Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Outside the mountain, the Japanese captain, Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama, gathered the defeated soldiers and counted their number. He even wanted to kill Saburo Tanaka.

"Clap clap clap!"

Akiyama couldn't help himself after all, and gave Iguchi a beating, cursing loudly afterward: "Bakayarō, you have brought shame upon the Imperial Army."

"Two Imperial squadrons couldn't even defeat a civilian security group. Why don't you commit seppuku and apologize to the Emperor?"

Saburo Tanaka actually became the scapegoat. It was because he came back alive while Iguchi died.

According to the Japanese, no matter how serious the guilt of these dead Japanese soldiers is, they are still warriors, and death is the greatest thing!

Tanaka had no choice but to bow his head and admit his mistake to the captain. He was not the one who was reckless, but he was the one who took the blame. It must be said that he felt very aggrieved.

Even so, he still tried his best to endure it. It was impossible to make him commit seppuku. With one cut, his intestines would be all over the floor. It was scary just thinking about it!

After Akiyama vented his anger, his expression finally returned to normal. He said to Tanaka Saburo, "Hurry up and gather the troops! I want to kill all these Chinese!"

He still had two squadrons that had not been sent out. Together with the ones Tanaka brought back and the mortars he brought with him, he didn't believe that he couldn't deal with these Chinese.

When Tanaka heard the order, he ran away as if he had been pardoned, fearing that he would be beaten again.

An hour later, Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama grimly issued the order, "All troops enter the mountains!"

At this time, several hours had passed since the morning battle. It was three o'clock in the afternoon and the Japanese appeared outside the village again.

When Yang Xiquan received the report, his eyes lit up and he said to Huang Xiaoer with a smile, "It seems that the devils still don't take us seriously. They dared to come in with such a small number of devils."

Huang Xiaoer nodded and said, "In that case, let's continue to play with the devils."

"But the villagers haven't finished evacuating yet, so try not to let the Japanese get too deep."

After all, the Japanese were a regular army, so he was still nervous.

"That's true. We'll just circle around the Japs. But don't take them too seriously. We've got quite a bit of loot this time."

According to the regulations of the regiment, as long as the militiamen seized the items themselves, they would be able to dispose of them themselves, which obviously made Yang Xiquan very happy.

After annihilating one and a half squadrons of the devils, they seized a lot of loot, including more than a thousand rounds of bullets, as well as sixteen machine guns and grenade launchers.

This harvest was indeed quite good for the militia company. You know, they didn't even have machine guns before, so they captured more of the spoils from fighting the Japanese.

Huang Xiaoer was delighted when Yang Xiquan mentioned this. He said with a smile, "I wonder if we'll have a chance to capture mortars this time. I saw the brothers in the main regiment firing mortars before. It was so cool to see them hitting the Japanese."

They all witnessed the Battle of Gaojia Town. The clustered artillery fire made the Japanese completely lost. It was a pity that these guns were not distributed after the war, otherwise they would have been able to get one or two.

Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama led more than 500 people into the mountains in a heroic manner. After entering the mountains, he saw the scene after the minefield explosion, and then nothing happened.

There are mountains connected to each other. Walking from one peak to another, just looking at it makes me feel tired, let alone walking.

The devils couldn't find their way in the vast mountains.

Moreover, the people were also successfully relocated during this period of time. This situation made Qiushan even more at a loss, and he completely lost the momentum he had before entering the mountain.

It was getting dark soon, and the Japanese soldiers who failed to find the civilians and militiamen had to sleep in the wilderness, facing the cold wind.

Yang Xiquan did not take any action for several hours in the afternoon. It was mainly because the civilians were evacuating. Seeing that the Japanese could not find the correct direction, they simply let them wander around aimlessly and they were happy to watch the show.

In a valley, the Japanese soldiers began to set up camp. After that, each person was given a fist-sized rice ball and ate it with water.

It was already 39 years ago, and the treatment of the Japanese soldiers was not that good. Being able to get a salted fish rice ball was not bad at all.

Moreover, the Japanese were used to suffering, so these were nothing to them. However, they were troubled by the fact that they could not find the army and civilians in the mountains.

At Xianyaling, the headquarters of the independent regiment, Gu Changfeng sat in the first seat, looking at the battalion commanders, and said with a smile.

"We've just released the militia and we've already achieved some results. Not bad, not bad. Check it out!"

The battle report was sent back in the morning. At that time, Gu Changfeng and several battalion commanders were fighting with Matsuura and had no time to read it until the Japanese retreated in the evening.

"Haha, I didn't expect Captain Yang to be so capable. He wiped out nearly 300 devils and captured quite a lot of spoils. Not bad, not bad."

Zhou Qianli said proudly that he was the one who appointed the company commander of Gaojia Town himself, and this time Yang Xiquan had made him proud.

The battle reports continued to be transmitted, and happy voices were heard from time to time in the regiment headquarters. It was obvious that they were very satisfied with Yang Xiquan's leadership.

In fact, a few hundred Japanese soldiers were nothing to the battalion commanders, but they were naturally very happy to see their men stand up.

Gu Changfeng looked at it cheerfully for a while, then took out a stack of battle reports and said, "Just now I'll let you guys have some fun. The battle results of other villages here are also quite good."

"Whether it's active or passive, we still managed to eliminate some devils. It seems my previous decision was correct."

"Militiamen are also soldiers. They can also grow up to be real warriors!"

After the speech was finished, everyone nodded.

After saying this, Gu Changfeng began to change the subject and his expression became serious.

"Everyone, Old Wu and his men have retreated into the mountains. It's still unclear whether the Japanese 6th Division will come to us or go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them."

"So, we have to be prepared here as well."

After the words fell, everyone fell silent. After a while, Xiao Wu said, "Captain, our special forces team has requested to act alone."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him with doubts in their eyes.

Xiaowu had a calm expression and shut up after he finished speaking.

He had a mission, a solitary one, which was secretly sent back by Zhao Ziqing. He didn't even tell Gu Changfeng, let alone in public.

Gu Changfeng looked at Xiao Wu for a while, nodded and said, "You guys go, we don't need you here for the time being."

He had some guesses in his mind, but he was not stupid. Xiaowu was so serious, he definitely couldn't ask in public.

Moreover, the special forces have always been under Zhao Ziqing's command, so he is still very relieved about this. Since he didn't say it, there must be a reason for not saying it.

"Changfeng, if the Japanese 6th Division attacks us, we will be under great pressure. Do I need to report this to the division commander and see if he has any solutions?"

The first time Ji Guangshun spoke, he aimed to solve the problem.

It's not that their headquarters is without spare resources. If they really want to fight the Eighth Route Army, they can actually mobilize people. It just takes some time.

Unfortunately, Gu Changfeng refused directly. He looked at Ji Guangshun and said, "It's better to put my battalions outside than here. If the Japanese dare to gather, my heavy artillery battalion will not be a pushover."

Throughout the day, the Japs didn't use any mountain artillery, or even their air force, and he didn't use any heavy artillery or anti-aircraft guns either. It was a tacit understanding between the two sides.

Anyway, there is no need to panic by dragging him like this. If the need comes, he has a trump card.

"As long as you have the bottom line,"

After saying this, Ji Guangshun shut up again. He still had a lot to learn from fighting with the independent regiment, so he planned to continue and see.