under fire

Chapter 1098 The Second Lieutenant's Ambition

After chasing the ghost lieutenant who had fled the national army all night, he climbed up the mountain ridge panting.

The second lieutenant of the advancing team who arrived earlier saluted solemnly: "Second Lieutenant Ito Takatake of the Okawa Squadron of the [-]nd, [-]nd and [-]rd wing."

The lieutenant who led the team looked excited: "Our unit of the [-]th Okamoto Brigade of the Independent Infantry pursued the breakout enemy from the valley west of Tongtian Gorge last night until here. Leave traces outflank the pursuit."

Ito Takatake nodded, and told the Sergeant next to him: "Map!"

The sergeant next to him hurriedly pulled out the map, and Lieutenant Jinwei rushed to the front of the map.

The upper and lower ranks of the devil army are strictly hierarchical, which means that they are in the same army.

The Class C division and the elite stand-up team are completely of two grades, so that Takatake Ito is not like Lieutenant Jiro, who is one level higher in rank than him.

It is an honor to be able to fight with the Stand Up Team!Konoe Tsiro didn't care about Ito's attitude at all, and pointed to the map to explain the surrounding situation: "The national army has more than [-] defeated troops and is currently heading north."

Ito looked at the idiot, "Lieutenant Konoe, it seems that your information is wrong. The broken army you mentioned is fleeing from north to south."

The intelligence of the two sides is completely opposite?Konoe froze for a moment, but didn't dare to refute, his expression was a little embarrassed: "I completely obey your command"

The 69th Division is a local garrison division. Most of them are battlefield veterans who have been injured and have lost part of their combat capabilities. Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Standing Team, it is more than enough to ambush the national army, but they should not be too demanding!
Thinking of this, Takatake Ito nodded: "Okay, you arrange a small team to continue to pursue northward, and the others immediately follow my department to detour westward to find a place to wait for them."

After parting with Balu.

The friendly army waded through mountains and rivers all the way to the south.

Watching the mountain running dead horses, I walked for nearly an hour before turning over a mountain.

Hearing the faint gunshots coming from the mountain ridge behind him, the deputy chief of staff frowned deeply, and looked up at the westward sun: "The Eight Routes are good at guerrilla warfare, they won't hold on for too long, order, speed up and leave"

Zhang Weimin, who was following him, suddenly said, "No accident, the squadron devils following us are likely to follow the Eighth Route Army."

Hearing what Zhang Weimin said, Jin Shanchuan next to him immediately showed a strange smile: "God is so eye-opening! Let these eight roads serve as a shield for us! Heh heh, guys who don't even have full hair can be staff officers, I think they This time I guess it’s over.”

On the other side, Staff Officer Wei looked at this guy who was gloating at revenge, and couldn't help but sneer: "It's because of some idiots who only know how to fight in the nest, that caused the fall of a large area of ​​the country."

Jin Shanchuan waved his hand: "The devil's invasion is just a mustard disease, and the Eight Routes are the source of the disaster. This time, I don't care about you. In the future, you should be less vicious in front of me!"

"If according to the earlier plan, the theater can agree to the New Fifth Army to enter the mountains ahead of schedule, the New Fifth Army will not be forced to surrender to the enemy."

"Hehe, you know what a fart. After entering the Eighth Route base area, the team doesn't even know if it's surnamed Sun or not. You don't understand the plan at all."

Staff Officer Wei was stunned: "What plan?"

"Don't inquire about this matter!"

"Hehe, as a staff officer of the military department, my eyes are so dark. You guys are playing those tricks all day long. If there is any mistake in the group military department this time, I will never forgive you!"

"You have lost the three eastern provinces, and you still have the face to talk nonsense in front of me? Believe it or not, I will kill you now as an all-rounder." Perhaps because he felt that he was really great, and these consultants were all cowards, Jin Shanchuan became more courageous. It grew bigger and bigger, and repeatedly acted arrogantly in front of the staff.

"Come on, come on, anyway, your guns never dare to point at the little devil, I will give you this head, see if you have the ability to pull the gun!"

Jin Shanchuan looked left and right, and if he really wanted to fight in front of these big-headed soldiers, he would probably suffer a disadvantage. When he went back, there would be plenty of excuses to deal with this guy, so he could only resentfully said: "I don't have the same knowledge as you."

The deputy chief of staff next to him was angry: "Why are you arguing? There are eight roads to the north, and now we have to avoid the devils chasing soldiers following Battalion Commander Zhang."

Still the words "devils chasing soldiers" in his sentence worked, Jin Shanchuan shut his mouth and quickened his pace.

After turning over a low mountain ridge in the south, a soldier who was out of breath hurriedly ran in front of Zhang Weimin: "Report, the devils who have been chasing us last night appeared in the southeast direction, we must now go west detour!"

With a bang, the map unfolded.

Zhang Weimin pointed to the map and suggested to the staff: "The devils chased us from the north to the southeast yesterday. Our department made a circle in this area, but we didn't get rid of it completely. Now we must continue to climb the mountains south, or follow the valley to detour to the southeast." Southwest, you can avoid a head-on collision with the devils!"

The deputy chief of staff nodded: "I know what you mean. At present, the devil doesn't know that you and I have turned south after we met, so turn to the southwest first!"

Zhang Weimin had a bad premonition: "I always thought that the devils chasing us would not be so stupid. With the devil's temper, if you say that they can't even run away from us, do you believe it?"

The deputy chief of staff shook his head and smiled: "Hehe, I really believe it, because today we are with those Eight Routes, and we can run faster than the devils advancing into the team!"

As for the fast escape, if Zhang Weimin was not under his command, he would be ashamed to say
There is another reason that is the key point. After being captured by the puppet army, most of the quilt rolls and other things in the team were lost, which is equivalent to light clothing, and the eight roads are still carrying food and equipment!
Jin Shanchuan next to him suddenly said: "The military has lost contact. We should join Li Tietou as soon as possible. I think Xiangnan should be faster now!"

The deputy chief of staff immediately turned his head with a black face: "I'm talking about something, when will it be your turn to play?"

Jin Shanchuan took out a telegram from his coat pocket: "Don't forget, this is an order from above, I ask everyone to go south immediately!"

The deputy chief of staff clenched his hand into a fist, and quickly released it helplessly: "Damn, all of you should go south, and you must move fast, in case the devil finds us and divides up to outflank us."

The team picked up speed again.

Zhang Weimin followed Staff Officer Wei, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Wei, I don't understand one thing: Since the higher-ups intended to make the New Fifth Army surrender to the enemy, why did they let you leave?"

"Why, I didn't surrender and become a puppet soldier, so you feel uncomfortable?"

Zhang Weimin smiled: "I don't know what kind of temper you have? Hehe. If the commander asks you to vote for the devils, I think you will definitely become a deserter!"

Staff Officer Wei sighed: "Last year, the devils successfully wiped out the headquarters of the Eighth Road, which gave hope to those guys in Chongqing. They thought that the devils did not sweep up hard enough, and the Eighth Road in the mountains showed signs of resurgence. Later, those dogs in the Chongqing Staff Department made a The new plan is to let the New Five Armies deliberately defect to the enemy and become a puppet army, and then go into the mountains in a legitimate way to wipe out the eight roads in the mountains, and finally let the New Five Armies set things right."

Zhang Weimin was dumbfounded: "How can you be so shameless?"

"Hehe, when it comes to crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, who can beat the one in Chongqing? Can't you see it?"

The team continued west, no one willing to talk at the trot after falling into a state of respite.

Gunshots from the side of the mountain ridge separated from the Eighth Road behind him came from time to time, but not intensively.

After walking for nearly two hours, the team turned south again and climbed a mountain ridge.

The team had to rest temporarily once again.

There is another valley ahead, and the mountain ridge is still on the other side of the valley.

If you go west, you can walk along the mountain ridge, but if you continue to go south, you can only go down the valley and climb the mountain again.

Of course, there is no choice. It is also possible to make a detour along the valley to the west, but there are cliffs on both sides of the Taihang South Canyon, and it may not be possible to go around after walking for a day and a half.

At this time, the messenger of the broken-off team climbed up the mountain ridge panting, and ran to Zhang Weimin: "Report, the troop chasing us has turned around, and it should have spotted us. At present, only one vanguard team has been found, not far away from us." La!"

"Small captain is a fart, if he dares to chase him, we will kill him!" Jin Shanchuan said proudly, there are now more than 100 people on his side, which occupies a good location, except for no guns, the equipment is much better than the devils.

After spending so much time in the army, I know some common sense.

This man stood on the ridge and looked east, but unfortunately, he couldn't see anything because of the bend of the valley.

Hearing this idiot pointing fingers here, the deputy chief of staff wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

Naturally, we are not afraid of a small group of devils on the mountain ridge, but with the temper of little devils, who knows if they have sent people to climb over the mountain ridge and follow the valley to the south to outflank them?

He shook his head helplessly: "Ignore them, just order the back row to find a place on the mountainside to stop them. The others quickly went south through the valley to break away from the enemy."

In the desolate mountains.

The main forces of the two teams are located on the mountain ridges on the north and south sides of the valley.

A small group of devils in the south continued to move westward along the southern top of the ridge.

The purpose is to go to the west first and then go down the valley, so as to block in advance the possible escape route of the team fleeing from the north to the west after the battle begins.

Another team guarded the east side of the valley.

As long as the fleeing team goes down the mountain ridge, the standing team from the south is condescending, and the chasing team from the northeast only needs to occupy the mountain ridge behind the deserters.

This group of deserters will completely become the turtle in the urn!
As for these people, they are obviously from the national army, but unfortunately, they are not from the Eighth Route Special Service Group.

　The 69th Division was adapted from the independent mixed No.16 Brigade stationed in North China. It was mainly responsible for the security and security of the occupied areas. It was established in 1942. There are a total of four infantry brigades. The main force is the [-]th Division. The little devil who didn't go back to the bird country without the request of the main force!
　　
　
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