The commander of the regiment couldn't wait to catch up with the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops and immediately ordered: "Then what are you waiting for?"
"The troops will set off immediately..."
"Let the communications staff keep in contact with the troops stationed on the fourth line of defense..."
"I will report immediately when I discover the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops...I want to keep track of the enemy's movements at all times..."
"The troops must march fast, and don't worry about the artillery and heavy machine gun squadrons falling behind."
"Our enemy is at the front, it doesn't matter if we fall behind."
"As long as we can fight against the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army and hold them back, it will be fine even if all the troops are destroyed..."
This is what the chief of staff wants. Otherwise, the infantry and artillery will be out of touch due to different loads. If an accident occurs, he will bear the main responsibility.
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In a valley about five kilometers away from the Japanese army's third blockade.
The two main regiments were secretly lurking on both sides of the road, with light and heavy machine guns mounted behind the grain-packing poles. The muzzles of their guns were pointed directly at the road, waiting for the Japanese troops to hit them.
At the exit of the pocket array, a bunker made of sandbags lay across the road, with three heavy machine guns mounted behind it.
After the Japanese army was attacked, the first reaction must be to break through the pocket formation.
In this way, all the pressure on the battlefield will be concentrated on the intercepting troops.
A heavy machine gun platoon and an infantry company intercepted the Japanese army head-on. Even if the Japanese army dispatched one or two infantry squadrons at the same time, they would not be able to get any advantage.
"Brigade commander... the pocket array has been set up, and the light and heavy machine guns are all camouflaged. As long as the Japanese pursuers don't send scouts to the valleys on both sides of the road, they will never detect our presence."
Li Yunlong replied firmly: 'Don't worry...'
"The Japanese pursuers were eager to catch up with us and dragged us along the blockade to annihilate them."
"It would be a waste of time to conduct reconnaissance while marching. They will definitely not do this."
"Although it is a bit risky to march the troops in a group."
"But as long as they can drag us along the blockade, the risk is worth taking."
"For Neji Okamura, as long as he can annihilate us at the blockade and prove to the outside world how impregnable his iron wall is, it doesn't matter if all the infantry regiments chasing us are dead."
"Let comrades prepare for battle."
"As long as the first regiment does not attack the Japanese fourth line of defense."
"The Japanese pursuers will feel that they still have a chance to hold us back, and they will pursue us at all costs."
"Judging from the time, the little devil should be here soon."
"If the frontal interception force does not fire, no one else can fire in advance. Anyone who violates the order will be subject to military law."
"By the way, I would like to remind the cavalry company that when they raid the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron, they should be surrounded temporarily if there is no chance. Do not risk the more than 100 lives of the cavalry company in a head-to-head confrontation with the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron."
"After we have defeated the main force of the Japanese army, we will mobilize two battalions to kill them. After a burst of artillery fire, it will be over in a few minutes."
"It's just an ambush battle that must be won. The only thing we need to consider is how to end the battle with the minimum cost, rather than annihilating the enemy quickly."
When Li Yunlong was about to continue speaking, a cavalryman suddenly rushed towards him, jumped off his horse and panted to report.
"brigadier……"
"The Japanese troops are chasing us..."
"It's exactly the same as our judgment."
"Chasing us like crazy."
"All the riflemen put their rifles on their backs, and the machine gunners put their machine guns on their shoulders and rushed forward with all their might. No scouts or forward troops were sent, and their vigilance was almost zero."
"These little devils only rested for about ten minutes at the third blockade after being on the road continuously. They were very tired."
"From the commander to the ordinary soldiers, they were all panting from exhaustion and their faces were red."
"Because the heavy machine gun squadron and the mortar squadron were attached to TEDA, the infantry has fallen behind the team, about three to four hundred meters away from the infantry."
"They are more exhausted than the infantry..."
"While the third blockade was being repaired, the Japanese artillerymen and heavy machine gunners slumped on the ground and did not want to move."
"I just ran for several kilometers continuously, so I must be more tired."
Li Yunlong was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground, and immediately ordered: "Return to the team immediately..."
"All troops are ready for battle..."
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The captain of the Japanese regiment was marching on a war horse. Although he was not as tired as his subordinates, the skin on the inside of his legs had long been worn out by the continuous march, which made him very uncomfortable.
However, in order to catch up with the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army, he kept moving forward without complaining. Instead, he kept urging his subordinates to speed up the march during the march.
"Captain..." The chief of staff of the coalition suddenly caught up with him on horseback.
"The troops stationed at the fourth blockade report..."
"The Eighth Route Army's breakout troops have not yet killed them, and no main force of the Eighth Route Army has been found within a radius of one or two kilometers."
"And we are less than six kilometers away from there, which means that the distance between us and the Eighth Route Army's breakout troops has been shortened to four kilometers."
"As long as the troops stationed at the blockade find a way to hold them off for twenty minutes, we will be sure to catch the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army and block them at the blockade."
The captain's fighting spirit became more and more high, and he immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Continue the pursuit."
"Tell the troops stationed at the fourth blockade."
"I don't care what methods they use, they must stop me for twenty minutes, even if the whole army is destroyed."
The wing chief of staff had just turned his horse around to send a telegram when the dull sound of heavy machine gun fire suddenly sounded at the front of the team.
As soon as I looked at the highway, gunshots like exploding beans rang out in the valleys on both sides of the highway.
Under the darkness of night, hundreds of machine gun flames suddenly appeared in the Bao Valley area, and bullets flew towards the road like rain.
The soldiers around him were very tired and were panting and rushing forward. Their reaction speed was several beats slower than usual.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the soldiers around him were swept to the ground in pieces like ripe wheat.
A string of heavy machine gun bullets flew towards him at the same time.
The chief of staff was also very tired. Although he reacted very quickly, lowering his head immediately and leaning his whole body against the horse's back, he was still half a beat slower than usual.
And it was less than half a second that cost him his life.
A bullet entered his body from the back and exited from the chest, leaving a bloody hole in his body the size of a fist.
Without even uttering a scream, both the man and the horse fell to the ground.
The captain of the regiment was protected by guards as human shields and escaped the first round of fire attack.
But the security forces protecting him were also very exhausted, and more than half of the forty or fifty soldiers were killed or injured in this round of fire raids.
The surviving guards were just about to escort the wing leader to a safe area when the explosion sounded in their ears.
"Boom boom boom..."
Two shells hit them, one on the left and one on the right, and exploded. The flying fragments once again claimed the lives of three or four little Japs, and also injured many others.
Half of the little Japs surrounding the captain were gone in an instant, and the human shields had gaps everywhere.
The commander quickly got up from the ground and tried to move to a blind spot, but bullets from the surrounding heavy machine guns swept towards him again.
