"Why didn't you pursue me?" After Xue Bing came back, Liu Gen asked directly.

Xue Bing was a little confused and explained: "When the Japanese are prepared and continue to attack, it is easy to cause certain casualties."

"Now we are the guardians, so we don't have to think about killing all this infantry squad at once. Next, the Japanese will have other troops coming. We need to maintain our own strength as much as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties."

Battalion Commander Wang nodded in agreement. He agreed with Xue Bing's point of view. After achieving certain results, he did not continue to forcefully kill this infantry squad.

The strength of an infantry squad is not large, and Xue Bing and others have almost killed half of the Japanese soldiers and continue to force the Japanese squad, which will only bring about the death counterattack of this Japanese infantry squad, which is somewhat unworthy of the losses.

“It’s done pretty well!”

"It seems that you have made progress, it's very good, keep cheering!" Liu Gen patted Xue Bing's shoulder lightly and said with satisfaction.

Xue Bing is older than Liu Gen, but even so, he still maintains enough respect for Liu Gen. Xue Bing was very excited to get Liu Gen's exaggeration. His efforts during this period are very valuable. Xue Bing seemed to see the hope of continuing to stay by Liu Gen as a guard. There was obvious firmness in his eyes. He must maintain his current state and continue to work hard.

Xue Bing and others returned to the position again. They did not choose to rest directly. Instead, they filled all the rifle ammunition compartments and supplemented their own ammunition. It can be seen that the soldiers in the Guard Company were very cautious and had very rich combat experience.

Even without Xue Bing's orders, the soldiers still did a very good job. This is where the combat effectiveness of a unit can be seen best.

Knowing that the Japanese troops would continue to attack, Liu Gen stayed on the front line and asked the soldiers to order the infantry battalion to rest well and not rush to participate in the battle. Battalion Commander Zhang was a little puzzled. In his opinion, when the Japanese troops attacked, only by the infantry battalion could the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible.

Now that the infantry battalion is not allowed to participate in the battle, it is just relying on Xue Bing's guard company and Battalion Commander Wang's artillery battalion. Can this really guard the position?

Even after receiving the order from Liu Gen, Battalion Commander Wang was still a little unbelievable. After coming to the front line to meet Liu Gen, he had no choice but to return to the rear infantry battalion to rest. Liu Gen's attitude was very firm. Battalion Commander Zhang was unable to make Liu Gen change his mind, which made Battalion Commander Zhang helpless.

Unfortunately, before setting off, the command of the troops was in Liu Gen's hands, which made even if Battalion Commander Zhang did not understand why Liu Gen made such an order, he could only choose to obey. Through conversations with Liu Gen, Battalion Commander Zhang could see that Liu Gen's attitude was very firm. If he really opposed Liu Gen's order, Liu Gen would definitely not be polite to him at all.

"Comrade Liu Gen, it's actually okay to let the infantry battalion top up."

"With Battalion Commander Zhang's ability and the infantry battalion have rest, the combat effectiveness should be well restored." Seeing Battalion Commander Zhang leave in anger, Battalion Commander Wang couldn't help but speak.

Battalion Commander Wang appreciates Liu Gen's ability. He does not want the relationship between Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Zhang to be affected by such a thing. The relationship between them is too stiff and can easily affect the battle.

"Bail Commander Wang, I don't let the infantry battalion take over directly, because I hope the infantry battalion will have more time to rest."

"The combat effectiveness of the infantry battalion is not weak. The infantry battalion has not been exposed to the eyes of the Japanese. When the time is right, the infantry battalion will inevitably become the biggest trump card in our hands."

"What's more, the battles experienced by the infantry battalion yesterday were too cruel. Even if the infantry battalion's combat effectiveness was not weak, it would be difficult to recover in one day."

“…”

While Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Wang were talking, a Japanese army was quickly attacking towards Nuanquan Town, but the Japanese army had few troops. Now, battles were happening in the surrounding areas. Even if the Japanese were constantly drawing troops to come, it would not be able to alleviate the tension of Japanese troops.

This Japanese army that came to support was the 6th Infantry Squadron of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese. When receiving the task of supporting Nuanquan Town, Ichiro Hirai, the squadron leader of the 6th Infantry Squadron, was very dissatisfied. The 6th Infantry Squadron was transferred to support, and Ichiro Hirai wanted to make a contribution.

Hirai Ichiro had a few years as the squadron leader of the 6th Squadron. He wanted to improve himself, at least he had to become the captain of the squadron to achieve certain results. Hirai Ichiro did not want to tell his family that he was just a squadron leader after returning to the local area.

Hirai Ichiro could almost imagine how disappointed his family would be. He was the squadron leader when he left the land, and when he returned, he was the squadron leader. This was a bit too wasteful.

"How far is it from Nuanquan Town?" Hirai Ichiro called out to the staff officer beside him and asked impatiently.

Hirai Ichiro didn't take it seriously. If Nuanquan Town had certain strategic value, Hirai Ichiro would definitely directly refuse this support mission. In Hirai Ichiro's opinion, if it were to take down a small town, an Imperial Imperial Army infantry squadron would be enough, and the infantry squadron would not be used at all.

It would be a bit too wasteful to send infantry squadrons to such a small town.

"We should be able to reach Nuanquan Town within two hours." The staff officer opened the map and replied quickly.

Hirai Ichiro frowned, "Two hours? It's too slow! It's too wasteful of time!"

"Start the marching speed immediately, be sure to arrive in Nuanquan Town within an hour and launch an attack! I will complete this support mission within two hours! Then participate in more battles!"

"Hayi!" the staff officer lowered his head and responded.

The staff officer ran away quickly and ordered Hirai Ichiro's orders. Two minutes later, the marching speed of the Japanese infantry squadron suddenly accelerated.

An hour later, the 6th Infantry Squadron successfully arrived at the periphery of Nuanquan Town. Without waiting for the Japanese soldiers to have enough rest time, Hirai Ichiro issued an order to attack with all his might! Hirai Ichiro did not seriously understand the specific situation of Nuanquan Town. In terms of view, a small town would not have too many Eighth Route Army troops.

Even if the Eighth Route Army had enough troops in Nuanquan Town, Hirai Ichiro was not too afraid. He believed in the combat effectiveness of the 6th Infantry Squadron under his command, Nuanquan Town could not stop them at all!

The Japanese infantry squadron leader was stunned when he saw the 6th Infantry Squadron who launched the attack directly. He was also thinking about reporting the specific situation of Nuanquan Town to Hirai Ichiro.
Chapter completed!