In plain position battles, when the forces are equal, the defending side will always have the terrain advantage.
Because there are dry ditches everywhere in the wilderness, becoming natural bunkers for the defenders.
The Japanese second lieutenant standing on the roof put down his telescope and felt very happy.
The team we brought lost nearly half!
If you can't find a suitable reason, you may be ordered to apologize by the headquarters when you go back!
Nowadays, the guerrillas only have more than a thousand people. As long as they can hold on in the village, there will be no need to apologize, and they can even... get an honor!
With one against twenty, can anyone do it?
He didn't take it seriously when he saw the Imperial Association Army retreating from Bali Camp in the southeast.
Can those cowards of the Imperial Alliance Army go to the battlefield?
However, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart. I had indeed been defeated by these cunning guerrillas. Now, the warriors of the Imperial Army really needed the Imperial Alliance Army to rescue them... their faces were dull.
Fortunately, when we first sent people to the west, we only reported the situation to the Imperial Alliance Army.
Now that the reinforcements from the west have arrived, naturally you can't say that you asked for help. If you write a report, you must write that you, with a small team, fought a fierce battle with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses...
He was a little worried. Half of the warriors from the squadron who had previously arranged to guerrilla to the east also brought with them a Banhuang Alliance Army... and yet no one has returned.
Seeing that the number of guerrillas outside the village was quite large, he did not dare to send more people out of the village easily.
Those who were surrounded in the village were indeed disgraceful.
It's not that I really don't dare to go out, but I feel that even if I kill ten guerrillas and one warrior, it's not cost-effective.
Situation determines mentality.
In his opinion, how could the lives of the guerrillas be compared with those of the imperial warriors?
As long as you don't go out, the Eighth Route Army outside the village will definitely not be able to get in.
The gunfire from the west was finally mixed with the sound of shelling. It seemed that the reinforcements from the west had launched an attack on the Eighth Route guerrilla positions!
...
Ignoring the village surrounded by division teams to the north, the people of the Nine Battalions trotted westward.
It was getting closer and closer to the place where the gunshots were fired to the west.
Two soldiers leaned out of the ditch: "Stop, which part are you from?"
It should be the security post of the division. Luo Fugui stepped forward directly: "You are so blind that even the ninth battalion of the Independent Regiment doesn't recognize you?"
The sound of artillery fire continued in the west, and Hu Yi suddenly became a little upset. He was about to ask the guard post where the divisional political commissar was when the divisional correspondent suddenly came out and hurriedly appeared on a bicycle.
The correspondent naturally knew Hu Yi: "Report, Battalion Commander Hu... I was just about to find you... Why are you here?"
Hu Yi frowned: "What's the situation over there?"
"There are five to six hundred puppet troops coming, and the firepower is very fierce. We are fighting and retreating at the same time..."
"Are you sure these are all puppet troops?"
"right!"
"There really aren't any ghosts?"
"I haven't seen anyone anyway..."
"Then why did you come to see me?"
"The political commissar said that the divisions should first resist the Japanese and ask you to retreat north immediately."
"Did you tell me how to deal with the devils in the village?"
"The political commissar didn't say that we just received the order. The Japanese have already surrounded the New Fifth Army. The prefectural committee asked us all to go underground and hibernate immediately..."
Combined with the information he had received before, Hu Yi knew that it would be a matter of time before the hostile New Fifth Army took action.
But the orders from his superiors would come sooner or later. If they came at this time, there must be something he didn't know about.
However, as a friendly force supporting the division, the independent regiment naturally had to obey the division's arrangements.
While the two were talking, a group of cavalry came from the west. It looked like... about forty cavalry.
The political commissar and Company Commander Zhang fell behind the cavalry team, followed by a group of people from the work team.
The political commissar saw the people of the Ninth Battalion who had moved away from the road into the wilderness. He glanced at Hu Yi without revealing any trace, and then immediately said without any nonsense: "Commander Hu, retreat immediately."
Instead of calling Hu Yi a military officer, he called Hu Yi a staff officer. What does this mean? No matter how stupid Hu Yi was, he knew what was going on. He quickly saluted: "Hello, political commissar!" Gu Tuan
The political commissar jumped off his horse, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and replied: "Well..."
Hu Yi hesitated for a moment: "The correspondent just said that there are only two battalions of puppet troops. I think..."
Behind the political commissar, a middle-aged man jumped off the horse and said: "This is the decision of the prefectural committee, obey the order!"
This person actually interrupted himself to talk to the political commissar, which made Hu Yi, who was standing opposite the political commissar, stunned for a moment: "Excuse me... who are you?"
"My surname is Zhang. I am the secretary of the Confidential Division of the Prefectural Committee. You can just call me Secretary Zhang." After saying this, the man looked Hu Yi up and down, then looked left and right at the soldiers of the Independent Regiment...
Everyone has a gun, and many people not only carry rifles, but also carry shell guns on their shoulders!
I had heard that the independent regiment had developed rapidly in the past two years, but I didn't expect it to reach this level. There was not even an old slide in the rifle!
What kind of bad luck did this independent group have?
"Hello, Director Zhang!" Hu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. He had been in contact with the prefectural committee last year, but he seemed to have never met the person in front of him.
Director Zhang's tone was a little cold: "How is the situation over there?"
"The puppet troops were beaten back to Bali Camp by us!"
Director Zhang seemed to be a little worried: "It was the political commissar who gave you the order... to annihilate them all, right?"
Hu Yi was stunned for a moment. The meaning of this person's words was unclear. When the political commissar turned his face to the side, he immediately understood something: "Haha, it seems that the Confidential Office has no control over military matters, right?"
"What's your attitude?"
This man's words were full of gunpowder. Hu Yi was stunned for a moment. After spending so long on the plains and studying with the platoon leaders at the headquarters for so long, he didn't know the relationship between the various committees and district committees and the combat troops: " We are ordered by the division, if you have any opinions, you can report it to our regiment leader, and of course, you can also report it to the division."
"You...then what are you doing here now?"
This guy must have taken some gunpowder! Hu Yi didn't want to give him a good look: "I heard that the guerrillas in the division are low on ammunition. I came over to see...if they need help!"
The political commissar next to him heard that the two men had a strong smell of gunpowder, and he smiled with a dark face: "Hey, Xiao Hu, the prefectural committee has other arrangements, let's withdraw first!"
Calling the staff officer first, and then Xiao Hu, Hu Yi was speechless: "Then...I understand..."
Director Zhang suddenly said: "Commander Hu, I have something to remind you. According to reliable information, the Japanese have dispatched a squadron of troops and are looking for you everywhere. If there is nothing else, I suggest you rush back to your independent country tonight." Regimental base area.”
He knew that there was a group of Japs that had been running around from east to west, and they had just carried out a sweep on the plain. This group of Japs didn't have many troops. They had been stationed at the fighting position of the Ninth Battalion for a long time, and they were obviously looking for trouble with the Ninth Battalion. .
The division was directly defeated by the puppet troops in the west, saying that retreat might just be a matter of face.
Hu Yi didn't know that a group of Japs had been looking for him, and they had been listed as key targets for elimination through his and Luo Fugui's footprints.
Now that the division has decided to retreat, there is no need for him to express his views.
From entering the town to rescue people to fighting an unexplained ambush and losing troops and generals, the political commissar seemed to have no intention of letting the Ninth Battalion stay.
Hu Yi was very puzzled. It was completely inconsistent with the normal way for brothers to get along with each other.
The political commissar did not say hello to Hu Yi anymore and led the divisional retreat team directly to the southeast.
The gunfire from the west is getting closer, and the guerrillas besieging the village from the east are also withdrawing.
There's no point in staying any longer.
Hu Yi waved and asked Luo Fugui to lead the team, bypassing the village where the Japanese were staying in the north and heading directly north.
The cavalry is not suitable for blocking, and they will not fall behind because they retreat quickly. It is Ta Huanzhang who blocks the attack.
Company Commander Zhang kept silent and saw that the political commissar looked bad.
After giving a wink to the soldier next to him, the soldier understood and deliberately fell off his horse, bumping into the confidential officer riding on horseback next to him. Both of them fell off their horses.
Company Commander Zhang immediately took advantage of this opportunity to get close to the political commissar: "I see that the equipment of the Ninth Company is really enviable. If it weren't for the person in the Confidentiality Department...we would be able to beat the puppet army severely if we join forces with them." !”
The political commissar nodded: "You have to understand that the rafters in the forefront will die first. The superiors must have considered it. At the party committee, everyone felt that Secretary Li should be rescued at all costs. I was also dizzy for a moment before I prepared to join the independent group. It seems that it is not considered enough to attack the puppet troops in Bali Camp together."
"The prefectural committee must also want to win over the man named Wu. That guy can become a traitor. I think it is best to kill him directly."
"Haha, do you think I, the political commissar, am weak?"
"How dare you? I just heard that the injured soldiers of the Independent Regiment were surrounded by puppet troops. Can I go and see the general assembly?"
"What a beautiful idea, people in secret places are watching..."
"Then...should I take the first step to assemble it?"
The political commissar's face was finally no longer so dark: "It's okay. We have too many people and the goal is too big. When it gets dark, this land will be our world. We have agreed in advance that you are not allowed to go to Jiujianfang Village in the north, right? Now, I have to let Captain Geng keep an eye on you..."
"Hehe, just take a look." Zhang Lien was overjoyed.
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