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Moreover, it is not clear how many Eighth Route Army troops are ambushing around. If he gets into the Eighth Route Army's lair, he might have to serve Tianhuang here today.

As the First Battalion began to retreat to the rear, Commander Lu, who was observing the Japanese army's movements not far away, secretly said that something was wrong.

It seems that this group of Japanese troops has become completely frightened. If the troops below are forced to stop them, there will probably be heavy casualties.

Thinking of this, Commander Lu immediately changed the battle plan from encirclement and annihilation to segmented blocking, in order to kill as many of the Japanese troops as possible.

It seems that we can only wait until the Japanese reinforcements are eliminated before we can encircle Jingxing.

However, what happened next immediately shocked Commander Lu, and he was filled with fear.

Fortunately, the order was issued in advance and the battle plan was changed when the situation was not right. Otherwise, it would be difficult for my three regiments to explain to Commander Xu and others when they returned to the Fourth District today.

Although this group of Japanese troops had just fallen into panic after being ambushed by the 17th Regiment, with the forced organization of Sota Komura, the entire Japanese brigade began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Especially when retreating, the Japanese army's entire formation did not have any major flaws.

The soldiers blocking the front line could only shoot at the Japanese troops from time to time nearby through the entrances and exits of the tunnel.

At the same time, when Yamashita Ken in the rear learned that the First Battalion was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, he immediately realized that this was a trap set for his regiment.

At this time, Yamashita Ken didn't think twice and directly ordered the machine gun company and artillery company to support the First Battalion under the escort of two infantry companies, and at the same time ordered the First Battalion to move in immediately.

After the supporting Japanese troops received the retreating first battalion, the two battalions of Japanese troops began to evacuate in a group towards Jingxing under the command of Ken'ya Yamashita.

Ken'ya Yamashita's mind was very clear at this time.

If I hadn't concentrated the light and heavy firepower of the entire regiment, I would probably be serving His Majesty Tianhuang outside this county today.

As for the Jingxing mining area, it is at least better than returning to the country to serve in the reserve force than dying here today.

As the Japanese troops gathered and began to break out towards the county town, the two battalions that were moved to the rear of the Japanese army to block their retreat also began to feel the pressure.

Especially as the Japanese army launched a frantic breakout attack, the casualties of the two battalions on the front line began to surge.

However, soon after, the signalman brought news that the commander had ordered the two battalions to open a gap and use guerrilla tactics to harass the retreating Japanese troops, in order to maximize the casualties of these devils.

As the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to open a gap, the Japanese army began to march rapidly towards the county town.

It was not until six o'clock in the morning that Yamashita Kenya rushed back to the county town with the remaining Japanese troops.

After Yamashita Kenye entered the city, he immediately began to count the losses suffered by his regiment. It didn't matter much, but when Yamashita Kenye took the list of losses, his face suddenly turned as black as coal.

Especially when he saw that the number of his entire regiment was less than a thousand people. When they left the city, there were clearly more than two thousand locust soldiers, but now only less than a thousand people have safely retreated to the county town. At the same time, some of these one thousand locust soldiers were hit by the Eighth Route Army's hidden guns.

In terms of weapons, the artillery squadron and machine gun squadron lost more than half of their light and heavy weapons and artillery. As for the other losses below, Yamashita Ken was no longer in the mood to look further.

Now it can be said that the entire regiment has basically lost more than half of its troops. Only with the more than 1,000 troops in their own hands plus the locust army that previously defended the county can they defend Jingxing County before the reinforcements of the locust army arrive.