Zhang Qing, who was rushing forward with his troops, could hardly believe his eyes.

When did the Japanese army become so capable? They fled back as soon as the fire broke out. Is this the elite team who fought the ** team?

Although he didn't understand, Zhang Qing did not miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

Since you don’t want to fight head-on, I will chase you and fight back. You can even get a piece of skin off even if you break it.

"The second platoon continues to assault, capture all the puppet troops, and then retreat quickly. The third platoon and all the machine gunners, follow me to chase the Japanese!" Zhang Qing ordered immediately.

While Zhang Qing was leading his troops to chase the Japanese desperately, a small team of Japanese troops suddenly rushed out of Laiyuan City, and ran to the battlefield with guns.

After chasing for two or three hundred meters and killing seven or eight Japanese devils, the Japanese troops retreating frantically in front directly collided with the Japanese troops who had left the city.

Before Zhang Qing could react, a heavy machine gun was erected by the Japanese army on the official road ahead, and four crooked handles were placed beside him. The machine gunners all lay on the ground, looking ready to shoot at any time.

Zhang Qing's face turned pale in an instant, and she cried out: "No, we're fooled!"

"The Japanese have a support force, everyone should retreat quickly!"

"Da da da da!" Before the order was finished, the sound of the Japanese heavy machine gun fired, and then a scream came from his ears. Seven or eight Eighth Route Army soldiers fell on the official road, and each of them had several blood holes on their bodies, and blood kept emitting out, and they were dead.

Fortunately, after several bloody battles, the first company has matured, especially the machine gunner who rushed to the front every time.

As soon as the Japanese army fired several light and heavy machine guns, they hugged the fire with the machine guns, and while shooting, they covered each other and retreated.

Under their counterattack and fire, the Japanese machine gun fire immediately became intermittent. More than 20 Eighth Route Army left to seize the opportunity to retreat. Despite this, the third row of the third row of the Japanese who followed Zhang Qing to chase the Japanese and lost many people, and in the end, less than fifteen people escaped back alive.

"Little Japanese, I will kill you sooner or later and avenge the sacrificed soldiers!" Faced with his subordinates with heavy casualties, Zhang Qing's face instantly became gloomy. His eyes stared at Laiyuan City, clenched his fists, and cursed loudly.

At this time, the second platoon commander Zhou Zhengyang came over and reported in a heavy tone: "Company Commander, the problem has been found out!"

"These Japanese and puppet troops came from the Dongyang stronghold. They received an order from the county town last night to abandon the stronghold and bring all the equipment and supplies back to Laiyuan City!"

"Give up the stronghold!" Zhang Qing immediately thought of the order the battalion commander gave to everyone before leaving.

"This time you attack, you only have one mission, kill a large number of veterans of the Japanese, so that no one in the Japanese formed a mixed brigade."

"Did the Japanese army have long been in the independence battalion's purpose of this attack, deliberately abandoning the stronghold and concentrating the veterans in the county to form their mixed brigade!" Zhang Qing frowned and said to himself.

Soon, a touch of determination appeared on Zhang Qing's face.

"It must be so! The Japanese are too cunning, and we will definitely see our purpose!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Qing's face became serious without realizing it, and then continued: "No, we must not let so many veterans return to the county town smoothly. The battalion commander said that a Japanese veteran can lead more than three new recruits, and there are four or five hundred veterans outside the city. All of them can form two infantry brigades by returning to Laiyuan City!"

"Company Commander, what should we do?" Zhou Zhengyang also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately asked.

"In three steps: the baggage squad, escort the captured and the captives back to the station immediately, and ask him to report my inference to the battalion commander, and tell the battalion commander that I plan to contact the two or three companies and ambush the Japanese who want to return to the city around the county town!"

"The second step is to pick out all the locals in the company. One local person leads two soldiers and immediately investigate the village where the remaining Japanese and puppet army strongholds are located around Laiyuan City. If there is any situation, come back and report it immediately."

"The third step is to contact the Second Company, Third Company, Guard Platoon, and Artillery Platoon immediately concentrate in the county. Since the Japanese want to transfer the troops outside the city back to the city, we will wait outside the city. If they come, they will fight one unit and kill as many Japanese as possible!"

At the command of the Japanese military brigade in Laiyuan City, the Chief of Staff is reporting to Ono about the battle he was born outside the city.

"It seems that our consideration is correct. The reason why the Eighth Route Army took the initiative was to consume a large amount of our veterans!" Ono said affirmatively with a rare smile on his face.

Then he asked the Chief of Staff: "You just said that our city guarding troops sent a small team out to pick up the response, and brought heavy machine guns. He caught the Eighth Route Army off guard outside the city and wiped out many of them!"

"Hi, that's true. The Eighth Route Army is too arrogant. It doesn't take the Imperial Japanese Imperial Army seriously. It's just that it's almost too early to die!" The Chief of Staff affirmed.

Ono's smile became even stronger, and he exclaimed very satisfied: "The squadron leader did a good job and knew to seize the fighter plane. I admire him very much. Isn't the brigade still missing a captain? Promote him up!"

"In addition, this kind of action must be promoted among all the defending troops. The towns outside the city, because we lack troops, can temporarily give up. But the surrounding areas of the county town are not possible. We have heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, and field artillery! As long as it is covered by artillery fire, there must be no signs of the Eighth Route Army's activities. If the Eighth Route Army appears, send troops, but remember to bring the radio station and call for artillery fire support in the city at any time!"

"In addition, we informed the four directions of the city guarding troops that there must be Eighth Route Army around the county town, and they will definitely not let the outside of the city retreat smoothly. As long as the outside of the city enters the coverage of artillery fire in the city, each city guarding troops must immediately send troops to respond to prevent the Eighth Route Army from ambushing us back to the city. If we can receive one Imperial Army, we will receive one!"

The Japanese army who received Ono's orders immediately began to act. Each city gate prepared a reinforcement team ready to leave the city to respond at any time.

The mountain artillery brigade and the mortar brigade were not idle either. Xun raised the artillery in the open space in the city, aiming the three mountain artillery and the three mortars in one direction, providing artillery fire support to the troops returning to the city at any time.

The reconnaissance troops sent by Zhang Qing left less than an hour ago, a soldier rushed over panting.

"Battery Commander, another Japanese and puppet army has arrived. Two Japanese squads and one puppet army company, with ten large cars! We will be here in half an hour, and the march is very fast."

Zhang Qing frowned before he could speak, and a soldier who was monitoring the city gate rushed over: "Battery Commander, I have a situation here too. A Japanese who strengthened the squad suddenly left the city with two heavy machine guns and a mortar, and marched northward!"
Chapter completed!