On a hill about five or six kilometers away from Meiling Town, the 301st Regiment was taking a rest. The soldiers were leaning against the tree with their rifles in hand, eyes closed, and calm and relaxed, as if they were not fighting but on an outing.
generally.
No wonder they were like this. About seven or eight miles behind them were the other two regiments of the Third Brigade, and they had already set up pocket formations, just waiting for the Japanese to get in.
As long as the troops pursued by the Japanese are led into the valley where the pocket formation is arranged, their mission will be completed. The next task is to work with the two regiments to attack the surrounded Japanese.
If the terrain advantage, numerical advantage, and weapon advantage could not eliminate the Japs, then they would not be worthy of the title of "Iron Brigade" among the Yanhuang Army.
Xu Minghan and the leader of the 301st Regiment stood on a high hill and looked toward Meiling Town with binoculars. They saw that there seemed to be firelight there. They knew that the Japs must have occupied Meiling Town. They found that everyone had fled, so they burned
Venting anger in the house is also an old tradition of the Japanese.
"These idiots know how to do this everywhere!" Captain Chen next to Xu Minghan couldn't help but cursed that his hometown is Meiling Town. Seeing his hometown being burned, Xu Minghan would feel sorry for anyone else, comforting Xu Minghan
, "Old Chen, don't worry. When the Japs are beaten away, I will give you a brand new Meiling Town. I'll make sure you're so beautiful that you won't be able to grin from ear to ear."
Captain Chen laughed boldly, "If you burn it, burn it. The worst is to rebuild it. Look at Fengtian, many old houses have been demolished now. The newly built houses are beautiful, tsk tsk, if you can live in them,
It's simply so beautiful." In fact, Captain Chen has never been to Fengtian. He just heard people talk about it, so he imagined those houses as luxurious as a palace.
Xu Minghan smiled. He had gone to Fengtian for a meeting. Naturally, he had seen those newly built buildings and knew that they were very grand, but they were definitely not what Captain Chen imagined. "Okay, I will take you with me when the Japanese are beaten away."
Go to Fengtian and have a look, I guarantee you will be dumbfounded."
The two people were chatting happily when the intercom rang. Xu Minghan hurriedly picked it up and said, "I'm Xu Minghan, please speak."
"Report to the brigade commander, two Japanese brigades and a regiment of the security army have come out of Meiling Town and are chasing you all the way." Over the intercom, the scout in charge of the investigation was observing the flow of people coming from the city.
The Japanese who came out spoke into the intercom.
After hearing this, Xu Minghan perked up and shouted, "Okay, they are the ones waiting. Keep an eye on them and report back immediately if there is any situation." After saying this, he turned off the intercom.
Commander Chen also heard their conversation, so he said, "Brigadier, the Japanese are coming, shall we set off?"
"Why are you so anxious? It will take half an hour for the Japanese to arrive. Let's take a break. What if we run too fast and they can't keep up?" Xu Minghan chuckled, then pulled Captain Chen over to the ground.
I put on a set of backgammon and started playing backgammon.
Twenty minutes later, when the scouts reported that they had arrived less than a mile away from the 301st Regiment, Xu Minghan and Captain Chen packed their things and stood up.
Rolling up his sleeves, Xu Minghan grabbed the machine gun from a soldier, and then fired the gun into the sky. The clear sound of the gunshot echoed in the mountains and forests for a long time.
Throwing the machine gun back to the soldiers, Xu Minghan shouted, and then took the lead into the forest, "Brothers, let's set off!"
Soon, the troops originally staying on the hills disappeared, leaving only some garbage behind.
About ten minutes after Xu Minghan and the others left, the Japs' vanguard troops found the place. They quickly discovered the traces and immediately reported them to the commander.
The two captains were very happy to hear this. The gunshots they heard just now and the traces they found now showed that the troops they wanted to pursue were not far ahead, and they could catch up with them as long as they worked harder.
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"All troops obey the order, abandon all non-combat items, and speed up the pursuit." In order to catch up with the troops in front as soon as possible, the two captains issued a wrong order, causing the troops to discard supplies and other items, and only carried guns and
ammunition.
Although the speed is greatly increased in this way, it also loses the ability to continue fighting. Especially if it is surrounded, it will immediately become difficult to provide supplies.
However, the two captains did not think so much now. Since the enemy had no ammunition, they had to fight quickly and deal with them as soon as possible.
"Hurry, hurry up, catch up quickly!" the two captains shouted, and they drove their soldiers forward as fast as possible.
The speed of the Japanese troops has obviously increased a lot, and various items were dropped on the ground, including canned beef and other supplies. They were thrown everywhere.
When the Japs' team appeared in the jungle, a group of people came out from the side, packed up and took away the things left by the Japs.
No matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat. These are the local militiamen. They are lying in ambush nearby, and their mission is to rob and kill the Japanese communications soldiers. Now that you see this free thing, how can you not want it?
The troops of the two brigades were piled up like a small mountain. The militia captain smiled and said, "Hey, dear, now our town's expenses for half a month have been spent."
Not to mention that the militiamen who got the things were very happy, and as for the Japanese soldiers, they unloaded their supplies and their speed immediately increased a lot. After chasing them all the way, I thought they should be able to catch up with the team in front of them quickly this time.
However, after they chased for several miles, they could still hear the voices and gunshots in front of them, but they couldn't see a single figure. Such an abnormal phenomenon made the soldiers murmur in their hearts, thinking that they had encountered some weird anomaly.
Phenomenon.
The two captains also felt something was wrong, but they had no way out now, so after exchanging opinions, they gave the order to the soldiers, "Catch up with the enemy in front as quickly as possible, and do not slow down."
Now the devils were in trouble. They were all running so hard that they were vomiting blood, but they still couldn't catch up with those in front.
Finally, the forest in front disappeared and was replaced by a not-too-narrow mountain road. The Japanese soldier running at the front had sharp eyes and saw a group of figures running at the end of the mountain road at a glance.
"It's them, we've finally caught up with them!" the soldiers shouted loudly, and they suddenly became energetic and quickened their pace, desperately chasing the team in front.
At this time, someone had already reported the situation to the two captains at the back. The two captains were very happy after hearing this. After chasing for such a long time, they finally caught up with the enemy. It was great. They ordered the troops to catch up at all costs.
It doesn't matter if some of the enemies in front fall behind.
As a result, the Japanese herded the sheep, and the originally neat queue suddenly broke into chaos. Groups of them were shouting and chasing after the Yanhuang Legion soldiers in front.
Jin Shaoshan was panting and caught up from behind. He stopped the two captains, and then said, "I tell you two Taijuns, something is wrong with this situation. You should ask the team to stop quickly."
"Oh, why?" The two people were happy to catch up with the enemy. Suddenly someone came to hold them back. This made the two people very unhappy, so they frowned and asked.
Jin Shaoshan wiped his sweat, and then said, "These people from the Yanhuang Army are so weird. No matter how hard we chase them, we can't see them. Now they suddenly appear, and no matter how hard we chase, we can't catch them. This is not Tai Tai."
Is it weird?"
"Captain Jin, these Chinese soldiers used to be far away, and they ran very fast, so naturally they couldn't catch up with them. But now it's different. We speeded up, so we caught up with them. I think you figured it out.
Too many."
"That's right, Captain Jin, you must be cowardly, hahahaha!" The other captain looked at Jin Shaoshan contemptuously, and then laughed disdainfully, making Jin Shaoshan's face turn red.
"Grandma, who's afraid?" Jin Shaoshan replied angrily and walked back to his team.
"Speed up, we must catch up with the team in front as soon as possible!" the two Japanese captains roared, waving their command swords in the air, urging the Japanese soldiers to pursue them desperately.