None of his subordinates responded to Colonel Miyamoto's words, but soon the Eighth Route Army gave him the best explanation with the sound of artillery fire.
Under the darkness of night, the fire caused by the explosion of the shell was particularly dazzling.
Colonel Miyamoto could even see the soldiers being blown away by artillery fire.
Not long after, the Eighth Route Army cavalry troops entered Colonel Miyamoto's sight again.
Wielding sabers, holding horse rifles and submachine guns, they attacked the reinforcements that had just been baptized by artillery fire. They were unstoppable...
The remaining one or two hundred subordinates of the reinforcements were like a herd of sheep. They were smashed to pieces by the cavalry in an instant, without any ability to resist...
After defeating the reinforcements, the Eighth Route Army cavalry did not stop and rushed directly towards the offensive position, faster and faster.
"Boom boom boom..."
Several explosions rang in Colonel Miyamoto's ears, and orange-red flames bloomed in front of his eyes at the same time. The dazzling flames made him almost unable to open his glasses...
Then the whole person was thrown to the ground by his subordinates, and at the same time, his subordinates exclaimed in his ears: "Sir, lie down..."
Colonel Miyamoto was safe and sound, but the sudden explosion shocked the guards around him.
After helping him up, he pulled him to the side and said, "It's too dangerous here!"
"Sir, you must move immediately... The Eighth Route Army has already set its sights on this place..."
"Rumble..."
The second round of shells fell quickly. Although it did not fall beside him, the violent explosion still shocked him. Within sight, several subordinates were killed and injured in the explosion...
The partially cracked house leaked and it rained all night.
Before the panic caused by the sudden artillery attack was clear, the thunderous sound of horse hooves reached Colonel Miyamoto's ears again.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army cavalry is coming... All the troops we can send have been sent out. There are no more troops available. We can only retreat immediately to avoid the enemy's edge!" the guard captain exclaimed.
The only remaining captain beside him panicked on the spot, and suggested anxiously: "Co-captain..."
"The artillery position has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Our artillery advantage has turned into the Eighth Route Army's artillery advantage... They also have cavalry to cooperate with the battle. If we continue to fight, not only will we not be able to take down the Tutu Temple, but we will also be completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Can't fight anymore..."
"We should retreat immediately and leave here..."
"Considering that the Eighth Route Army has cavalry, the troops have to break out and retreat in order to avoid being overwhelmed by the cavalry..."
"The Eighth Route Army Cavalry is coming soon... You must make a decision immediately!"
Colonel Miyamoto also realized the dangerous situation of the Miyamoto Regiment.
He was not afraid of death, but he could not just watch the Miyamoto regiment being destroyed here, so he immediately ordered: "I obey you, the troops will break out and retreat, leave now..."
"Blow up all the weapons, ammunition and materials that cannot be taken away..."
"The Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to support war with war and use these equipment to continue to develop and grow!"
"Withdraw the more than 200 people who just faced the Eighth Route Army's counterattack force, disperse them to break out, and leave now..."
"Cavalry company, the Japanese are right in front, follow me..." Zhang Dashan took the lead and rushed to the front of the team, urging his horse to speed up while shouting.
When I saw the Japs destroying weapons and ammunition, I became even more anxious. I immediately changed my saber into a box cannon, aimed at the Japs, pulled the trigger, and fired while shouting.
"Shoot with horse rifles and submachine guns to kill those little devils who destroy weapons and ammunition..."
"The cavalry company continues to accelerate, and must keep the weapons and ammunition that the little devil can't take away!"
The sound of gunfire rang out quickly, and it seemed particularly messy under the cover of the sound of horse hooves, but there were many bullets fired.
When the blind cat killed the mouse, six or seven Japanese soldiers walked away and carried him to the ground.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Miyamoto, had already run away, and they were left to destroy weapons and ammunition. They were very dissatisfied and anxious, for fear that they would die at the last moment of the battle.
Seeing the cavalry company charging and firing, killing and wounding several people in an instant, the little devil who was still alive became even more anxious.
When one Japs turned around and ran away, the remaining dozen Japs immediately followed.
Compared with saving lives, the task of destroying weapons and ammunition is obviously nothing.
Several piles of weapons and ammunition have just been blown up. As long as Colonel Miyamoto hears the explosion, they can report to the commander: all the weapons and ammunition left by the troops have been destroyed. No one is going to investigate this matter, and there is no way to investigate it.
rise.
"Battal Commander... we won..." Seeing the hundreds of puppet troops fleeing in the night, Zhong Chengjun's face instantly lit up with joy and he said excitedly.
"We did win...but the price we paid was also high!" Huang Yu was not as happy as he imagined. He looked at the corpses everywhere and said with a heavy face.
In his original plan, the assault battalion, with the cooperation of artillery holes and bunkers, could stop the Japanese and puppet offensive by losing at most two to three hundred men, consuming a large amount of their manpower and creating opportunities for the cavalry battalion to raid the artillery positions.
As a result, the Miyamoto regiment actually brought six large-caliber mortars, which instantly disrupted Huang Yu's previous plan and caused unprecedented losses to the assault battalion.
The smile on Zhong Chengjun's face was immediately replaced by a heavy one, and he nodded: "The price is indeed a bit high..."
"The assault battalion of more than 800 people only has more than 100 people left behind us, resulting in a direct loss of nearly 700 people..."
"The cavalry company has also been shortened by more than half, losing at least a hundred people..."
"In addition to the losses of the county brigade and the district squad...in order to stop the Miyamoto United, we killed at least a thousand people!"
After hearing this, Huang Yu finally understood why the Sixth Company in the original work of "Bright Sword" was completely destroyed.
The assault battalion was better equipped and had more troops than the Sixth Company, but it still lost thousands of people!
If they don't come and continue to let the Sixth Company defend the Earth Temple, they can only hold on to their position until the entire army is destroyed.
Feeling that the atmosphere around him was becoming more and more depressing due to his few words, Huang Yu changed the subject and continued: "The losses are great, but our results are also great..."
"Those soldiers who died in battle all died well and their sacrifices were not in vain..."
"There are more than 3,500 Japanese and puppet troops. There were nearly 3,000 when they arrived at the Tutu Temple. The number of Japanese and puppet troops who escaped just now is at most 400. The cavalry company is still chasing them. It would be good if 300 escaped in the end.
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"It means that we only used one afternoon and half the night to wipe out 2,670 Japanese and puppet troops. On average, one sacrificed soldier killed at least three Japanese and puppet troops!"
"We also successfully defended the Earth Temple and bought enough time for the New Second Regiment to besiege Ping'an County..."
"No matter how you analyze it, this is a great victory worth being happy about!"
"Comrades, let's work harder. Let's try to clear the battlefield in two hours and leave the battle before dawn to prevent the Japanese army from sending planes to retaliate against us and bomb us!"
Although the assault battalion suffered heavy losses, there were still many people in the county brigade and district squad.
With their help, Zhong Chengjun compiled the results in just an hour and a half.
"Captain... we seized a total of four 120mm caliber mortars, six ordinary mortars, 7 heavy machine guns, 19 grenade launchers, 27 light machine guns, 1,583 rifles, and the total of various bullets reached
There are 360,000 rounds, 968 ordinary mortar shells are left, 640 large-caliber mortar shells are left, more than 8,000 hand grenades and hand grenades are left, and more than 1,200 special grenades are left.
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"The remaining weapons and ammunition were all blown up by the Japanese, especially the light and heavy machine guns and artillery pieces."
"Otherwise we could have captured twenty more mortars, sixteen heavy machine guns, more than fifty light machine guns, nearly a thousand rifles, and two hundred thousand rounds of various bullets..."
Speaking of this, Zhong Chengjun's eyes were filled with heartache and heartache.
Huang Yu did not answer, and looked at Zhong Chengjun and continued to ask: "How many weapons did we lose..."
"The Japanese used a large number of artillery and aircraft in the battle. Many weapons must have been blown up!"
Zhong Chengjun began to feel heartache again, gritted his teeth and said: "The loss is indeed huge."
"A total of two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, 486 rifles, 21 submachine guns and pistols were blown up..."
"The cavalry company also lost 46 horses..."
"It directly blew up most of the weapons and equipment of the assault camp!"
Huang Yu comforted: "There are no guns, no cannons, the enemy made them for us..."
"Although the losses were heavy, the loot captured was enough to make up for our battle losses."
"When the troops return to their base, I will definitely replace the weapons and ammunition that everyone has lost as soon as possible."
As he spoke, he turned his attention to Captain Zhou of the County Brigade: "This time we were able to successfully complete the blocking mission and severely damage the Miyamoto United Team, and the County Brigade and District Team also contributed a lot!"
"I promised you before!"
"To defeat the little Japs, I will equip the county brigade with heavy machine guns and mortars, and the district squad with light machine guns and grenades!"
"I will fulfill my promise now!"
"Replenish each district team with twenty rifles, one light machine gun, one grenade launcher, one thousand rounds of ammunition, one hundred grenades and hand grenades, and ten grenades dedicated to the grenade launcher."
"Replenish the county brigade with 100 rifles, five light machine guns, five grenade launchers, one heavy machine gun, and one mortar!"
"I'll give you another five thousand rounds of rifle bullets, five hundred grenades and hand grenades, fifty rounds of grenades, five hundred rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, fifty artillery shells..."
"All weapons and ammunition can be collected now!"
"But we still need you to dedicate some troops to help us and send all the remaining weapons and ammunition back to the base!"
At the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie was standing at the observation port watching the battlefield one kilometer away.
The general offensive has begun, and the three-pronged troops are making rapid progress. It only took 20 minutes to divide and surround the puppet army of more than 1,000 days into four parts.
The largest group of Japanese and puppet troops had more than 600 troops, and the smallest group of Japanese puppet troops had less than 200 troops.
"What does Yang Wanhe do for food? There are less than 200 little Japs surrounded by a battalion, and they haven't been eaten for twenty minutes! If the battle doesn't end, I will ask the guard battalion to replace him!"
Chief of Staff Li Wensheng consoled him: "Although there are not many Japanese and puppet troops there, they are almost all little Japs. They are also equipped with several heavy machine guns and three or four mortars. They defend the top of the mountain. On the contrary, there are several groups of Japanese and puppet troops.
