Goro Mano ordered the pursuit of the defeated Eighth Route Army with all his might, and he himself followed closely with his troops.

Liu Hong led the martial arts team to fight and retreat, and the little devil chased all the way to the vicinity of Dingzhou Station, but never caught up with the martial arts team, and the two sides were always separated by a distance of several hundred meters, and it was this short few hundred that made the little devil out of reach.

In the temporary headquarters of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, Commander Lu sat on the bench expressionlessly, patiently waiting for the news from the front line, and the other people in the headquarters were also very tacitly quiet, even the people who spoke were soft-spoken, as if they were afraid of making a noise to the commander.

In the confidential room next to it, there were constant rhythmic ticking sounds. On the whole, the entire command is still relatively quiet, and this atmosphere makes people feel a little oppressive.

"Jingle bell~!" At this time, the telephone on the table rang suddenly, and Commander Lu's eyes flashed with a fine light, and at this time, a staff officer had already walked over and glanced at Commander Lu inquiringly.

Commander Lu nodded slightly, and the staff officer reached out to take the phone, "Hey~!" ”

"Headquarters?" There was an excited question on the other end of the line.

"This is the headquarters, where are you?" The staff officer hurriedly asked.

"We are a front-line observation post, please tell Comrade Commander that the armed forces have lured the little devils to the vicinity of Dingzhou Station, and now a large number of little devils have entered the ambush circle of our army." The other end of the phone said anxiously.

When the staff officer heard this, he hurriedly turned to look at the commander and briefly repeated the content to Commander Lu.

After Commander Lu heard the report, he couldn't sit still anymore, and rushed over directly, took the microphone, and asked loudly, "Is the news confirmed?" ”

The person on the other side heard the voice of the commander and hurriedly replied: "Sure!" The little devils are coming from the north in a steady stream, but their main force has basically entered the ambush circle of our army. ”

"Good! I know. Commander Lu nodded, then hung up the phone, and then connected the phone to the regimental headquarters of the 31st Regiment.

As soon as the phone was connected, Commander Lu couldn't wait to order: "Immediately launch a full-line counteroffensive against the little devil who entered the ambush circle according to the original plan, and be sure to completely defeat the independent second mixed brigade, and tell your regiment commander that if you can't complete the task, I will shoot him." ”

"Yes! Guaranteed completion of the task. The other end of the phone hurriedly answered.

Commander Lu immediately hung up the phone, and at this time a group of staff officers had already gathered, and Commander Lu said with a serious face: "Order the artillery battalion, concentrate all the firepower, and bombard the little devils in the ambush circle." This time, you don't have to save shells for Lao Tzu, give Lao Tzu a hard hit! ”

"Yes!" A staff officer hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.

"Order the guard battalion, the special service battalion and all the fighters who can fight, all into battle, assist the 31st Regiment and the military engineering team, and completely defeat the enemy in front of you." Commander Lu then ordered.

At this time, a staff officer hurriedly said: "Commander, the guard battalion is a guard unit responsible for protecting the security of the headquarters, and it cannot be transferred without authorization!" ”

Commander Lu said with a serious face: "If you can't defeat this little devil this time, even if you keep the safety of the headquarters, what can you do." It's okay to leave a squad in charge of protecting the headquarters, not to mention that we are not all unarmed ordinary people, we are also a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and we must be ready to fight at any time when necessary, if anyone is afraid, you can hide in Dingzhou City, and when you win this battle, you can immediately get out of the team of my Eighth Route Army, and my Eighth Route Army will not accept such cowardly soft eggs! Execute the order now! ”

"Yes!" Where did the staff officer dare to say anything more, he quickly responded respectfully, turned around and hurriedly ran to convey the order.

At this time, Liu Hong with the broken troops had also retreated to the vicinity of Dingzhou Station, Liu Hong hurriedly ran into a forward observation post, picked up the phone, and directly connected the phone of the command of the Wugong team, at this time the command of the Wugong team had retreated to Dingzhou Station in advance.

"Hey~! Old Wu? Liu Hong asked anxiously.

Wu Feng's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hey! Captain, I'm Wu Feng! ”

Liu Hong hurriedly said: "Immediately notify the artillery squadron, concentrate all the artillery to launch an artillery attack on the little devils who have entered the ambush circle, and bombard Lao Tzu hard." ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly answered, and then hung up the phone.

Under the leadership of Liang Yongsheng, the artillery squadron had already retreated to Dingzhou Station in advance, and arranged the artillery positions in advance according to the plan, calibrated the shooting Zhuyuan, and waited for the little devil to enter the ambush circle.

After Liu Hong hung up the phone, he shouted loudly: "Communication soldier." ”

"Yes!" A communications soldier ran over.

"Immediately inform the three squadron leaders and ask them to immediately organize their troops and prepare for a counteroffensive." Liu Hong ordered loudly.

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

At this time, the troops in charge of the broken rear in the rear had already retreated to the preset position, and then began to rely on the position to block the little devils who caught up.

The little devil caught up all the way, the formation had already run out of order, and it was impossible to organize an effective attack in a short time, and after being stubbornly blocked by the Eighth Route Army, he was so frightened that he immediately stopped, and then began to organize his troops and prepare to attack.

At this moment, on the position of the artillery squadron of the martial arts team, the rumbling cannon sound sounded first, and one after another shells with a piercing whistling sound quickly pierced the sky, smashing into the crowd of devils like hail.

"Boom~! Rumble~! A violent explosion sounded immediately, and the little devil was caught off guard, and the person who was bombed suddenly turned on his back, suffering heavy casualties.

Soon, the position of the artillery battalion directly under the Jizhong Military Region also sounded the rumbling sound of artillery, and for a while, the shells fell more intensively towards the little devils who entered the ambush circle.

At the same time, the main force of the 31st Regiment had already received orders and threw themselves into the battle, and began to attack the little devils who entered the ambush circle from the east and west.

For a while, the guns and cannons rang out, shouting to kill the heavens, and thousands of heroic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army killed the little devil together.

The little devil was caught off guard, and in the face of the crazy attack of the Eighth Route Army, he suddenly became a mess, and he couldn't resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army at all, and began to retreat one after another.

The 31st Regiment had already prepared and immediately began to launch a roundabout attack towards the rear of the devils, preparing to intercept this group of little devils and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

At this time, Mano Goro had already hurried over, and he wanted to teach the Eighth Route Army a good lesson, but as soon as he came over, he was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and Mano Goro was stunned all of a sudden.

(End of chapter)