Li Guotao strode to Commander Meng's temporary headquarters next to the bridge over the Zhulong River, and at this time some of the main leaders of the Fourth Army Division had already arrived.e Commander Meng waved his hand and said, "Guotao, you came just in time, let's have a meeting" Li Guotao nodded, walked to the position next to Changde and sat down.At this time, Commander Meng cleared his throat and said, "This time, we annihilated the two brigades of the Japanese army's independent mixed second brigade in one fell swoop, and achieved an unprecedented victory.But the battle is not over, the sweep of the little devils is not over, at present, the main force of the 118th Brigade of the Japanese Army, the little devils of the three brigades of the Japanese Army Independent Mixed Second Brigade, are rapidly advancing towards where we are now, although some of our local troops, try all means to block, but can not completely block the little devils, the nearest group of small devils from us, less than 30 miles away from us, it is estimated that we will arrive today. ”Commander Meng paused and then said, "After this major battle, all the troops of our Hebei Military Region have suffered losses, especially after a long march, all the troops are exhausted.So at this time, we were simply not able to meet the main forces of the Japanese army that were about to arrive.Therefore, after the study and decision of the leaders of the military region, all units were transferred overnight this evening and retreated to the west. ”Everyone has no objection to this, because the Eighth Route Army at this time is really not suitable for fighting again.Although the two brigades of little devils were annihilated this time, the losses of the main forces were not too great.But the long-distance march along the way made the soldiers tired, not to mention that the little devils who came this time were not one or two brigades, but a whole and a half brigades, adding up to 10,000 people, so even if the Eighth Route Army can still maintain sufficient combat effectiveness now, it will not be able to resist such a large-scale Japanese attack.Commander Meng paused for a moment and then said, "After the study and decision of the military region, in order to narrow down the target, all the troops of our Hebei Military Region will retreat by separate routes.The units of our Fourth Army Division will retreat westward along the north bank of the Zhulong River and eventually enter the Angolan area.Although we are retreating this time, we are not fleeing, but we are just temporarily avoiding the edge, in order to find a fighter plane that is beneficial to our army, and completely smash this sweep of the little devils. ”"I have a question, Commander Meng, is our Excalibur Special Combat Team going to act in unison with our main force this time" Li Guotao suddenly said."
Of course, I have already greeted Chief of Staff Sun, and your Excalibur Special Operations Team is now back and will act with the troops of our Fourth Army Division with the Anguo County Brigade."
Commander Meng nodded and said."
Okay, then I have no doubts, and I will resolutely obey the organizational arrangement."
Li Guotao said with a serious face.Commander Meng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Do the others still have any questions?"
Everyone shook their heads to indicate that there was no doubt, and then Commander Meng continued: "In this case, then all the troops will be transferred immediately, the military sub-district organs and the troops directly under them and the Anguo County Brigade, the eighth regiment will retreat first, and the ninth regiment will be responsible for breaking off the rear, and then retreating."
If there is no doubt, you can go back and prepare, and the troops will move immediately. ”"Yes," the congregation replied in unison, and then they all got up and walked out.Chang De and Li Guotao walked out, Chang De said with a smile, "You have finally returned to the team this time, don't you know, you are not in these days, I feel uncomfortable fighting." ”"I didn't expect me to be so important in the eyes of the captain," Li Guotao joked with a smile."
That's a must, you Li Guotao is my Dinghai God Needle," Chang De said with a laugh."
Okay, don't be poor, tell me first, what is the current situation of our county brigade," Li Guotao suddenly asked with a serious face."
The situation is very bad, after this series of battles, the troops have lost more than half of them, more than 200 of them have been killed, and a large number of wounded.I just counted that there are only more than 300 people left in our county brigade who can continue to participate in the battle, so the situation is quite bad. ”Chang De couldn't help but sigh and said."
The losses are so serious" Li Guotao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, you must know that before this sweep, the Anguo County Brigade had a total of more than 700 people, but now there are only more than 300 people left who can fight, and the losses are indeed more than half."
The main thing is to help the Eighth Regiment break the siege and the first battle of the Zhulong River Bridge has suffered a large loss, and the other battles are all small fights, but there are not many losses."
Chang De sighed and said.Li Guotao nodded with a heavy heart, "This sweep of devils, the losses of all units are not small" "It is indeed not small, the losses of our Fourth Army Division are considered large, and the Eighth Regiment of the main force is almost gone, replenish it once, after the battle of the Zhulong River Bridge this time, the remaining people do not even have a battalion, and the only one that is still complete is the Ninth Regiment, otherwise Commander Meng would not have left the Ninth Regiment to serve as the post-break mission." ”Chang De shook his head and said, "But the little devils have not been touched, especially this time, we annihilated two brigades of little devils and more than a thousand puppet troops in one fell swoop, plus the Japanese army annihilated in the previous battle, after the start of this sweep, we have annihilated more than 5,000 little devils, and the puppet army also has three or four thousand people, so our losses to the enemy are still less." ”"Well, but the little devils originally had strong troops, and we couldn't afford to lose them," Li Guotao said with a helpless sigh."
As long as you get through this while, everything will be fine."
Chang De said with a serious face, "Okay, we don't have to sigh here, thank you for commanding the troops to retreat" Li Guotao nodded, and then the two of them walked towards the station of the Anguo County Brigade together, Changde directly issued an order, ordering the troops to immediately pack up their things and prepare to retreat.At this time, it was already dark, and after receiving the order, the troops began to retreat in an orderly manner after packing up.The Anguo County Brigade and the units of the Fourth Army Division crossed the bridge over the Zhulong River and retreated westward along the Zhulong River while it was dark.As for the main force of the Hebei Military Region, it retreated westward along the south bank of the Zhulong River, while the troops of the Third Army Division retreated directly to the northwest.In order to prevent the troops from gathering together, the target is too big and easy to be discovered by the little devils, so the troops can only disperse and retreat.After walking west for dozens of miles along the north bank of the Zhulong River, the troops of the Fourth Army Division turned northwest and entered the territory of Anguo County, and it was not until noon the next day that they were ready to find a place to rest and recuperate.aa2705221: