"What a powerful Eighth Route Army..." the captain said emotionally with an angry expression.
"Our street fighting fortifications are all built on the houses and courtyard walls in the city. If the Eighth Route Army uses artillery fire to destroy those houses and courtyard walls, our street fighting fortifications will naturally be gone."
"The troops hiding in the dark can either take the initiative and confront the Eighth Route Army head-on.
"Or be buried in the ruins under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army."
"no……"
"We must not let their conspiracy succeed."
"Fangshan County is very small. According to their current advancing speed, as long as they have enough ammunition, they can reach the headquarters in one hour at most, and then we will be finished."
"At that time, the main force commanded by the chief of staff was still several kilometers away, and there was no way to provide us with immediate fire support."
"Counterattack..."
"Let each of the four squadrons deploy a reinforced team to take the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops."
"Bring grenades and explosive charges."
"Give me the mortars and field artillery that destroy the equipment of the Eighth Route Army."
"Without the artillery unit, the Eighth Route Army attacking us will become a group of tigers without fangs, and its ability to attack difficult problems will be greatly weakened."
"After the main force returns to Fangshan, it will be easier for us to eliminate them."
The deputy captain hesitated and reminded: "Sir..."
"There are more than three battalions of the Eighth Route Army attacking us in the city. In addition to mountain artillery and mortars, they are also equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns."
"If we launch a counterattack now, wouldn't we be pointing our guns at them and seeking death?"
The captain didn't know this truth, but he couldn't think of any other solution, so he had to settle for the next best thing and use the stupidest way to break the situation.
Otherwise, the remaining troops in the city would only be beaten passively under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.
Frowning, he asked, "What if it's not the case?"
"If you can think of other ways to break the situation, I definitely won't do this."
"But is there anything you can do?"
The deputy captain shook his head and could only accept the captain's order.
The captain spoke again: "Of course, the counterattack I am talking about does not mean that the troops launch a suicide attack on the Eighth Route Army with grenades and explosive packs."
"Let the counterattack troops hide in advance among the ruins destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and stand still."
"Wait for the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops to approach and suddenly launch a close-range attack."
"Although fighting like this is risky, it is better than soldiers launching a suicide attack on the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops from a few hundred meters away, and the chance of victory will be much greater."
…………
On the road more than ten kilometers west of Fangshan.
The chief of staff was driving the main force back to Fangshan County quickly.
"Boom boom boom..."
While walking, a series of explosions suddenly sounded right in front of the team, and the rapidly marching team stopped because of these explosions.
The chief of staff jumped up and down anxiously, opened his mouth and cursed: "What's going on?"
"What happened with the explosion just now? Why did the troops stop advancing?"
"I wonder if the siege of Fangshan County is worried... If we go back a minute earlier, will we have a better chance of annihilating the guerrilla brigade?"
"Sir..." When the chief of staff wanted to continue scolding, the orderly soldier of the forward troops rushed towards him.
"There are mines on the road ahead. The forward troops were killed by five Imperial soldiers and seriously injured four Imperial soldiers. Our squadron leader requested engineer support to clear the mines before continuing to move forward."
After hearing this, the chief of staff began to curse: "Demining..."
"Does your squadron commander know how long it will take to clear mines?"
"After you finish clearing the landmines, Fangshan County has been captured by the guerrilla brigade. How can we gather them in Fangshan City and annihilate them..."
"Let the Imperial Alliance Army come in..."
"Deploy a company of Imperial Army troops to disperse at the front of the team and detonate the mines in advance..."
"In a word, no matter what method you use, the marching speed of the troops cannot be slowed down. They must return to Fangshan County on time..."
Letting the puppet troops go to the front of the team to detonate landmines is indeed a good way to clear mines.
Anyway, as long as those who die are not Japanese and the troop's marching speed remains unchanged, the chief of staff doesn't care.
But doing so will also bring another hidden danger.
The huge casualties will definitely have a huge impact on the morale of the puppet army, and will even alienate the puppet army from the Japanese, and even create a rift.
This change seems to have little impact so far.
After all, the Japanese are powerful, and as long as they show some dissatisfaction, they will arouse the dissatisfaction of the Japanese, which will in turn bring death to themselves.
When it really comes to a matter of life and death, and the Japanese strength has been greatly reduced, and they can no longer threaten the safety of the puppet troops, and they still need the puppet troops to save their lives, the puppet troops will definitely not be as dedicated as before. They might just become spectators, stand by and watch, or even add insult to injury.
more importantly.
Landmines were only one of the methods used by the guerrilla brigade to slow down the march of the Japanese and puppet troops, but they were not the only method.
In order to rush back to Fangshan as early as possible for the urgent march.
The chief of staff had this in mind when formulating this battle plan.
Although the overall strength of the guerrilla brigade far exceeds everyone's expectations, there will be casualties as long as there is a war.
They have gone through several bloody battles and killed a large number of imperial troops.
Kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
Even if the guerrilla brigade has a strong combat effectiveness and the casualties of the troops in the battle are very small, the total losses in all battles are still a large number.
The remaining troops of the guerrilla brigade can only attack Fangshan one more time, and they absolutely do not have the strength to fight on both sides, attacking Fangshan on one side and calling for reinforcements on the other.
Besides, even if they were planning to do this, I wouldn't be afraid.
The remaining two reinforcements are nearby.
Regardless of whether any unit is besieged by the guerrilla brigade, the remaining two returning troops can immediately pounce on it. The counter-encirclement guerrilla brigade will ambush the troops, attack them from both inside and outside, and annihilate them all on the battlefield.
Various factors made the chief of staff feel very confident about the coming return journey, and he was not at all worried about being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
In order to return to Fangshan as early as possible, the troops turned around and marched very fast.
As the troops were marching at a constant speed, the vanguard troops had no time to conduct reconnaissance on the roadside.
But the chief of staff did not take this matter seriously at all and felt that there was no problem in doing so.
Therefore, the hills and valleys where the road runs twice became the scope of activities of the guerrilla brigade.
"Da da da……"
A series of machine gun fire suddenly sounded on the high ground about 200 meters away from the road.
The bullets flew in a fan shape towards the little Japs on the road, and they targeted the crowded places. In the blink of an eye, four or five Japs were either dead or wounded and lying in a pool of blood.
The nearby Japanese troops responded immediately, firing their light machine guns to the ground and then counterattacking towards the high ground.
If the high ground where the gunshot was fired immediately goes silent, it means that the opponent who attacked you has escaped.
But the little Japanese who were marching in a hurry found one more corpse and three wounded people who could no longer walk.
Leaving them on the road and marching alone is tantamount to a sheep entering a tiger's mouth and seeking death.
Although the chief of staff knew that marching with them would affect the marching speed of the troops, he had to take them with him.
