I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 167 Independent Brigade
Because the devils pursued the troops, they also paid the price of more than 300 casualties when they broke through Lei Ming and Li Guangming's blockade.

His own strength was severely damaged, so when he pursued to the battlefield where the entire Pingchuan brigade was wiped out.

The ghost officer who led the team decisively issued an order to stop the pursuit.

Of course, except for the reason that his troops rested and replenished.

Another reason is that the main force of the Imperial Army is about to capture Nanjing City, and they don't want to take the risk of chasing after them. Xu Qingfeng and his small group that may have escaped join the army.

Because it is more meaningful than chasing them, returning to Nanjing, and participating in this battle that is enough to be included in the history of the imperial army.

Of course, this was mainly because the devils didn't know that it was Xu Qingfeng and the rest of his Huben regiment who escaped from under their noses.

Otherwise, they will continue to pursue without hesitation.

……

On the side of Huben Regiment and Yuyi Regiment, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo retreated to the west for [-] kilometers in a row, and stopped to rest after making sure that there was no Japanese army chasing them.

At this time, Zhou Weiguo, who was leading the way ahead, turned back.

First, he asked Xu Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, what's the matter, are there any devils chasing after you?"

"Not at the moment. I have asked Wang Changgui to lead a platoon to guard. We can rest assured."

Xu Qingfeng took out a cigarette, passed it to him and Chen Qifeng and others next to him, and said, "What about the front? Where are we?"

"We're almost at Hekou Town. After passing Hekou, we'll be Dangtu County." Zhou Weiguo replied, "I just wanted to ask you, where should we go next?"

Xu Qingfeng said: "Didn't I say it before, Jiangnan is not suitable for staying, we have to find a way to cross the river to the north."

"I know." Zhou Weiguo said, "But where do we cross the river? We don't have any equipment for crossing the river. These are the problems that must be solved right now."

Xu Qingfeng's heart moved, and he murmured: "We can't be in a hurry now, we have to stabilize our position first.

In this way, first count how many people we have, and then send people to Hekou Town to scout to see if there are devils and boats for crossing the river. "

Zhou Weiguo nodded in agreement, and Xu Qingfeng immediately turned to Chen Qifeng and said, "Ah Feng, notify the platoon leaders of each company to count the number of people and equipment immediately, and report them as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng, Zhang Zhijian and others readily agreed and followed orders one after another.

Xu Qingfeng then ordered the communication platoon leader Liu Bohui: "Platoon leader Liu, bring me a combat map."

In the breakout battle just now, neither Liu Bohui nor the other signal soldiers participated in the wounded soldiers.

Therefore, not only the portable radio station was preserved, but also military supplies such as combat maps.

"Yes!" Liu Bohui responded, and hastily took out a small military combat map from his body, quickly sent it to Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, and unfolded the map in front of them.

Xu Qingfeng took the lead in finding the Dangtu and Hekou areas on the map, pointing to Zhou Weiguo Road: "We are here now. If there is a boat in Hekou Town, we should be able to take a boat from here to cross the Yangtze River. Enter Jiangbei."

Zhou Weiguo nodded, and said worriedly: "I just don't know how the situation in Jiangbei is, and whether He County has been occupied by devils."

Xu Qingfeng said: "He County should have been lost a long time ago. After all, the roundabout troops of the Guoqi detachment have already reached Pukou."

"Then if we cross the river to the north, isn't it a self-inflicted trap?" Zhou Weiguo frowned.

"Actually, there is no need to worry about this, no matter how dangerous Jiangbei is, it is better than Jiangnan.

The devils captured He County in time, and there would not be too many troops left behind.

At most, they can barely maintain the occupation of Hexian County. As for the surrounding counties and even remote rural areas, they are actually unable to actually control them. "

After Xu Qingfeng calmly analyzed, he looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting dark soon. If we can find a boat and cross the river at night, there is a great chance that we will be able to successfully cross the river."

Hearing Xu Qingfeng's analysis, Zhou Weiguo's frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he nodded, "Then the most urgent thing now is to find the ship as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, wait until the number of people is counted." Xu Qingfeng waved his hand and said: "Let's rest first."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qingfeng found a rock by the side of the road, sat on it, and took a nap to smoke.

Liu Bohui put away the map, took out a box of canned beef from his arms, handed it to Xu Qingfeng and said, "Tuan Zuo, you can eat some."

Xu Qingfeng looked at the canned beef handed to him in surprise and said, "You still have this thing in your hand?"

Liu Bohui scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's just such a box, I didn't want to eat it, so I brought it all the way out from Moling Pass."

Xu Qingfeng smiled and said, "Eat by yourself, I'm not hungry."

"I'm not hungry either, you can eat." Liu Bohui insisted on stuffing the can into Xu Qingfeng's hand.

Zhou Weiguo watched from the side, smiled and nodded in praise: "Qingfeng, this brother is kind, so don't be polite to him."

"I'm really not hungry." Xu Qingfeng insisted on stuffing the canned beef back into Liu Bohui's pocket, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you can eat it yourself, you deserve it."

Liu Bohui still wanted to insist, but Chen Qifeng ran back quickly.

After saluting Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, he said, "Report to the delegation, Commander Zhou, the personnel and equipment have been counted.

At present, our two regiments add up to a total of 530 eight people, and there are more than 640 wounded soldiers and girls' high school teachers and students, totaling more than [-] people.

In terms of equipment, there are more than 400 rifles, seventeen light machine guns, and three heavy machine guns, and the ammunition is quite sufficient.

In terms of artillery, there are more than 20 grenade launchers. In addition, we have newly seized four Japanese mortars.

However, there is not much food to carry, and it can last for another day at most. "

This result was within Xu Qingfeng's expectations.

In the breakout battle, more than 300 people who were responsible for blocking the Japanese army from pursuing troops returned, but less than 30 people returned.

The Death Squad and the attacking force also had more than 200 casualties, so the total strength remained at 500.

In terms of weapons and equipment, Xu Qingfeng was not worried, after all, they defeated and wiped out a Japanese brigade of more than 900 people.

Although, they were busy breaking out and evacuating, and they didn't have time to clean the battlefield carefully.

But ammunition and weapons have been more or less partially replenished.

After listening to the report, Zhou Weiguo said: "There are more than 600 people, based on 20 people in one boat, we have to find at least ten boats to cross the river overnight.

After all, it takes at least an hour to go back and forth.

If there are too few court ships, it will greatly increase the risk of our exposure, attracting the devil's navy to intercept, and the trouble will be big. "

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng nodded and said, "Weiguo, work harder, go to Hekou Town, I will stay and reorganize the troops, so that it will be convenient for our next actions."

"Okay, I'll take Xu Hu and the others there." Zhou Weiguo readily nodded in agreement.

"You don't need to bring too many people, it's enough to bring a reconnaissance platoon, too many people will easily reveal their whereabouts.

Because I judge that the Japanese might not bother to occupy the small town of Hekou now. "Xu Qingfeng analyzed and warned.

"Yes, I understand." Zhou Weiguo responded, turned around and went to find Xu Hu.

After Zhou Weiguo left, Xu Qingfeng said to Chen Qifeng: "Notify all officers above the platoon to come to the meeting."

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng took the order and left immediately.

About 5 minutes later, more than 20 major military officers were ordered to arrive one after another.

Since most of these people are veterans who survived the Huben Regiment and the Pre-Yi Regiment, their loyalty is irrelevant.

Therefore, Xu Qingfeng got straight to the point when he came up: "Brothers, follow the authority when the matter is urgent, and I won't waste my words with you.

I just discussed with Captain Zhou. In order to facilitate our next actions, we decided to reorganize all the platoons in a unified way.

No matter which regiment or battalion you were from before, from now on, you are all members of my Huben regiment.

In view of our current personnel and equipment situation, I have decided to temporarily organize you into an independent brigade of the Huben Regiment, with me and the head of the regiment Zhou as the chief and deputy commanders.

The independent brigade has three infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron, one guard platoon and one reconnaissance platoon.

The first squadron leader was Sun Kui, the second squadron leader was Zhang Zhijian, and the third squadron leader was Fang Shengli.

Wang Tiezhu serves as the cannon squadron leader, Lei Xiong serves as the reconnaissance platoon leader, and Wang Changgui serves as the deputy platoon leader.

Chen Qifeng served as the platoon leader of the security platoon, Xu Hu served as the deputy platoon leader of the security platoon, and Liu Bohui and other communication personnel were temporarily organized into a communication team, which was under my direct command.

In terms of weapons and equipment, except for heavy machine guns that belong to the machine gun squadron, other weapons and personnel, you squadron leaders discuss and decide, just report to me. "

They were all veterans who followed him all the way, so Xu Qingfeng didn't need to do the specific reorganization instructions.

Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian and the others can handle it.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and the discussion immediately began.

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As Xu Qingfeng judged, Hekou was not occupied by the Japanese army at that time.

The reason is very simple. After the Guoqi detachment captured Dangtu, they only left some troops in Dangtu symbolically to maintain the occupation, and the main force crossed the river to attack Hexian and Pukou.

With less than a hundred people and more than 200 puppet troops, it is still difficult to maintain the occupation of the county, let alone divide the troops to attack Hekou and other surrounding market towns.

Therefore, at that time, the vast rural areas such as the small towns around Dangtu County were actually in a vacuum.

Under such circumstances, the reconnaissance troops led by Zhou Weiguo and Xu Hu entered Hekou Town smoothly.

Knowing the arrival of the national army, Liu Tianzhou, the mayor of Hekou Town at the time, hurried over with two subordinates.

When I saw Zhou Weiguo and his party, I was taken aback.

It turned out that Zhou Weiguo and Xu Hu had just experienced a fierce battle, and many people still had dried blood on their bodies and faces, which they hadn't had time to wipe off.

This makes them look, very fierce and intimidating.

Liu Tianzhou regarded them as the defeated soldiers of the national army fleeing, and asked tremblingly, "Master Jun, what instructions do you have for coming to the town?"

Zhou Weiguo turned his face pale, his eyes full of fear and uneasiness.

He asked, "Who are you?"

"Master Huijun, this villain is the mayor of Hekou Town, and my name is Liu Tianzhou." Liu Tianzhou replied quickly.

"Mayor Liu, don't be nervous. We are not deserters, but regular troops who have just been withdrawn from Nanjing."

Zhou Weiguo reassured: "I came to Hekou Town because I have urgent military affairs and I want to borrow a batch of boats to cross the river north. I wonder if Mayor Liu can help?"

Liu Tianzhou was startled, and blurted out, "Master Jun, you came from Nanjing? Could it be that the city of Nanjing has already fallen?"

Xu Hu, who was standing behind Zhou Weiguo, was furious when he heard the words, and scolded: "Mayor Liu, you shouldn't ask, so don't ask, knowing too much is not good for you."

Liu Tianzhou was taken aback, and quickly nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Master Jun is right, Master Jun is right, the villain is talking too much."

Zhou Weiguo said: "Mayor Liu, you and I are both serving the country, so you don't need to be so cautious, to tell you the truth, Nanjing has indeed fallen.

But our resistance will not stop. We went to Jiangbei to preserve our strength for another battle. "

It must be said that the national army's foundation in Jiangnan was still very good at that time.

Especially around Nanjing City, the common people basically agree with it.

Mayor Liu was no exception. Seeing Zhou Weiguo's frank confession, he was more or less relieved.

So he said to Zhou Weiguo: "In this case, please wait a moment, Mr. Jun, I will arrange manpower to raise boats and send you across the river."

After speaking, he turned around and looked around, and said, "There are dozens of you, and two fishing boats can send them there."

Seeing that he was willing to help, Zhou Weiguo spoke more politely: "Mayor Liu, we are just a vanguard force with a main force of six to seven hundred people.

Therefore, I ask Mayor Liu to work harder and help get a few more boats. "

"Six to seven hundred people?" Liu Tianzhou was startled, nodded immediately and said, "It's easy to handle, the people in Hekou Town have made their living by fishing for generations.

Basically every household has a boat. I will go to the folks and try to raise more boats to send you across the river! "

"Thank you!" Zhou Weiguo took the initiative to salute Liu Tianzhou.

Liu Tianzhou quickly waved his hands and said: "This is unbearable, your brothers from the national army are bleeding and dying in front, and we ordinary people have nothing to do to help you.

It's our honor to be able to help. "

After speaking, Liu Tianzhou took his leave and left to gather manpower and ships.

Xu Hu reminded Zhou Weiguo worriedly: "Commander, do you want to send someone to follow? After all, you must be on guard."

Zhou Weiguo thought it made sense and said: "You take a squad to help Mayor Liu raise a boat and protect his safety."

"Yes!" Xu Hu gladly accepted the order, and immediately chased after him with more than ten soldiers.

Zhou Weiguo called another squad leader and told him: "You go back immediately and inform Commander Xu and the others to come to Hekou Town to meet up."

"Yes!" The reconnaissance squad leader responded, and ran towards Xu Qingfeng's resting place with one of his subordinates.

On Xu Hu's side, he led people to catch up with Liu Tianzhou and the others, and said with a smile, "Mayor Liu, our team leader asked me to protect your safety and help you raise ships."

"Uh, alright, then I'll thank the military masters." Liu Tianzhou was startled for a moment, but then he realized it and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)