Ever since he decided to take a gamble with the independent regiment here, the commander of the regiment had arranged a large number of scouts around the battlefield to keep an eye on reinforcements that the Eighth Route Army might kill to prevent him from being blocked here.
In the end, despite all calculations, the battle failed to end before the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army arrived on the battlefield.
Facing the Eighth Route Army reinforcements, the first thought that came to the commander's mind was to retreat. Before the main force of the Eighth Route Army reinforcements reached the battlefield and formed an encirclement around him, he quickly evacuated the battle, exited the battlefield, and continued to reinforce Shijiazhuang.
The chief of staff seemed to have seen what the commander was thinking. His face was full of unwillingness. He hesitated and struggled for a while before asking the commander to fight: "Sir..."
"We still have a chance..."
"Although there are many reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army, there is only one company that can actually fight us. And one company's troops can never surround us."
"As long as we end the battle before other Eighth Route Army reinforcements arrive on the battlefield, we can still turn defeat into victory."
"In the previous offensive against the Independent Regiment, everyone fought individually in squadron units. The Independent Regiment was able to concentrate its superior troops and firepower to disrupt our attacks one by one."
"As long as we unite and attack the independent regiment at the same time, or attack from the east to the west, their limited blocking firepower will be dispersed by us, and the troops will have the opportunity to break through the independent regiment's defense line."
"A dike of thousands of miles breaks in an ant nest."
"As long as we open a hole in the independent regiment's defense line, we can quickly end the battle with the close combat that the imperial army is good at. Please think twice, sir."
The two captains had suffered enough in front of the independent regiment. They definitely didn't want to retreat in such an embarrassing and obvious way, so they immediately stood up to support: "Captain..."
"Ji Zhi also thinks that we can attack again."
"Maybe this attack can change the situation of the war. Please think twice..."
The captain frowned and answered immediately, but stared at the map and fell into deep thought.
The chief of staff and he were old partners, and one look at the expression on his face showed that he was moved, but there were still many concerns that prevented him from making the final decision.
He spoke again: "From the map, we have three small roads and mountain roads that can quickly evacuate the battlefield."
"The Eighth Route Army reinforcements only have one company, and they can block at most one of the mountain roads. Even if another Eighth Route Army reinforcements come, we still have a mountain road to retreat to."
"As long as we send more scouts to keep an eye on these mountain roads, and the troops react quickly enough and retreat when they discover the enemy's situation, we will definitely be able to end the battle before the Eighth Route Army completes the encirclement."
"In addition, although our reinforcements lost more than 300 people in the attack just now, the total strength is still 1400-500 people."
"Even if the troops did not have time to retreat and were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, with our strength and firepower, it would still be easy to break through the interception of a main company of the Eighth Route Army."
"So there is no safety risk at all if we continue to besiege the Independent Regiment here. Please support me, sir."
The captain was once again persuaded, and his subordinates were surprisingly unanimous in their opinions.
Although he was the captain of the team and had absolute dominance, he could not just go against the ideas of all his subordinates. That would damage his prestige in the team, so he nodded immediately: "Then attack again."
"Remember, all participating troops only have one chance to attack."
"If we successfully break through the independent regiment's defense line, we will continue to fight."
"If we do not break through the independent regiment's defense line, we will retreat, and no one can raise objections then."
The chief of staff and the two captains nodded immediately: "Sir is wise... I will stop the troops now and try to start the attack in five minutes."
The two captains seemed to be discussing it, and they showed an expression of determination to win. They saluted the captain and hurriedly returned to the army.
This is their only chance to wash away their shame, and both captains value it very much.
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At the Jinzhong Independent Regiment Temporary Headquarters, although the new round of Japanese attacks has not yet begun, Captain Huang has already felt that this attack is unusual from the Japanese attack formation.
The previous independent regiments were also attacked by the Japanese from all directions, but these attacks were not organized in any way. Having money and background gave me every opportunity to defeat them.
Looking at the Japanese offensive posture in front of us, it seems that this time they will launch attacks from four directions at the same time, which will put the independent regiment under great pressure.
But he also knows another truth.
As the attacking party, the crazier the Japanese army was, the harder the attack would be, and the greater the casualties the troops would face.
As long as the independent regiment holds its position, it may be able to kill the Japanese army and launch a counterattack when they retreat, further expanding the results and achieving the goal of severely damaging the Japanese reinforcements, then the next battle will be easy to fight.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at the surrounding battalion company commanders and gave serious orders: "The little devil is going to fight with all his strength."
"The next defensive battle will definitely be the most difficult to fight. Everyone must be mentally prepared for me."
"Unless we are all dead, we must not let a little devil break through our defense line."
"Political Commissar, fire all the light and heavy machine guns and bullets we have left. Don't spare any of them. I'll give them all a hard beating in no time."
"The political commissar goes to the east to strengthen the defense forces on the east side, the chief of staff goes to the west, and everyone in the regiment goes to the battlefield."
"The guard platoon and I stayed at the regiment headquarters. As the only mobile force in the regiment, I will personally command it."
“Wherever there is a gap in the defense line, we must fill it.”
"We will win if we block this little devil's attack."
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On a mountain road about two kilometers away from the battlefield, the commander of the Eighth Company of the Jinzhong Independent Regiment was considering the next direction of action for the troops.
"Company Commander...it seems that the little Japs are going to launch a general attack on the regiment commander and the others. Do we want to go there and help?" the instructor asked with a worried look on his face after seeing the movements of the Japanese troops clearly.
The company commander was also observing the mobilization of the Japanese troops and analyzed with a frown: "There are at least four infantry squadrons involved in the attack, as well as a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars."
"The few of our men who are shot to the front of the battlefield are not enough to fill the teeth of the little devil, so don't cause trouble to the regiment commander."
"I decided to attack east and west, support the main force of the regiment from other directions, and reduce the pressure on the regiment commander's frontal attack."
"Commanding the troops to launch an attack from the back of the Japs will prevent them from looking at each other, and they will have to divide their troops to defend their rear. Then they will have fewer troops to attack the main force of the regiment..."
The instructor obviously thought of this, and immediately raised a new question, asking directly to the company commander: "But we only have one company of combat troops, and our strength and firepower are very limited. Even if we take the initiative, this little strength will not pose much of a threat.
