As soon as Major Aoki received Ono's order, he knew that he had been deceived by the Eighth Route Army again.

"Bageya Road, luring the tiger away from the mountain, the Eighth Route Army is indeed cunning enough. After chasing them for so long, there was no clue!" Aoki, who was full of anger, turned into an angry lion and cursed loudly.

After handing the telegram to the Chief of Staff, he ordered: "Retreat, the troops will retreat immediately and return to the aid base!"

Yan Song, who was leading the Japanese in front, immediately found that the Japanese were not chasing him.

Because there was no radio station, he did not know whether the Chief of Staff had taken down the stronghold on the streets, thus forcing Aoki to return to the stronghold.

However, as a qualified commander, he knew a truth very well. Regardless of whether the Chief of Staff had taken the Shangjie stronghold or not, he had to find a way to slow the Japanese army's return to the Shangjie stronghold. The later the Japanese returned to the Shangjie stronghold, the more beneficial it would be for the Chief of Staff.

"Deputy Commander Feng, I will take the third company to take the lead and find a way to hold the Japanese. You will take the others and follow up, and as slow as possible the Japanese army's return to aid!" Yan Song did not hesitate and directly told Feng Tao that his thoughts were expressed.

After more than two hours of holding the Japanese's nose, the three companies of the recruits took turns to the battlefield.

In addition, a lot of equipment was seized along the way. Although there are only half of the recruit battalions with more than 300 people, they can already have a 38-strong cap and a total of six crooked handles.

Today's new recruits have a certain combat effectiveness. As long as they don't fight with the Japanese, there is no problem in fighting with guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, when he heard Yan Song's suggestion to separate the troops to hold the Japanese, Feng Tao agreed without thinking.

"Okay, Captain Yan, you will take the main force to the Japanese to clean up them. I will take the recruits to follow them and clean up them. We will attack them from front and back, not only to hold them back, but also to bite a piece of fat from them!"

"It's decided, let's start taking action right away!"

Yan Song didn't say anything, and ordered the third company commander next to him: "The third company comes with me and go to the front of the Japanese on the side."

Zeng Quan, who occupied the stronghold on the street, did not know that he had become the interest in Major General Ono's mouth.

Around him, Ono had asked the Japanese army to prepare a large net, slowly surrounded himself in the stronghold on the streets and gathered to annihilate him!

"Chief of Staff, plus the capture and purchase, we have prepared a total of 56 large trucks to transport supplies! Each large truck loads of 2,500 kilograms of grain, and now more than half of it has been transported away. In another half an hour, all the materials in the warehouse can be transported away!" The second company commander Zhou Zhengyang rushed over to report with an excited look on his face.

"Good job!" Zeng Quan was very satisfied with the result. Then he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to carry supplies with the soldiers, but at this moment, a soldier in the reconnaissance squad rushed over panting.

"Chief of Staff, there is a situation. A team of Japanese troops drove towards us from the direction of the county town. There were at least a thousand people. It was too dark and I didn't see clearly what it was. I came back on a horse. At that time, the Japanese troops were less than five miles away from here!"

Zeng Quan's good mood suddenly disappeared, and then frowned and analyzed: "More than a thousand Japanese, can the Japanese who returned to Laiyuan City come back again? This must be the case!"

"You can walk five miles on horseback, and you can walk at least one mile in a hurry. That is to say, the Japanese are less than four miles away from here. You can get here in a hurry in twenty minutes!"

Zhou Zhengyang next to him immediately suggested: "We must send troops to stop them immediately, otherwise we will definitely not be able to bring back the supplies and ammunition in the warehouse!"

"Wait a minute, let me think about it first!" Zeng Quan waved his hand and said, "When he frowned, he waved his hand.

After almost a minute, Zeng Quan suddenly stared at Zhou Zhengyang and asked: "I remember that when this Japanese army returned to Laiyuan City, there were 1,300 people, and only brought a few mortars and a few heavy machine guns!"

"There are three mortars in total and three heavy machine guns! The Japanese must have brought these heavy weapons in order not to affect the marching!" Zhou Zhengyang said with a puzzled look on his face.

"That's right!" Zeng Quan said with a gleam suddenly flashing across his face.

"Now there are only more than a thousand people back, so I must have been beaten by the regiment commander and lost hundreds of people."

"Since they are sure that they are the Japanese who are going back to help Laiyuan City and do not have heavy weapons, then this battle will be much easier!"

"Company Commander Zhou, call Company Commander Zhang of the regiment's cannon company immediately. Whether the Japanese can block the Japanese this time is very important!"

Zhang Bing was checking the two infantry cannons that had just been seized not far away, but rushed over as soon as he heard the order.

"Chief of Staff, is there a task?"

Zeng Quan asked with a serious look on his face: "Tell me first, can the artillery you brought to control four infantry cannons and two mortars at once!"

"No problem, but you need Chief of Staff, you should serve as a dozen people as assistants!"

"Okay, I'll give you a platoon of recruits. Now I order you to bring all the artillery we seized and two of our own infantry artillery, bring enough shells, and rush to five hundred meters west of the stronghold to set up the artillery, aim at the highway, and according to what the regiment commander taught you, the front kilometer of highway will be divided into zones. When you are asked to attack there, you must ensure that it is completely covered by your artillery fire!" Zeng Quan answered very affirmatively.

Zhou Zhengyang, who was standing beside him, was anxious and immediately asked: "Chief of Staff, where are our infantrymen!"

"Your tasks are indispensable!" Zeng Quan said affirmatively.

"The Third Company of the New Recruitment Battalion participated the most battles today and performed the best. I will give you the Third Company. In addition, I will give you all the machine gunners and grenade launchers of the other two new recruits, regardless of whether they have completed the training or not!"

"We will seize it ourselves. The total of fifteen machine guns is definitely indispensable, and ten grenade launchers are indispensable. I ask you to bring as many as you have, and rush to the front of the artillery position to set up a blocking position to prepare for the attack of the Japanese!"

Zhou Zhengyang immediately replied: "Three heavy machine guns, fourteen crooked handles, and twelve grenade tubes. I will bring people out immediately. As long as the Japanese dare to attack, they will definitely use the most powerful firepower to give them a head-on attack!"

"Front-head strike! This word is well used. But what I want is that what I want is not just a head-head strike, but through powerful firepower, I will be afraid of the Japanese in one go, making them unable to figure out our strength, and they will not dare to attack casually. As long as you fight for half an hour in front, we will win!"

"In addition, when the Japanese come, I will go to the front to command the battle myself, after all, the artillery company will also participate in the battle!"

Zhou Zhengyang's face showed a sudden enlightenment expression, and then he promised loudly: "Please rest assured to the Chief of Staff and ensure that the task is completed!"

At this time, Zeng Quan had turned his attention to Deputy Political Commissar He Wen: "Old He, I'll leave it to you. If you can retreat one minute in advance, you will retreat one minute in advance, but you must ensure that you don't leave a bullet for the Japanese!"
Chapter completed!