From the beginning to the end, Shigegawa Rikishi did not dare to send troops to reinforce the squadron trapped in the middle to protect the ammunition.
Yoshida Chikumori was not willing to let his men be wiped out like this, so he said to Shigekawa Rikishi: "Major General, please withdraw them!"
"Do you think you can still withdraw?" Shigegawa Rikishi said: "They have been surrounded. They should try to detonate the ammunition to prevent the ammunition from falling into the hands of the enemy!"
"Then reinforcements!" Yoshida Chiumori replied: "We have already asked the Aihara Squadron to stop the Jinsui Army!"
"Yoshida-kun!" Shigegawa Rikishi replied: "What if the Niutoushan battalion is just the vanguard of the Jinsui Army?"
Yoshida Chiumori had nothing to say. If it was true as Shigekawa Rikishi said, then entering the encirclement to reinforce would be a dead end.
Rikishi Shigekawa originally thought that the Japanese soldiers trapped in the encirclement could at least detonate ammunition, but after waiting for a long time, no explosion was heard, and the gunfire gradually stopped.
Then he knew that the ammunition fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
Shigekawa Rikishi regretted and regretted that the ammunition left in the encirclement was equivalent to eleven cars.
The Eighth Route Army in front of them was already extremely difficult to deal with. Being able to rush to the reverse slope and engage in hand-to-hand combat took advantage of the Eighth Route Army's lack of ammunition. But now they have been given so much ammunition...
If I had known better, I should have blown them all up.
But there is no such thing as "I knew it earlier" on the battlefield, and this fact cannot be changed.
Li Yunlong was laughing from ear to ear. He immediately distributed the ammunition to various highlands and moved it to the reverse slope... There are many tunnels on the reverse slope, which is perfect for storing ammunition.
Then he distributed fifty rounds of original bullets to each of the soldiers who had just captured the Sanba Gai, and told them that this gun could only shoot original bullets... and he would not change the bullets when changing people.
As a result, the number of original bullets used by the troops increased from the original thirty-odd to eighty-five, more than doubling the number.
Among them, the platoon led by Wang Xuexin had 11 seized 38 guns... The tigers and the others went up to fight with their bayonets, and all the Japanese fell down while fighting with their bayonets. The guns were all intact.
After killing eleven Japs, eleven guns were surrendered.
Unlike other troops, when they rush close to the enemy's position, they will throw a few grenades. When the enemy is blown up with a "bang", the gun will malfunction and become useless.
Wang Xuexin was a little unhappy when he received a hundred rounds of ammunition from Li Yunlong.
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin looked at the bags of bullets sealed with oil paper in his hand and said, "Isn't this the right number?"
"Let me see!" Li Yunlong pretended to step forward and count: "One, two, three...that's right, a pack of fifteen rounds, a total of six packs, and I added ten rounds for you, isn't it exactly one hundred rounds? You bully
I can’t count or what?”
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin looked at Li Yunlong with incredible eyes and said, "What did we say before? Give me a hundred rounds each!"
"That's what you said!" Li Yunlong nodded, then pointed at the bullet in Wang Xuexin's hand: "Isn't this just a hundred rounds?"
"But every 38-pounder that shoots original bullets is given fifty rounds!" Wang Xuexin said, "What about the fifty rounds?"
"Wait a minute!" Li Yunlong asked seriously: "When did I say, 'Everyone is given fifty rounds'? Comrade Wang Xuexin, I said that comrades who are short of ammunition are given fifty rounds! Are you short of ammunition?"
Wang Xuexin:……
This fucking loophole has been taken advantage of again.
However, Wang Xuexin really has no shortage of ammunition at the moment.
The newly acquired 100 rounds, plus the 30 rounds given before, there are still five rounds left... This is 135 rounds, which is more than the enemy's ammunition capacity.
But to be honest, poor and fearful people feel guilty no matter how much ammunition they are given, so they still want more, and more...
With so much ammunition, Wang Xuexin is no longer satisfied with putting it in his shoulder bag. Putting it in a shoulder bag is not only troublesome during battle, but it is also easy to get wet if it rains or something.
Wang Xuexin searched several ammunition boxes from the Japanese corpses and tied them to his armed belt.
Two front boxes and one rear box.
Each front box holds 30 rounds, one rear box holds 60 rounds, and the three ammunition boxes hold a total of 120 rounds. Plus the 5 rounds in the gun, a total of 125 rounds...is the base of the enemy's ammunition.
It is really convenient to have this ammunition box. When you are running out of ammunition during combat, you can just reach into the ammunition box and you will find a loaded magazine. Moreover, this ammunition box is also waterproof, so it will definitely take a while to search in your backpack.
Wang Xuexin originally thought that this battle was over...
After several battles, the brigade led by Shigegawa Rikishi suffered heavy casualties and only had more than 500 people left. Among them, more than 80 people had to deal with the "Jinsui Army", and the remaining 400 people continued to fight.
Attacking anti-slope fortifications is almost courting death.
The Independent Regiment took advantage of the anti-slope fortifications and suffered only over 200 casualties, a considerable number of which were caused while grabbing ammunition.
However, Li Yunlong did not dare to attack the Japanese easily.
He knew the fighting prowess of the Japs, and they would not be able to defeat them with two or three times the force in a real fight in the open.
So based on this calculation, the Independent Regiment's 1,000 men were still unable to defeat the 500-strong Chongchuan Rikishi. Even if they could defeat them, it would be a miserable victory.
Therefore, the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while, and neither side dared to attack easily.
At this time, gunshots suddenly came from behind Shigegawa Rikishi, and then fighting started in the direction of Niutoushan. Shigegawa Rikishi's troops were in chaos for a while.
Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard the gunshots from two directions, and asked curiously: "Is it true that the Jinsui Army is coming?"
As a result, when I looked through the binoculars, I saw that it was an Eighth Route Army without a dog-skin hat.
It turns out that this is Kong Jie's new second regiment.
Kong Jie's troops were stationed in the plain area east of Zhaojiayu and fell into the Japanese "fish scale encirclement formation". When he received the order to retreat, the New Second Regiment was already engaged with the Japanese soldiers who were surrounding them, and more and more Japanese soldiers gathered there.
Surrounded from all sides.
This is one of the characteristics of Okamura Neji's "fish scale encirclement".
The Japanese troops were spread out layer by layer, like grids on a map.
Once the enemy's situation is discovered, nearby friendly forces immediately hear the news and rush to reinforce. So as soon as Kong Jie takes fire, enemies are everywhere in all directions.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Kong Jie immediately led his troops to break out of the encirclement.
The troops were scattered during the breakout, and only two companies of more than 300 people came out.
When they arrived at Zhaojiayu, they saw a group of Japanese soldiers with their backs turned to them... This group of Japanese soldiers were building fortifications facing Niutou Mountain, and they happened to have their backs exposed in front of Kong Jie.
Kong Jie was also frightened and thought it was another Japanese encirclement, so he attacked without saying a word.
When the soldiers who were ambushing in Niutoushan looked at it, didn't they think they were being attacked from two sides in front of the door?
How can you not take advantage of such a huge advantage?