The enemy puppet army was strongly countercharged by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, killing the farts and urine, and Zhang Buyun, who led the puppet army to take the lead, was quickly defeated after a short confrontation, turned around and fled all the way.

Zhao Baoyuan's troops, who were closely behind, were confused by the defeated puppet army, and Zhao Baoyuan took the opportunity to order the troops to flee quickly.

The two puppet army units quickly broke and fled again, and Kuraya Jitaro ordered the devils to block, force the puppet army team, and kill the Eighth Route Army again.

Zhao Baoyuan came to the side of Kuratani Jitaro and said carefully: "Kuraya Taijun, it is about to get dark, if you can't return to the county seat before dark, once you are surrounded by Tubalu, the imperial army and my troops and Zhang Buyun will become the chopping board meat of Tubalu, and it will be difficult to break out of the firepower of the Eighth Route Army at that time, please." ”

Jitaro Kuraya looked at the sun that was about to set in the western sky, and reluctantly ordered, "Retreat." ”

In order to withdraw to the county seat before dark, the enemy puppet army ordered the troops to run forward, and encountered villages along the way, and from time to time they entered the villages to harass, making the villages restless.

Besides, according to the order of the high commander of the detachment, Lei Jian secretly took the troops to Wang's house to lay an ambush, and from early morning to more than five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was dark, and there was no shadow of the enemy's puppet army retreating.

Niu Dali asked a little breathlessly: "Battalion Commander Lei, do you think the little devil can escape back to the city from other ways?" ”

"Impossible, I looked at the map, I must pass through Wangjiapu when I return to the county, this enemy puppet army must have been wiped out by our Eighth Route Army." Wang Xiaoliang said a little proudly.

"Go aside, can you be modest, don't be nervous, let's listen to Camp Commander Lei's opinion more, hmph, look at your virtue that can't pretend to be half a sentence, and has a little bit to be revealed, it's really funny to watch." Niu Dali sneered sarcastically.

"You big cow, I think you are a guy with a big head, long nerves, and slow reactions, we can still hear the sound of gunfire in the daytime, but now we can't hear anything, do you say that the enemy puppet army can still return to the county alive? Hmph, I think so. ”

Without waiting for Wang Xiaoliang to finish his fight, the scouts sent out ran back and reported: "Report to Battalion Commander Lei, after investigation, I contacted the staff officers of the 61st Regiment who participated in this battle, and confirmed that the enemy and puppet army had suffered a crushing defeat, leaving behind more than 200 corpses, and rushed to the ambush of Wangjiapu to break out, and now it should be less than five miles away from us." ”

After listening to the report, Lei Jian frowned and analyzed how to meet the fleeing enemy puppet army, he turned on the flashlight, once again confirmed on the map the only way for the enemy puppet army to flee, pondered for a while and gave a decisive order: "Niu Dali led the third and fifth companies to continue to ambush south of Wangjiapu. ”

He pointed to another place and ordered Li Gang: "Li Gang led a company to set up an ambush in the Thorn Ditch one mile to the north, disrupting the enemy's formation of rout, causing the enemy and the puppet army to become frightened birds, losing the initiative to attack and passively fleeing. ”

Lei Jian ordered Zheng Tie: "Zheng Tie led the second company to move to a small high ground five hundred meters southwest, set up an ambush there, and prevent the enemy puppet army from sneaking back to the county seat from the west. ”

In the end, Lei Jian ordered Wang Xiaoliang: "Wang Xiaoliang led the fourth and sixth companies to set up an ambush two miles to the south, pay close attention to the movement of the county seat, once the little devils in the city heard the sound of gunfire in the direction of Wangjiapu and sent reinforcements, your troops must block with the greatest firepower, cover the other companies of the independent battalion fighting with the enemy puppet army of Jitaro Kurantani, and quickly withdraw from the battle." ”

The companies of the independent battalion, which had readjusted their operational deployment, immediately began to move and rushed to their respective ambush positions after receiving orders.

At this time, Kuraya Jitaro, led the enemy puppet army in the night like a lost dog, came with a fierce momentum, burned and plundered along the way, can not swear to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army decisive battle, but after seven or eight hours of fierce fighting, the casualties were heavy, the loss of nearly half of the troops, if not before dark in time to withdraw from the battle, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.

Zhao Baoyuan and Zhang Buyun, two big traitors who followed Jitaro Kuratani on horseback, watched the road back to the county seat in front of them becoming more and more blurred, not only frightened, but also frightened the more they walked.

The cunning and timid puppet army commander Zhao Baoyuan approached Kuratani Jitaro and carefully reminded: "Canggu Taijun, there is Thorn Ditch in front, the road is difficult to walk, and the Tuba Road is cunning and cunning, once we encounter the Tuba Road ambush, our troops will suffer, or order the troops to go east to bypass, which will be safer." ”

Zhang Buyun, the commander of another puppet legion, heard Zhao Baoyuan say such timid words, and lost no time in sneering: "Report to Canggu Taijun, Brother Zhao has always been timid and fearful, and he is not worthy of the big responsibility, I, Zhang, am loyal to the imperial army, and I am willing to lead my regiment to open the way for the imperial army in front to ensure the safety of the imperial army." ”

"Yanxi, both of you are great friends of the imperial army, Commander Zhang led the troops to search and advance quickly, once they encounter the Tuba Road, increase the firepower and must be eliminated." In the night, Jitaro Kuraya shook his head with a pout, secretly scolding the two dogs who bit each other.

As soon as Zhao Baoyuan heard that Zhang Buyun led his regiment to open the way in front, he happily scolded in a low voice: "Nima's bastard calf, you look down on Lao Tzu, and you also scolded Lao Tzu for being cowardly as a mouse, your kid volunteered to take the lead in front of the imperial army, this is exactly what I Zhao Baoyuan wanted you to do, I didn't expect the donkey cage to arrive, and your kid's donkey head stretched out first, great." ”

Zhang Buyun led a puppet army to advance quickly to the thorn ditch, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and the ditch can not be seen clearly under the night, and the puppet army who was urged to march quickly, some of them either fell into the small ditch on the side of the road, or tripped over the stones in front of their feet, and some of them broke their feet, shouting and limping in the dark.

Approaching the thorn ditch, Zhang Buyun felt a chill in his back, and he was a little scared of this place from the bottom of his heart.

The terrain of the ditch is complex, and there are many ditches around it, some of which are very deep, and once you fall down, it is difficult not to be injured.

The rocks and trees here are strangely shaped, and it looks a little trance during the day, but at night, it is even more terrifying to see the vague shadows around you.

The more scared I became, the more I felt that some of the black images were people with guns, some were like ghosts with sticks, and there were so many blurred shadows that made people's scalps explode, and the more you imagined what they looked like, the more they looked like them.

The puppet army walking in front trembled more and more with fright, and they shut up one by one and did not dare to say anything, for fear that they would make a move and give away their lives first.

Zhang Buyun, the puppet army commander on the horse, regretted that he had asked for his own hardships, but it was too late to say anything now, and he ordered in a low voice: "Brothers, speed up the march and hurry through this terrifying place." ”

Li Gang, the commander of a company ambushed here, ordered the soldiers: "Everyone should pay attention to protecting themselves when it gets dark, and once you engage the enemy in a while, listen to my orders, suddenly attack, disrupt the marching formation of the enemy's puppet army, and destroy the enemy while the enemy is fleeing in all directions." ”

He heard the sound of horses' hooves and the chaotic footsteps of the troops coming from the north, and Li Gang ordered: "The enemy is coming up, take your place, block the enemy head-on, and prepare for battle." ”

In order to quickly pass through the thorn ditch, Zhang Buyun's troops marched so fast that they left the enemy and puppet troops behind them more than a mile away, forming a formation that could not be connected between the front and the rear.

Li Gang saw a group of black shadows and clouds and mountains of mist rushing towards the thorn ditch, he felt that the enemy had entered a very suitable strike range, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Fight." ”

Machine guns, rifles, grenades, and grenades all greeted the hazy and vague puppet army team that came up, and the battle broke out suddenly, revealing the strangeness and danger of the thorn ditch in the night.

The puppet army was hit by sudden firepower, the march was tired, coupled with the fear of rushing quickly, one by one the nerves were very tight, at this time by the sudden gun fire, one by one fell on the spot, trembling and wanted to shoot to resist, but the hands and feet could not keep up, and they could only be beaten passively.

Zhang Buyun, the commander of the puppet army, how dare he ride on a horse and become a live target for the bullets of the Eighth Route Army? He slipped under the horse, took out his pistol and shouted: "Bastard, hurry up and shoot back, if you lie there and wait for the shot, no one will want to return to the county alive, shoot me and fight back." ”

The puppet army reacted at this time, and only by rushing out at the risk of his life could he return to the county seat alive.

Under the command of Zhang Buyun, the puppet army leaned out half of its body and launched a fierce attack on Li Gang's company, trying to fight a bloody way and escape from this deadly and dangerous thorn ditch as soon as possible.

After several charges, the puppet army did not rush past the ambush position set up by a company of the Eighth Route Army, and the devil squad and Zhao Baoyuan's puppet army that followed closely behind found that there was a fierce battle in front, and in order to pass through the thorn ditch quickly, hundreds of enemy puppet troops all pounced.

Jitaro Kuraya shouted loudly: "There is only one company of troops in the Dirt Eighth Road, increase the firepower to attack, and we must break through the position of the Dirt Eighth Road and rush out of the thorn ditch." ”

(Tianjin)