In the eyes of the brigade commander, the National Salvation Army must have wanted to take the opportunity to consume the vitality of the troops. When they replenish their ammunition and enter the mountains to chase them, they will face much less pressure.

With this idea in mind, the brigade commander decisively ordered the troops to shrink their defenses and defend Donghui Town to the death. Without orders, he could not leave the town casually.

This can not only greatly reduce the losses of the troops during night attacks, but also minimize the impact of the night attack on the troops' morale and morale, ensuring that the troops have enough troops to enter the mountains after replenishing ammunition...

But there is also a disadvantage, because all the troops were trapped in Donghui Town, except for the radio station, the contact between the troops and the outside was almost interrupted, and everyone could not know the every move of the National Salvation Army in the mountains.

If the National Salvation Army just wants to harass them through night attacks, and the main force is still hiding in the mountains and waiting for them, it doesn't matter.

If the National Salvation Army takes any action, the brigade commander who is hiding in Donghui Town will be completely disgusted and know nothing.

And his opponent Zhou Cheng happens to be a commander who likes to play cards without reason.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, after confirming that there were no Japanese scouts outside the mountain, Zhou Cheng set out, and a team of five or six hundred people left the mountain in a mighty manner and disappeared into the night.

In Zhangzhuang Town, Chen Zhengyu used eight blocking positions built by the former National Rescue Army to block Asakawa Nakasa for a day.

When night was about to fall, the Japanese army voluntarily stopped the attack and camped for a rest under the order of Asakawa Nakasa, and prepared to fight again tomorrow.

The National Salvation Army also won a chance to breathe for a night, and the atmosphere of the first battalion was very heavy.

Although the troops successfully blocked the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops and used machine gun castles and mines on the blocking positions to successfully kill a large number of enemies, they also paid a huge price.

It just happened to be the old saying that killing one thousand enemies will hurt yourself by 800.

Especially in the afternoon battle, facing the sudden bombing of aircraft, the two main platoons on the position were blown away by a bomb in an organized manner and all were sacrificed before they could retreat.

Fortunately, when Wang Dehou was the regiment commander, he built eight blocking positions outside the town. After Chen Zhengyu led his troops to guard Zhangzhuang Town, he further strengthened those positions and built hidden traffic trenches and minefields between the trenches. In this way, he relied on layers of blocking to block Asakawa Nakasa outside the town.

If it was dark two hours later tonight, Zhangzhuang Town would definitely be captured by Asakawa Nakasa.

Deputy Battalion Commander Dong Fei is informing everyone of the battle results and losses achieved by the First Battalion during the day.

"Chief of Staff, I have already counted: the Japanese and puppet troops lost at least 500 people in today's attack, one third of which were Japanese devils. We almost wiped out an infantry squadron, and almost all of them were killed by heavy machine guns hidden in the castle."

"In order to kill more Japanese, our machine gunners will stare at them whenever they have the chance. If the Japanese hadn't called the plane, those machine gun castles could kill more than a hundred Japanese."

"Most of the remaining two-thirds of the puppet troops were bombed by landmines. Unless they rushed to the front of our positions and threatened the safety of the troops, the soldiers would not easily shoot at them."

Chen Zhengyu frowned and analyzed: "The sneak attacks during the Japanese march yesterday and the night attacks, we killed more than 100 people, and the results of today's battle are exactly 700, which means that there are still 1,100 Japanese and puppet troops left to attack us, and they are fighting well!"

After saying that, he looked at Dong Fei again: "Continue, is our war loss great?"

Hearing the word "Slay" in war, Dong Fei's expression was obviously more solemn than before. He took a deep breath before speaking.

"The biggest loss was the Third Company. There was no chance for the two infantry platoon companies to retreat. They were destroyed by Japanese planes on the spot. In addition to other losses, the Third Company had 81 people sacrificed and four seriously injured, and there were 48 left to continue fighting."

"The loss in the first row was the smallest, with 38 people sacrificed and 16 seriously injured. There were almost 80 people left to continue fighting."

"52 people were sacrificed in the second company and 13 people were seriously injured, and there were almost seventy people left to continue fighting."

"33 people were killed and 12 people were seriously injured."

"A total of 201 people were sacrificed, 45 people were seriously injured, and almost two infantry companies were killed."

"In addition, two heavy machine guns, four grenade launchers, eight light machine guns, and 115 rifles were lost."

"The last two are left in the eight blocking positions outside the town, and the other six blocking positions are all occupied by the Japanese!"

Chen Zhengyu's face suddenly became heavy, and he sighed and replied: "Everyone has heard of the casualties and losses. After only one day of this battle, our battalion suffered more than half of the casualties, while the losses of the Japanese and puppet troops were far from half."

"More importantly, we lost almost half of our equipment and more than half of our heavy machine guns, while the Japanese had almost no heavy weapons, and we could call for aircraft support at any time."

"One rises and the other falls, which means that our blocking battle today not only lost, but also lost miserably."

"Tell me, how can we fight next?"

Chen Zhengyu had already made a decision on this issue, but he did not say it out.

He had to focus on his mind first and let the company commanders learn to think so that they could have the opportunity to grow up as soon as possible.

The current National Salvation Army was directly expanded from the battalion, with almost no qualified middle-level cadres. Even the chief of staff did not meet the qualified standards, so they could only learn while doing things.

The regiment commander before the division of troops told him more than once, and asked several company commanders to analyze and think about the situation so that they could grow up as soon as possible.

What Chen Zhengyu is doing is to cultivate their ability to think independently. Only with this ability can they be qualified to be battalion commanders.

When he was a company commander, the troops rarely went out to fight independently. Basically, the company commander would do whatever he asked his superiors to do.

The battalion commander is completely different. He spends most of his time fighting independently outside. His superiors will only set a combat target for them. The battalion commander has the final say on how to fight and when to fight.

If you don’t even have the ability to think independently, becoming a battalion commander will be a blind eye and will also bring devastating blows to the army.

Dong Fei was the first to speak: "I think we can withdraw."

"Under the cover of night, I voluntarily evacuated Zhangzhuang Town and went to the mountains to continue to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops."

"The Japanese have aircraft support and cavalry to cooperate in combat. If they retreat during the day, our troops will be massacred by cavalry and aircraft once they leave the town. Retreat tonight can minimize the losses!"

Xiang Feng and Chen Hao looked at each other and replied: "I also agree to give up Zhangzhuang Town and lead the troops into the mountain!"

Chen Zhengyu nodded: "Since everyone thinks it's time to retreat, then let's retreat!"

As soon as the word "removed..." was said, the radio operator Deng Jinghua suddenly walked in, and the speed was very fast.

"Chief of Staff, the regiment commander has orders for you..."

Chen Zhengyu was worried about tomorrow's battle. After reading the telegram, the worry on his face disappeared, and he became relaxed. Then he gave an order that surprised everyone.

"The troops will not retreat."

"The Second Company is assembled soon, and I will strengthen the guard platoon of the battalion to the Second Company. Deputy Battalion Commander Dong, you will lead the team yourself. After half an hour, you will set out and attack the Japanese and puppet troops at night. The more you fight, the better!"

"Other troops seize the time to rest and accumulate energy, and there will be a big move in the second half of the night..."

With the remaining troops of the first battalion, there will definitely be no major battle, so other troops will definitely participate in the major operations mentioned by the Chief of Staff.

Thinking of the telegram that the Chief of Staff had just received, Dong Fei immediately reacted and stared at Chen Zhengyu and asked, "Chief of Staff, is the regiment commander coming to support us!"

Zhou Cheng will arrive in more than four hours, and everyone will know it sooner or later, so Chen Zhengyu did not hide it from everyone, with a smile on his lips and replied easily: "No, but before the leader arrives, don't spread the news."

Asakawa Nakasa selected the garrison on a high ground two kilometers away from Zhangzhuang Town, and the troops built a temporary garrison based on favorable terrain.

The base was surrounded by light and dark sentries, then patrols, and finally to the machine gun position beside the base.

A total of thirteen light and heavy machine guns are around the station. Once someone approaches, they can attack the enemy from a high point.

In the first half of the night, the station was very quiet and there was no attack, which surprised Asagawa Nakasa.

After analyzing with his subordinates, he made a judgment: it must be that the National Saving Army suffered too many casualties during the daytime battle, and he no longer had the troops or energy to attack him at night.

So all the Japanese and puppet troops seized this rare opportunity to have a good rest and replenish the physical and energy they had consumed during the day.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, except for the guard posts and patrol soldiers, all the Japanese and puppet troops were sleeping sounded when gunfire sounded.

"Dadada..."

The familiar and crisp sound of machine gun strafing came and ended quickly, but it woke up all the Japanese and puppet troops in the garrison.

One minute later, the same gunshot sounded in the other direction of the station. In less than five minutes, gunshots were heard everywhere around the station, including machine gun strafing, rifle shooting, and several grenades exploded.

The quiet station immediately became lively, Asakawa Nakasa was also awakened, frowned and walked out of the tent, almost colliding with the staff officer who was rushing towards him.

Seeing the other party's face was panicked, he cursed dissatisfied and said, "Baga! The National Salvation Army has not yet entered, why are you panic?"

"Sir, please calm down!" The staff officer was shocked and his words were a little unscrupulous.

I stuttered for a long time before speaking: "A large number of national rescue troops appeared around our base, and were sneaking into our light and dark warning posts with a pneumatic gun. Many posts have lost contact!"

I arranged the light and dark sentries by myself to prevent the enemy from quietly touching the base and catching myself off guard.

Now that the enemy has been exposed, the sentry is not that important. Continuing to stay outside the garrison will give the National Savior Army a chance to defeat them, and die for nothing. Decisively ordered: "Send all sentries and patrols a retreat signal immediately and retreat to the garrison. We rely on the machine gun positions to defend the garrison and fight the National Savior Army's sneak attack troops!"

"Hi!" The staff officer immediately took the order.

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