The landmines caused to the troops were not killed, but they affected morale a lot.

Because, as long as you are blown up by a landmine, you will either be killed on the spot or be blown away to the point of missing arms and legs, the latter also accounts for the majority.

Carrying these bloody wounded men to march together, and listening to their constant screams, even the best morale will be affected.

Just as the vanguard troops looked scruples and continued to pursue the Eighth Route Army, they commanded more than a dozen machine gunners to attack one more of Major Qiu Shui, killing and injuring more than 30 people.

"You can't chase after you anymore unless there are enough mortars, and you will immediately cover the sneak attackers as soon as they are attacked and kill them!" Qiu Shui shouted with a heartache.

Then he ordered the telegrapher who followed him: "Tele to the brigade commander immediately. The Eighth Route Army is too cunning and the troops will continue to pursue it. I suggest stop the pursuit and end the battle to avoid unnecessary casualties!"

Ono was very unwilling to give up, but in the end he agreed to Major Akihito's request.

But it was obviously impossible to make him swallow this anger.

The brigade was attacked by the Eighth Route Army many times as soon as it was established, and suffered heavy losses. If one of them did not give any military achievements to his superiors, even if this responsibility would not make him lose the position of Major General Brigade Commander, he would leave a very bad impression on the commander of the military headquarters.

The Chief of Staff, who didn't know what Ono was thinking, came over to comfort him and said, "General, you haven't had a rest since dark! It's almost dawn now, and I hope you can rest now. As for the failure tonight, I believe that we will take revenge from the Eighth Route Army sooner or later."

Ono, who was frowning, suddenly asked, "Chief of Staff, you said just now that it's almost dawn!"

"Hi! You haven't had a rest all night, it's almost dawn, so you should hurry up and take a break!" The Chief of Staff affirmed, not knowing why Ono suddenly became excited.

Ono did not explain and stared at the map again!

"The Eighth Route Army attacking the west of the city retreated for less than two hours, and they did not rest in the battle all night, and they carried a large number of large trucks of supplies. Even if they were on the way, they would have to retreat to the mountains until noon!"

"I plan to use the day and morning to attack them on the Eighth Route Army's must-pass retreat, strive to deal with them severe damage, and at least destroy the supplies and equipment that the Eighth Route Army snatched from us!"

"If so many weapons and ammunition are used by the Eighth Route Army, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan will definitely be greatly improved. I will definitely not allow such a thing to survive!"

The Chief of Staff frowned and directly told a very cruel fact!

"But, General, we have no troops on the path that must be passed by the Eighth Route Army. Even if we send troops now, it is too late."

"And the strength of this Eighth Route Army is far beyond our imagination and is equipped with a lot of heavy weapons. Even if we can send troops to them to attack, our own losses will definitely be very large, and it is still a bit unworthy of the gain!"

Ono shook his head and sneered when everyone didn't understand: "The battle tonight has proved to us that the recruits who were supplemented by the military headquarters must not go to the battlefield before completing the training. Otherwise, it will be for them to die. So, before completing the training, I will definitely not send them to the battlefield again!"

"If you don't send infantry, what will you send? Is it wrong to dispatch artillery?" the chief of staff frowned and said to himself.

In less than five seconds, the frown brows on the Chief of Staff relaxed and showed a look of surprise.

"Air Force, I understand, Your Excellency General, what you mean is to ask the military headquarters for aircraft support and bomb the Eighth Route Army's retreating troops."

"Not bad! The well-equipped independent regiment can defeat the infantry that we have not completed our training. However, there is no way to use the planes in the sky. They can only be passively beaten and bombard them with the planes. They will definitely damage them and destroy the supplies and equipment they have just seized from the county."

The excited chief of staff immediately interjected: "General, I will send a telegram to the military headquarters immediately, requesting aircraft support and bombing the independent regiment!"

"There is one more thing! Now is the time to fight the main force of the Eighth Route Army. However, the reconnaissance troops in our hands are veterans and well-trained. So, send all the reconnaissance troops out immediately and determine the specific location of the independent regiment. When our plane arrives, you can stare at them and bomb!"

"Hi! Let's make arrangements immediately!" the chief of staff replied loudly.

On the highway nearly fifteen kilometers away from Laiyuan City, a convoy of more than 80 large cars was rushing towards the garrison under the protection of the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the convoy.

At this time, it was already dawn, but after a night of battle, everyone, including the regiment commander Wang Ping, had a look of fatigue on their faces.

But there is one exception, that is political commissar Cheng Xiao.

Follow the convoy and look through the results of the battles counted by each unit as they walk.

"Captain, we are really rich this time. Take heavy weapons as an example. We seized two mountain cannons, three mortars, and two heavy machine guns from the Imperial Army. Then we seized three mortars and three heavy machine guns in the Japanese material warehouse. These cannons alone are enough for us to form an artillery company and a heavy machine gun company!"

When it comes to harvest, Wang Ping's face instantly loses a lot of fatigue.

"The harvest is indeed good. With these artillery, Zhang Bing's artillery company is worthy of its name! However, it's not too early to be happy now. It's still nearly four hours from here to the base, and no one can guarantee whether the Japanese will be anxious to jump over the wall!"

"Bao!" As soon as he finished speaking, two gunshots rang out behind the team.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were marching suddenly recovered from their fatigue, then held the rifle on their backs in their hands, loaded the bullets, and pointed at both sides of the road.

Political Commissar Cheng Xiao immediately said: "Captain, your words will come true!"

"It shouldn't be. I have arranged an early guard force around. If it were a large Japanese army, it would be impossible that there would be only two gunshots!" Wang Ping shook his head and replied!

At this moment, the platoon leader of the investigation, Chen Hu rushed over from behind and reported panting as soon as he saw Wang Ping.

"The regiment commander, a Japanese scout, suddenly broke into our sight and was killed by us!"

When Cheng Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Ping's brows frowned.

He stared at Chen Hu and asked, "Are there any other Japanese scouts around us?"

"Yes, there are quite a lot of people. But they don't get close to us, so we can't do anything about them! After all, there are too few people who are investigating and placing them, and we have to worry about so many places!"

"If you have any problems, the political commissar, there must be problems here!" Wang Ping judged very affirmatively.
Chapter completed!