In order to avoid this situation, the deputy battalion commander never took his eyes off the watch on his wrist during the entire attack, constantly calculating how long he would have to hold on before retreating.
"Two minutes, brothers. If we hold on for another two minutes, we will be able to retreat. As long as you come back to Laiyuan City with me alive, I will definitely ask Taijun for credit. Each of you will be rewarded with two yuan from the ocean. Each brother who died in the battle will be rewarded.
Replacement of NT$10!" Faced with the fearful subordinates, the deputy battalion commander, who had been staring at his watch, encouraged him again.
Just like the previous times, except for a few confidants who gave a few compliments, the expressions on other people's faces did not change at all.
The deputy battalion commander, who had long been accustomed to this kind of reaction, was just about to say something more to save some face! A burst of gunfire suddenly reached his ears!
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
The deputy battalion commander subconsciously thought that the Eighth Route Army he was chasing had fired again. He was just about to duck behind his men to avoid the bullets coming from directly in front. Suddenly he felt a stinging pain in his chest, and then he felt hot blood pouring from his chest.
flow out.
"It's over, I've been shot!" As a veteran, the deputy battalion commander immediately realized this.
His face instantly turned pale, and just when he was about to say something, another bullet penetrated his chest from the side.
Then the deputy battalion commander fell to the ground with his eyes open.
Also killed were two companies of machine gunners and other officers.
"The officers are all dead, everyone, run for your lives!" More than a dozen corpses suddenly appeared in the middle of the team, and all of them were corpses of officers. The Imperial Army of more than a hundred people instantly became panicked, not knowing what the Eighth Route Army would shoot next.
Will a bullet find itself?
Just when they were holding their rifles and wondering what to do, the Eighth Route Army hiding beside them rushed out decisively.
Even the Eighth Route Army that was chasing them in front of them turned around and rushed toward them, shouting loudly as they rushed.
"You have been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. If you don't kill anyone who surrenders, you will be killed if you surrender!"
The panicked puppet soldiers panicked and subconsciously dropped their weapons and raised their hands.
When they saw that there were only more than thirty Eighth Route Army soldiers surrounding them, and when they wanted to regret and escape, more than thirty guns with black holes were already pointed at them, as if they were ready to fire at any time.
At this time, no matter how unwilling the more than a hundred Imperial Army soldiers were, they could only admit defeat and lower their heads to listen to the orders of the Eighth Route Army around them.
There were more than a hundred prisoners of the Imperial Alliance Army, and for the Independent Battalion, it was no accident that they were more than a hundred recruits. Zhang Qing, who stared at them, felt as if he was seeing a pile of priceless treasures, and his eyes lit up.
Of course, Zhang Qing did not forget the Japs on the official road, and ordered to Zhou Zhengyang: "Platoon Leader Zhou, I will give you a class, and I will leave this place to you! The others will follow me to hunt down the Japs. The Japs must not have left yet.
Far away, if you can kill one, kill one!"
In the end, Zhang Qing, who hurried to the official road, still failed to catch up with the Japanese.
In order to deal with the puppet troops, the distance between him and the Japanese army had been reduced to 300 meters. Although Zhang Qingmu pursued vigorously, in the end he could only watch the Japanese retreat into Laiyuan City.
But Zhang Qing did not gain anything. He seized six cartloads of supplies, including more than 10,000 kilograms of grain alone.
After the Japanese and puppet troops withdrew six consecutive troops stationed outside the city back to Laiyuan City as if their muscles and bones were strained, the second and third companies finally rushed outside the city and joined forces with Zhang Qing's first company.
Although there was no order from Wang Ping, because Zhang Qing had been with Wang Ping the longest and had the oldest seniority, the three company commanders directly established a temporary headquarters headed by Zhang Qing.
"There are still four Japanese and puppet troops outside the city. They had already entered the city. Finally, the guard platoon leader Zhong came up with an idea to use the guerrilla warfare we are good at to slow down the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops, and then kill them as much as possible!"
"Now it seems that the effect is still very good. Each of the Japanese and puppet troops that have entered the city has lost dozens of people, and they are all Japanese. As for the puppet troops, most of them have been captured, and some of them have been captured.
More than thirty carts of supplies. The remaining Japanese and puppet troops, under the sneak attacks and harassment of our four combat squads, are still seven or eight miles away from Laiyuan City. My idea is to concentrate our three companies
With our own strength, at least two of the Japanese and puppet troops will be killed. As for the other two groups, kill as many Japanese soldiers as you can!"
I originally thought that Zhang Qing and the crippled company would not achieve any results by guarding around Laiyuan City, but I did not expect that the situation on the battlefield would change in just one day.
Although one company was not organized enough to destroy a single Japanese and puppet army, the total results of the piecemeal battles were no worse than those of the two companies.
In addition to being shocked and envious, the two company commanders expressed their agreement.
The final result of the discussion was that the second company ambushed the Japanese and puppet troops with one reinforcement team and one Imperial Association Army company along the way, and the third company ambushed the Japanese and puppet troops with two infantry squads and one Royal Association Army company along the way. As for the remaining two companies,
The Japanese and puppet troops were handed over to the first company and guard platoon, and through guerrilla warfare, they continued to attack and harass them along the way until they withdrew into Laiyuan City.
After the two companies each captured two Japanese and puppet strongholds, they gained a lot. The most direct gain is that the number of light machine guns equipped by the second company has exceeded 13. Although two of them are made in the Czech Republic, because of sufficient ammunition,
It does not affect use.
There are also heavy machine guns. Before the expedition, the two companies only had two Type 92 guns, but now they have increased to three.
Use three Type 92s, a dozen light machine guns, more than a hundred rifles, five or six grenades, and two mortars to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops. Even if the number of Japanese and puppet troops exceeds one infantryman
A squadron or two companies can easily kill them.
Therefore, the two ambush battles went very smoothly. Except for some puppet troops who wanted to capture the two companies because they deliberately released water, the remaining Japanese were killed and no one was left alive.
The first company and the guard platoon engaged in guerrilla warfare achieved great results. Although many Japs were still alive and retreated to Laiyuan City in the end, Zhang Qing used the same method to retreat the puppet troops and a large amount of supplies that followed the Japanese army outside the city.
Became a trophy.
At this time, Wang Ping, who was staying at the station, had already seen the guards sent back by Zhang Qing.
After hearing the report, Wang Ping immediately ordered the guards to contact the instructor Cheng Xiao and deputy battalion commander Zeng Quan without saying a word.
Wang Ping built fortifications outside the station and built a chicken farm, but the results could not be seen immediately.
However, what instructor Cheng Xiao and deputy battalion commander Zeng Quan are doing have obvious results.
Therefore, when the two of them came in, their faces were full of joy and smiles.
Cheng Xiao, in particular, shouted dissatisfied as soon as he came in: "Battalion Commander, if you don't have anything important to do here, don't call me. The people of Laiyuan are very enthusiastic about resisting Japan. In just a few days, three hundred people have been recruited from a dozen nearby villages."
There are many new recruits. The puppet troops sent back by the three companies also recruited more than 200 people. If I stay here for a while, dozens of new recruits will join us!"
