Liu Hong led the martial arts team straight to Pipa Mountain, trying to seize Pipa Mountain in advance and cut off the devil's retreat before the little devil escaped.

And Zhang Zhicheng, according to Liu Hong's intentions, continued to attack with the 11th Regiment of Teaching.

At this time, the little devil had already withdrawn from the Guanshan position, and according to the order of Mamoru Iinuma, he quickly built a temporary defense line, preparing to block the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

The soldiers of the 11th Regiment came all the way, and the momentum was in full swing, and they directly followed the rout of the devils and killed them.

On the devil's position, a devil officer raised a command knife and roared loudly: "Shoot~!" Shoot quickly~! As he spoke, he swung the command knife forward.

With the order of this devil officer, the devil's position immediately sounded dense gunfire, and the dense bullets formed a dense fire blockade net, which quickly shrouded the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

"Puff~!" The bullet hit the body of the soldier of the Eighth Route Army, making a muffled sound, and streams of blood shot out, blooming gorgeous blood flowers in the air.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who rushed in front were caught off guard and fell down in an instant, and then the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army behind reacted, fell to the ground one after another, raised their guns and began to shoot at the devil's position.

At this time, Zhang Zhicheng hurried over from behind, hid behind a big rock on the side of the road, held a telescope to observe the situation, and saw that the little devils were ready, if they rushed up, I am afraid that all of them would be able to break through the Japanese defense line.

Zhang Zhicheng understood this, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "Order the troops immediately, stop the attack, and retreat immediately!" Fast~! ”

"Yes!" A soldier of the Eighth Route Army next to him hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to convey the order.

Zhang Zhicheng's order reached the front line, and the soldiers immediately began to retreat in an orderly manner, and under Zhang Zhicheng's command, the troops withdrew two miles back, and then seized the favorable terrain nearby, and began to build defensive positions on the spot.

And the little devil didn't dare to launch a counteroffensive rashly, the two sides entered the confrontation stage very tacitly, in fact, it's no wonder, after fighting for so long, the little devil's loss is not small, and now the main force of the Eighth Route Army is about to arrive, and it is already the little devil at the end of the strong crossbow, where is there still the courage to launch a counteroffensive.

At this time, Mamoru Iinuma had already moved his headquarters to Huanglian Mountain, and Mamoru Iinuma was directing his subordinates to arrange defensive positions and prepare to meet the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, a devil officer hurriedly walked over, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the commander of the report, the imperial army has repelled the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route has retreated two miles and is building fortifications on the spot. ”

Hearing this, Mamoru Iinuma couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Yo Xi~!" So we can catch our breath. Ordered all troops to step up the construction of fortifications, and the real fierce battle has just begun. ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Takahashi Daisa has returned, but the troops have suffered heavy losses, and only a few dozen people have escaped back." Takahashi Osa was on his way to the headquarters and said that he would personally ask His Excellency the division commander for his guilt. ”

"Humph! He's too embarrassed to come back! Hearing this, Mamoru Iinuma suddenly became furious, and scolded loudly: "If it weren't for this fool, how could the imperial army have fallen into such a passive situation, and now he still has the face to see me." Go tell that idiot that I don't want to see him again, and he'll wait to be court-martialed! ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned and left.

After this devil officer left the headquarters, he sent someone to inform Takahashi Daisa of the news, and Takahashi Jiro, who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, heard the news, and was completely desperate, and he was not in the mood to continue to go up the mountain, so he directly found a place where no one was, and committed suicide by cutting his belly, so that at least he could keep his honor.

In the Japanese headquarters, a devil Shaozo came to Iinuma Mamoru with a telegram, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Excellency the commander of the report division, Your Excellency the commander is in an emergency. As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the telegram in his hand.

Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly took the telegram, read it carefully, couldn't help frowning, and said with a puzzled expression: "Is this really a telegram from His Excellency the Commander?" ”

"Hello! Absolutely true! The devil Shao Zuo hurriedly replied.

Mamoru Iinuma frowned and said, "Your Excellency the Commander actually asked us to retreat!" The Imperial Army suffered such huge losses in this battle, but did not achieve the predetermined victory, if it retreated in disgrace, what would be the face of our Imperial Japanese Army? ”

Iinuma Mamoru was really unwilling to retreat, but this was an order from Okamura Ningji, and Iinuma Mamoru did not dare to disobey the order, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Immediately send another telegram to Your Excellency the Commander, saying that the Imperial Army has suffered huge losses, but it still has the strength to fight, as long as we can hold Huanglian Mountain, we may not be able to turn defeat into victory, and I ask Your Excellency the Commander to give us another chance." ”

The reason why Mamoru Iinuma was unwilling to retreat like this was also because he was worried that the military department would be held accountable afterwards, and he, the commander of the division, would not escape the blame, after all, the losses of the Japanese army this time were too great, and someone had to take responsibility for such a fiasco.

"Hello!" The devil Shaozuo hurriedly answered, turned around and walked towards the confidential room.

After a while, the devil Shaozo took back a telegram again, Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly rushed over, snatched the telegram, and read it carefully, after reading the content of the telegram, Mamoru Iinuma suddenly wilted like a frosted eggplant!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander! What did the commander say on telegram? A devil officer next to him couldn't help but speak.

Iinuma Mamoru said in despair: "Your Excellency the commander said, we have lost the last opportunity, now not only the Eighth Route Army in Dingzhou is about to arrive at the battlefield, but the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains has also concentrated tens of thousands of troops, and began to attack the independent Fourth Mixed Brigade from the west, the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade is no longer able to support, Your Excellency the Commander has ordered the independent Fourth Brigade to retreat one after another, retreat to the Zhengtai Railway, and at the same time order us to retreat along the Zhengtai Railway, so as not to fall into the heavy encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, His Excellency the Commander has repeatedly emphasized that orders must be carried out! ”

"And ...... we?" The devil officer asked cautiously.

Mamoru Iinuma couldn't help but sigh, and said helplessly: "Immediately send the order down and prepare to retreat!" ”

"Hello!" The devil officers present responded in unison.

(End of chapter)