The Japanese and puppet troops were becoming more and more dispersed, and the casualties caused by the shelling finally began to decrease. The captain of the Zhongjiao even saw a shell that was smashed down and did not kill or injured a soldier.

This should have been good news, but the captain's frown did not stretch, but instead wrinkled deeper and deeper.

The county town gave it to itself said that the main force of the National Salvation Army was outside Shouyang City, where did the artillery fire that was attacking itself come from?

Moreover, the artillery fire that attacked him was very fierce and even an artillery brigade could not be shot out.

The captain felt that he had fallen into a trap, and the entire battle situation was definitely not as good as the captain said in the telegram.

Just talking about the artillery unit that was attacking him, the corps leader did not mention it in his order. It can be seen that he did not know the existence of this artillery unit, which means that he was also deceived by the National Salvation Army.

The National Salvation Army has the strength to hide a powerful artillery unit to raid itself, and it is certain that it is possible to hide other troops to attack itself.

The more the captain thought about it, the heavier the expression became. He always felt that the National Salvation Army had arranged a net of heaven and earth in front to wait for him to drill.

At this moment, he thought of the repeated explanations from his superiors when he accepted the task!

"The counterattack troops must be able to attack the National Rescue Army while ensuring their safety. Otherwise, they will directly evacuate Shouyang and never make meaningless sacrifices..."

The entangled heart immediately made a decision: "Notify..."

"The troops immediately gathered after withdrawing from the artillery fire coverage area. The entire army marched urgently for one kilometer and then stood on standby!"

"All the reconnaissance troops were sent out for reconnaissance, to ensure that there were no enemies within two kilometers of our surrounding area before continuing to reinforce the county town. The speed must be fast!"

The captain of the Zhongjiao was very cautious and slipped away when he saw that the situation was not good.

But Zhou Cheng's reaction was faster. As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops were scattered by artillery fire, he realized that the opportunity for the cavalry had come.

"Boom..."

After the Japanese brigade captain gave the order, he was about to turn around and retreat first, and the faint sound of horse hooves rang behind him.

Under the cover of the explosion, he didn't hear it very clearly for the time being.

But the sixth sense of the soldier made him realize: a very huge danger was approaching him...

After pricking up my ears and listening for two seconds, the heavy expression on my face obviously deepened a little, and there was a hint of anxiety and worry.

The retreat speed began to accelerate unconsciously, and he ordered as he ran: "Baga! The National Salvation Army was still hiding a cavalry unit in front of us... It was coming towards us. Everyone should retreat quickly and leave the artillery coverage area immediately, and then gather troops to concentrate firepower to block them, otherwise we would definitely be chased by the cavalry unit all the way..."

Zhong Zuo's order was very timely and in place, but this order expired today.

The shelling continued, and the gathering of Japanese and puppet troops continued to disperse. The battlefield was full of explosions, screams, screams, and chaos.

His orders were completely unable to spread throughout the battlefield in a short period of time.

When the cavalry rushed to the battlefield with their sabers, at least two-thirds of the Japanese and puppet troops had not received the order to retreat.

Therefore, facing the cavalry running towards them, the completely dispersed Japanese and puppet troops could not even organize a decent counterattack.

The two cavalry rushed into the middle of more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops. Except for those who were killed and killed by the cavalry on the spot, the other Japanese and puppet troops were frightened and ran away with no counterattack ability, which further aggravated the chaos on the battlefield.

The Japanese and puppet troops who received the assembly order were not much better.

In order to reduce the casualties of the troops in the artillery attack, the troops were divided into very scattered and everywhere, and it was difficult to gather together in a short time in a hurry.

Even if two or three squads gathered together and had a single infantry squad, they were only equipped with two or three light machine guns.

This little blocking firepower can only scratch the cavalry and cannot stop their offensive.

Several cavalry rushed into their team, and the troops that had just assembled were instantly washed away and then fell into a dangerous situation of fighting each other.

The battlefield was stormed by artillery fire, and they became even more chaotic as the cavalry joined.

There were puppet troops running away with their heads in their arms, or Japanese devils who were struggling with bayonets to fight to the death, but the two sides fought for one round and were chopped off by the cavalry...

"It's over..." Captain Nakazo shouted with a look of despair.

"No, we are targeted by the cavalry. We will immediately protect the captain from retreating. The people behind us will leave cover..." The captain of the guard suddenly shouted, interrupting the captain's words before he finished speaking.

His duty is to protect the safety of the captain. Whether the troops can win this battle is not his business, and he is not qualified to take care of it.

Seeing dozens of cavalry suddenly popping up on the flank of the team and waving their sabers towards him, the guard captain decisively cut off his arm, hoping that the troops behind the temple he had stayed could block the cavalry assault.

"Da da da...slap..."

The sound of the troops behind the palace shooting quickly rang behind them, but the result was not as good as the guard captain's wish.

They were only equipped with two crooked knives. Although they killed four cavalry in the firefight just now, the remaining cavalry still rushed forward and rushed directly to the forty or fifty meters ahead of them.

As soon as the cavalry equipped submachine gun and pistol fired, the two crooked hands became dumb.

The remaining dozens of cavalrymen took the opportunity to launch an assault, and with just one charge, the troops behind the palace were killed to the point of falling.

Then he did not turn around and continued to destroy the troops behind the palace and continued to rush towards him.

At this moment, there were less than twenty guards left by the captain. However, if you fight hard, you are not the opponent. The guard captain immediately fell into a dilemma and didn't know what to do.

Captain Zhongzo also realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly turned around to confirm the latest situation of the troops. As a result, he became desperate after taking a look.

I just thought about retreating and didn't pay attention to the battle situation behind me.

Less than a minute later, the battle situation had deteriorated to an uncontrollable extent.

More than 200 cavalrymen rushed back and forth on the battlefield, and used their sabers to reap the lives of their subordinates.

The puppet army was completely frightened by the beating. Most of them knelt on the ground, watching the cavalry rushed over from him with fear, ran over, and praying that the other party would not kill him as a Japanese.

A small number of puppet troops and subordinates were unwilling to die here just like that.

Some people followed them and retreated, while others were raising their bayonets to take a try...

But no matter how they choose, they can't escape the ending of being killed by a cavalry with one knife.

In this case, the counterattack troops will not only not have the chance to turn defeat into victory, but will also be wiped out here...

After the troops were exhausted, as the captain, he would be sent to the military court if he fled back alive. It would be better to stay with the troops and die here in battle.

The despair expression on his face quickly turned into determination and farewell. He decisively pulled out his command knife and stared at the cavalry who were rushing closer and closer in front of him to make an order: "Warriors, the other side is a cavalry, and I will definitely not be able to run away from them. I decided to fight them to the end here!"

"Everyone is wearing bayonets, first hit them with bullets, and then fight for bayonets, so that everyone can kill a national rescue army to be buried with them before they die..."

When He Feng led the infantry to the battlefield, he saw no standing Japanese wherever he looked, except for the puppet army prisoners kneeling on the ground.

Seeing the cavalry rushing farther and farther away, He Feng became anxious: "The Third Company stayed to clean the battlefield and gathered the prisoners. The others followed me to chase the cavalry troops. The speed should be fast, otherwise all the meat would be eaten by the cavalry, and we would not even drink soup..."

"Comrades, follow me... and fight!"

The siege battle outside Shouyang City is still continuing.

In addition to paying attention to the battle situation, Dong Fei, the captain of Xiyang garrison, also glanced at the watch on his arm from time to time, obviously waiting for something.

At five o'clock, when the last twenty minutes were left before the Japanese wing captain determined the counterattack time, the radio operator suddenly appeared behind him: "Report to the captain, the regiment commander, let us start the action!"

Dong Fei became excited when he heard this, and the only worry left in his heart disappeared at this moment. Then he ordered: "The Japanese and puppet troops are in trouble, and it's our turn to go on the field next!"

"The artillery company immediately blows up the city gate, and the second battalion is ready. After the city gate is blown open, it immediately enters the county town and attracts all the Japanese and puppet troops in the city to the east gate."

"At five o'clock, ten minutes later, the guard company and the mountain cannon platoon launched an attack from the west of the county town on time, entered Shouyang City as fast as possible, and seized the Shouyang Arsenal and Material Warehouse..."

At the command of the Japanese garrison in Shouyang City, the corps leader did not know that the counterattack troops were being eaten by Zhou Cheng little by little.

Because the artillery fire came too suddenly, before the radio operator could send a telegram, the man and the radio station were blown away by a shell.

As for the explosion on the battlefield, under the cover of close-range cannons in the east of the city, the county garrison did not hear it at all.

The wing captain stood in front of the map and considered his counterattack plan for the last time.

Twenty minutes later, the counterattack troops will launch an attack from behind the National Salvation Army, and the remaining troops in the county will take the opportunity to fight out from the east gate and attack the National Salvation Army outside the city.

"Boom boom boom..." The artillery fire attacking the east of the city suddenly became denser, and the sound of the artillery was louder than before.

The captain frowned slightly after hearing this, but did not make any other decision.

In order to cooperate with the counterattack troops to attack the National Salvation Army, he began to mobilize troops half an hour ago, and dispatched 150 people from the other three directions to reinforce the east of the city. The troops protecting the material warehouse and the command were also drawn away by him, causing the troops stationed in the east of the city to surge to more than 700.

No matter how the National Salvation Army strengthens its offensive, it is impossible for it to enter the county town from the east of the city within twenty minutes.

"Sir, report from the garrison in the east of the city: the national rescue army used mountain cannons to blow up the city gate. They gathered an infantry battalion to assault the city gate. They needed counterattack troops to join the battle immediately, block the national rescue army, and defend the city gate!" The telephone soldier frowned and put down the microphone, walked quickly to the corps commander, anxious to report.

"One battalion!" The captain of the regiment thought about the order: "If I guess correctly, this should be the only remaining troops of the National Salvation Army. Since they want to consume their remaining troops in the siege battle, then we will fulfill them!"

"Order all counterattack troops to join the battle and resolutely block the attack of the National Salvation Army. We will kill as many troops as they come and strive to wipe out them all!"
Chapter completed!