The little Japanese naval officer who rushed out of the station seemed to have forgotten one thing.
The Eighth Route Army that had just attacked their station seemed to have disappeared, disappearing in front of them in an instant.
In normal operations, they would definitely try their best to prevent the navy from leaving the station, boarding the ship and leaving the dock.
But the Eighth Route Army did not do this. As long as the Japanese army was cautious enough, they would find something unusual here.
As the saying goes, there must be monsters when something goes wrong.
It's a pity that these little devils are navy officers and soldiers, not the army, and they don't understand the various rules and regulations in the army.
Faced with the sudden disappearance of the Eighth Route Army, they did not show any vigilance. They carried various weapons and continued to attack in the direction of the gunboat. The speed was very fast. Everyone wanted to enter the gunboat as quickly as possible so as to leave the dock, a place of right and wrong.
"The gunboat is parked at the berth in front. Everyone, hurry up. Once we get on the gunboat, we will be safe. We can also use the guns on the gunboat to attack the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops from a long distance." The leader of the gunboat detachment ordered as he ran.
His face was full of surprise, he didn't expect his breakout to be so smooth.
"Da da da……"
They were happy for only five seconds when the familiar sound of machine gun fire suddenly sounded on both sides of them.
At this time, there were less than 300 naval officers and soldiers left gathered in the open space of the pier. The surroundings were empty, and the ground beneath their feet was all hardened concrete. There was no place to hide in the face of a surprise attack.
As a result, these naval officers and soldiers were like ripe wheat, which was instantly swept away by the hail of bullets flying from the flanks.
It was only then that the captain of the naval gunboat unit realized that he had been fooled.
The reason why he was able to successfully break out of the station and break through the interception of the Eighth Route Army was not because the naval officers and soldiers under his command were so powerful, but because the Eighth Route Army prepared a pocket formation outside the station for them to make it easier to fight an annihilation battle.
The troops had just rushed out of the station, seemingly escaping the fate of being blocked and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, but in fact they ran into another pocket formation of the Eighth Route Army.
Facing this new pocket formation, he and his men were completely exposed to the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and there was no place to lie down and hide.
"Bage Ya Road, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning, they actually want to annihilate us all here..." The leader of the little Japanese gunboat squadron was like an enraged lion, staring with a pair of big red eyes, and cursed loudly.
"The troops continued to advance forward, broke out of the pocket formation from the front, boarded the gunboats, and used naval guns to attack the Eighth Route Army that besieged us... kill them all..."
This is the only chance for naval officers and soldiers to survive.
As soon as the captain gave the order, these naval officers seemed to have found a backbone. They immediately became orderly from the initial panic, and charged forward with roars.
When the soldiers in the front died, the soldiers in the back immediately came up to replace them, and they went forward one after another.
I have to admit that the brainwashing of the troops by the Japanese army was very successful.
These naval officers and soldiers who got into the pocket formation were like chicken blood. Even if they knew that rushing forward was an egg against a rock and they were seeking death, they still charged forward without hesitation, each one faster than the other.
But no matter how hard they try, they are no match for the rain of bullets.
Moreover, they only had more than 200 men at full attack, while the Eighth Route Army surrounding them had more than 300 people and were equipped with dozens of light and heavy machine guns. On average, one soldier could not even catch a small Japanese.
During the battle, if a soldier attacks a little slower, he may not be able to kill even a little devil.
Only three minutes had passed, and the more than two hundred little Japanese naval officers and soldiers who had crashed into the pocket formation were all beaten into pieces, and not a single one was left alive.
Battalion Commander Zhang immediately greeted his subordinates who were still unfinished, "The first company will stay to clean up the battlefield and eliminate the remaining enemies. The second and third companies will follow me to blow up the Japanese gunboats."
"The deputy chief of staff said that our Eighth Route Army does not have a navy, and it is impossible to have a navy in a short time."
"It's useless even if the gunboats equipped by the little devils are captured. Instead of leaving them to other troops of the little devils, it's better to blow them all up."
"Even the little devils can't get what we can't get."
"Blowing up the gunboats can also prevent the Japanese army from attacking us from the sea and threatening our security."
"Use squads and platoons as units to arrange explosive packages on the gunboats, and start blowing them from their ammunition depot."
"Detonate his ammunition depot and the entire gunboat will be destroyed..."
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Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.
A large number of troops were mobilized from Tianjin Wharf, Beiping Airport, and Beiping City to go south to Bazhou, where they planned to fight a decisive battle with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army on their backs. After a year, Okamura Neji completely lost his sleep.
Although he was still very tired, he was afraid of carrying the Eighth Route Army to break through the Bazhou defense line and attack Pingjin directly, threatening the safety of Pingjin. Now he couldn't sleep even if he set up a bed in front of Okamura Neji.
Less than half an hour later in the morning, Okamura Neji saw a radio operator hurried towards him, his expression remained the same as before, as if something big had happened.
The operator hurriedly reported without waiting for him to speak: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"Urgent call from the Chief of Staff..."
"They were besieged by the guerrilla brigade in the Qingshigang area southwest of Fangshan. The troops suffered heavy casualties, and only less than 300 people were left to break through the siege..."
"The county seat of Fangshan was also lost..."
"In order to avoid greater losses, they implore the Commander to allow them to withdraw to Peiping..."
Okamura Neiji quickly turned his eyes to light, stared at the operator with a look of disbelief on his face and asked: "Where are the troops..."
"I gave the Chief of Staff four full infantry brigades, two regiments of the Imperial Army, plus artillery and tank troops, a total of more than 7,000 people6"
"How long have they been going to Fangshan..."
"The seven thousand-strong army actually broke into over three hundred people."
"Even if there are more than 7,000 pigs, it is impossible for the guerrilla brigade to capture them all in such a short period of time."
"And the troops I sent to Fangshan were indeed more than 7,000 troops armed to the teeth."
"The guns in their hands are not fire sticks. They will not fight back when faced with the siege of the guerrilla brigade."
"Even if we fight for attrition and two imperial troops defeat one Eighth Route Army, it doesn't take 7,000 people to suffer heavy losses to defeat the guerrilla brigade."
"A bunch of stupid pigs... No, they are stupider than pigs..."
The more Neji Okamura scolded, the more annoyed he became, and then his brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and a trace of panic flashed on his solemn face.
Originally, we expected the Chief of Staff to quickly eliminate the guerrilla brigade and then return to support Peiping to increase the defense power in the Peking and Tianjin areas.
Unexpectedly, not only did they fail to kill the guerrilla brigade, but they also killed themselves.
Not only was it unable to provide any military support to Peiping, it also attracted an enemy with strong combat capabilities to the Pingjin area.
If the guerrilla brigade takes advantage of the situation, it will head directly towards Peiping.
With the strength of the existing troops in the Ping-Tianjin area, if we can guarantee the safety of Peiping by ourselves, we must abandon other places and allow the guerrilla brigade to attack. If we want to send troops again to deal with them, we will have no troops to send.
