At four o'clock in the morning, the battle in Zhangzhuang Town finally ended, and the gunshots completely stopped.

Except for the four or five main companies, who were still staring near the Japanese garrison to prevent them from moving, all other troops cleaned the battlefield around the town, especially the battalion that had just broken out of the town.

One hundred and fifty prisoners were sent to the battlefield as soon as they joined the National Salvation Army. Although only more than twenty casualties were injured or killed, morale was still a huge blow to the remaining more than one hundred and twenty.

In order to inspire the morale of the army and prevent the captive soldiers from feeling differently and agree with the National Salvation Army from the bottom of their hearts, Zhou Cheng specially arranged them to go to the battlefield to clean the battlefield, so that they could see the results they had achieved with their own eyes and feel that their sacrifices and efforts were worth it.

The battle to annihilate the Japanese mobile troops in Zhenxi was the most intense and the result was the greatest. On the battlefield where bullet craters were everywhere, a large number of Japanese corpses were scattered, and many Japanese devils were blown to pieces. There was no good piece of meat on their bodies. The broken limbs and arms fell everywhere like rain.

The First Company of the National Salvation Army was responsible for cleaning the place. There were 42 left in the fifty prisoners in the company. Several prisoners who died in battle and the surviving prisoners were all former comrades and brothers, and now they are separated by yin and yang.

All the surviving prisoners had heavy expressions. Some were heartbroken by their comrades and brothers who had already died, while others were worried about their future.

I was sent to the battlefield as soon as I joined the National Salvation Army. It is inevitable that I think that the reason why the National Salvation Army recruited everyone to join the National Salvation Army was to make everyone use cannon fodder and reduce my losses in battle.

In this battle, as cannon fodder, I will not be so lucky next time.

After being brought here by veterans in the company, all the captive soldiers showed an inexplicable expression. Looking at the corpses of the Japanese everywhere, they were both frightened and nervous.

"Did you see the corpse of the Japanese in front?" The company commander Xiang Feng suddenly walked up to everyone and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Each of these destroyed Japanese devils has a contribution from us. If we had not defended the town to the death and the Japanese mistakenly believed that the main force of the National Salvation Army was still in Zhangzhuang Town, they would not have divided their troops or sent reinforcements. The main forces would not have the chance to defeat them one by one, and eliminate so many Japanese devils in one night."

"So tonight you are all the heroes and heroes of this victory. Now I order the entire company to clean up the battlefield in squads."

"Take machine guns, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, bullets, shells, grenades, and everything you can use in the future."

"The military uniforms of the Japanese also need to be taken away. Many of us are from puppet soldiers. We should be clear about the difference between the Japanese military uniforms and our own military uniforms."

"Their clothes are made of cotton, which are not only more comfortable, but also very warm and durable. After taking them back, change them and dye them again, they will immediately become our own military uniform..."

"Squad One comes with me here to clean the battlefield!" The leader of the squad waved his hand and ran towards a crater with eight subordinates.

A total of three craters were close together, and many Japanese corpses were poured around each crater. A heavy machine gun was poured next to one of the craters, but I don’t know if it can be used.

The whole class had four prisoners, followed by four veterans, looking at the Japanese corpses on the ground, and they were stunned for a long time but couldn't react.

"What are you doing when you're still cold? Put away all the guns and bullets from the Japanese corpse!" The veteran frowned and reminded.

"I'll collect it now..."

The two prisoners quickly carried the rifle in their hands on their backs, unbuttoned the armed belts on their waists, hung them on their shoulders with bullet boxes, and then rushed towards the other Japanese...

One of the captive soldiers sighed while collecting their weapons!

"Old Wang, so many Japanese devils were really beaten to death by us! When I was a puppet army, I fought many wars with Japanese devils. At that time, our Chinese army would have to pay a huge price to kill a Japanese devil. I just glanced around and there were at least 150 Japanese devils corpses lying on this area. We are really so powerful that we can kill so many Japanese devils in one battle..."

Another captive soldier responded: "I was shocked too!"

"But you said the words just now are wrong. To be precise, these Japanese were not killed by us, but just related to us!"

"I probably heard that we were guarding the town, making the Japanese mistakenly think that we were going to break through, and then sent troops to reinforce the west of the town. Our main force happened to ambush them here, and then we won such a big victory."

"Just be related!" The captive soldier who had just spoken sighed.

"I have fought so many battles. You see so many corpses of Japanese devils at once. If we sacrifice a few people to help the main force kill so many Japanese devils in one battle, then these sacrifices would be worth it!"

"It's really worth it!" another prisoner responded.

"I remember when we were still the Jinsui Army, we couldn't kill so many Japanese devils even if we lost a battalion. The National Salvation Army killed so many Japanese devils just by losing a few people. Although they also suffered considerable losses in the battle, they certainly wouldn't exceed one battalion."

"The National Salvation Army has only so many troops. If the losses are too great, they will not have the strength to deal with the remaining Japanese."

"It seems that the commander of the National Salvation Army is right. They are indeed very powerful in combat, and they have no intention of treating us as cannon fodder!"

"Otherwise they can completely let us destroy the Japanese reinforcements outside the town and use them as attacking troops, instead of guarding in the town to lure the enemy!"

"I decided to follow the National Rescue Army in the future and don't think about so many messy things!"

"The National Salvation Army is so powerful that it doesn't treat us as cannon fodder. I have never touched such a commander for so long. Today we finally met one, so we must not miss it."

Another captive soldier immediately agreed: "Yes, in the future, we will follow the National Saving Army to work hard. Life is the people of the National Saving Army, and death is the ghost of the National Saving Army!"

The prisoner soldiers who were originally emotionally fluctuating, faced with the corpses of Japanese devils on the ground, everyone became confident and began to be proud of their identity as the National Saving Army. They also became particularly excited to clean the battlefield, just as if the Japanese devils were killed by themselves.

After cleaning the battlefield, all the remaining puppet troops captured by the National Rescue Army were sent to the battlefield to clean up the bodies.

Zhou Cheng wanted to use the bloody Japanese corpses to tell them how powerful the National Salvation Army is. It can not only make them yearn for the National Salvation Army, but also make them fear the National Salvation Army. Even if they do not join the National Salvation Army, they will not dare to join the puppet army and the National Salvation Army after leaving here in the future...

After more and more Japanese corpses were sent to the pit and buried, the results of various battlefields were summarized into Chen Zhengyu.

Chen Zhengyu ran to Zhou Cheng with an excited look on his face.

"Captain, our operation will be a complete victory tonight: it will severely damage the Japanese mobile troops and the reinforcements sent by the Japanese later. They alone were killed more than 300 people. The Japanese guarding the west and north and south directions of the town were killed by us. There were almost 200 people, all of which totaled more than 500 people."

"These are all real Japanese devils, and there is no puppet army."

"The total number of Japanese devils who came from Donghui Town yesterday was more than 1,200. Yesterday, the attack on Zhangzhuang Town lost a lot of people. In addition, we killed them in the evening, almost half of them."

"More importantly, these Japanese devils who were killed by us were all front-line combat troops, and most of the ones left in the barracks were artillery and heavy machine gunners. From this perspective, we have destroyed at least 60% of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness."

"After dawn, even if they get the urgently needed ammunition supply, they have no strength to continue attacking us. Let's take a step back and say that even if they still have the ability to fight, no one in the town will let them fight!"

Zhou Cheng became happier the more he listened, and his face was already full of joy.

Although this result was long as he expected, he was still very excited after hearing it.

According to his plan: after the battle tonight, the Japanese army had been planning for a long time, and they had to retreat.

But he didn't plan to let go of the Japanese in front of him so easily.

The Chief of Staff just analyzed that although the Japanese army wiped out by day and night did not reach half of their total strength, they had at least 60% of their combat effectiveness.

Since the remaining Japanese soldiers are mostly artillery and other technical troops, infantry accounts for a small part and are weak in combat power, they can beat the dogs in the water and take the opportunity to eliminate more Japanese troops and further weaken their strength.

Time is not waiting for me, and I do it when I think of it. This is also Zhou Cheng's combat style.

Immediately raised my hand to stop Chen Zhengyu's next report: "Chief of Staff, let's not report anything else. When the battle is completely over, all the cadres of the regiment will be gathered together to report and summarize. The results of the battle at that time were the most real and most inspiring."

"The remaining Japanese devils in Zhendong will definitely withdraw their troops tomorrow."

"Now they still have six mountain cannons, four infantry cannons, eight or nine mortars, and seven or eight heavy machine guns."

"Mortars and heavy machine guns can be taken apart and let soldiers carry the marching. Mountain cannons and infantry cannons must be pulled and run, and they must also go on the main road, otherwise they will not be able to walk."

"If we destroy the only way to the Donghui Town to the county town, they will not be able to return to the county town in less than seven or eight hours."

"We send troops to ambush on both sides of the road in advance. Even if we only use artillery shells, we can kill many Japanese along the way. If we are lucky, we can blow up one or two mountain cannons. If the Japanese throw them on the side of the road and seize them, we might be able to piece together one or two good cannons, then our mortar company can become a veritable mountain cannon company, and each battalion will also have its own mortar platoon."

Hearing the three words "Shan Cannon Company", Chen Zhengyu's eyes began to shine out on the spot.

He was born in the Northwest Army before and had poor equipment.

Even a main division could not gather a mountain artillery company. Unexpectedly, a regiment of the National Salvation Army could form a mountain artillery company with several firepower companies.

He didn't dare to think about such equipment before, but now it is necessary to become a reality, and it is difficult not to be excited.

After a few seconds of stunnedness, he began to analyze Zhou Cheng’s proposal just now, and then added: “Captain, I think we can use the heavy machine guns and mortars seized at night first. The grenade can also temporarily replenish the troops, increase the troops’ long-range strike firepower, and make it easier to sneak attack the Japanese!”

Zhou Cheng nodded: "You can do it!"

"After dawn, the Japanese will definitely call planes to support us, so our sneak attack troops must be dispersed and concealed. If you leave with one blow, you will not give the plane a chance to lock us."

Chen Zhengyu nodded with approval: "You are right, regiment commander. I will ask everyone to plan the retreat route in advance. If possible, dig up the bunker in advance. The troops will hide and hide in the bunker and attack the enemy."

"We also need to transfer all the people along the highway, bury more mines on the road, and injure a large number of Japanese retreat troops."

"By the way, we can also let two guerrilla squadrons cooperate in combat. Their ancestors of guerrilla and mobile warfare will definitely teach the Japanese a lot of lessons!"

"I agree! Send someone to contact them now!" Zhou Cheng nodded without hesitation.

After cleaning the battlefield, the company began to guard the area near the station.

Company commander Xiang Feng was in a very good mood. After cleaning the battlefield, the morale of the troops obviously increased, especially those captive soldiers.

He surrounded the veterans and the squad leader like blood, and learned about the historical achievements of the National Salvation Army from them.

Whenever they hear the National Salvation Army killing many Japanese and puppet troops in a certain battle, they will have a proud smile on their faces, as if they won the battles.

With this change, Xiang Feng firmly believed that the combat effectiveness of the first company would definitely become stronger and stronger because of their joining.

"Company Commander, the regiment headquarters has orders for you!"

Just as Xiang Feng was enjoying a series of future combat power in his heart, the correspondent of the regiment headquarters suddenly ran over.

"What mission?" Xiang Feng asked quickly, and then a look of expectation appeared on his face.

The morale of the troops is so high and the morale of the army is available. Now that I will go out to fight, I will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The communications soldier replied loudly: "The regiment commander ordered the first company to assemble immediately, go to the weapon and ammunition storage area to collect the matching weapons and ammunition, and then march quickly to Zhoucun to destroy the two kilometers of roads in front and back, and use favorable terrain to ambush the Japanese back to the county town, and the speed should be fast!"

Xiang Feng almost jumped up with excitement.

Because the mission given to him by the regiment headquarters is so good, if the entire battle is well planned, the troops will only take advantage of it and not suffer losses.

He quickly replied: "Please go back and tell the team leader, the first company will definitely not disappoint him!"

After saying that, he ordered the instructor behind him: "Notify the troops to assemble immediately and set off in five minutes. We have a task to ensure that everyone only takes advantage and not suffer losses!"

The brigade commander at the temporary station of the Japanese army was so angry that he could hardly speak.

The reinforcements sent by the garrison were severely injured under his nose. A reinforcement squadron went out and fled back less than 40 people, and all the others were killed in battle.

Not long after, the mobile troops also returned, and only more than 30 people escaped.

Immediately afterwards, dense gunfire sounds also came from three directions north and west of Zhangzhuang Town.

The firefighting lasted only more than ten minutes before it ended. The brigade commander knew that the imperial army in the three directions had also been wiped out.

Hurry up and order a strengthening team stationed in Zhendong to return to the garrison, otherwise they will be killed by the National Salvation Army, and their losses will be greater.
Chapter completed!