The first thousand two hundred and forty-four chapters captive
"Quick, the right wing of the first row spreads out cover, the second and third rows rush for me!"
Among the rugged woods, a company commander of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps led more than a hundred officers and soldiers and dozens of young men with guns to outflank the puppet army.
The battalion commander Zheng Gang, who was in charge of breaking up the rear, fought fiercely with the puppet troops until dawn. Zhang Liechen, who had safely evacuated, sent his only remaining company back to meet them.
They did not directly reinforce Zheng Gang and others who were blocking the front. Instead, they climbed over a ravine and went around to the side of the puppet army, trying to force the puppet army to retreat in this way.
After several battles, Zheng Gang's battalion suffered considerable losses. Now, in addition to some key officers and veterans, some logistics troops were temporarily recruited to supplement the combat company.
At the same time, the young men in the stretcher team were also temporarily armed by them. This time, there were dozens of armed young men who came back to respond.
The purpose of these young men is not to fight, but to hide behind and bluff in order to intimidate the puppet troops.
When a company of guerrilla officers and soldiers attacked the puppet troops from the side and rear, these dozens of young men were scattered in the woods, shouting and bluffing one by one.
The puppet army's battlefield roving sentinel discovered the troops of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps appearing in the rear. Liu Heitan, the deputy commander who suffered heavy losses, thought it was reinforcements from the guerrilla Corps that had arrived, and did not even say hello directly to Xie Zhengxiang, commander of the puppet army.
Fight, take the heavy losses of his cronies and run away with oil on the soles of your feet.
This is not because the deputy commander Liu Heitan has no superiors, but because he does not want to be cannon fodder for the rear group. After all, Xie Zhengxiang is the captain. If he is asked to leave the rear group, he cannot refuse, so he might as well leave first.
Xie Zhengxiang came from the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, and is now a serious colonel of the puppet army. At first, he was just a local bully, but he finally managed to become the deputy commander of the puppet army. He didn't want to be reimbursed just like that.
Liu Heitan, the deputy commander of the puppet army, withdrew without any warning. The result was that Xie Zhengxiang and the others lost their cover at the rear.
"Tuanzuo, Tuanzuo, there is a group of guerrillas coming up from behind!"
A company of officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, plus dozens of young and strong bluffers, attacked from the side and behind. The puppet troops discovered it and hurriedly reported it to the regiment leader Xie Zhengxiang.
The regiment leader Xie Zhengxiang was also shocked. He hurriedly climbed up the slope and looked at the woods behind him with his binoculars. Sure enough, many guerrillas rushed out from behind.
The wounded who were left behind were now scrambling for their lives in a panic. Seeing this scene, Xie Zhengxiang's lungs exploded with anger.
"Damn it, what does Liu Heitan do? Let him quickly bring people to protect the back!" Xie Zhengxiang roared with anger on his face.
"Regiment leader, the deputy commander has withdrawn with his men!" The puppet soldier who came to report the news reported in a panic.
"What? Withdrew? Without my order, he retreated without permission. I'm so tired of him!"
When he heard that deputy leader Liu Heitan withdrew without saying hello, Xie Zhengxiang was stunned for a moment, and then started to curse angrily.
However, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly. While Xie Zhengxiang was delayed, a company of guerrilla officers and soldiers had captured the wounded soldiers left behind by the puppet army on a flat ground and were attacking them from behind.
"Tuanzuo, what should we do now?"
Facing the guerrillas coming from behind, the puppet soldiers who stayed around Xie Zhengxiang immediately panicked and looked at Xie Zhengxiang one by one.
"You bastard Liu Heitan, I will deal with you when I get back!"
Faced with the sudden change, Xie Zhengxiang was also worried about being caught in a double attack by the guerrillas. While cursing, he waved his hand and ordered: "Withdraw, withdraw from the forest on the left!"
At this moment, the puppet troops in front were launching an attack on Zheng Gang and the others. They suddenly received an order to retreat and learned that guerrillas were surrounding them. They immediately dispersed and followed Xie Zhengxiang into the woods to retreat, even with cover.
None of them.
"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, charge!"
Both the battalion commander Zheng Gang and the deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming were experienced officers. Seeing the collapse of the puppet army, they directly took the lead in launching a counterattack.
"Kill!"
The brothers fought fiercely with the puppet soldiers for several hours. Many brothers fell forever, and every one of them was red-blooded.
At this moment, seeing the puppet army dispersed, everyone who could stand up started chasing the puppet army like a tiger descending from the mountain, chasing the puppet army's butt.
"Bang bang bang..."
The guerrilla officers and soldiers who had run out of bullets picked up the rifles discarded by the puppet soldiers and started shooting. The whizzing bullets passed by the puppet soldiers, making the dead branches and leaves rattle like rain.
This part of the puppet army faced attacks from two sides. In order to break out, they ran quickly into the woods one by one, while the red-eyed guerrilla officers and soldiers rushed into the woods in hot pursuit.
For a time, a chase started in this dense forest. From time to time, puppet soldiers were shot through their bodies and fell to the ground.
Some puppet soldiers tripped over canes and fell to the ground. Seeing the guerrilla officers and soldiers catching up, they hurriedly threw away their guns and surrendered.
The so-called puppet army was defeated like a mountain. The puppet army, which had been chasing all the way and fighting continuously for several hours, was now at the end of its fight.
Since commander Xie Zhengxiang did not arrange cover when retreating, they did not know how many people were attacking them from behind, so they immediately panicked and then broke into a rout.
The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas chased for several miles, and then stopped the pursuit under the order of the battalion commander Zheng Gang.
Battalion Commander Zheng Gang also wanted to be cautious. After all, their losses this time were not small, and he was worried about encountering Japanese soldiers if they chased too far.
The company that turned back to meet Battalion Commander Zheng Gang and others was also confused. They originally wanted to flank the puppet troops and cover Zheng Gang's retreat.
But who knew that the puppet troops were so unintimidated that they were so frightened that they dispersed. It must be said that it was a huge accident.
"One platoon goes to the mountain pass to guard, and the rest immediately search and destroy the remaining enemies and clean up the battlefield!"
A battle lasted for several hours, and the bodies of the dead were scattered all over the ravines and mountains. Zheng Gang and the others had to take on the task of cleaning up the battlefield.
The brothers who were chasing the puppet soldiers turned back one after another to clean up the battlefield. Some puppet soldiers who were hiding alone were also hunted out and became prisoners.
"Who, come out, don't come out and shoot!"
When several guerrilla brothers heard movement behind a green bush, they immediately raised their rifles as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Don't...don't shoot..."
Facing the black hole with a gun pointed at it, the bushes shook, and a man with his head wrapped in bloody gauze came out shivering.
"Battle Commander Xie?"
When these brothers saw the prisoner clearly, they immediately became happy. Isn't this the battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang who surrendered to the enemy in Huaiyin?
"Brothers, how about giving us a way to survive by scooping food out of the same pot?" Xie Zhengxiang looked to the left and right, and saw other people collecting corpses in the distance, and hurriedly begged for mercy.
"As long as you let me go, I will give you all my oceans." Xie Zhengxiang said, taking out a handful of oceans from his pocket and stuffing them into this brother's hand.
"Damn, who wants your dirty money!" A brother immediately refused Xie Zhengxiang's bribe.
"Brother, brother, listen to me, I don't have this much with me. You just need to let me go and I will give you 10,000 instead of 100,000 as a reward."