"The casualties are not big!" the combat staff replied.
Colonel Yongsheng was surprised and asked: "How is it possible? The gunfire outside the station is so dense, how can it be possible that there are not many casualties!"
"I didn't believe it at first, but after asking, I found out that the Eighth Route Army had no plans to fight us decisively. It retreated with one blow every time, causing us at most one squad of casualties!" the combat staff officer quickly explained.
"At the current rate of losses, if we lose just one infantry squadron, we can kill all the mortars active around us!"
"The Eighth Route Army's equipment is poor, and it definitely doesn't have many mortars. I'm sure, as long as we kill a dozen mortars around us, the Eighth Route Army will have no artillery that can threaten us!"
The worry on Colonel Yongsheng's face completely disappeared.
He thought of the artillery group in the garrison that could provide artillery support to the attacking troops at any time. As long as there was an artillery group, even if it was dark, the Eighth Route Army would not dare to have a decisive battle with the attacking troops under his nose.
Since it was able to destroy several Eighth Route Army mortars at such a fast speed, and the casualties were not large, Colonel Yongsheng's last worry was gone.
Decisively ordered: "Deploy another reinforced squadron, and a battalion of the Imperial Association Army will go out... The three troops will cooperate with each other to destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery units moving around us as soon as possible, so that we can have a good rest tonight!"
To the east of the Japanese and puppet army station, in the direction of the Second Regiment's attack.
Because the Second Regiment suffered too many losses in the battle two days ago and needed to recruit a large number of new soldiers, Wang Ping stayed with the Second Regiment to prevent any accidents!
The three mortars that had just been destroyed and captured by the Japanese were the ones Wang Ping asked the Second Regiment to abandon.
Although the leader and political commissar of the Second Regiment carried out the order readily and did not say much, the heartache on their faces could be seen even without mentioning Wang Ping.
"Commander Zhou, are you still heartbroken about those three mortars?" Wang Ping asked.
"It's impossible to say I'm not heartbroken!" Captain Zhou answered directly.
"You don't know, before you came to Suide Military Region, although our Second Regiment was the main regiment of the military region, it only had three mortars and four heavy machine guns, and there were even fewer artillery shells, only fifteen rounds, all of which were held in the
Without the orders from me and the political commissar, we can’t use them even if the King of Heaven comes!”
"So, the gun is a treasure to us, a treasure that is closer than our own children."
"It's impossible not to feel heartbroken to lose three mortars now, and to throw them away myself."
"Although the equipment in the regiment has improved a lot now, there are still very few heavy weapons like mortars. There are only nine. Now one-third of the mortars have been removed. It must be heartbreaking!"
Wang Ping nodded and replied: "I can't bear to let my children trap the wolf~ Captain Zhou, don't worry, I will get back the three mortars you just lost in two days at most!"
"Deputy Chief of Staff...Regiment Commander, there is a situation..." When Wang Ping was about to continue speaking, a platoon leader came over and reported excitedly and nervously.
"Japs, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the camp have dispatched again. There are still more than 200 Japs and more than 300 puppet troops, bringing mortars and heavy machine guns!"
"You see, we lost three mortars and got a reinforced squadron from the Japanese!" Wang Ping replied happily.
"As long as you can kill this reinforced squadron, you can not only get back the three lost mortars, but also seize a lot of other equipment!
"Captain Zhou, this Japanese and puppet army is coming directly towards us. Let the troops be ready for battle. Start with sneak attacks, but don't hit them too hard to scare away the Japanese and puppet troops. Wait until the Japanese and puppet troops are attacked.
The fat soldiers have become skinny, we are seizing the opportunity to kill them!"
A company can attack for a maximum of two minutes before retreating. This is Wang Ping's order to the three main regiments.
In fact, each company fought for less than a minute before withdrawing.
The Japanese and puppet troops are not fools. They will fight back after being attacked. If they are facing each other head-on, an infantry company is definitely no match.
Therefore, on the battlefield, the infantry companies that raided the Japanese and puppet troops would retreat immediately as soon as they were counterattacked, fearing that they would be stuck by the Japanese and puppet troops who had an absolute superiority in strength.
But even so, each infantry company still caused ten or twenty casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.
Three light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, and more than a hundred rifles were fired at the same time, and they were fired when the Japanese were caught off guard. The result was impossible to achieve.
In the tent where the wing headquarters was located, the good mood on Colonel Yongsheng's face only lasted less than two hours before slowly beginning to dissipate.
Two hours later, the sound of guns and artillery ringing out around the station not only showed no sign of stopping, but intensified.
What's more important is that the number of shells constantly falling inside the station has not decreased at all.
"No! We may have been fooled!" The frowning Colonel Yong Sheng suddenly reacted.
"The Eighth Route Army first gave us a little benefit, allowing us to send more troops out of the station, and then used their guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to consume us bit by bit. Although we did not lose many troops in each battle, we still lost a lot of troops.
All those losses added up, the amount is absolutely staggering!”
"Quickly, contact the three squadron leaders and ask them to withdraw!"
"We have been fighting for so long and have not been able to kill the Eighth Route Army's artillery around us. Instead, we have lost troops and generals. It is simply not worth the loss~"
Before the adjutant could step out of the tent, a combat staff officer rushed in and bumped into him.
It must have been very embarrassing, but the combat staff officer got up from the ground, frowned and reported.
"Sir, we were fooled... The First Squadron reported that they were attacked by three heavy machine guns and nearly ten light machine guns of the Eighth Route Army... In just one battle, the army lost more than thirty imperial troops~"
"The losses of the troops were too great. After two hours, less than a hundred imperial troops were still able to fight. They asked to end the operation and return to their base immediately!"
"Agree, let them retreat now, come back immediately!" Colonel Yongsheng, the commander of the regiment, shouted anxiously.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Not long after, a denser burst of gunfire reached Colonel Yongsheng's ears, which was also mixed with a lot of explosions!
Isn’t this nothing? What worries the captain the most is that this round of gunfire lasted for a full minute and a half before it ended...
"No...one of the attacking troops must have been ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and even mortars were used!" Colonel Yongsheng's face became increasingly ugly, and he frowned and judged.
After waiting for almost twenty minutes, the combat staff officer who had just left finally returned.
"Sir, the First Squadron has returned... but the casualties of the troops are very high. The Imperial Army has only returned more than 90 people, while the Imperial Alliance Army has returned more than 100 people, with more than half of them suffering casualties!"
"The Second Squadron is also back. It's a little better, but more than half of the troops have suffered casualties..."
"The Third Squadron is back too...it's just~"
"What's this?"
Colonel Yongsheng stared at the combat staff, not daring to blink...
"The troops were almost completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army... They were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at the last moment. Only more than thirty imperial troops broke out, and not a single Imperial Army soldier came back~"
"Also, many of the heavy weapons brought out by the three squadrons were not brought back. The first squadron lost two heavy machine guns and two mortars... The second squadron lost two heavy machine guns and one mortar.
Throw away all the heavy weapons brought out by the Third Squadron!"
"It is indeed a conspiracy!" Colonel Yongsheng said to himself with a stern face, then sat down on the stool and stopped talking!
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