Chapter 261 Changing Route

Captain Tian's second squadron shot at the first squadron without hesitation. Although the Japanese in the first squadron cursed constantly, they did not dare to run any further and had to turn around and attack elsewhere.

Detour. However, the Japs in the First Squadron chose to detour, giving Li Tieshu and other pursuing Iron Blood Brigade soldiers a chance to kill them.

By detouring, only less than twenty Japs were able to escape from the guns of Li Tieshu and the others. However, because the Japs from the Second Squadron were blocking the road in the middle of the road, relying on simple potholes, they were unable to attack the Iron-Blooded Japs.

The brigade blocked the attack and delayed Li Tieshu's chance to rush over.

"Pay attention to concealment!" Li Tieshu saw that several soldiers rushing at the front were knocked down by the bullets of the Japanese who were blocking the enemy. He immediately shouted and ordered the soldiers to take cover.

Li Tieshu carefully observed the Japanese who were blocking the attack. A squadron of Japanese soldiers lined up in skirmish lines hundreds of meters to the left and right in front of them. If he continued to order the soldiers to charge, they would definitely be able to avoid charging due to the terrain.

However, since the Japanese have already set up machine gun positions in several depressions, allowing the soldiers to rush over like this will definitely cause heavy casualties.

"Zhou Tai!"

"arrive!"

Zhou Tai was now the platoon leader of the 1st platoon of the reconnaissance battalion. When he heard Li Tieshu calling him, he immediately responded and knelt down beside him.

"Second-in-command!"

Li Tieshu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boy, I'm going to give you a mission now. Do you see it?" After saying that, Li Tieshu pointed to several machine gun positions of the Japanese opposite and continued: "Find a way to give it to me.

I knocked out these machine guns in the shortest possible time! Are you sure?"

Zhou Tai looked at it seriously and said: "Don't worry, deputy, I promise to knock down the stupid little devil!"

"Haha! Okay! I will continue the attack after knocking it off, go ahead!"

"yes!"

Zhou Tai turned around and left. Li Tieshu ordered the messenger next to him to send an order to Xu Hu to mobilize the mortars.

When Li Tieshu arranged everything, what he didn't expect was that Masao Kumamoto on the opposite side had already established a defense line on another unknown highland, and had sent people to send orders to Kurata, ordering them to retreat. Masao Kumamoto should concentrate his troops.

Block the Iron Blood Brigade. While blocking the Iron Blood Brigade, Kumamoto Masao also reported the situation to Nakajima Tanihiro, saying that what they encountered was not a simple guerrilla group, but seemed to be a regular Chinese army.

After receiving the news, Mr. Nakajima Tani did not dare to be careless. At this time, during the second battle of Changsha, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared in the rear. How could he not be suspicious? Mr. Nakajima Tani

While reporting this situation first, they once again mobilized most of the Central Island Regiment and the two puppet army regiments in the defense zone to move towards Huoshan, striving to annihilate this sudden force in one fell swoop.

Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu didn't know all this. When Li Tieshu discovered that the Japanese from the second squadron on the opposite side began to retreat, they were about to pursue them. The second echelon of the Iron Blood Brigade led by Peng Dezhu had already arrived. After first ordering the soldiers to pursue,

Li Tieshu reported the battle situation to Peng Dezhu.

There was a chance that the Japanese could all be defeated, but the Japanese were allowed to establish a defense line again. This made Peng Dezhu a little disappointed with Li Tieshu's command.

Under Peng Dezhu's order, nearly two regiments of the Iron Blood Brigade attacked the defensive position established again by Kumamoto Masao.

The battle did not go very smoothly. Kumamoto Masao changed his previous arrogant attitude and cautiously directed the attack. His high command quality was still displayed.

After the mortar bombardment, the Iron Blood Brigade conducted two charges, both of which failed at the cost of losing more than a dozen soldiers. Just when Peng Dezhu was angry that he could not break through the Japanese defense line, the third echelon led by Xiao Houhai

News came that they had already engaged the Japanese who were chasing from the direction of Lu'an. The Japanese mobilized a brigade of troops and launched several charges against the third echelon under the bombardment of heavy weapons such as mountain artillery and mortars.

Although Xiao Houhai led the soldiers to fight to the death, the casualties were very high. He hoped that Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu could quickly open the enemy's blocked channel.

It is true that good fortune and misfortune never come singly. After receiving this news, Li Tieshu became even more anxious. He grabbed a rifle and was about to charge in person. However, he was pulled back by Peng Dezhu on the side.

When Li Tieshu turned around and looked over, he realized that Peng Dezhu didn't seem to be in a hurry. He seemed to have calmed down even more after getting the report from the third echelon. He couldn't help but asked strangely: "Prince, what do you have in mind?"

Peng Dezhu looked at him and said: "We are now being flanked from both sides. Do you think that if the Japs send reinforcements, even if we break through the Japs' defense line in front, won't there be no more blockades from behind? If we want

To reach Jiangxi, how many times do we need to break through the Japanese defense line? Even if the breakthrough is achieved, how many brothers can we have left?"

Li Tieshu was shocked by Peng Dezhu's statement. If Peng Dezhu's statement was followed, it would be impossible for them to continue moving forward.

"Prince, don't you have any ideas?"

Peng Dezhu glanced at him, nodded and said: "Well, I want to change the direction of march. Let's not go to Jiangxi. We will march directly southwest from here, take the junction of Hubei and Jiangxi, enter Hunan and approach the Changsha battlefield!"

"Changsha battlefield!" Li Tieshu stared in fear and said.

Peng Dezhu nodded again and said affirmatively: "Yes! Go to the Changsha battlefield!"

"But, even if we change direction now, the Japanese will still chase us. In that case, we still won't be able to escape the Japanese's pursuit!" Li Tieshu said worriedly.

Peng Dezhu turned to him and smiled and said: "We enter the Dabie Mountains from here. Have you seen the high mountain in front? I heard that that is the highest peak in the Dabie Mountains, Baimajian! We will go around Baimajian. The little devils will not dare to go there.

Those who are chasing us in the mountains!”

After hearing this, Li Tieshu thought carefully and nodded. When he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, he turned and looked back. Liu Wenxu came over under the protection of several guards, and he told Peng Dezhu's thoughts

He conveyed it truthfully and asked Liu Wenxue for his suggestions.

After listening to Li Tieshu's account, Liu Wenxu immediately agreed. They are now being attacked from two sides by the Japanese. If they do not make a choice immediately, they are likely to be completely surrounded by the Japanese, thus posing the danger of the entire army being annihilated.

After getting Liu Wenxue's consent, Peng Dezhu did not intend to ask for anyone's opinion. He immediately began to pass the order, ordering Liu Wenxu to lead the second echelon, turn into a forward force, and march toward Baimajian in the southwest. He ordered the third echelon led by Xiao Houhai to

The third echelon withdrew from the battle to block the Lu'an Japs and retreated to the southwest. The reconnaissance battalion led by Li Tieshu and the first echelon of the first battalion were ordered to be led by him personally to make preparations to block the enemy.

After the order was conveyed, two moments later, Xiao Houhai's third echelon received the order, immediately broke away from the enemy's entanglement, fought and retreated, and gradually retreated to the southwest.

Liu Wenxue led the second echelon team. After the order was conveyed, he wanted to approach the White Horse Point in the southwest to find a way for most of the Iron Blood Brigade to retreat.

After Xiao Houhai's third echelon withdrew and began to retreat to the southwest following the second echelon as ordered, Peng Dezhu immediately ordered Xu Hu to lead the mortar company to withdraw to the unknown mountain in the southwest to prepare for an attack. At the same time,

, he also ordered Li Tieshu to hold on for another thirty minutes and then retreat to Wuming Mountain one by one based on the favorable terrain.

As for the Japs, the reinforcements mobilized by Mr. Nakajima Tani had already arrived fifty miles away from Huoshan. The little Japs could already hear the sound of gunfire coming from the north of Huoshan, so Mr. Nakajima Tani ordered the Japs to speed up.

Marching speed, the Japanese reinforcements quickly moved towards the battlefield.

On the unknown battlefield on the north side of Huoshan Mountain, Li Tieshu had followed Peng Dezhu's order and after holding on for thirty minutes, he withdrew to the designated unknown mountain and quickly established a defensive position according to the terrain.

Thousands of meters away from the nameless mountain, Masao Kumamoto, who had been defeated once by the Iron-Blooded Brigade, and Kashyapa Miura's brigade, which was following the third echelon, smoothly came together. Since both of them had already picked up Nakajima Tanihiro,

The order came,

Knowing that Colonel Nakajima personally led a brigade of soldiers and two regiments of Imperial Army reinforcements, the two of them discussed that they would wait for Nakajima Tani's reinforcements to arrive before attacking the iron-blooded troops of Wumingshan.

The brigade launched an attack.

It was because of this decision by Kasyapa Miura and Masao Kumamoto that Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu were given time to prepare, allowing them to prepare to establish a consolidated defense line.

It was already an hour later when Mr. Nakajima Tani brought a brigade and two regiments of puppet troops to the battlefield. One hour and two hours were enough for the reconnaissance battalion and a regiment led by Peng Dezhu and Li Tieshu.

Soldiers of the first battalion prepare for battle.

Peng Dezhu divided the troops of two battalions and one company into two blocking fronts. Li Tieshu led one regiment and one battalion to block the unknown mountainside as the first line of defense. He himself led the reconnaissance battalion to stand a hundred meters high behind Li Tieshu and the others.

A second line of defense was established 50 meters away. In addition, a mortar company led by Xu Hu established an artillery position 50 meters behind Peng Dezhu and the others.

When Nakajima Tanifuro was about to approach Huoshan, he suddenly found that the gunfire on the battlefield had stopped. With the Japanese's usual arrogance, he thought that Kasyapa Miura and Masao Kumamoto had already defeated the enemies who appeared.

It was eliminated. However, after arriving on the battlefield, he found that it was not at all what Chase imagined, which made him feel angry.
Chapter completed!