After Okabe Shaosa gave the order to retreat, the little devils hurriedly stopped their attack, bypassed both sides of Yanzhuang Village, and fled all the way to the south.

Because at this time, the little devil had already occupied the surrounding area of the village, and the Eighth Route Army in the village had limited strength, most of them were artillery, and they were unable to launch a counteroffensive against the little devil, so they were unable to stop the little devil from retreating.

So at the beginning, the retreat of the little devils was still very smooth.

However, soon, the main force of the Eighth Route Army rushed over, and seeing that the little devil had begun to flee, the soldiers were even more demoralized, and they pursued and killed without hesitation.

Some of the little devils who didn't have time to retreat were soon all annihilated, and the Eighth Route Army was like a bamboo, chasing and killing all the way along the retreat route of the devils.

At this time, the little devil had been completely defeated, and he couldn't organize any decent resistance at all, so he could only retreat all the way and flee south in embarrassment.

Okabe Shaozo was full of remorse, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but the matter had come to this point, and Okabe Shaozo was also powerless, so he could only retreat all the way with the rout, just thinking about getting rid of the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and saving more strength.

However, the Eighth Route Army was attacking rapidly, chasing and killing all the way, and the little devil couldn't stand firm at all, unable to gather his troops, and saw that his soldiers were getting fewer and fewer.

Okabe Shaozo was anxious and kept scolding. At this time, a devil officer next to him suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, there is a stronghold of the imperial army in Guanzhuang, three or four miles ahead, as long as we withdraw into the stronghold, it will be safe." ”

When Okabe Shaoza heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and drop~!" Quickly retreat to the Guanzhuang stronghold. ”

The little devils escaped all the way for three or four miles, and finally arrived at the Guanzhuang stronghold, and the little devils in the stronghold hurriedly opened the gate and let these little devils enter the stronghold.

As soon as he escaped into the stronghold, Okabe Shaosa sat on the ground, panting heavily, remembering everything that happened before, and still having palpitations.

When he saw the little devils who fled back to the stronghold with him, there were less than two hundred people left, and Okabe Shaosa wanted to cry without tears.

In the end, there were only so many people left, and nearly 1,000 people were annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, which is almost no different from being completely annihilated.

The news from the front line continued to reach Liu Hong's temporary headquarters, the Okabe brigade was completely defeated, and the front line continued to receive good news, and the soldiers were naturally excited.

Liu Hong and Wu Feng were discussing the aftermath around the map, when a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Report to the captain, the latest news has just come back from the front, and the remnants of the Gangbe Brigade of about 200 people have all fled to the Guanzhuang stronghold, and the rest of the little devils have been completely annihilated by our army." ”

"Good! Well done! Liu Hong said excitedly: "Immediately notify several squadron leaders on the front line, let them immediately surround the Guanzhuang stronghold, and put on an offensive posture, but you don't have to really attack, just scare the little devils." ”

"Yes!" The soldier hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.

Wu Feng said with a smile: "The victory at the front line is certainly gratifying, but in the end, about two hundred little devils ran away, and it always feels a pity!" It's a pity that this Okabe brigade was not wiped out in one fell swoop. ”

Liu Hong smiled and said: "There is only such a small number of troops left in an integrated brigade, and it is not much different from being completely annihilated." What's more, there is some use in keeping them, which is more important than annihilating them completely. ”

Wu Feng frowned and thought about it, and said with a smile: "The captain is planning to use this Okabe brigade as bait to attract other little devils to come over. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded and said: "The reason why we didn't encircle and annihilate the Okabe Brigade at the beginning was because we were afraid that after this little devil was surrounded, we would see that there was no hope of breaking through, so we fought hard. After fighting like this, even if we can completely annihilate the Okabe Brigade, we will inevitably pay a heavier price for casualties. ”

Liu Hong said and took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it and took a puff, puffed out a puff of white smoke, and then said: "Another point, and the most important point, we can also use this Okabe brigade to mobilize other little devils to come to reinforcements, presumably this little devil has reported the situation here to their superiors, the little devils learned that the Okabe brigade has suffered heavy losses, and is besieged in the Guanzhuang stronghold, it will definitely not die without help, and will inevitably send troops to reinforce." ”

Wu Feng nodded and said: "As long as the little devil moves, it will disrupt their pre-war deployment, so that there will inevitably be loopholes in this large encirclement they have carefully constructed, so that we can seize the opportunity to break through." ”

"Exactly!" Liu Hong took a puff of cigarette, nodded and said: "Now Commander Zhang and they are seizing the time to gather the remnants, and when they have almost gathered the scattered troops, we can break out with them, my plan is to cross the Jinpu railway line and return to Jizhong." As for the specific plan, it depends on the reaction of the little devil, and when the time comes, we can act at the opportunity. ”

Wu Feng nodded slightly, frowned and said: "We just received a piece of information from Secretary Lin, saying that the commander of the infantry brigade of the 27th Division, who was investigating the assassination of Kumayoshi Harada, and the current acting commander of the 27th Division, Major General Kanan Endo, suddenly left Cangzhou and rushed to the front line of Yanshan. ”

Liu Hong said thoughtfully: "Tetsushiro Taga was killed by the special combat team, and this Endo Kanan immediately rushed to the front line of Yanshan, it is obvious that this old devil is here to take over the command." ”

"In other words, the opponent we are facing now has been changed to Kanan Endo." Wu Feng nodded and said: "As the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to survive a hundred battles." But we know very little about this Kanan Endo. However, this Endo Kanan has been in Cangzhou for a while, and has been busy searching for the underground party in the city, and several comrades have been killed or arrested. ”

Wu Feng sighed softly when he said this, and then continued: "Judging from this matter, this Endo Kanan should also be a powerful character, and it is not easy to deal with." ”

Liu Hongman said nonchalantly: "That's not necessarily, these are two different things, he can destroy our underground transportation station and arrest our underground party members, he does have some ability." But this does not prove that his military command skills were just as good. ”

(End of chapter)