The baggage team is the only unit in the squadron leader with melee ability, so they are arranged at the front of the team.

But this also brings another problem.

If the retreating troops are attacked at the forefront, they will be the first to be killed.

The National Salvation Army rushed out of the village did this. The leading machine gunners were storming and holding fires desperately at the baggage team.

More than half of the baggage team of more than 20 people suffered casualties after just one contact. Although the remaining Japanese lay on the ground and survived by chance, the rain of bullets flying towards them was too dense, and they were pressed to the ground and could not move.

The National Salvation Army followed the machine gunners and took the opportunity to assault forward. Some shot with rifles and some shot with pistols.

He killed the baggage team in two minutes and then rushed to the Japanese artillery team.

The squadron leader had no idea that there was a national rescue army waiting for him.

Although Pingding County is four or five kilometers ahead and can enter the city after marching for more than half an hour, the National Salvation Army blocking the road ahead will definitely not give him this opportunity.

At this time, the squadron leader no longer had hope for whether he could return to the county town.

His expression gradually became ferocious. Looking at the National Savior Army that was rushing closer and closer, he decided to go crazy once before his death.

"Swish..." with a sound of "Swish...", I pulled out the command knife, held the hilt of the knife with both hands, and ordered loudly: "Warriors, we may not be able to go back today. I decided to fight the National Savior Army to the death... For the sake of the empire and the emperor, I will kill me..."

In the city of pacifying, the county town returned to its former tranquility as soon as the Japanese invaders were dispatched.

No, it should be quieter than before the National Salvation Army robbed and pacified. After all, the National Salvation Army took away half of the population in the city when it retreated. It would take at least half a year for the Japanese to restore the county town to its original state.

Major Asakawa didn't care about these things. At this moment, he only thought about one thing: pacify the garrison and quickly restore combat effectiveness.

He rushed to the military base as soon as possible and used his speed to replenish the more than 600 new recruits brought back yesterday, so that they could be fully equipped as soon as possible and regain control and pacify all occupied areas in the territory.

After a busy morning, the garrison finally had the posture of an army, not only rebuilt four infantry squadrons, but also rebuilt heavy machine gun squadrons and mortar squadrons.

The only regret is that the recruits and equipment are not very good, resulting in the heavy machine gun squadron and mortar squadron being not fully equipped.

But Master Asakawa was already very satisfied that the garrison could recover to its current state in such a short time.

I originally thought that after this defeat, I would be sent to the military court and completely end my military career that I had worked hard for half my life.

Unexpectedly, the previous brigade commander took the initiative to take the initiative to take on most of the responsibility for the defeat in this battle. He was exempted from punishment and not only luckily continued to act as the captain of the garrison team, but also received a small amount of favor from the new brigade commander Honda, who supplemented himself with more than 600 new recruits and half an infantry brigade guns at a time.

Although Major Asakawa was defeated repeatedly in the hands of the National Salvation Army, he has always been very confident in his abilities.

After the reorganization in the morning, the pacification garrison has begun to take shape.

Major Asakawa is confident that they can initially develop combat effectiveness within half a month? Has the ability to fight the Eighth Route Army.

With this idea? Asakawa has the confidence of the captain again and has new expectations for his future.

In order for the garrison to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible? Major Asakawa did not hesitate to put down the brigade captain's airs? He personally squatted at the base and watched the troops' training.

At 1:00 p.m.?                                                                                                                          

But I didn't care much.

Outside Chengcheng, there are four strengthening squadrons encirclement and suppression activities in the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army. It is not ruled out that some enemies are chased near the county town.

The Japanese guarding in the east of the city must not ignore it? No matter whether the battle outside the city was the imperial army chasing the Eighth Route Army or the National Rescue Army, they had to figure it out.

Three puppet troops were immediately sent to the exchange of fire to find out the situation.

The puppet army returned to the county town more than an hour later, and everyone had a heartfelt expression of fear on their faces, as if they saw something very terrible.

"Bageya Road? There are no enemies outside the city to attack the county town? What are you panic? Tell me, what did you see at the fire exchange point just now?" The Japanese squad leader who was defending the east of the city asked in confusion.

The three puppet troops were all recruits from the security brigade and had never been on the battlefield.

Just now, I saw sixty or seventy corpses lying on the official road at the fire point, and many of them were blown up by grenades, and the minced meat and broken limbs were splashed everywhere. The strong visual impact scared the three people to their faces pale, and they began to vomit when they squatted beside the battlefield. They kept vomiting all the things they had eaten at noon.

After hearing the team leader’s questioning, the three of them had another tragic scene on the battlefield.

The two soldiers couldn't help it? They ran to the side and started vomiting, leaving only one puppet army slightly better? Facing the eyes of the Japanese lieutenant? Hesitantly reported

"Sir? The fire exchange point... less than five kilometers away from us... It's so miserable there, there are corpses everywhere, and they are from the Imperial Army, with at least sixty ones. You can send someone to see it...don't you..."

Speaking of this, the puppet army couldn't help it anymore and immediately ran to the side and vomited together...

Although the report just now was stuttering, the content was very little, so the Japanese lieutenant heard it very clearly.

The first reaction was that he didn't believe it, his eyes were wide open, and he shouted incredible, "It's impossible... The Imperial Army who left the city today were all field troops that had just come down from the front line, and his combat power was much stronger than ours. How could he be killed by the National Savior Army and the Eighth Route Army?"

But the three puppet soldiers who were vomiting made him feel extremely suspicious of his judgment just now.

As a veteran, he knew very well the current status of the three puppet troops.

It must be that if you see particularly tragic and bloody scenes, you will have such a big picture, which means that the sixty or seventy corpses they just reported are real.

Thinking of this, the second lieutenant didn't know whether to believe in the three puppet troops, his own judgment, or the strong combat effectiveness of the attacking troops.

Just when he was hesitating, a commander Cao under his command stood up: "Sir, I will take someone to see it in person!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Major Asakawa was still at the garrison and stared at the recruits for running-in training.

The second lieutenant who was defending the east gate suddenly appeared at the gate of the garrison. When he saw Major Asakawa, he ran towards him. He was panicked and very anxious.

"Shouldn't you be on the city wall? What are you doing here?" Major Asakawa was very dissatisfied with his subordinates' loss of composure and questioned him before he could stand firm.

The second lieutenant seemed to have not heard it, and regardless of the chief's dissatisfaction, he gasped and reported: "Sir, something happened to the Third Infantry Squadron who left the city this morning."

"We found a large number of imperial army corpses five kilometers outside the east gate, all of which were artillery and baggage soldiers who cooperated with the Third Squadron's operations. The body of the squadron leader of the Third Squadron was also found. Their equipment and ammunition were all taken away, and their military uniforms were stripped away, leaving only one piece of underwear!"

"Nani?"

Major Asakawa originally wanted to get angry, and he had cursed all the words to his mouth, but after hearing the report, he held it back, showing a stunned and suspicious expression.

The brigade commander sent a reinforcement brigade to pacify the brigade. All of them left the city this morning, and divided into four groups to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army. On average, each group had nearly 300 people, well-equipped and strong combat power.

Such a field force is not inferior to any regiment against the Chinese army on the front battlefield. This time their opponents are only the guerrillas sent by the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army to the occupied areas, so there is definitely no problem.

Major Asakawa was very confident in this attack, so as soon as the sweeping troops left the city, he ran to the garrison station to work on his own business.

Unexpectedly, an accident happened anyway.

The artillery and baggage team were completely destroyed, and the squadron leader was also dead, which means that the mobilization troops attacking the East Gate had suffered heavy casualties at a very early age and had to retreat to the county town. As a result, they were stopped outside the city and the entire army was destroyed...

Major Asakawa couldn't stay there.

The troops leaving the city today were the confidants brought by the brigade commander from the front line. If he lost a reinforcement squadron in the pacification period, he would definitely have an objection to him.

Moreover, this morning, four sweeping troops were dispatched to Pingding City. The National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army had the strength to eat the sweeping troops in the east, and they would definitely not easily set fire to the sweeping troops in the other three directions.

As he walked, he ordered: "Go back to the war room immediately, send all the messengers and scouts who can perform tasks in the garrison, find other imperial troops who are sweeping the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army outside the city, tell them that something happened to the Third Squadron, and ask them to strengthen their vigilance and retreat back to the county town as soon as possible."

"Send a telegram to the captain Fangjing outside the city to inform him of the possible destruction of the Third Squadron, and ask him to return to the county town immediately!"

Major Fang Jing's situation is also very bad. His opponent is the cavalry company commanded by Chen Zhengyu himself, a mortar platoon and heavy machine gun platoon of the artillery battalion, a second and third platoon of the guard company and a fire platoon.

As soon as the Japanese army left the city, Chen Zhengyu transferred two cavalry platoons to provoke them.

Major Fang Jing has been fighting against the Chinese army on the front battlefield, and has never been provoked by the Chinese army.

He got angry just after being provoked by the cavalry company twice and decisively ordered the cavalry squadron to attack and kill the cavalry.

This decision was made by the captain after careful consideration, and did not copy his combat methods on the front battlefield.

The surrounding terrain is flat, with only some rolling hills that are dozens of meters high and there are no mountains, making it very suitable for cavalry assault.

Moreover, it is difficult to hide large-scale troops in such a terrain, so it is impossible for the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army to assemble heavy troops to ambush the cavalry squadron.

The two factors were summarized together, and the provocation of the cavalry company did annoy him, and then he made the decision to chase and kill the cavalry company of the national rescue army.

Unexpectedly, this attack directly killed the cavalry squadron.

The terrain here does not hide large troops, but it can hide a small number of troops of dozens of people.

Chen Zhengyu hid two heavy machine gun squads of the Artillery Battalion's heavy machine gun platoon and the guard company in the bunker dug in advance, covering it with thatch.

The Japanese cavalry clenched behind the cavalry company and pursued them, without any heavy machine guns at all.

After the cavalry company rushed out of the pocket formation, six heavy machine guns opened their disguises together and fired deadly bullets at the Japanese.

In the infantry and cavalry duel, the cavalry feared the most was heavy machine guns.

A string of bullet rains is like a scythe of death, constantly reaping the lives of cavalry and war horses.

Moreover, the cavalry is not as flexible as the infantry after being attacked. Ordinary infantry can lie down immediately after being attacked, but the cavalry cannot do it.

Especially when riding a horse, if someone vaults, he will be trampled to death by the war horse behind him.

The only way to avoid danger is to put your body on the horse's back, either rush forward with your teeth, kill the bag, or lower the horse's speed and turn around and retreat.
Chapter completed!