Although the explosives speeded up the troops' filling of the blockade ditch, it still took a full fifteen minutes.
By the time all the Jaap pursuers passed the blockade, another ten minutes had passed.
The second line of defense, which was equivalent to an iron wall encirclement, finally gained the pursuers half an hour, but in the blink of an eye, more than 20 minutes were lost.
The distance between the pursuing troops and the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops returned to the original seven or eight kilometers.
The Japanese commander was very angry and continued to order the troops to speed up the pursuit after passing the blockade.
As for whether the troops will be exhausted, he can no longer control that much.
Okamura Neiji gave them a death order. If he could not eliminate the Eighth Route Army breakout troops at the blockade, not only would he be embarrassed, but all the commanders of the participating troops would be sent to military courts. They should be held accountable and shot.
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The commander of the company had been unconscious for most of his life, but he finally climbed up to the position of commander.
If nothing else, it is very possible to become a general and climb to the position of major general brigade commander in the future.
It would be a great loss if I stumbled here, lost my position as captain of the regiment, and ruined my military career that I had worked hard for for half a lifetime.
Even if the troops escape and die, he will still catch up with the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops and eliminate them at the blockade.
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At this moment, Li Yunlong had led his troops to fight against the Japanese troops and sweep them close to the blockade.
Although the whole process took a lot of time, the Japanese also deployed many troops from other parts of the blockade to block the way.
However, with the experience of breaking through two Japanese blockades in succession, Li Yunlong did not take the blockade in front of him seriously at all.
Before they even reached the blockade, they began to issue orders: "The troops will launch attacks as planned and strive to break through the blockade within twenty minutes, so that the little Japanese pursuers will follow us and eat dirt."
When the battle was in full swing, the cavalry company commander who was responsible for the reconnaissance mission suddenly ran over: "Brigade commander..."
"The little Japanese pursuers have already passed the second blockade. They are going crazy and are chasing us as if they are desperate. The speed is very fast, and even the formation is messed up."
"Excluding the time I spent on the road, they should be less than six kilometers away from us, and they can kill them in forty minutes at most."
"It's okay..." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said confidently.
"The forward attack is going very smoothly, and we will be able to break through the Japanese third line of defense in ten minutes."
"It will take the main force another ten minutes to cross the blockade. When the little Japanese pursuers come over and kill us, we won't even be able to see our shadows."
"When they spend another ten or twenty minutes filling up the blockade ditch and crossing the third blockade line, the distance between the enemy and ourselves will be extended to four or five kilometers."
"And the fourth line of defense of the Japs standing in front of us has almost no troops to defend it."
"As long as our army's offensive is strong enough, we can break through in ten minutes."
"Even if the Japanese pursuers spread their legs and run as fast as they can, they still can't catch up with us."
The company commander absolutely trusted Li Yunlong's words, and after hearing this, the worried expression on his face disappeared.
Instead, he stared at Li Yunlong with an eager face and asked: "Brigadier..."
"I have one more small request."
"In order to speed up the pursuit, the Japanese soldiers' formations were all in disarray, and their vigilance was almost zero."
"I want to take two platoons for a surprise attack. If I'm lucky, I can kill one or two squadrons."
"Since the picture of the troops was shown, each unit has taken turns to fight the Japs once. Only the cavalry company has been responsible for the reconnaissance mission and has not yet fought against the Japs. The soldiers have already itched their hands."
"Now the little devils have given us all the opportunities. If we don't take a few bites of fat, we would be really sorry for their kindness."
Li Yunlong did not answer immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought.
A few seconds later, a look of expectation suddenly appeared on his serious face. He stared at the cavalry company commander and asked, "Tell me again."
"How the Japs chased us, the more detailed the better..."
The cavalry company commander subconsciously thought that the brigade commander would agree to his request for a battle, so he quickly reported: "When I come."
"The little devil is chasing the soldiers like crazy."
"The rifle was carried on the back, the machine gun was carried on the shoulder, the marching backpack and the messy baggage were all thrown away, and they only carried weapons and explosives, and they chased us crazily."
"The heavy machine gun troops and mortar squadrons will definitely not be able to keep up with the riflemen because of their heavy loads."
"Originally they were running in the middle of the team, but they fell behind the team as they ran."
"Did the Japanese army send a forward..." The more he listened, the more expectant expression on Li Yunlong's face became stronger, and he stared at the cavalry company commander and continued to ask.
"Before crossing the second blockade, a vanguard squadron was exploring the way ahead."
"It's gone after the second blockade."
"The troops marched in a group, very fast, with almost no vigilance."
"I led the cavalry to attack from the flank of the thorn, and then retreated after the attack. The little devil was exhausted and would definitely not have time to counterattack."
After saying that, he stared at Li Yunlong with a pair of burning eyes, waiting for him to nod.
Surprisingly, Li Yunlong rejected his proposal and gave a serious order: "The cavalry company must not act rashly."
"Without my order, not a single soldier can take the initiative to attack the Japanese army."
"As for the problem of itchy hands, wait a little longer and I promise to leave you a large piece of fat for the cavalry soldiers to enjoy."
The cavalry company commander didn't understand at first.
When he felt that his proposal was reasonable, the brigade commander had no reason to refuse.
After hearing Li Yunlong's next assurance, he immediately realized that the brigade commander was going to take big action.
The chief of staff also heard the hidden meaning in Li Yunlong's words and asked directly: "You don't want to annihilate all the Japs chasing troops, do you?"
"No?" Li Yunlong asked with a smile.
"The reason why the Japanese army pursued us so unscrupulously is because we were bent on breaking through their iron wall and did not dare to stop and kill them, otherwise we would be blocked in their blockade and be surrounded and suppressed by more and more Japanese troops.
In the end the whole army was destroyed."
"I just happen to be the kind of person who likes taking risks."
"The devils think we dare not stop, but I insist on stopping."
"The Japanese army desperately pursued us, their vigilance was almost zero, and the troops were very tired."
"If we place a pocket on the road they must pass through, these little devils will definitely rush into it."
"Hundreds of light and heavy machine guns fired at them together, and more than a hundred mortars rained down shells on them. The troops of three regiments circled around from both sides of the battlefield and launched a general attack. No matter how powerful the bones were, we would chew them into pieces and swallow them.
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"Don't the cavalry companies want to fight?"
"I'll leave the Japanese heavy machine gun unit and mortar unit to you."
"There are a total of six squadrons and more than 500 little devils. I wonder if you have the guts to eat them all in one bite."
Logically speaking, the cavalry is most afraid of heavy machine guns. Usually, the first reaction when encountering the Japanese heavy machine gun troops is to avoid them, but today the cavalry company commander was not worried at all, but full of eagerness.
