"what happened?"
Looking at the panicked telegraph operator, Li Qiufan frowned and took the telegram.
"Er Hu, blow the charge horn! Deal with the Jinsui Army on the opposite side as soon as possible!"
"Go and send a telegram to the chief of staff and ask him to immediately support the deputy division commander. Hurry!"
Li Qiufan's expression changed drastically when he saw the contents of the telegram, and he directly ordered Erhu to lead a charge.
At this time, they were fighting a blocking battle, and although the Jinsui Army suffered heavy casualties, they still had an advantage in strength.
"Teacher, what's going on?"
Erhu guessed that there must be something wrong with Heizi, otherwise Li Qiufan wouldn't be so eager and asked immediately.
"Heizi and the others were surrounded by the Jinsui Army. Their strength was about 30,000. Moreover, they were one step behind the Jinsui Army and their position was seized by the Jinsui Army!"
Li Qiufan clenched his fist and punched the mound of soil next to him.
Heizi and the others marched quickly after setting off, but they did not expect that the Jinsui Army was faster than them and occupied the favorable terrain one step ahead of them.
There was no other way. Heizi could only lead his troops to fight guerrillas with the Jinsui Army. However, he did not expect that the Jinsui Army had a backup plan and had already set up a trap for Heizi and the others.
In the end, the two brigades led by Heizi were made dumplings by the Jinsui Army, and are now engaged in a battle between trapped beasts.
"Bullmaster! Play the charge horn for me!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Erhu's eyes immediately turned red and he shouted towards the trumpeter not far away.
The bugler was a little confused. It was obvious that the enemy was attacking, but the brigade commander actually asked him to blow the charge horn.
Although confused, the bugler still obeyed the order, took out the bugle and blew it.
After hearing the sound of the trumpet, the soldiers of the entire first brigade mounted their bayonets one after another, and each of the recruits, led by the veterans, launched an attack on the Jinsui Army.
"What's going on? Why did the Eighth Route Army start charging?"
After hearing the charge, the division commander of the Jinsui Army was dumbfounded and didn't understand what kind of trick the Eighth Route Army was playing.
He originally thought that this was just to humiliate him, but after seeing the soldiers rushing out of the trench, his expression changed immediately.
"Build a defensive position immediately! Quick!"
The division commander of the Jinsui Army panicked. Originally, they were the attacking party, and the position was constructed with no care at all. He never imagined that the Eighth Route Army, which had fewer troops than himself, would launch a counterattack.
Due to the sudden incident, the soldiers of the Jinsui Army were a little at a loss, which made the attack of the first brigade soldiers particularly smooth.
"Kill!"
Several regiment leaders took the lead and rushed to the Jinsui Army's position, waving machetes in their hands and shouting to kill.
"Where's the garrison brigade! Let them press up together with me!"
Seeing that the front troops had already rushed into position, Li Qiufan didn't even want the reserve team, and all launched a charge, just to resolve the battle as soon as possible.
Under the leadership of the veterans who were not afraid of death, the recruits who were engaging in hand-to-hand combat for the first time actually broke out. Each one of them was like a fierce calf, running rampant in the crowd.
The Jinsui Army had never seen such a scene before. The soldiers of these independent divisions felt more terrifying to them than the Japanese.
After all, the Japs only have strong combat effectiveness, and their soldiers are of high quality and have good weapons.
But people in the independent division are not afraid of death. It’s as if they don’t feel anything when a knife is stabbed into their bodies.
It is said that those who are confused are afraid of those who are stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of risking their lives. This group of Jinsui Army is also a fool, and they are even more timid when encountering those who are desperate for their lives.
The Jinsui Army, which originally had an advantage in strength, was directly defeated by such a counterattack.
The two sides fought hard for only about ten minutes, and some soldiers of the Jinsui Army began to surrender out of fear.
After the first one, there will be a second one. Slowly more and more soldiers surrendered, and even the commander of the Jinsui Army felt cold.
"That's it, surrender, don't resist!"
The commander of the Jinsui Army weakly gave orders to his men. Seeing this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers who were not afraid of death, he no longer had the courage to resist.
Soon the soldiers of the first brigade took control of the situation. The soldiers of the Jinsui Army dropped their guns on the ground and were surrounded by the soldiers of the first brigade.
After a while, Li Qiufan hurried over, followed by Er Hu.
"Who's the leader?"
Li Qiufan didn't waste any time. He asked for the top officer of the army.
"Humph, I thought he was some kind of person, but he turns out to be just a young boy!"
Before the division commander of the Jinsui Army could stand up, a regiment commander started taunting Li Qiufan after seeing his appearance.
This group leader may be thinking that he will not lose the team even if he loses, but he must maintain a high profile in terms of momentum no matter what.
"boom!"
Li Qiufan gave him a cold look, raised his hand and shot the leader directly in the head.
Normally, Li Qiufan might have scolded him, but now he was not in that mood. His mind was filled with Heizi and the two brothers from the brigade.
"I'll ask you one last time. The person in charge should step forward quickly, otherwise I will bury thousands of you!"
After Li Qiufan dealt with the regiment leader, he directly gave the Jinsui army an ultimatum. Given his mood at this time, he could really do it to bury thousands of people.
"I am! My position is division commander, and I am currently the highest military officer in the army!"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the commander of the Jinsui Army hurriedly stood up from the crowd.
"I ask you, what is your mission this time, how many troops were dispatched in total, how many marching lines were divided into, and how many people were arranged in each line!"
Li Qiufan still didn't talk nonsense and directly asked how many troops the Jinsui Army had dispatched this time, so that he could get a general idea of the situation on all sides.
"Um...I don't know about this. I just received the order from above and rushed here directly. I don't know if there are any other troops."
The commander of the Jinsui Army was a little frightened by Li Qiufan, so he told everything he knew.
"I'll give you another chance. Tell me the total strength, goals and routes!"
Li Qiufan didn't believe him and put the pistol directly to his head.
"I... everything I said is true! I am a division commander, and our three divisions only met here, they didn't come out together!"
With the pistol pressed against his forehead, the commander of the Jinsui Army swallowed his saliva and continued to sweat.
"Erhu, leave a group to watch them, collect all weapons, if they make any move, you can shoot them directly!"
Li Qiufan didn't fire after all, because he felt that the division commander didn't seem to be pretending.
"Sir, kill them all?"
Erhu swallowed his saliva and asked Li Qiufan in a low voice.
"If there is any abnormal movement, kill them all! Report to me and I will fight, you don't have to worry!"
Li Qiufan looked at the tens of thousands of people indifferently. After scanning around, no one dared to look at him.
