Walking a hundred miles is easier said than done. What's more, this special force in the Dragon Boat Festival was originally on a long-distance attack, and they fought a battle in Huishan Town. They didn't have to rest for an hour before they had to march again. Rush to the tiger's mouth between Changzhou and Baijia Town.
And Duanwu felt that the Japanese would set up defenses in the Mopanshan area east of Laohui. After all, he had done something big this time.
If the five tons of chemical bombs are used up, the little devil will definitely be in pain for a while.
And sure enough, the old Japanese Ban Heng was furious after hearing the news. He never thought that the people of the Navy Special Forces would be such useless people. Two squadrons and so many Imperial Alliance troops could not defend a chemical weapons depot.
He didn't even bother to deal with the surviving Gauchos, so he just threw them back to the Marine Special Forces and let them deal with them on their own.
His target is Dragon Boat Festival, and he wants to intercept him before Dragon Boat Festival returns to the Changzhou front line.
And he had just received news that the left-wing troops had achieved significant results on the southern front. Ma'anshan's defense line has been breached. Although it is only the outer front line, a large group of imperial troops is rushing to Baijia Town, behind the Changzhou line, to intercept the 112th Division, the 103rd Division, the 522nd Regiment of the 88th Division, and the troops under the Third Military Police Brigade. Independent regiment.
In other words, in less than a day of fighting, the Japanese army had already thoroughly investigated the troops fighting them. It must be said that the powerful intelligence agency of the Japanese army is the magic weapon for victory.
But no matter what, it may not be that easy to return to Laohui this time during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Duanwu felt that it was not that easy, but theoretically, he had this time to join the Independent Group and the 522nd Group.
In a normal emergency march, the five-kilometer journey would only take thirteen to twenty minutes. The straight-line distance between his location and Tiger Mouth is only about 40 kilometers.
Calculated in this way, the total journey of 40 minutes will take 160 minutes, which is two hours and 40 minutes to reach the tiger's mouth.
But there are a lot of complicating factors that are unavoidable here.
The first soldiers were very tired from the long journey. I am afraid that a normal forced march is impossible, not to mention that they still have wounded soldiers, which will greatly slow down their marching speed. Therefore, Duanwu predicts that the time it will take them to complete the five kilometers will be up to half an hour. In other words, theoretically, they could not reach Tiger Mouth within three hours.
But he had to fight for it, because once trapped in the enemy's circle, it would be difficult for their special operations team to survive.
They had no supplies of weapons and ammunition, and no medical staff to treat the wounded. But the most important thing is that they only brought two days of rations for this operation.
So no matter what, we must take them out during the Dragon Boat Festival.
He asked the soldiers to take turns carrying the more seriously injured wounded, including him. And he was the first one, because when we arrived near Mopan Mountain, there would probably be another battle, and he would not have any wounded to carry at that time.
And seeing the thin Tuan Zuo panting violently while carrying him, the seriously injured soldier cried. He asked Duanwu to keep him as long as he gave him a gun and a grenade.
Duanwu said with a smile: "It is easiest to die on the battlefield, but to survive is difficult. And the hardest thing is to kill more Japanese soldiers to survive. Don't worry, brothers, as long as we control every five kilometers to 20 Within minutes, we will definitely be able to cross the line of fire and reach the tiger's mouth."
"yes!"
When Duanwu comforted the injured soldiers, he did not forget to boost their morale. After all, only morale can overcome the fatigue on each of them at this time.
However, at this time, let’s not mention it for the moment, putting down the Dragon Boat Festival and leading the special forces to Laohuzui. But it was said that Ban Heng's Japanese troops had noticed that the Chinese defenders on the front line of Changzhou would retreat. He ordered the front-line troops to kill the Chinese defenders and never let them leave the battlefield.
So, just as Master Huo and Zhou Weiguo were preparing to retreat, something happened in the Japanese camp.
Although the Japanese did not attack immediately, the number of scouts sent was more than four times the usual number.
At this point, it was almost obvious. One side wants to withdraw, but one side will not let the other side withdraw. It just depends on who is better.
Zhou Weiguo's 522nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment are under the greatest pressure. They will face the entire Botian Detachment and the remainder of the 23rd Regiment of the Japanese Fifth Division.
Although the Japanese 23rd Regiment was beaten before, only more than 500 people were left and fled back. But under the heavy troops of the Botian detachment, it played the icing on the cake. The number of enemies was too great, enough to surround the Independent Regiment and the 522nd Regiment in Baijia Town.
But the Botian Japanese did not do this. He was imitating the tactics of the ancients.
In ancient times, troops would usually only surround three city gates, but never all four city gates, because then the defenders in the city would have no way out and would have to fight to the death.
And when that happens, casualties will increase.
What's more, this old Japs has some dirty tricks up his sleeve. He has secretly sent a large group of Japs to set up an ambush on the road outside the west gate of Baijia Town.
In other words, if the Independent Regiment and the 522nd Regiment in the city withdraw from Baijia Town, they may be surrounded by Japanese soldiers on the empty highway.
There are no bunkers on the road. Under the Japanese artillery fire, the Chinese army will become their target and even cannon fodder.
Therefore, the intentions of the Japanese are not necessarily sinister.
But Zhou Weiguo was not a vegetarian. He knew as soon as the Japanese made a move that the Japanese had noticed their intention to retreat.
Originally, he wanted to ask Duanwu what to do in this situation. But then I thought again, it was already very difficult to return from the direction of Huishan Town during the Dragon Boat Festival. He could no longer leave this problem to Dragon Boat Festival.
He asked Commander Huo of the Changzhou garrison via telegram. Master Huo and Zhou Weiguo said that the same was true in Changzhou. The Japanese had already noticed their attempt to retreat. If they didn't come up with a practical solution, it would be difficult for them to leave safely.
Zhou Weiguo thought so too, but what was the practical solution? If he wanted to know, there was no need to contact Mr. Huo.
Naturally, Mr. Huo didn't know either, so the two of them could only think of solutions separately. Once they had a practical plan, they would contact each other via telegram.
There was almost no progress in the power connection this time, but the two people reached an agreement at the same time that they would not contact him again until Duanwu was out of danger. Because it’s good to be able to get to Tiger Mouth at the scheduled time during the Dragon Boat Festival. They can't put more pressure on Dragon Boat Festival.
But they thought so, but the commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, Ban Heng, did not think so. He called a young Japanese officer in front of him and said: "Takeshita-kun, if you want to kill that Chinese lunatic, do you still need to take action yourself? This is the time for you to avenge your shame!..."
