The Japanese captain's judgment on the Imperial Army was correct. Ordinary soldiers were particularly dependent on officers. Without officers, the troops would become a flock of sheep without leaders, and instantly fell into a state of unorganized chaos, and the morale of the army and morale were greatly reduced.

As soon as the commander and a few confidants walked away, the team of more than 200 people became in chaos.

"Brothers! The team ran away..." The company commander who was the first to discover the situation felt that he had lost his backbone in an instant and shouted with a look of despair.

"Company Commander... the cavalry of the National Salvation Army is coming soon. The Japanese are gone and the regiment commander is running away. Otherwise, let's run away too!" A platoon leader under his command suggested with a terrified expression.

"How to run?" Although the company commander was also frightened by these accidents, he did not lose his mind and asked with a frown.

"We only have two legs, can we run a four-legged cavalry?"

"The Japanese gave us the order to stay here and block the National Savior Army. If we just ran away like this, the National Savior Army let us go, and the Japanese would not let us go after we go back?"

The platoon leader was anxious. He didn't want to die here just like that. He cried and asked, "It's not right to guard or escape, what should I do? Can we really die here tonight?"

The company commander's expression suddenly became very serious. He quickly glanced at his subordinates around him and replied: "There is a way for us all to survive, but it's a bit risky. I don't know if your brothers are willing to do it with me!"

Everyone is not stupid. When they hear the company commander, they know that he plans to do something that everyone wants to do but has never dared to do: surrender.

Since the Japanese left everyone here as abandoned children, more than 200 puppet troops began to think about their own way out and future.

People are afraid of death, and they are no exception.

Even if they only have one in ten thousand chances to survive, they will try their best to survive.

Therefore, many people thought of the way out of surrendering the national rescue army on the battlefield.

But this matter was not something they could decide. The commander was staring at him. If they were unwilling to surrender, their actions would not only not allow themselves to survive, but would also bring disasters to themselves and let themselves die faster.

Now the company commander has this idea, and this idea is everyone's voice, of course no one will refuse it.

Someone immediately stood up and said, "Company Commander, we all listen to you! As long as we can survive, we will do whatever you ask us to do?"

"Yes, we all listen to Company Commander Zhang!" The soldiers from other companies also shouted.

When the puppet army commander left, they took their commanders away. Now the army has no backbone and can only place hope on the only company commander left in the team.

Seeing the unity of opinions from his subordinates, the company commander stopped talking nonsense: "The cavalry is coming soon, we have no time!"

"Everyone listened to my order: remove all the weapons and ammunition on your body, kneel in the trenches and surrender to the National Savior Army..."

The Japanese brigade commander had high hopes for the rear of the palace became a prisoner of the National Salvation Army, without even a single bullet.

Tao Yongsheng was very happy. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a good unexpected gain on the way to kill the Japanese.

After leaving a platoon of guarding prisoners, he continued to chase the Japanese with more than a hundred cavalry left.

The troops operating near the command center successively caught up with the captain, and then joined forces to evacuate the battlefield.

There were more troops in his hand and he was confident. The expression on the captain's face was obviously not as nervous as before. He ran and observed the surrounding terrain, preparing to find several favorable terrains to fight guerrilla with the National Rescue Army and take revenge.

The battle just now ended too quickly. Faced with the accidents one after another, I was defeated before I could react.

After being a soldier for so long, the captain has never fought such a frustrated defeat.

In order to save face and keep his reputation for half his life, he must turn defeat into victory in the next guerrilla war, otherwise he will definitely be given the title of defeated general.

"Boom..." The sound of horse hooves was still behind them, and the sound became louder and louder.

The captain was not affected at all. He kept holding a telescope to observe the surrounding terrain and analyzing whether they could become battlefields for his own guerrilla warfare.

Of course, this does not mean that the captain trusts the puppet army behind the palace.

In his eyes: no matter how hard the Imperial Army fought, they could not stop the cavalry assault, but they could hold them back.

Even if they were more than 200 pigs, the National Rescue Army would have to take some effort to catch them, not to mention the soldiers holding weapons in their hands.

But the captain ignored a problem: people have their own thoughts and ideas and will obey commands. If they have laid the battlefield well and cut off their idea of ​​breaking out, it will definitely be much easier for the National Salvation Army to kill them than kill more than 200 pigs.

It was like the battle that happened just now: more than 200 puppet troops were scared to death and had no courage to resist. As soon as they threw away their weapons, they knelt on the ground and surrendered, waiting for the national rescue army to rush over to capture themselves.

So, Tao Yongsheng and his cavalry troops stopped without stopping for a moment, and directly crossed the third main trench defended by the puppet army and continued to chase and kill the Japanese captain.

The captain who was observing the terrain did not know this situation, and his attention was all about the guerrilla war he was going to fight next.

The guard captain next to him doesn't need to think about so many things. He only has one task: protect the captain's safety at all costs!

The pursuer is currently the only opponent who can threaten the safety of the captain. Among the officers guarding the captain, no one cares more about this unit than him.

"Sir, something is wrong?" the captain of the guard suddenly reminded.

"Along the way, I only heard the sound of horse hooves of cavalry assaults, and I didn't hear a single gunshot. According to the truth, the left-behind troops should have fired with the cavalry troops chasing us, but why did there be no gunshots coming from the battlefield!"

A word woke up the dreamer. After listening to the reminder of the guard captain, the squadron leader of the first squadron also realized something was wrong: "Sir, I also feel that something was wrong with the troops left behind the hall. Listening to the sound of horse hooves, it seems that the cavalry chasing us had crossed the third main trench!"

"I suspect that the puppet troops behind our house fled temporarily?"

Hearing this, the captain finally put down his telescope and pricked up his ears to hear the sound of horse hooves coming from behind him.

In just a few seconds, my face became nervous again, and then frowned and shouted: "Bageya Road, the Imperial Army behind the palace must have fled to the battlefield. The cavalry who were chasing us had crossed the fourth main trench and rushed towards us. The position was built by me myself. No one knew the specific location of each main trench better than me..."

The captain of the first squadron was anxious. He just saw the scene of the cavalry fighting against a regiment of the Imperial Army with his own eyes.

In the battle just now, the Imperial Army still had a position to defend, but in the end it was killed by hundreds of cavalrymen.

Now everyone is marching, and there is not even a place to hide nearby. If they are caught by cavalry, no matter how many troops around them, they will become targets for the opponent and their heads will be cut off by a saber.

I quickly looked at the captain, hoping that he could come up with a good idea.

The captain's desire for victory was too strong, and until then, he was still thinking about how he turned defeat into victory next.

If you cannot turn defeat into victory, even if you return to Shouyang County alive, you will be labeled as a defeated general. It would be better to die here in battle, so that you can at least protect your heroic identity and honor.

"Sir, the cavalry of the National Rescue Army is about to catch up, you must make an idea immediately!" Seeing that the captain of the brigade did not speak, the guard captain couldn't help but remind him.

The captain no longer remained silent and began to give orders: "Since the Imperial Army is unreliable, we can only rely on ourselves. The First Squadron stayed in the palace and found a way to stop here for ten minutes, and then alternately cover the evacuation battle."

"If others follow me to retreat, I remember correctly, there will be several places in front of us where we can fight guerrilla warfare with the National Savior Army. At that time, we will leave two combat teams in each place, which will definitely damage the cavalry troops behind us."

After listening to the order, several squadron leaders and squadron leaders were all disappointed.

Because the command the captain just issued was completely opposite to the order they wanted.

Especially the squadron leader of the First Squadron, in his opinion: the cavalry chased everyone with four legs, and no matter how fast the troops ran, they would be caught up.

If you want to lead the troops to slip away from the cavalry's nose, you can choose to divide the troops and break through.

There were more than 300 troops around the captain, and there were less than 200 cavalry troops chasing everyone. Everyone scattered and broke through, and there must be many troops without cavalry to chase them, so these troops could retreat to the county town alive.

As for other troops, even if there are cavalry hunting, there is no need to worry too much. The troops scattered breakouts can try to find some mountain roads and small roads with complex terrain, so that the cavalry chasing them will lose their due mobility due to the poor terrain.

Raids and fast speed are the two biggest advantages of cavalry units.

On the rugged mountain road, neither of these advantages can be exerted, and their combat effectiveness may not be as good as the same number of infantry. In the end, the breakout troops can not only slip away from the cavalry's nose, but also find ways to fight the opponent's counterattack...

Several Japanese officers had very good ideas, but the reality was particularly cruel.

The captain actually chose a tactic with almost no way out for everyone to implement. Isn’t this clearly going to lead everyone to die?

Among the few people, the most intense reaction was the squadron leader of the first squadron.

He only brought back more than 80 subordinates, except for five light machine guns, not a single heavy machine gun.

Use this little force and firepower to block more than 100 cavalrymen of the National Rescue Army. You will know that you will definitely be defeated without fighting.

After finally escaping from the front line alive, he still died on the battlefield. The squadron leader was very unwilling to accept it.

He decided to fight for it again and find a way to get the captain to take back the order and adopt the division of troops that they all recognized.

Facing the gaze of the captain, he reported with a stinging bullet: "Sir, it's not that he is afraid of death, but he feels that fighting like this is meaningless..."

"We have no positions and no heavy weapons, so we just stay here to block the attack. The cavalry can eliminate all of us with just one assault, and it can't stop us for too long. In the end, the cavalry can still catch up with the main force."

"I think we can split our troops to break through. This kind of battle will definitely save more than half of the lives of officers and soldiers and allow them to return to the county town alive."

The captain was unmoved and stared at his subordinates and ordered with murderous orders: "Bageyalu, the current captain of the army is me, not you, I don't need you to command!"

"Splitting the troops to break through can indeed save many soldiers' lives, but the task given to us by the corps leader cannot be completed. If we fail to delay the national rescue army, it will be meaningless even if we return to the county town alive."

"Execute the order, otherwise military law will be carried out!"
Chapter completed!