Although the Chief of Staff was desperate, he did not completely abandon the offensive forces on the battlefield.
There are not many troops in hand. If the more than 400 attacking troops on the battlefield are lost, the balance of strength between the enemy and ourselves on the Fangshan battlefield may really change.
At that time, instead of destroying the guerrilla brigade ourselves, the guerrilla brigade will in turn destroy itself.
Immediately give the order: "Send a retreat signal immediately and ask the attacking troops to retreat immediately. One by one they can retreat."
"The mountain artillery brigade and the heavy mortar squadron immediately set up artillery to attack the Eighth Route Army's blocking position. While the Eighth Route Army is all concentrated on the blocking position, immediately fire and kill them."
"The Eighth Route Army severely damaged us and attacked us by showing weakness, and I will also severely damage their blocking troops."
"Tit for tit, so as not to suffer any loss."
"Tick-tick...tick-tock..."
Just as the three red flares representing retreat took off, a loud charge horn sounded from the frontal battlefield.
Hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly rushed out of the smoke-filled blocking position. They held rifles and submachine guns, and charged at the attacking troops from a high position. They were like hungry wolves asking for the smell of blood. They were unstoppable.
The remaining 200 or so soldiers of the attacking force were caught off guard by the counterattack force of the Eighth Route Army as soon as they began to retreat. Dozens of soldiers were shot in the back and fell down on the retreating road.
Facing the Eighth Route Army pursuers who suddenly appeared from behind.
The more than 100 surviving Japanese and puppet troops panicked. They were afraid that they would run too slowly and be overtaken by the Eighth Route Army, so they threw up their legs and ran for their lives in the direction of the main force.
The first battalion of the guerrilla brigade was firmly behind the Japanese and puppet troops, chasing and firing at the same time.
The chief of staff was even more panicked than before. He did not expect that the retreat would directly turn into a huge rout.
Major Miyamoto's face became particularly ugly, and he quickly reminded: "Chief of Staff, we must stop the retreating troops immediately..."
"They must not be allowed to get close to the main force."
"Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army's pursuers will definitely follow behind them and directly attack the main force..."
The chief of staff also realized the danger and hurriedly added: "Let the chariot troops come up to meet the attacking troops..."
"Rescue them if you can. If you can't, just shoot them as a warning. Let the returning offensive troops immediately turn around and launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's counterattack troops."
"The tank troops simultaneously charged towards the counterattack troops of the Eighth Route Army and killed them."
"If the tiger doesn't show its power, the guerrilla brigade will really treat us like sick cats."
From the beginning of the battle to now, Zhang Xuan's eyes have never left the battlefield.
It can be said that, except for the sudden dispatch of the Japanese tank troops, the entire battle process was within Zhang Xuan's plan.
Watching a dozen tanks and armored vehicles suddenly appear on the battlefield, they opened fire on the retreating Japanese and puppet troops, forcing them to launch a counterattack against the first battalion.
The tank did not stop when it opened fire, but rushed straight towards the attacking battalion, wanting to confront them head-on.
Although Zhang Xuan was very confident in annihilating the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain, he was not so arrogant as to let the soldiers use their flesh and blood to fight against the little Japanese steel behemoth.
Although I was very unwilling to do so, I could only order with helplessness: "Send a retreat signal to the first battalion."
"Alternate cover, withdraw from the battle, and absolutely cannot be dragged on the battlefield by the Japanese chariot troops."
"Isn't the artillery battalion in place yet?"
"Immediately aim at the Japanese tank troops, fire five rounds rapidly, use artillery fire to block the Japanese tank troops, and cover the retreat of the first battalion."
"Captain..." As soon as Zhang Xuan gave the order, Chief of Staff Feng Jiashan's reminder sounded right in his ears.
"The little devils are setting up mountain artillery and large-caliber mortars, and the target of the attack is unknown."
Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Then don't give them a chance to fire."
"Draw out two mortar companies and attack the Japanese mountain field artillery positions and heavy mortar positions respectively."
"The mountain artillery and the large-caliber mortars are not the small-caliber mortars we use, and the firing speed is not that fast. As long as a few mortar platoons react quickly enough, they can definitely pre-empt the enemy before they fire."
Each main battalion of the guerrilla brigade has a mortar company, equipped with four to six mortars.
But this is the equipment situation before the troops go out.
After the guerrilla brigade came out of the mountain, they won consecutive battles and captured nearly thirty mortars alone.
As a result, the number of equipment of these mortar companies was directly increased to twelve.
Use twelve mortars to deal with twelve mountain field guns and twelve large-caliber mortars.
Although there is a huge difference in caliber and range, it is not without any advantages.
Ordinary mortars have a fast rate of fire, are easy to move, and also give them a preemptive advantage...
As long as you use your tactics well, you may have a chance of winning.
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"Rumble..."
The artillery battalion was the first to participate in the battle.
Nearly twenty mountain field artillery shells hit the Japanese tank squadron with a harsh scream.
Relying on their numerical advantage, a field artillery shell hit the armored vehicle.
Thin-skin armor can block light and heavy machine gun bullets, but it cannot block oncoming field artillery shells.
The fire splashed, and the armored vehicle was immediately blown into a huge gap. The little Japanese hiding in the vehicle were killed on the spot, and no one survived.
Although the remaining armored fighting vehicles were not directly hit by the shells, facing the field artillery shells that exploded at close range, the little devils hiding in the tanks all began to sweat coldly, fearing that they would be hit by the shells next.
The chief of staff witnessed with his own eyes an armored vehicle destroyed by artillery shells.
His serious face suddenly turned red with anger, he gritted his teeth and opened his mouth to curse.
The words came to his lips but he couldn't curse them.
Because he sent the chariot unit to teach the Eighth Route Army's counterattack force a lesson.
As a result, the counterattack force of the guerrilla brigade failed to hit it. Instead, an armored vehicle was destroyed by the mountain artillery equipped by the opponent. I really lost my wife and lost my troops. Now cursing others is tantamount to cursing myself.
"Rumble..."
The second round of mountain artillery shells roared in and hit an armored vehicle again.
The chief of staff began to panic a little.
The chariot unit is his only remaining trump card. It would be a great loss if the guerrilla brigade were to destroy it with mountain artillery.
Quickly give the order: "The chariot troops will retreat immediately."
"What do our artillery brigade and heavy mortar squadron do? Why don't they launch artillery counterattacks?"
"Do they want to watch the troops being wiped out by the guerrilla brigade using artillery fire here?"
"Let them ignore the Eighth Route Army in the blocking position for now. While the guerrilla brigade's mountain artillery battalion and mortar company are all exposed in front of us, find them immediately, target them and destroy them."
"Knock out these artillery units, and the guerrilla brigade will turn into a tiger without fangs, allowing us to destroy it."
