The blockade area is still the territory of the Japanese, and after the front-line attacking troops return to help, the anti-Japanese situation here will be even worse.

In order to avoid bringing unwarranted disasters to the villagers, after leaving the mountain in a row, in addition to having contact with the underground party, he has not yet contacted an ordinary person.

After beating the Japanese puppet army attacking from the stronghold of Wanfeng Village, the troops retreated to the edge of the mountain, braked quietly, and waited for the little devils to strike first.

"Regiment leader, the little devils in Guanshan Town have been dispatched." The reconnaissance squad leader who was staring at the stronghold in Guanshan Town rushed all the way back, panting and reporting.

"How many people are there, and how is the equipment?" Zhang Cheng hurriedly asked.

This is his primary concern.

The troops in their hands are limited, as the old saying goes, how many meters are under a big pot, if the Japanese puppet army kills too many troops, in order to preserve their strength, the troops can only return to the mountains to fight guerrilla attacks with them.

"A reinforced squad of the Japanese army, a company of the puppet army, equipped with two mortars, two heavy machine guns, nearly two hundred people." The reconnaissance squad leader replied.

The instructor frowned, looked at Zhang Cheng and reminded, "Company commander, there are a lot of enemies." ”

"If you're not mistaken, the little devil has dispatched all the mobile troops that can be mobilized in the blockade area."

Zhang Cheng's brow also furrowed, but it quickly relaxed.

"It's a bit much, almost twice as many troops as ours, but we have to take the opportunity to eat them all, and if we can't eat them all, we will eat them in two."

"Instructor, you're right, these enemies are all the mobile units that the Japanese army in the blockade zone can mobilize."

"Eat them, and the remaining Japanese puppet army can only be trapped in the stronghold and dare not come out."

"We can seize the opportunity to destroy more blockade ditches and blockade walls, disrupt the blockade area, and then concentrate our forces to meet the Japanese puppet army's returning reinforcements."

The instructor also made up his mind: "I agree to fight this battle, but I must be cautious and control the casualties." ”

"Our battle has just begun, and the real pressure is yet to come."

Under Zhang Cheng's deliberate exposure, the Japanese puppet army quickly found a company of traces, but they pounced.

"Sir, there is still residual heat in the bonfire, and it has been less than half an hour since the Eighth Route Army evacuated here." A Cao Chang ran over and reported.

"Sir, we found a large number of traces of people walking in the northeast corner, which should be left by the retreating troops of the Eighth Route Army." Another Cao Chang ran over and reported.

Cao Chang, who had inspected the bonfire just now, continued: "There are a total of three bonfires here, under normal circumstances, an infantry squad uses one bonfire, and the strength of the Eighth Route Army should be a platoon, which is exactly the same as our initial judgment. ”

"Sir, I suggest pursuing it immediately."

"They brought a lot of captives and prisoners, and they definitely can't go fast."

The last trace of doubt of the squad leader was gone, and he decisively ordered: "Follow the trail and pursue them immediately, be sure to catch up with them before it gets dark and kill them." ”

After less than half an hour of pursuit, the troops suddenly stopped.

Jun Cao of the search team rushed over and reported with an excited face: "Sir, we found the weapons and ammunition left by the Eighth Route Army in front. ”

"A total of ten rifles, thirty grenades, wrapped in military uniforms, were hidden in the bushes."

"I look at it, all of them are standard rifles used by the imperial army, and many of them still have blood on them, which must be the trophies they just captured."

"In order not to slow down the pace of the troops, it was temporarily decided to hide here."

The team leader's eyes immediately shot out two fine lights.

The evidence is ironclad, these weapons can definitely prove that the Eighth Route Army that he wants to pursue is in front, and the strength is only one platoon that he judged at the beginning, otherwise it is impossible to not even take ten rifles away.

The Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped, regarded the gun as its life, and would never lose the gun until it was absolutely necessary.

Immediately ordered: "Then what are you doing in a daze?" Immediately pursue. ”

Half an hour later, a mountain ridge crossed the road that the Japanese puppet army had to pass.

A company of guards hid on the ridge and waited for the devil forward search force to rush to the foot of the mountain before shooting.

"Horn Horn Horn ...... Dadada......"

Ten rifles and one machine gun were fired at the same time, and even though the devil search force was vigilant, they were still caught off guard, and the three of them fell to the ground with a muffled grunt.

By the time the devil fired back, the gunfire on the ridge had stopped, and the silence had regained as if nothing had happened.

With the ten rifles just discovered as ironclad evidence, the squad leader was convinced of the judgment that there was only one platoon of the Eighth Route Army, and all the subsequent judgments and decisions were made on the basis of this judgment.

When he heard the gunshot, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "It must be the Eighth Route Army behind the palace, trying to hold us back and buy time for the others to retreat." ”

"The troops leave them alone and continue the pursuit."

"Catch up with their main force, and these rear troops will naturally come out to fight us."

The guard squad did not withdraw, but stared at them from afar, ready to continue the sneak attack on them with sparrow warfare.

Looking at the growing number of corpses in the middle of the ranks, a military officer reminded with a frown.

"Sir, the enemy is too cunning, he has been hiding around and has not sneaked up on us, and he specializes in fighting veterans and machine gunners, and the two heavy machine gun squads have all been replaced by riflemen because of the large casualties, I suspect there is a conspiracy here."

The squad leader also faintly felt a trace of uneasiness, and had the idea of giving up the pursuit.

Suddenly, the commander of the forward search team ran over, and when he saw the captain, he reported excitedly: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army is in front, the search team can already see their backs, there are more than fifty people in total, and we can catch up with them in twenty minutes at most." ”

The uneasiness in the captain's heart was immediately swept away.

As long as he can kill the Eighth Route Army in front, he can still bear this casualty on the road.

The decision was made immediately: "Continue the pursuit, we must speed up the march, and do not hesitate on the road." ”

"The wounded and corpses were all handed over to the Imperial Army, and the Imperial Army was all ready for battle."

Five minutes later, the squad leader also saw the back of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, the fleeing Eighth Route Army suddenly turned a corner and burrowed into a ravine next to it.

The team leader did not hesitate, and directly ordered: "Don't stop, just catch up." ”

"The Eighth Route Army is in front of us, and it is impossible for troops in the ravine to ambush us."

More than fifty devils chased faster and faster, and the puppet army became slower and slower because they carried the corpses and wounded.

When the devils completely burrowed into the ravine, they were still two or three hundred meters outside on the mountain road.

On the ridge to the left of the ravine, more than seventy pairs of eyes were engrossed in staring at the devils who rushed in, and more than fifty rifles, eight light machine guns, and two heavy machine guns were also pointed at them.

Zhang Cheng squatted next to the heavy machine gun, holding a 38 big cover, and put a devil into the crosshairs.

The muzzle of the gun moves slowly as the devil advances, waiting for the best time to fire.

The thick barrel of the heavy machine gun was also constantly moving, staring at the few little devils in the ravine.

As soon as the company commander fired, it would shoot a deadly rain of bullets, killing them all in one shot.