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

Both sides could already see the other's tense face, and they both lowered their bodies on the horse's back and bumped into each other.

Although it was only a small-scale cavalry battle, it was still extremely dangerous, as if thousands of troops were charging, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Pfft!"

The cavalry platoon leader lowered his head to avoid the saber sweeping towards his head, and the saber in his hand slashed towards the body of the devil soldier under the high-speed impact.

Driven by the high-speed charge of the horse, the sharp saber cut the devil soldier's body in two without hindrance, bringing out a fountain of blood.

In the surroundings, there was a sound of clanging gold and iron and the sound of chopping into flesh, and both sides desperately greeted each other, wailing continuously.

The staggering time between the two sides was very short. The cavalry platoon leader only cut down a devil, and the high-speed charging horse took him out of the battle group.

He reined in his horse and turned around to look back. In the blink of an eye, both sides had left eleven corpses on the ground, six of the devils died, five of the Chinese cavalrymen, and the ownerless horses were running into the distance. .

"kill!"

The horse whistling white mist, the devil just turned the horse's head, the cavalry platoon leader rushed forward with the rest of the brothers again, the two sides collided again, blood spattered.

With just three hedges, all the devils were cut off from their horses, and the living Chinese officers and soldiers were all covered in blood, like Shura from hell.

The five devil cavalry who were about to cut off the back road in the distance were stunned. They wanted to wipe out this group of Chinese cavalry, but who would have thought that their men would be cut down in just a few breaths.

"withdraw!"

After realizing the strength of this Chinese cavalry, the remaining five devil cavalry in the distance rode their horses and began to flee without the slightest hesitation.

But can they escape?The investigating Chinese officers and soldiers quickly chased after them. At such a short distance, the devils left their backs to them, and that was a living target.

Text Chapter 954

Most of the people in Gaoyou City were evacuated to the countryside by Yang Ling and the others. The gray and black walls of Gaoyou City were covered with bullet holes, and a large area of ​​ruins blocked the streets.

At the gate of Gaoyou County, a group of senior officers of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps surrounded the deputy commander Li Changjiang and stood on the steps, facing the war reporters with cameras.

"Everyone look this way..."

With a click, the group photos of the generals who recovered Gaoyou were frozen. These photos will be published in the newspapers soon. As expected, they will all be on the front page, and everyone is happy.

The officers walked aside quickly after taking the photo, and those well-dressed local gentry and celebrities also stood on the steps humbly to each other, and took a group photo with the deputy commander Li Changjiang.

Since the fall of Gaoyou, this is the first time that the flag of the Chinese army has flown over the city of Gaoyou, and Gaoyou has once again returned to the hands of the Chinese.

Just as Li Changjiang, the deputy commander, was taking a group photo with the people on the steps of the Gaoyou County Mansion, an officer with a hurried look strode over.

As soon as the group photo was over, he strode up to the deputy conductor Li Changjiang and whispered something in a low voice.

The smile on the face of the smiling deputy commander Li Changjiang froze. Although it quickly recovered, the head of the third guerrilla regiment next to him noticed something strange.

"Sir, what's the matter?" the head of the third guerrilla regiment asked puzzled.

"It's okay, it's okay, you take a photo with them, and I'll leave first if I have something to do."

The deputy commander Li Changjiang explained to the head of the third regiment, and then strode away with the adjutants and staff.

The devil's striker had already arrived ten kilometers away from Gaoyou City, and the devil came so fast!This shocked Li Changjiang, the deputy commander, when he got the news.

Although Yang Ling reminded him before leaving that the Devil's troops had appeared in Shaobo Town in the south and called his attention, but the Devil arrived at the outskirts of the city in a blink of an eye, which still caught him off guard.

"Sir, according to the report of the cavalry reconnaissance company, the devils marched for several miles, with a lot of cannons behind them. There should be no less than 2000 troops..." The intelligence officer's complexion turned pale.

They know what the scale of more than 2000 devils means, that is at least two brigades, and they don't know if there are any behind them.

Thinking that they were about to face two brigades of well-equipped devils, the staff felt bitter. This Gaoyou is not a sweet potato, it is a hot potato.

It is a pity that they were short-sighted and only saw the benefits of the restoration of Gaoyou, but did not see the huge risks hidden in it.

Gaoyou is the gateway to the Huaihe River, how can the devils let them recover, if this place is occupied by the Chinese army, then the devils want to manage the Sulu area into a stable ruling area will come to naught.

Now the deputy commander, Li Changjiang, is very regretful. Why should he be greedy for credit, and take this hot potato into his hands. If he doesn't come to Gaoyou, nothing will happen.

It's a pity that they are now the heroic unit that liberated Gaoyou, and the commendation telegram from the theater command has been sent, and they can't leave now even if they want to.

If they give up Gaoyou, which they just acquired, not only will their previous glorious image plummet, but they will even be reprimanded by the theater command. Removal is a small matter. If they are shot because they lost Gaoyou, it will be a big loss .

"Sir, are we going to withdraw?"

The staff officers did not keep Gaoyou's confidence. Seeing that the deputy commander Li Changjiang had a sullen face and did not speak, they asked cautiously.

"Withdraw, withdraw the fart!"

Li Changjiang, the deputy commander, has always been very shrewd, and his troops have expanded and grown, but he always shirks for various reasons and refuses to fight the little devils, because the troops are the lifeline, if the troops are defeated, his own glory and wealth are gone.

But this time, for the sake of getting cheap, he put himself on the crater, and there was no way to retreat. Once he retreated, sooner or later he would end up with the title of a fleeing general and be caught.

Now the Sulu War Zone is not monolithic. Although their Guerrilla Corps, the 89th Army, and the Independent Sixth Brigade are all nominally based in Chongqing, they often have conflicts because of the defense zone.

Moreover, the theater command is in southern Shandong, and the deputy theater command is in Xinghua. If he withdraws this time, the opponent will definitely take the opportunity to attack.

In history, Li Changjiang defected to the enemy as a puppet army, and was appointed by the Nanjing Wang puppet government as the commander of the puppet first group army. Apart from his greed for prosperity and wealth, another reason was that he wanted to preserve his strength, and some people wanted to dismiss him.

The officers and soldiers at the grassroots level in China are fighting bloody battles with the devils, but many senior officials don't care about the survival of the country at all, they only care about their own interests.

This time, Yang Ling and the others voluntarily handed over Gaoyou to the Sulu Guerrilla Corps. First, Yang Ling and the others needed to rest and replenish their troops to fight again, and they needed the Sulu Guerrilla Corps to help them out for a while.

Second, Yang Ling was not sure whether Li Changjiang, the vice president of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps, still had the idea of ​​defecting to the enemy, which was also a test.

Although Yang Ling and the others withdrew from Gaoyou, they actually led the troops northward to Jieshou Town and stopped. They joined the supplementary battalion from Huaiyin and went south for reinforcements, and were setting up a new battlefield while Jieshou was resting.

Once the deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang flees without a fight and voluntarily abandons Gaoyou, then the devils will drive straight in. Once the central Soviet Union falls, northern Jiangsu will be in danger.

So once Gaoyou falls, Yang Ling and the others will rely on the new battlefield to block the devils in the Gaoyou area and prevent them from harming the people of Lianghuai.

If Li Changjiang, the deputy commander, fought the devils to the death in Gaoyou, it would also give Yang Ling and the others more time to set up a new battlefield, and it would not take too long for the Sulu Guerrilla Corps to resist the devils, a week would be enough.

Yang Ling believed that once the new battlefield layout was completed, it would be a natural barrier in front of the little devils. Unless they took their lives, they would never even think about stepping into Lianghuai!

Yang Ling has made two preparations now. Although Gao You is facing an enemy at the moment, and even the air smells of gunpowder, Yang Ling and the others are not idle in the Jieshou area behind Gao You.

"Send a small team to the countryside and recruit as many local people as possible to help. We need a lot of manpower now."

"Our wounded will also be transported back to Huaiyin early tomorrow morning. Zheng Gang, you are in charge of this matter, and you must ensure that every injured brother returns home safely."

"Changqing, you are in charge of the training of the troops. The companies that are short of personnel go directly to replenish the important people of the battalion. Within a week, the troops must restore their combat effectiveness."

"Blacksmith, you are responsible for talking to the local anti-Japanese armed forces and asking them to bring people to assist us in fighting. If you encounter obstacles in the resistance war on the way, you can kill them first..."

In a one or two-story wooden building in Jieshou Town, Yang Ling, who had retreated here, was holding a combat meeting of the Subei Corps. Although they withdrew from Gaoyou, it did not mean the end of the war.