Old Japanese Tim Tianfu is not stupid, but he tends to ignore some things when he is angry. But when he calmed down just now, he realized that the warrant in his hand was not a life-saving straw, but a reminder.
Because it was obvious that the brigade commander would not admit that he was negligent in his duties and had made a mistake, so there were spies mixed into the headquarters.
So he still has to bear the blame in the end.
Tian Tianfu was worried about his future, but he didn't want the Dragon Boat Festival to come again at this moment.
Tian Tianfu's anger had nowhere to vent, so he poured it out on Duan Wu. He ignored the obstruction of his adjutant and sent two squadrons to pursue him.
Of course, Tim Tianfu did not pursue it blindly. He ordered the troops not to stray too far from the road, so that if a battle broke out between the two sides, he could quickly provide reinforcements.
"Report, the 3rd Air Force Flight Group asked where our enemies are? Because there is smoke everywhere, they can't find the exact location."
At this moment, a Japanese communications soldier came to report.
Tian Tianfu looked around and saw that the smoke was coming from nowhere, and he coughed twice after taking a whiff.
"Baga, this must be the fault of the Dragon Boat Festival again."
Tian Tianfu said angrily, and up to now he has not caught up with the Dragon Boat Festival troops, and the plane took off without any exchange of fire.
Of course, this does not mean that the little devil is too impatient, but that the Dragon Boat Festival battle has been going on very fast. If there is fire here, it will be too late to call for air support over there.
What's more, this time, the Japs' bombers were not just here to reinforce the army, but to seize the fighter planes and inflict heavy damage on the Dragon Boat Festival during its retreat.
Matsui Iwane guessed that the Dragon Boat Festival surprise attack on An County must have a purpose. Although the brigade commander of the 26th Brigade had something to hide, Matsui Iwane's wily character had already smelled it.
In his eyes, Dragon Boat Festival is not a person who is aimless. He traveled more than 150 kilometers, and it took nearly five days to go back and forth, just to attack the 116th Regiment of An County? This kind of ridiculous rhetoric, beat him to death.
Don't believe it either.
Therefore, Matsui Iwane suspected that the Dragon Boat Festival must have other purposes. Moreover, the brigade commander of the 26th Brigade reported that due to the lack of precautions in Lai'an County, the artillery brigade and an infantry brigade suffered heavy losses.
Based on this, Matsui Iwane also speculated that the war was imminent and the Chinese army lacked firepower. The Dragon Boat Festival was most likely to use artillery brigade artillery.
In other words, Duanwu traveled more than 150 kilometers just for these cannons. Otherwise, could he have traveled all this way just to surprise a little-known town in Lai'an County? Unless that Duanwu's brain was rusty.
Therefore, this flying brigade has another mission, which is to fly along the road to find the artillery that was taken away by the Dragon Boat Festival.
So, when there was no progress on Tian Tianfu's side, the flying brigade roared over the head of Tian Tianfu's Japs.
Tian Tianfu's adjutant said: "The plane flew away, which is not good for us."
Soeda Fukudao: "It doesn't matter. Now that Dragon Boat Festival will just run away and let the imperial planes catch up with the cannon trucks and blow up all the cannons that were taken away. Otherwise, that Dragon Boat Festival will definitely use these artillery pieces to deal with us."
.Let’s go too!”
After Tian Tianfu said that, he got on the vehicle and the troops continued to move away. However, at this moment, a burst of short and intensive gunfire suddenly came from the direction of the pursuing troops.
Chug tug tug, tut tug tug,
This was not the sound of a Type 38 rifle or a machine gun at all, but the sound of a submachine gun.
Although the sound of gunfire was also mixed with the sound of machine guns and Type 38 rifles, most of it was the sound of submachine guns, and there were several explosions from time to time, which made Tian Tianfu frightened.
"The pursuit force has been attacked. Reinforcements will be sent immediately."
Tian Tianfu roared, and the two teams of Japanese soldiers got out of the car first and rushed to the place where the gunshots were heard for reinforcements.
Of course, the Japanese reinforcements were definitely not just two squads, but the Japs in these two squads were closest to Tian Tianfu, so they went to the scene of the incident first.
But when the Japanese arrived, one of the two pursuing Japanese squadrons no longer existed.
Just as Ma Pingan guessed, Duanwu dug holes for the Japanese everywhere. The Japanese only saw Duanwu running away with more than a hundred people, but little did they know that there were more than 300 people in his company.
Seeing that they had the advantage in strength, the Japanese pursued them fiercely, but when they reached a slope, Duanwu and the others jumped over and the Japanese followed. But at this moment, Duanwu killed them with a single carbine, and the entire company of soldiers relied on them at the same time.
The more than 300-meter-long natural trench was aimed at the Japanese who had just emerged from the forest and fired at them.
At that time, the little devil's pursuit force was divided into two teams, otherwise all the little devils would have to rest after a random shooting.
"Lao Abacus, Lao Ma, you take two platoons and retreat first."
After beating the Japs, Duanwu immediately ordered Ma Ping'an and Lao Bapan's soldiers to retreat in two groups, leaving the Japs unsure of where he was going.
But Dragon Boat Festival couldn't leave, and Dragon Boat Festival still had to hold the little devil here. And the roar of the plane just came from the direction of the highway. Dragon Boat Festival didn't even need to guess, he knew that the little devil had dispatched the plane again this time.
He couldn't let the Japs' plane chase Zhou Weiguo, otherwise the people could run away, but the trucks couldn't.
His most important cannons are there. If they are blown up by the Japs, his trip will be in vain.
So Dragon Boat Festival has to get the little devil’s plane back.
Of course, the little devil's plane could not be at Dragon Boat Festival's disposal. The old devil he wanted to fight, Tian Tianfu, screamed for the plane to come back.
"Put the little Japs closer and we'll fight. Our guns have a long range, and the bullets will drift away if they exceed 80 meters."
Duanwu whispered the order, because just now Lao Abacus and Ma Ping'an led the people to retreat, the little devils had seen it, they would think that the enemies had escaped, and then they continued to pursue.
This is the time the Dragon Boat Festival is waiting for.
"I'll give you a brace, give me a shot!"
Duanwu roared and fired first, followed closely by more than a hundred soldiers, aiming at the Japanese who were stepping on the corpses of his own people and preparing to pursue them, and fired another round.
The little devil was almost crying after being beaten, and he thought to himself: Why is there still someone there? Did he run away just now?
But at this time, where did they have time to think so much? More than thirty corpses were left behind, and all of them rolled and crawled back into the woods.
"Shoot, shoot!"
The little devil's officer gave loud orders, and began to greet the Dragon Boat Festival position with long guns and short cannons.
But at this time, Duanwu had already retreated, and was blocked by a bunker. The little devil's bullets either flew over his head or hit the mound of soil.
"Retreat, everyone follow me!"
The Dragon Boat Festival gave the order, and the soldiers laughed, because there was still a big hole waiting for the little Japs ahead, because Lao Shou had not run away, he and his men were digging holes for the Japs!