The fourth battalion commander Chen Zhong hid on the 12th Company's position, and the Japanese troops were blocking the position in front of the position.

Mountain cannons, field cannons, and mortars were all set up, aiming the black muzzles at their location.

Hundreds of gunners and ammunition soldiers were busy around these artillery. Some adjusted the artillery shooting personnel, some carried shells, and some fuses the shells, which were orderly.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers was ready for the assault and became an offensive formation and lay three hundred meters in front of the formation.

There were seven or eight heavy machine guns on the mound behind them, and eight or nine shooters and ammunition hands squatting beside each heavy machine gun.

Chen Zhongyue frowned deeper and deeper when he saw it.

His original idea was to use favorable terrain to fight against the Japanese several times, and retreat before the Japanese main force arrived.

One blocking position eats thirty or forty Japanese, and the accumulation of a small amount becomes a large amount. Ten blocking positions can eat thirty or forty Japanese.

But the Japanese army was too cautious and changed the way of marching after suffering a loss.

Relying on his large number of people and strong firepower, the National Rescue Army was incapable of swallowing himself up in one go, the corps leader directly withdrew the vanguard troops, and a team of more than a thousand people marched into a regiment. When they encountered a blocking position, they used artillery fire to open the way and attacked the infantry.

In the last blocking battle, the Japanese army used this style of play to break through.

Although the Japanese army lost more than 30 people under the desperate attack of the 11th Company, the 11th Company paid nearly twice the price of casualties in the battle, and truly killed 800 enemies and suffered one thousand of them.

Faced with such a result, Chen Zhong didn't know whether the blocking battle should continue.

Still fighting as planned, the 12th Company will definitely kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 of them.

If this battle is not fought and the Japanese army is leaving like this, the mission given to the Fourth Battalion by the regiment commander will definitely not be accomplished.

"Battlefield Commander Chen... Commander's order..." Just as Chen Zhong looked embarrassed and didn't know what to make, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Turning his head, he saw the messenger beside the regiment commander running towards him with a anxious look on his face.

"What order?" Chen Zhong asked quickly.

The Japanese army on the opposite side will launch an attack at any time. Whether to withdraw or attack oneself must make a decision as soon as possible, and the regiment commander's latest military order may be able to control one's own decisions.

The messenger quickly reported: "The Fourth Battalion immediately gave up all blocking positions and only used guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to harass them, and let them return to help to pacify the city!"

"Why?"

The military order brought by the messenger was completely opposite to the military order issued to him when the regiment commander left. Chen Zhong was stunned after hearing this and did not know which military order to be executed.

The commander immediately explained: "The regiment commander has prepared a larger pocket array for the Japanese in front of him. Battalion Commander Chen, you can just execute the orders. The Japanese in front of him will definitely not be able to escape. We retreat only to let them live for two more hours!"

Chen Zhong understood that when he saw the Japanese in front of the formation, he immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Execute the order. The 12th Company immediately evacuated the position and let the Japanese in front rush to the bombardment."

After saying that, he took the messenger back and asked while retreating: "Where is the pocket array prepared by the regiment commander? How many troops are there, how much firepower is? Do you need support? I wonder if you are not convenient for you to disclose it?"

The messenger did not hide it: "The regiment commander said that the next ambush battle requires the cooperation of the Fourth Battalion, so I will definitely tell you all about your questions, Battalion Commander Chen."

"The pocket array is in Qidou Village 12 kilometers ahead. There are two reinforcement battalions and one company troops participating in the battle. They are equipped with more than 30 various artillery pieces and more than 20 heavy machine guns."

"The regiment commander asked you to leave a company to harass the Japanese along the way, slow down their marching speed, and then lead other troops to marching quickly to Qidou Village, especially the artillery company. Be sure to bring all the artillery with you and ambush the Japanese together."

Standing on the position that the 12th Company had just given up, the Japanese corps captain did not regret wasting hundreds of shells just now, but was very happy.

The National Salvation Army blocked the troops and left their positions to retreat before the war, which shows that their new tactics have worked.

In order to reduce casualties, the other party had to let go of the road and return to the county town.

It is very cost-effective to use hundreds of shells to open the passage for troops to return to the county town.

"Captain of the regiment, the Eighth Route Army, who had just given up the position, is right in front of us. Should we pursue it?" The squadron leader who took the position hurried over and reported!

"They retreat along the highway?" the wing leader asked as he looked at the road ahead.

"Hayi!" The squadron leader nodded immediately.

The captain of the regiment made a judgment after thinking a little: "There must be a blocking position ahead. The national rescue army that blocked us just now wanted to run ahead to continue blocking us and prevent us from returning to the county town!"

"We set out immediately and follow them back to the county town."

"The roads that the National Salvation Army traveled must be safe, so that they can prevent them from attacking us with landmines."

"If you encounter them blocking positions, immediately set up the artillery and then attack again, and do not give the National Savior Army any chance to take advantage of us!"

The Japanese army stopped and finally arrived at Qidou Village at five o'clock in the morning.

The terrain here is much flatter. Although there are still undulating hills on both sides of the road, the altitude is particularly low, and the highest is no more than fifty meters.

Moreover, the hills are full of barren weeds and there is not even a single bush, which is very unsuitable for hiding soldiers.

This means that although Qidou Village is a natural ambush battlefield, it cannot be used to fight an ambush.

In the eyes of the regiment captain, the National Salvation Army that attacked him had no strength to eat him in one bite. He was relieved to march all the way. After arriving at such a place that was not suitable for ambushing, he became more relaxed.

As the top and bottom are effective, the team leader relaxed his vigilance, and more than a thousand subordinates must have relaxed as well.

The regiment commander Zhou Cheng took a different approach. Everyone felt that there was no hidden troops here and it was not suitable for ambushing. He decided to go the other way and caught the Japanese army off guard here.

The hills next to the highway are not suitable for Tibetans, so hide the troops behind the hills further away.

After the battle started, the attacking troops marched to the battlefield, seized the high ground next to the highway, and then ambushed the Japanese on the road.

This style of play is very risky. If the Japanese take the lead and let them occupy the highland next to the road first, the ambush will become a tough battle.

Even if the National Salvation Army uses its superiority of force and artillery fire to capture the highlands they occupied and wipe out all the Japanese army, it will have to pay a huge price.

In order to avoid such an accident, Zhou Cheng specially prepared more than 40 artillery for the Japanese...

Zhou Cheng stood on a hill nearly two kilometers away from the battlefield. Although the distance was very far, he could look down at the entire battlefield from a high place.

Seeing the Japanese swagger into the pocket array he prepared for them, Zhou Cheng's excited face flashed quickly with a killing intention, and then ordered: "Send a signal and start attacking..."

Three red signal flares slowly took off, and all the national rescue troops involved in the ambush were seen, and the Japanese who successfully entered the pocket formation also saw them.

The team leader, who was walking in the middle of the team, quickly raised his telescope and looked around, thinking that he was ambushed.

But the hills a few hundred meters away were the same as before, with no movement. The scouts walking on them did not fire a warning, and obviously did not find any danger.
Chapter completed!