Chapter 103 Kong Er Lengzi, Laozi is about to lose everything
"Captain, the losses of each unit have been calculated!" the second lieutenant lowered his head and reported with a very heavy expression. You didn't need to guess to know that what he brought was not good news.
"Tell me! I can bear it!" Captain Ping Gang witnessed three gun towers being bombed and a large number of soldiers buried. He was already prepared for heavy casualties among his men. He turned to look at the second lieutenant and asked.
"Ha Yi!" the second lieutenant took a deep breath and began to report.
"The garrison suffered 49 casualties, 28 of whom were buried in the rubble!"
"The replacement members of Yamamoto's special agent team lost 35 people, and 21 people were buried in the rubble!"
"The Imperial Alliance Army lost 31 people, and only eight were buried in the ruins!"
"There are 58 people left in the garrison who can continue to fight. There are only 8 people left in the Yamamoto special agent team and Mr. Major who can continue to fight. There are 182 people left in the Imperial Alliance Army who can continue to fight!"
Captain Hiraoka still underestimated the losses of the troops. After hearing this, he frowned and asked with a stern face: "Why are the casualties of the Imperial Alliance Army smaller than ours? Is it because they avoided the battle?"
The second lieutenant shook his head and explained: "We initially thought that the Eighth Route Army could not destroy the gun tower. In order to avoid the Eighth Route Army's mortar attack, the garrison team and the special agent team all entered the gun tower to fight, and replaced the Imperial Association Army."
"It turned out that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with infantry artillery!"
"Our troops who hid in the gun towers were almost killed, but the Imperial Army troops who came out of the gun towers suffered no casualties!"
Captain Hiraoka's anger was like a flood that burst a dam, constantly gushing out. He endured it for a while before suppressing it. He clenched his fists and swore: "These battle losses are all caused by us underestimating the enemy!"
"Whatever you say next, don't make the same mistake again!"
"A call from a superior: Our nearest reinforcements can reach the battlefield within three hours. As long as we hold on until then, the crisis at the Zhuma Village stronghold will be lifted!"
"The Eighth Route Army's offensive position has advanced to a position 60 meters outside the stronghold. The main entrance must be their main attack direction. We must deploy heavy troops to defend!"
"Immediately arrange for a company of the Imperial Alliance Army to move all the garrison soldiers from other directions of the stronghold to this side, as fast as possible!"
"If the Yamamoto Special Agent Team continues to fight, there will be no one left. Go tell Major Koizumi that they are not required to participate in the next battle. The garrison is confident of repelling the Eighth Route Army's attack."
Outside the stronghold, Kong Jie nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face, and was very satisfied with the artillery battery's attack effect.
Six infantry artillery shells destroyed three gun towers, without wasting a single one. At least forty Japanese were killed, half of whom were the reinforcements of the powerful Yamamoto special agent team. No matter how you analyze it, you have made a lot of money.
"Commander, can we go up after the offensive position is built?" Shen Quan, the commander of the first battalion, asked jealously.
"The artillery battery killed so many Japanese with just a few shots. If we don't attack, there will be no Japanese left to kill!"
"Don't worry!" Kong Jie shook his head with a smile.
"The Japs guarding the main entrance suffered heavy casualties, and the Yamamoto special forces were destroyed by our bombing. Companies and platoons are building new offensive positions next to the entrance of the stronghold. The Japs must think that this is our main attack direction, and concentrate all their limited forces.
Come to us!"
"If a move is made at this time to attack the west, do you think the little devil will be so angry that he vomits blood on the spot?"
Chen Quan said with excitement on his face: "If I were a Japanese, I would be so angry that I would lose half my life!"
"Then let's fight like this!" Kong Jie said decisively.
"You stay here and pretend to attack the main entrance. I will leave four mortars with you to convince the Japanese that we will launch a general attack from here!"
"I took the infantry artillery and four grenade launchers around the back of the stronghold to launch a surprise attack to give the Japanese a surprise!"
At the headquarters of the New Second Regiment, Li Yunlong was making a very difficult decision with furrowed brows.
Although the reinforcements sent by Niangziguan were not many, their determination to reinforce the Zhuma Village stronghold was very strong.
Regardless of the sporadic casualties caused by the guerrilla warfare, they rushed forward without affecting their marching speed at all.
The new Second Regiment had just been formed, and for the time being it did not have the strength to fight head-on with them in a positional battle. The only way to slow down their march was to blow up bridges and destroy roads.
However, the roads in the defense area are used by ordinary people most of the time. If they are directly blown up, the people in the defense area will have the greatest impact. It can be said that the enemy will be killed by eight hundred and one thousand will be lost.
Li Yunlong never wanted to take this step unless he had to.
His cadres were also divided into two groups because the highway was too important.
Several military cadres headed by Zhang Dabiao supported the bombing of the bridge so that the New Second Regiment could complete the blocking mission at the minimum cost.
Local cadres opposed the bombing of the bridge.
They stay with the people every day and know how much the people in the base area rely on those bridges!
If it is bombed, production in the base area and people's lives will be greatly affected.
"Captain, you can't hesitate any longer!" Zhang Dabiao advised again.
"The Japanese forward troops will reach the first bridge in half an hour. If you don't give the order, you will have no chance!"
"Captain, you can't blow it up!" The local cadres who had objections immediately stood up and retorted.
"The conditions in our base area are limited. It may not be repaired in a few months after the bombing... We can't stop the people in the base area from crossing the river in the next few months!"
"What are you shouting about? It's making a lot of noise. Can you please let me be quiet for a while?" Seeing that the two people were about to quarrel again, Li Yunlong cursed unceremoniously.
"I am the leader of the new second regiment. I have the final say whether to blow up the bridge or not. Let me think about it again!"
"Snapped……"
After an unknown amount of time, Li Yunlong slammed his clenched fists on the table. Looking at them, he began to give orders: "If the bridge is blown up, we can still rebuild it. The people will suffer a little bit, and it is better than losing their lives." "
"If we don't blow up the bridge and the troops are all gone, the Japanese can invade our base area at any time. The losses at that time will be much greater than a few bridges!"
"Zhang Dabiao, let the front-line troops blow up the bridge immediately and complete the blocking mission at all costs!"
"Don't the Japanese reinforcements ignore our sneak attacks along the way? Then we will use our tactics and continue to increase the intensity and frequency of sneak attacks, and take the opportunity to kill a few more Japanese!"
"The local troops are fully cooperating. Once all the bullets are fired, I will come to Kong Erluzi for reimbursement. Don't worry about that little thing!"
"As long as I keep my troops, I, Li Yunlong, will have the confidence to recover the losses in the base area!"
After finishing speaking, he looked in the direction of the Independent Group and sighed: "Kong Er is stupid, Kong Er is stupid!"
"In order to cooperate with you in taking down the Zhuma Village stronghold, I almost lost all the money of the New Second Regiment!"
"You kid, please don't let me down. You must capture the Zhuma Village stronghold on time and kill the additional members of the Yamamoto special agent team. Otherwise, I will fight this battle in vain!"
At the new regiment station, Ding Wei faced a slightly better situation than Li Yunlong.
His strong family background gave him confidence. In addition to using guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to consume the Japanese troops and slow down their marching speed, whenever the troops encountered favorable terrain, they would assemble one or two companies to attack on site.
Yangquan sent more reinforcements than Niangziguan, and they were also not afraid of the sporadic losses caused by guerrilla warfare, and headed forward.
But after being blocked three times by the new group, the distance traveled in four hours was not as much as the usual two hours.
But Ding Wei still felt the tremendous pressure brought by the Japanese to the new group.
"Commander, the Japanese reinforcements must be crazy..." the chief of staff rushed into the headquarters to report.
"When you encounter our blocking position, use artillery bombardment. After bombing the infantry attack, at least one squadron of Japanese soldiers will be dispatched every time!"
"The Third Company was caught off guard by the Japanese tactics. In less than ten minutes, it suffered more than half of its casualties and had to abandon its position and retreat!"
"Kong Jie must have touched the enemy's sore spot, otherwise the reinforcements wouldn't be so crazy!" Ding Wei analyzed with a serious look.
"I used to think that the Yamamoto Special Agents were not as powerful as the rumors said, and they were just spreading rumors, but now I have changed my mind!"
"Kong Jie only surrounded dozens of additional members of Yamamoto's special agent team, but he recruited so many reinforcements. It shows that the Japanese army attaches great importance to Yamamoto's special agent team, so we must buy time for Kong Jie to capture the Zhuma Village stronghold!"
"Give me an order: Second Battalion and Third Battalion, immediately deploy layers of defenses along the path that the Japanese army must pass. One line of defense will block them for half an hour, and three or four lines of defense will be able to drag them until dawn."
"Tell all battalion and company commanders: Don't be petty when fighting, and use as much ammunition as you need!"
"After completing the blocking mission, I will personally go to Kong Jie to reimburse him."
The brigade headquarters and brigade commander are also paying attention to this increasingly fierce battle.
After receiving the news that the Independent Regiment was going to attack Zhuma Village, the brigade commander thought that the Japanese would send reinforcements, but he did not expect that their reinforcements would be so large.
The brigade headquarters alone knows more than three large reinforcements, and there are many unknown small reinforcements...
The total number of scattered people must have been 4,000.
"Brigadier Commander, judging from the battlefield situation, we all underestimated the influence of Yamamoto's special agent team on the North China Front!" The chief of staff analyzed all the intelligence after reading it.
"Dozens of additional members of the Special Forces have attracted so many reinforcements. If we collide with Yamamoto Kazuki in the future, we want to completely eliminate this force. That does not mean recruiting one or two brigades of Japanese!"
"The pressure from the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment is increasing. I heard that Li Yunlong has issued an order to blow up all the bridges in the defense area!"
"I wonder how Kong Jie is doing over there?"
"The fate of many people now depends on him. The sooner we capture the Zhuma Village stronghold and kill the dozens of reinforcements from the Yamamoto Special Forces, the sooner our reinforcements can retreat!"
The brigade commander replied seriously: "I believe Kong Jie!"
"Comparing Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, he is more calm in handling things and fighting!"
"If you dare to promise to the brigade headquarters that the battle will end in one night, then you will definitely do what you say. We must believe him!"
"Send all our scouts out immediately, pay close attention to the battle situation on the front line, and report any situation to me as soon as possible."
"The brigade headquarters guard battalion, artillery battalion... be ready to reinforce the battlefield at any time!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Four mortar shells hit the main gate of the Zhuma Village stronghold. Countless bricks and stones were blown away in the explosion. Two Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the ruins were blown over at the same time...
Captain Ping Gang was heartbroken to see this.
Only about fifty of the subordinates who were guarding other directions were transferred here. The Eighth Route Army could kill two or three with one shell, and only twenty rounds of shelling could kill them all.
Seeing more and more of his men falling under artillery fire, he could only pray in his heart that the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells were limited, and after these rounds there would be no more shells.
