"Sir, Squadron Leader Yoshida reports that a unit of the Eighth Route Army has broken through the blockade ditch three kilometers east of them."

The stronghold of Guanshan Town, his subordinates woke up Dazuo, who was sleeping, and reported.

"Nani, didn't I give the order for all troops to be put on higher alert before dark? There are more than 500 people under Captain Yoshida's command, how can he not even stop a breakthrough force, what is he going to eat. Da Zuo scolded as he walked into the war room.

The subordinates hurriedly explained: "The commander is angry, Squadron Leader Yoshida reports that the Eighth Route Army dispatched a main battalion to respond. ”

"They were flanked inside and out, and the ambush soldiers we hid in the blockade ditch were eliminated in a few minutes, and then they used explosives packs to destroy the blockade ditch, the blockade wall, and the minefields that we had placed in the blockade ditch."

"Waiting for the reinforcements to break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking force to intercept, they have received the breakthrough troops and successfully retreated."

"Because he was worried that the troops would be alone in the garrison base area and ambush, Squadron Leader Yoshida closed the gap and withdrew his troops and did not pursue them."

Seeing that Dazuo's face looked much better, his subordinates continued to report: "Squadron Leader Yoshida also reported that although they did not stop the breakthrough troops of the Eighth Route Army, they killed at least fifty Eighth Route Army troops in the firefight. ”

"There are nearly forty corpses of the Eighth Route Army left on the battlefield."

"He also saw that there were nearly 200 people in the Eighth Route Army that broke through and carried dozens of stretchers, which should have been wounded during the battle with the sweeping troops of the imperial army in the past few days."

One of the captains who participated in the sweep said: "Sir, although the imperial army has not encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the past few days, the exchange of fire with their small group of troops has not been broken, and many people have indeed been killed and wounded. ”

"I didn't expect them to be the main force left behind by the garrison, they didn't dare to fight with us, sent a small force to fight guerrilla attacks with us, and then broke through at the last moment and slipped out of the blockade area, it was too cheap for them."

In the end, the captain directly showed an unwilling expression of righteous indignation.

"Don't worry, they can't run!" Osa suddenly spoke.

"It's a bit of a shame that they managed to break through and slip away, but it also proved that our sweeping methods worked for them, posed a deadly threat to them, and forced them to hurry, otherwise it would not have been possible to risk breaking through the blockade ditch."

"Run, run, it's no big deal."

"As long as we continue to sweep with our current tactics. Sooner or later, they will be trapped by us in the new blockade, and then they will fight us and be killed by us. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, I still hope they continue to break through."

"If they want to break through our blockade wall and blockade ditch, they must send a large number of troops to attack us on their own initiative."

"Compared to when we take the initiative to attack them when we sweep, they are in the shadows and we are in the light, and the losses of them attacking us are definitely greater."

"And the more times we break through, the greater the casualties, and the limited forces are consumed by us unconsciously."

"In the end, the Imperial Army can achieve the greatest result with the minimum casualties and annihilate the garrison."

The subordinates had expressions of approval on their faces.

The captain in charge of the sweep asked, "Sir, since the Eighth Route Army has broken through and slipped away, should we continue the sweep tomorrow?" ”

"The sweep continues!" Dazuo replied without hesitation.

"Although the main force is gone, it does not mean that there is no Eighth Route Army in this blockade area."

"They like to hide soldiers from the people the most, and it is not excluded that some backbones will be left to hide among the people and continue to oppose us."

"Tomorrow the sweep continues, and I will completely wipe out all resistance forces in the blockade area before launching an attack on the hinterland of the garrison."

Lion Ridge, a dense forest that the Japanese army had not yet swept away, and the company that entered the blockade area was hiding here.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the reconnaissance squad leader hurried in along the sheep intestine path.

"Company commander, the devil sweeping troops have come over, there is a squadron, and a battalion of puppet troops will cooperate with the operation, and there will be an hour to reach the foot of the mountain."

"How vigilant are they today?" Zhang Cheng asked with a frown.

The first hurdle is for the troops to lurk in the blockade area and avoid today's sweep.

"It's very bad, it should be affected by the breakthrough of the troops last night." The scout squad leader thought for a moment and answered.

Zhang Changcheng sighed and replied, "That's good." ”

"I gave them a bait in the woods, and if they were attracted by it, we would be able to get right behind them, dodge the sweep, and then lurk in the area they had swept and wait for them to retreat."

Although the Lion Ridge is neither high nor dangerous, it is overgrown with weeds and full of prickly shrubs.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army had broken through from the blockade ditch last night, and the Japanese puppet army was obviously not as vigilant as yesterday, and directly changed the dragnet sweep into three routes, and followed the sheep intestine trail into the mountains to search.

Almost five kilometers into the mountain, the troops still found nothing.

The squadron leader was just about to order the troops to stop and rest, when an exclamation interrupted his order before he could utter it.

"Sir, we found blood on the path ahead, it should have been left from last night."

"Sir, there are also blood stains on the path ahead, and a bullet belt lost by the Eighth Route Army, and there are ten rifle bullets in it." Another subordinate ran over with the bullet belt he had just picked up.

The tired expression on the squadron leader's face was swept away, and he immediately shouted: "It must have been left by the breakthrough troops of the Eighth Route Army last night." ”

"The troops pursued along the trail of blood, and maybe there would be other gains."

The squadron leader wanted to find the Eighth Route Army too much.

In the past few days, although other troops did not encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they killed some small shrimps, and as a reserve, they did not even kill a single small shrimp.

Today is the last day of the sweep, and the news of the successful breakthrough of the Eighth Route Army last night has spread.

Although the squadron leader agreed to let himself go to the battlefield, the squadron leader was not at all hopeful that he would be able to achieve the results.

Now he sees hope, even if he can't kill the Eighth Route Army, take a few corpses, and capture some loot to go back.

Hundreds of Japanese puppet soldiers, like hungry wolves smelling blood, rushed straight down the bloodstains.

"Company commander, the little devil has been fooled!" The instructor reminded.

"We started to act, detoured behind the Japanese puppet army, lurked, and waited for the Japanese puppet army to withdraw from Lion Ridge before acting." Zhang Cheng ordered.

In the woods three kilometers away from the blockade ditch, the Japanese puppet army found the bait prepared for them by Zhang Cheng, eight broken rifles and a light machine gun, which were hidden in the thatch.

"Boom ......"

As soon as a few devils began to inspect the loot, a thunderbolt sounded buried under the rifles, and a ten-pound explosive bag was detonated together.

The rifles and light machine guns that were used as trophies by the devils were instantly blown away, turning into lethal weapons and smashing into the surrounding Japanese puppet army......