"I hope the Japanese use manpower to pull these carts away!" Zhang Qing replied very confidently.
"The road here is so difficult. If you use people to pull the cart, you can indeed continue to move forward. But their marching speed will be slowed down by at least half. If the Japanese really do this, I would also like to thank him!"
The Japanese had new countermeasures to counter the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks, and Zhang Qing also had new ways to deal with the Japanese.
A fierce but very short surprise battle began with great anticipation from both the enemy and ourselves.
The three crooked guns fired at the same time, and the Japanese formed a dense formation in order to hurry. In just two or three seconds, more than a dozen Japanese fell to the ground.
A total of eight mules and horses in eight carts were targeted by dozens of riflemen at the same time because the target was too large. As you can imagine, they were all killed.
Captain Akino, who was walking in front, did not see the scene of the mules and horses being killed. As soon as he saw more than a dozen imperial troops being killed under the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army, his face instantly became fanatical. Then he drew out his command sword and ordered: "Counterattack,
Immediately launch a counterattack according to the predetermined plan. There are many Eighth Route Army troops attacking us, and all two companies of the Imperial Army will be dispatched!"
"Click, click, click..." The crooked handles and Type 92 weapons equipped by the Japanese fired first, and the dense bullets swept towards the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops as if they were free.
Two companies of the Imperial Army, also under the threat of the officers, held rifles and light machine guns, and circled towards the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack position.
"Puppet army, you little devil is so scheming that he even thought of using the puppet army to trench us!" Zhang Qing, who was directing the troops to retreat, stopped involuntarily when he saw the puppet army rushing towards us!
There were about 200 people in the two companies of the Imperial Association Army. Everyone was holding a rifle and rushed here in a mighty manner. In terms of momentum, it was very scary.
If it weren't for Zhang Qing's familiarity with these puppet soldiers, he would definitely be frightened.
But he happened to know this group of puppet troops very well. On the surface, they looked very scary, but in fact they had little fighting power. As long as the real traitors among them were killed, the remaining puppet troops would become a piece of loose sand. At that time, they would directly rise up on the battlefield and fight against themselves.
Surrender is possible.
So, Zhang Qing, who stopped, immediately came up with a very bold idea to find a way to eat these puppet soldiers.
"Everyone stop, fight while retreating, lead the puppet troops to the back, and annihilate them all!" Zhang Qing, who had already made a decision, ordered loudly, then raised the Mauser pistol in his hand and pulled the trigger.
The fastest one will be killed by a puppet soldier.
The other soldiers were stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and opened fire on the puppet soldiers charging over a hundred meters away.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, more than a dozen puppet soldiers fell to the ground.
"Continue to retreat!" Zhang Qing ordered decisively, and then fired back without looking back.
The puppet troops who were about to lie down and fight back saw the Eighth Route Army starting to retreat again. Although they didn't understand it, they still rushed forward amidst the officers' scoldings. While rushing, they kept praying in their hearts that the next bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army would not be missed.
Hit yourself.
Officially speaking, the Japanese lieutenant directly mistook Zhang Qing's counterattack to lure the enemy into thinking that the Imperial Army was attached to the Eighth Route Army that was attacking him, and then had to counterattack.
He shouted to Captain Akino: "Our counterattack has been effective. I thought that I ordered the Imperial Alliance Army to stick to the Eighth Route Army and continue to pursue them. Even if the entire army was destroyed, they would not be able to stop. We immediately retreated towards the county seat. As long as the Imperial Army
If the Allied Forces are not wiped out, the Eighth Route Army will have no time to sneak attack on us!"
"Yo Xi, immediately give an order to the two company commanders of the Imperial Alliance Army: They must hold off the Eighth Route Army for ten minutes before they can retreat, otherwise they will die!" Captain Akino was very satisfied with the result, and then ordered the order without thinking about it.
"Imperial Army troops, seize the time and march quickly to retreat towards the county seat!"
Less than half a minute after I was in a good mood, and when I was about to continue on my way to retreat, a sergeant rushed over panting and reported!
"Sir, something happened! All the mules and horses pulling the cart are dead. They were killed by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Nani?" Captain Akino was suddenly startled, and quickly had a very bad premonition.
The sergeant continued to report: "Without mules and horses, the carts had to be pushed forward. Each cart contained at least two thousand kilograms of supplies. When there were mules and horses, three Imperial Army soldiers were needed to help push the carts. Now they are gone.
With mules, horses and imperial troops, each cart requires at least five imperial troops to move, and there is no guarantee that the cart can keep up with us!"
"Bagh Ya Road, this must be a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. Kill the mules and horses, use carts to slow down our march, and give them more time to sneak attack us!" Captain Akino immediately became angry after reacting.
The lion cursed loudly.
The lieutenant also came to his senses at this time and replied with a calm face: "Sir, without mules and horses, no matter how many warriors we recruit to push the cart, the speed of the cart cannot keep up with our marching speed. There is only one way to do it now, let the warriors carry the supplies."
Hurry, it’s only more than one kilometer from here to the county seat, take only weapons and ammunition and give up other supplies, the warriors will definitely be strong enough to hold on!"
"Then let's do it this way. As long as we keep these Imperial Army soldiers, the supplies will be gone once they are gone. Once the brigade is reorganized, we will take them back from the Eighth Route Army!" Although Akino was heartbroken, he still made a decisive decision.
At this time, two companies of the Imperial Army had already chased Zhang Qing for more than a hundred meters, and the Japanese soldiers also hurried toward Laiyuan City with weapons and ammunition.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two troops expanded to more than 200 meters, and they gradually lost sight of each other.
Zhang Qing, who led the puppet troops away from official roads, immediately made a decision: "Comrades, prepare to counterattack! Two companies of puppet troops have been killed and wounded thirty or forty by us. As long as we treat the traitors among them better,
, the remaining puppet troops will be leaderless and surrender to us!"
"Zhou Zhengyang, you take a squad and continue to the front to lead the puppet troops! The others will hide on the spot and ambush them!"
"As soon as the puppet troops arrive, the troops will shoot, staring at their officers and machine gunners. As for you, Zhou Zhengyang, as soon as the gunshots here are fired, I will turn around and launch a counterattack against the Japanese to eliminate them!"
The Imperial Association Army was led by a deputy battalion commander. Because Captain Akino gave him a death order, he had no choice but to accept the order even though he was very reluctant.
In the pursuit battle of the past five or six minutes, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the brothers.
In addition to promising everyone a lot of empty benefits, the deputy battalion commander also sent many of his henchmen to rush to the front and force everyone to pursue the Eighth Route Army with guns.
Therefore, among the Imperial Army soldiers who were killed and wounded, there were about ten confidants belonging to the deputy battalion commander.
You know, there are only about 20 people in the two companies who are really willing to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese. Now they have lost half of them at once. If the losses continue at this rate, the deputy battalion commander's control over the two companies will definitely be reduced to the minimum. By then
, it is possible for the subordinates of the two companies to directly revolt on the battlefield and fight against themselves.