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Chapter 45, Running to Heshanggou

Inukai was still a little flustered when he lost the direct descendant of the Xiangyue family under his own hands. Well, Xiangyue Jian'ao was nothing, but who was Xiangyue Seiji in his family? The previous commander of the First Army! Even though Xiangyue was transferred from the First Army to the General Staff due to various conflicts and is now a reserve officer. However, the former commander of the China Garrison Army, the subordinates promoted by him...

Therefore, what Inukai Yasuo could do at this time was to chase this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers and then annihilate them to reduce his own responsibility.

In front, Captain Huang and his men were running along the mountain road, looking back from time to time to make sure that the Japanese were chasing them before continuing to run forward.

Well, Captain Huang's worries were unnecessary. Inukai and his subordinates, about 530 Japanese soldiers, were chasing them relentlessly, with the spirit of a turtle that would not let go until they died.

Seeing this scene, Captain Huang and his men felt relieved, turned around and continued running.

"Military doctor, those shots you fired were great! The noise was earth-shaking. I could even hear the Japanese screaming..." Zhang Chong, covered in blood, ran up to Li Yuexuan and spoke.

"Uh..." Li Yuexuan didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a while, he answered: "Well, the grenade from the grenade launcher is not that powerful. At most, it can kill people! The powerful explosion you saw was actually the grenade falling on the shell, which caused the shell to explode!"

"Yes! That's right. Look, if it weren't for your grenade, the shell wouldn't have exploded by itself, right? Then the shell would have hit us, right? Isn't that right, comrades?"

"Zhang Chong is right! Hehe, we were all bombed by the Japanese before, but from yesterday until now, we only saw the Japanese being bombed. The military doctor is amazing!" The comrades responded as they ran.

"Ah, whatever you say is what it comes down to! The Japanese are still following us, right? Do you want us to turn around and give them a few beatings?" Li Yuexuan changed the subject.

"Then it was like my mother had died! It was just killing 18 sleeping Japanese soldiers..." Zhang Chong grinned as he spoke, and dried blood clots fell down with his movements.

"Zhang Chong, your group killed 18 people? Our group was luckier than yours. We killed 21 people, 3 more than yours!" The person who was speaking on the side also had blood splattered on his face and body.

"You dead fish are just lucky. I saved a child here!" Zhang Chong tilted his head to show that we are not bad.

"Haha...you guys are really energetic! Save some strength, and when we get to Heshanggou, we'll give him a good beating!" Machine gunner Lao Qi, with a Type 99 rifle on his shoulder, also came over and said something.

The assault team was in high spirits, laughing and joking all the way, and no one fell behind due to exhaustion, and they rumbled forward towards Heshanggou.

At this time, the advantages of a group of veterans can be seen. First of all, their physical fitness is great!
Li Yuexuan was also running. Everyone surrounded him in the middle. From time to time, someone came over to chat with him, putting him in the safest position, which was better protected than his own company commander.

Of course, Li Yuexuan was always accompanied by the brothers Bai Dabao and Bai Dashan. Seeing that Li Yuexuan was a little out of breath, Bai Dashan simply and decisively took over the grenade launcher that Li Yuexuan was carrying. These two brothers were indeed hunters, and their physical fitness was really amazing.

The assault team was laughing and joking as they hurried along, while the Japanese were not ambiguous and kept chasing them closely, always keeping a distance of 300 to 400 meters, just like a turtle. At this time, most of the Japanese soldiers were veterans who had received rigorous training. Well, these Japanese soldiers had undergone rigorous military training in China, and then participated in the war of aggression, and now they have become veterans.

Therefore, these devils were very confident and firmly believed that their physical fitness was better than that of the Eighth Route Army, and that they would tire the Eighth Route Army out sooner or later!
The two sides ran and chased for a full hour. Of course, they stopped to run and walk during the period, but both sides had a tacit understanding and did not intend to open fire.

In an hour, both sides ran 10 kilometers along the mountain road. They were still energetic and some were even telling jokes and laughing.

"Speaking of which, yesterday we were protecting the people and were chased and beaten by the devils. Today we don't have to protect the people, and the devils can still catch up with us, but we don't have to turn around and fight."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think that if we want to get rid of the Japanese and go straight up the mountain from the place where the three bends are, the Japanese can catch up with us?"

"That place at the three bends is really nice. We could have set up an ambush there. What a pity!"

"We can think of it, and the Japanese can think of it too. Haven't you seen that the Japanese don't dare to go directly through? They have to send out scouts to watch us run far away before catching up..."

The mountain road of Panyuan is generally heading east, with 10 kilometers of ups and downs, and the straight-line distance is just over 5 kilometers. Then, as we were running, a fairly straight ravine appeared in front of the team, slanting to the northeast, with a length of more than 600 meters and a north-south span of more than 300 meters. It was a very good place.

"Everyone, we're here at Heshanggou. Run, run, gather at the big rock we mentioned yesterday and fight back!" When they got here, Captain Huang felt relieved and shouted at everyone to speed up.

"Comrades, run quickly. The new recruits from the 1st and 2nd companies and the supplementary battalion are watching us. Our 3rd company is the main force of the st battalion. Don't let people look down on us!" The company instructor also encouraged.

Rumble... Encouraged by this, the soldiers, who were already full of morale, ran even harder. Their legs seemed to have windmills hanging on them, whooshing - um, it was the mountain wind blowing.

With the acceleration in front, the Japanese soldiers chasing behind naturally noticed it. Then, they naturally accelerated and chased after it, fearing that they would be lost.

"Captain, I always feel that something is not right. Could this be a plan of the Eighth Route Army to lure the enemy deep into our territory?" In the Japanese army, Adjutant Tanaka rode his horse close to Captain Inukai and asked.

"Tanaka, you are too worried! Along the way, there are at least five locations suitable for ambushes, and each one is more suitable than here! But what? So, keep chasing..." Riding on a tall Oriental horse, Captain Inukai whipped forward.

From a distance, the enemy's troops were dragged out for more than 600 meters. Some of them gathered in groups of three or five, some were alone and separated from the troops, and some of the baggage soldiers of the enemy were trotting along, taking care of the pack horses, mules and other animals carrying supplies, and even pulling the animals they had robbed.

The most orderly one was the battalion headquarters where Inukai was located. There were about 38 war horses forming a cavalry team, which was particularly dazzling.

(End of this chapter)