As the minutes passed, and seeing that the sky was getting dark again, Kanan Endo's face became more and more ugly.

"Report to Your Excellency General, according to the latest intelligence, the main force of the military engineering team is gradually retreating to the vicinity of Lianzhen." A devil officer cautiously reported.

"Lianzhen?" Hearing this, Endo Kanan hurriedly took a map and quickly found the location of Lianzhen from the map.

Kanan Endo frowned, stared at the map in his hand for a while, and then ordered loudly: "Immediately telegraph Nishijima Daisa, and ask him to lead the troops to quickly intersperse to the southeast of Lianzhen, seize the front of the martial arts team, and intercept the retreat of the military team to the south." In addition, the rest of the troops were ordered to continue to speed up and surround the area around Lianzhen. ”

"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, and then ordered someone to convey the order.

At this time, Kanan Endo was very tired, and his eyelids were as heavy as a pair of shot puts. However, this old devil didn't dare to close his eyes, because he knew very well in his heart that it had reached the most critical moment, and whether he could intercept the martial arts team or not depended on tonight.

Once the Wugong team breaks through the Jinpu Railway, it is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.

So Endo Kanan could only rely on his tenacious willpower to support it, and the old devil stared at the map for a while, and then ordered with a serious face: "Immediately order all the troops of the imperial army along the railway line to quickly assemble in the area of Lianzhen, mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized, build a solid defense line in the vicinity of Lianzhen as soon as possible, and prevent the martial arts team from breaking through the railway line at all costs." ”

"Hello!" The devil officer next to him answered again, and ordered someone to send the order by telegram.

"Your Excellency General, I see that you are also tired, why don't you take a rest!" The devil officer said cautiously.

Kanan Endo shook his head lightly and continued to look at the map with his head down, holding a pencil in his hand and marking something on the map.

……

At eight o'clock that night, the sky was completely dark, and the moonlight was faint that night, and the surroundings were pitch black.

A soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran in front of Wu Feng and said loudly: "Report to the deputy captain, the scouts have just sent news that the southeast direction of our army suddenly found a main force of devils, with a strength of more than one brigade, only a dozen miles away from our army. ”

Wu Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said with a worried face: "The speed of the little devil is quite fast, and he actually sent a fast mobile force to the south of us, so we can't go south, we can only retreat all the way to the west, if we retreat to the south again, we will definitely be intercepted by this little devil." ”

Zhou Wenxuan next to him hurriedly said: "According to our plan, we originally broke through in the area of Lianzhen, since this is the case, then we will go all the way west and directly kill the Jinpu Railway." ”

Wu Feng nodded slightly, and said a little helplessly: "How far is it from the railway line now?" ”

"About fifteen miles to go." A soldier next to him hurriedly said.

Wu Feng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and immediately ordered: "Order all troops to advance westward at full speed, directly break through the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and retreat to the area west of the railway." ”

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

After Wu Feng's order was delivered, the soldiers immediately quickened their pace and rushed to the railway line as fast as they could, preparing to break through the Jinpu Railway.

It didn't take long for the scouts in front to send back the latest news, and found that the little devils were increasing their troops from the north and south to strengthen the defenses along the railway.

After Wu Feng received this news, his brows furrowed even deeper, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that they seemed to have no other choice now, and there were only two paths in front of them.

The first way, with all its might, broke through the Jinpu Railway and retreated to the area west of the railway.

The second way, stop retreating, build fortifications on the spot, seize advantageous terrain, and fight to the death with the little devils.

Obviously, the second way is not feasible, if you give up the breakthrough, once surrounded by thousands of devils, it will be more difficult for the military engineering team to break through. What's more, the surrounding area, the terrain is flat, an open area, there is no danger to defend at all, at most you can only rely on the village to deal with the little devils, but once the military engineering team occupies the surrounding villages to resist, it will affect the people, and secondly, it is easy to be divided and surrounded by the little devils, and each is broken.

Therefore, this second road can basically be regarded as a dead end, which means that in fact, there is only one choice for the martial arts team, that is, to concentrate forces and break through with all their might.

Wu Feng figured this out, gritted his teeth and said: "Success or failure is in this move, you can only fight." ”

At more than nine o'clock in the evening, Wu Feng led the troops to the vicinity of the railway line, Wu Feng took a few scouts to lie in a bush, held a telescope and glanced into the distance, and found that a group of small devils were building fortifications on the east side of the railway line.

A soldier next to him hurriedly explained: "Three miles to the south is Lianzhen, and there are turrets on the north and south sides of Lianzhen. There is also a stronghold of the devil's turret about three miles to the north, so this place is considered the best place to break out. ”

Wu Feng nodded and said, "The little devil also saw this, so he sent people to build fortifications here in an attempt to prevent us from breaking through." ”

Wu Feng observed again, didn't say anything more, turned around and left quietly.

After Wu Feng retreated, he immediately gathered the squadron leaders to discuss countermeasures.

Wu Feng said with a serious face: "Now that the little devil has been formed by us, the only way is to break through the Jinpu railway line and retreat to the area west of the railway." Moreover, the main force of the devils will soon arrive, and we must break through the Jinpu railway line as quickly as possible, otherwise it is likely to fall into the encirclement of the devils, which will be dangerous. ”

Zhao Lei was the first to speak: "Then what are you waiting for, just call it directly." ”

Wu Feng sighed lightly and said, "I called you over today, and there is only one purpose, let's discuss it, what should we do?" ”

Bai Ling frowned and said with a serious face: "The matter has come to this, do we have any other choice?" You can't wait to die here! Beat! No matter how difficult it is, it's important to try it before you know the result. ”

Zhou Wenxuan also nodded and said, "I also agree to break through with all our might, this is our only chance." ”

Liang Yongsheng, the leader of the artillery squadron, said with a smile: "I have no opinion, anyway, no matter how you fight, our artillery will fully cooperate." ”

(End of chapter)