Tongchuan City is in full swing, and there are busy figures everywhere. The people spontaneously organized a small group of migrant workers to join the busy ranks of the Independence Army.

Gao Dong personally commanded the troops to improve the fortifications around Tongchuan together with Hu Xinghan, because he decided that he would start a final decisive battle with the devils in Tongchuan. But Tongchuan did not have any defensive positions at all, and everything almost began. It is extremely difficult to annihilate the invading Japanese army here.

Therefore, the Independence Army must build a superfortress that can withstand the frenzied attack of the Japanese army before the Japanese army arrives. In this way, the Japanese army can be completely annihilated with less force than the devil.

Gao Dong was busy sweating profusely, and Hu Xinghan carried a kettle with him, and handed it over whenever Gao Dong stopped to rest.

"Captain! We don't have enough time! Hu Xinghan looked at the busy figures of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians outside the city, and his brows were still tightly furrowed: "The defensive position you planned is too big, I'm afraid it won't be completed in a few days." By then, the army of devils may have already arrived in the city, and our soldiers have not been well rested, and they will not be able to rest at all. Moreover, our fortress may not be completed. ”

The corners of Gao Dong's mouth smiled slightly, and he threw the kettle to Hu Xinghan: "You don't have to worry about this, Li Haolin's kid is idle anyway, I'll let him take the cavalry out to yo-yo and bend, and when it's okay, I'll give the devils who rushed here a few beats, so that they must be strictly guarded and rush here carefully." ”

"Also, Xiaobai, I also sent it out. It will lead the wolves to attack the devil from time to time, and the two forces of them will cooperate. The devil can't come without seven or eight days' work! Gao Dong laughed.

Hu Xinghan touched his forehead, with an original expression: "No wonder I didn't see Li Haolin's kid today, he usually has a dead face, as if everyone owes him money." As soon as he heard that he was going to kill the devil, this kid ran faster than anyone else. ”

Gao Dong patted Hu Xinghan on the shoulder: "Okay, don't think about those things." Let's turn Tongchuan into a fortress where all the devils can be buried! ”

At this time, the Japanese army only arrived at Xi'an City in a hurry.

Tada Jun looked at the empty Xi'an, as quiet as a dead city, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

A month ago, it was the old nest of the Japanese army in Shaanxi, and it was prosperous and prosperous, with a forest of shops.

But as soon as the independent army came, they not only took away all the people in the city, but also burned his headquarters, sealed all the Japanese shops, and pushed him to a dead end.

When he thought of Gao Dong, he had a headache, the kind of pain where thousands of needles stinged at the same time. He has even begun to think about whether to resign, and then return to Japan quietly, and never have to suffer from this anger again.

The Japanese army completed the journey that could be reached in more than a day in three days, and Tada Jun and Iida Sadagu really had no choice.

They were afraid that the Independence Army would ambush along the way, and the scattered armies would be broken individually. Therefore, the only way to do this is to gather all the armies together and march slowly with a method of marching that the ancients had never had before.

The so-called Tietuo marching method is that the Japanese troops at this moment are close together, and they look like a big Tietuo from a high altitude. Although it looks invulnerable, the motorized unit loses the ability to maneuver, and the infantry who have to slow down and wait on foot greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the unit.

"Did the Independence Army leave Tongchuan?" Tada retracted the woodpipe and turned to look at Shozo Riverside beside him.

"I don't know!" Hebe Zhengzo shook his head helplessly: "None of the reconnaissance troops we sent out have not returned, and since Xi'an, we have lost all contact with the north." ”

Tada's brows furrowed tightly, and a very bad premonition arose.

"Your Excellency, the Independence Army must be doing this to confuse us. Tongchuan was not a decisive battle place at all, there were no defensive positions there. If the Independence Army chooses to fight a decisive battle there, it will be overwhelmingly defeated by our 90,000-strong army. So, they must have gone to northern Shaanxi! ”

Iida Sadagu said confidently, because he was the one who built Tongchuan into what it is now. He knew perfectly well that Tongchuan, which did not have any defensive positions, would not be able to block the impact of the large army, otherwise the defenders of Tongchuan would not have been wiped out so quickly.

Tada nodded, he was convinced.

After fighting with the Independence Army for so long, Gao Dong has always been scheming, but most of them are victorious with surprise soldiers. If you want to go head-to-head with the Independence Army on the battlefield, unless the Independence Army has a superior position in terms of strength.

"Immediately move towards Tongchuan, we can't delay any longer. Now that they have lost contact with the army in northern Shaanxi, and I don't know if they know that a large force of the independence army is attacking them from behind, it is really worrying. Tada Jun said worriedly.

The army of devils only stayed in Xi'an for less than an hour before moving forward again.

Their speed is already very slow, so the soldiers do not feel very tired, as long as they maintain this speed to move forward, even if they encounter the Independence Army, they will not be a tired army.

By night, the troops at the front were suddenly in disarray. A division was attacked suddenly, with heavy gunfire interspersed with heavy explosions.

Tada hurriedly got out of the car, only to see the front of the team blazing in the dark sky. The air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke and the roars of devils, and the sound of gunfire was as rapid as rain.

"Sir, sir, we have been attacked by the cavalry of the Independence Army, and the forward troops have suffered heavy casualties." Iida Sadagu hurriedly ran over from the front.

"The organization fought back! The cavalry of the Independence Army is the most hateful unit, and this time they actually came to look for death, so don't let them run! Tada yelled.

"They've already run!" Iida Sadagu said with a bitter face.

"What?" Tada Jun asked angrily.

"They didn't come close to our team at all, but suddenly rushed out and brushed past our forward troops. At a distance of about three hundred meters, heavy fire was fired at our troops, and bombs resembling mortar shells were dropped. By the time our troops set up their heavy machine guns, they were gone! Iida said.

"Was it a sneak attack by a small force?" Tada Jun asked with a frown.

"No, it's not a big army, there are at least two regiments of troops, more than three thousand people!" Iida replied.

Tada Jun clenched his fists tightly: "It's really a bully, you actually come to attack our forward troops so blatantly, do you really think that we are so easy to bully?" Tada roared: "Let the tank troops clear the way immediately, I want to see how they can penetrate the tank!" Keep the heavy machine gunners on the tank on their toes at all times, and then see those damned cavalrymen show up and kill them directly! ”

"Hay!" Iida turned around and left.

But at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the rear of the Japanese army. Tada's facial nerves twitched unnaturally, and he turned his head sharply, only to see the rear of the Japanese army a kilometer away in flames, obviously under a very fierce attack.

"What's going on?" Tada was on the verge of madness.

This is not far from Xi'an, was it attacked by the Independence Army so quickly?

After a while, the explosions in the rear stopped, and the continuous gunfire followed the sound of horses' hooves.

A devil Nakasa, whose face was full of gunsmoke, stumbled from the rear: "Your Excellency Commander, the cavalry of the Independence Army is attacking our rear supply convoys. Twenty artillery pieces were blown up by them with mortars, and more than 50 trucks were blown up at the same time, and the casualties have not yet been counted. ”

"Mortars? Will the cavalry carry mortars? You pigs, you don't know what weapon you used to kill you, how can I have you stupid men! Tada Jun was so angry that he really wanted to shoot Nakasa, who reported the news.

"Immediately let the motorized units protect the two wings of the logistics troops, and the squad is always loaded with light machine guns. If you are attacked again, I will kill you all. Tada Jun roared angrily.

"Hay!" Nakasa was so frightened that he ran away, for fear that Tada's anger would burn him now.

After these two attacks, both the forward troops and the transport units in the rear suffered losses of varying degrees. Tada ordered the whole army to rest in place, readjust the formation, and continue to advance.

He compressed the formation more precisely, and tightly protected the head and tail of the troops. Either the tanks open the way or the motorized troops are behind, even if the cavalry of the independent army returns, they will be fiercely counterattacked.

After a whole night's rest, the Japanese army restarted.

Tadajun, who thought he was foolproof, lay down on the seat of the military vehicle with confidence, thinking about what tactics to use to annihilate them in one fell swoop after encountering the independence army.

But before he could walk two hours, his Chinese army was once again attacked by the cavalry of the Independence Army.

This time, the cavalry of the Independence Army did even better, directly divided into two teams, and crossed the Japanese army from two directions.

It was like two sharp blades that cut the long snake of the devil in half, and the place where it passed could be said to be inadequate, and more than 2,000 devils died on the spot under this attack. The front army and the rear army of the devil were even more separated, and they had no ability to defend at all.

But when the devils were about to fight back, the cavalry of the Independence Army ran away in the distance with cheers. The angry devil wanted to chase but couldn't, so he could only stare at these cunning cavalry and walk away.

Tadajun's nose was almost crooked, and looking at the countless dead and wounded soldiers, he angrily kicked the military vehicle, almost breaking his big toe.

"Is the Independence Army trying to hold us back?" After thinking about it, Tada Jun suddenly had a flash in his mind.

It suddenly occurred to him that the Independence Army was constantly sending troops to harass the Japanese army, didn't it just want them to slow down their march?

"They must be trying to hold us back and buy more time. What do they need time for? Could it be. ”

A sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of Tada Jun's mouth, and he roared loudly: "The whole army immediately advances at full speed, and you are not allowed to stop for a moment!" ”