More than twenty tanks clung to the defeated Kwantung Army, chasing and looting at the same time.
The tank mixed in among the armored vehicles would also fire a shell at the important target it was eyeing from time to time, carrying out long-distance attacks on the enemy.
The once arrogant elite of the Kwantung Army turned into a group of homeless dogs in the blink of an eye, each running faster than the other, all trying to fight their way back to Gu'an County as soon as possible.
Although it was attacked by heavy artillery from the Eighth Route Army, there was still a city defense in the way.
No matter how powerful the tanks and armored vehicles are, it is impossible to bypass the city defenses and directly enter the city.
Unless they blow up the city wall of Gu'an County.
But as soon as the troops enter the city, the light infantry will turn into a group of heavy infantry. Anti-tank guns, mountain artillery... will equip the troops immediately, provide fire cover for the troops, and then attack the Eighth Route Army tank troops from a long distance and block them.
offensive.
But two legs are destined to be two legs.
Under the crazy pursuit of the tanks, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and more and more elite Kwantung Army members were beaten into sieves by the bullet rain from behind and died on the retreat.
The Japanese leader of the brigade had already prepared a picture of his troops suffering heavy casualties under the pursuit of chariot troops. Hearing the screams that kept ringing in his ears, although he was very anxious, his expression was calm and unaffected at all.
Under the escort of guards, they rushed towards Gu'an County, each running faster than the other.
"Commander of the brigade, we are just ahead of the Great North Slope. The terrain there is difficult and very suitable for blocking. If you leave an infantry brigade behind, it will definitely be able to block the Eighth Route Army's tank troops."
"As long as we can hold off for half an hour, we can successfully withdraw to Gu'an County." A regimental captain running next to the brigade leader suddenly reminded him.
On the battlefield, no commander likes a strong man to cut off his wrist.
Because no matter which unit you choose to stay in the rear, it means that you will take the initiative to send that unit to the guns of the Eighth Route Army and let them die here.
But for the sake of the overall situation, in order to allow more soldiers to return to Gu'an County and reduce the casualties of the attacking troops, we must give up what should be given up.
The brigade commander could only grit his teeth and order: "Immediately dispatch an infantry brigade to defend the Great North Slope."
"Leave more heavy machine guns and mortars to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive at all costs, cover the main force to escape pursuit, and safely return to Gu'an County."
After the brigade commander gave the order, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
The Eighth Route Army's tank troops are indeed very powerful in their assault capabilities. Even leaving a reinforced brigade may not be able to stop them, but slowing down their marching speed will definitely be no problem.
In this way, you will definitely be safe.
As long as no accidents occur during the subsequent retreat, there will definitely be no problem in safely returning to Gu'an County.
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
Just as they were about to cross the Great North Slope, a series of dense and violent gunshots suddenly rang out on the Great North Slope.
Looking up, the Great North Slope, which had been shrouded in darkness just now and had no movement at all, suddenly appeared with thirty or forty machine gun flames, both long and short.
Bullets flew towards us like rain, slamming into the retreating elite Kwantung Army.
The men were caught off guard and a large number of them were killed in an instant.
"Bageya Road, what's going on..." Seeing the blocking fire that suddenly appeared on the Great North Slope, the brigade leader was completely confused and asked with disbelief on his face.
"Didn't we defeat the Eighth Route Army stationed on Dabei Slope?"
"Why did they show up again..."
The captain next to him was also shocked, but he did not lose his mind. He understood the key after just a moment's thought, and then frowned and analyzed: "General..."
"The Eighth Route Army stationed on Dabei Slope was not defeated by us. They retreated on their own initiative..."
"After we crossed the Great Bei Slope, they reoccupied the Great Bei Slope, prevented us from retreating to Gu'an County, stopped us here, and cooperated with the chariot troops behind to attack us from front to back..."
"The Eighth Route Army has such a big appetite..." the brigade commander exclaimed on the spot, and then sighed.
"They actually want to catch us all in one fell swoop and wipe them all out here."
"Let the troops immediately launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army on the Dabei Slope, use all the mortars and heavy machine guns we brought, and recapture the Dabei Slope at all costs. This is our only hope for returning to Gu'an County smoothly.
Otherwise, everyone will be wiped out here by the Eighth Route Army..."
"Hurry up……"
"We must retake the Great North Slope before the Eighth Route Army's chariot troops come over, break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, and kill them...
The commander of the regiment also realized the seriousness of the problem. As a mid-level commander of the Kwantung Army, he had a very good future. It would be a great loss if he died here. He must break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position.
Soon, six to seven hundred people were organized to launch an assault on the Great North Slope.
There were more than twenty mortars providing fire support, and more than twenty heavy machine guns were mounted on the flanks of the attacking troops to suppress the Eighth Route Army's blocking firepower.
"Boom boom boom..."
Unfortunately, the offensive force they had finally organized had just rushed to a position more than 2,000 meters in front of the formation, when mortar shells fell from the sky like rain and hit the middle of the attacking force steadily.
Fire splashed and gunpowder smoke filled the air. Seventy or eighty little Japs were blown up in the explosion and fell into a pool of blood, losing their fighting ability.
This improvised offensive force became visibly confused.
Although they are all elites from the Kwantung Army, they will not be able to hold on for long if they only rely on some unknown officers to restrain them with military orders when they cannot find generals or generals.
It's okay to fight a smooth battle, but once you encounter a defeat, or encounter some setbacks during the attack, and the casualties of the troops are too great, the troops will definitely become chaotic. If the problem is too serious, it may collapse on the spot.
The expressions of the brigade commander and the regiment commander became serious at the same time.
In the artillery attack just now, the Eighth Route Army that blocked them dispatched at least twenty mortars.
If these mortars kept firing at the attacking troops, they would be able to inflict heavy casualties on the attacking troops with artillery bombs alone without the need for the Eighth Route Army blocking the northern slope to take action, and lose their assault capability.
The brigade commander was the first to react and immediately adjusted his deployment: "Let the mortar troops immediately find the Eighth Route Army artillery positions and kill the Eighth Route Army artillery..."
"The offensive forces continue to advance forward..."
"Heavy machine gun cover, without my order, no one can take a step back, they can only move forward..."
"Let the soldiers who have withdrawn from behind launch an attack together, withdraw one squadron, and join the battle with another squadron, a steady stream..."
"No matter how hard it is, we must wipe out all the Eighth Route Army in front of us, open a breakthrough, and fight back to Gu'an County, otherwise we will all die here..."
"The other two reinforced units will also be blocked here and will not be able to return to Gu'an County."
Faced with the death order issued by the brigade commander, the Kwantung Army knew from top to bottom that they were going to fight tooth and nail.
The attacking force that was about to collapse before did not care whether the commander was by their side or not. They tied a strip of white cloth to their heads and charged forward with rifles with bayonets fixed.
