Chapter 533: People Who Want To Win More Are More Afraid Of Losing
The mountain guns equipped by the Japanese artillery troops were still wearing gun jackets, and the mortars were also mounted together. The artillery positions had to be rearranged before they could fire.
The Japanese gunners immediately got busy. Some were setting up the cannons, some were pushing the cannons, and some were moving the shells. They were very busy...
The officers shouted and cursed at the same time, and the already chaotic station became even more chaotic.
Perhaps it was God's providence, but several mortar shells roared over and suddenly hit the artillery position that the Japanese were building.
The fire splashed, and more than a dozen gunners were blown away in the explosion. The already chaotic artillery position became even more chaotic, and at the same time, it also slowed down the speed of their artillery counterattack.
Lieutenant Commander Takeuchi became more and more anxious as he watched. A second lieutenant suddenly ran towards him, as if he had been frightened. He had a look of panic on his face. Before he could stand still, he hurriedly reported: "Sir... there is an Eighth Route Army in the Baogu area just north of the station."
Active, the strength of the troops is unknown..."
"Sir...there are also Eighth Route Army activities in Baogu area directly south of the station!"
After hearing this, the captain of the second brigade analyzed with a stern face: "Chief of Staff... we have the Eighth Route Army moving due south, due north, and due west, but we are just missing due east. Do they want to make dumplings for us here!"
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"That's definitely the case... Based on my understanding of the Eighth Route Army, so many artillery pieces will only be used in large-scale decisive battles!"
"Sir..." Another messenger hurried towards them.
"All the troops surrounding South Korea Village were attacked... The Eighth Route Army was inside and outside the village. Our troops suffered heavy losses and can hardly hold on!"
"Report to the Chief of Staff..." This time, a second lieutenant with a face filled with smoke came running over.
"Our troops stationed in the position were attacked at close range by the Eighth Route Army..."
"They came out of nowhere and were all lying dozens of meters away from us..."
"As soon as the signal flare appeared, grenades were thrown into the trenches. The troops were not prepared and were caught off guard..."
Lieutenant Colonel Takeuchi's face was even heavier than before. He stared at the blocking position and South Korea Village for several seconds before sighing: "They are finished... This is a premeditated counterattack by the Eighth Route Army..."
"The blocking position we captured in the afternoon must have hidden a large number of tunnel entrances and exits. Through these entrances and exits, the Eighth Route Army lurked under our noses and launched a sudden attack..."
The captain of the second brigade still didn't want to give up those troops, and hesitantly reminded: "Chief of Staff, how about we send troops to reinforce and rescue as many as we can!"
Takeuchi Nakasa shook his head and said with a painful look on his face: "It's too late!"
"The troops were attacked at close range and flanked by the Eighth Route Army. No matter who was commanding them, they couldn't last more than a few minutes!"
"The station was in chaos. By the time we gathered our troops, the troops there were gone!"
"If we rush over and kill them, the Eighth Route Army is probably already well prepared, waiting for us to hit their guns..."
"Don't forget, those positions were built by the Eighth Route Army. They are more familiar with them than we are. If they take over, they can immediately establish a defense line without even needing preparation time!"
"Then what should we do next?" Although the captain of the second brigade was very reluctant, he knew that what Lieutenant Colonel Takeuchi said was true, so he could only do the next best thing and stare at the chief of staff and continue to ask.
"Keep the garrison and protect the troops around us. No matter whether the Eighth Route Army has the idea of making dumplings for us or not, we must minimize the losses!"
"The garrison troops will immediately prepare for battle in squadron units. If the Eighth Route Army attacks the garrison, they will resolutely repel it...No one can take the initiative to attack without my order!"
"Our opponents are too cunning, and field warfare is their best fighting method... I'm worried that they have set up a dragnet for us around us. As soon as the troops leave the station, they will get into their pockets!"
"The artillery unit will counterattack immediately!"
"The Eighth Route Army artillery poses the greatest threat to us... knock them out and we can minimize our losses!"
The more a person wants to win a war, the more afraid he is of losing and the more cautious he becomes in making decisions. Lieutenant Colonel Takeuchi is such a person.
He urgently needs a victory to prove himself.
If he loses the battle, he will not only lose the good opportunity that the brigade commander gave him, but may also ruin his military career, making Shangguan feel that he is just a consultant and has no ability to be a commander.
He would never have the chance to join the army.
These reasons forced him to first consider stability when commanding a war.
Don't dare to act rashly at any slight disturbance.
Just like now, there are only signs of Eighth Route Army activity in the north and south directions of the station, and no Eighth Route Army has actually launched an attack.
This scared him so much that he immediately thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to make his dumplings here, so he immediately switched from offense to defense and defended the station...
Directly west of the South Korean village, the leader of the platoon held a box cannon and pulled the trigger continuously, and soon beat the last Japanese soldier, Captain Cao, into a sieve.
More than sixty puppet soldiers were so frightened that they threw their rifles aside, knelt on the ground, raised their hands, and kept shouting for the Eighth Route Army to spare their lives...
The platoon leader's face was already beaming with joy. The raid that had just ended went so smoothly.
Ten or twenty people died before the Japs noticed them. They were caught off guard and killed more than thirty people in the first round of fire attack, leaving only ten or twenty people in the entire reinforced team.
The troops came all the way, firing volleys of machine guns and pistols. The Japanese didn't even have a bunker. No matter how they resisted, it was still a fight between trapped beasts!
A reinforced platoon, with the loss of only a dozen soldiers, completely annihilated a reinforced Japanese squad and captured more than 60 puppet troops...
If he hadn't experienced it himself, the platoon leader would never have believed that the Japanese could be so vulnerable and that the troops under his command could be so powerful.
He was so happy that he did not forget the instructions given by the team leader before setting off...
He glanced around and ordered: "The first and second squads will escort the prisoners and retreat immediately... The others will stay to clean the battlefield. Not a single bullet shell can be left for the little devil. Go faster!"
"Two people from class three came with me to block the entrance and exit of the tunnel..."
"This is our trump card in fighting the Japanese. Maybe we can use it next time!"
Shunping County, starting from nine o'clock in the evening, it becomes very lively.
Everywhere in the city was illuminated by torches, and carts loaded with food, weapons and ammunition left one after another from the west gate and disappeared into the darkness.
Every large vehicle was surrounded by a squad of Eighth Route Army soldiers!
Some people held rifles in their hands and stared at the surroundings carefully... Some people put rifles on their backs and marched normally, lending a hand from time to time to help push the cart...
In a valley about one kilometer away from the west gate, two little Japanese scouts were staring at every large vehicle coming out of the door with their eyes wide open, observing and recording...
"This is the 42nd cart that the Eighth Route Army has pulled out of the city tonight... Each cart is accompanied by an infantry squad, and more than four companies of the Eighth Route Army have left the city together..." A scout analyzed while counting.
Another scout who was observing the convoy with a telescope immediately answered: "More than four companies of troops will leave the city in two hours..."
"The motorcade at the city gate still shows no intention of stopping!"
"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army already knew about our dispatch of troops to Shunping, knew that it could not defend Shunping, and wanted to avoid its edge, so it retreated in advance and ran away!"
"It must be so!" The scout who spoke first immediately supported.
"Our troops will be able to reach Shunping tomorrow... The Eighth Route Army won't leave tonight, and they won't be able to leave after daybreak even if they want to!"
"It's a pity that we don't have our troops here, otherwise we could block the city gate and give them a trick to catch the turtle in the jar!"
"Look at it for a while, and after confirming that the Eighth Route Army really intends to abandon Shunping, report it to Baoding immediately!"
At the Japanese garrison in South Korea Village, when the artillery was about to prepare for a counterattack, the artillery shells whizzing overhead suddenly disappeared, and the lively garrison became quiet at this moment.
Lieutenant Colonel Takeuchi's first reaction was that the Eighth Route Army artillerymen wanted to move away.
This was the outcome he least wanted to see, and he quickly ordered: "Let the artillery fire back immediately, otherwise the Eighth Route Army artillery will run away, and they must be killed!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Half a minute later, the cannon sound that Lieutenant Colonel Takeuchi had been waiting for for a long time finally rang out. The mountain cannon shells flew towards the valley with a piercing scream. It took several seconds before the violent explosion sound was heard.
Several orange-red fireballs had already risen into the sky from Baogudi, looking particularly dazzling under the cover of night. As for whether they hit their targets and hit the Eighth Route Army, only God knows.
After all, the two places are too far apart, and there are corn stalks blocking the middle. It's night time, so I can't see clearly even if I want to!
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