To the west of the Kwantung Army's station, in less than half a minute from the first explosion, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops had rushed into the smoke-filled defense line, then quickly crossed the defense line and entered the sight of the wing chief of staff.
Dozens of Eighth Route Army troops deployed in battle formation.
Equipped with four Type 96 light machine guns, it can be used as a submachine gun when held in the arms. The long magazine of up to thirty rounds of bullets provides sufficient bullets for the light machine guns.
The machine gunner held them while charging and shooting.
The artillerymen and baggage troops standing in front of them were no match for them, and they were defeated in one blow.
In the blink of an eye, this Eighth Route Army commando team penetrated dozens of meters into the garrison. Wherever they passed, the ground was full of gunners who had been beaten into a sieve.
Before the chief of staff of the wing could react to the shock of this accident, more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops crossed the smoke-filled blocking position and entered the garrison.
Taking the platoon as a unit, they quickly dispersed, with machine guns taking the lead, riflemen following closely behind, and assaulting everywhere...
"It's over..."
Seeing this scene, the coalition chief of staff's already pale face turned even paler at this time, his body was trembling with panic, and he shouted with a desperate expression.
Several squadron leaders appeared around the wing chief of staff at the same time as if they were discussing it, shouting with panic on their faces: "Sir..."
"The Eighth Route Army has entered the garrison."
"Our artillerymen are no match for our baggage troops. What should we do next? Please make a decision as soon as possible..."
Seeing the wing chief of staff staring with a pair of big eyes full of despair and refusing to speak, a squadron leader became anxious and reminded him again: "Sir..."
"There is a group of Eighth Route Army coming towards us. If we don't make a decision, it will be too late..."
Another squadron leader immediately ordered to the surrounding guards: "What are you doing standing still?"
"The commander of the wing has had an accident. The chief of staff of the wing must not have another accident. He must immediately protect the chief of staff and move to the south of the station..."
"There are no Eighth Route Army offensive troops over there..."
"After breaking through the encirclement from the south of the station, we marched directly to the mountains at night... We can kill every one..."
Although the squadron leader's order was a bit over-the-top, and it somewhat sounded like a deserter.
But in order to survive, the other squadron leaders did not raise any objections.
At this time, the chief of staff finally reacted from his despair, threw away the guard who was trying to hold him up to escape, and cursed loudly: "Stop all of you..."
"March at night under the eyes of the Eighth Route Army. Do you think you have nine lives and can survive from the guns of the Eighth Route Army again and again?"
"Tell you..."
"Without infantry cover, the artillery and baggage troops were turned into a mess under the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack, leaving us to be massacred... Even if we were lucky enough to escape from the station, we would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and we would eventually die in the woods."
"Instead of being shot to death by the Eighth Route Army during the night march, it is better to stay here and fight with them..."
"Maybe I can even recruit a few Eighth Route Army soldiers to support me before I die."
"Pass me an order: No one can take a step back and prepare to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops..."
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On the battlefield of the rising sun.
Li Yunlong was leading a reduced regiment on an urgent march towards the Kwantung Army reinforcements.
The cavalry scouts were constantly sending him the latest information about the enemy.
"Commander..."
"The Kwantung Army reinforcements are very vigilant..."
"Not only a small forward force was arranged, but also dozens of soldiers were arranged to search and advance along the roadside highlands and ridges."
Li Yunlong frowned and replied: "The devils want to retreat and run away when they encounter danger..."
"If we fight head-on, their main force will definitely turn around and retreat after hearing the news that the forward team was attacked, without giving us the chance to annihilate them!"
"The fat that comes to your mouth must be eaten..."
"We must find a way to block the Kwantung Army's retreat..."
"Even if their forward team is attacked and the main follow-up troops turn around and retreat immediately, our troops will be blocked on the battlefield and unable to escape even if they want to!"
After Li Yunlong analyzed it, he turned his attention to the leader of the Second Regiment next to him: "Old Huang..."
"I'll give you a battalion of troops..."
"We marched quickly to the intersection two kilometers ahead, took a small path and went five hundred meters into the mountain to lurk."
"After the Kwantung Army reinforcements pass the intersection, immediately take the small road back to the highway and build fortifications at the intersection to block the Kwantung Army who may retreat to Chaoyang."
"Other troops are on standby and ready for battle..."
"Concentrate your firepower to hit the Kwantung Army's forward troops first. After a quick battle, attack directly towards the main force of the Kwantung Army. Engage them as quickly as possible, and combine with the interception troops commanded by Commander Huang to attack them front and rear..."
"The Kwantung Army stationed in Chaoyang only has a few troops..."
"As long as we successfully eat their reinforcements, there will be at most 500 Kwantung troops left in Chaoyang City, and our detachment going north can easily take down Chaoyang."
"This is the first city that our northbound detachment may capture after entering the Northeast. If we capture it, the weapons, ammunition and materials we capture will definitely pile up like mountains, and the living standards of the troops will also be greatly improved."
"More importantly: capturing Chaoyang City will completely establish the reputation of our northward detachment, expand the influence of our northward detachment, attract more progressive people and ordinary people who resist the Japanese army to join the northward detachment, and strengthen the strength of the northward detachment."
"The northbound detachment can also take the opportunity to further expand the strategic depth of our base area and have stronger strength to face the Kwantung Army's mopping up troops."
Li Yunlong's words made everyone excited.
The more than a thousand soldiers were as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and the flames of war quickly ignited.
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An hour later, Kwantung Army reinforcements finally appeared at the end of the road.
Dozens of little Japs walked at the front of the team in a battle formation, rifles held flat in their hands, looking ahead, very vigilant.
You can vaguely see the figures of some little devils on the high ground by the roadside.
They held their rifles with bayonets fixed, and while marching, they poked the grass and bushes around them to prevent anyone from hiding inside.
The Japs are heavily guarded, and it is very difficult to put them into pocket formations and eliminate them in an ambush, and it is also easy to expose the target in such an attack.
Li Yunlong made a prompt decision and decided to act in advance...
"Start the attack... The bugler blows the charge bugle, and the whole army goes out... Kill the Japanese forward troops and search teams..."
"Boom, boom, boom...dong, dong, dong..."
The explosion of artillery shells and the sound of heavy machine gun fire sounded on the battlefield, followed closely by the loud sound of charging horns.
Dozens of Kwantung troops walking on the road were instantly covered by artillery fire, and the soldiers who were not blown over by the shells were swept into a sieve by heavy machine gun bullets...
In the blink of an eye, the Kwantung Army's forward team was killed and almost lost its combat effectiveness.
