Ishida Inoue leaned on the cart and panted desperately, constantly glancing at the surrounding situation. His eyes were full of despair, but he also had a glimmer of hope because of his choice just now.
Just two minutes ago.
He had already realized that he had made a big mistake and ran headlong into Nanshan Mountain, then rolled down the mountain desperately and retreated.
The sound of gunfire stopped, and the Chinese on the mountains seemed to have disappeared, never to be seen again.
There was a terrible silence on the battlefield.
It seemed that everything the Japanese army encountered was like a nightmare.
However, the bodies lying scattered on the mountain road, as well as the moans that had gradually become inaudible from the previous shocking wails, reminded Ishida Inoue that all this was true.
In just ten minutes, of the nearly 500 men and horses he led, there were only more than 80 big cats and kittens left. A powerful infantry squadron only had two squads left, and one was specially strengthened by borrowing troops from the baggage regiment before departure.
There is also a small team of 50 people, which is more than double the size of the large transport team.
His previous choice of burning the boat was destined to be a tragedy in the face of the unexpectedly ferocious firepower of the Chinese, but he was lucky. Most of his subordinates fell to the crazy bullets and artillery shells, especially the light machine guns and grenade launchers.
The Japanese army's most reliable firepower points were all lost in ten minutes. Not only did the Chinese fire fiercely and ferociously, but their marksmanship was also unexpectedly accurate.
He saw with his own eyes that at least three grenade launchers were killed by cold shots. One of them even hid behind a tree less than five meters away from Ishida Inoue. The extremely cautious grenade launcher just lay down behind the tree and quietly stretched out his hand.
He took out his weapon, exposed his arm a little, and was hit by a bullet that looked like it had eyes.
The sudden severe pain caused the grenadier to duck to one side subconsciously. He had just exposed half of his head when he was hit by another sudden bullet in the back of the head. The fragile back of the head was like a blooming flower.
The blood lotus bloomed right in front of the lieutenant's eyes.
It can be said that the once extremely tough nerves of the Japanese lieutenant were snapped at that moment. He gave up on the soldiers who were charging in vain in the hail of bullets, tore off the lieutenant's collar badge that he was once proud of, and threw away his white gloves and the once cherished weapon.
The commanding sword, wearing a picked-up steel helmet, mingled with the group of more than thirty broken soldiers and ran wildly along the foot of the mountain towards the road until they reached the cart.
Until two minutes ago, all the gunfire stopped, the Chinese seemed to have disappeared, and the sounds of the hundreds of strong men he had previously commanded had also long since disappeared.
The Japanese lieutenant had to painfully accept the fact that his entire army was about to be annihilated.
However, in such a deep and almost suffocating despair, he quickly smelled a possibility of survival from the fact that the baggage truck did not receive too many attacks.
The Chinese wanted to kill themselves, but they also wanted to seize supplies and baggage. Lieutenant Ishida Inoue, who went down the mountain and hid in the gap between the carts on the mountain road, had a glimmer of hope again. Maybe he could use the Chinese's tactical concept to survive in death and obtain
A glimmer of hope.
Of course, the fact that the baggage truck at the rear of the team did not come under terrible fire attack may also be due to the special terrain they happened to be in. The section at the foot of the mountain bend is not adjacent to the mountainous area covered with dense jungle like the front, but
The mountain is steep and gentle. There are no mountains, only stone peaks. This may be partly because it is difficult for soldiers to attack it.
But this is not important. What is important is that the baggage truck has not been attacked. He now has a chance to breathe and has time to think about how to use this opportunity to escape back.
The Japanese lieutenant, like his subordinates, kept looking at the surrounding environment with frightened eyes to see where the best way to escape would be.
The deep ditch on the other side of the mountain road has basically cut off everyone's expectations. Whether they were squeezed out in panic or shocked by mortar shells, they have all become fertilizer for the bushes at the bottom of the ditch.
The khaki color lay so clearly on the green vegetation that there wasn't even one that could move.
Even if you are unlucky and only break your arms and legs, if you lose the ability to move in such a mountainous wilderness, the consequences are self-evident. The probability of becoming a delicious dinner for wild beasts in the mountains is more than 99%.
If no one finds them within ten hours.
However, the Japanese soldiers, who had always been arrogant and full of confidence and walked with their nostrils pointed in the sky for fear that others would not know that they were short and liked to look up at people, had to sadly admit that even if anyone could come here, they should be Chinese.
Do you expect the infantry brigade in the river valley or even at Shichigen Village to show off the power of the Imperial Army and defeat the Chinese? After witnessing the crazy firepower of the Bayonet Battalion, let alone Lieutenant Ishida who has been defeated, he has never been on the front line.
All the baggage soldiers knew that this was already impossible. The Chinese used such elite troops to attack their small baggage force, so what kind of army was attacking the main force? Maybe there were planes and artillery!
The terrible rumble of artillery on the other side of the mountain was louder than the explosion of a 150-caliber howitzer.
What about the rescue? Don't be ridiculous, I'm here to rescue. Of the last 4,000 people in Jingxing County, 3,000, and Baga has reinforcements?
Running wildly on the road? Even the stupidest person would not do this. If the Chinese can ambush here, they will not ambush and wait for them on the mountain road back. That is almost 100% certain. Ishida Inoue dares to guarantee it with his head,
As long as he leaves the range of the cart, he will be targeted by Chinese gunmen who don't know where they are hiding. Then, just like he once hunted rabbits in the wild fields of the Northeast, he will be hunted and killed while running wildly on the basic ground.
Uncovered mountain road.
Now, there is only one way to choose, hide in the gaps between the rock peaks on the mountain roadside, and then look for opportunities to escape into the mountains, and escape from this dangerous battle first. As for whether there are any dangers in the mountains?
When encountering a terrifying pack of wolves, only the living are qualified to consider it.
However, Ishida Inoue was smart enough to see this way out. There was no reason why the Chinese couldn't see it, but the Chinese just left them such a way out in this dangerous area.
Maybe, this road that seems to be a road to life has more terrible dangers than those roads to death. Even if there are more than 70 of the remaining 80 people hidden in the gaps between those stone peaks, only Ishida Inoue and others are hiding there.
With less than a small team of people hiding on the mountain road using the cart as a barrier, Ishida Inoue still did not dare to order the entire army to break out into the stone peak. On the contrary, it was the cart that made him feel safer, although in the cart
It is equipped with infantry artillery shells and mountain artillery shells that can blow him to pieces once detonated, as well as 700,000 rounds of ammunition, enough to replenish 3,000 people twice.
At least for now, he seemed to have made the right bet. Since he led the remaining troops to retreat towards the cart, not only had the Chinese artillery stopped, but the gunfire had also stopped.
But, what are the Chinese thinking? How can they ensure that while killing themselves and others, they can also ensure that they seize this huge batch of baggage? Ishida Inoue tried his best to use his brain to think from the perspective of his opponent. This
Now I wish I could transform into the legendary extremely smart brother Ikkyu. I just need to make circles on my head and the idea will come to me.
People who don't think hard may not be qualified to think.
When Ishida Inoue was scanning the forest and the stone peaks, in fact, countless pairs of eyes were also looking at his hiding place.
It was impossible for the more than twenty carts to move. In order to prevent the pack horses from being frightened and pulling the baggage down the ravine, the Bayonet Battalion specially organized a team of sharpshooters to kill the pack horses. As a result, before they could take action, the Japanese army was also afraid that the pack horses would be frightened.
He dragged the cart, causing damage to the infantry on the mountain road, and shot the packhorse immediately.
It has to be said that the Japanese army has very high tactical literacy. This decisive move still reduced the damage to the infantry on the mountain road. If the Japanese commander had not been frightened, he ordered the entire army to carry out a desperate charge on the hillside, relying on the bunker on the mountain roadside.
The stubborn Japanese troops didn't need to shoot much. The packhorses who were frightened by the sound of gunfire and cannons could kill them all with carts.
Of course, even then, they may have more people left than they have now.
However, there are no what-ifs in this world. After witnessing the crazy artillery fire of the Bayonet Battalion, the Japanese commander wisely chose the military order to counterattack the entire army up the mountain. This was the same as the red troops who had no experience in fighting the Japanese army.
Knowing the combat power and equipment of the Japanese army, he suffered a big loss. Lieutenant Ishida, who issued the order for a desperate counterattack, could not have imagined that he would encounter intensive firepower that he had never encountered in his life, which led to such terrible consequences.
You know, in the main battlefield of the river valley, the engineer company dropped more than 400 explosive packets, and only killed and injured more than 400 people. The casualties were similar to the Japanese casualties here, but that was nearly 3,000 kilograms of explosives! If they were all thrown here
, the Japanese invaders here can be blown to ashes and no one can be left alive.
Hiding in the grass with binoculars and scanning over and over again the 300-meter-long queue of large vehicles lined up along the mountain road, there were four soldiers. They were Liu Dazhu, the deputy battalion commander of the Bayonet Battalion, and the two infantry company commanders, the Bayonet Battalion.
Almost all the top executives are here.
"What should we do? Battalion Commander? The little Japs seem to sense that we want to seize the baggage, so they hide behind the cart and don't run into the pile of rocks that we specially left for them." The infantry company of the Bayonet Battalion said.
The company commander was promoted from a second lieutenant platoon commander among the 1,300 veterans who were exchanged from the original 29th Route Army for mountain artillery by Liu Lang after the Battle of the Great Wall. He was an outspoken northeasterner, anxious in his heart and anxious on his face, and asked more questions.
It's straightforward.
"Don't panic, we have basically achieved the strategic goal of the regiment commander in this battle, to wipe out the enemy forces in the shortest time and at the lowest cost. The regiment commander has issued a military order. It is best if the baggage can be captured. If the Japanese army still resists and cannot capture it,
"We take the safety of the officers and soldiers as the first principle and the total annihilation of the Japanese invaders as the first goal." Wang Shubin, deputy commander of the Bayonet Battalion, shook his head with a smile, not worried at all about the battle situation in front of him.
This man is also an old man. He is one of the twenty officers from the original 19th Route Army who took part in the assessment of the newly established independent regiment and passed it. He was originally a second lieutenant, but he never showed much prominence. Before the Great Wall War, he was promoted to lieutenant and company deputy.
, but his military achievements were average. After the war, his military rank was promoted to captain, but his military position was that of the Security Department. The company-level cadres responsible for the security of the base's scientific research department left the front-line combat troops. It was not until the establishment of the Northern Sichuan Security Regiment that the captain and company commander were promoted to captain.
The battalion deputy returned to the frontline unit.
His personality is calm and cautious, his thinking is extremely meticulous and he rarely makes mistakes. However, he lacks the drive and bloodiness as a military officer, but he is still very competent as Liu Dazhu's deputy.
These words calmed the restless hearts of the two infantry company commanders. As long as they did not violate military orders, everything was easy to talk about. The regimental commander's thunderous anger earlier made everyone's hearts tremble now.
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To be honest, no one really cares about the Japanese army's baggage, except for the bullets that can make them feel a little excited, which can make up for the crazy ammunition loss.
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They were unwilling to exchange the lives of officers and soldiers for these junk things. Even Qiu Honghan, the commander of the second company who was born in the red army, thought so.
This is a typical example of "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality"!