Although the 40 soldiers led by Liu Hong were not many in number, they were equipped with more than 20 submachine guns and a few light machine guns, so their firepower was still very powerful.

As soon as Liu Hong gave the order, the soldiers immediately dispersed, formed a battle formation, and fired at the little devil with all their might, but the little devil was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

"Kill me!" Liu Hong roared angrily, and continued to rush over while shooting at the little devil.

"Da Da Da Da~!" In the dense gunfire, a blazing tongue of fire swept towards the little devil with lightning speed, and the soldiers rushed quickly while strafing.

There are only about a few dozen people in this group of little devils, and as soon as the two sides meet each other, they lose more than 20 people, even the little devils who were not killed were so frightened that they all lay on the ground, suppressed by the intensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and they couldn't even lift their heads.

Under the leadership of Liu Hong, the soldiers swarmed up and quickly wiped out all the little devils.

Liu Hong glanced at the corpses of devils everywhere, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "Brothers, withdraw quickly!" Break out of the encirclement of the devils. ”

Liu Hong led the troops, taking advantage of the last darkness before dawn, and after three battles, he finally broke a bloody path in the encirclement of the little devils and rushed out.

At this time, the sun gradually rose from the east, radiating ten thousand rays of light, instantly dispelling all the darkness in the world.

In the temporary headquarters of Endo Kanan, a devil officer reported respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency General, at present, the imperial army has formed a situation of encirclement, and the encirclement has been reduced to a radius of about ten miles, and the troops are continuing to advance, but there is still no trace of the main force of the martial arts team. ”

"Nani?" Kanan Endo couldn't help frowning, a look of doubt appeared on his face. A radius of ten miles seems to be very large, if it is just one person hiding in such a large area, it is indeed difficult to find. However, there are more than 1,000 people in the military engineering team, but the Japanese army has not found their traces so far, which is a bit unreasonable.

Kanan Endo felt that something was wrong, and asked with a frown: "If I remember correctly, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades of the Seventh Independent Mixed Brigade have all reported that they were attacked by the Martial Arts Brigade, and the West Island Wing was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army, losing nearly 200 people. This shows that their main force is in our encirclement, how can it suddenly disappear? ”

The devil officer hurriedly replied, "Maybe...... Maybe they are still in our encirclement, but they are hidden, and the Imperial Army has not yet discovered them, but the Imperial Army's encirclement is gradually shrinking, and they will be found soon. ”

Endo Kanan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he always felt that things didn't seem to be so simple, and then Endo Kanan couldn't help but start to worry a little.

At this time, a little devil hurriedly ran over, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency General, I just received a message from the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade that there is a force of dirt and eight roads, with about dozens of troops, which has broken through from their defense area and is currently fleeing to the east. ”

"There are only a few dozen people on the other side, it should be just a small force of Tu Balu, inform the Fourth Brigade that there is no need to pursue, continue to carry out the current task, and eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army is the top priority, warn them that they must give me strict defense, if there is another Tu Balu escape from their defense area, I will not be spared." Kanan Endo ordered in a cold voice.

"Hello!" The little devil hurriedly answered, turned around and went to deliver the order.

About an hour later, a devil officer walked up to Kanan Endo with a bitter face, and said cautiously: "Report to Your Excellency General, the Imperial Army has conducted a careful search of the encircled area, and it has been determined that no trace of the main force of the martial arts team has been found, not even a single dirt road?" ”

"Nani?" Kanan Endo stood up with a 'poof' and yelled in disbelief: "How is this possible? Can they still put on wings and fly into the sky? ”

The devil officer had a bitter face, and said helplessly: "The imperial army has searched carefully several times, and all the places where people can hide have been searched, and there is indeed no trace of Tubalu. ”

In fact, after such a long time, no trace of the main force of the martial arts team has been found, and Kanan Endo has already guessed that it will be such a result, but when he really heard the news, this old devil is still a little difficult to accept.

But at this point, Endo Kanan could only accept this cruel reality, sat down on the chair with a slump in his ass, and scolded through gritted teeth: "Yagaya Road! This damn Liu Hong, cunning big drop! ”

The devil officer looked up and observed Kanan Endo's face, and asked cautiously, "Your Excellency, what should we do now?" ”

Endo Kanan was silent, frowned and thought about it, and said with a helpless sigh: "Order the troops to rest temporarily, notify the troops along the railway, strengthen vigilance, and prevent the Tsubachi Road from breaking through the railway line." In addition, I informed the army aviation and asked them to send a reconnaissance plane to carry out a large-scale search in the vicinity, and we must find out the main force of the armed engineering team. ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned around and went to deliver the order.

At this time, Liu Hong was taking the soldiers to hide in a forest to rest, Liu Hong was sitting under a big tree, and a soldier next to him was receiving telegrams.

After a while, the soldier took off his headphones, turned to Liu Hong and said, "Captain, the deputy captain called back and said that they have now retreated to the area south of Luguan, and the troops are recuperating in concealment. ”

Liu Hong nodded slightly, picked up a map next to him, looked at it and nodded with satisfaction and said: "Inform Lao Wu and let them strengthen their vigilance, at present, the main force of the devils has been lured to the area of the Wuma camp, if the main force of the devils finds that they continue to pursue, let them continue to retreat to the southeast." ”

"Yes!" The soldier hurriedly answered, then put on his headphones and continued to send telegrams.

Then Liu Hong took a telegraph newspaper, took out a pen, thought carefully for a while, and then picked up the pen and wrote on the paper.

After Liu Hong finished writing, he read it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he turned around and handed it to the newspaper operator, and casually ordered: "Send this telegram to Commander Zhang immediately." ”

"Yes!" The soldier hurriedly answered, stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and began to call the 11th Regiment again, and after the other party answered, he immediately sent the contents of the telegram word for word.

(End of chapter)