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The fighting in the mountains continued until dawn, with gunpowder smoke filling the mountains. Looking around, there were scorched traces of battles everywhere, and corpses scattered in random directions in the mountains.
The officers and soldiers of the two remaining companies of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps fought bloody battles and repelled several attacks by the puppet troops, causing the puppet troops to suffer heavy losses.
The leader of the puppet army, Xie Zhengxiang, was also scratched on the head by the explosion fragments, and his head was wrapped like a rice dumpling.
The injury inspired Xie Zhengxiang's ferocity, and he commanded the exhausted puppet troops to launch wave after wave of charges against the officers and soldiers of the North Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps who had retreated.
The officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps ran out of ammunition and had to collect ammunition from the corpses. However, they refused to retreat because they knew that once the puppet troops broke through their line of defense, the people who retreated into the mountains would be in danger.
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The battalion commander of the Patriotic Battalion, Zheng Gang, whose face was so smoked that it was as black as coke. He led two guards to climb to the top of a mountain at a commanding height, and found that there was only one injured brother left in the machine gun squad guarding here.
"battalion commander."
Seeing Zheng Gang coming up, this brother who was still holding on to his position couldn't help but shed tears. Around him, more than a dozen brothers were already cold and stiff.
"Well done, you didn't embarrass the ** among us!"
Zheng Gang patted this brother on the shoulder, his eyes moist.
"Carry him down and let some brothers come up and guard here." Zheng Gang looked at the brother whose thigh was injured by the blast and ordered the guards.
"Batalion Commander, I can still fight!"
This injured brother was stubbornly unwilling to go down and continued to stick to his position.
In the end, the battalion commander Zheng Gang could not be persuaded. After temporarily bandaging the brother, he left two guards to assist him and continue to control the commanding heights of the mountain.
Zheng Gang immediately moved towards other positions, wanting to take a look at the situation in each position, but what he saw was that many positions were marked by hand-to-hand battles. The bodies of scuffles were stacked on top of each other, and the air was filled with a strong
The smell of blood.
Although every position was fiercely fought, it was still firmly in the hands of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps. Even if there was only one person left, the puppet army could not occupy it.
"Where is it hurt?"
When the battalion commander Zheng Gang touched the dense forest with plumes of green smoke alone, he saw deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming who was bandaging his wounds.
"There was a gash in the thigh. It's not in the way." Seeing Zheng Gang's arrival, deputy battalion commander Wang Dongming was also surprised: "You came here alone, and the guards didn't even take you with you."
"I asked them to stay on the top of the mountain." Zheng Gang looked at the brothers lying around and asked, "How is the situation here?"
"We can still hold on. Brothers are too tired and are taking the time to rest." Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Dongming replied.
Zheng Gang looked at the clear sky and said: "It's already bright. I estimate that Commander Zhang and his friends have withdrawn to a safe distance. Let me inform the brothers everywhere that we will fight off the next wave of attacks by the puppet troops."
withdraw."
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Dongming nodded. Their rear-blocking attack had achieved the desired effect. There was no need to fight the puppet troops here.
Battalion Commander Zheng Gang inspected various positions, passed on the orders, and then returned to his command position.
When the blocking officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps were preparing to retreat, Xie Zhengxiang, the leader of the puppet army, was losing his temper.
"You are all trash, you are just a bunch of losers! What use are you!"
Although the fighting lasted until dawn, they suffered heavy losses and did not even capture a single guerrilla position.
This can be regarded as the first battle that Xie Zhengxiang, the leader of the puppet army, commanded independently after surrendering to the enemy. The battle was so disgraced. How could he make himself look good? So when he called the officers for a meeting, they were scolded.
The officers of these puppet troops were also full of grievances. It was not that they were not attacking without effort. However, the fighting will of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps was too strong, and they were beaten down several times when they rushed forward.
"Come on, brothers, we have been chasing all the way, and we have been fighting for so long. We haven't even eaten a drop of rice. We are already exhausted and weak. Why don't we take a short rest before attacking. Anyway, we are not in a hurry."
Liu Heitan, the deputy commander, was also considered a fierce general. He personally led the charge several times last night, but he was very tired, so he stood up and spoke for the officers.
"Bullshit! If the guerrillas run away, who's responsible?"
Faced with the suggestion of deputy group leader Liu Heitan, group leader Xie Zhengxiang refuted it without hesitation.
"But the brothers are physically exhausted..." Liu Heitan, the deputy leader, said with a dark face, unwillingly.
"You are spending a lot of money, but the guerrillas are not spending much? Don't make excuses for me!" Xie Zhengxiang, commander of the puppet army, waved his hand and said: "The attack cannot be stopped and the guerrillas cannot be given any chance to breathe. We must defeat them in one fell swoop.
, catch all those who are fleeing!"
Seeing that the commander of the puppet army, Xie Zhengxiang, was so arrogant and unreasonable, the officers of the puppet army were angry and dared not speak out. They could only nod and agree to continue the attack.
In fact, Xie Zhengxiang also knew very well that the troops were very tired, and with the heavy casualties, their combat effectiveness had been greatly reduced.
But he couldn't stop. He was worried about the guerrillas' attack, which caused Zhang Liechen and others to run into the mountains and hide. They would not be found by then.
Also, they reported to the Yamaguchi Infantry Brigade during the pursuit. As expected, the people from the Yamaguchi Infantry Brigade were also heading this way.
If you have suffered heavy losses and cannot achieve any results, if your master sees that you are so incompetent, I am afraid that your good days will come to an end.
Therefore, Xie Zhengxiang must defeat the guerrillas blocking the enemy before the Japanese arrive, otherwise he will not be able to account for such heavy casualties.
"Hurry up and organize a manned attack. I'll give you one hour. If you can't take the opponent's position, come and see us!"
The commander of the puppet army, Xie Zhengxiang, put all the pressure on these puppet army officers. Although these officers cursed in their hearts, they still did not dare to disobey Xie Zhengxiang's orders. Who made him the commander of the regiment?
Soon, the puppet army launched another attack, and deputy commander Liu Heitan also risked his life and led his men to attack personally.
Zheng Gang, the battalion commander of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, knew that if they wanted to evacuate safely, they had to defeat this wave of puppet troops, otherwise they would bite behind them like a mangy dog and no one would be able to leave.
Therefore, the battalion commander Zheng Gang also concentrated his strength and launched a defensive counterattack. The two sides once again started a hand-to-hand battle on the hillside.
After all, the puppet army's willpower was not as strong as the officers and soldiers of the northern Jiangsu guerrillas who fought to the death, and they were soon suppressed again.
"Deputy commander, the commander asked you to lead the attack, you can't stop!"
Deputy regiment leader Liu Heitan had just been repulsed, and before he could take a breath, regiment commander Xie Zhengxiang's messenger arrived again. Liu Heitan was so angry that he yelled: "Damn it, why didn't he come and fight? Let us be cannon fodder!"
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"Boss Liu, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Replenish ammunition and continue fighting!" Liu Heitan cursed angrily.
"Boss, a group of hundreds of guerrillas appeared behind us!" At this moment, a battlefield patrol sentry rushed over in a panic.
Hearing this, Liu Heitan suddenly became alarmed: "Did you see clearly?"
"Really!"
"Damn, let me tell you how come these guerrillas are so capable of fighting. Emotions attract us and allow other people to outflank our retreat!"
"Then Boss Liu, are we still going to attack?" asked a puppet platoon leader.
"It's bullshit to attack, retreat, retreat quickly!"
Liu Heitan didn't want to fight for a long time, so when he learned that the guerrillas were found behind the scenes, he immediately ordered a retreat.