Han Huadu Ferry.

The Kono brigade of the 114th Japanese Engineer Regiment, who had been confronting the river across the river with the 69th Division of the National Army on the other side, was responding to the attacks of Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others, while repairing fortifications on the river bank and ready to counterattack the National Army's crossing forces at any time.

What they really didn't expect was that they were blocking the enemy reinforcements here, but the main force was unable to capture the 187th Division of the National Army and began to move in so quickly.

They received an order from the corps leader Katsunosuke Noguchi, asking them to turn east along the Daqing River and go to Xincheng County to meet with the main force.

Along the way, the Japanese soldiers were very depressed. Although the corps leader did not explain the reasons for the transition, they all understood that the main force must have encountered a major setback and was forced to transition.

Mao Yuanju, who was on the other side of the river, has been waiting here for Gao Jiu to convey instructions to him since he sent Zhao Jie across the river. However, he saw that only a few people were left to monitor the Japanese army on the other side of the river, and the main force retreated overnight. He knew that he could no longer wait for Gao Jiu's instructions, so he simply swam across the river himself.

After Ning Wen and Han Zhihao attacked the Japanese army in the middle of the night, they saw that the Japanese army did not send troops to chase them again, so they were too lazy to evacuate, so they stopped on the hill.

In the second half of the night, Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others had not yet subsided. They were preparing to attack the Japanese army again, but they found that the Japanese army had begun to withdraw.

Ning Wen commanded this small army and trained his command skills. At this time, his mind became more and more flexible. He said: "Staff Officer Han, the Japanese suddenly withdrew. It is certain that they suffered a loss from Jiu Ye and went to reinforce their other troops. We can't watch them retreat like this. We have to entangle them, relieve the pressure of Jiu Ye and the others, and buy time."

Han Zhihao also felt that what he said made sense. He said, "I think so too. The ferry is so important to them. The Japanese will not give up until they have no choice. They must have mobilized this army to reinforce other Japanese troops.

They want to help, so let’s hold them back.”

Although the two did not expect that the Japanese would evacuate completely, their idea of ​​actively entangling the Japanese was correct. After unifying their opinions, they led the brothers of the Guard Company to chase the Japanese. In this way, Ning Wen and Han Zhihao exerted their subjective initiative and took active actions without receiving any information and clear instructions.

After the Japanese evacuated the ferry, they advanced quickly along the banks of the Daqing River? They walked for about an hour? Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others chased after him and fought against the Japanese marching formation.

Since entering the ferry, the Kono brigade was attacked by Ning Wenwen, Han Zhihao and others many times. They were unbearable and they were determined to kill these attackers. So they concentrated a squadron's troops and counterattacked back.

The Japanese engineers were also very powerful in combat. They were angry with Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others in the past two days? They rushed over like crazy? Ning Wen, Han Zhihao and others could not resist, so they fought and retreated. The Japanese pursued them relentlessly. Two soldiers from the guard company were shot and fell to the ground. Even Han Zhihao was shot in the buttocks. Ning Wen couldn't bear to give up on them? Ordered to organize a counterattack on the spot.

The Japanese army was just right? They attacked head-on while organizing troops to flank the flanks.

The Japanese engineer troops were relatively small, with 130 people in one squadron, no mortars, and a crooked machine gun? Two grenade launchers.

Although Ning Wen and others had a small number of people, they seized the weapons of the Nakadao Troop Team? There were also two crooked machine guns, and the terrain on the river bank was complex. There were many rocks that could be used as natural bunkers, and the two sides became stalemate for a while.

After all, there are many Japanese people? A Japanese team leader led dozens of Japanese soldiers to surround him from behind? He was about to surround Ning Wen and others.

Ning Wen then realized that he still lacked command experience? When pursuing the enemy, if he led the Taohua Mountain special forces, there would be no problem with adopting such pursuit tactics, but the officers and soldiers of the Guard Company did not have such strong combat power. After being surrounded by the Japanese, there would be more danger.

There was no choice but to split some people to prevent the enemy from attacking from behind.

At this moment, a bullet flew from somewhere and killed the Japanese squad leader who was responsible for the encirclement. The Japanese machine gunner also fell down. The attackers kept firing, and the Japanese kept falling down, and the alive lay on the ground and counterattacked the attackers.

Ning Wen heard that the attacker was using a sniper rifle of the same type as his. He shouted excitedly: "Brothers, Master Jiu has sent someone to reinforce us."

Ning Wen had a clear idea in his heart and asked the officers and soldiers of the guard company to find a cover. He calmed down and began to kill the Japanese.

In the Taohuashan Special Forces, Gao Jiu ranked first in the shooting skills, followed by Tianchuan and Li Xiaoshan, and Ning Wen ranked fourth. Taking advantage of the lively battle between the two sides, he kept firing at the enemy's guns and killed the Japanese army one by one.

The attackers outside also had a magical shooting skills, sending the Japanese back to their hometowns one by one.

The Japanese and the soldiers of the National Army were hiding behind the bunkers. The two sides fought lively, but the casualties were not large. Ning Wen and the attackers outside caused great damage to the Japanese army. The battle lasted less than 20 minutes, and the casualties of the Japanese army had exceeded 50 people. They could not bear it anymore. They gave up confronting the Kuomintang army, fought and retreated, and chased their large troops.

Ning Wen shouted loudly: "Who is the brother outside?" He had already heard that there was only one sharpshooter outside.

"Is it Captain Ning? I am Mao Yuanju." A strong Hunan accent came from the night.

Ning Wen is the deputy captain of the sniper team, so Mao Yuanju calls him that.

After a while, Mao Yuanju ran over. After the two exchanged their opinions briefly, Ning Wen said to Han Zhihao and others: "Staff Officer Han, brothers, you have many wounded people. Don't participate in the next battle. Find a place to hide it first and treat the wounded people. Let's leave it to us to pursue the Japanese."

Han Zhihao and others knew that it was their own people who had dragged them down. Although they were unbalanced, the fact was that, so they had to agree with Ning Wen's opinion.

Ning Wen no longer had to be responsible for these military officers and soldiers. He felt very relaxed and chased the Japanese with Mao Yuanju.

Along the way, Ning Wen and Mao Yuanju cooperated with each other, like two mosquitoes, constantly bleeding from the Japanese army.

After Zhang Quan led the First Special Forces Squadron to catch up with the Japanese army, he divided the troops into several combat groups and continued to harass the Japanese army, causing the Japanese to suffer.

The Japanese army knew that the main force of the 187th Division was chasing behind them, and they were eager to escape without wanting to fight. They threw away a large number of corpses along the way. Later, they simply kept the wounded.

Many of the wounded Japanese soldiers stayed voluntarily. They did not want to drag down the operations of the large army and volunteered to take on the blocking mission.

The special forces members did not bother with these sporadic enemies. They would kill them when they encountered them, and they would track the large Japanese troops to harass them.

The main force of the 187th Division pursued forward in a mighty manner, quickly annihilated the sporadic Japanese troops encountered on the road.

The officers of the Ninth War Zone Observation Regiment walked along the way and counted the bodies left by the Japanese army on the way. By dawn, they found that on the way more than 20 miles, the bodies left by the Japanese army had reached more than 300.

Only then did they understand why the powerful 128th Japanese Brigade lost thousands of soldiers and were forced to flee in a hurry.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the officers of the Ninth War Zone Observation Regiment saw traces of a battlefield. In less than a kilometer of land, there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers dead, as well as some carriages and horses that were shot. The two broken cars burned with raging flames.

Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion launched an attack on the Japanese army here. After evacuating from the battle, he had already gone to the front to find a new ambush site and prepared to attack the Japanese army again.

The colonel of the Ninth War Zone was named Li Fengming, who was the deputy director of the Operations Department of the Ninth War Zone. He said with emotion: "Gao Jiu and others are really too powerful to fight. Any kind of troops who encounter such tactics will probably be unbearable."

The lieutenant colonel said excitedly: "Chuza, Gao Jiu and his team are like ants gnawing on bones, consuming the enemy bit by bit. If this continues, the 128th Brigade of the Japanese army will probably be over. We really can achieve a great victory in annihilation of a complete infantry brigade of the Japanese army."

When the officers and soldiers of the National Army saw such a tragic situation in the Japanese army, their morale increased even more and consciously accelerated the marching speed.

At one o'clock noon, the Japanese army arrived at Xincheng County.

The Japanese acting brigade commander, Shigetsu Yamamoto, Nakasa Yamamoto, the 120th Field Artillery Regiment, Shigetsu Otsuka, the 114th Engineer Regiment, the 114th Engineer Regiment, and the 114th Bailout Regiment, the 114th Bailout Regiment, the 114th Bailout Regiment, and the 114th Bailout Regiment held a meeting at the gate of Xincheng County.

At this time, the officers had two different opinions.

The 120th Field Artillery Regiment leader, Tsunanasa Otsuka said: "Yamamoto, this is not a solution. We have suffered too much losses along the way. I suggest that we occupy this county town, stick to the waiting for assistance, and ask for tactical guidance from the division."

The commander of the 114th Army Corps, Noguchi Katsunosuke, and the commander of the 114th Army Corps, Major Hideji Nakajima, both supported his opinions.

Artillery, engineers and baggage soldiers all had a lot of equipment and were slow to move. They really suffered from the attackers.

Major Katsunosuke Noguchi, the 114th Regiment of Engineers, said: "Yamamoto, what Mr. Otsuka said makes sense. We have too much loss like this. It is better to rely on the city to stick to it and ask for tactical guidance from the division."

Yamamoto Shigetsu is now the supreme commander of this army. Along the way, he was constantly thinking about how to get rid of the predicament in front of him. He said: "What you said makes sense, but there is no solid position here. Only the 187th Division has a large number of artillery. Relying on the city wall alone can't stop the enemy's artillery fire. The most important thing is that our ammunition is scarce and it can't last long.

As for what you said to ask for guidance from the division, now the division is far away from Jinan and cannot support us in a short period of time. Even if the division commander wants to support us, he only has the strength of a unit. What role can it play in the face of such a battle situation?"

He was right. Although the Japanese 114th Division had huge forces, it was stationed in various regions and could not mobilize many reinforcements for a while. There were more than 2,000 Japanese garrisons in Tai'an, and such local troops could not be counted on.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Katsunosuke Noguchi said, "Yamamoto, what do you think you should do?"

Yamamoto said: "The brigade has suffered a significant loss. The only way for the current situation is to cut off the arm and quickly break away from contact with the enemy. The system of various troops is still there. As long as we can enter a safe zone and supplement the troops, the 128th Brigade can still restore its former combat effectiveness."

All the team leaders felt that what Yamamoto Shigetsu made a reasonable statement and agreed with his opinion.

Yamamoto Shigetsu said: "Apart from the supplies individually, abandon all other supplies, and the entire army advances lightly and quickly escapes from the enemy."

No one had any objection and expressed his obedience to his command.

Yamamoto Shigetsu frowned, was silent for a moment, and said with difficulty: "In order to protect the entire brigade, except for the brigade commander, all the wounded, including the minor wounded, were left behind.

Noguchi, your engineer corps, Kono brigade, has not arrived here yet, so I will send someone to inform them to the entire brigade’s back."

Noguchi Katsunosuke knew that he had abandoned his Kono brigade. His eyes were red and he glared at Shigetsu Yamamoto like a hungry wolf, as if he wanted to swallow him. However, he also knew that this was a helpless move, so he finally held back and said nothing.

Yamamoto Shigetsu said: "Since you have no doubts, then execute it."

"Hayi." Everyone said viciously.
Chapter completed!