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Retreat is also a technical job, especially luring the enemy into deep before closing the door to attack, which requires precise control!

First, we have to make the Japanese think that we are really retreating, retreating because we cannot defeat them, and not deliberately luring them; secondly, when retreating, we must always keep an eye on the Japanese and not let them give up the pursuit, nor should we cause too many sacrifices to ourselves by deliberately letting them go; another point is that when evacuating to our own ambush position, we have to stay in a stalemate with the Japanese and not let them discover the ambush.

In short, this is a technical job. It is not something that can be done by just turning around and walking away. It also requires a certain strategy. Fortunately, Si Yong and Li Guohao are all veterans of the New 1st Regiment. They also came from the Red Army period. They naturally have passive skills that others cannot match in terms of how to retreat cleverly. After all, after such a long journey, those who can't retreat and annihilate the enemy during the retreat are long gone...

In the east, in the Nanming River Valley, north of Guantao Township, Li Yunlong led the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment and stopped more than 1000 meters away from the village. Looking at the plaster flag rising in the direction of the village, Li Yunlong was furious. When will it be your turn to hang a flag on Chinese soil?
At this time, the Japanese flags were also hung on the South Mountain of Chegu in the west, indicating that we are here and come and fight if you have the guts.

"Ha, those damn devils are looking down on our Li Yunlong!" Li Yunlong looked around with a telescope, and the frightened monk stood in front of Li Yunlong to block the possible danger.

"Monk, get out of my way!" Li Yunlong pushed the monk away and said, "The Japanese soldiers are scared by me, Li, and they dare not do anything to me! Besides, look at the distance, do the Japanese soldiers feel comfortable shooting? If they shoot, the bullets will fly away. Do you think everyone is a peregrine falcon? Even if they are peregrine falcons, it is hard to say whether they can accurately shoot people from two miles away!"

At this point, Li Yunlong turned to look at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Zhang Dabiao, have you seen the Japanese soldiers at Chegu Nanshan? I think there are not many of them, just over a hundred, not even a squadron! I'm leaving them to you, and I'm asking Captain Qi and the others to help you. How long will it take you to take them down?"

"Commander, there's no need to push too hard. Our battalion can take it down in less than two hours!" said Zhang Dabiao.

"Bullshit! Do you think these heavy mortars will belong to our independent regiment in the future? Why not use them while we can? Besides, the heavy mortar bombing is to intimidate the Japanese troops in the village ahead! Now that it has come to this, we have to use our brains!" Li Yunlong gestured to Zhang Dabiao to put his ear closer, and then said.

"Captain, I understand. I'll take our troops to fight right away! Let the heavy mortar troops give full support!" Zhang Dabiao realized Li Yunlong's intention and arranged for his troops to attack the enemy's hilltop positions. At the same time, in the valley behind, on the enemy's mountain artillery positions, in the craters created by the heavy mortars, Captain Qi and his men were stepping up to build mortar positions.

"Company commander, what's going on? The bomb crater we created has now become our battle pit!" someone in the crowd joked.

"Isn't this good? It saves us a lot of trouble! Look at those iron lumps, they are the mountain cannons that were blown up by us! They ruin the merits of our artillery... uh, so fucking disgusting, there is a piece of minced meat..." Someone responded to the person who was speaking, but ended up stepping on the liver of a Japanese soldier and almost knocked him down.

"Stop talking nonsense, get to work, and try to bomb a few more waves! We've been studying and training for so long, but we've only fired a few rounds of live ammunition? We have a chance this time, and we can't miss it! Oh, my mouth..." Captain Qi was originally a cultured cadre with a refined air, but now he speaks like a woman. After he finished speaking, he slapped his mouth in disgust. "Captain, the phone is connected. It's the battalion commander and his men in front. They are going to attack Chegu Nanshan. They asked us to keep an eye on it. If we find the enemy's firepower points, we can bomb them at will until they call to stop!" The telephone soldier ran over and pointed at Zhang Dabiao and others who were 500 meters away.

"Okay, keep the line open! Observer, go forward and go directly to Captain Zhang. Report the coordinates of the Japanese troops you have found at any time. I will calculate them myself! By the way, tell Captain Zhang that we want to test fire a round to tell them not to be nervous!" After Captain Qi finished speaking, he glanced at the plaster flag on the top of the hill. His mind was working rapidly and his hands were constantly making fine adjustments.

"Okay, let's fire a test shot!" Captain Qi gave an order, and a shell flew out, drew a perfect parabola, and exploded next to the Japanese's plaster flag.

Boom... the plaster flag and the dozen or so Japanese soldiers guarding the plaster flag were instantly turned into various pieces and mixed with the surrounding rocks and soil.

"Haha... test firing? You call this a test firing?" Zhang Dabiao laughed loudly on the other end of the phone, and then commanded two rows of soldiers to launch an attack. When attacking a hilltop position, too many people are not good, especially for this kind of exploratory attack, which does not require too many people. Two rows, together, have more than 80 people, enough to make the Japanese nervous and expose all their firepower.

In fact, the Japanese on the South Mountain of Chegu were already extremely nervous! One shell, just one shell, and the flag they had hung up was gone, a small squad was gone, and it also affected everyone within a few dozen meters of the explosion point, causing more than 10 casualties. With such power, you say this is the Eighth Route Army? The Eighth Route Army is so powerful?
Well, we can’t blame these Japs for being ignorant. After all, the Japs who were present and witnessed the power of the explosion were either blown to death or the officers like Nakano. Naturally, they couldn’t tell the ordinary Japs.

"Heavy machine guns, where are the heavy machine guns? Shoot at the Japanese positions on the hilltop and suppress their firepower! Grenade launchers, follow up, and kill any target you find. If you can't, call for help!" At the foot of the mountain, Zhang Dabiao shouted, and immediately a heavy machine gun started firing at the mountain.

Inside the village, Nakano looked through an observation hole on the village wall, watching the battle in the north, feeling mixed emotions. How could he withstand the fire from the Eighth Route Army? But so what?
Just as he was struggling, the sound of explosions rang out again. Nakano hurriedly stepped back to see, and found that the hilltop to the west had been blown up several times again. Gravel and dust were flying everywhere, like black flowers blooming on the hilltop.

What the Nakano and the Japanese soldiers didn't notice was that when they focused all their attention on the western mountain, dozens of figures entered the tunnel from the entrance outside the village and went deep into the village. That's right, Li Yunlong didn't give up attacking the village, but before attacking the village, it was a regular procedure to occupy the surrounding high ground first.

But if we attack the hill in the west, it doesn't prevent us from letting the comrades of Wuxi County Brigade enter the village first to have a look! What if there are other exits in the village? Wouldn't it be easier for us to fight next? (End of this chapter)