The Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the communications staff hurried in and reported: "Captain, something happened..."

"The aviation troops arrived at the Cavalry Regiment more than half an hour ago, but the battle was over. Apart from the corpses everywhere, they did not find a single unit. The whereabouts of the corps captain Colonel Yingteng was unknown. There was no one knowing how many people the cavalry regiment broke through. We could only wait until the infantry who reinforced the Cavalry Regiment arrived at the battlefield before we could find out the real situation there!"

"Baga!" After the commander yelled, he sat on the ground with his butt.

The corpses everywhere seen by the air force indicate that the cavalry corps were really defeated, and they were defeated miserably. The military headquarters' subsequent counter-attack plan had to be terminated because of the protagonist's accident!

In addition, the Shanxi garrison must also bear the responsibility for the entire cavalry corps being wiped out.

The Chief of Staff also thought of this, and as the deputy of the commander, he should give advice on this matter to alleviate the adverse impact of the defeat of the cavalry corps on the Shanxi garrison.

Seeing that the commander did not speak, he immediately ordered the communications officer: "Let Colonel Yingteng immediately, and he wanted to see people when he was alive, and to see the corpse when he died. He must find the flag of the cavalry corps. He would rather destroy it than be captured by the National Rescue Army!"

Half an hour later, the communications officer returned to the war room.

Compared to just now, the solemn expression on his face has obviously a little bit worse.

"Have you found Colonel Yingteng? Has something happened?" The chief of staff asked with a guilty look on his face. After saying that, he stared at the communications officer, for fear that he would nod.

Fortunately, the communications consultant shook his head.

The Chief of Staff immediately breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask with anticipation on his face: "Can Colonel Yingteng escaped from the National Rescue Army intact!"

The communications staff shook his head again. This time, before the chief of staff continued to ask questions, he directly reported: "We have found the gang flag of the Cavalry Regiment."

"A cavalry lieutenant came to our stronghold with the wing flag and contacted us through the stronghold!"

"According to the second lieutenant's report: they were hunted by a large number of cavalry on the way to break out. In order to send the corps flag out of the corps, Colonel Yingteng made the decision to divide his troops and break out of the corps flag, and also used himself as bait to cover the lieutenant with the corps flag to break out of the encirclement."

"Our people have sent troops to search for the approximate directions pointed out by the cavalry lieutenant. News from Colonel Yingteng will soon be sent back..."

"Sir, found it!"

A scream suddenly sounded at the door of the war room. The military commander ordered a communications officer to rush to the army and reported it as soon as he reached the door.

After running to the army commander, he continued to report while panting: "The search team has found Colonel Yingteng, but something happened to him. He was killed by the enemy with a submachine gun. He was shot three bullets and died on the spot!"

"Col. Yingteng's epaulette and command knife were all taken away by the enemy. We finally determined the body of Col. Yingteng by escorting the corpse flag!"

Two news came to the commander's ears one after another, and he didn't know whether he should be angry or grateful at this moment.

After a while, it was said: "Col. Yingteng is a real warrior of the Great Japanese Empire. In order to protect the honor of the Imperial Army and the Cavalry Federation, he used himself as bait to cover the corps flag and break out of the encirclement. This matter is worth learning from by all of us!"

The Chief of Staff knew that the Chief was giving a characterization of this matter.

According to the commander's intention, although the cavalry corps was killed by the National Salvation Army, the responsibility was not on Colonel Yingteng, and Colonel Yingteng was also portrayed as a hero who protected the honor of the Imperial Army, so that the Shanxi garrison could protect the face of the Mongolian army as much as possible.

In addition, the cavalry corps flag was kept, and as long as it was sent safely to the headquarters of the Mongolian Army, they could rebuild the cavalry corps at any time.

But in this way, the responsibility for the destruction of the entire cavalry corps requires the Shanxi garrison. If the Front Command intends to hold the responsibility accountable, the commander and himself will be blamed.

Thinking of this, a worried expression flashed on the Chief of Staff’s face and quickly reminded: “Sir, although we can save the face of the Mongolian Army, we push ourselves to the forefront. We must give the Front Army an explanation. I wonder how you plan to solve this problem?”

"See a way to kill the national rescue army that wiped out the entire cavalry corps. If they can't be killed, they will seriously damage them!" The commander replied without hesitation.

After saying that, regardless of whether the Chief of Staff had any other opinions, he pointed to the sand table and began to give orders: "According to the analysis of the war report sent by Colonel Yingteng, the National Salvation Army attacked them had about two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry units!"

"The combat effectiveness of the cavalry corps is there. No matter what strategy the National Salvation Army uses in the battle, casualties will not be as small as possible!"

"Now our plane has arrived at the battlefield, and there are still a large number of infantry moving closer to the battlefield. The National Salvation Army carrying a large number of wounded soldiers will definitely not dare to march during the day and be exposed to us!"

After hearing this, the chief of staff's eyes lit up: "If you analyze this way, the National Salvation Army attacking the Cavalry Regiment must be around the battlefield!"

"If we can find this national rescue army, determine their specific location, and send planes to bomb their hiding place immediately, it will definitely hurt them."

"After the plane was blown up, the infantry killed and beat the dogs in the water. It is not necessary to wipe out this national-savior army!"

The commander nodded in agreement: "That's what it means!"

"To prevent accidents, I will add one more!"

"If we failed to destroy this national rescue army before dark, they would definitely return to their defense zone under the cover of night!"

"There are only a few mountain roads and official roads that can be taken from the defense zone of the National Salvation Army. We will set up pocket formations on those roads in advance and wait for the rabbits. We will definitely kill a lot of National Salvation Army!"

"Eliminate the culprit of annihilation of the Cavalry corps, and the front will definitely not hold us accountable again!"

"In addition, killing this national rescue army can also give us a good start for the next siege of the national rescue army, taking the opportunity to consume their troops and alleviate the combat pressure of our future sweeping the national rescue army!"

The Japanese Army Commander's analysis was particularly accurate.

Facing the plane that whizzed past every few minutes above his head, Zhou Cheng really did not dare to lead the troops to retreat now.

But there is one thing that the Japanese commander didn't count!

The actual combat troops of the National Salvation Army were much less than his judgment.

There were only one thousand infantry soldiers. Although more than 800 cavalrymen participated in the battle, there were less than 500 left at this moment. Nearly 400 cavalrymen were buried in this bloody battlefield!

The target of more than 1,000 people was much smaller than that of two or three thousand people. In order to prevent the Japanese army from finding troops, they attracted planes to bomb everyone, as soon as the battle ended, Zhou Cheng sent two companies to radiate and attack the surrounding area in squads and platoons.

If Japanese and puppet troops are found to search and reconnaissance troops, they will be eliminated at all costs, or they will be taken away from the troops' base.

This method has been very effective. Although the battle has been almost two hours since it was over, the planes in the sky have been cruised back and forth above everyone's heads, and the attacking troops have also encountered several Japanese and puppet troops searching the mountain, but our temporary station has not been exposed.

"Captain, our results have been counted!" Cavalry battalion commander Tao Yongsheng hurriedly ran to Zhou Cheng to report!

"Tell me?" Zhou Cheng asked with anticipation.

The Japanese troops that the troops had just annihilated were not ordinary Japanese.

In addition to more than a thousand guns, each cavalry also comes with a war horse, and the wing command also brought two or three hundred spare war horses.

The baggage team, heavy machine gun squadron, and artillery squadron are equipped with more war horses.

Except for the war horses, heavy machine guns, mortars, baggage and ammunition that the Japanese rode by themselves, they were all equipped with war horses. If they were assigned to each Japanese, there would be at least three horses per person.

Therefore, this cavalry gang is equipped with more than 2,000 war horses.

Except for those who were killed on the battlefield, all other war horses should have been seized by the National Salvation Army.

Tao Yongsheng was very happy. When he thought of the results he had just obtained from his subordinates, he couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart. He immediately replied: "After statistics, we seized a total of 1,485 intact war horses, and 215 war horses that could only be used as low horses because of injury. All the remaining war horses were shot dead, including the war horses that we were shot dead ourselves, a total of 856!"

"We have dealt with all the more than 800 war horses as ordered, and obtained almost 400,000 pounds of meat. According to the calculation that one war horse transports 300 pounds of horse meat, it is exactly 1,34 war horses. The remaining war horses and slow horses are all used to transport equipment, weapons and ammunition we have seen!"

"After darkness, you can leave and return to the defense zone at any time!"

Zhou Cheng laughed after hearing this. Whether it was a war horse or a meat, they were all strategic materials urgently needed by the national rescue army, and the more they were the better.

If you get more than 400,000 kilograms of meat in one battle, it is much more useful than 400,000 kilograms of food. First make it into dried meat and store it, and then take it out for the troops to eat after a large-scale drought. This will not only reduce food consumption, but also ensure that the soldiers can eat some meat and oil every day, so that everyone's physical strength and combat effectiveness will not be affected by food shortage.

As for more than a thousand war horses, Zhou Cheng had long thought of their place.

In order to form a cavalry battalion, the troops concentrated all the war horses that the troops could take away in the cavalry battalion, which made the idea in their minds never come true.

Now there are more than a thousand war horses, and the idea that I have been brewing for a long time can finally be put on the agenda.

He immediately asked Tao Yongsheng: "After replenishing the losses of the cavalry troops, how many war horses can we seize remain!"

Tao Yongsheng had been waiting for the group leader to ask this question, and as soon as Zhou Cheng said that, he blurted out: "There are about 1,200 horses left!"

Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and made a decision: "I will give you another hundred war horses, expand the cavalry battalion to 500 people, and restore the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion in the shortest time, and finally reach the level of carrying a Japanese cavalry brigade on the front battlefield!"

"I have seen the remaining 1,100 war horses. I will be of great use when I return to the defense zone!"

Tao Yongsheng left with a satisfied smile, and Chen Zhengyu ran over and saw Zhou Chenghou reminding him with a worried look: "Captain, there are more and more Japanese and puppet troops looking for us nearby."

"The attacking troops have discovered six Japanese and puppet troops to search the mountains, three of which have been eliminated by us, and the other three are still fighting."

"When we came, the reconnaissance company that stayed in the villages and towns along the line had just sent people to report: the Japanese and puppet troops were arriving on the way back to the defense zone. Some troops were preparing pocket arrays, and some troops were building defense lines, as if they were trying to block us outside the defense zone!"

"I think the Japanese army is very determined to eliminate us. For safety reasons, it is best to let Deputy Commander Tang send troops to help us!"

"We attacked each other in front and behind, and the Japanese and puppet troops blocking the road are definitely not our opponents!"

When we came here, in order to prevent the rear route from being blocked, two platoons of scouts were left by Zhou Cheng in the villages and towns along the line to monitor the every move of the Japanese and puppet troops around.

Unexpectedly, the unintentional action really worked.

If it weren't for their existence, Zhou Cheng would definitely not have known that the Japanese and puppet troops would wait for the rabbit on their way back to the defense zone.

But he was not worried about this problem at all. He looked at Chen Zhengyu and comforted: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, the Japanese and puppet troops are not so easy to stop us!"

Chen Zhengyu showed an unknown expression on the spot, and then looked at Zhou Cheng waiting for him to explain.

Zhou Cheng did not hide it: "The intelligence of attacking the Japanese cavalry corps was provided to us by the division headquarters. As far as I know, when we attacked the Japanese cavalry corps, the division headquarters was also organizing troops to siege another Japanese cavalry corps!"

"What would you do if another Japanese cavalry corps were attacked tonight, who would be ready to surround us?"

"Immediately divide the troops to reinforce the attacked cavalry regiment!" Chen Zhengyu blurted out.

"As far as I know, the Shanxi garrison has placed their hopes of the anti-breaking and attack war on the cavalry corps. If both cavalry corps are killed, then the time for them to end the anti-breaking and attack war will definitely be pushed back."

"What Shanxi garrison lacks the most now is time. The longer they spend in the anti-breakdown war, the later they will attack us in the future, the longer we will prepare, and the stronger our strength will be. The difficulty for the Japanese and puppet troops to destroy us will definitely increase!"

Chen Zhengyu became more and more excited as he spoke. Seeing Zhou Cheng laughing but without saying a word, he continued to analyze: "After the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops who were pursuing us left, the remaining troops would definitely not threaten our safety."

"If we have the chance, we can still fight back all the way and kill more Japanese and puppet troops!"

"Captain, can we determine the combat plan of the division headquarters to siege another cavalry corps tonight? If possible, we will definitely be able to defend the area safely tonight, and can also fight rabbits, and kill some Japanese and puppet troops.

Zhou Cheng nodded with a smile: "It's certain that we can keep an eye on the scouts along the route, preparing to intercept our Japanese and puppet troops, and report the situation as soon as possible."

"You immediately formulate a combat plan for us to kill back. If you don't take advantage of it, it's not the style of our National Salvation Army. There are still many Japanese and puppet troops along the way. If you can take it down, you will try to get it all. Anyway, we have seized a sufficient number of war horses, and even 100,000 kilograms of materials can be transported back to the defense zone!"
Chapter completed!