The scene in front of him was completely different from the battle scene in Major General Hashimoto's mind. In his defensive plan, the Eighth Route Army should line up in battle formation, holding rifles and machine guns, and launch strong attacks on the defense line again and again.
Hashimoto's brigade can gradually consume the Eighth Route Army's strength through defensive battles. Wait for the two sides to fight together and then look for opportunities to break out, catching the Eighth Route Army off guard and taking the opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
As a result, even though I was looking forward to the stars and the moon, I didn't wait for the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. Instead, I waited for this unprecedented artillery attack.
The troops under his command had no trenches to hide in and were completely exposed to the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Dozens of powerful mountain field artillery shells hit them one after another. No matter how powerful they were, they were still made of flesh and blood.
As long as the opponent's artillery fire coverage is strong enough, the troops under his command may be completely blown away before they see the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.
He would not be able to achieve his goal of severely damaging the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong by holding on to his position. In this case, it would be better to break through directly.
In this way, the soldiers under his command would at least have a chance to fight the Eighth Route Army at close range. Unlike now, everyone did not even see the Eighth Route Army and was directly blown into a pile of minced meat by the artillery shells.
The more Major General Hashimoto thought about it, the heavier his expression became. He gritted his teeth and began to issue orders: "Breakout..."
"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with too many mountain and field guns."
"If you hold on tightly, you will only get bombed, and you won't be able to wipe out many Eighth Route Army troops."
"It's better to break out of the position and break out, and fight them face to face."
"Although this will be defeated by the Eighth Route Army one by one, at least you can fight them face to face instead of being killed by artillery shells from a distance."
"Pass the order..."
"All troops of Hashimoto's brigade are grouped into squadrons, choose a glyph to break through the defense line, and start breaking out now."
"The artillery immediately launched artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army surrounding us."
"After five minutes of artillery fire coverage, immediately blow up all the artillery and ammunition that cannot be taken away, and follow the infantry to break through."
"No matter who it is, break out of the Eighth Route Army encirclement and move towards Baoding. Don't think about rescuing other troops."
"In short, kill as many people as you can."......
"Boom, boom, boom..." The artillery preparations in front of Li Yunlong continued. The power of the mountain artillery shells was far greater than that of the mortars, and the high ground in front of them had been shrouded in artillery fire a minute ago.
The splashing firelight was like fireworks, constantly splashing on the high ground, kicking up a lot of soil and the corpses of the little devils.
He has led his troops to a position 70 to 80 meters in front of the formation. The troops are lying on the ground and are continuing to advance by crawling, shortening the infantry assault distance after the shelling.
In another minute, the artillery preparations in front of him will be over. Li Yunlong is confident that he can advance another thirty meters in this minute and shorten the distance between the two sides to forty meters.
Then launch an assault as soon as the artillery fire stops, try to rush to the high ground within ten seconds, and use rifles and grenades to end the battle without giving the remaining Japanese troops any chance to react.
"Kill..." The Japs' unique killing cry suddenly sounded in front of the team. More than a hundred Japs rushed out of the artillery fire like crazy, holding guns and heading straight for them.
Their combat effectiveness was very strong, and they could easily charge and grab at the same time. The two soldiers lying next to Li Yunlong were shot in response, and there was no movement on the ground.
"Captain Li, are you crazy? You dare to launch a counterattack against us with only such a small force. I don't know how to spell the word "seeking death." Zhou Wei, commander of the 25th Regiment, shouted with excitement.
The soldier's sixth sense told Li Yunlong that the counterattack in front of him was extraordinary and definitely not an ordinary counterattack.
But he couldn't find any evidence to prove his analysis. He immediately snorted an order: "Whether they are crazy or not, there is no reason not to eat the fat meat brought to our mouths..."
"Everyone, go up to them and kill them quickly, then capture the high ground and break into the Eighth Route Army's defense line..."
"Kill..." The attacking troops immediately erupted into loud shouts of killing. Hundreds of soldiers got up from the ground, like a group of little tigers waiting to be fed, and rushed forward to face the little Japanese.
The two sides quickly fought together, and the attacking troops relied on their superior strength to suppress the Japanese from the beginning, killing them steadily and retreating.
Just when they were about to retreat to the edge of the position, the five-minute artillery fire stopped just in time.
"Bah bang bang..." Li Yunlong killed a Japanese second lieutenant with three consecutive shots, raised the box cannon and prepared to lead his troops to the blocking position.
"Kill..." The Japanese army shouted to kill again from the smoke-filled blocking position. At least 300 little Japanese soldiers rushed towards them without hesitation.
They were divided into three groups, and after strangling together with the attacking troops, they did not get entangled or disperse, but just rushed forward in a daze.
"No, the Japs want to break through our attacking troops and divide their forces to break out..." Li Yunlong was keenly aware of the Japs' plot.
Leading the guard platoon, they swiped towards a group of Japs, shouting as they rushed: "Stop them quickly."
"They must not be allowed to break through our military positions..."
"Other troops surrounded them and launched a direct assault to disperse them..."
"Bah, bang, bang..." Li Yunlong fired the box cannon in his hand again, and the two nearest little Japs fell to the ground.
Not to be outdone, the guards around him raised their rifles and pulled the triggers one after another. Chaotic gunfire soon rang out, and the Japanese who gathered in front of Li Yunlong were instantly hit by a hail of bullets.
"Start with a machine gun, kill them, and disperse the Japanese..." Li Yunlong seized the opportunity and ordered.
"The rifleman prepares grenades, and when he sees a kid, he will hit me."
"Baga..." The squadron leader led by the Japs cursed with a desperate expression when he saw that his team was scattered.
He drew out his command sword and rushed towards Li Yunlong without hesitation: "Warriors..."
"The team was scattered and we can't break out..."
"If we fight against the Eighth Route Army, we will fight to the death with someone on our back. We will kill you..." A total of three troops broke out from Li Yunlong. Two of the breakout troops were stopped and the whole army was destroyed.
Although the third breakout force was also dispersed, it still lost thirty or forty people. Seeing them quickly disappearing into the night, Li Yunlong wanted to send people to chase them and kill them all.
When the order came to his lips, he swallowed it back. He killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. In the battle just now, the 1st Regiment and the 25th Regiment killed at least 200 Japanese with bayonets.
Although they had an absolute strength advantage and used a large number of pistols in the battle, they still lost more than 300 people and directly sacrificed more than 100 people.
The remaining few hundred people can just block the position in front of us and prevent the Japs from breaking out from here again. If we divide our troops for the sake of dozens of Japs and cause more Japanese troops to break out of the encirclement from here, it will be too much of a loss.
Major General Hashimoto was lucky. He happened to be hiding in the team that successfully broke through the encirclement. After breaking out of the encirclement, he led his men to take a small road and disappeared into the battlefield, without daring to waste another minute.
