The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

"Fuck you, just wait." The deputy battalion commander Daozi rolled his eyes at the squad leader angrily.

"Stop the fire, stop the fucking fire, don't waste the bullets."

Knife saw that the devils had already run back to their position, and hurriedly waved to both sides to make them stop shooting.

Soon, this small-scale night battle was over. Except for the thick smell of blood and gunpowder smoke in the air, it seemed that it had never happened, and the battlefield fell into silence again.

The devil's team leader panted heavily and ran back to his position, while a unit staying in the position held his gun tightly and pointed at the darkness nervously.

They were worried that the guerrillas would come after them, but after waiting for several minutes, they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the guerrillas did not come after them.

"Count the casualties."

The fighting stopped, and the devil's squad leader ordered with a heavy breath.

"Our team withdrew five people, and three were slightly injured."

"Seven people from our team came back, two were slightly injured and one was seriously injured."

After hearing the reports from the two infantry detachments, the devil's squad leader felt very remorseful, and would not have attacked rashly if he had known.

"What's going on, what happened just now?!"

At this moment, the devil's squadron leader and dozens of devils rushed over for reinforcements after hearing the gunfire.

When he heard that the devil's squad leader attacked without authorization and suffered heavy losses, the devil's squadron leader turned pale with anger.

"asshole!"

With a loud slap, five finger prints appeared on the face of the devil's squad leader.

Text Chapter 220 Divide the troops

The ruins of the night were full of dangers, and after the reckless temptations of the devil soldiers failed, they learned to be obedient, lying on their own positions and did not dare to move rashly.

"Let's go, don't make any noise."

Deputy Battalion Commander Dao Zi and the rear combat team stranded on the line of fire stayed on until the early morning. Dao Zi saw that the time was almost up, so he patted the brothers on the shoulder one by one and ordered them to retreat softly.

The brothers were also cautious. Without the devil noticing, they left the ruins one by one, went out the north gate, and entered the dark night in the north.

Daozi led his brothers out of Huaiyin only five or six miles away, when suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion from the direction of Huaiyin City behind him, and clusters of red light gushed out, illuminating half of the sky.

When the brothers heard the explosion, they all stopped and turned to look around. The place where they used to fight was now engulfed in a sea of ​​gunpowder and flames.

"The landmines and explosives we planted are enough for the devils to drink. It would be great if we could blow them all up."

Facing the earth-shattering explosion coming from Huaiyin, some brothers spoke with great interest.

"Don't dream, the little devil is not a fool, can he stand there and let you blow it up?" Some people didn't have much hope for the explosives and landmines that were planted.

"Okay, let's go quickly. If the devil finds out that we have withdrawn, they will definitely catch up."

Facing the stopped brothers, the deputy battalion commander Dao Zi looked away from the distant flames and urged everyone to hurry.

Deputy Battalion Commander Dao Zi and his brothers from the rear fire team chased the retreating troops all night, and only caught up with Yang Ling and the others in Siyang County when the sun was shining.

Other than Yang Ling and the others who were covered in blood and gunpowder smoke, resting in a depression, there were also some slow-moving refugees and carts full of food and parcels that had evacuated earlier.

The knife found Yang Ling, and made a simple report to Yang Ling about the attack on the devils in the rear palace, which was regarded as a task.

"You guys did a good job. I'll give you credit when I go back." After Yang Ling praised and encouraged the knives, he told the brothers in the cooking class: "Bring them some water and food."

Soon, the brothers from the cooking team brought some pancakes and water for Dao Zi and the others. After driving Dao Zi all night, they were already hungry, so they were not polite, and immediately ate voraciously.

"Continue on our way after eating, can you hold on?" Looking at the knives they were devouring, Yang Ling asked.

"Report sir, we can hold on! We are iron-footed!"

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

Yang Ling looked at these brothers who had regained their morale, nodded, and walked towards the direction of the deputy captain Zhang Liechen.

"If the devils find out that we have withdrawn, they should catch up soon."

Seeing Yang Ling approaching, Zhang Liechen, the deputy captain looking down at the map, said worriedly.

"Have you seen a suitable terrain? Let's fight a few battles to slow down the devils."

Yang Ling also sat down along a stone, looked at Zhang Liechen and asked.

Zhang Liechen shook his head and said, "I've studied the map just now. The area around here is very flat, and there's no way to hide people. If we leave some of them behind to block the attack, once the devils entangle us, the remaining brothers will die."

"Our common people are not as strong as us. Once the little devil catches up, it will be troublesome."

Yang Ling also knew how cruel the little devils were. They didn't care about soldiers or civilians when they killed people.

"If it's really not possible, it's better to evacuate the people on the spot and let them disperse to the countryside. It's better than being chased by the devils." The deputy captain Zhang Liechen suggested after thinking about it.

"All those who were able to go to the countryside to join their relatives have already gone. Now those who follow us to the south of Shandong are people who have nowhere to go. If we let them go to the countryside now, it is tantamount to forcing them to a dead end. There is nothing to eat in the countryside. Those who don't drink or sleep will all become refugees in a short time." Yang Ling shook his head and rejected Zhang Liechen's proposal.

Yang Ling believed that as long as these people who were willing to follow them were brought to Lunan, then everyone would work together to open up wasteland and grow food, at least it would be better than being a refugee.

"Well, let's go separately." Yang Ling thought for a while and then said: "You take the people and some of our machinery and equipment to disperse and retreat to Lunan on the small road, and I will take the big army on the main road to attract the devil's attention. Cover for you."

"In that case you will be in danger." Zhang Liechen was full of worry.

"There's no danger. It's okay if the devils don't catch up. If they do catch up and want to eat us, and we don't have fire sticks in our hands, it depends on whether they have a good set of teeth." Yang Ling said viciously.

The deputy captain Zhang Liechen didn't have a better opinion for a while, so he could only follow Yang Ling's order to make arrangements.

The machinery and equipment and the people retreating to the south of Lunan left the road and dispersed to the small roads to march towards the south of Lunan, and the troops sent some troops to protect them.

On the other hand, Yang Ling personally led Blacksmith, the commander of the first battalion, Wu Changqing, the commander of the second battalion, and Liu Zhi, the commander of the fourth battalion, on the road to attract the attention of the devils.

In the battle of Huaiyin, the northern Jiangsu guerrilla corps suffered heavy losses, except for some brothers who had evacuated with the deputy commander Yuan Guangtao and those who stayed in Baoying and Huaiyin to fight guerrillas.

At this moment, Yang Ling can only command more than 700 combatants, and there are three or four hundred wounded who can only evacuate along the path with Zhang Liechen.

Because they were worried about the little devils' pursuit, Zhang Liechen and the others moved very quickly. After making simple arrangements, they left the main road with the wounded, civilians, and machinery and equipment, and turned into the small road.

Yang Ling also temporarily reorganized the disabled troops. Although the first battalion, second battalion, and fourth battalion were still retained, each battalion could only directly command two companies of troops.

"Brothers, hold your heads up for me!"

Although Yang Ling successfully withdrew the troops from Huaiyin and minimized the losses, the morale of the troops was unprecedentedly low, so he had to step up to boost morale.

After hearing Yang Ling's words, the frustrated brothers subconsciously raised their heads and looked at Yang Ling.