Just as the company commander was about to nod in agreement, a thunderous sound of horse hooves suddenly reached the ears of the two men.
The sound became louder and louder, and the road beneath my feet began to tremble.
The battalion commander's face immediately turned pale, and he cried out: "It's the cavalry..."
"There are cavalry coming towards us from the direction of Shijiazhuang."
"All the nearby imperial troops are reinforcing Shijiazhuang. The cavalry that came over must be from the Eighth Route Army..."
As soon as the battalion commander finished speaking, the team in front became chaotic.
Whether they were ordinary people or puppet troops, they all dispersed in a hurry and ran towards both sides of the road, not wanting to be trampled to pieces by the oncoming cavalry.
Faced with this situation, the puppet battalion commander also panicked when he saw the cavalry figure suddenly appearing at the end of the road.
He immediately ordered to the company commander who was still in a daze next to him: "The thousand yuan you have is no longer needed."
"With our small strength, there is no way we can match the Eighth Route Army cavalry. We were defeated..."
"Escape quickly and take away as many confidants as possible..."
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to go there. Resisting forcefully is no different than risking death. We can only take more troops to reinforce Shijiazhuang. I hope the imperial army will forgive us for bringing troops. Otherwise, we can only bring more troops."
The star brothers fell into disgrace and became bandits."
Whether you continue to work for the Japanese and become a traitor, or you go to seek refuge with the Japanese, you cannot do without the army.
And the more troops you have, the more attention you will receive.
The puppet battalion commander obviously knew this very well. Facing the Eighth Route Cavalry coming towards him, the battalion commander’s first thought was to gather more troops and escape...
Under normal circumstances, there is nothing wrong with this idea. As long as the battalion commander really brings the troops to Shijiazhuang, even if he has to take responsibility and be punished, the position of a company commander can still be kept.
But the key now is that the Eighth Route Army chasing them is not an ordinary army, but a cavalry.
The more troops gathered on the escape route, the more conspicuous they will be, and the easier it will be to attract the attention of the Eighth Route Cavalry, and then become the target of the Eighth Route Cavalry.
that's the truth.
Facing the common people and puppet army stragglers who dispersed on the highway, the cavalry battalion didn't even look at them and simply passed them by.
Of course, even if the cavalry battalion wanted to find the puppet troops hiding among the people, it would be difficult to distinguish them. It would be better to keep an eye on one or two of the targets and pursue them closely, killing the Japanese puppet troops that they could 100% target.
As a result, the scene on the road disappointed the cavalry battalion.
In their raid plan, there were more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops hiding among the common people, and there was also a reinforced squadron of imps among them.
Even if most of the puppet troops fled together among the common people, a small Japanese with a squadron and those hardcore traitors would definitely not escape. Moreover, even if they escaped and retreated together, this would give the cavalry battalion a good opportunity to successfully raid them.
As a result, the scene on the road made them very different.
Except for the seventy or eighty troops wearing little devil uniforms who gathered together, left the road and quickly moved towards Baogu area not far away, hoping to escape from the pursuit of the Eighth Route Cavalry Battalion under the cover of Baogu straw, everyone else dispersed in a hurry
, disappeared on the road in an instant.
"Where are the Japs? Didn't it say that every reinforcement force has a little Japs who strengthened the squadron? Could it be that they have become cowards and fled for their lives among the common people..." the battalion commander frowned and looked puzzled.
"Who cares?" The instructor couldn't figure it out, but the seventy or eighty people gathered in front of him gave him a target to vent his anger, so he answered immediately.
"First kill the enemies gathered together and capture a few prisoners, then you will know why the little devil has to be a coward..."
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On the road more than ten kilometers away, Li Yunlong didn't know that the Japanese and puppet reinforcements coming towards him had been defeated by the cavalry battalion, and he was heading towards Baoding at a rapid marching speed.
"brigadier……"
An exclamation suddenly sounded in front of the team. Li Yunlong looked up and saw two cavalrymen galloping towards him!
"Emergency situations……"
The two cavalrymen fell off their horses ten meters away. They ran to Li Yunlong and gasped to report!
"We just successfully defeated the Japanese and puppet reinforcements..."
"But apart from killing dozens of puppet soldiers, not a single Japs was found..."
"I learned from the prisoners that the Japanese troops hidden in the team and a battalion of puppet troops broke away from the team four hours ago and took a small road to reinforce Shijiazhuang..."
Li Yunlong's brows immediately furrowed into the character "Sichuan".
To be honest, as far as the current Independence Brigade is concerned, he doesn't take the more than 500-day puppet army at all.
As long as the independent brigade dispatches a reinforced battalion, they can be easily destroyed.
But the target of this Japanese and puppet army was Shijiazhuang, not the Independent Brigade, so he had no choice but to be careless.
Although there are still six regiments of the Eighth Route Army on the Shijiazhuang battlefield and their equipment is relatively well-equipped, after the previous successive battles, four main regiments have suffered more than half of their casualties.
There were four Japanese and puppet armies that directly reinforced Shijiazhuang. Although most of them were ordinary people, the total number of real Japanese and puppet armies totaled 4,000.
If all the little Japs in the Fourth Route Reinforcement Troops secretly rush to Shijiazhuang with a battalion of puppet troops, and launch a sudden attack from behind the Eighth Route Army attacking Shijiazhuang, they will definitely cause huge losses, and may even turn defeat into victory.
Immediately shouted to the radio operator: "Immediately send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army staying in Shijiazhuang. Four Japanese and puppet troops are likely to arrive outside Shijiazhuang soon. Please prepare for battle."
"The four Japanese and puppet troops each have a reinforced squadron of little devils and a battalion of puppet troops. The total strength exceeds 2,000 people. We must beware of the Japanese and puppet troops' bluff and launch a surprise attack from behind."
"The cavalry battalion will immediately turn around and return to support Shijiazhuang."
"The Japanese and puppet troops can march more than 20 kilometers in four hours, and the cavalry can catch up with them in one hour."
"If we set off now, we can reach Shijiazhuang before the Japanese and puppet troops."
"The cavalry is good at night fighting, but not good at sieges and street fighting. Following the main force to attack Baoding will not be of much use. It is better to rush to Shijiazhuang and kill the four Japanese and puppet troops who are reinforcing Shijiazhuang."
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On a small road about two kilometers northeast of Shijiazhuang, more than 500 puppet troops carried heavy machine guns and mortars and advanced rapidly.
Everyone was tired and out of breath because of the continuous rush.
Listening to the sound of firefights getting closer and closer in the direction of Shijiazhuang, the squadron leader Xiaojiazi suddenly raised his right hand and made a stop gesture.
The messenger who was following him quickly spread out the map, placed it in front of the squadron leader, and turned on the flashlight at the same time.
Three minutes later, the reinforcements continued to advance, but instead of heading straight towards Shijiazhuang, they suddenly turned and headed towards the road not far away.
There are only four city gates in Shijiazhuang. If you want to threaten the safety of the Eighth Route Army in the city, you must take the road to the city gate. There is no other way.
Therefore, if the Japanese and puppet troops wanted to retake Shijiazhuang, they had to attack by road.
