I didn't sleep well for several days in a row, and then I marched nearly fifty kilometers. I even ate lunch while walking without stopping. Even though the commander of the regiment, Colonel Yong Sheng, was riding on a war horse, he could still feel deeply tired.
At this time, if there is a bed in front of you, you can be sure that Colonel Yongsheng will be able to fall asleep in three seconds at most if he lies on it, and it will be unbreakable!
This is true for regimental commanders with war horses, not to mention ordinary soldiers who rely on two legs to march.
At this moment, almost all the Japanese soldiers were numb and could only rely on one pair of legs to move forward mechanically.
As for the puppet troops, it's even worse.
Along the way, more than a hundred people could no longer hold on and fell behind, becoming prisoners of the Eighth Route Army.
"Sir, the aviation force will return in ten minutes. Should we continue marching or stop and rest?" The equally tired adjutant cheered up and caught up with Colonel Yongsheng and asked.
"How far is it before we completely evacuate the Eighth Route Army base area?" Colonel Yong Sheng asked with a frown.
"Ten kilometers... According to the current marching speed, they can withdraw from their base area in another ten kilometers!" the adjutant replied immediately.
"Then continue on our way until we withdraw from their base!" Colonel Yongsheng decided decisively.
The adjutant quickly reminded: "But, sir, it is too dangerous to travel without aviation escort~ Moreover, the troops are so exhausted that if they are attacked, they may not even have the ability to fight back!"
Colonel Yongsheng frowned and asked, "Is it safe to stay?"
"Don't you think that our rapid march today was too quiet? The Eighth Route Army did not launch any attacks... If they launched sneak attacks without interruption like usual, we would not have been able to get here today, marching thirty kilometers against the sky!"
"If my guess is correct, they must be recharging their strength now and wait until dark to launch a fatal attack on us!"
"Although the aviation force has left, it will take nearly two hours for it to get completely dark, enough for us to withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base area!"
The adjutant still looked worried: "But, sir, what if we are marching without aviation escort? What if we are attacked by the Eighth Route Army! The troops are so exhausted that they have no ability to fight back!"
"Will you be able to resist counterattacks if you stay?" Colonel Yongsheng retorted without mercy.
"If we stay here, I can be sure that the Eighth Route Army will attack us tonight... There are only more than 1,500 people in the entire army including artillery. How can we hold on until dawn in the face of an attack?"
"If the troops don't stop and continue to retreat, there may be hope!"
"If I remember correctly, the nearly ten kilometers of road ahead are filled with fertile fields on both sides and there are no mountains. The Eighth Route Army wanted to take the opportunity to ambush us, and there was no place to hide the troops at all!"
Wang Ping led the guards on a small road and followed the Japanese around them.
"Where are our troops?" Seeing that the Japanese did not stop, he immediately asked.
"We are gathering five kilometers ahead. We took the small road as a company and rushed to the front of the Japanese. The troops should be almost assembled now!" replied the guard company commander next to him.
"Inform them to prepare for battle. As soon as the Japanese arrive, I will launch assaults on the highway from all directions. Artillery, concentrate all mortars on me to blast the remaining four to five hundred Japanese infantry. Infantry, after the battle begins, only need to do one thing
To do this, at all costs, attack on the highway, fight with the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, kill them through hand-to-hand combat, and make the twelve field artillery they worked so hard to bring into our base useless!"
An hour later, the sky had gradually darkened, and Colonel Yongsheng still had no intention of stopping and urged the troops to continue moving forward.
The reconnaissance troops and vanguard troops walking on both sides of the road, because they had to cover more roads than ordinary troops, even though they were all elites, became numb at this time and had no alertness at all. Like everyone else, they had to go mechanically.
Taking steps forward.
At this moment, the direct team took action.
These so-called elite troops were all turned into corpses before they had time to react under their attack.
Colonel Yongsheng, who was walking on the road, didn't know all this.
The security posts and reconnaissance troops outside the army were killed. The troops of the three regiments went directly to a position less than 300 meters away from the road and lurked, quietly waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Japanese.
A sudden explosion on the highway broke the tranquility of the night.
Nearly thirty fireballs soared into the sky on the highway, killing dozens of Japs on the spot.
Fatigue and lack of energy slowed down the Japs' reaction speed for more than a beat. Facing the shelling, the first reaction of many Japs was to freeze on the spot. There were even many Japs who seemed to have not heard the explosion and continued with mechanical steps.
go ahead.
"Boom boom boom!"
It wasn't until the second round of artillery shells exploded around them, and heavy machine gun bullets flew towards them from the other side of the road like a rain of bullets, that the Japanese who were still alive didn't react.
Either they fell to the ground, or they rushed out of the road and retreated away from the road!
Colonel Yongsheng was dragged off his horse by the guards and avoided the bullets fired at him. Then he shouted with a pale face: "Bageya Road, what do the forward troops and reconnaissance troops do? The Eighth Route Army is lurking around us, why don't they?"
Anyone alert, I'm going to kill them!"
"Sir, there is no movement from the forward troops. If I guess correctly, they are probably broken into pieces..." the adjutant reminded with a look of despair.
"The troops are too tired and are not alert at all. Even if the Eighth Route Army lurks around them and suddenly launches an attack, they may not be able to detect it..."
"The Eighth Route Army must have used cold weapons to kill our forward troops and reconnaissance troops first, and then ordered the troops to approach the road and ambush us~"
"Da da da... Comrades... kill me..."
Before the adjutant finished speaking, the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire and the Eighth Route Army's shouts of killing rang in their ears.
Against the background of artillery fire, Colonel Yong Sheng witnessed with his own eyes the scene of more than two thousand Eighth Route Army troops attacking.
A very desperate expression appeared on his pale face.
"Sir, what should we do?" the adjutant shouted desperately, even though he no longer had any hope of winning the battle in front of him. However, his survival instinct still made him subconsciously ask, hoping that the captain could find a way to solve this problem.
Colonel Yongsheng did not answer immediately, but glanced at his subordinates lying on the ground nearby.
Then he answered: "The troops don't even have the physical strength to fight back, what can they do?"
"Fight on your own, fight to the death with the oncoming Eighth Route Army, and devote your life here to the Empire of Japan!"
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