The little devil suffered heavy losses, more than half of the casualties, and there were only more than 400 people left at this time, and under the crazy attack of the martial arts team, the little devil had been completely defeated.

A large number of devils fled south in embarrassment, unable to stand firm at all, Akita Kiyomasa also wanted to reorganize his forces to counterattack, but the martial arts team did not give him this opportunity at all.

Liu Hong saw that the little devil had been defeated, it was a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy, how could he let go of such a good opportunity, and led the soldiers of the martial arts team to chase and fight all the way, biting the little devil to the death, not giving the little devil any respite.

"Bang Bang~!" Two crisp gunshots rang out, and the two little devils in front of them who fled in confusion fell to the ground and were killed on the spot.

Liu Hong put away his gun and shouted, "Brothers! Keep chasing me, I must not let go of a little devil. ”

"Kill!" The warriors became more and more courageous, shouting loudly and continuing to chase forward.

The crisp gunshots continued to sound, and the little devils who ran behind fell one after another under the rain of bullets of the Eighth Route Army.

The whole road was paved with the corpses of devils, and various materials such as weapons and ammunition were scattered everywhere.

In this way, Liu Hong led the soldiers to chase all the way out of seven or eight miles, and more than half of the more than 400 remnants of the devil were wiped out by the martial arts team, only about 100 people, who fled while taking advantage of the chaos, Akita Kiyomasa barely saved a small life under the protection of the guards, and escaped into a jujube forest.

Liu Hong saw that this little devil had been basically annihilated, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army had no threat, so he ordered the troops to stop the pursuit, leaving only a company of the recruit battalion, responsible for cleaning the battlefield, collecting scattered weapons, ammunition and equipment, and the rest of the troops immediately returned to Xinxing Town to support the third squadron.

However, when Liu Hong and the others rushed back to Xinxing Town, they found that the battle was over.

Zhou Wenxuan hurriedly ran in front of Liu Hong, raised his hand and saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the captain, the third squadron has successfully completed the blocking mission and is now cleaning the battlefield, please instruct." ”

Liu Hong hurriedly raised his hand and returned a military salute and asked, "What about the little devil?" Retreated? ”

Zhou Wenxuan hurriedly replied: "After the little devil found out that Akita Kiyomasa's troops were defeated by us, he stopped the attack and withdrew to Cangzhou City. ”

"Hey! His grandma drips! When did the little devil learn to be so slippery. Wu Feng scolded with a smile.

Zhao Lei said with a smile: "I think these grandsons are scared by us, and when they see that the situation is not good, they don't run for their lives, do they stay here and wait for death?" ”

Liu Hong said with a smile: "It's cheap for them this time, but we defeated Akita's main force and annihilated more than a thousand little devils, which is worth it!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and everyone was naturally very happy to win the big battle.

Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then let's hurry up and clean up the battlefield!" Collect all the weapons and ammunition, and then immediately return to Gaoguantun. ”

"Yes!" The warriors replied with a bang.

Although they won the battle, Liu Hong and the others did not dare to continue to stay in Xinxing Town, and after quickly cleaning up the battlefield, they returned to Gaoguantun Village while it was dark.

……

The next day, when Harada Kumayoshi received the battle report from Xinxing Town, he was so angry that he overturned the table and spilled the breakfast that the servant had carefully prepared for him.

Takayuki Nagashima hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency the division commander is angry, this battle is just an accident, Akita-kun was too careless this time, so he fell into the ambush of the martial arts team." ”

"Yaga! Don't defend that idiot anymore, the strength of a brigade was so easily defeated by the martial engineering team, thousands of imperial warriors were shattered, and the face of the Japanese Imperial Army was lost to this stupid pig. ”

"Let such a stupid pig deserve to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor." Kumayoshi Harada scolded angrily.

Takayuki Nagashima hurriedly replied: "Report to Your Excellency the Division Commander, after Akita-kun returned to Cangzhou City, and then reported the situation to the division headquarters, he felt that he had no face to see His Excellency the division commander, and even more shamelessly returned to Japan, and he had already committed suicide. ”

"Hmph~!" Kumayoshi Harada snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.

Takayuki Nagashima said cautiously: "Your Excellency the division commander, at present, the imperial army is unable to mobilize enough mobile forces to deal with the military engineering team, so I think that I can take a defensive position for the time being, and order the remaining strongholds around Cangzhou to strengthen their vigilance." Everything will wait until the end of the award ceremony in Cangzhou, and then it will not be too late to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the military engineering team. ”

Harada Kumayoshi nodded and said: "At present, it can only be like this first, and after this matter is done, it is not too late for the imperial army to slowly clean up this martial arts team, and then I must personally cut off Liu Hong's head to pay tribute to the spirit of the Jade Shattered Imperial Army in the sky." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is wise. Takayuki Nagashima said hurriedly.

Kumayoshi Harada temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, sighed softly and said, "How are things going in Cangzhou?" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Reporting Division, everything is going well." Takayuki Nagashima hurriedly replied: "It's just that the Third Independent Division of the Imperial Cooperative Army, which was prepared for Shaou, has only recruited more than 3,000 people at present, and they are all new soldiers, basically without any combat effectiveness, otherwise we will not be short of troops." ”

"It doesn't matter how many people there are, it doesn't matter if they have combat effectiveness or not, it's just for outsiders to see! Your Excellency Commander's move is just to use this incident to attack the Eighth Route Army in terms of political propaganda, and the most important thing is that Sha Ou and his previous identity are very useful to our Imperial Japanese Army. Kumayoshi Harada said with a sneer.

"Hello!" Takayuki Nagashima hurriedly said, "I understand my humble position. ”

Harada Kumayoshi frowned and said: "Now I am most worried about this martial arts team, if they really kill the sand gull, or come out to make trouble at the award ceremony, then the imperial army's plan will be a complete failure, and we will not be able to explain it to His Excellency the commander." ”

Harada Kumayoshi paused, and his tone became more serious: "So it is important to ensure the safety of the sand gull, before the award ceremony, there must not be any mistakes, and on the day, we must also strengthen the security work to prevent these hateful dirt eight roads from coming out to make trouble." ”

"Hello!" Takayuki Nagashima hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, the humble duty has been explained in advance, and there are people around Shaou to protect him 24 hours a day, and he will never go out unless necessary." The sand gull will change rooms every day to rest, even if he sleeps, there are imperial guards next to him, absolutely foolproof. As for the day of the award ceremony, the imperial army will check the participants one by one in advance, and will definitely not let Tubalu get in. ”

"Yo Xi! So I'm relieved. Kumayoshi Harada nodded in satisfaction.

(End of chapter)