"The troops are more vigilant, and commanders at all levels will immediately count the casualties and ammunition reserves of the troops. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. You must first understand our own true situation before you can decide how we fight next!" This is the decision made by the captain after considering it for a long time.

More than ten minutes later, the captain of the second squadron, and the only remaining squadron leader under his command, ran over, with a very solemn expression. You can tell at a glance that the news he brought would not be much better?

"Captain, the casualties of each combat unit have been counted!" The squadron leader lowered his head and reported.

"The troops we left here were destroyed, including the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army, which had already died in battle. A total of one company of the Imperial Army and 76 people in the Imperial Army. The First Squadron lost a total of 58 Imperial Army in the ambush battle just now, almost all of them were killed in battle. All officers above the First Squadron were killed in battle, and all machine gunners were killed in battle..."

"In addition to the Imperial Army, we directly lost more than 240 people, of which the Imperial Army accounted for more than half!"

"The Imperial Army has two companies left, and the two infantry squadrons of the Imperial Army each lost a small team, artillery and heavy machine gun troops lost almost twenty people."

After listening to the report, the captain's face became heavy, and he was flushed red, which was caused by anger and affliction.

The troops fought for so long and lost so many soldiers, but so far there was no military achievements that could be made. I didn't even see a body of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, and it felt embarrassing to say it.

The squadron leader didn't know what the captain was thinking? But his report was not over yet. Seeing his face changed as the weather, he just didn't say a word and could only continue to report.

"Because we have lost all the spare ammunition we left here, we consumed a lot of ammunition in the previous pursuit battle. On average, the artillery troops had about eighty shells left per gun, and the ordinary rifleman had ninety bullets left, and each machine gun could have an average of five hundred bullets. It would be fine to fight a medium-sized battle!"

The captain's face turned redder. One morning's pursuit not only caused heavy casualties in the army, but also lost a large amount of valuable ammunition. For him, today's battle was definitely the greatest shame in his life.

The enemy's hair has not been eliminated, and he has suffered heavy losses. More importantly, until now, he has not even figured out the true strength of the enemy.

After the squadron leader finished reporting, he looked at the captain, and waited for him to decide how to fight the troops next?

A minute passed, and the captain frowned and had no intention of speaking.

Two minutes passed, and the captain's brows were deeper than before, but he still had no intention of speaking.

Just as he was hesitating whether to remind the captain, the radio operator suddenly came over.

"Sir, the brigade commander urgently called: the troops have surrounded the National Rescue Army in Zhangzhuang Town and urgently need ammunition supply. They require us to open the logistics supply line between the county town and the peacekeeping department tomorrow morning and send the ammunition to the front line."

The speaker was unintentional. The listener was intentional. The captain's frown suddenly stretched out, and he shouted excitedly: "There is a way!"

"In today's battle, we have been chasing the Eighth Route Army. They are leading the nose, too passive."

"I just thought about it. If we want to turn defeat into victory and defeat them, the most important thing we should do is to turn passive into active, grasp combat command, and force out the Eighth Route Army hiding in the dark. Only in this way can our military strength and firepower advantages be fully utilized!"

The squadron leader frowned and asked, "But the Eighth Route Army guerrillas are too late to hide from us now. How could they come out to fight us in a decisive battle? And I can't think of any way to force them out."

"If this is their base, we can still capture the people as bargaining chips to force them out to fight us, but this is not. They can leave at any time, even if we capture the people, it will be useless!"

The captain snorted coldly and replied: "I have a way to force them out."

"The purpose of this Eighth Route Army to pacify is to cut off the supply channel between the county town and the front line. If we transport ammunition to the front line, they will definitely come out to make trouble, otherwise the task of cutting off the supply line will not be completed."

"It just so happened that the brigade commander needed ammunition supplies urgently, so we took this opportunity to force out the Eighth Route Army and then attacked them all in one go."

The captain's idea was very good. If he had started doing this this morning, in order to complete the task, the two guerrillas would have tried their best to intercept them and pay a huge price.

But delaying the action until tomorrow will result in a different result.

There was one night in between, and there were too many accidents that might happen.

Moreover, after the battle just now, their total troop strength has been reduced from the first 700 to 500, and the firepower and strength of the guerrillas have not decreased but increased. If they fight again, it will definitely be much easier.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the forest where the National Rescue Army was hiding slowly began to become lively.

The soldiers who had dinner were sorting out their equipment and replenishing ammunition. All the above cadres surrounded Zhou Cheng. Under the illumination of a horse lantern, they stared at the map on the ammunition box and waited for Zhou Cheng to give orders.

"Dongdongdongdong...dakdadada...bangboo..."

A string of gunshots mixed with several explosions suddenly came into everyone's ears from Zhangzhuang Town outside the mountain. Zhou Cheng made a judgment as soon as he heard this: "The first battalion we stayed in the town has begun to act, and it's our turn to go on the field next."

"Li Yifang, Li!"

"Come!" Li Yifang stood up excitedly, and at the same time showed an eager expectation expression on his face, waiting for Zhou Cheng to give an order.

"The main Japanese army was temporarily stationed on the east side of the town, and the mobile troops were there. I ask you to spend an hour wandering around the west side of the town and lurking on time. At about 10 o'clock in the evening, attack the Japanese on time, and act as if they were to support the internal teams of the town to break through, and force the Japanese to send reinforcements there!"

Li Yifang thought for a while and asked, "Captain, then when can we eat the Japanese devils there?"

"Wait for my order!" Zhou Cheng blurted out.

"Before receiving the order to completely wipe out the Japanese devils, they must hang them to fight. They cannot kill them, and they must feel the crisis and have to ask for help from the main force. Relatively speaking, this is more difficult than killing them. Is there any problem?"

Li Yifang's expression gradually became serious, and he looked at Zhou Cheng with confidence and answered: "Don't worry, the team leader, the fourth company guarantees to complete the task!"

"In order to reduce the losses of the troops, I first find a way to solve the mortars and heavy machine guns equipped by the Japanese, and then hang their ordinary infantry and attack them slowly!"

Zhou Cheng nodded and then turned his attention to the fifth company commander Zhong Jie: "The mission of the fifth company is to attack reinforcements. After the Japanese army in Zhenxi was attacked by us, the Japanese mobile troops would definitely go to reinforce."

"The fifth company, with two heavy machine guns and the remaining two mortars, establish a blocking position behind the fourth company, and block the Japanese mobile troops' reinforcement battlefield at all costs, so that the Japanese firmly believe that we will break out from the west of the town and force them to send more troops to reinforce the west of the town."

"Guard Company, chariot platoon, cavalry company, reconnaissance company, lurking near the battlefield."

"As soon as the fifth company and the Japanese mobile troops exchanged fire, we immediately moved behind the Japanese mobile troops, looking for favorable terrain to intercept the second wave of reinforcements sent by the Japanese army to the west of the town, and eat them at the fastest speed. Then the troops were divided into three, and the guard company went to eat the Japanese Japanese in the south of the town, the chariot platoon and the cavalry company cooperated with the fifth company to eat the Japanese mobile troops, and the reconnaissance company went to eat the Japanese Japanese in the north of the town. At that time, the three companies of the first battalion will cooperate with you and attack the Japanese who were blocking the entrance of the town."

Chen Zhengyu nodded repeatedly when he heard this. According to Zhou Cheng's arrangement just now, if this battle is completed tonight, the Japanese troops stationed outside the town will be peeled off even if they are not dead.

But he was worried that the regiment commander's entire arrangement was too thorough, almost every unit had a task, and there was no time to clone on the battlefield. If there was a problem in one of the links, it would affect the whole body, resulting in the failure of the entire operation. The one who lost the troops and generals in the end was the National Savior Army.

Thinking of this, he quickly told the problem, hoping that the team leader could solve this hidden danger.

Zhou Cheng was not affected. He looked at Chen Zhengyu and answered confidently: "Chief of Staff, you are wrong. We are not without a reserve team!"

"Where is it?" Chen Zhengyu asked quickly.

"It's far away in the sky and close to you!" Zhou Cheng looked at Li Yifang and replied.

"Captain, you said that the Fourth Company is a reserve team... But don't they have a task?" Chen Zhengyu still couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Cheng smiled and explained: "The Fourth Company does have a mission, but their opponent is very weak!"

"If an accident occurs on other battlefields, they can always leave the battle and reinforce us."

Chen Zhengyu thought that this was the case and quickly replied: "So that's the case, then I'll be relieved!"

At the temporary camp of the Japanese army in Zhendong, the brigade commander has fallen asleep.

The troops have no ammunition, and no matter how anxious they are, they cannot attack Zhangzhuang Town. It is better to have a sleep, replenish their physical strength, and wait until tomorrow to deal with the national rescue army in the town.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the entire campsite became quiet.

Except for a small number of patrol teams who were still loyal to their duties and patrolling back and forth in their own positions, all the other Japanese soldiers were sleeping soundly.

As for Zhangzhuang Town, which has been firing guns since dark, everyone is not very worried.

The four strengthening teams guarded the town entrance. The National Salvation Army mobilized a main battalion to launch an attack and did not break through. Moreover, it also arranged a reinforcement force for the reinforcement squadron in the east of the town.

In case there is no direction that cannot be stopped, the mobile troops can reach the battlefield to resolve the danger within 20 minutes.

With this idea in mind, the brigade commander specifically told the guards before going to bed: as long as the mobile troops can solve problems, do not report them to him or disturb him to rest.

More than 400 meters away from the garrison is the Japanese army stationed in the east. The mobile troops stationed here have just received the news that the troops stationed in the west of the garrison were attacked by the National Salvation Army and may be broken through at any time.

The squadron leader's first subconscious reaction was to report the news to the brigade commander and then send troops.

Just as he was about to give an order, he thought of the brigade commander's instructions two hours ago: Do ​​not disturb him if the mobile troops can solve the problems.

Everyone knows that the brigade commander is in a bad mood these two days. If he is angry because of these trivial matters, it will be more than worth the loss.

Decisively change the order that has reached the mouth: "The troops set out immediately to reinforce the west of the town!"

"I won't report to the brigade commander?" The deputy captain hesitated for a reminder.

The squadron leader shook his head: "Execute the command!"
Chapter completed!