After a few seconds, the commander of the reconnaissance unit suddenly shouted: "Sir, I understand!" ”

"The Eighth Route Army in the assembly area must have slipped away disguised as wounded and captured by the Imperial Army."

"In the second half of last night, a large number of prisoners of the Imperial Association Army were escorted by the Eighth Route Army and carried the wounded out of the assembly area, and they must have run away at that time."

The chief of staff finally did not suppress the anger that was rising outward, and vented it like a volcanic eruption, looked at the commander of the reconnaissance force, and scolded.

"Bageyalu, you're a stupid pig!"

"Do you know how many shells and aerial bombs we used up to occupy this place? If it weren't for your negligence, these ammunition would not have been wasted, but would have been used on the battlefield, killing and wounding a large number of Eighth Route Army. ”

"Also, if this matter spreads, our entire division will become a laughing stock of our colleagues, and we will not be able to raise our heads."

"You have to be held accountable for this!"

The commander of the reconnaissance unit lowered his head and did not dare to speak.

It was indeed his mistake that caused it.

Seeing that the chief of staff's anger had subsided a lot, he mustered up the courage to ask for battle and said: "Sir, these Eighth Route Army slipped in front of the eyes of the lowly position, and the lowly position must find them." ”

"They left here in the middle of the night yesterday, and they brought a lot of baggage and wounded with them, so they definitely won't be able to go fast."

"You give the lowly two hours, and the lowly promises to find them."

The chief of staff replied with a calm face: "Two hours is too slow, I can only give you one hour." ”

"It's eleven o'clock in the morning, I want the results at twelve o'clock, and then spend an afternoon chasing them, killing them, and retreating to Datong City before dark."

"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning, especially the garrison regiment, we must try to avoid fighting with them at night."

"Boom...... Dadada......"

As soon as the order was given, the sound of gunfire sounded behind the chief of staff.

"The sound of gunfire came from artillery positions." The artillery staff officer was the first to react and was in a hurry to answer.

The chief of staff analyzed with a calm face: "Could it be that the Eighth Route Army that we are going to eliminate has touched the vicinity of the artillery position." ”

"Boom...... Dadada......"

As soon as he finished speaking, the same gunfire rang out again, this time in front of him, halfway up the mountain, in the village that had just been occupied.

"Report to the commander, the artillery position was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, they are armed with two mortars, two heavy machine guns, and the strength is about a company." One of his subordinates gasped and rushed over from the artillery position.

As soon as the words fell, a subordinate rushed over halfway up the mountain.

"Report to the chief, the village we just occupied was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, with one company, and the Eighth Route Army was armed with two mortars and two heavy machine guns."

The chief of staff was worried that he had no place to vent his anger, and the two Eighth Route Armies that suddenly appeared were like timely rain, and they happened to be targeted by him.

Without thinking about it, he ordered: "The troops will fight back immediately and kill them." ”

"I want to get back the face I lost in the attack on the assembly area just now on these Eighth Route Army."

Two reinforced squadrons quickly dispatched and pounced on the point of fire.

Looking at the rapidly disappearing troops in front of him, the chief of staff thought for a moment and continued to order: "Contact the planes in the sky to support us, keep an eye on the battlefield for me, and provide support to the attacking troops at any time." ”

After saying that, the chief of staff sat on an ammunition box and waited with confidence for the results.

But within two minutes, the accident happened.

"Sir, the firefighting on the battlefield has stopped." The subordinate next to him reminded.

Immediately after, a communications officer gasped and rushed over: "Report to the commander, the Eighth Route Army attacking the artillery position has retreated, and our squadron leader asks whether the troops are in pursuit." ”

"Report to the chief......" A communications officer also ran from the direction of the village, and reported in a hurry.

"The Eighth Route Army, which attacked the village, has also retreated, should we pursue it?"

The chief of staff was in a dilemma.

The Eighth Route Army was not only very effective in fighting at night, but also in guerrilla warfare during the day when hiding in the mountains.

The troops rashly pursued, and they would certainly counterattack with guerrilla warfare.

But seeing them slip away, the chief of staff was unwilling.

It was not easy to keep an eye on the main force of the garrison regiment and have a chance to take revenge. Moreover, he wasted a large number of shells and bombs in vain just now, and if he could not achieve some results and finally returned empty-handed, he would definitely become the laughing stock of the entire division and regiment, disappoint the chief of staff, and question his command ability.

If you are too unlucky, you will not be able to keep the position of chief of staff of your division and regiment.

"Sir, it's too late if you don't make a decision!" A subordinate reminded.

The commander of the reconnaissance unit was about to make a meritorious contribution to the search for the missing garrison.

Now that they have taken the initiative to come out, they definitely don't want to let go of this good opportunity to touch the melons along the vine, and immediately ask Zhandao.

"Sir, let's chase it!"

"The lowly will send scouts to pursue with the attacking troops, ensuring that the attacking troops will not be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army when they are pursuing."

"Pursue it now!" The chief of staff no longer hesitated, and ordered decisively.

After thinking for a while, he added: "The terrain here is too complicated, and it is very unfavorable for us to deploy our troops, so the attacking troops must be careful." ”

"Each infantry squadron will be reinforced with one battalion of the Imperial Army, two squads of heavy machine guns and two mortars, bring a radio station, and report immediately if there is a situation."

"I'll contact the planes in the sky and cover you all the time."

"The other troops stayed here with me to protect the artillery units, ready to reinforce the attacking troops at any time."

On a hill not far away, the former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment was transferred here at six o'clock in the morning last night.

The way out of the staging area was exactly the same as judged by the commander of the Japanese reconnaissance unit.

Leaving the assembly area as puppet soldiers and wounded, leaving an empty village for the Japanese to attack.

At this moment, Li Hao was standing on the high ground, holding a telescope, staring at the battlefield without blinking, wanting to know the next move of the Japanese puppet army for the first time.

"Regiment commander, the devil seems to have divided his troops and began to chase and kill our sneak attack troops!" He Jun, the commander of the Hunyuan Independent Battalion, suddenly shouted.

Then there was a puzzled expression on his face, and he looked at Li Hao and asked, "This is incredible, head of the regiment, I don't understand." ”

"Is the little devil commander stupid, knowing that dividing his troops to pursue and sneak attack the troops will give us every opportunity to defeat them, and he still dares to send troops."

"He doesn't know that mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare are the skills of the Eighth Route Army, so we must have laid out a net in the mountains waiting for them to drill?"

Li Hao thought for a moment and replied: "He knows!" ”

"But he has to do it, or he won't get off the stage."

"The reason why I left the special agent company and the flying thunder artillery unit in the assembly area to lay out an empty city plan for the devils is to make the devils mistakenly think that there are troops in the assembly area, and then launch an attack at all costs."

"In the battle just now, the Japanese army made two fire preparations."

"All kinds of shells, aerial bombs, more than a thousand were used."

"And also lost one or two hundred men in the first attack, and as a result, they returned empty-handed and did not gain anything."

"The little devil is not rich enough to run out of ammunition, if you withdraw the army now, the commander of the team will give an explanation to the above."

"For the sake of this confession, even if there is a sword mountain and a sea of fire in front of you, the devil commander has to break through."

"Besides, it's daytime, and they still have planes above their heads to cover and support, which also gives the little devils a lot of courage to divide their troops to hunt us down."