In the early morning, a light rain fell, and the sky and the earth seemed to be covered with a thin veil, and the rain and fog were hazy and made people not really see the distant scenery.

The drowsy clouds were low, and in the wet wilderness and pools of water, there lay cold corpses in cotton clothes, many of which had been soaked by the rain, and a cold chill wafted in the air.

The Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps led by Yang Ling launched an attack on the vanguard of the Watanabe detachment that captured the head of the boundary after nightfall, and then killed the horse pistol in the middle of the night.

The two attacks of the guerrillas caused the little devils to suffer a lot of losses, and the Yamazaki Infantry Brigade, which served as the vanguard, lost more than half of its weight in the last night's firefight because it was too careless, and both its morale and combat effectiveness fell to the freezing point.

The dripping rain blocked the pursuit of the Devil Yamazaki Brigade, and the pigskin shoes on their feet became unusually heavy and cold in the wet muddy water, which greatly reduced the speed of the already exhausted Devil Soldiers' pursuit.

Although many of the officers and soldiers of the guerrilla forces in northern Jiangsu led by Yang Ling also wore the military shoes of the captured devils, after all, the number was limited, and many more of them wore the thousand-layer bottoms worn by the local people, and they ran like flying.

What's more, Yang Ling has always paid attention to the basic physical training of his brothers, and ordinary armed attacks are also one of the subjects of training, so he did not fall behind in the chase with the devil last night.

Although Captain Yamazaki was very unwilling, he had to admit that he had encountered a strong opponent.

On the way of pursuit, although the other side was retreating, it was orderly and did not crush like other Chinese troops.

Instead, they took advantage of the cover of night to set up ambushes from time to time, counter-assaults, and planted mines on the road, so that the corpses of his pursuing troops were left all the way.

Looking at the corpses of his subordinates who had fallen on the side of the road, Yamazaki, the captain of the devil's team, twitched his facial muscles fiercely, and he had long lost his previous vigor.

Although the troops under his command were all supplementary troops drawn from various places, the miscellaneous troops composed of baggage soldiers and engineers were not considered elite in a hundred battles.

However, the loss was so great when he reached the head of the realm, and the heavy casualties made Yamazaki, the captain of the devil's team, realize that it was probably not so easy to capture Baoying in a short period of time and eliminate the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps.

Although he still firmly believed that their troops were still strong and would eventually win, he was afraid that there would be many casualties, and his mood was like this cold drizzle at the moment, and it became bad for no reason.

"Report to the captain, Your Excellency Watanabe's detachment leader asked you to report on the battle."

When Captain Yamazaki of the devil stood on the mound in a raincoat and watched his troops collect the corpses in the wilderness, a ghost soldier ran to his side quickly and stood up to salute.

"I see."

Captain Yamazaki knew that their captain had suffered such a big loss this time, and as a commander, he could not escape the blame this time, but now he had no choice but to wait for the scolding.

Captain Yamazaki said to the staff officer's order: "Order the troops to rest and stand by in place, do a good job of vigilance, and go out five miles in front of the guard post to prevent a sneak attack by the Shina people." ”

"Hey!"

The devil's staff officer also knew that the captain was in a bad mood, and after agreeing to come down, he took the initiative to turn sideways and get out of the way.

Captain Yamazaki looked at the wet wilderness strewn with corpses, took a deep breath, turned around and strode towards the bottom of the mound, more than a dozen devil guards followed closely.

At the foot of the hill, there were already devil soldiers waiting in place with military horses, and the calm-faced Captain Yamazaki turned over and got on his horse, surrounded by a team of guards, and walked along a muddy path towards the detachment's adjacent water headquarters.

The town of Jieshou has been reduced to ruins, and now that it is raining again, there is no way to camp in the town, and the headquarters of the leader of the devil detachment, Watanabe Shouichi, is set up in a village south of the town.

The people in the village had all moved before the arrival of the devils, and now there are dense tents in the open space near this village, and a large number of devil soldiers are stationed.

The original plan of the devils was to continue to attack Baoying and Huaiyin all the way north without stopping after capturing the head of the Jie, completely eliminate the Northern Jiangsu Army, and rejoin this area into their occupation.

But people are not as good as heaven, who knew that it was raining when it was almost dawn, and the devil soldiers had to postpone their plans to attack.

Now the highway from Gaoyou to Jieshou is being bombed by the guerrillas in a mess, and the devil's sappers are hurrying to repair it.

Although the large army of devils has advanced to the head of the realm on foot, because they are transporting ammunition on pack horses, if they fight all the way to Baoying, it will definitely not be enough to consume.

Moreover, the scouts reported that the road from Jieshou to Baoying was also dug up and blown up, and now it is raining again, and it is definitely unrealistic for such a large force to take those muddy sheep intestine paths, so the devil had to stop the pace of attack.

The sudden rain caught the devil a little off guard, and the rain not only brought chills, but also caused water to accumulate in some low-lying places.

The devils like to camp in low-lying leeward places, and now they have to brave the drizzle to re-camp in some higher places.

When Captain Yamazaki rode past these places, he saw some muddy and embarrassed devils digging drainage ditches and re-encamping.

Originally, the devil soldiers thought that they would stay together here, and they would attack Baoying as soon as it was dawn.

Now that the rain is blocking the way, they don't know how long they will stay here, and the soaked devil soldiers are all complaining and busy rearranging the camp.

Captain Yamazaki rode into the village, turned over and dismounted in front of the heavily guarded detachment headquarters, and then walked in wet.

The detachment leader's headquarters is located in a landlord's brick yard, and compared with the damp and cold outside, the detachment headquarters has a fire inside, and it is much warmer.

When Captain Yamazaki entered the room, he found that the commanders of the other brigades had all arrived.

"Yamazaki-kun, sit here-"

Seeing that the rain kept sliding down his raincoat, Captain Yamazaki entered the house, and the other captains all nodded their heads and greeted Captain Yamazaki.

Compared to the haggard and wet Captain Yamazaki, Captain Takahashi, Captain Ando and Captain Tanigawa are all neat and tidy in military uniforms, which is in stark contrast to the embarrassed Captain Yamazaki.

"Yamazaki-kun, have you caught up with the Shina people?"

The front side of the table tennis played for a night, and the captains of the infantry brigades behind were very curious, and as soon as Captain Yamazaki sat down, they couldn't help but ask.

Hearing the concern of his colleagues, Captain Yamazaki, who suffered a loss last night, also sighed heavily, and said in frustration: "The people of China are too cunning, and they all blame me for being too careless and let them run away." ”

Hearing that the guerrillas who attacked them had run away, the other captains all looked at each other in disbelief.

The combat effectiveness of the Yamazaki brigade is not weak, how can the guerrillas who attacked them escape?

But when they saw Captain Yamazaki's embarrassed appearance, they all knew that what he should have said was not a lie, so it was very intriguing, could the guerrillas really be that strong?

"Don't worry, Yamazaki-kun, there is a saying that the people of China have a good saying, if they can run, the monk can't run the temple, as long as they want to keep Baoying and Huaiyin, then they can't escape, and they will all be wiped out by us in the end!"

Captain Tanigawa saw that Captain Yamazaki was in a bad mood, and comforted him with a smile.