soles of his shoes, and then buy him two bottles of wine and fry peanuts if he has nothing to do.