The attack went so smoothly that by the time Zeng Quan and his follow-up troops finally arrived at the battlefield, there was not a single living Japanese soldier in the Japanese and puppet garrison next to the Xiaguan stronghold.
Dozens of puppet troops squatted together, guarded by a dozen soldiers. Then there were more than a dozen soldiers cleaning the battlefield and gathering together various weapons and ammunition scattered in the station.
As soon as Zeng Quan rushed into the battlefield, an injured platoon leader rushed over with excitement on his face.
"Where's the battalion commander? Why didn't you see the battalion commander?" Zeng Quan asked anxiously before the other party called for a report.
"The battalion commander took our company commander to chase the Japs. Dozens of Japs escaped, and the radio station was also taken away. The battalion commander said they must be eliminated and the radio station seized!" the platoon leader replied quickly.
"He is the battalion commander, and he is the backbone of the entire independent battalion. How can he go after the Japanese? What does your company commander Zhang Qing do for a living? Why didn't you stop the battalion commander? If anything happens to the battalion commander, I will kill him!"
Zeng Quan was worried and dissatisfied and cursed.
Then he ordered the troops behind him: "The second company will follow me to reinforce the battalion commander, while the third company and one platoon will stay to clean the battlefield!"
Zeng Quan led his troops along the official road for an hour and a half, but still could not see Wang Ping's shadow.
At this moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Deputy battalion commander, there is fire ahead!"
"If you're heading towards Wang Xiaguan Village at this late hour, it's either the Japanese or the battalion commander and the others!" Zeng Quan frowned and analyzed with worry on his face.
Then he ordered the second company commander Zhang Yunshan: "Take the troops and hide immediately. The security squad will go to the front to investigate and confirm whether they are Japanese or battalion commanders!"
Soon, the security squad who was investigating in front rushed over, and reported with excitement: "Deputy battalion commander, it's the battalion commander and his friends. They won the battle again and brought back many prisoners!"
"Let's go meet the battalion commander!" Zeng Quan rushed forward with his troops without saying a word.
After finally returning to Xiaguan Village, the battlefield had been mostly cleaned up. The weapons and ammunition scattered at the Japanese and puppet army garrison were piled like a hill in the middle of the garrison. Especially the two intact mortars, Wang Pingwei
I stared at it for a full minute before stopping.
At this time, Zeng Quan had compiled all the captured data and rushed to Wang Ping with excitement on his face.
"Battalion Commander, we are getting rich. We are getting rich. With the Japanese equipment we captured, we can easily form an infantry company."
"After statistics, we seized a total of two infantry guns and 104 unopened artillery shells. By collecting parts blown up on the battlefield, we successfully armed two mortars, 258 artillery shells, and one heavy machine gun that was still usable.
There are four handles, three grenades, and 128 38 caps. There are many heavy machine gun bullets. The Japanese are configured according to three heavy machine guns, and there are 11,000 rounds. The rifle bullets are configured according to a reinforced squadron.
Yes, a total of more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000 rounds of ammunition."
"In addition, we also captured 243 puppet soldiers and seized 218 domestically produced rifles used by the puppet soldiers. Three of them were made in the Czech Republic and had 30,000 rounds of ammunition."
"As for other equipment and ammunition, they were all blown up in the battle and can only be used as spare parts!"
"It's ready!" Wang Ping replied very satisfied.
After looking at the watch on his wrist, he said: "There are less than two hours until dawn. We must withdraw to the station before dawn to guard against the little devil's revenge. Old Zeng, go and make arrangements!"
As the veritable number three figure in the Independent Battalion, Zeng Quan was very familiar with the situation of the Japanese army in Laiyuan City.
As soon as he heard Wang Ping's order, he couldn't help but ask: "Battal Commander, the Japs from Laiyuan City still dare to come out. There were not many troops in the first place, but now that we have eaten a reinforced squadron, there must be even less. Now he is out to retaliate against us."
, you are not afraid that we will eat up one of his squadrons!"
"Our independent battalion is different from the past. It not only has crooked weapons and heavy machine guns, but also grenades and mortars, and even two infantry cannons. As long as the devils dare to come, we will definitely kill them!"
Seeing the confident smile on Zeng Quan's face, Wang Ping immediately thought of a sentence, arrogant soldiers will be defeated!
Of course, this is not to blame Zeng Quan. The Independent Battalion has never lost a battle since it entered Laiyuan. Now with the strength of one battalion, it has defeated the Japanese one by one plus the squadron and the puppet army. It can be said that the results are brilliant.
Everyone will feel confident.
However, Wang Ping was very worried because he had not announced them yet because of the upcoming changes in Laiyuan. Facing the security brigade that the Japanese army had begun to form, the independent battalion had no arrogance in front of them.
If this arrogance continues to spread among the troops, the independent battalion may hit a wall in the next battle and be directly defeated by the Japanese army and completely destroyed.
"It seems it's time to announce the upcoming changes in Laiyuan. Otherwise, these proud and powerful generals will definitely suffer heavy losses on the battlefield!" Wang Ping thought to himself.
Then he frowned and gave Zeng Quan a serious order: "Execute the order. The entire battalion must evacuate here in one hour!"
"Don't forget, the little devils still have air support that we don't have. Even if their infantry dare not come out, they can send planes over. When the time comes, just two bombs can drop a company of our troops!"
Zeng Quan had dealt with Japanese aircraft. He had seen the power of Japanese aircraft when they launched the Pingxingguan ambush.
If a bomb falls, it will be of no use whether you are hiding in a trench or lying on the ground. As Wang Ping just said, if an aerial bomb falls, it will casually wipe out a platoon of the Eighth Route Army, and even wipe out most of the company.
Thinking of this, Zeng Quan's face became heavy. Then he replied with a hint of fear: "Batalion Commander, I will make arrangements immediately to evacuate the Japanese and puppet troops from the camp in one hour!"
At the Japanese Army Headquarters in Laiyuan City, Major General Ono has been guarding the headquarters for almost five hours. It is almost dawn outside, but the Communications Department has not yet contacted Major Hamasaki.
Judging from the time, Major Hamasaki should have arrived at the base closest to Xiaguan Village with the support of the troops.
However, no news has been sent back so far, and even the radio contact has been interrupted. Ono, who had suffered a lot at the hands of the Eighth Route Army, already felt a hint of uneasiness and had a very bad premonition.
"Ding, ring, ring..." At this moment, the harsh ringing of the phone suddenly interrupted the silent and depressing atmosphere of the headquarters.
A staff officer next to him quickly picked up the phone and started to answer. Soon, Ono saw large beads of sweat emerging from the staff's forehead.
The uneasiness in Xiao Zhizhi became more and more intense. Before he put down the phone, he asked: "Is there any news about Hamasaki?"
"Hi!" the staff officer lowered his head to answer, and then whispered: "The Longyan stronghold closest to Xiaguan Village reported that the entire response force they sent was destroyed. The body of Major Hamasaki was found not far away, and Major Hamasaki and his subordinates were found
More than three hundred warriors were all crushed to pieces!"
"Baga, how could this happen? A reinforced squadron, a battalion of the Imperial Association Army, more than 600 people, can't even stand it for one night. What do they eat..." The uneasiness became a fact, and Ono suddenly became angry.
, like an angry lion, yelling at the headquarters!
