Li Yunlong originally thought that even if the siege troops severely damaged the Shijiazhuang garrison through this raid, it would take two days to completely capture Shijiazhuang.
But he still underestimated Major General Fujita's determination to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army.
They actually gathered most of the little Japs in the city together to launch a counterattack, which directly caused the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the city to drop from more than 4,000 to less than 2,000.
However, the Sixth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army that attacked them did not suffer many casualties in the battle. Instead, they seized a large amount of equipment and ammunition, and also severely damaged the remaining artillery units of the Japanese army.
Even if the next battle is attrition, the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops are no match for the Sixth Regiment and the Eighth Route Army.
Since the Eighth Route Army there can completely capture Shijiazhuang by its own strength, it makes no sense to let the Third Regiment defend there.
Order on the spot: "Agree to their request to retreat..."
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Lanjiashan, the Sixth Army Division of Yizhong,
A village being attacked by the Japanese army.
A dozen guerrillas and a platoon of local troops who came in a hurry were relying on the earth fence at the entrance of the village to fight desperately.
Behind them is a large village with more than 400 people. The people are on the way to move. If the Japanese army enters the village now, they can chase after the people and kill them all the way.
In order to avoid such a tragedy, more than half of the less than fifty soldiers had been killed and wounded, and their ammunition was almost exhausted, but they still showed no intention of retreating.
"Platoon leader, I'm almost out of bullets..." A report suddenly sounded from behind the fence not far away.
"If there are no bullets, use grenades to greet them. Once the grenades are thrown away, fight with the Japs for bayonets."
"Before the people completely retreat, we can't let even a single kid enter the village, no matter how hard we try."
"Pa bang bang..."
As soon as he gave the order, the platoon leader fired several shots, killing the two little Japs who had already rushed forward.
At this time, a new round of Japanese attacks was finally repulsed, leaving more than twenty corpses of little Japanese in various poses on the ground at the entrance of the village.
"Boom boom boom..."
As a result, before the soldiers had time to rejoice, a violent explosion sounded in their ears.
The squadron leader led by the Japs was also going crazy.
This was the fifth village he had attacked in the past few days. There were more than 500 Eighth Route Army pursuers behind him. Although he tried his best to get rid of them, he only extended the distance between the two sides from the initial three kilometers to six or seven.
kilometer.
In the event of a war, the Eighth Route Army could catch up with them by marching in an hour.
His original idea was to take down Lanjiashan in half an hour, kill all the people in the village, set fire to all the houses in the village, and leave a mess for the Eighth Route Army pursuers.
As a result, after fighting for more than ten minutes, I didn't even get into Lanjiashan Village. It was really surprising.
The Eighth Route Army pursuers are on their way over. If I still can't enter Lanjia Mountain, not only will I not be able to burn down Lanjia Mountain and kill the people in the village, but I will also waste twenty or thirty minutes here, giving the Eighth Route Army a greater chance to pursue them.
Get on yourself.
Seeing that the village entrance was once again shrouded in smoke from artillery shells, the squadron leader directly called the squad leader who had just launched the attack: "I'll give you another chance to attack. If you still can't get into the village, we have no choice but to retreat..."
The leader of the team felt very aggrieved. He knew clearly that the people blocking the way were dozens of Eighth Route Army local troops and guerrillas, and they only had two light machine guns. However, he attacked them twice and failed to kill them. It was really embarrassing.
.
This time, before the bombardment ended, he led more than thirty of his men towards the entrance of the village.
"Pa bang bang..."
Several gunshots were quickly heard in the thick smoke, and two subordinates fell to the ground.
Not only was the squad leader not angry about this, but his face was full of excitement, as if he had eaten chicken blood. He shouted excitedly: "The Eighth Route Army blocking the entrance to the village either has no one left, or is out of ammunition."
"Warriors, speed up the assault. This time we will capture Lanjiashan no matter what..."
"Machine gun cover, kill everyone..."
Under the cover of several light and heavy machine guns, fewer and fewer bullets were fired from the village entrance.
When there were still more than 40 meters away from the entrance of the village, five or six grenades suddenly flew out from behind the fence. Although they killed four or five subordinates and knocked over them, it also allowed the team leader to see clearly the true strength of the opponent.
Immediately have the surviving soldiers respond with grenades.
Amid the violent explosion, the Eighth Route Army blocking position at the entrance of the village became completely silent.
Without thinking, the squad leader knew that the Eighth Route Army there was finished. He held the handle of the command knife with both hands and rushed towards the village entrance without hesitation, preparing to rush into the village in one go and complete the offensive mission.
The Japanese squadron leader breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
According to the planned stay time, there is still ten minutes left.
As long as the troops successfully enter the village, they will have ten minutes to set fire and kill people.
There are nearly two hundred soldiers under his command. They swarm forward and may kill all the people in the village in four or five minutes.
Just as he was about to order the troops to enter the village, several gunshots were heard behind him. When he turned around, he saw a messenger rushing towards him in a panic.
"Sir...the Eighth Route Army's pursuers are coming..."
"One company of the forward troops and one battalion of the main force have already fought against our rear troops. The troops must be moved immediately. If we don't leave, it will be too late."
The squadron leader frowned and asked, "Why so fast?"
"I don't know about my humble position..." The messenger shook his head.
"The forward troops of the Eighth Route Army are equipped with a large number of light machine guns. When they saw our rear troops, they fired with machine guns. They were no match for them. They were defeated in one strike. Sir, please move immediately."
Looking at the attacking troops who had already reached the entrance of the village, the squadron leader's face was full of reluctance.
But in order to avoid being stuck in Lanjiashan, he had no choice but to give up the piece of fat he had already bitten into his mouth.
The only way is to move quickly, get rid of the Eighth Route Army pursuers, everyone lives well, and there will be opportunities to eat meat.
But if the troops were blocked by the Eighth Route Army and gathered here to annihilate them, there would be no hope at all.
Immediately ordered: "Let the attacking troops retreat immediately. We bypass Lanjiashan and move to the northeast. The speed must be fast. We must not be bitten by the Eighth Route Army, let alone be blocked here by the pursuing troops..."
One kilometer away, the official Taoist leader and the platoon leader of the second platoon of the first company of the fifth regiment of the Solitary Brigade were leading the troops forward quickly.
Except for one platoon of men behind him who belonged to the main force, the remaining two platoons of soldiers were improvised local troops and guerrillas, only wearing the uniforms of the main force.
As for the "main force" of the next battalion, it is even more false: except for the dozens of local troops and guerrillas, the others are ordinary people wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.
The reason why they dared to use a platoon of troops, leading a large group of local troops and guerrillas to pursue and kill a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army, was that the Japanese army did not dare to stop hastily, let alone fight with them casually.
In order to make the play more realistic, let the Japanese army believe that they are the main force.
When he first encountered the Japanese troops in the rear, the platoon leader took out all three machine guns equipped in the team, aimed at the Japanese troops in the rear, and fired at them. He directly used powerful firepower to blind them, making them unable to raise any resistance.
