After the Japanese army finally reached the Shangjie stronghold, apart from corpses lying everywhere and dozens of seriously injured people who couldn't even scream, not a single Eighth Route Army corpse was seen, let alone a living Eighth Route Army soldier.
"Bage Ya Road, let the Eighth Route Army escape again!" The squadron leader who was the youngest to rush into the stronghold cursed loudly.
At this time, Major Qiushui also walked over with a gloomy face: "They have brought a lot of supplies and equipment, and they will definitely not be able to go far. The 4th Infantry Squadron stayed behind to call for the seriously injured. The others are following me!"
"The general's order to us is to destroy this Eighth Route Army. If we fail to accomplish the task, I have no way to explain it to the general!"
More than five hundred Japanese soldiers rushed out of the stronghold with murderous intent and pursued them along the wheel tracks left by the Eighth Route Army.
Seeing that the troops were chasing faster and faster, and even the formation was changing, the former captain of the guard, now the temporary chief of staff, immediately reminded: "Captain, do you want to slow down the troops and keep some vigilance during the march? Such disregard
Keep moving forward, once attacked, the troops will definitely be caught off guard!"
"No!" Major Qiu Shui refused without hesitation.
"The reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to slip away from us just now was because we were too cautious, and then we were fooled by the Eighth Route Army's bluff. If we had been more courageous at that time, maybe the Eighth Route Army that blocked us would have been wiped out!
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"But it's too dangerous to rush like this!" The guard captain still insisted on his opinion.
Major Qiu Shui shook his head and replied: "I know what you are worried about? But I judge that what you are worried about will definitely not happen!"
"The Eighth Route Army only has so many troops in total. They bring so much equipment and supplies and they need protection, right? If we remove the Eighth Route Army that protects supplies, it would be good to still have half a company left. The Eighth Route Army has the guts to attack so many of us.
Imperial Army!"
"It's best not to come. If I dare to come, not only will I not be afraid, but I will also be very happy and look forward to them coming. Just in time, I can eat up the mobile troops in the hands of the Eighth Route Army in one pot. Without the mobile troops, the Eighth Route Army will be unable to protect the supplies and retreat."
They will have no way to escape and will be destroyed by us!"
The guard captain understood immediately.
In doing so, Major Qiu Shui not only used unprepared troops as bait, but also forced the Eighth Route Army to send out mobile troops to stop him through a rapid march.
Even though dozens of Imperial troops may be lost to the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks and surprise attacks, as long as the Eighth Route Army's mobile units can be eliminated, the price is worth it.
"Da da da..." At this moment, a burst of machine gun fire came from the front.
Although the report has not been received yet, Major Qiu Shui has already made a judgment in his mind that the people who fired just now must be the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops.
Therefore, a light flashed directly on Major Qiu Shui's serious face, and then he gave orders to the guard captain next to him.
"Detour, immediately deploy troops to encircle the Eighth Route Army who attacked us, hurry up, don't let them escape again!"
"Also, order the forward troops to organize a counterattack on the spot, stick them, and don't let them escape again!"
The team that was chaotic just now suddenly became quiet.
Two squadrons of Japanese troops quickly set off, rushed out of the road, and rushed towards the place where the gunfire had just been fired.
In the opinion of Major Qiu Shui, an encirclement and annihilation operation was launched without any surprises.
However, the intensive gunfire stopped within less than half a minute. Major Qiu Shui's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately had a very bad premonition.
Immediately afterwards, a second lieutenant rushed over.
"Sir, our troops were attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses!"
"Have you eliminated them? Why did the gunfire stop so quickly?" Qiu Shui asked, staring closely into the opponent's eyes.
"No, they ran away after the fight. The Eighth Route Army that attacked us was no more than one platoon, and they attacked us from more than a hundred meters away. As soon as the squadron leader ordered the troops to counterattack, the enemy retreated!" the second lieutenant replied angrily and helplessly.
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"Guerrilla warfare, this is the guerrilla warfare that the Eighth Route Army is best at. How many soldiers of the Imperial Army have we lost in total!" Major Qiu Shui asked with a frown.
"36 Imperial soldiers were killed in the battle, and 16 more were injured. We can no longer pursue the Eighth Route Army!" the second lieutenant replied with gritted teeth. Obviously, the heavy casualties in the army also made him full of anger.
"How come there are so many casualties? Didn't the Eighth Route Army that attacked you not even have an infantry platoon? What do you do for food, Bagh Yalu!" Major Qiu Shui wished he could pull out his command knife and chop the second lieutenant in front of him with a knife, and his face was full of tears.
Angry, he asked with a look of disbelief.
The second lieutenant quickly replied: "The Eighth Route Army is too cunning!"
"Although they only had less than one platoon of troops, they were equipped with no less than ten light machine guns. With so many light machine guns firing at the same time, the warriors didn't even have a chance to react. They were mowed down in pieces.
On the ground.”
"That's it!" Major Qiu Shui said with a look of sudden realization.
After waving his hand to signal the second lieutenant to leave, Qiu Shui immediately ordered: "The troops can't charge like this. If the Eighth Route Army makes sneak attacks like this a few more times, hundreds of us will be completely killed by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Send the wounded back to the stronghold, and the others will continue to pursue! But we must remain vigilant and don't let the Eighth Route Army sneak attacks again. We can't afford to lose!"
Once the Japanese army changed like this, their marching speed slowed down a lot.
Zeng Quan, who personally directed the sneak attack, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the changes in the Japanese army from a distance through his telescope.
"The Japs have slowed down. Inform the deputy political commissar that we must speed up!"
"Company Commander Zhou, I remember that there are landmines among the ammunition we captured. You go to the deputy political commissar to get five of them and bury them for the Japanese to further slow down their march!"
"The others and I will continue to sneak attack on them, and they will go to the streets and keep their strongholds, but they will run out to chase us. Then we will make the Japanese pay the price for their arrogance! Comrades, let's go!"
As soon as the formation of more than 600 Japanese soldiers changed, they were not attacked again.
Major Qiu Shui's tense expression gradually relaxed.
But at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in front.
Although he had not received the report yet, Major Qiushui subconsciously judged: "It's a landmine. The Eighth Route Army actually planted mines on the highway!"
"They want to slow down our pursuit, order the troops to leave the road, walk from the side of the road, and continue to pursue them. We must not let the Eighth Route Army's treacherous plan succeed!"
However, less than five minutes after the troops moved forward, another explosion sounded in front.
At this time, Major Qiu Shui couldn't stay still and yelled: "Baga, who can tell me how many landmines the Eighth Route Army has laid in front of us!"