Huang Yu's appetite was far greater than Kong Jie had imagined.
Looking at him, he asked directly: "Captain, can you give me another machine gun team!"
"If there aren't many Japs chasing us and there is a machine gun team to cooperate with us, I will be at least 80% sure to kill them!"
"The more people we kill on the enemy's flanks, the more soldiers the enemy will pursue and kill us, and the less pressure the main force will have to retreat."
"Instructor Xiao!" Kong Jie seemed to trust Huang Yu very much, and after hearing this, he gave orders to Xiao Yuanchang who was standing beside him.
"Give Huang Yu the crooked handle he just captured for the time being, and arrange for four sharpshooters and four machine gunners to be handed over to him together, faster!"
"The sooner the sneak attack team launches the attack, the less pressure we will have to retreat!"
Kong Jie's prestige in the independent group is very high, and he is rightly said.
Xiao Yuanchang had many questions and worries in his heart, but he still carried out the order readily.
It wasn't until Huang Yu led the people to leave that he hesitated to ask: "Captain, I admit that Comrade Huang Yu is very skilled and has good marksmanship, but after all, he has only been a guard, not even a squad leader. You treat the Japanese who are harassing the Japanese so seriously?"
I think it would be too risky to give him the task!"
"The commander of the fifth company is very good at fighting guerrillas. He once led an infantry squad to deal with two Japanese infantry squads without falling behind. I suggest that he be given command of the sneak attack squad. Comrade Huang Yu will serve as his deputy!"
Kong Jie shook his head confidently: "That's not necessary!"
"Huang Yu was brought out by the political commissar. His abilities are far beyond our imagination. If he hadn't been too young, he would have left the army and become a platoon leader!"
"Old Xiao, if you don't believe me, you should believe the political commissar's vision!"
"It will definitely be no problem to let Huang Yu command the sneak attack team."
"I know that Tang Bing, the fifth company commander, is another trump card in my hand. You can also set up a temporary reinforcement class for him. If Huang Yu fails to complete the task, let him join."
Colonel Sakata personally commanded the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalions to pursue the Independent Regiment and the 386th Brigade Headquarters. He left behind all the artillery units that affected the marching speed of the troops, and the 1st Battalion, which had lost more than half, protected them and followed them in pursuit.
The troops pursued very smoothly at the beginning, and the distance between the two sides quickly shortened. After another hour of pursuit, the leading troops would be able to capture the remnants of the independent regiment.
Colonel Sakata had already made a plan on horseback: after catching up with the remnants of the Independent Regiment, he would leave half a brigade to destroy them. He would personally lead a half brigade to bypass the battlefield and continue to hunt down the 386th Brigade Headquarters, trying to kill two of them in one battle.
All targets were taken.
"Reporting to the commander, the remnants of the independent regiment did not continue to retreat to Cangyun Ridge. They suddenly turned and ran towards the northeast. The captain asked the subordinate to come over and ask for instructions: Should we divide the troops or pursue in one direction?"
"The Eighth Route Army is indeed an extraordinary Chinese army!" Colonel Sakata said with admiration as he looked at the retreating direction of the Independence Regiment.
Captain Yoshida Shoichi of the Second Battalion sighed: "Your Excellency, Captain, the Independent Regiment is definitely the toughest opponent I have ever encountered in China, and my fighting will is comparable to that of the Imperial Army of Japan!"
"But they retreated with the wounded. Their marching speed is not as fast as our pursuit. They will be wiped out by us in an hour at most."
"Retreating to the northeast at this time is obviously to disperse our forces and take some of the pressure off their brigade before dying!"
The captain of the third brigade responded: "Since we have seen the conspiracy of the remnants of the independent regiment, we must not be fooled!"
"My humble suggestion is to ignore them and go straight to Cangyun Ridge to hunt down the 386th Brigade Headquarters!"
"No!" Colonel Sakata retorted with a cold snort.
"More than 400 imperial troops in the First Battalion died at the hands of the Independent Regiment. The Sakata Regiment has never suffered such heavy casualties since it entered the war. If we want to maintain our record of zero defeats in China and avenge the dead soldiers, we must kill them.
Independent group!"
The captain of the Third Battalion immediately asked: "If we attack two targets at the same time, will our forces be too spread out?"
Colonel Sakata didn't care at all. He looked at his two subordinates and analyzed confidently: "I admit that the Eighth Route Army has a very tenacious will to fight, but their equipment is too poor and their ammunition is too little. Our full infantry brigade is enough to take down their main regiment!"
"The independent regiment that retreated to the northeast has only more than a hundred remaining soldiers. No matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, they cannot compare with our two infantry squadrons."
"Our attack on the Independence Regiment just now has proven this!"
"The headquarters and logistics organization of the 386th Brigade are all a bunch of old, weak, women, children and civilian officers. They are protected by at most one guard battalion. Their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the independent regiment. I can definitely deal with them with a brigade and a half."
"Yoshida-kun!" Colonel Sakata looked at Yoshida Shoichi and began to give orders.
"I will give you half an infantry brigade to hunt down the remnants of the independent regiment in the northeast and avenge the warriors who died in their hands!"
Yoshida Shoichi was very reluctant. He wanted to follow Colonel Sakata to clean up the 386th Brigade Headquarters and catch the big fish, instead of staying here to eliminate the small fish and shrimps.
But the commander's order has been given, so he can only nod his head and accept it.
"Captain, the little devils have divided their troops!" the platoon leader behind the palace caught up with Kong Jie again to report.
"Two infantry squadrons, half a heavy machine gun squadron, and half a mortar squadron, a total of more than 400 Japanese soldiers are chasing us, led by a major."
"The other Japanese soldiers continued their rapid march in the direction of Cangyun Ridge, and their marching speed was not affected at all by the division of troops."
After hearing this, Kong Jie exclaimed with excitement: "Our opportunity has come!"
"Inform the troops to prepare for battle... First continue to retreat, take the pursuers away from the official road, and then use guerrilla warfare to slowly deal with them."
"Snapped……"
Before Kong Jie finished speaking, harsh gunshots rang out from the Japanese flank behind him.
A smile quickly flashed across his serious face, and he said with determination: "The sneak attack team commanded by Comrade Huang Yu has taken action, and the Japanese pursuit troops will definitely be affected."
"I can't figure it out!" Xiao Yuanchang suddenly asked Kong Jie a question.
"We assigned Comrade Huang Yu four sharpshooters and a machine gun team. Why did we only hear one gunshot just now?"
"He wants to attract the Japs' attention and force them to divide their forces. Shouldn't he concentrate all his firepower and beat the little Japs hard?"
"How can it be possible to provoke the Japanese to divide their troops by sending out only one gun?"
"Huang Yu is showing weakness on purpose!" Kong Jie replied with an appreciative look on his face.
"At the beginning, only one gun was dispatched. The Japanese could at most send a combat unit to surround and kill the sneak attack unit."
"With proper arrangement, the sneak attack team can pull out the enemy's teeth, eat the enemy, and take the opportunity to replenish its ammunition."
"Then we will step by step increase the firepower of the sneak attack Japanese troops, forcing them to deploy more troops to surround and kill the sneak attack team, so as to reduce the pressure on us!"
"As for the power of a gun, that's because you haven't seen the scene of Huang Yu hunting the Japanese just now!"
"Within two hundred meters, a 38-meter gun can hit wherever you point it. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a person could have such superb marksmanship."
Hearing that Kong Jie praised Huang Yu so much, Xiao Yuanchang became very excited.
