In this battle, the Japanese used the method of cutting off the tail of a gecko to escape, so that the Eighth Route Army did not have time to close the encirclement.
This was beyond Wang Xuexin's expectation.
Wang Xuexin originally thought that the Japs would at least hold on... The Japs who crossed the steel plant had a division. With the Japs' arrogance, they should not worry about being surrounded by so many troops. The Japs would say: "Even if
Even if all the troops of the Eighth Route Army come up, I'm afraid they won't be able to surround this division!"
But after thinking about it, Wang Xuexin felt that this was really normal.
First of all, the Eighth Route Army at this time was different from the previous Eighth Route Army.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army had a completely new look under Wang Xuexin's equipment research and development and tactical training. It was no longer the three-gun Tubal Army that used to have ten bullets per capita.
Therefore, it is actually normal for the Japs to adopt such a conservative style of play.
Secondly, Wang Xuexin believes that the reason why the Japanese dare not fight is largely due to the AK47.
Once the war begins, the Eighth Route Army's equipment of a new type of repeating rifle will definitely not be hidden from the Japs... If they don't even understand this, the Japs' thousands of people will have died in vain.
Then Okamura Neji had to consider one thing: How many of these repeating rifles did the Eighth Route Army equip?
There must be more than one regiment, because such rifles appear on the battlefield in several directions...
In fact, there was only one regiment, but Wang Xuexin divided the independent regiment into battalions to perform tasks.
But the Japanese did not know this, and since a battalion equipped with repeating rifles was often followed by a regiment, each battalion could create a power that strengthened the regiment.
On the other hand, the independent regiment has five battalions.
So the Japanese calculated casually, and there were at least five reinforcement groups.
Five reinforced regiments equipped with repeating rifles... their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of a Japanese division. Judging from the current battles, it should be said that it is even better.
What's more, this is just the force put on the table by the Eighth Route Army. Will there be a reserve force in the future?
How many more?
Or are there still troops who are training and can be called in to fight at critical moments?
How can the devil not be afraid of this!
If you don’t break out quickly, why don’t you stay and wait to die?
Therefore, shortly after the Eighth Route Army occupied the steel factory, the Japanese troops who broke into the Eighth Route Army's defense lines escaped like a tide from an encirclement that never closed.
But the troops can escape, but the loss of equipment is inevitable.
When the Japanese entered, they drove three-wheelers, cars, and dragged artillery along the highway. When they broke out, it was impossible to transport these things out along the highway... Even if the Eighth Route Army did not have time to close the encirclement, it could still use mortars.
Or it can be easily done by small troops interspersed and occupying a certain high ground along the road. It is really impossible to send scouts or guerrillas to blow up the road or bridge, which can delay the enemy's actions.
And once the Japanese want to build roads and bridges, they will never be able to break out of the encirclement.
Therefore, the enemy's equipment was scattered all over the place, including cars, three-wheelers, and two tanks.
But the Japanese blew them up or set them on fire when they abandoned them, and all the Eighth Route Army could get was a pile of scrap metal.
In addition to the fighter planes at the airport, the materials seized by the Eighth Route Army were artillery... Two Japanese artillery regiments were attacked by the Eighth Route Army and were defeated before they could blow up the artillery.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army gained a lot from this battle, and it is initially estimated that it can form a "zero battle" squadron and an artillery regiment.
"Captain!" Just as Wang Xuexin was looking at the battle report, Chen Songyong stepped forward and asked: "The Independent Regiment called and requested to pursue the Japanese!"
Wang Xuexin rejected the request without thinking. He only answered with four words: "Stand where you are!"
Li Yunlong on the other side was so anxious that when he received the telegram, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Is there anyone who fights like this? I don't understand what it means to pursue a victory while pursuing it! What a great opportunity, if you don't want to chase it, don't chase it!"
"Old Li!" Zhao Gang persuaded from the side: "Little Northeast has its own considerations, let's not rush it! If it were as simple as you think, could we still win this situation today and develop the army like this?"
Li Yunlong was immediately deflated.
This guy will never admit defeat easily no matter who he fights against. He will fight to win regardless of whether he is justified or not, but he will only admit it when it comes to Xiao Dongbei.
There is no other reason than that I have a sincere admiration for this little Northeast.
Li Yunlong sat back on the kang with an unhappy look on his face, and said in a sullen voice: "Old Zhao, what kind of medicine do you think this little northeastern gourd is selling? Look, we have it at the airport, and the planes take off and land completely.
No problem! Our fighter planes are better than
The Japs are good, isn't this just the air supremacy that they talk about all day long? With air supremacy, the Japs' artillery, tanks, etc. can't be so arrogant! In addition, we still have repeating rifles...
If we don’t fight now, when will we fight?!”
Zhao Gang pushed the document in his hand towards Li Yunlong and said, "Look at this!"
Li Yunlong was not interested at all. He glanced at it and replied: "It will be done if you say no. What are you looking at?"
Zhao Gang couldn't do anything to Li Yunlong. He pointed to a data on the document and said: "Do you know how many bullets we fired in this battle in just two or three days? Six hundred thousand rounds!"
Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhao Gang in disbelief: "Are you bragging? Six...six hundred thousand rounds!"
"Old Li!" Zhao Gang said helplessly: "Think about it, our army of more than 3,000 people is equipped with nearly 3,000 repeating rifles. If each person uses 200 rounds of ammunition, how many do you think they should use?"
Li Yunlong calculated for a while but couldn't figure it out clearly. He could only look at Zhao Gang blankly.
Zhao Gang tapped his fingers on the document and said, "Isn't it just 600,000 yuan?"
This is what Li Yunlong didn't expect. Six hundred thousand rounds of ammunition sounds like a big number, but on average, in a regiment of more than 3,000 people, each person only gets 200 rounds of ammunition. This amount of ammunition is for a repeating rifle.
That's just seven or eight magazines, which is nothing.
Then Zhao Gang explained:
"Old Li, although our repeating rifle has great firepower and a long range, and is excellent in all aspects, its shortcoming is that the bullets shoot very fast!"
"Think about it, the total number of bullets we bought from Mao Xiong was only one million rounds. After this battle, we only had 600,000 rounds. Can we still pursue it?"
"If we really pursue it, how long can we fight for?"
"One day or two days? When we run out of bullets, will the repeating rifle become a fire stick? Will it be time for the Japanese to counterattack?"
Li Yunlong said "Oh" and thought to himself, no wonder that guy Xiao Dongbei didn't pursue him. His feelings were caused by bullets.
It seems that this guy planned to stabilize his position from the beginning before making the next move.