Tokugawa knew that the Chinese army that had been pestering him was behind them. He now understood that this army was to protect their people!

It was possible to find the Chinese people by going to the right, but he hesitated because the reaction of the troops behind him told him that they were no longer afraid of entering by himself.

Tokugawa's squadron is no longer as strong as before. The current Tokugawa squadron, including the wounded, has less than a hundred soldiers, and most of its ammunition has been consumed.

If there is an army guarding the Chinese people, the imperial army will be trapped in a pincer attack from both front and rear...

Tokugawa is faced with a choice in his heart!

At this time, Li Chendong's team also caught up, and the situation became clear. It all depends on the Japs' choice.

If the devil wants to fight, then fight!

No matter how high the price is, they must annihilate all these Japs. Once the Japs make a choice, they will have no other choice!

Time seems to be frozen, everything depends on the old Tokugawa's choice.

The early Japs did have the Bushido spirit and would rather die than surrender, but these were limited to grassroots officers and soldiers, and officers above the regiment captain would not take them seriously.

After a long time, Tokugawa finally spoke:

"Nakata, you are familiar with the road. You lead a detachment and open the way in front. It's almost time for the captain to assemble, so open the way quickly!"

The last sentence was almost shouted at the top of one's voice, as if to tell the Chinese people behind that the imperial army has let you common people go, and you will not understand the rules if you come after them.

The old soldier, Sergeant Nakata, has no idea that the squadron leader has been having such a big ideological struggle in his heart. If he knew, he would definitely despise the squadron leader who has always been brave!

Nakata thought that the squadron leader was judging the direction. He was very sure that going forward was the way out of the mountain. There was no mistake.

An old horse knows the way, and so can an old devil!

Finally, he received the affirmation from the wise and powerful squadron leader, which made Nakata very proud, and he led his detachment forward to clear the way.

He didn't want to stay in this broken mountain for a moment longer, and neither did Tokugawa.

After the Tokugawa squadron left, Chen Erxi and others followed for a while, but did not attack the Japanese again.

It can be considered a tacit understanding between both parties!

The reaction of the Chinese people once again proved Tokugawa's judgment, but he no longer planned to change direction.

The captain's assembly time is coming soon, and the military orders are overwhelming. The warriors of the imperial army must strictly implement the orders.

Tokugawa finally found a good reason for himself, no longer having to face those extremely annoying enemies behind him!

After the Japanese soldiers walked a few hundred meters away, Chen Erxi ordered the pursuit to stop. Their mission was to protect the villagers of Lijia Village.

Li Chendong and others didn't want the Japanese to go in. After all, that was the direction where their families were. It would be hard to predict the outcome of the fight. This was already the best outcome.

In the battle with the Japs, the armed workers' team and Li Chendong's troops only suffered 5 casualties, including 1 sacrifice and 4 minor injuries. They annihilated more than 90 Japs, seized a large amount of weapons and equipment, and most importantly, protected the villagers.

"Company Commander Chen, I didn't expect that you would choose to fight a tacit war with the Japanese!"

After the Japs left, Li Chendong was in a good mood and couldn't help but confront his allies again.

"Really? The mission we received is to protect the villagers, not to annihilate a squadron of Japs. Someone will take care of them!"

"One group is eating, the other group is on guard!"

After Chen Erxi finished speaking, he led the second team to guard.

"What the hell? You really think of yourself as a commander, so you can defeat the militia company commander!"

Li Yuanzheng's words made several military workers in the group glare at him, and Li Chendong quickly stopped Li Yuanzheng.

Talking about someone's company commander in front of other soldiers, isn't this short-sighted!

"Okay, let's arrange for one group to eat, and then switch to the second group!

Aren't you hungry during the expedition? You've been playing with the Japanese all morning, but I'm so hungry that my chest is pressed against my back!"

As soon as they ate, the group naturally divided into two groups. Several military workers gathered around to eat fried noodles, while Li Chendong's men took out the meatloaf that Li Yaozu had prepared for them.

After all, Li Chendong is the leader of the group. Even if he doesn't like the members of the martial arts team in his heart, these people are members of a group, but they still have to have the structure they should have as a team leader.

He divided out a few meat cakes and gave them to several military workers. At first, the team members refused to take them and were still angry with Li Yuanzheng.

"Brothers, let me apologize to you on behalf of Battalion Commander Li. He has a bad mouth."

"Here, take it, it's stuffed with meat! I won't give it to you for free, but I'll give it to you in exchange for your fried noodles. We're also hungry for your fried noodles!"

Li Chendong's words won the approval of several martial arts team members, and the leader of the National People's Congress apologized. These harsh words made the martial arts team angry, after all, they were all fighting the Japanese together just now.

Wang Peng, the team leader of the martial arts team, took the meat pie from Li Chendong and also handed over a bag of fried noodles.

"Brothers, why are you standing there, come here and try the friendly army's fried noodles!"

Others also ran over in cooperation, sharing the food in their hands with each other, and even had a fight, and the relationship between the two parties became harmonious again.

Chen Erxi, who was on guard in the distance, saw this scene and thought to himself:

"This white dog leader is not simple! You have to be careful."

Battles like the one experienced by the Lijiacun armed workers team have also occurred more than once in the mountains and forests where other villagers are hiding. There have even been battles between militiamen and Japanese mountain search teams.

There were casualties on each other, but fortunately there was no worst case scenario where a large number of villagers were captured by the Japanese.

The Japanese who were searching the mountain in the evening returned to the assembly area one after another. Almost all the nine squadrons of Japanese soldiers that Kawamura Zakasa sent out a day ago came back. Only one squadron did not come back on time.

The eight squadrons that came back also suffered losses. The Tokugawa Squadron suffered the greatest losses, with more than half of the casualties. This made Lieutenant Colonel Kawamura very angry.

Also infinitely depressed was Major Ueda. The squadron that had not returned was the baggage squadron of their brigade, a group responsible for logistics support. Their combat effectiveness was slightly weaker than that of other squadrons, but their squadron leader did not agree.

When the main squadron suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese's baggage squadron also had to be dismantled and replenished into field squadrons, so their combat effectiveness was also very strong.

The logistics troops of the early Japanese field regiments were also difficult to fight. They had been prepared for decades, and all of them were old Japanese soldiers.

Ueda had an ominous premonition in his heart. This squadron might not be able to come back. If this squadron was removed, their strength would only be 1,500, a quarter lost. After returning to Liuzhen, they wouldn’t even know how to deal with the commander.

Account.

"Ueda-kun, we have to wait for the Eguchi Squadron for one more night. We must return to Ryuzhen to meet up with the wing headquarters tomorrow morning!"

Lieutenant Colonel Kawamura's words convinced Ueda that all the people were in the mountains, and searching the mountains would be too expensive. They had to rush back to discuss new countermeasures with the commander of the regiment.
Chapter completed!