It is said that Maeda Akihiko left his squad and hurried to the squadron headquarters of Hiroki Sakai in the middle of the town.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Hiroki Sakai walking towards the south of the town with several heavily armed soldiers.

He was puzzled in his heart, and said in his heart: I didn't hear any guns in the south, what is Your Excellency the squadron leader doing in the south? Is it to turn in?

Hiss...... Isn't this abandoning the army and fleeing?

Aren't you afraid that the gendarmerie will settle accounts after the fall and execute them?

But Your Excellency Squadron Leader didn't take me, how can this work??

He panicked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted:

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader!"

When Sakai Hiroki heard this, he looked back and was immediately furious:

"Yaga!

Maeda-kun, as a commander, you don't stick to your position, but you dare to retreat privately?? ”

Maeda Akihiko couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart when he heard this, and said in his heart: Why do you still have the face to talk about me?

You, squadron leader, why didn't you say to go to the position to have a look?

But he saw that Sakai Hiroki's hand was already on the command knife at his waist, and it seemed that he was about to unsheath and kill in the next second, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend:

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, I want to personally report to you on the military situation, so I order Iwaki-kun to temporarily command for me, and when I finish reporting, I will immediately return to the position and defend the glory of my locust army!"

Hearing this, the anger in Sakai Hiroki's heart was slightly suppressed, and he immediately walked over and nodded and asked:

"Yaxi, Maeda-kun, didn't you already send someone to report it once?

Is there a change now? ”

"Hey!

Your Excellency Squadron Leader, there are two Type 92 infantry guns with sufficient shells on the Tuba Road, and the gunnery is very accurate, as well as three Type 92 heavy machine guns.

And their commander was also very cunning, and did not order the earth to rush up to the dead, but dug trenches under the cover of heavy machine guns and artillery.

Once they dig 300-400 meters or so outside the wall, our defenses may be breached.

After all, the enemy is several times more numerous than ours!

Therefore, I would like to ask Your Excellency the squadron leader to ask for help from the brigade headquarters immediately. ”

Maeda Akihiko reported with a solemn face.

"Yeexi, how many people are there in Tubalu?"

"There are about 800 to 1,000 people, all of whom are equipped with 38 large covers and sufficient bullets, and they are definitely the elite main force of the Tuba Road, not guerrillas or local militias!"

"It is indeed difficult to block the elite dirt road of more than 800 people with the strength of two squads.

But Maeda-kun, didn't I have a gun tower and a bunker built outside the town?

The gun towers, bunkers, and heavy machine gun fire points on the walls form crossfire, and hold on for a day and night, there should be no problem!

Why did you come running for help less than two hours after the battle began? ”

As Sakai Hiroki spoke, he became violently spoken, and his eyes became like he was looking at a fool.

He felt that the locusts army had such a waste officer, and it would be difficult to achieve a great cause!

However, when Maeda Akihiko heard his words, he also felt that the other party was a big fool.

But because the other party is his direct boss, he can only explain hard:

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, it is certainly easy for our turrets and bunkers to deal with the local troops of the Tuba Road who had no artillery and could only rely on explosives packs to charge.

But now it is the main force of the Tubalu, and they have two Type 92 infantry guns with plenty of shells!

Our turrets and bunkers, under the constant bombardment of infantry artillery, have all been muted, and I have lost almost two squads of warriors for this! ”

When Sakai Hiroki heard this, his face suddenly turned blue and white, and he was very embarrassed, so he had to scold angrily:

"Yaga!

Which unit threw the precious infantry artillery to the Tsubachi?

And so many shells!

I'm going to complain to the command of the 1st Army!

Such acts of adversarial abuse must be thoroughly investigated......"

For this kind of words, Maeda Akihiko couldn't answer it at all, so he could only be silent.

Sakai Hiroki scolded for a full three minutes before he stopped and said to Maeda Akihiko:

"Maeda-kun, I will report to His Excellency the Captain about the request for tactical guidance.

Now I order you to return to your position at once, and I will mobilize all the men and horses of the Locust Alliance Army to you, and you must resolutely hold it!

Do you understand? ”

"Hey!"

Maeda Akihiko could only nod.

Although he can't look down on the waste of the Locust Alliance, it is better than nothing, and having these waste to block the gun in front can also consume the bullets of the Eight Roads.

Still, he struggled:

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, can the Type 92 infantry gun in the south of the town be urgently transferred to the north and not shoot out the artillery fire of the Eighth Road, we will be under tremendous pressure!"

"No, no, no!

Maeda-kun, although Tsuchihachi Road is not attacking the south now, there is no guarantee that they are not ambushed in the south.

The Tubalu that can have two Type 92 infantry guns is by no means an ordinary opponent, maybe they are not just a regiment, they may be a brigade, or even a division!

Now they are only attacking to the north, perhaps waiting for this infantry gun to move to our south, and we must not fall for them!

Dirt Eight Road, cunning and cunning drops! ”

Hiroki Sakai looked confident, as if telling everyone: I am very smart! Why don't you come and worship my wisdom!

Seeing that there was no cannon for him, Maeda Akihiko couldn't help but show a bitter face and continued to struggle:

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, there should be two spare heavy machine guns in our quartermaster warehouse, can you temporarily transfer them to the junior post?"

Sakai Hiroki saw that this guy had been negotiating terms with him, and he immediately became angry, slapped Maeda Akihiko in the face, and scolded angrily:

"Yaga!

You coward!

For His Majesty the Locust, it is your glory!

Don't hurry up and destroy the enemy with the locust warriors!

Artillery and heavy machine guns, I have my own arrangements! ”

Maeda Akihiko was beaten and was immediately very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to have any opinions, so he could only bow his head and admit his mistake:

"Hey! Let's go! ”

Sending away the annoying Akihiko Maeda, Hiroki Sakai did not immediately send a telegram to his boss, but as planned, with a few guards, came to the defensive position south of the town.

Since the town was attacked early in the morning, the gate at the entrance of the town that should have been opened at this time in the past is also closed today, and heavy machine guns, grenadiers and other objects are erected on the fortifications.

The person in charge of this position was Lieutenant Koichi Otsubo, the squad leader of the second squad of the Sakai squadron.

When he saw Sakai Hiroki bringing someone here, he hurriedly jumped off the wall and came to report:

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader!"

"Daping-kun, the north was attacked by a regiment of men and horses on Tuba Road, what is the situation on your side?"

Hiroki Sakai asked as he walked towards the wall.

"Your Excellency Squadron Leader, except for a group of farmers who would have gone into the town to sell vegetables and firewood at this time in the past, there has been no movement here."

"Peasants? It must be in the shadow of the Eight Roads, what about those people? Grab it! ”

Hiroki Sakai shouted.

"There were less than a hundred of them in total, and when they heard the sound of artillery from the north, and saw that the entrance to the town was not opened today, they had already run away."

Daping Hao said wholeheartedly: Your Excellency Squadron Leader, how did you know that the gang was from the Eighth Road?

Many of those people are just poor ghosts that I know very well and come in to sell vegetables every day.

"Yaga, you idiot!

They should all be killed!

They must be pretending to be dirt eight roads! ”

Hiroki Sakai scolded angrily.

As soon as Daping Haoyi was scolded, he felt very depressed in his heart, but he could only bow his head honestly:

"Hey! Hi! Hi! ”

Seeing that this guy's attitude is much better than that fool of Maeda Akihiko, Sakai Hiroki is not good at smacking him with a big mouth, so he can only confess:

"Daping-kun, Tubalu has a regiment of troops to attack in the north of the town, and it is estimated that there will be at least two or more regiments in the south, and there may even be multiple artillery pieces, you must be prepared and hold your position, understand?"

"Hey! Your Excellency Squadron Leader, rest assured, you will swear to defend the glory of our locust army to the death!

Even if the whole army is shattered, it will never allow Tubalu to attack the town! ”

"Good!

The glory of the locust army depends on Dapingjun! ”

Hiroki Sakai patted him on the shoulder.

Then he stood on the fence and picked up his binoculars to take a closer look at the outside of the town.

I saw the breeze blowing, and the grass and trees in the distance swayed, and it seemed that there were faint people lurking.

Sakai Hiroki's heart was cold, and he trusted his judgment more and more, and the north was definitely not the main direction of attack of the Tsuchihachi Road. On the contrary, it is now a quiet south!

After all, the terrain south of this town is suitable for the deployment of large armies, and if there are more than two regiments of troops to attack, only this place can accommodate it!

After five minutes of careful observation, Sakai Hiroki asked Koichi Otsubo to hold his position, especially to protect the precious Type 92 infantry gun, and then hurried back to his headquarters, and immediately asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters in Qubei County.

"Your Excellency, the third squadron of Qixia Town, I, have been attacked by the main force of at least one brigade or even one division of the Tuba Road!

The enemy is well-armed, generally equipped with Type 38 rifles, and there are at least two Type 92 infantry guns with sufficient shells and more than three Type 92 heavy machine guns.

100,000 urgent!

In addition, since the Tubalu artillery poses a great threat to the artillery towers and bunkers of our locust army, I request that the brigade headquarters be transferred to the headquarters of the First Army to investigate the source of the Tubalu artillery and shells! ”

(End of chapter)