At the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, Hu Guoshan has been holding out on to the frontline position for two days, and at noon today they will withdraw from the second line of defense according to the plan.

"All personnel in the command begin to retreat!" Hu Guoshan gave the order for the headquarters to retreat.

Most of the people in the command are civilians, and there are no troops to protect them, they can only protect themselves. At this time, Hu Guoshan was only followed by a platoon of communication soldiers.

"Commander, what should you do?"

"I'm their division commander, of course with the soldiers!"

Before the front-line troops retreated, Hu Guoshan would definitely not leave the soldiers first and retreat to the safe area, and after he gave the order to retreat to the personnel in his headquarters, Hu Guoshan took his communications platoon to the front line position.

"Commander, Commander, why are you here?"

One of the regiment commanders on the position suddenly saw a familiar figure, and he realized that Hu Guoshan had come to their position.

"How's your troop?" Hu Guoshan asked.

"Those who can move are on the ground!"

The battle was fought very badly, and less than a third of their regiment was left so far, and even the regimental commander's guard company had been placed on the position.

Hu Guoshan glanced at his watch: "Signal soldiers, go to various positions and inform a few regiment commanders that after forty minutes, the troops will retreat, and tell them that there is no troop cover on the way to retreat, everything depends on them!" ”

"Old eight, we still have to hold on to the position for an hour before we can retreat, can we resist it?" Hu Guoshan looked at his regiment leader and asked.

"Commander, don't worry, let's hold on for another day!" The head of the regiment patted his chest and said.

"Okay, you are still in command here, you will treat me as a soldier, and an hour later, we will launch a counter-charge against the Japanese army in front! And then retreat! ”

The front of the position of the New Eighth Regiment is the focus of the fierce attack of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and it has paid a great price for the New Eighth Regiment to hold on to the present, but in the entire front-line troops, the New Eighth Regiment will also be the last retreating unit, they have no cover, no support, and can only fight a counter-charge and then disengage from the Japanese army and evacuate as quickly as possible.

"Commander, this is not good, if something goes wrong with you, how will I explain to Brother Fan after I go back!" The commander of the New Eighth Regiment resolutely disagreed with Hu Guoshan staying on the position.

"The guard battalion is gone, all the people who can be sent to the front line have been sent to the front line, and he is left with him as an orderly, if you drive me away, I will really be in danger!"

At this time, it is the most dangerous to break away from the large army, because once the front-line troops begin to retreat, all the troops will definitely not care about the others, and if Hu Guoshan acts alone and meets the Japanese army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Okay!" The commander of the new Eighth Regiment seems to have made a lot of determination, the troops at this time are like geese flying south, and anyone who is left alone cannot survive the bitter cold of winter, so he can only wait for death.

The Japanese attack was fierce, attacking continuously for many days, and according to their casualties, it is estimated that the Chinese troops on the opposite side must not have many troops, and each time they attacked, the positions held by the Chinese troops were loosened.

But Hu Guoshan doesn't plan to play with them today, since he has already designed pockets for the Kwantung Army, it's time to lure them over.

"Eighth child, it's time!" Hu Guoshan glanced at his watch.

"Battalion commander, you lead the troops to fight a counter-charge to cover the retreat of the troops, we meet in Sanli Village, remember that you can't fight!"

They had been on the battlefield long enough, and during that time they had also consumed a lot of supplies and living forces of the Japanese army.

"Brothers, take care of the wounded, let's withdraw!"

The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army has been looking at the positions of the Chinese army with binoculars, he has given his troops a death order, they must capture the positions of the Chinese army by this evening, they cannot waste their experience in this place, they still need to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the new 33rd Army.

And it is a shame for them to be blocked in this place for so long by the Chinese army with the combat effectiveness of their Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army is the elite of the Japanese Army, and they must have elite arrogance.

"Division commander, the Chinese army has launched a counter-charge against us!"

"I see that they don't have much ability to resist anymore, and it can be seen from their counter-charge firepower that today we will be able to take the positions of the Chinese army!"

The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army has been paying attention to the firepower of the Chinese army, judging from the firepower, they have at least more than half of the casualties, and at this time the Chinese army can still fight a counter-charge has proved that its combat effectiveness is strong, but it also indirectly proves that they are almost unable to hold on, otherwise there is no need to fight this kind of charge that cannot take advantage.

His analysis was correct, but he never thought that the Chinese army was retreating.

"Report, twenty minutes ago, the Chinese troops in other directions began to retreat!" The communications corps reported to him.

The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese army instantly woke up to why the Chinese army was fighting a counter-charge, they were preparing for a retreat: "Order all the troops to press on me, entangle the Chinese army and not let them retreat!" ”

If the Chinese army held them back for so long, and successfully retreated, their Kwantung Army would really lose face in North China, and they would have to wipe out this Chinese army no matter what the cost.

Hu Guoshan and his troops have successfully retreated, but they have not gotten rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army, although Hu Guoshan they have trucks, and the speed of retreat is not slow, but the Japanese Kwantung Army is bent on destroying them, so the speed of pursuit is not slow.

"His mother's, why did the little devil chase so closely!" The regiment commander couldn't help but curse the street, their regiment was the latest to retreat, but they were no longer the last troops to fall.

But the Japanese Kwantung Army did not stop pursuing them, there was only one goal, regardless of the other Chinese troops, they came straight to them, and it was obvious that the Kwantung Army had regarded them as an opponent.

"Let's fight a wave and buy time for the other troops!"

They had already withdrawn from a long distance, and the Kwantung Army was in close pursuit of them, and if they continued to retreat like this, it was likely that their regiment would not be the troops behind the palace, and the other troops would not know the situation, and they would be easily beaten by the Japanese pursuing troops, and there would be more casualties at that time.

Considering many reasons, Hu Guoshan decided that they would fight a blockade, since the Kwantung Army was pursuing so closely, he was not worried, these little devils would easily let them go.

Hu Guoshan ordered the soldiers to hide the car, and then quickly find the surrounding favorable terrain, set up a position and make the vanguard pursued by the little devils suffer a little.

The Chinese army on the front line had just retreated, and Okamura Ninji immediately got the news that in this offensive and defensive battle with the New 33rd Army, his idea was to fight steadily, capture one place, and then defend this place, and then attack the next place, so he immediately sent a telegram to all troops, telling them not to pursue the retreating Chinese army.

Of course, the lieutenant general of the Japanese Kwantung Army also received an order from Okamura Ninji, but he took this order as a deaf ear, although the Chinese army still had combat effectiveness, but it could no longer stop their attack, and if they did not pursue at this time, would they wait for them to rest, and then let the Chinese army consume them with strong fortifications?

The Japanese Kwantung Army's disobedience to the order made Okamura Ninji very annoyed, and sent three orders in a row to let him retreat, but the Kwantung Army lieutenant general told Okamura Ninji for various reasons that they were now at war with the Chinese army and had no way to retreat, and finally the Kwantung Army Lieutenant General simply kept the radio silent and refused to accept Okamura Ninji's telegram.

The lieutenant general of the Kwantung Army even thought that Okamura Ninji was worried that they had robbed them of the credit of the Japanese army in North China, so he ordered them to retreat, and Okamura Ninji had arranged them in such a chicken position, which had proved that Okamura Ninji was biased against their Kwantung Army, and if they were put in an uncritical position after withdrawing, they would never have the opportunity to fight this Chinese army again.

For their merits, for the sake of the interests of the Kwantung Army, the lieutenant general decisively disobeyed Okamura Ninji's order, anyway, after returning Okamura Ninji was not qualified to punish him, only the headquarters of the Eastern Army could punish him.

Hu Guoshan and the others took the initiative to stop retreating, and decided to fight with the Kwantung Army that was pursuing them behind them, in order to prevent other troops from being attacked by the Kwantung Army under the premise of unknown circumstances and causing confusion among the troops.

"Da Da Da"

The Japanese army did not have the cover of heavy artillery, and at medium and close ranges, the * in the hands of the new 33rd Army had an overwhelming firepower advantage, and the vanguard of the pursuing little devils was instantly blinded, and then Hu Guoshan led his troops to charge them.

"Division Commander, you can't rush!" The regiment commander grabbed Hu Guoshan's arm and stopped him from charging forward.

"Okay, good, I don't rush! Let the warriors not chase after each other, and come back to defend after the fight! ”

Although the battle was well fought, they had already suffered heavy casualties in previous battles, and the troops did not have much superior strength, and compared to the huge Japanese troops, the casualties they inflicted on the Japanese were only a drop in the bucket.

As Hu Guoshan expected, the Japanese army quickly reacted, organized the attacking troops as quickly as possible, and launched a fierce attack on Hu Guoshan and them in an instant.

"Division commander, we have stabbed the hornet's nest again!" The commander of the New Eighth Regiment was beaten by the fierce attack of the Japanese army and was about to cry.

Although the Japanese were not equipped*, they had a great advantage in firepower at medium and long distances, and their rifles and heavy machine guns were constantly firing frantically at Hu Guoshan's newly established position, and they could not raise their heads at all.

"We can't stay here for too long, otherwise we will definitely be surrounded by the follow-up troops of the little devils!" Hu Guoshan knew that with their troops, at most, they would cause some harassment to the Japanese army, and it would be too difficult to trap them.