Chapter 994 The Eighth Route Army found another way
The deputy captain pulled out his command knife with a "swish..." sound, and his whole body felt as if he had been given a shot of blood. His eyes flashed and he ordered: "The attacking troops take advantage of the chaos and charge forward."
"The Eighth Route Army blocking the road in front was in chaos. We just happened to break through their blocking position. We pursued the victory, recaptured the blockade, and killed them..."
As soon as the deputy captain gave the order, the attacking troops roared and rushed towards the battlefield without any hesitation.
Just as the attacking troops were about to rush to the Eighth Route Army's blocking position, the machine gun fire on the blocking position suddenly tripled. The soldiers in the first two rows of the attacking troops were swept to the ground one by one like ripe wheat.
"Boom boom boom..."
The familiar sound of shell explosions reached the deputy captain's ears at the same time.
Unfortunately, these shells were not fired by artillery units under his command, and they did not hit the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions.
It was the Eighth Route Army that came towards them.
Some of the artillery shells hit the middle of the attacking troops. In the dazzling firelight, each soldier was like a paper toy, being overturned and blown up in an instant.
Some of the artillery shells hit the artillery position behind them, causing six mortars of the artillery squadron to mute on the spot.
"Bageya Road... the enemy is showing weakness to us, and we have been fooled..." the Japanese vice-captain cried out, his face suddenly turned pale, and he cried out in despair.
As soon as he finished speaking, the second round of artillery shells arrived, and dozens more soldiers were killed and injured in the artillery fire.
Coupled with the casualties caused by frontal blocking fire to the attacking troops, a full squadron participating in the attack was disabled in less than a minute.
"Retreat..." The deputy captain quickly realized the dangerous situation he was facing, and decided to save the troops as much as possible before talking about other matters. He gave the order in a hurry.
"The attacking troops will withdraw from the battle immediately..."
"The entire army retreats five hundred meters back and gets out of the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire coverage as quickly as possible..."
"Da da da……"
The familiar sound of machine gun fire suddenly sounded from the flank of the team. The vice-captain turned around and saw three tongues of flames heading toward him quickly.
"No..." I felt even more anxious and ordered immediately.
"We also have enemies on our flanks... The Eighth Route Army wants to annihilate us all here."
"Retreat immediately. Before the Eighth Route Army's pocket formation is closed, fight out immediately. If you don't leave, it will be too late."
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
More and more light and heavy machine guns fired around the Japanese troops.
The vice-captain was so anxious that he had no time to curse. He led dozens of subordinates and began to flee for their lives. His legs were running very fast, for fear that he would be shot into pieces by bullets if he took a step slower.
Three of the six mortars equipped by the mortar squadron were snatched away, and the remaining three mortars were all destroyed.
The deputy captain ran for two minutes before rejoining the thirty or so remnants of the artillery squadron and continuing to retreat.
In the wilderness about 300 meters away from the road, there was also a troop moving simultaneously with the Japanese deputy captain.
They were the ninth company used by the battalion commander to outflank the Japs' retreat.
As a result, the Japanese deputy captain reacted too quickly. The Ninth Company began to retreat before the outflanking was in place. They could only run beside the road to compete with the Japanese for time.
It would be best to block the Japanese army's retreat.
If you really can't stop them, you can only attack the Japanese troops from the flanks. Killing as many as you can is better than letting them all escape.
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The former enemy headquarters of the Independent Brigade.
The first Japanese blockade had been riddled with holes by the attacking troops and was almost useless.
Li Yunlong walked to the table for a while to study the map, and then walked to the command department and looked forward to it, very anxious.
Although tonight's surprise battle involves the strong fighting the weak, the independent brigade will undoubtedly win.
But to be honest, Li Yunlong didn't know exactly how much results could be achieved.
"Rumble..."
The familiar sound of horse hooves finally reached the headquarters. Li Yunlong immediately looked away from the map, walked quickly to the entrance of the headquarters and looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.
Two cavalry soldiers jumped off their horses and rushed towards him, panting and reporting.
"Chief..."
"The third regiment and the third battalion have successfully broken through the second blockade of the Japanese army and are destroying the blockade ditch and blockade stronghold."
"During the operation, they also deployed pocket formations between the Japanese second and third lines of defense, severely damaging the reinforcements sent to the battlefield by the third blockade."
"A total of nearly 800 Japanese troops were wiped out in the two battles, and a large amount of weapons and equipment were seized."
"Be prepared to quickly evacuate the battlefield with the loot after destroying the blockade ditch and blockade wall."
"Pah..." Li Yunlong slammed his clenched fist on the door frame and shouted loudly.
"The third battalion fought very well."
"Not only did they successfully complete the raid mission assigned to them by the brigade headquarters, they also searched for fighter planes themselves, severely damaged the Japanese reinforcements, and killed hundreds more little Japs. What a great fight..."
"If other attacking troops were like them, they actively looked for fighter planes during raids and severely damaged the Japanese reinforcements."
"Each assault force killed four hundred more Japs, and all the assault forces added up to an entire infantry regiment..."
"Coupled with the results we achieved by raiding the first and second lines of defense of the Japanese army, if we kill two more regiments of little Japs tonight, we will definitely be so angry that Neji Okamura vomits blood on the spot."
"Go back and tell the third battalion commander: The Japanese army will definitely not give up after suffering such a big loss at their hands. There are still several hours until dawn, so they must be more vigilant and don't fall into the trap of the Japanese."
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Japanese Army Baoding Garrison Headquarters.
Okamura Neiji was woken up by his subordinates from his sleep.
He had not been in a good mood these past few days, and now that he had not slept well, he subconsciously prepared to vent his anger on his subordinates. However, as soon as the duty staff report came out, he became anxious and completely forgot that he wanted to vent his anger by swearing at others.
He walked quickly to the sand table, stared at the first blockade that was riddled with holes, and asked: "Are you sure that our first blockade was really blown up by the Eighth Route Army? Nine gaps were made, and each gap was at least 300 meters wide.
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The staff officer on duty replied firmly: "The smallest gap is three hundred meters wide."
"They used explosives to destroy the blockade wall and fill up the blockade ditch..."
"The Eighth Route Army is everywhere along the blockade."
"As long as they don't retreat for a minute, the gaps in the blockade will continue to grow."
"The second blockade was also attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and the garrison stationed on the second blockade also suffered heavy losses."
"After the Eighth Route Army took over the blockade, they used explosives to destroy the blockade wall and fill up the blockade ditch just like they did when they occupied the first blockade line."
"If we let them continue to do whatever they want on the blockade."
"It only takes one night for the two blockades we have worked so hard to build to be destroyed by the Eighth Route Army. Commander, please find a way to break the situation as soon as possible and save the two blockades. Otherwise, the blockades we built surrounded by iron walls will not only be destroyed."
If it becomes more, it will become less and less.”
"When there is only one blockade left on the front line of the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army in the Wing will be able to attack from inside and outside and completely crush our iron wall encirclement."
