under fire

Chapter 428
The sun in the sky has disappeared, and the dark red afterglow slowly fades like a brocade, heralding the coming night.

The attack of the devils in pursuit was fiercer than expected, because they knew that once the Eighth Route Army successfully crossed the Wei River, they would definitely enter the Weinan Plain overnight.

At that time, the imperial army could only carry out pursuit, and the troops were insufficient, so they could no longer encircle and encircle them!

The result will be another raid!
The imperial soldiers have a bigger goal, which is not to wipe out the security forces in the occupied areas.

The work of mopping up should be done by the security forces.

In real terms, the imperial army can't afford to sweep it up now
The Pacific battlefield has mobilized too many troops. Many troops on the plain are even domestically recruited reserves. Even warriors who were disabled due to injuries on the battlefield have joined in the rule of the occupied areas. China is really too big!
Not long after the vanguard launched the attack, another team joined the battlefield. There was no need for echelons. There were eight roads everywhere on the plain, and they could attack anywhere.

The Eighth Route Fighting to the Stand was very tenacious, but in front of well-trained imperial soldiers, what's the use of this?
Another squadron arrived, and the devil infantry, who had no time to rest, were also preparing for the battlefield.

All of them were exhausted, their faces were covered with dust under their steel helmets, and they were stained with sweat after rushing through. With red eyes, they dispatched tasks under the command of the officer.

After preparing for more than a month, they originally hoped to use the opportunity of the eight roads to destroy the traffic line in Daqi County to set up a trap to completely wipe out these Tuba roads on the southern Hebei plain.

He even took advantage of the Loyalty and Nation Salvation Army who came secretly, and deliberately asked for help from the first war zone, so that he could lure out the Eight Routes hidden in the mouse hole!

Unexpectedly, after fighting all night, Balu stopped attacking and ran away.

The weather is so hot, the eight roads can really run, and directly rushed out of the encirclement!

Not surprisingly, the Major of the Eastern Cavalry will most likely be demoted, and may even have to apologize
But fortunately, this stone bridge over the Weihe River brought hope to the pursuers who had overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles in the scorching sun.

The last attack before dark caused the attacking devils to do their best, hoping to take the land of Hexi in one fell swoop, and then occupy the stone bridge. Eighth Road wants to cross the river, so dream!
The Eighth Route Army fought with their backs. In the face of absolute strength, it is useless to fight with their backs!

A devil, Shao Zuo, came to the front line to direct the attack. As soon as he came into contact with the blocking forces of the Eighth Route Army, the battle became fierce.

Balu keeps falling, and then people keep adding.

The devil's heavy firepower was still on the way, and the eight-way firepower at this time was not even worse than the devil's, and dense flames spewed out from the muzzle of the machine gun.

Both sides did not have time to establish a position, and opened fire after finding a suitable position in the field.

Balu is obviously fighting a trapped beast. The pursuers, relying on good marksmanship, shoot from a distance. Only the Balu machine gun caused little casualties to the devils.

Another devil squadron of more than [-] people was ordered by the Shao Zuo to quickly turn north, and tightly grasped the eight roads that turned north and fled in large numbers.

Shao Zuo had a premonition that the eight roads fleeing north probably wanted to bypass the stone bridge to find a ford to cross the river!
A company of the cavalry regiment headed north quickly, found a place where the river didn't look too wide, and prepared to cross the river.

The faster the river flow, the less sediment in the river!
The company commander immediately dispatched a squad of soldiers, who took off their clothes and rolled into a ball, slid down the embankment and entered the river beach.

Running from the sand to the muddy ground with only a hard surface, every step is a footprint.

I staggered and took a step, pulled out my feet, and continued to walk into the river. The mud became deeper and softer, and before I touched the water, the mud almost reached my waist!

The straw sandals were gone, and their bodies were covered with sand. The soldiers carefully protected their guns.

He carried the rifle across his shoulder, supported it with one hand, and pulled the mud and sand with the other, but it didn't work at all.

Until more soldiers continued to shovel up the dry soil and dump it into the silt under the order of the company commander, more people joined the team to cross the river, each thinking of a way.

The two fighters stuck in the sand were also pulled out by the fighters behind.

Finally, a soft road slowly extended into the river.

Several soldiers jumped directly into the river and swam directly to the east bank.

Head Zeng, who followed on the bank, was very anxious and shouted at the soldiers to shovel sand and fill in the silt, and arranged for the soldiers crossing the river to shovel and fill in a road.

Gunshots suddenly sounded from the west, and then immediately became dense.

The battle started when Balu wanted to cross the river.

The devil hastily dug a shallow ditch, across the open ground, and shot at Balu lying on the river beach.

Soon, the devils with enough ammunition pressed down on the eight roads on the river beach, the crooked light machine gun poured dense bullets at the eight roads, and the four grenadiers suffocated to bombard the eight roads crossing the river.

The explosion kicked up a cloud of muddy rain, which fell into the river. The explosion blasted water jets into the sky, and then fell like rain.

The machine gun bullets burrowed into the side soil, or flew across the river and shot towards the east bank, hitting several soldiers who were pulling their legs in the mud, and their bodies crooked and sank directly into the mud.

Because of the lack of troops, the devils did not charge. Soldiers continued to die, and more climbed up to the other side, raising their guns to shoot at the flaming machine guns in the distance.
In the eyes of many people, the county seat is a symbol of devils.

It is the base camp of the enemy. Many comrades died in the county. It is the place where the intelligence organization of the Eighth Route Army fights wits and courage with the enemy. You have to be careful every second here.

Everyone in the armed work team thought so, Captain Yu was no exception, but he suddenly discovered that the county town suddenly became strange, the devils had gone out of the city, the puppet troops had gone, and the traitors had gone too, and there was only one guard at the gate of the police force. of

All this became more and more weird. He felt that even if there were only 20 people in the city, it was easy to occupy the gendarmerie, puppet barracks, detective team, and police force.

A large number of security regiment soldiers gathered inside the west city gate, and it was discovered before dark that the overall combat effectiveness of this group of security regiments was not strong!

I learned from the intelligence agent that this group of security guards came here just after a change of defense, and they said they were the Zhangde Water Conservancy Guard Corps!

The identity of a soldier in the middle of the team is not simple, it must be an elite veteran who has experienced battles!

The exchange of fire outside the city has been going on for almost half an hour. Could it be that the troops attacking Hua County have already started to attack?
The sound was wrong, it was not attacking the city, but fighting by the river in the west of the city!
Outside the city, at the location of the Eight Route Crossing River, more than a dozen soldiers were lying in a ditch more than 300 meters away from the east bank of the river.

"Captain four, the situation is not quite right, why are all the devils going ashore?" asked a low voice.

"Look and talk!" The fourth captain carefully looked at the two sides that were exchanging fire.

"Why do their voices seem to be similar to ours?" The team members heard the voices of someone commanding from a distance.

"The man who commanded the cavalry to cross the river is a bit like the head of the cavalry regiment Zeng!" Another team member muttered.

"You know him?" The fourth captain turned around and asked.

"I saw it in a meeting before, but now it's too far away and the sky is too dark to see clearly."

"Could it be that they made up to look like devils?" the team member who spoke before analyzed.

"Why hasn't the scout come back yet?" the fourth captain suddenly asked without answering his question.

"The devil suddenly blocked the stone bridge at the crossing, he must find a place to cross the river!"

"It's really a desperate person"

"Captain, I think the person crossing the river must be one of our own!"

"why?"

"You think, if it's the enemy, it's not good to walk directly from the bridge. Is it necessary to drill into the muddy river beach! And there are still people attacking them."

"It seems to make sense"

"How about I go take a look?"

"Okay, be careful."

"Don't worry!"



Another half hour passed.

"The security regiment is gathering!" A puppet army ran from the drawbridge to the Japanese military police position.

The captain of the gendarmerie didn't care much. The security regiment was a bunch of mobs with bad morals. Everyone knew it, so there was no need to expect too much.

Fortunately, the headquarters informed in advance that the eighth cavalry was wearing the uniform of the imperial army, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous

Tubalu must have seen the explosives that the imperial army arranged to blow up the bridge. Even though most of the troops in his hand were mobs, he still had the confidence to stop this group of Tubalu, and even Balu would not even think about crossing the bridge!

Blowing up the bridge is not good for the imperial army, and the traffic in the future will be much more troublesome. Therefore, Balu didn't take the initiative to attack from the bridge deck, and he even let out a long breath.

Therefore, he did not intend to take the initiative to attack the Eighth Route, and of course, he did not have the ability.

The only support is the pile of explosives under the bridge. I have already heard from the phone that the troops who went out of the city to participate in the siege are in the pursuit team in the west of the city. Therefore, as long as they persist until the squadron leader returns, everything will be considered perfect.

As for the security team in the city, they are still dawdling, which is in line with their usual style of doing things.

But is the imperial army's order a joke?Even if you first come out with ten or eight to help dig two ditches, won't it work?

Let's give them some color after this thing is over!

(End of this chapter)